will my story hinder me from getting interviews?
By Guest on Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Hi, i just wanted to get some opinions on whether my story will hinder me from getting interviews I am currently a 3rd year doing my rotations and I am very interested in ortho. My first two years of medical school were done at a Carib. med school. However, I worked my bottom off, was number 1 in my class at that school, I scored a 259 on Step 1, and as a result I was able to transfer into an LCME accredited US medical school at the start of my 3rd year. So I am officially a full time student and will receive my M.D. from a US medical school. When I apply for ortho, since I transferred I will have to submit two transcripts, one from my current school for my 3rd and 4th years and one from my old school for my first two years. Will just having a transcript from the Carib medical school to show my grades (which were good) during my first two years hurt my chances at getting interviews even though I will be considered a US grad now? I will be getting all my letters from rotations at my current school and my dean's letter from my current school as well, Step scores coming from NBME (instead of ECFMG), but I am still worried that even though I have nothing to do with my old school now, will the fact that they will see the Carib name on one of the transcripts hinder my chances at interviews? Quick stats: Transferred to a US med school at the start of 3rd year Step 1: 259 Research: 1st author publication (non-ortho) attempting to set up some ortho research Currently doing core rotations Your responses are greatly appreciated.
Possibly, especially at programs that require MCAT and undergrad transcripts (I assume your stats for applying to med school were below average hence the Carib for first 2 years)
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:04
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Possibly, especially at programs that require MCAT and undergrad transcripts (I assume your stats for applying to med school were below average hence the Carib for first 2 years)
My undergrad cumulative GPA was 3.64 (major specific GPA was 3.96) My MCAT score was 30
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:07
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Will probably hurt your chances a little bit, but I think you’ll be leaps and bounds above those who don’t graduate from a US medical school. If anything, it shows that you’ve worked hard get where you are today. I think there are definitely programs that will look at that in an extremely positive light. Good luck.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:08
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Then why did you go to a Carib med school?
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:09
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Then why did you go to a Carib med school?
I applied for two years for US med schools, but for some reason no one gave me interviews. Carib was def not my first choice.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:13
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I applied for two years for US med schools, but for some reason no one gave me interviews. Carib was def not my first choice.
Really? I'd be ready to have an explanation of why.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:17
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I applied for two years for US med schools, but for some reason no one gave me interviews. Carib was def not my first choice.
Really? I'd be ready to have an explanation of why.
I mean the decision was up to the admissions committees, I won't ever know their reasons. I applied to one school for transfer and had to submit the undergrad and MCAT stuff as well along with my current med school transcript at the time. They finally granted my an interview but didn't ask me why I didn't get in the first time.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 21:52
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I have 2 friends that transferred after 2 years in the Caribbean and are both interns now. I transferred from year 1 to 2 from a Caribbean school, got 8 interviews last year, did not match, have 12 interviews this year so far. Just have a good explanation for why you went there and be positive and tell them how it helped you become an ideal candidate.
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 00:16
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Hi, i just wanted to get some opinions on whether my story will hinder me from getting interviews I am currently a 3rd year doing my rotations and I am very interested in ortho. My first two years of medical school were done at a Carib. med school. However, I worked my bottom off, was number 1 in my class at that school, I scored a 259 on Step 1, and as a result I was able to transfer into an LCME accredited US medical school at the start of my 3rd year. So I am officially a full time student and will receive my M.D. from a US medical school. When I apply for ortho, since I transferred I will have to submit two transcripts, one from my current school for my 3rd and 4th years and one from my old school for my first two years. Will just having a transcript from the Carib medical school to show my grades (which were good) during my first two years hurt my chances at getting interviews even though I will be considered a US grad now? I will be getting all my letters from rotations at my current school and my dean's letter from my current school as well, Step scores coming from NBME (instead of ECFMG), but I am still worried that even though I have nothing to do with my old school now, will the fact that they will see the Carib name on one of the transcripts hinder my chances at interviews? Quick stats] Thanks for posting this. I am in the same situation as you. Thanks to everybody else for your responses. I hope it works out for both of us because we had to take the more difficult path to reach our goals.
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Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:04
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