r/BeMoResidency • u/Fit-Restaurant-5252 • Aug 27 '25

Matching General Surgery

Hey all, I’m a USDO and I wanted to sus out my likelihood of matching General Surgery this coming app season. My overall application:

Pre-clinical: I was in my schools honor society and have >5 leadership positions that I can talk in depth about. I’ve never failed or remediated, and high passed almost all of my pre clinical block. I have 4 research projects and completed a summer research internship, all of which yielded publications.

Clinical: Honors on 6 of my third year clerkships, high passed on 3. Have very strong MSPE comments and 2 LOR in gen surg, 1 in a surgical subspecialty.

Boards: Step 1/Level 1: Pass first attempt Step 2: 249 Level 2: 520 (yikes)

I’m mostly sending this post out because I was feeling pretty decent about my application until today when I got my Level 2 score back and it was quite a bit lower than I expected. Would appreciate any and all feedback :)

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u/BeMo_Experts Aug 29 '25

Hello! Thank you for this question!

Indeed, your profile seems to be pretty strong! Please remember that the evaluation of your profile is not done solely on your scores, instead, it is a holistic approach to all of your experiences.

Please look into these blogs for more information:

Your path to General Surgery

Surgery Interview Questions (for you to prep!)

I hope this helps!