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Hello,
I’m not sure where to post this for thoughts. I received 6 interviews for neurosurgery. Initially, I only received 2, but after emailing program directors and positions opening up after a couple of months, I received 2 more interviews. I thought they all went great and I was generally well received.
I scored 261 on STEP 1 and 267 on STEP 2. I had excellent LORs. I had only 2 major publications, and my medical school did not have a home neurosurgery program. I also only did one away rotation.
Two major problems that I think happened are that I was not able to take STEP 2 until 2 months after I submitted my application, which some institutions like Mississippi would not invite me to interview until this was submitted, and my third LOR took a month to get uploaded due to unforeseen circumstances. I was thinking that because of these two problems I was screened out initially for not having a complete application, and by the time my application was complete many institutions had filled their interview slots.
So my question is—is it worth it to apply to prelim surgery at an institution that has a neurosurgery program in order to foster further connections and to try again for neurosurgery in a year? Any thoughts are truly appreciated.
I’m not sure where to post this for thoughts. I received 6 interviews for neurosurgery. Initially, I only received 2, but after emailing program directors and positions opening up after a couple of months, I received 2 more interviews. I thought they all went great and I was generally well received.
I scored 261 on STEP 1 and 267 on STEP 2. I had excellent LORs. I had only 2 major publications, and my medical school did not have a home neurosurgery program. I also only did one away rotation.
Two major problems that I think happened are that I was not able to take STEP 2 until 2 months after I submitted my application, which some institutions like Mississippi would not invite me to interview until this was submitted, and my third LOR took a month to get uploaded due to unforeseen circumstances. I was thinking that because of these two problems I was screened out initially for not having a complete application, and by the time my application was complete many institutions had filled their interview slots.
So my question is—is it worth it to apply to prelim surgery at an institution that has a neurosurgery program in order to foster further connections and to try again for neurosurgery in a year? Any thoughts are truly appreciated.