Matching EM with failed Step 1?
Hey, probably too early to be thinking about this, but I’m in the dumps right now and thinking ahead after finding out I failed Step 1 by a very thin margin a few days ago. I’m at a mid tier USMD school and have done fine in my first two years, and have multiple leadership and volunteering roles that have supplemented my time here. I thought the exam was hard but was not really expecting to fail nor what to expect moving forward.
Thankfully Im not looking at anything super competitive, and EM has been my choice since scribing before med school. I know competitiveness can vary year by year, but does anyone have any idea how PDs and programs would look at this, given a successful clerkship year and good Step 2? (that is my determination from all of this, is to bounce back and work harder and more effectively to be better from here on out). I understand my options are more limited, and top tier or competitive programs are probably out the window. But am i completely sidelined from being able to match somewhere geographically, for example? Am I SOL? Appreciate any insight.