Kinda sucks that your board scores determine your specialty for you

It is a waste of time and potential earning. It is sad that we depend so much on board scores to determine specialty. The entire system needs overhaul.

Is choosing a specialty mostly dependent on your Step Scores ...

It depends. There are a very few specialties that require stellar everything, and a few that you just need to pass step 1 and you're in. Everything else is ...

Is it true that the specialty you go in depends on your USMLE score?

A good USMLE Step 1 score rules in specialties, but other metrics are still required to be accepted into the specialty. A bad USMLE score pretty ...

The Ultimate Guide for Matching into Competitive Specialties

As with any advice, talk to a few people (who are willing to tell you their score! Never take advice from someone just because they offer it.) to see what they ...

Make Your Medical School Group Study Suck Less

Group study can be an effective study habit in medical school! Learn how you can make the most of it with this guide.

Is it true that IMGs will not be getting good branches in the residency ...

Depends on which speciality you wanna go into. USMLE Scores are not everything but they play a major role in match. If you have really good ...

Everything You Need to Know About Being a Pre-Med

In this video, Dr. Sahil Mehta describes to pre-med students what it takes to get into medical school, and how to optimize your odds to become a physician.

'Grey's Anatomy' vs. real-life residency: You already know how this ...

Back then I was a premed, so I watched the drama about the lives of surgical residents and physicians with great interest, even though I knew ...

Medical school (DO school) - Are we thinking right? - Bogleheads.org

... you fit their mission well, (some schools who you know), etc. Top. Doctor ... I also don't think Step 1 scores are quite as important as you ...

How to Study for the USMLE Step 1 | Ben White

I've spent the majority of my "adult" life as a standardized test taker. As a resident physician, my skills are still developing. But as a student, ...

Comparison of Board Scores - Student Doctor Network

While board scores are the the end all, they do play an imporant part. I know that ultimately it is up to the student how well they do, but you ...

Financial Advice for "Low Income" Physicians | White Coat Investor

I was also one of the “poor sucks cramming for 2 extra days” to raise my Step board scores. ... Want a specialty you find fulfilling? Want ...

Love letters [vs. letters of intent], rank order lists and the match

People network and know one another. Sending a letter that says “You're my top choice” to MULTIPLE PROGRAMS will not bode well. One senior ...

The Residency Match Part 3 | PANDA BEAR, MD

You will pick your specialty accordingly maybe deciding that radiology besides being interesting and kind of cool limits the amount of time you will actually ...

From 499 to 512 on the MCAT in 24 Days [MCAT Interview Transcript]

Did you ever consider re-taking the MCAT to balance your scores out? ... you ever make a board study program, let me know. Med school is a ...

Medical school - Info - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums

Your typical day depends on your exact rotation, but for my ... you learn your specialty of choice. There are ... measure of your performance becomes your board ...

Do's and Dont's of Medical School - Soze Media

But at this point in the process, unless you're set on being a family doc or pediatrician, you have no idea what specialties you even have a ...

Un utile link per PreMed e studenti Med

You don't have to be AOA or have impeccable board ... 28. You'll probably change your specialty of ... tell them that you don't plan to complete a residency.

I didn't Match. Here's how I survived and created my best life yet.

My husband graduated in 2015…has failed to match 4 times. He did a prelim surgical residency for 2 yrs and passed all 3 STEP test. He was an ...

Failed re-certification boards - The White Coat Investor Forum

I always try to tell medical students that there are so many swords of Damocles in medicine that can sink your career out of nowhere and ...