Medical Residency Applications Advice Tips from Program Directors

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• @2fluffyduck · 2021-03 · in “worried”

  ▶ link This video is very helpful. It is a little bit harsh but these are words coming directly from PD. So they are 100% accurate

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• @OPisaVaG · 2019-09 · in “So I have read that a 250 on an exam can be the equivalent of a 255 or a 245 on another. This applies to any grade btw. But how is this fair ? Especially to those who got lower than a 250 for example. Will the transcripts that we pay for describe the allocations of the grades and percentiles ?”

  …their current system but for all the flak it gets, its quite impressive it can create a test that gives you a score of only +/- 8 within your actual range in only 280 questions. Anyways, I'm pretty sure residency systems have a cut off point for step 1 scores and will hand review all the transcipts with scores above that cut off point. ▶ link ▶ link pretty great insight into the residency application review system.

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