I am really surprised by the residency program which is arguably reflective the quality of the medical school.
@J2H239, are you referring to match lists in general for a medical school, or a particular program? My reason in pointing out their Neurology program is because of a stated interest by the person who is having to make the comparison, of going into Neurology.
Right or wrong, your home residency program with your medical school does serve as sort of a springboard when you apply to other residency programs within that same specialty. It can also end up being your safety match, since youâre a very well known entity by that point, when other programs have many applicants to sort through that theyâve never met. This is especially the case in very competitive specialties in which there are very few practitioners in comparison to the entire pool of physicians â Derm, ENT, Ophtho, etc. where everyone knows eachother very well.
Hey guys Iâm a high school senior who will be attending Drexel/Drexelâs BS/MD program next year. I was wondering if there was a Facebook group I could join of other students who will be attending that program?
Posted my D details in the results thread. Encourage every one to post there as and when the final decision is made so that it can help future parents and students. Thanks.
@GoldenRock, thank you so much for all youâve done as a parent user for the CC community for student applicants, including the list of BA/MD programs and when theyâve given out their acceptances in one list, and the extensive additional information that you provided in the BS/MD results thread for your daughter. Youâve gone above and beyond with your contributions. I hope others will follow your results posting format as well when typing up their results so itâs even more useful for applicants whoâll be going thru this this upcoming fall. If you have any questions/need advice in the future for your daughter, feel free to continue to PM me throughout her journey in the program.
@GoldenRock, you and your D have been through a long journey together, and I am happy for you that she found what is the best fit for her. Your in depth reflections are very helpful to other seniors in this coming application cycle. Good luck to you and your D!
Where can I find USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score distributions of medical schools (ex. BU, NU, Brown, WashU, and UMiami)?
This is a top down list (not sure which year since I know Baylor and Penn are currently at the top)
http://bit. ly/1TbtW7g
I just realized he picked a specific set of schools - top 25 research schools and reordered them by step 1 scores. So only WashU and NU are in the list because the list considered only top 25.
@HS2DirectMed I donât think distributions would normally be publicly available, so the averages provided here (http://www.best-medical-schools.com/Reviews.html) are probably the closest approximations out there unless you contact student affairs of the individual schools. In any case, I think the averages are more a reflection of the students than the teaching (top school attract the highest scorers on the MCAT = really intelligent/good test takers), so I donât believe it would provide you any better information than match lists.
I see conflicting information in class sizes for Brown from above link for number of test takers vs class size published by Brown. It seems to be 144 to 87.
https://www.brown.edu/academics/medical/admissions/class-profile
Here is one listing: https://anastomosed.â â â â â â â â â â â â â /2014/03/15/step-1-scores-at-top-schools-2012/. The author says the USMLE Step info is available thru the USNWR site with College Compass subscription. This may have been the list that @texaspg posted above, but which starred out.
Here is another one: http://www.best-medical-schools.com/Reviews.html. You can look under âUnited States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE)â which I also believe is still thru Compass data from 2012.
The average USMLE Step 1 national score from 2012 was 227.
Edit: Oops, saw that @dblazer, already posted the 2nd one. Sorry!
It was a twitter quote and I donât know why it grayed out. I put a space.
Which of the BS/MD programs have strong Cardiology residency programs? My ds17 wants to applies those first. I know it is too early for high school junior to think about specliazation but he liked Cardiology after shadowing few specialists.
@srk2017, Cardiology isnât a residency you do after med school. Itâs a subspecialty fellowship you apply for to start after completion of an Internal Medicine residency or a Pediatrics residency.
If I get a 70 in Calc would this cause a BS/MD program to take away my acceptance?
@faith4ever17820 NO!
@faith4ever17820, no, likely it would not. BS/MDs (the college) usually only want an end of the year transcript to confirm that you were indeed awarded a high school diploma.
@Roentgen - You are correct. I should have said fellowship, not residency. My S shadowed a PediatricCardiologist.
I would not try to make the correlation between medical school with future subspecialty fellowship selection. There are TOO MANY FACTORS that affect subspecialty fellowship selection, many times with the fellowship program wanting to take people in-house from residency, that donât really relate with the specific characteristics of the medical school by that point. Your performance during residency will be the best indicator as to getting Cardiology, as it is still a competitive fellowship, although not as competitive as GI due to lifestyle, at least in the Internal Medicine world.
This is much different in the Pediatric world, in which subspecialization is not done as much, because the income differential isnât as great as it tends to be in IM subspecialties vs. General IM. You can see a published paper on that here: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/2/254, with part of a preview here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49781599_Does_Fellowship_Pay_What_Is_the_Long-term_Financial_Impact_of_Subspecialty_Training_in_Pediatrics.
You are much better off using other factors when it comes to choosing among medical schools, including those med schools that participate in Bachelor/MD programs â âtrueâ Pass/Fail grading in the first 2 years of basic sciences, organ system based teaching of the basic sciences (vs. traditional subject based), having residencies/fellowships in the specialty/subspecialty youâre looking for to be able to get involved in research as med student, good research infrastructure, etc.
Are there bs/md programs that offer âtrueâ pass/fail for first two years of basic sciences?