Hey Gamer! Thanks for all you do and the advice you give . As an IMG w/o an official EM faculty advisor you have been immensely helpful over the year.
I did have one question for you....so as I said I am a US IMG and have been fortunate and thankful to receive 15 interview invites (my scores were good and had likely top 1/3 SLOEs at 2/3 rotations based on feedback /school grades) , for mostly monetary, and location/logistic reasons I declined 5 of them and have one more interview pending in mid February.
I really do not see myself liking the area of this program and it will likely be #9 or 10 on rank list. If I do decline I will be at 9 contiguous ranks. Looking at the data I still am at 90%+ odds of matching.... I do not want to waste the programs time with me traveling to this program, I just am anxious about dropping another invite and going to 9 ranks, although I realize and am thankful for having this option to begin with.... I just think I need some reassurance or advice on how to proceed. Thank you!
I did have one question for you....so as I said I am a US IMG and have been fortunate and thankful to receive 15 interview invites (my scores were good and had likely top 1/3 SLOEs at 2/3 rotations based on feedback /school grades) , for mostly monetary, and location/logistic reasons I declined 5 of them and have one more interview pending in mid February.
I really do not see myself liking the area of this program and it will likely be #9 or 10 on rank list. If I do decline I will be at 9 contiguous ranks. Looking at the data I still am at 90%+ odds of matching.... I do not want to waste the programs time with me traveling to this program, I just am anxious about dropping another invite and going to 9 ranks, although I realize and am thankful for having this option to begin with.... I just think I need some reassurance or advice on how to proceed. Thank you!