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?
