<p>I was wondering how people get selected for residencies, like at university hospitals. Do they look at your med school GPA and stuff? Do they consider your MCAT at all? Just wondering. Thanks.</p>
<p>It’s like any other application process. Grades and test scores and recommendation letters.
You have your med school grades, and your USMLE (MCAT is to med school as USMLE is to residencies, as in they are both standardized tests, not implying any other similarity)</p>
<p>I don’t think extracurriculars are absolutely necessary as they are for med school admission, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t live a little.</p>
<p>That’s the basics.</p>
<p>The line gets blurry when you go to a med school that only grades on pass or fail lol. You have no GPA in that case, unless a pass is considered an A.</p>
<p>Actually according to a couple of med students I know, there are ‘secret’ grades for high pass/pass /fail because the grades are needed to determine eligibility for AOA.</p>
<p>And besides grades, USMLE score, LORs, you have to interview for residency slots.</p>
<p>Your score on the USMLE is the determining factor for even applying to the more competitive residencies. 240 and above starts to make you competitive for the hard to get spots (avg USMLE nationwide is around 220) and top programs can require AOA and scores above 250. ECs are important for hard to get residencies.</p>
<p>It’s also very important to have done some research and be published for the more competitive residencies. You need a minimum of 3 LORs from physicians you’ve worked with in the residency specialty that you are seeking as well as a Dean’s letter that highlights the comments/performance of your third year rotations. In third year your evaluations are critical since they are a critique of how you performed in each rotation.</p>
<p>There are only a couple of schools in the country that have 4 years of pass/fail grading or unorthodox grading (Stanford, UCLA, Cleveland Clinic come to mind). 99% of medical schools have honors/high pass/pass/fail grades in the 3rd and 4th years. Some medical schools have pass/fail in the first 2 years but grading for the first two years tend to not matter in residency selection, unless you’re applying for pathology. </p>
<p>Other important factors in the selection process include your USMLE scores, research achievements, AOA status, any major awards, your recommendation letters, interview, essays, and extracurriculars. It’s a multi-faceted admissions process, much like medical school admissions itself.</p>
<p>Does Mayo Clinic grade after the first 2 years? I still see the line as blurry when it comes to gpa. If it’s a secret scale, than you never know what gpa youre applying with. Unless you assume high pass is like an A, pass a C, and no pass a F.</p>
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<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mayo+clinic+medical+school+grading+system]Let”>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mayo+clinic+medical+school+grading+system) 
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<p>Honors = A, HP = B, P = C, MP = D, F = F.</p>
<p>^lol I already did that… I saw"grade on pass/fail" and thats it, no detail. Maybe because I yahood it. </p>
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