Can someone list which specialties SJSM grads can or cannot obtain?

The question to ask isn't what specialties St James grads can't obtain because TECHNICALLY with an MD any specialty is possible. It is what specialties are so competitive that carib grads (& especially low-tier schools like St James) have no shot for ....

Far as I understand it, rads/anesthesiology (competitive) IS possible (but DIFFICULT) from the high-end carib schools (SGU, Ross, AUC, SABA). Derm/orthopedic surgery (the REALLY competitive residencies) etc are essentially impossible. Then again, you could get 280 on your USMLE steps 1 & 2 & then doors MIGHT open up for you (I don't know - I'm not even in MD1 yet)

Unfortunately, St James match list on the website is very (VERY) sparse (but most ppl seem to match in FM with some in IM) - I did hound a very nice IM resident in Chicago & she said she got 25 interviews with a step 1 in the high 80s. She also mentioned that other St James grads didn't have much trouble matching into a residency.

I know that doesn't directly answer your question, but it might help you orient yourself better.

To give you a better idea: someone @ AUC (a school with a better reputation than St James) scored 250 on step 1 (217 is the avg & 182 is the passing requirement), applied to rads & was very happy to match into a 3rd tier rads program. (BTW, I heard this from someone on the AUC forum so I can't guarantee the accuracy - but it certainly seems believable to me).

USMLE is not the cure-all for going to a carib school. But it does give you a fighting shot @ getting a decent residency.

I don't mean to burst your bubble, but Orthochick is in an orthopedic surgery residency and is a SJSM grad.

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What about emergency med?
Hard to get into? Possible? Not possible?

not sure about this..she said she pre-matched in december..any ever heard of ortho pre matching? i guess its possible did she say what she matched into?

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well, if orthochick did match into ortho surg, AWESOME! I'd feel infinitely better about going to SJSM - anyone know about what she scored on her USMLE?

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dude, what is up with the serious negativity all the time?! lighten up - it doesn't hurt you if students from another school do well

thanks for the info nshams, very helpful! what about tbox's question about emergency medicine? how is that like, dont really know much about it yet.

shouldnt people look at the website and see all the people who have graduated from this school, theres one person who is a neurosurgeon i think, and well alot of them go to internal and family medicine it seems..

i dont know, i want to become either family or go to become a cardio surgeon .. study hard and then maybe u guys can become a SJSM Statistic of who goes to what lol.

have any of u guys heard of a SJSM student going to a cardio residency.

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