Bone Jock OSRR Senior Posts: 62 (3/21/02 2:16:43 pm) 129.22.7.44 Reply | Edit | Del All Post your credentials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some one offered to post their credentials after the match. I'll get things started. Hopefully this can help those who come after us. Med School: Hi-powered, big name, academic in Midwest Step I: 228 Step II: 245 (took at end of Jan, so not a factor) Research/publications: Yes, research. Nothing published in Ortho. G-surg case report still brewing from 3rd year. Junior AOA: Not at my school. 3rd year grades: Honors: G-surg, Peds. Commendable (hi -pass) in everything else. 4th year ortho A.I.s: CWRU-honors, Mayo-honors, CCF- honors. AOA: No Applied to: 60 programs, all ortho. All over the country (mostly midwest). Interview offers: 16 Interviews taken: 12 (CWRU, CCF, Harvard, Mayo, Cincinnatti, Kentucky, MSU-kalamazoo, Henry Ford, Howard, Toledo, Indiana, and Loyola) Declined (4): UT Southwestern, USC, Louisville, Albany (all declined because of scheduling conflicts). Matched: CWRU - No. 1 choice. bonedoc2be OSRR Fellow Posts: 139 (3/21/02 2:39:17 pm) 216.162.109.237 Reply | Edit | Del stats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/2 honors preclinical mostly honors clinical 2 aways (including where i matched) step 1 235 step 2 233 no real research pretty good letters, including my best one which was from a pediatrician (got to read the letters on several interviews) interviewed at wash u, mayo, UK-kansas city, UK wichita, kentucky, kalamazoo, wright state, indiana, slu, missouri, umkc (mistake!), west virginia, SLU, cincinnati. had to turn down southern illinois b/c of scheduling Did aways at kalamazoo and west virginia matched at kalamazoo one happy dude! Good luck all you 3rd years, i SERIOUSLY do not envy you at all having to go through all that applying/interviewing madness!! capeman OSRR Newbie Posts: 3 (3/21/02 3:43:40 pm) 63.57.47.58 Reply | Edit | Del Sub I at West Virginia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bonedoc2be Congratulations on matching! I was wondering what was your experience like at WVU? Thanks for the info. tibfib OSRR Intern Posts: 15 (3/21/02 7:31:03 pm) 68.41.182.206 Reply | Edit | Del creds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step I: 245 Honored Year III Senior AOA 1st author in a published paper Interviewed at: UCLA, UCSD, USC, UCIrvine, UC Davis, Loyola, UIC, Mayo, Beaumont, Henry Ford, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, MCO, and HSS Matched at No. 1 choice and last, but not least, bench press:step I ratio of 1.08 Perry Osteum OSRR Intern Posts: 20 (3/24/02 10:39:09 am) 152.163.207.68 Reply | Edit | Del Re: creds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med School: high-powered academic institution in the midwest (hangin' out with Bone Jock). STEP I: 229 STEP II: 219 No AOA Research: couple projects, no publications Third year: honors in only two clerkships Ortho rotations: CWRU, Vandy, UT Southwestern Interview offers (only : UT southwestern, CWRU, Indiana, U Kentucky, U Louisville, GW, Cincy, Albany Medical College DECLINED: Albany (conflict w/ Kentucky) MATCHED: U Kentucky Bench: Step I = 1.43 So there is hope for all you short stocky guys out there. Go Wildcats! Ortho2002 OSRR Fellow Posts: 214 (3/24/02 1:57:53 pm) 172.167.110.254 Reply | Edit | Del Re: Post your credentials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- med school: mid-west low powered state school step I: 238 step II: 241 non-aoa top 20% of the class honored surg, med, psych third year research: 1 emergency med case report accepted, 1 hand surgery case report in preparation, independent research project with paper in preparation (unrelated to ortho) aways: mt. sinai, hss, wash u applied to: a crapload (if you can't tell)!!! interviews (23): wash u, mayo, hss, hjd, mt. sinai, brown, uva, u of rochester, cwru, tufts, indiana u, u missouri, henry ford, wayne state, u of cincinnati, siu, st. lukes, stony brook, san fran program, maricopa, lij, uic, mcow declined due to conflicts (12): u kentucky, u kansas-wichita, u kansas-kc, bu, grand rapids, u maryland, slu, u mississippi, albany, penn state, george washington, usc matched: mt. sinai bench to step I: 1.3, but plan on trying to boost this in my spare time before residency! good luck to all next year. as you can see, i really got to see the country and get a sense of what a bunch of different programs were like. i also got to flex my credit cards while having fun with all of the awesome people i met along the way (perry osteum, afortho, etc..)! when it was all said and done, i matched at a program that is awesome and that i know well. can't wait to start!! ps. nookie, if you get a chance, drop me an e-mail at jrlangfo@aol.com Edited by]pauer@mednet.smwed.edu[/url] bonedoc2be OSRR Fellow Posts]pauer@mednet.swmed.edu[/url] And to you others, lets get that credentials thread rolling again. I found it quite interesting.