Try Scramble Or the Next Match ?
Wise grandmas say Life is full of options and new directions and how our life eventually turns out depends on the choices we make & directions we take. I have had a love-hate relation with options in life - hating them on the USMLE steps ;-) and loving them in so many other places.
So what's your direction gonna be for the scramble ? For one thing, you can never make the Post-match scramble your "goal" and then plan astutely around it and make sacrifices - coz' the guarantees are dismally low as compared to the match. Now I am talking about people in situations where they might rush through USMLE Steps just to be in time for the scramble. Now that's a bad decision. Scores are always king in the Residency game. Physicians are a very academically impressionable breed ;-) and PDs and the faculty on the resident selection are physicians too ...
Thus if the option is scramble or the match and if either Step 1 or Step 2 CK is the sacrificial goat - then Match is the way to go. Take your time on the step and aim for a good score.
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Is ur mindset flexible enough to ?
posted by Digitaldoc, MD at 5:35 PM
Comments on "Try Scramble Or the Next Match ?"
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amit said ... (September 18, 2007 5:56 AM) :
Post Your Comment !hi digitaldoc.
i have passed usmle step 1 and 2 ck, with scores of 82 and 84, but failed in cs. have 2 months usa clinical experience. grad. yr :2006.
3 research papers published in india.
should i appear for cs soon so that i become eligible for post-match scramble 2008, or should i apply in sep 2008 for 2009 match with pass step 3 ??
kindly reply