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  Saturday, 06 June 2009
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Hello all, I thought we could start a thread about the common questions that come up when applying for ortho. I'll start with some of mine...

As my schedule stands I'm currently doing my home Ortho month in July, then 2 aways in Sept/Oct. I have some Urology research that got published and was thinking I could do a Uro rotation in August to get a letter from the attending I did my research with. Anyone know if a Urology letter would carry any weight or be frowned upon? The other option I was thinking was to do a SICU month in August, but I'm slightly terrified of stacking ortho, SICU, ortho, ortho together. Any thoughts?

Feel free to post your own questions on this thread, I figure it's easier than having 50 threads to dig through to get any useful info...
Sunday, 07 March 2010 19:29
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Stop hogging all the rotations.
Sunday, 07 March 2010 19:41
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Noted; that was kind of hoggish of me; my bad.
Sunday, 07 March 2010 19:44
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Haha, I don't care as long as you aren't trying to rotate where I'm trying to rotate!
Friday, 12 March 2010 10:08
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I did four in a row this year. I was a little tired at the end of the fourth month but I'd do it again if I had the chance. You never know if that fourth one could be the place you match at. Also, you become pretty comfortable as someone else said with the bread and butter ortho, and anatomy they expect you to know, after the first few so it gets a little easier.
Sunday, 06 June 2010 22:29
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Do residency programs ask about CS score? Do they need them before they invite you for an interview or rank you?
Monday, 07 June 2010 11:03
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No. I didn't get my CS score back until after match day.

That being said, take CS early. It's easy and you don't want to be stressing about it late b/c it takes forever to get your score.
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