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AndyMilonakis said:Case has now filled.
Do you have access to an updated unfilled program list?
AndyMilonakis said:Case has now filled.
no, there's no such thing. however notices are sent out to some applicants and/or if someone knows someone there.RNA said:Do you have access to an updated unfilled program list?
rirriri said:no, there's no such thing. however notices are sent out to some applicants and/or if someone knows someone there.
nope. word of mouth.RNA said:Do you have access to an updated unfilled program list?
PathOne said:230's scores can't even get you in the door at competitive rads programs, let alone ANY derm program. Djeez.
I think you need treatment for that xenophobia of yours. I guess that, according to your logic, English-language only AMG's shouldn't be able to get residencies in So. Cal, where most people by now speak spanish. But maybe hispanics with a US passport isn't blue-blooded americans in your book either? Perhaps only people of American Indian descent should be allowed to become docs, as they're the only REAL non-immigrant Americans.
I find it amazing that a AMG such as yourself, after eight years in a university, not only have so narrow-minded viewpoints, but also so much trouble communicating them in an intelligent and non-abrasive manner.
However, I have no illusions. I fully expect a barrage of name-calling and obscenities from you. Go ahead. Isn't going to ruin my day, and might make you feel more self-righteous than you feel already.
desmangt said:Not to beat a dead horse, but one problem with IMGs filling path spots is that alot of them just want to be in America and have their kids grow up here more so than anything else. I live in New York, and everyday I get into a cab and have a Russian or Polish M.D. drive me to the hospital. These people just want to make a living doing medical work, rather than driving a cab, work construction, etc. I see nothing wrong with that. That is the American dream. The problem is that these people will work for alot less than the average AMG. So much for bargaining chips! The main issue with AMGs not matching is that some very reputable U.S. medical schools just don't bend over backwards to help their students. Instead they take your 150-200k and act like you are lucky to even be there. This is the problem! Academia is filled with mostly insecure ego driven individuals that are so used to finding the flaws in their co-workers to crush the competition, that this is heavily rooted in their character and they end up looking for what's wrong with you instead of what's right with you. In the end, nobody pulls for you, the student who's dad is a radiologist matches in rads, and you are left out in the cold. As time goes by I realize that it's the extracurricular information that really matters the most. U.S. medical schools do not advise their students as to forming a strategy to get the programs they want. Many IMGs view the AMG as an eternal competitor for programs, jobs, etc, and rightfully so. They tend to stick together and educate each other on the ins and outs of how to get into the U.S. medical system. Again, there is nothing wrong with this. Why do you think so many U.S. grads come to this stupid website to get information about forming a game plan for applications, ROLs, etc.? Think about it! It's pretty bad when you are spending a quarter of a million dollars on education and you are asking faceless people their opinions as to what field to go into, or how to make your application more competitive. Don't blame the IMGs for milking the one advantage they have (often times with an extra 4-6 year PhD. program to gain the insight), this problem is way deeper than it appears.
deschutes said:Unveil the grand plan!
Meet me at the bank of computers.LADoc00 said:Im going to New Orleans USCAP next year and Im bringing Hell with me.![]()
no...you missed that bus.deschutes said:You forget, that persona was blown to smithereens on a bus.
LADoc00 said:Revolution I say! Ive had enough of this bowing the self-proclaimed Pathology greats who have done no more rearrange their own obscure taxonomic systems and played with the countless lives of medical students and residents like they were mere dolls. Im going to New Orleans USCAP next year and Im bringing Hell with me.![]()
Thrombus said:briliant posts
wholeheartedly agree and i couldnt be more disenfranchised with academia and this whole system
AndyMilonakis said:There's politics in both academia and private practice. The nature of the politics is different however. Politics sucks. Just gotta deal with and tolerate it.
You got on the short bus. She got on the long bus. Just because she didn't sit next to you and let you hit her with your *BONK!* stick does not mean she missed the bus. That is all.AndyMilonakis said:no...you missed that bus.
Freestyle said:Yeah, I don't think board scores mean jack-squat other than maybe you have a good memory for things that can easily be looked up and for buzzwords and such. I had a really good day on my step 1, but honestly I could imagine having had not so good of a day. And then what does that mean, that I know any less, am that much less well-trained or am any more physically attractive than I am? I doubt it. 😀
rirriri said:no, there's no such thing. however notices are sent out to some applicants and/or if someone knows someone there.