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Ive been interested in ophtho since entering med school.
I just received a 247 on Step 2 which was below what I was averaging prior to my test with my last practice test being 255.
I also honored 3 rotations and near honors the rest but this still landed me in the 3rd quartile of my class (right at the cusp of 2nd quartile).
Research wise I have one poster in ARVO and one 1st author paper pending (lower impact journal) as well as a couple smaller regional conference posters. I also have 3 papers in wet lab bench research from undergrad but I doubt these mean anything for match.
I go to a USMD low tier midwest school and my home program is mid-tier at best.
Should I even apply ophtho anymore? I'm really disappointed right now. The best hope would be to do away rotations at the lowest tier ophtho programs based on the spreadsheet that floats around each year but other than that I feel like it's very unlikely I'll match based on the numerous posts I see with people who have 260s and AOA and even then people say their chances are average.
I just received a 247 on Step 2 which was below what I was averaging prior to my test with my last practice test being 255.
I also honored 3 rotations and near honors the rest but this still landed me in the 3rd quartile of my class (right at the cusp of 2nd quartile).
Research wise I have one poster in ARVO and one 1st author paper pending (lower impact journal) as well as a couple smaller regional conference posters. I also have 3 papers in wet lab bench research from undergrad but I doubt these mean anything for match.
I go to a USMD low tier midwest school and my home program is mid-tier at best.
Should I even apply ophtho anymore? I'm really disappointed right now. The best hope would be to do away rotations at the lowest tier ophtho programs based on the spreadsheet that floats around each year but other than that I feel like it's very unlikely I'll match based on the numerous posts I see with people who have 260s and AOA and even then people say their chances are average.