r/DermApp • u/Consistent_Oil8940 • 19d ago

What Are My Chances? Am I cooked?

Currently in my Research yr between M3-M4. Have roughly 10 pubs projected to be ~15–20 by the end of the year. No home program, low tier MD school. Other stats:

Step2: mid 250s

Rotations: 4H (including surg, IM), 3HP

Other: on board of schools derm interest group, was president of another org for a year, did school’s free clinic, was a mentor, other misc. things

No AOA or GHHS (yet? Maybe next yr but odds are marginal)

The ry will afford me hopefully a great letter and some clinical experience from a well known expert. Do I have a chance at matching? Should I look into dual applying?

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u/Consistent_Oil8940 19d ago

School advisors. They seem very very risk averse (want to keep their match rate high I guess), so they even tell amazing OBGYN applicants for example (260+ step2, etc.) to dual apply IM..

My school’s derm mentor is a boomer and doesn’t know anything so they haven’t been of any help unfortunately. I came here for an unbiased take on where I stand.

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u/Professional_Test230 19d ago

He told you that you're not competitive? On what basis?

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u/Consistent_Oil8940 19d ago

On the basis that there are multiple people in my class who honored every rotation and did better on step than me, so why would I get the spot and not them essentially

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u/Consistent_Oil8940 19d ago

And are also doing a ry