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What is meant by "no thx?" i.e. Univ of Washington - (No thx with 243)

What is meant by "no thx?" i.e. Univ of Washington - (No thx with 243)

It probably means "no thanks" as in he got rejected with a 243.

Um, getting an interview doesn't mean you're in the door.

The guy with a 210 is still at the bottom of the rank list compared to the guy with a 260, unless he has like 10+ publications and his father endowed the medical center.

The guy with a 210 is still at the bottom of the rank list compared to the guy with a 260, unless he has like 10+ publications and his father endowed the medical center.

That's absolutely not true. For instance at Duke, Dr. Hardaker tells you that once you receive an interview, your Step I and Step II scores are removed from your file.

The candidate with a 210 that people want to work with will always beat out the dildo with a 260 that no one likes.

The guy with a 210 is still at the bottom of the rank list compared to the guy with a 260, unless he has like 10+ publications and his father endowed the medical center.

That's absolutely not true. For instance at Duke, Dr. Hardaker tells you that once you receive an interview, your Step I and Step II scores are removed from your file.

The candidate with a 210 that people want to work with will always beat out the dildo with a 260 that no one likes.

Keep thinking that. Even the questions you're going to be asked by the interviewer would be vastly different for someone with a 260 versus someone with a 210. The latter score forces you against a wall to prove yourself; while the former just has to prove that he's not a dildo. You would have to be a humongous dildo and living under a rock if you can't put up an act for even one day.

Even the questions you're going to be asked by the interviewer would be vastly different for someone with a 260 versus someone with a 210.

I don't know what your experience has been, but I did not find this to be true at all. I had a very average Step I score (average for US med students, below average for ortho applicants), and it was not mentioned once in any of my interviews. The questions I was asked were the same that everyone else was asked: "tell me about yourself", "tell me about X on your CV", general ethics/current events questions, etc...No one asked me about Alport Syndrome to make sure my basic science knowledge was up to snuff.

My experience has been that board scores are a minimal factor once you get your interview. If you get an interview, then you're qualified for the job as far as grades and board scores are concerned. After that, it's a matter of "who would i want to work with".

The attitude that a 250+ Step I score will put you ahead of everyone with a lower score is dangerous and misinformed. It's exactly this attitude that leads to the guy with a stellar score who gets too cocky, doesn't match and is left wondering "what happened?".