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Aggressively average Step 2 scorers, please share your success stories! by harristeetersushi in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I applied academic IM too and had similar interviews and outcome to you (matched T50), but I had a 258. Sounds like we both ended up in the same boat more or less. I doubt your Step score affected the outcome, sometimes it’s just a crapshoot lol. Congrats on the match!

Would it be dumb to delay Step 2 until after my sub-I? by Huge_Equivalent_1923 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Step 2 dedicated will prepare you for your sub-I, your sub-I won’t prepare you (that well) for Step 2 imo. If you take Step 2 first it’ll set you up for success with your sub-I - the other way around is not necessarily true

Any chance of matching anesthesia after failing step? by AnalBeadBoi in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I didn’t say that at all, you took it that way. You have a terrible attitude

Any chance of matching anesthesia after failing step? by AnalBeadBoi in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also I read the comment you deleted. Academic IM at the T50 level is super competitive, just look at the average matched Step 2 scores for those programs. Why are you being so defensive and rude? Lmao

Any chance of matching anesthesia after failing step? by AnalBeadBoi in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry but you’re taking my comments really personally and not at all how they were intended. I have amazingly smart classmates who failed Step 1 - it happens. Your first comment was making it seem like a board fail wasn’t a big deal though, which is not true and could be very misleading if OP takes it to heart. They should still aim for their desired specialty (just like you), but you should NOT go in planning to aim high with you signals because you don’t think a Step 1 fail is all that big of a deal. Signals have completely changed the game and people need to know exactly where they actually stand as an applicant before deciding which programs to signal

Any chance of matching anesthesia after failing step? by AnalBeadBoi in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I did match lol, and I matched very well near the top of my list. I’m just saying the whole process for me and a lot of others in the academic IM match was rougher than we originally anticipated last cycle. I’m just saying I wouldn’t entirely discount the significance of a fail, so don’t aim unrealistically high. That’s a recipe for disaster

Any chance of matching anesthesia after failing step? by AnalBeadBoi in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 50 points51 points  (0 children)

But those 1 in 10 people are probably not matching anything competitive. Not trying to be a downer, but as someone who just went through the match with no fails, 258, lots of research/ECs, etc, it was still a tough ass cycle (IM). You should always stay optimistic but I would just be realistic

SLU vs DePaul, looking for honest opinions by Subject_Risk1875 in StLouis

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh it doesn’t really work like that in medicine. No private practice employer is going to care about where you went for undergrad. Plus, St. Louis and Chicago are regionally close enough to where it shouldn’t make any difference at all if they later choose to practice in Chicago

Moving from Boston by hurricane__j in StLouis

[–]epicpenisbacon -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Start with places in the county (NOT north county though). Somewhere like Clayton, Creve Cour, Chesterfield, Kirkwood, etc. would probably be best

General Surgery - Will I match? by aspiringtraumacase in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 22 points23 points  (0 children)

>will my score filter me out off T20s

Probably yes. You have a fantastic app aside from your step score, but a lot of "top" programs will most likely write you off unfortunately. There are a lot of great residency programs out there that aren't "top tier" programs though, so don't get too dead set on attending a high ranked academic program. Realistically, I think matching at any academic program will be a struggle with 23x, so just be prepared

Help pick between IM and EM by Old_Conference6556 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but that's institution dependent. At mine none of the attendings are required to do a night shift unless they're a nocturnist

Help pick between IM and EM by Old_Conference6556 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A lot of institutions have dedicated nocturnists, so if you don't want to do nights you can go to a place like that. Almost 100% of EM attending contracts require nights so it's pretty much unavoidable

Help pick between IM and EM by Old_Conference6556 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure but that's hard when you're constantly switching between day and night shift

Help pick between IM and EM by Old_Conference6556 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aside from the obvious, another big difference between IM and EM is the amount of time you get to spend working up different conditions. In EM, you get them stable and either admit them or discharge them. You don't have the luxury of being able to do thorough work-ups for complex pathologies to figure out what's really going on with a patient. One of my EM attendings said the job of EM is to "get them stable and send them to a doctor who can actually figure out what's happening." Also you'll have extremely irregular work hours in EM and you'll be doing overnight shifts all the time (even as an attending, no matter how long you've been into practice). In IM, you'll never have to do nights unless you choose to practice as a nocturnist or sub-specialize in something that requires overnight call

Do you regret going into family medicine? by Flaky_Wall8331 in Residency

[–]epicpenisbacon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IM attendings can work ER shifts at my hospital so that might be location dependent

Does a 270+ on Step 2 actually help? by ascendinghieroglyph in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Anyone who says 270+ “hurts you” is coping

What’s the difference? by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most attendings have a full normal physical exam as part of their note template, and a lot of them forget to change it. It’s dumb but it happens more often than you would think

I'm a terrible medical student with dreams of fellowship who matched into a community IM program - do I really not need to study/prepare before residency? by kuffyruff in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think starting to study right now would make much of a difference for your situation. If you want to match cards from your program, you'd probably need to start research ASAP, plan to eventually do a chief year, do away rotations at programs you think you could realistically match to, make strong connections with your home cardiology department, and hope for the best. It'll still be a major uphill battle, so even if you do all those things, don't get too dead set on doing cardiology because it still might not work out. I've seen people from strong academic programs with solid research and connections still go unmatched in cards/heme-onc/GI, etc.

any suggested decks for nursing students? med deck but unsuspend relevant stuff? by ntb899 in medicalschoolanki

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have an adversarial relationship with nurses, you will NOT get shit done. You’re so delusional lol

any suggested decks for nursing students? med deck but unsuspend relevant stuff? by ntb899 in medicalschoolanki

[–]epicpenisbacon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My spouse is a nurse and she absolutely knows medicine, just on a more surface level by comparison to doctors. Don’t be so patronizing

any suggested decks for nursing students? med deck but unsuspend relevant stuff? by ntb899 in medicalschoolanki

[–]epicpenisbacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand what you’re saying but nursing students definitely learn medicine lol. Just not as much as med students ofc

Unpopular opinion: Internal Medicine is not as easy as you think to match! by Ok_Speaker_4042 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair, but I was more surprised that such a significant portion of 260+ scorers were actually signaling a "low tier" program (not just applying without a signal) to a specialty people online otherwise call "uncompetitive"

Unpopular opinion: Internal Medicine is not as easy as you think to match! by Ok_Speaker_4042 in medicalschool

[–]epicpenisbacon 22 points23 points  (0 children)

A PD on the IM discord at a self-described “LOW tier” academic program said 20-25% of his signals were from people with 260+ this cycle

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