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Originally Posted by Atari
Sorry i'm a little confused. Are my basic science individual letter grades looked at for residency placement or do they only look at Pass or Fail???? I've been told different things. I know my Step 1 scores are the most important by far followed by recommendation letters. Could someone please fill me in on this topic. Thanks for any replies and please forgive my ignorance
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The bolded is not exactly correct. Many places consider step II more than any other step. In fact, the Mayo clinic, does exactly that. They said that they consider step II far more indicative of future success as a clinician than step I. I tend to agree. Now as for grades. Programs do look at the grades (from what I was told by PD's). Let's say you skirted by with barely passing on most things and all other things being equal, you may be considered a weaker candidate than those with better grades. Now, if you aced everything and you come from a school that has a reputation that is good (or a tough reputation, if you will), that too will get more attention. Of course clinical grades are more important than basic science grades. Again, this is from what I have been told by PD's and PC's. It is not uncommon for a person who has top notch grades to be something less in the clinical aspect. This holds true for the opposite. IMHO, I think you should try and capitalize on everything you do. Again, I must qualify the above. These are not cold, hard, fact. This is the insight I have gained in the past three plus years due to my exposure to PD's, PC's, CR's and residents in general.
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