Thread for BSMD 2020-2021 Applicants (Part 2)

[Vicky2019]

@AffByCOVID - I highly recommend that you read @dblazer post on “important factors for residency match”. You will find it most informative -

FYI: Important Factors for the Residency Match

Hey guys, as someone who went through a BS/MD myself and through the residency application process, I wanted to give an overview of what factors are important for residency since this is something I wish I knew more about before committing to one of these programs. As a disclaimer it is biased towards internal medicine since that is what I am most familiar with. I will discuss medical school reputation, but below are the most important factors for residency independent of medical school reputation (in relative order of importance): -Step scores: Yes this is important, but I would say it’s comparable to the way SATs are viewed by colleges. You need to score in a certain range to be competitive for a particular specialty/program, but after meeting certain thresholds, other factors (as I will describe below) are considered at the top most programs. So, much like with SAT, good scores are necessary but not sufficient to get invites from the very best programs. Step 1 was traditionally t…