Hello - I recently found out that I failed my OBGYN shelf.  I have been passing my other shelves (barely) although my site evaluations have been very high.  CLERKSHIPS:  Pediatrics - Pass Obgyn - Conditional Pass Neuro - High Pass Psych - Pass Internal - Not yet taken  Surgery - Not yet taken  STEP1: P/F - Pass  Pre-clinicals: Pass (no academic set backs) Research:  1. Accepted to Two Summer Ortho Programs at NYU and Maimonides between 1st and 2nd year.  2. Podium Presention at AAOS 2022 3. Accepted as a Nth Dimensions scholar for AAOS 2023  4. Poster presentations at AAOS, AOA, MSOS.  5. First authorship article published to Knee and JAAOS 6. Pending - First authorship to Spine and Journal of Neurosurgery  I am more than willing to take a research year of it would boost my application. Also - just to throw it in there I am a woman and a minority. Also I've been involved in Ortho research since undergrad (although it didn't yield anything substantial).