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Hey guys, I know everyones busy so I ll just get right to it:
I am interested in derm, have been since high school, made it through college, made it to medical school...it's a specialty that I think I am passionate about and have good skills for. I KNOW thats what I want.
But here I am one semester into med school and I m not doing as well as I wanted. I m in a dual degree program with a small class (about 50 ppl) and I am doing okay content wise (getting high 80s and low 90s on my tests) but ranking wise I am in the middle and sometimes bottom half.
I read a lot of posts about AOA being a big factor and all, and for my school you have to be top 10% to be considered for junior AOA... So it seems like I wont be getting it. Am I already done for derm? I know the step score is more important and research is a part of it too. But I am not very experienced or that interested in research. With that said, I still applied to a couple of research summer programs and im trying to get a lab position but I donno if I can count on any of it. I ve gotten SO far, I really don't want to give up on dem. PLEASE ADVISE!! Anything helps!
I am interested in derm, have been since high school, made it through college, made it to medical school...it's a specialty that I think I am passionate about and have good skills for. I KNOW thats what I want.
But here I am one semester into med school and I m not doing as well as I wanted. I m in a dual degree program with a small class (about 50 ppl) and I am doing okay content wise (getting high 80s and low 90s on my tests) but ranking wise I am in the middle and sometimes bottom half.
I read a lot of posts about AOA being a big factor and all, and for my school you have to be top 10% to be considered for junior AOA... So it seems like I wont be getting it. Am I already done for derm? I know the step score is more important and research is a part of it too. But I am not very experienced or that interested in research. With that said, I still applied to a couple of research summer programs and im trying to get a lab position but I donno if I can count on any of it. I ve gotten SO far, I really don't want to give up on dem. PLEASE ADVISE!! Anything helps!