A MEDSTUDENT that needs help

[dakova]

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Hi people I am a final year student in an english speaking african country,I have exactly 3months and 3weeks left before my finals. I hv been following various threads on SDN but have never commented or posted anything now I need help cos the truth is I am very confused.
I want to do obgyn cos its the only thing that comes naturally to me(urology sometimes) and I would love to train in the states.
I don't knw a lot about about what it entails generally but I do knw u gotta write the board exams,so I downloaded practice questions for step 1 and had afree style crack @ it I had 67%,I don't knw even if dats a good score.
What I am saying is I need u guys to guide me in the process of training and practicing in the US
it will be much appreciated.
P.S. If u hv a BB my pin is 25712042 ping me anytime thanx.

 

[eulbedoc]

I don't knw a lot about about what it entails generally but I do knw u gotta write the board exams,so I downloaded practice questions for step 1 and had afree style crack @ it I had 67%,I don't knw even if dats a good score.

The Medfriends website has a step 1 score estimator to convert your percentage into a predicted 3-digit score. I am not sure how it is at other medical schools, but at my school it seems foreign students need to be very competitive to even apply. Our internal medicine (which is not typically difficult to get into) residency director said that if a foreign applicant does not have at least a 250 on Step 1, he won't even look at the application. Other schools may be more lenient.

 

[dakova]

The Medfriends website has a step 1 score estimator to convert your percentage into a predicted 3-digit score. I am not sure how it is at other medical schools, but at my school it seems foreign students need to be very competitive to even apply. Our internal medicine (which is not typically difficult to get into) residency director said that if a foreign applicant does not have at least a 250 on Step 1, he won't even look at the application. Other schools may be more lenient.

Thanks mate,I will check it out.if its really ultra competitive then I guess I have to pull my socks up.I would really love to train as an obgyn doctor.
Truth is here ill prob see more cases of obs emergencies,fibriods,ca cervix but I am really interested in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
That's not a common field in this parts.

 

[Whats_up_doc]

The Medfriends website has a step 1 score estimator to convert your percentage into a predicted 3-digit score. I am not sure how it is at other medical schools, but at my school it seems foreign students need to be very competitive to even apply. Our internal medicine (which is not typically difficult to get into) residency director said that if a foreign applicant does not have at least a 250 on Step 1, he won't even look at the application. Other schools may be more lenient.

250 for Internal Medicine??? Do you go to an Ivy League, school, perhaps? 😱

 

[fergustsi]

250 for Internal Medicine??? Do you go to an Ivy League, school, perhaps? 😱

im thinking more along the line of a small school with only one internal spot.

 

[dakova]

Do I have to score as high as 250 to get into obgyn?,n which schools are favourable to non US IMGs

 

[fergustsi]

Do I have to score as high as 250 to get into obgyn?,n which schools are favourable to non US IMGs

hospitals in the south florida area are friendlier than average for caribbean grads but im not sure about other IMGs