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Did not match OB..need advice
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How many years are you willing to wait before calling it and moving on? I think that's something to decide as well. Also it depends on why you wanted to do OB/Gyn. Maybe there's something else out there that you can do which will fulfill those things you want from patient care.
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(disclaimer: my perspective is that of a resident who is in a different field)
If you think that you'd be happy in FP, I think that's a great option to focus on. You will have a lot more IMG-friendly programs there to look at. It seems like over the last few years ob/gyn has become significantly harder to match into and even if you do have great potential there are some programs that will hold IMG status against an applicant.
I know how not matching can crush someone's self esteem (it happened to me last year) but try to remember that some of this process is a matter of luck and timing (i.e., which specialties are trending competitive or not the year you apply, whether you just happen to get interviewers who clicked with you, not to mention that the interviewers or people reviewing apps may have personal biases that you can't predict or prevent). A few years down the road, this will all be a distant memory and you may find that this experience led you to a place that wound up being better for you than your original plan. Best of luck to you.
If you think that you'd be happy in FP, I think that's a great option to focus on. You will have a lot more IMG-friendly programs there to look at. It seems like over the last few years ob/gyn has become significantly harder to match into and even if you do have great potential there are some programs that will hold IMG status against an applicant.
I know how not matching can crush someone's self esteem (it happened to me last year) but try to remember that some of this process is a matter of luck and timing (i.e., which specialties are trending competitive or not the year you apply, whether you just happen to get interviewers who clicked with you, not to mention that the interviewers or people reviewing apps may have personal biases that you can't predict or prevent). A few years down the road, this will all be a distant memory and you may find that this experience led you to a place that wound up being better for you than your original plan. Best of luck to you.
