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can my 30+ pubs and 1 year NIH fellowship overcome my 235 step 1?

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(08-25-2018, 12:22 AM)Guest Wrote: can my 30+ pubs and 1 year NIH fellowship overcome my 235 step 1?

Totally depends. I remember there was a kid last year who did Howard Hughes and had a ton of basic science research but a below average board score and got a low tier program but I’ve also seen people with your stats match well. Crush your aways and get great letters.

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(08-25-2018, 12:22 AM)Guest Wrote: can my 30+ pubs and 1 year NIH fellowship overcome my 235 step 1?

If you are a consummate hard worker and show good initiative on your sub-I - you should be able to match anywhere.

All these n00bs out here thinking that their step 1 score sunk them. As long as your score is reasonable (~220 and above) and you crush every other aspect of your application AND you are an excellent sub-I (affable, available, able) you can match at the UCSFs/Barrows/Hopkins without issue.

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(08-25-2018, 03:13 AM)Guest Wrote:

(08-25-2018, 12:22 AM)Guest Wrote: can my 30+ pubs and 1 year NIH fellowship overcome my 235 step 1?

If you are a consummate hard worker and show good initiative on your sub-I - you should be able to match anywhere.

All these n00bs out here thinking that their step 1 score sunk them. As long as your score is reasonable (~220 and above) and you crush every other aspect of your application AND you are an excellent sub-I (affable, available, able) you can match at the UCSFs/Barrows/Hopkins without issue.

Wtf are you smoking? Even the best applicants can't count on matching at UCSF and Barrow "without issue". The AVERAGE step 1 score across all medical students is a 230. The AVERAGE medical student does primary care at an average program. A 220 means you're a below average student, puts you at the average for peds and would get you screened at almost all the top neurosurgery programs. You can be a really nice guy and have great skills in inserting foleys and throwing stitches during your sub I but that's not going to save you if you're that weak academically. Obviously we all know there are exceptions for people who got Rhodes, have incredible, high-impact papers (not just a year out for research which is now incredibly common), dad is the chairman of a big place/super strong connections but to suggest this is the norm is absolutely misleading to current medical students.

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^neurosurgery average score was 245 this year

[gauest]

(06-25-2018, 07:51 PM)Guest Wrote: Low step 1 not a deal breaker.  Anything above 220 is workable. Anything above 210 is ok if you are really solid. Anything above 200 is ok if you are on all star.

interesting