I’ll keep it brief and really appreciate any input.
- American citizenship
- American grad
- 8 pubmed indexed publications (mostly case studies, 3 original research in so so journals) 2 first authors, several poster presentations
- didn’t rock step 1; 208, 240 on step 2, don’t remember step 3 (does it really matter though?). 80th percentile on ABIM (I know it doesn’t matter, but just to show I can do well on boards). All passed on first attempt. 1 med school class fail, passed on retake no problems and graduated on time with no other red flags on record
- graduated 3 years ago, working as a hospitalist since with continued research and med student education (worked alongside course directors on GI curriculum given to MS2s) and I work close with residents
- home program didn’t have a fellowship program, letters from nearby program that did but community program with no big names and they always take internally so I guess chances there are low. Current hospital I work at has GI fellowship with some bigger names but haven’t worked with them and will only be able to work with them as a researcher
TL;DR: American grad, no visa issues, out for 3 years, lackluster step 1, ok step 2, mediocre research, no letters from “big names”, no home program. Any chance or should I really start looking at other long term plans?
- American citizenship
- American grad
- 8 pubmed indexed publications (mostly case studies, 3 original research in so so journals) 2 first authors, several poster presentations
- didn’t rock step 1; 208, 240 on step 2, don’t remember step 3 (does it really matter though?). 80th percentile on ABIM (I know it doesn’t matter, but just to show I can do well on boards). All passed on first attempt. 1 med school class fail, passed on retake no problems and graduated on time with no other red flags on record
- graduated 3 years ago, working as a hospitalist since with continued research and med student education (worked alongside course directors on GI curriculum given to MS2s) and I work close with residents
- home program didn’t have a fellowship program, letters from nearby program that did but community program with no big names and they always take internally so I guess chances there are low. Current hospital I work at has GI fellowship with some bigger names but haven’t worked with them and will only be able to work with them as a researcher
TL;DR: American grad, no visa issues, out for 3 years, lackluster step 1, ok step 2, mediocre research, no letters from “big names”, no home program. Any chance or should I really start looking at other long term plans?