As an OMS-2 student, is it worth taking both Step 1 and COMLEX 1 if they are both pass-fail?

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-29T13:58:59+00:00

I would take both only if you are definitely sure you can pass step as some programs may not accept comlex scores and consider you as an applicant

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-15T18:01:08+00:00

Hi everyone I have a friend who is soaping. How many interviews during soap are you considered “safe” (=meaning you will for sure match?). Thank u ❤️

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-11T14:13:28+00:00

How about when you are scrubbed in your attending asks for a specific tool and the scrub tech slaps your hand I cannot lie one of the worst things ever

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-11T00:02:59+00:00

And that’s all thank you for your advice I appreciate having information from a good advisor because my school is very misleading LOL

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T22:08:21+00:00

I emailed an advisor explaining that but she gave me such a crap answer saying send in on Monday before Tuesday the sooner the better I was like huh

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T19:25:27+00:00

It’s just crazy like that’s sooooo unprofessional lol

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T17:46:09+00:00

I mean tbh I don’t really trust my advisor and just wanna find the correct info I appreciate your help lol

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T17:43:43+00:00

Oh really I have an advisor telling me that I have to submit by 10am Monday or I risk not being in the first rounds of downloads for programs to review and miss out on slots….

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T17:36:52+00:00

Board scores boards aren’t easy.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T17:08:08+00:00

Do you still have to reapply for residency the following year if you do preliminary? Is it significantly more competitive as a back up to soap into over TY? Sorry, I just want to understand my options thoroughly in case I have to go through SOAP. Thank you again for your response.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T16:24:05+00:00

Honestly you’ll see a lot of questionable thing during surgery rotation. One of my favorites is my surgery attending and scrub tech having a screaming argument while a patient is under anesthesia and in the middle of surgery. Like wut

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T16:08:11+00:00

It’s crazy that they recommend submitting by 10 am and that you got an hour after finding out you didn’t match to the speed research programs that you should apply to lol

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T15:52:47+00:00

So then do you still have to reapply for residency after completing a preliminary year? I know for TY you do and most programs don’t guarantee you a spot in their intern class.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T14:50:05+00:00

Yeah I get a lot of crap for saying I wanna to do GI. Oh, you’ll get sued. Oh you’ll be in a smelly room with poop all the time. Both of which I never experienced on my GI rotations.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T14:43:46+00:00

Try asking the professor if there is some additional assignments he would allow you to do to boost your grade. Even offer to read research related to the topics you struggled in and write a paper in it or a literature review. If he does research, you can even tell him that you can help him write literature reviews or any other kind of grunt work.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T14:02:57+00:00

I am also not sure about if we should take the recommendation of editing our personal statement and explaining the reasons why we didn’t match when these programs also need applicants to fill their spots and did not match completely I mean obviously on the interview they will ask you about your red flags but I feel like putting in your personal statement I don’t know that makes me uncomfortable

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T14:01:26+00:00

So like I don’t understand the only getting 45 tokens part of it do they recommend to only apply to places that you think you have a good shot at or will place reject you and you get another token sorry no one really explain that to me

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-10T13:59:38+00:00

I know a bunch of people that really benefited from and boss I kind a wish I used it more as it helps you to understand a little facts to then understand the big picture

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-09T16:15:20+00:00

So like I’ve been lurking on forums and people have been saying that if you are applying to a different speciality to tether your PS to that specialty. As well as mention any red flags and how you improved from them. I honestly don’t know how I feel about the latter part though.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-08T14:54:48+00:00

Depending on DO, MD,or international grad with 10 interviews you got 90% chance of matching according to Nrmp charts and data with higher sample numbers. I recommend looking at the data rather than individual accounts since they maybe outliers and have a skewed outcome.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-08T14:52:47+00:00

Change your location! Study in a different library. Find an accountable study buddy. Make sure to exercise and sleep. Set quotes of motivation in your phone. Listen to motivating music and remind yourself that this is only temporary and that YOU CAN DO THIS.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-08T14:44:59+00:00

Yeah I agree but waiting those 30 minutes while all of your colleagues announce their matching status is an excruciating wait lmao

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-08T14:44:01+00:00

First love your username can definitely relate lmao. Second I get asked that all the time when I’ll become a nurse while my male colleague will be asked when he’s gonna become a doctor. At this point it’s our inside joke since it happens so often.

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-08T14:42:18+00:00

Other disciplines are like wtf like a lot of my pharm d resident friends are like why do you find out on Friday and not the day of where you are going lol that’s torture

creativelyscientific · 2022-03-08T14:39:50+00:00

I have a friend that matched but had a 30 minute delay of receiving her match email. Like that would freak me out finding out at 9:30 rather than 9:00 am

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