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[sbdoc]

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Hello everyone
i am an IMG applying into Neurology. My scores are so so but i managed somehow to get 8 interviews. Although not in the top tier places, i would be pretty happy if i matched into any of my top 4 places. Is there any statistic suggesting which place IMGs generally match into? I know that grades are important, but if i was arleady called for an interview than i probably passed that first step?

How many interviews are most people attending? How many programs is it good to rank, to more or less secure a place ?

thanks

 

[Wheezy]

I think I have a strong application. I've applied to about 43 neuro programs. Eventually got 10 invites. I was able to physically go to 7. I'm ranking them all. I would be happy at any of them, and I think I will be a pretty good neurologist by the end of my residency.

For me two points are important:
Can I get good training from the program.
Residency (like med school) is what you make of it.

One last thing: programs are not going to call you unless they think they will rank you.

 

[typhoonegator]

sbdoc,

It would be tough to come up with meaningful statistics on how far IMGs rank down their list for neurology spots, just as it would be for American med-school grads. Everyone is different, and has different attributes. There are FMGs in my program that had their pick of any program in the country!

If a program asked you to interview, and you didn't come off looking terrible, then you have a very reasonable chance of matching there. I can't speak for all programs, but I know that my program does almost all of the "weeding out" prior to the interviews, and it's just fine-tuning from there.

Regarding your ROL, you should rank all the programs you interviewed at, unless you would rather not match than go to one of them.