Weight of clerkship grades

Hi all, 3rd year med student here trying to figure out 4th year away rotations. I'm wondering if I should continue to work towards ortho or if it's an uphill battle (more than it is for everyone else).

Step 1 went very well. I go to a good allopathic school in the US (30s/40s for NIH ranking on US news for what it's worth). I should have 2 1st author sports med publications by application season. I'll take step 2 in a few months. My worry is that I earned "Satisfactory" for all preclinicals and so far in clerkships have been subpar. I earned High Pass on in-house ortho electives x2 as well as general surgery. Otherwise clerkship grades have been Satisfactory. I have a non-ortho leadership position leftover from prior interests and am an officer in the military. I don't anticipate AOA or an impressive class rank. Are my clinicals (namely the lack of honors, including ortho/surgery) going to hold me back from matching in ortho?

Are you going to match into ortho in the military or in a civilian program?

I have a friend that did the military match and while his grades were similar to yours, he matched just fine. A classmate of his was AOA with a step 1 score 20 points higher than his and did not match. For the military ortho match, it's all about the rotations.

What's your school's grading scale?

I apply to both military and civilian programs and then the military tells me which they want me to do.

"For the military ortho match, it's all about the rotations." - All about clerkships? All about the military aways?

The top 25% get honors/high pass.

Thanks for your help.

All about the away rotations for the military. Apparently, all six program directors get together and discuss which candidates are going where.

Is Honors/High Pass one grade? Can you just clarify your full grading scale. How many possible grades are there?