06-13-2017, 11:53 AM
If you are concerned about specific weaknesses in your application, you should discuss them with a faculty mentor. Generally speaking though, the academic metrics (grades, board scores, publications) are more of a "bar." Once you get to the interview stage, the playing field becomes much more level (though not completely level). It much better to have merely good grades/scores and a few pubs but a great personality and attitude than sky high academic laurels, but a totally weird, arrogant personality.
With regards to sub-internship performance and away letters, most chairman letters are generic/positive. I have only seen a very few letters that objectively negative (<5%) and these are often disregarded if we meet the applicant and form a different opinion. The sub-interns that stand out are not the know-it-all gunners who can answer every pimp questions. The favored Sub-Is are those that are easy going, humble, and hard working.
Residency recruitment is more like a job search than a school application. Your academic record will get you face time at the interview, but your interview and recommendations are what will get you ranked highly.
With regards to sub-internship performance and away letters, most chairman letters are generic/positive. I have only seen a very few letters that objectively negative (<5%) and these are often disregarded if we meet the applicant and form a different opinion. The sub-interns that stand out are not the know-it-all gunners who can answer every pimp questions. The favored Sub-Is are those that are easy going, humble, and hard working.
Residency recruitment is more like a job search than a school application. Your academic record will get you face time at the interview, but your interview and recommendations are what will get you ranked highly.
