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Probably not, if I had to guess. You're competing against creme de la creme of most countries. But then again, Tesla went up 10% after hours today for no apparent reason other than that it spent less cash and promised more future cash. Throw your application in the pile, but have a backup plan.
why dont you want the train in the UK?
one issue is having failures red flags that will likely be easy to glean at a glance on your app, coupled with the fact that most docs in the US are likely not familiar enough with the UK training system to understand the positive factors you are saying sort of redeem you
I can't speak for PDs and how familiar some might be, but unless it's an IMG friendly program (you can track this down online usually) then I really wouldn't expect them to be at all, and even if it's an IMG friendly program that still doesn't mean that they will be able to appreciate any app in a practical sense that isn't just on stellar terms prima facie
for example most aren't going to be familiar enough with the UK to know that you are in a top 5 out of 10 med school (no offense, I don't think being in top 50% of med schools will be impressive when there are so few, or even here in the states with over 150+ schools)
I don't mean to discourage you. You are right, working hard, getting excellent LORs, applying broadly, will help. Networking and getting some US training experience and letters would be good too.
It's true that I think those who have trained in a first world English speaking country have the best chance of IMGs, like Canada, Australia, UK, but that said it's still hard and there are tons of those candidate and US ones that are red-flag free and still find it hard to get here.
Anyway, I don't think hope is lost, but I would definitely pursue any options you have for training in and out of the US.
Hi all, new to the forum!
I would like to begin by asking if there is any chance of being able to match into an Internal Medicine residency program as an IMG, given my record:-
I'm a UK medical student (top 5/10 medical school) and I've just finished my third year (two years of pre-clinical sciences + intercalated (sandwich) BSc year).
In my first year I failed one of my single best answer papers (1 of 3 papers) and in my second year I failed the newly introduced OSCE component but passed the single best answer paper. This meant in both years I had to resit all exams in the same summer (the entire set of exams must be resit together even if previously passed). Therefore, I failed both pre-clinical years but did not repeat any years. This last year I achieved a 2:1 in my Cardiovascular BSc (the second highest degree classification in the UK - a good average achieved by most of my medical school friends), I also averaged a First this year across my exams but the marks in the previous two years brought down my overall grade to a 2:1.
Now that my academic transcript is tainted (which I will receive soon with my BSc certificate and will find out exactly how many 'F's/attempts' it states), do I have any chance of gaining a place in the US as an IMG if I were to work extremely hard and do much better in the remaining 3 clinical years of my program and do extremely well in USMLE + LORs, electives, publications etc.
I would be open to any internal medicine residency in pretty much all states.
I know working extremely harder is easier said than done but I would be willing to make the necessary sacrifices if I were to know that there is still some realistic chance of gaining a place, or whether it's not even worth trying to apply and sit the USMLEs.
Any help at all is kindly appreciated