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Demographics
Match Year:  2009
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Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  229
USMLE Step 2:  218

AOA:  Not Selected
Class Rank:  Top 25-50%
Family Medicine:  High Pass Internal Medicine:  High Pass
Pediatrics:  Honors Surgery:  High Pass
Neurology:  Honors Psychiatry:  High Pass
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Otolaryngology:  High Pass

Applications
Alabama
  U Alabama Med Ctr:
- Applied

Arizona
  COM Mayo Clinic (Arizona):
- Applied

Arkansas
  U Arkansas for Med:
- Applied

California
  Kaiser Permanente Med Group (N. California):
- Applied
  Loma Linda U:
- Applied
  Naval Med Ctr (San Diego):
- Applied
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U California (Davis):
- Applied
  U California (Irvine):
- Applied
  U California (San Diego):
- Applied
  U California (San Francisco):
- Applied
  U S. California/LAC+USC Med Ctr:
- Applied
  UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado Denver:
- Applied

Connecticut
  U Connecticut:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 2)
  Yale-New Haven Med Ctr:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  George WUStL:
- Applied
  Georgetown U Hosp:
- Applied

Florida
  U Florida:
- Applied
  U S. Florida:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory U:
- Applied
  Med Col of Georgia:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Illinois
  Loyola U:
- Applied
  Rush U Med Ctr:
- Applied
  U Chicago:
- Applied
  U Illinois COM at Chicago:
- Applied

Kansas
  U Kansas Med Ctr:
- Applied

Kentucky
  U Kentucky COM:
- Applied
  U Louisville:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Louisiana
  Louisiana St U:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
  Louisiana St U (Shreveport):
- Applied
- Attended interview
  Tulane U:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Maryland
  Johns Hopkins U:
- Applied
  U Maryland:
- Applied

Massachusetts
  Boston U Med Ctr:
- Applied
  Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard:
- Applied
  Tufts Med Ctr:
- Applied
Mississippi
  U Mississippi Med Ctr:
- Applied

Missouri
  St Louis U SOM:
- Applied
  U Missouri-Columbia:
- Applied
  WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt:
- Applied

New Hampshire
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr:
- Applied

New Mexico
  U New Mexico:
- Applied

New York
  Albert Einstein COM:
- Applied
  Mount Sinai SOM:
- Applied
  New York Presb Hosp (Columbia and Cornell):
- Applied
  New York U SOM:
- Applied
  NYMC (New York Eye and Ear Infirmary):
- Applied
  SUNY Ctr at Brooklyn:
- Applied
  SUNY Upstate Med U:
- Applied
  U at Buffalo:
- Applied
- Attended interview
  U Rochester:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke U Hosp:
- Applied
  U N. Carolina Hosps:
- Applied
  Wake Forest U SOM:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Received interview

Oregon
  OHSU:
- Applied

Pennsylvania
  Temple U Hosp:
- Applied
  Thomas Jefferson U:
- Applied
  U Pennsylvania:
- Applied

South Carolina
  Med U S. Carolina:
- Applied

Tennessee
  U Tennessee:
- Applied
  Vanderbilt U:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor COM:
- Applied
  U Texas at Houston:
- Applied
  U Texas Ctr at San Antonio:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
  U Texas Med Branch Hosps:
- Applied
- Attended interview
  U Texas Southwestern:
- Applied

Utah
  U Utah:
- Applied

Vermont
  U Vermont:
- Applied

Virginia
  Eastern Virginia:
- Applied
  U Virginia:
- Applied
  Virginia Commonwealth U:
- Applied

Washington
  U Washington:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied

West Virginia
  West Virginia U:
- Applied
Match Experience
I came from a solid medical school, but one without any sort of national reputation. I did well in medical school, but ranked outside the upper quartile of my class. My Step scores were sub-par, I assume, in relation to many other applicants. I do know that I got 4 strong letters; many of my interviewers commented them. I think this was one of the main keys to my success. I did 2 aways in addition to my home rotation. One of those places did not interview me, but I did get a great letter out of the deal. My stategy was to get letters from people who really knew me and worked closely with me. Ended up with 3 ENT and 1 pulmonary/critical care. I just want to emphasize that if your numbers are on the fence like mine were, just go for it! I'm living proof that normal people with normal scores, etc. can match into this competitive field.

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