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[canine 8]

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my friend didnt match this year for psychiatry.....his scores are 80 in part 1, 75 in part 2,cs pass in first attempt....waiting for step 3 scores....
two years of externship exp in govt. psychiatry hospital India
two years of work exp as sub investigator in psychiatry clinical trials research india.
three months of research assistant exp in US .....do u think he has any chance to get into residency, or is it good to go back india and try his luck....thanks in advance.............

 

[canine 8]

my friend did not match for psuchiatry this yr
his stats are
part 1 -80
part 2- 75
cs- pass in first attempt
waiting for step 3 scores
two yrs externship in govt. psych hospital india
two yrs work exp as sub-investigator in psych clinical drug trials.. india
three months research assistant in US ...
what do u think his chances are? does he have any chance for next match...or he have to go back to india and try pg there....please give honest suggestions...thanks in advance

 

[squareknot]

the 2-digit scores aren't helpful...what are his/her 3-digit scores?

psychiatry isn't that difficult to get into. did your friend apply broadly?

 

[gutonc]

my friend didnt match this year for psychiatry.....his scores are 80 in part 1, 75 in part 2,cs pass in first attempt....waiting for step 3 scores....
two years of externship exp in govt. psychiatry hospital India
two years of work exp as sub investigator in psychiatry clinical trials research india.
three months of research assistant exp in US .....do u think he has any chance to get into residency, or is it good to go back india and try his luck....thanks in advance.............

There is not enough information here to give a complete answer but here are some comments I have.

1. Those Step scores are horrible. They would make it hard for a Harvard grad to match. Unless his Step 3 score is a 260/99, I don't think things look good for him...and even then, nobody really cares about Step 3 if 1 and 2 are crap since you may not get through a filter.

2. USCE? Does he have any clinical experience in the US? If not, that's a major problem. As a graduate (rather than a student), his options are observerships, fake (and expensive) clerkships through some scam artist company like Americlerkship or clinical research where he interacts with patients.

3. Breadth of application? Did he not match because he only applied to 10 or 20 programs? Did he get interviews? To be honest, an IMG with scores like that needs to apply to 100-200 programs to have a shot at matching.

 

[smq123]

Merged two similar threads (from the same OP).

 

[J ROD]

😕

 

[TexasPhysician]

English needs to be top notch.

The USMLE scores will eliminate him from most good programs. FMG's need better scores than everyone else.

US clinincal experience?

 

[turquoiseblue]

i think psych has gotten really competitive...its probably not as easy as people think.....definitely apply to many programs...in the 100-200 range....and in addition to applying for psych, apply for backup specialties like IM or FP..keep trying, you may make it....it often takes a few matches to get into a program for FMG's....i am an IMG and had lower scores and i post scramble scrambled into programs. first attempt is a plus too. i had attampts..