Do you get any free weeks you can take, or any online modules/rotations through your school?
I’m taking my boards month starting October 25th since I can’t take the time for dedicated like I’ve talked about before because of my school’s delays. I’m piling on two weeks of independent study after that so that I can take a rotation at my third year core site starting 12/6 and then be back on track for away rotations starting 1/3.
I have mixed feelings about it. I was very concerned about missing time for interviews so I’m glad to not have to be anywhere for six weeks... but at the same time, I would have liked to have more than a 10 day dedicated period to study for step 2. Especially considering how bad my motivation is right now. Peds COMAT in the AM and I maybe spent 30 minutes today studying. My preceptor gave me the day off and I blew all of it. I’ve probably done less than 100 practice questions all week long.
I definitely feel like getting rotations on VSAS is random. I just got an offer for a rotation starting 1/3 today - this is my third rotation I‘ve gotten off of VSAS so far. I think they were taking apps on 4/15 but I didn’t submit mine until 5/12. I did write a pretty good essay about the experiences I had in my past that were relevant to the specialty of the rotation (toxicology), so maybe they just liked my essay? I’m surprised they still had a spot to offer since I applied so late. It does give me hope that we can still add rotations even this far after the initial date and still have a chance.