Steady increase in USIMG matching

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Please it doesn't matter where you graduate from. I know IMGs with way better knowledge than AMGs. It matters how much passion you actually have for medicine. A lot of amgs don't dedicate their life to medicine and a lot of IMGS do. But it goes both ways. It makes no difference.
 
loltopsy said:
What's the 'all in' rule?
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Used to be that residencies could participate in the match AND give pre-match spots to IMGs. Last year, I think, was the first year the NRMP decided if you want to participate in the match, all the spots have to be in the match.
 
Another thing is, regardless of the All-in rule that started last year and the increase in graduates to almost 1-1 the USIMGs increased their match rate.
 
Paul Darlington said:
I wasn't accusing him and just because my profile says pre-med doesn't mean am pre-med and even if so we all have rights to enter w/e forum we wish and voice our views out. What you guys need is humility and acceptance of IMGs and not seek their downfall. You know what am out!
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Also, IMG?
 
And that guy IS a pre-med. 2 second search in his post history shows he's studying for the MCAT now.
 
Kaputt said:
And that guy IS a pre-med. 2 second search in his post history shows he's studying for the MCAT now.
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Being pre-med doesn't make me pre-mature. Let me actually rap to you
Don't venTURE, Like a vulTURE, In fuTURE, I wanna be a teaCHER, teaching agriculTURE, what is culTURE, manufacTURE yoo manufacTURE!! . Call me rap doctor. I rap and then automatically pills flow into patients. Good night
 
Paul Darlington said:
Being pre-med doesn't make me pre-mature. Let me actually rap to you
Don't venTURE, Like a vulTURE, In fuTURE, I wanna be a teaCHER, teaching agriculTURE, what is culTURE, manufacTURE yoo manufacTURE!! . Call me rap doctor. I rap and then automatically pills flow into patients. Good night
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ah so this is what they mean by clanging
 
Paul Darlington said:
Being pre-med doesn't make me pre-mature. Let me actually rap to you
Don't venTURE, Like a vulTURE, In fuTURE, I wanna be a teaCHER, teaching agriculTURE, what is culTURE, manufacTURE yoo manufacTURE!! . Call me rap doctor. I rap and then automatically pills flow into patients. Good night
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lol wut
 
Piind said:
Please it doesn't matter where you graduate from. I know IMGs with way better knowledge than AMGs. It matters how much passion you actually have for medicine. A lot of amgs don't dedicate their life to medicine and a lot of IMGS do. But it goes both ways. It makes no difference.
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GuyWhoDoesStuff said:
Why would you misuse this meme so blatantly?

Find another pic of Chapelle if you're gonna do the uniform schtick.
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How is he misusing the meme? I would say a crack addict is pretty accurate with respect to Paul Darlington's delusions of grandeur.
 
DermViser said:
How is he misusing the meme? I would say a crack addict is pretty accurate with respect to Paul Darlington's delusions of grandeur.
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The picture quoted is the "Y'all got any more of them _____?" meme. It's misused grossly in the above attempt. That's not how memes work.

I can't believe I'm even arguing this, but it's the principle of the thing.

And yes, Paul Darlington is an idiotic troll. You'd all do well to ignore him.
 
Paul Darlington said:
I wasn't accusing him and just because my profile says pre-med doesn't mean am pre-med and even if so we all have rights to enter w/e forum we wish and voice our views out. What you guys need is humility and acceptance of IMGs and not seek their downfall. You know what am out!
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"You must understand that is ****ing confusing. It just is. Now that would be like me, Dave Chappelle, the comedian, walking down the street in a cop uniform. Somebody might run up on me, saying, "Oh, thank God. Officer, help us! Come on. They're over here. Help us!" "Oh-hoh! Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a police officer!" See what I mean?"

Even if you aren't pre-med, you're wearing a pre-med's uniform.
 
iniquus said:
"You must understand that is ******* confusing. It just is. Now that would be like me, Dave Chappelle, the comedian, walking down the street in a cop uniform. Somebody might run up on me, saying, "Oh, thank God. Officer, help us! Come on. They're over here. Help us!" "Oh-hoh! Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a police officer!" See what I mean?"

Even if you aren't pre-med, you're wearing a pre-med's uniform.
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Well, he is pre-med. He's taking the MCAT in April.
 
I dont know I really have no problem with USIMG's matching more and more.

If they can overcome all of the odds stacked against them and still match, props to them. Because they obviously have to be more successful in medical school than the AMGs matching at that same program.

Obviously its sad that so many go that route and its such a hard route to take, but I definitely don't think more of them matching is anything to get upset about (not saying anyone in this topic was upset in particular, general statement).
 
That being said, our premedical advisers really need to do a better job at telling students how grim of a route the Carib is. Their situation honestly makes me sad and if they can succeed from that, after obviously not being successful enough in undergrad to make it into a US MD program, it is an incredible accomplishment.
 
Kaputt said:
Well, he is pre-med. He's taking the MCAT in April.
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I am pre-med who will graduate this May and start med school this fall. Yes I was going to re-take but have gotten an acceptance. Anyway let it all end here, I don't know but i love u and we all need to love each other before we can love our patients in future. Stay blessed.
 
falmouth said:
That being said, our premedical advisers really need to do a better job at telling students how grim of a route the Carib is. Their situation honestly makes me sad and if they can succeed from that, after obviously not being successful enough in undergrad to make it into a US MD program, it is an incredible accomplishment.
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forget caribbean, don't you think that pre-meds are not educated enough on the DO route? For years and years, if someone could not get into US MD, the next thought was Caribbean. Lots of premeds do not consider DO due to hearsay and ignorance, run to the islands, and shoot themselves in the foot by flunking out or not matching. I am sure there are thousands of caribbean dropouts who would have been doctors today had they attended DO schools.
 
Paul Darlington said:
I am pre-med who will graduate this May and start med school this fall. Yes I was going to re-take but have gotten an acceptance. Anyway let it all end here, I don't know but i love u and we all need to love each other before we can love our patients in future. Stay blessed.
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why on God's green earth would you retake the MCAT if you already have an acceptance?
 
falmouth said:
That being said, our premedical advisers really need to do a better job at telling students how grim of a route the Carib is. Their situation honestly makes me sad and if they can succeed from that, after obviously not being successful enough in undergrad to make it into a US MD program, it is an incredible accomplishment.
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Not everyone that goes to Carib was unsuccessful.
user3 said:
forget caribbean, don't you think that pre-meds are not educated enough on the DO route? For years and years, if someone could not get into US MD, the next thought was Caribbean. Lots of premeds do not consider DO due to hearsay and ignorance, run to the islands, and shoot themselves in the foot by flunking out or not matching. I am sure there are thousands of caribbean dropouts who would have been doctors today had they attended DO schools.
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If someone drops out of Carib it is because the person is not meant to be in med school in the first place and the person would fail even in US school. I am sure you for instance would be fine should you attend Carib school and still match. The best ones always match
 
I really don't understand why Paul is constantly being labelled as a troll ? Just because his opinions and views differ ....
 
falmouth said:
I dont know I really have no problem with USIMG's matching more and more.

If they can overcome all of the odds stacked against them and still match, props to them. Because they obviously have to be more successful in medical school than the AMGs matching at that same program.

Obviously its sad that so many go that route and its such a hard route to take, but I definitely don't think more of them matching is anything to get upset about (not saying anyone in this topic was upset in particular, general statement).
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But it's really not like that. As harsh as it is, no Carib grad will ever match a top-tier residency, no matter the numbers. And only rarely does a Carib grad even get considered for something like derm or rad onc. It's not simply that Carib grads need better scores for the same residencies, they need better scores for different residencies. Sadly the only residency a Carib grad can get is one that US MDs and DOs don't want, unless those US MDs or DOs are like 5 standard deviations below the Carib grad and are scrapping for anything they can get.

I completely agree on giving them props when they do match. It's such a tough road, but just because some make it doesn't mean it should be encouraged as a viable path for everyone. It costs a lot of dough to wager on whether you'll be one of the success stories of the Caribbean.

Good luck, Paul, but I really hope you've exhausted all your other options if you're set on going to the Caribbean. SMP, post-bac, grade-replacement for DO, etc.
 
Prince090 said:
I really don't understand why Paul is constantly being labelled as a troll ? Just because his opinions and views differ ....
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physioMD just outted his alt accts

obviously still butthurt over the transgender thread
 
Prince090 said:
I really don't understand why Paul is constantly being labelled as a troll ? Just because his opinions and views differ ....
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Paul Darlington said:
Listen son, my life has been programmed by God so my destiny doesn't lie in the hands on humans. Whether or not I will be successful depends on Gods plan for my life. I can go to Caribbean and match better than you will ever dream of. No wonder your name is evilboy. Light and darkness has nothing in common.
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user3 said:
forget caribbean, don't you think that pre-meds are not educated enough on the DO route? For years and years, if someone could not get into US MD, the next thought was Caribbean. Lots of premeds do not consider DO due to hearsay and ignorance, run to the islands, and shoot themselves in the foot by flunking out or not matching. I am sure there are thousands of caribbean dropouts who would have been doctors today had they attended DO schools.
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Yeah this is definitely true! They should be more educated about the benefits of DO schools and all of the risks associated with carib schools 🙂
 
Piind said:
Please it doesn't matter where you graduate from. I know IMGs with way better knowledge than AMGs. It matters how much passion you actually have for medicine. A lot of amgs don't dedicate their life to medicine and a lot of IMGS do. But it goes both ways. It makes no difference.
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This is the kind of propaganda that nurse practitioners propagate to make themselves feel better about their lack of actual medical knowledge. All this touchy feely stuff about passion and holistic care and dedication. As though they think being smart and making it into medical school makes you less dedicated and narrow minded. But life isn't like an role playing game where you only have a certain number of points that are distributed to various attributes. It's possible to be intelligent, dedicated and caring all at the same time.
 
Kaputt said:
But it's really not like that. As harsh as it is, no Carib grad will ever match a top-tier residency, no matter the numbers. And only rarely does a Carib grad even get considered for something like derm or rad onc. It's not simply that Carib grads need better scores for the same residencies, they need better scores for different residencies. Sadly the only residency a Carib grad can get is one that US MDs and DOs don't want, unless those US MDs or DOs are like 5 standard deviations below the Carib grad and are scrapping for anything they can get.

I completely agree on giving them props when they do match. It's such a tough road, but just because some make it doesn't mean it should be encouraged as a viable path for everyone. It costs a lot of dough to wager on whether you'll be one of the success stories of the Caribbean.

Good luck, Paul, but I really hope you've exhausted all your other options if you're set on going to the Caribbean. SMP, post-bac, grade-replacement for DO, etc.
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Do your research. You're wrong. Near impossible? Yes. Has it been done in the past? Yes.
 
falmouth said:
Yeah this is definitely true! They should be more educated about the benefits of DO schools and all of the risks associated with carib schools 🙂
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I clearly understand the benefits of DO but understand that not everyone wants to practice in the US all their lives. I for instance wont so I don't need DO.
 
falmouth said:
Yeah this is definitely true! They should be more educated about the benefits of DO schools and all of the risks associated with carib schools 🙂
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What are the risks? A good student will always match no matter where you place them. Suck it, we choose our own destiny.
 
Paul Darlington said:
Listen son, my life has been programmed by God so my destiny doesn't lie in the hands on humans. Whether or not I will be successful depends on Gods plan for my life. I can go to Caribbean and match better than you will ever dream of. No wonder your name is evilboy. Light and darkness has nothing in common.
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Paul Darlington said:
What are the risks? A good student will always match no matter where you place them. Suck it, we choose our own destiny.
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He's gone full troll.

But I'm bored so I'll toss out a question to you @Paul Darlington -- How old is the earth?
 
Chipster. said:
He's gone full troll.

But I'm bored so I'll toss out a question to you @Paul Darlington -- How old is the earth?
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I meant to say my own destiny is to follow Gods plan for my life and someone else would want to do DO and that is them choosing their destiny. If it concerns you to know I am a year older than the earth. So now you answer me Mr genius how old is old?
 
mulberry said:
Do your research. You're wrong. Near impossible? Yes. Has it been done in the past? Yes.
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bro, that's like being a walk-on LB for the Patriots. Don't compare yourself to outliers, compare yourself to the average.
 
Paul Darlington said:
I meant to say my own destiny is to follow Gods plan for my life and someone else would want to do DO and that is them choosing their destiny. If it concerns you to know I am a year older than the earth. So now you answer me Mr genius how old is old?
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mulberry said:
Do your research. You're wrong. Near impossible? Yes. Has it been done in the past? Yes.
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I really only have experience with radiology programs, but I saw not a single Carib grad as a resident at any of the 14 programs I interviewed at, all of which are considered top 40ish programs. And none of my co-interviewees at any of these places were from the Caribbean. There were some European IMGs here and there but no Carib grads.

To match as a Carib grad at a top rads program is near impossible unless you've got family on the selection committee. I'm not an expert on other fields, but I imagine top surgery and IM places are similar.
 
falmouth said:
I hope you are trolling because if not you are in for a rude awakening.
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Kaputt said:
I really only have experience with radiology programs, but I saw not a single Carib grad as a resident at any of the 14 programs I interviewed at, all of which are considered top 40ish programs. And none of my co-interviewees at any of these places were from the Caribbean. There were some European IMGs here and there but no Carib grads.

To match as a Carib grad at a top rads program is near impossible unless you've got family on the selection committee. I'm not an expert on other fields, but I imagine top surgery and IM places are similar.
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First of all God is the head of the selection committee so even if I was Carib student, He who called me into the field and is head of the selection committee will let me in. So yeah got family in there.
 
Pons Asinorum said:
What on earth is going on in this thread? Is there some kind of quantum wormhole opened up between valuemd and this thread?
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Defining the alphabetical construction of the whole IMG and UMG anatomy and morphology has been a hard nut to crack which is really consuming my edifice. What a great conflagration in this abysmal canker.
 
Pons Asinorum said:
What on earth is going on in this thread? Is there some kind of quantum wormhole opened up between valuemd and this thread?
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physioMD got upset that we had a different opinion than him so he is using his alt accounts to troll
 
Paul Darlington said:
Defining the alphabetical construction of the whole IMG and UMG anatomy and morphology has been a hard nut to crack which is really consuming my edifice. What a great conflagration in this abysmal canker.
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Next to that thesaurus on your shelf, you need to deposit a dictionary. Those words don't mean what you think they do.
 
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