Recent content by Salaam

I think it probably boiled down to grades (half H, half P) and lack of AOA. I don't think career plans had anything to do with it, as there are some institutions I didn't receive interviews at in the top 10 that are well-known for PC (UCSF, Penn for instance). My med school dean & home program...

School: Top 30 Step Scores: 260, 265, pass Grades: H in medicine, HP in sub-i (pediatrics), otherwise split 50/50 between H's and P's Research: 3 pubs (1 first author, 2 second author) in non-medicine fields AOA: Nope Rank: I think 25-50%'ile Interview Invites: West Coast: UW cat + PC, UCLA PC...

Hi all! Hoping to pursuing a career in academic GIM. Interests: urban primary care, working with underserved populations, health policy/systems. Would like to end up in a primary care track ideally, but did apply to categorical tracks as well in most cases because a lot of PC tracks are pretty...

Agreed with above. I'm an MS4 currently applying to residency, and I've been a little surprised by how much school name still matters. That's not to say that you can't match ophtho from Dell (you can!), but UTSW might give you slight leg up. Also, the clinical training is pretty phenomenal...

I'm having trouble interpreting a lot of the post-interview communication policies of programs. When programs say only send objective questions, are they saying don't send #1 emails or just no thank you notes & the like? My top programs were all a little ambiguous like that. That said, I was...

Never got the email but my score was there when I checked just now! PASS! I am so relieved right now

Anyone not receive the score yet? :( kind of freaking out

+ Jackson Memorial/Univ of Miami, Univ of Washington Alabama -UAB Birmingham - xredgreen (10/4) bm2001 (11/12) -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) -USA - robotneurologist (10/2) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26), sms92 (10/9) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27), jaspreed24 (10/13)...

+ BUMC, Cornell Alabama -UAB Birmingham - xredgreen (10/4) bm2001 (11/12) -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) -USA - robotneurologist (10/2) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27), jaspreed24 (10/13) - U of Arizona PHX - sms92 (10/9) Arkansas California...

+ Montefiore/Albert Einstein (PC/SIM track), Columbia Alabama -UAB Birmingham - xredgreen (10/4) -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) -USA - robotneurologist (10/2) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27) Arkansas California - UCSF Main, Categorical - Belzo...

+ Mount Sinai, Brown, TJU Alabama -UAB Birmingham - xredgreen (10/4) -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) -USA - robotneurologist (10/2) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27) Arkansas California - UCSF Main, Categorical - Belzo (9/18), Bread+Butter...

+ UCLA Primary Care Track Alabama -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27) Arkansas California - UCSF Main, Categorical - Belzo (9/18), Bread+Butter (9/20) - Scripps Green - Bread+Butter (9/22) - Kaiser Oakland sms92...

+1 Yale (primary care) Alabama -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27) Arkansas California - UCSF Main, Categorical - Belzo (9/18), Bread+Butter (9/20) - Scripps Green - Bread+Butter (9/22) - Kaiser Oakland sms92 (9/27)...

+1 Emory, UPMC Alabama -UAB Huntsville - imapplicant1234 (9/18) Arizona - Mayo Scottsdale - lafamilia (9/26) - U of Arizona - sms92 (9/27) Arkansas California - UCSF Main, Categorical - Belzo (9/18), Bread+Butter (9/20) - Scripps Green - Bread+Butter (9/22) - Kaiser Oakland sms92 (9/27) - USC...

No, there were still quite a few open dates across all the months when I checked this AM.