Can someone give me a straight, real answer about the important of third year grades? Pediatrics is boring af, and feel like I'm gonna be miserable on Fam Med, OBgyn, Psych. Do I really need to bust my ass to try to Honor these rotations?
If you can't be bothered to even get honors on psych or fam med, I'd worry about you in neurosurgery residency.
There are a ton of things you will be less than excited about during seven years of neurosurgery residency. If you won't "bust your ass" during those times too (when the stakes are much higher) you will be in for a rude awakening...
I've sat in on Match meetings, and everyone realizes that it is very subjective, but if you have a bunch of low-passes and/or no Honors, then it might affect you. Obviously not as important, your personality, personal achievements, and most importantly - research.
Hi, wanted to ask about this again. Our rotation grade depends on our shelf score. If you don't get an A on a shelf, you can't get an A in the rotation. So I ended up with a 95 in the rotation, but a B on the shelf so my school will report a B on my transcript.
How much do these scores matter, especially in the fields of Surgery, IM, and Neurology? Will interviews/ranks be affected by these?
Surgery and neurology are particularly important but if you're a superstar otherwise you can get away without honors.
Hey guys, how does this change for individuals with a lower step 1 (between 220-230) but with top notch research? Thanks!