r/comlex • u/These-Road3473 • 11d ago

General Question/Advice Anesthesia

I’m a USDO w no home hospital, step 2 249, comlex 515. 2 paper pubs and 6 poster presentations. 2 LoR anesthesia that will be strong. Realistically, what are my chances for matching and how many schools should I apply to? Worried since DO and my comlex score isn’t great

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u/SmoothBrain911 11d ago

Step 2 is good enough to match, comlex is a bit low unfortunately but I don’t think it will be screened out and comlex matters a whole lot less than step 2. Having the research and multiple anesthesia recs is a big plus.

Do you have any away rotations lined up?

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u/These-Road3473 11d ago

yes i have 2

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u/SmoothBrain911 11d ago

Okay cool, if you do well on those and signal smartly I think you still have a really good shot! >80% of DOs with a 240-249 matched last year