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Interesting, I wasn't aware 1% don't get matched. Is it because of some minimum score needed in medical school exams ?
by vsskanth 6y ago
Interesting, I wasn't aware 1% don't get matched. Is it because of some minimum score needed in medical school exams ?
- tryptophan 6y agoThe application process is highly convoluted and not very well designed. Some people just fall through the cracks. But yes, also a small number of people just don't have the intellectual ability to handle it, although schools do a lot of screening to minimize this. Graduation rates at schools are typically 100%, with maybe 1 person every other year failing out.
- vsskanth 6y agoThanks for the insight.
- programmertote 6y agoIf one does not get matched and one is a citizen (or a green card holder), s/he really must have a lower than average USMLE score and/or GPA in med school. Or s/he made a mistake in shooting for too high of a program (e.g., trying to get into UPenn/JHU program when one's score isn't that good). Foreign medical graduates who scores above 65-70th percentile have no problem getting into residency programs (I've made a comment above with more details as to how I know all this). For a green card holder, you just need to get ~60th percentile of the USMLE score (which translates to about 240+ in step 2 CK and step 3 USMLE scores). All I wanted to say is that the bar isn't too high for a US citizen to get into a residency. That doesn't mean though that the path to get into residency is easy. It is extremely convoluted and requires a lot of persistence and planning. That's where (along the way) people fall through the cracks.