Hi all,
I'm a 3rd year med student and not positive I want to do med-peds yet, but I have a kind of strange/adventerous career plan where I think it would help to have the combined residency rather than do family. I know med-peds is more competitive to get into than IM, family, or peds, so here are my stats:
Class rank: unknown, but probably bottom 50%
Step 1 score: 217
Clerkships: Passes in emergency and in family so far (missed high pass by a fraction of a percent). So far, IM has been going very well, but who knows how the shelf will go.
So as you can see, I'm not a stellar candidate. My strengths are more in how I interact with patients, I think, and that I'm more or less fluent in Spanish.
Do I have a shot? And what can I do to improve my chances at this point?
I'm a 3rd year med student and not positive I want to do med-peds yet, but I have a kind of strange/adventerous career plan where I think it would help to have the combined residency rather than do family. I know med-peds is more competitive to get into than IM, family, or peds, so here are my stats:
Class rank: unknown, but probably bottom 50%
Step 1 score: 217
Clerkships: Passes in emergency and in family so far (missed high pass by a fraction of a percent). So far, IM has been going very well, but who knows how the shelf will go.
So as you can see, I'm not a stellar candidate. My strengths are more in how I interact with patients, I think, and that I'm more or less fluent in Spanish.
Do I have a shot? And what can I do to improve my chances at this point?