THE GOOD:
US citizen
Top 20 IM residency
Step 1 250s, Step 2 260s, CS passed first attempt, Step 3 230s (?)
3 GI manuscripts submitted this month
3 GI posters at DDW, none at ACG
THE NOT SO GOOD:
No accepted GI pubs
3 GI projects in process but unlikely to be submitted prior to ERAS
3 non-GI pubs, 5 non-GI posters
No chief year
LORs: 2x GI, 1x IM
Planning to apply broadly (geographically), mostly to academic programs. Truly looking to stay in academic GI but more on the education side rather than 70% research which might be a hard sell.
How many programs should I apply to? The (likely) virtual interview season makes me nervous people will accept more interviews because there will be fewer time constraints. I know the lack of published articles isn't ideal, but aside from crossing my fingers they get accepted is there anything you all would recommend I improve on my app? Trying not to add more projects because figure that will be obvious "resume padding"