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Hello everyone, I am an IMG with low scores (Step 1: 212, CK: 222, CS: pass, Step 3: 199) all on first attempt. I have 5 USCE (University of Miami, Northwestern and Cleveland Clinic FL) and received 5 LORs. Had 5 interviews for Internal Medicine, but did not match this cycle. Now, I have been...

I just received my matching result and I am very happy with the outcome. I got advice from my home PD to list a particular school at the top and I did. She worked hard for me to get an interview with this school and gave me guarantees that they would rank me high enough so if I put them at the...

I applied to do aways at a relatively well respected residency program in the midwest in a number of fields relating to IM (pulm, hem-onc, general, cardio). I was denied entry into any of the dates I selected, even though I applied very quickly after the VSAS opened. I was pretty surprised...

This is my favorite subforum on SDN. Just wanted to say that :)

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Hello everyone, I am a NON-US IMG with low board scores (Step 1: 212, Step 2 CK: 222, Step 2 CS: Pass 1st attempt, Step 3: 199). I had 5 USCE (3 at University of Miami, 1 at Northwestern and 1 at Cleveland Clinic FL) and received 5 strong LORs. I applied into Internal Medicine Categorical, had...

Hello everyone, I am a NON-US IMG, Step 1 score: 212, Step 2 CK: 222, Step 2 CS Pass 1st attempt. I had 5 USCE with 5 strong LORs. I had 4 interviews and unfortunately I did not match. I did really well in the interviews and one program sent me an e-mail saying that they will love to have me...

Hello, I am a non-US IMG in my final year, going to graduate this summer. I am pursuing USMLE to get into EM. EM is an emerging thing where I come from, and its hard to come across good PG training programs in EM back home. I know that EM is extremely competitive in US. In 2017 only 20 IMGs...

Hi My name is John. I am a 4th year medical Student at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine pursuing a career in Family Medicine. I am contacting you to inquire about available OMGE year 1 positions. I am ready to begin training after graduation in May 2018 and have passed all...

Hey everyone. I would like opinions/advice. My app: Top 30 American medical school Graduated in 50 percentile of my class Step 1 235, Step 2 239 1 research year in ortho (2 full lengths as second author, 15 abstracts) Not AOA Mostly high pass on clinical. 2 honors. 1 pass. Out of medical...

Hello everyone, I am 5th year Medical Student in Europe (6yr MD program), step 1 mid-250, 10 pubs mostly in surgery, 10 poster/oral presentations in european conferences, great LoRs from US-trained surgeons who were my professors and gonna have 5 month electives in US in peds and surgery. I am...

Hi everyone, I am a third year medical student in the south where I grew up. My family recently moved to California LA area and I would like to live close to my family. I did pretty terrible and got 215 for step 1 score, and I was wondering how competitive neurology programs are in LA area. Do...

Hi is there anyone who fits all of that? I have a few questions, and hearing from someone who is/has been in this position would be really helpful. There is definitely a lot of information on this site, but I have noticed in terms of residencies/matching - I've only seen 1 international student...

It's almost time for residency apps, and after rotating through peds and OMFS, I feel extremely torn. I really liked both specialties for completely different reasons, but I don't really have any info on either as far as admissions stats go. Does anyone have any info about requirements/which...

Was under-qualified, applied to general surgery. Didn't apply to any "back-ups" because it was my life and I was sure I would do anything to be a surgeon. Fast-forward a few months and surgery lost it's luster in December (after doing a few aways) but by then it was too late to apply to other...

I have a friend at Royal Vet College in London - AVMA COE accredited - and he is looking to enter the match this coming Fall. What internships accept foreign graduates? He is running in to issues of internships not sponsoring visas for foreign graduates. Does anyone have experience with this?

Hey guys! I'm a current 3DN, and I waited a bit too long to make up my mind about residencies. I always figured I'd fall back on an AEGD/GPR and just do general if I didn't decide on something. Recently I've been getting drawn in to OMFS and am seriously considering applying for a 4 year...

How much does residency training at Ivy League schools/programs come into play when applying for a job? or having it on your CV?. For example, say I am between Michigan vs UPENN or Pittsburgh vs Columbia/Cornell. I know Michigan and Pitt PM&R programs are great places to train, but does having...

3rd-year DO student here. I want to go in urology but the scarcity of spots that DOs are traditionally competitive for (~25?) makes me really nervous. I'd be happy to get in anywhere, but focused on DO ACGME/AOA programs. COMLEX: 722, USMLE: 251, good pre-clinical grades, sigma sigma phi (does...

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Hey SDN, I am a MS4 who is really struggling to make my rank order list. I have a lot of great options but an paralyzed by indecision. Most of my programs I enjoy pretty equally, except for a few minor blips. To be honest, almost every program I interviewed at was pretty similar IMO. Anyone with...

I'm an MS1 interested in ophthalmology and a few other more competitive specialties. The problem is I have 0 interest in research. I'd much rather devote my free time to volunteer activities and hobbies I'm passionate about. I go to a top 20 and many of my classmates are super brilliant and...

The calls are coming in today! I am taking the format from last year's thread. If you would like your information to remain anonymous, you may private message your information to me and I will be happy to post it! --Board Scores: Step 1: Step 2: --AOA and class rank: --Reputation of medical...

Hello, I fortunately prematched at four texas schools: UTSW UTMB McGovern UTSA (only recently prematched on dec 31st) I am trying to accurately gauge how much I want to go to each of the schools but it is hard to do because apparently most don't release financial aid information/...

Hello everyone, I am new to SDN community and I don't know if this is the right forum to post my question here, so I apologize in advance if it is the wrong forum. I am currently third year osteopathic medical student and I am very interested in pursuing neurology MD residency program, I would...

Hi guys! This is the first post I'm writing although I have been lurking around SDN for a few years now. I'm in a bit of a situation and would really appreciate some advice. I'm currently a 4th year medical student in Ireland, and would like to apply for the Ophth match when I graduate...

Hey I'm a US IMG went to AUC and got a 241 in step 1 wondering what are my chances matching a program in radiology and possible ESIR. thank you

i know there's no guarantee for anything but what would i need to do/to score to reasonably guarantee anesthesiology with Step 1 <220? PD survey for anesthesiology from 2016: interquartile range for step 1 for almost never granting interview = 210 - 220, i think that means: 25% of programs...

Hi -- I am currently a PGY3 internal medicine resident who has applied to fellowship programs via the NRMP Fellowship Match. Match results are scheduled to be released on December 6, 2017, however, I am wondering if the program where I currently practice as a resident will receive the results...

Anyone know of a better way of finding out which programs have either no or low minimum COMLEX score for AOA general surgery other than emailing/calling the programs directly? Thanks

Seems like every IMG on this site has scored a 250 who is getting IVs. Would like to hear the experience of those with lower scores. I had a disappointing 219 on step 1. I'm an undergraduate in my home country. I only want to do neurology but I don't know how much of a red flag that score is...

What is the likelihood of matching into EM if you have two attempts for Step 1 with second score being low 200s?

Hello! I am an european trained doctor. I am currently applying for a fellowship. I want to do gyn onco which in Europe includes breast, so I'd have to do 2 fellowships. I would prefer to start with breast because I did my last year or resident training exclusively in the breast department so I...

US med student from mid tier school. My Step I was bad, my Step II a little below average, and I am in the bottom quartile for grades, but wanted to try because I fell in love with the field. I'm not ready to totally give up yet but want to start preparing in anticipation of SOAP. Is there any...

This is for a family member of mine. Assuming they have a BSMD acceptance to a mid-tier 7 yr bs/md program [say, psu/skmc] and an acceptance from AKU [Aga Khan University] in Pakistan, which should they choose? To allow you to make an informed decision and to prevent those saying IMGs are way...

I have been reading SDN and asking questions about matching into Radiology. The general answer I get about match chances is " A passing Step score and a pulse" are all that is needed to match Radiology. Yet the Step 1 average is 240. On Charting outcomes I also see that a score greater than 220...

Bear with me, because I'm a lowly pre-med but I've had this question for a while now... So before medical school, you'll usually get a concentration of high stats apps at the "top" schools. Harvard, Hopkins, UCSF and so-on get their pick of the top percentiles; these students are usually the...

Frush BW. To Those “Out There”. JAMA. 2017;318(12):1107–1108. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.10823 For anyone who has struggled with depression, anxiety, mental illness during medical school and how to present it for Residency Applications To Those “Out There” | Humanities | JAMA | The JAMA Network...

Hey guys! If you're in the midst of the application cycle for this year, it's a very exciting time for you! I thought I'd go ahead and throw down some unsolicited advice that might be of help. Your time during the interview season is precious (and so is your money). Some tips: Geographical...

Hey guys! If you're in the midst of the application cycle for this year, it's a very exciting time for you! I thought I'd go ahead and throw down some unsolicited advice that might be of help. I know that med schools are generally recommending more applications and more interviews as psych has...