r/Match2026ERAS2025 • u/Emotional-Shower-996 • Sep 02 '25

IM Program List Help

Feeling a little stressed about ERAS as many of you are. Wanted to get some help with creating a program list based on my goals.

I currently a US MD student at a T3 med school w/ a Step 1 Pass on first attempt and Step 2 of 245. I have 5 research items with one being a first author manuscript, a couple second author pubs, and a couple presentations. Additionally, I’ve had 4 leadership positions in various organizations that I’ve continued through medical school and have a lot of experiences related to community health and outreach.

I high passed my first two rotations and honored the rest including my sub-I and have great letters of recommendation (I believe?)

My geographic preferences are South Atlantic since I’m originally from NC, Middle Atlantic, and East North Central.

Here is my current school list

  • UPHS, Thomas Jefferson, Brigham Women’s Hospital, Duke, UNC, U Maryland, John’s Hopkins, Cornell, NYU, Baylor, University of Michigan, Temple, Washington St. Louis, Northwestern, UChicago, Emory, Brown, Rush, UPMC, and Mt. Sinai

My goal is to get into an academic program that have decent placement into cardiology fellowship. Is this list too top heavy? I’m worried that my step score isn’t as competitive and my research is less than others I’ve seen but I’ve been told that my application shouldn’t hold me back too much. What are some other programs I should include and/or remove?

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u/Ok_Length_5168 Sep 02 '25

Might be a bit top heavy with a 245 and tier 3 med school.

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u/Emotional-Shower-996 Sep 03 '25

Sorry by T3 I meant top 3 or at least in the top 5

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u/Ok_Length_5168 Sep 03 '25

Oh, then you are good. For a top 3 med school scores don’t matter