Dear readers:
I am an AMG who graduated from medical school in 2017. My step 1 is 215, step 2 is 216, all first attempts. I have one attempt on step 2 CS and passed the second time. Unfortunately, I was terminated at the end of first year of pathology residency due to performance issues in 2018. I was submitting either not enough sections required for diagnosis or too many sections, and my working pace was too slow.
After termination, I rushed to take step 3 despite my low practice test score in order to have the result back by September. Unfortunately, I failed step 3. I passed it the second time with a 208. After passing step 3, I was lucky to get a job as a full-time pathologist's assistant in a different hospital in May 2019. I improved significantly in grossing at my current job as a pathologist's assistant and got a group letter from 4 pathologists at the hospital I'm working at now. The 4 pathologists include the Chair of Pathology at my current hospital. I applied to 50 pathology programs in Sept. 2019 on the Northeastern coast and got only 2 interviews. Last Monday, I did not match. When tried to SOAP into FM and IM programs in NY, NJ, RI, and PA, I received no calls. For pathology LORs, I had one letter from Chair of Pathology from med school, one group letter from my current job, one letter from my research experience, and one letter from a pathology attending from Vermont.
Back in November, when I realized I only got 2 pathology interviews, I shadowed at a student-run clinic, which has a lot of immigrant patients. I got a letter from a FM attending from medical school and wrote a personal statement about switching specialty from pathology to FM. My additional FM LORs include the group letter from my current job and a letter from my research experience. Despite my efforts, I got 0 calls during SOAP this year as I just mentioned above.
During the past 2 years, I have reached out to my previous PD many times. She recently agreed to write me a letter to support me in switching into FM. Would any PDs, attendings, and senior residents please give me advice for how to return to residency? Thank you so much!
I am an AMG who graduated from medical school in 2017. My step 1 is 215, step 2 is 216, all first attempts. I have one attempt on step 2 CS and passed the second time. Unfortunately, I was terminated at the end of first year of pathology residency due to performance issues in 2018. I was submitting either not enough sections required for diagnosis or too many sections, and my working pace was too slow.
After termination, I rushed to take step 3 despite my low practice test score in order to have the result back by September. Unfortunately, I failed step 3. I passed it the second time with a 208. After passing step 3, I was lucky to get a job as a full-time pathologist's assistant in a different hospital in May 2019. I improved significantly in grossing at my current job as a pathologist's assistant and got a group letter from 4 pathologists at the hospital I'm working at now. The 4 pathologists include the Chair of Pathology at my current hospital. I applied to 50 pathology programs in Sept. 2019 on the Northeastern coast and got only 2 interviews. Last Monday, I did not match. When tried to SOAP into FM and IM programs in NY, NJ, RI, and PA, I received no calls. For pathology LORs, I had one letter from Chair of Pathology from med school, one group letter from my current job, one letter from my research experience, and one letter from a pathology attending from Vermont.
Back in November, when I realized I only got 2 pathology interviews, I shadowed at a student-run clinic, which has a lot of immigrant patients. I got a letter from a FM attending from medical school and wrote a personal statement about switching specialty from pathology to FM. My additional FM LORs include the group letter from my current job and a letter from my research experience. Despite my efforts, I got 0 calls during SOAP this year as I just mentioned above.
During the past 2 years, I have reached out to my previous PD many times. She recently agreed to write me a letter to support me in switching into FM. Would any PDs, attendings, and senior residents please give me advice for how to return to residency? Thank you so much!