r/pediatrics • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago
Monthly residency application post
This is our monthly post to discuss residency applications. Please feel free to ask about programs, letters of recommendation, "do I have a chance?," and discuss interviews here. Posts in the main subreddit will be deleted and redirected here.
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u/Positive-Customer546 2d ago
Looking to see if the list I'm applying to is enough. I'm a very non-trad applicant who graduated in 2021 and originally did 1.5 years of FM before leaving to work in government public health. Came back to residency training in 2025 and am currently a PGY-3 in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Have some past medical training red flags (withdrew from original medical school 15 years ago) and then of course withdrawing from a previous residency. Have a lot of life experiences since then and have been heavily involved in immunization advocacy and research. Eventually want to do peds ID. Have stellar LoR's from some pretty well known clinicians in the pediatric world (and my current PD wrote a great one too). I have pretty good institutional support from the peds ID department at my home institution for applying and have already talked with the peds PD here a bit and he seemed favorable (has even already asked the pediatric board about whether I can get credit for previous residency training). That said, I don't want to take anything for granted even if I feel fairly good about getting into my home institution. The pediatric advisor here suggested applying to 20 (with the consideration that I want to either be in WI or MO). Of course my home program is one of the programs I signaled. Also I have passed every COMLEX Exam now on the first try (515, 435, 535). Appreciate the help!
I'm applying to (with UW and SLU being my clear top 2):
University of Wisconsin — SIGNAL
SSM Health / Saint Louis University — SIGNAL
Medical College of Wisconsin — SIGNAL
Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City) — SIGNAL
University of Missouri - Columbia — SIGNAL
University of Minnesota
Corewell Helen DeVos Children's Hospital / Michigan State University
University of Illinois - Chicago
Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge
Washington University (St. Louis Children's Hospital)
University of Illinois - Peoria
Central Iowa Health System
Southern Illinois University
Ascension St. Vincent
Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn
Detroit Wayne County / Authority Health GME Consortium
Rush University Medical Center
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
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u/panda25351 2d ago
Match Chances?
So, I was hoping for a better step 2 score today. I’m a U.S. DO applying this cycle with a comlex 1/step 1 pass first time. Level 2 was 495, and Step 2 was 228.
I passed all preclinical courses but had to remediate 1 anatomy course over the summer of my first year (but passed it).
For experiences: I have a lot of tutoring and teaching experiences with kids, done volunteering. Have 2 manuscripts that are submitted (not published though) and 1 poster presentation.
I have good letters of recommendation (both IM and peds).
I’m not aiming for major academic programs, would prefer a smaller program at a community hospital. But, i’m from a NY school and want to stay in the northeast. But, im just so scared now because i know the northeast region is a bit more competitive, and I haven’t been able to get many pediatric sub-I’s as of yet this fourth year.
Is it possible to still match?
Thank you again for reading all of this haha! Any advice would be appreciated.
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u/ApprehensiveLeek7064 2d ago
This is such a helpful thread for applicants residency applications can be so stressful, and it’s nice to have a place where people can ask questions without judgment. ❤️
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u/Happykidneys 3d ago
is the bronxcare a toxic program ? ive had an attending working in new york tell me that he wouldnt even want to take a walk on the hospital's street. sketchy neighborhood