What are my chances?

[tousa]

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Dear friends,
what do You think about my chances of matching in EM?
Scores 210,230,pass,226
Yog 2000, done em residency in home country and experience as attending for 3 years.
No publications and no USCE.
Need h1b or j visa.
3 lors from home country - waived but likely to be good letters.
Applied 40 programs as I do not want to do any other speciality (so no back up specialty).
Applied on 15 th September, no ivs yet, 3 rejections.

Any point in dreaming?

 

[JacobMcCandles]

Dear friends,
what do You think about my chances of matching in EM?
Scores 210,230,pass,226
Yog 2000, done em residency in home country and experience as attending for 3 years.
No publications and no USCE.
Need h1b or j visa.
3 lors from home country - waived but likely to be good letters.
Applied 40 programs as I do not want to do any other speciality (so no back up specialty).
Applied on 15 th September, no ivs yet, 3 rejections.

Any point in dreaming?

I have no idea what your chances are but I probably would have applied to every program in the country if I were in your position.

 

[JediZero]

Dear friends,
what do You think about my chances of matching in EM?
Scores 210,230,pass,226
Yog 2000, done em residency in home country and experience as attending for 3 years.
No publications and no USCE.
Need h1b or j visa.
3 lors from home country - waived but likely to be good letters.
Applied 40 programs as I do not want to do any other speciality (so no back up specialty).
Applied on 15 th September, no ivs yet, 3 rejections.

Any point in dreaming?

There were 1744 EM spots in the 2013 match. FMGs filled 33 of them, and I'm assuming most of them were superstars. All I can say is good luck. Leadership and research may strengthen your application in future years, but for now you're probably going to have to get really lucky.

 

[neusu]

Do an internship in medicine/surgery. Get licensed here. There are places that will allow you to practice as a foreign grad.

 

[Makati2008]

There were 1744 EM spots in the 2013 match. FMGs filled 33 of them, and I'm assuming most of them were superstars. All I can say is good luck. Leadership and research may strengthen your application in future years, but for now you're probably going to have to get really lucky.

Agree. With no sloes, no USA rotations it's pretty bleak. Gl

 

[J ROD]

Not much we can do for you...............0%

 

[EsTxDr]

Do an internship in medicine/surgery.

This is probably a great route for you. You can always apply next year after doing a year of medicine/surgery, etc. For that matter you could also apply to (most) family medicine programs and either apply again next year or try to go family and work ER from that angle. I dont know that your chances of matching in family are any better, but it doubles your opportunities as far as applying this year.

 

[tousa]

Thanks Friends - for all suggestions.

I will try to get into family medicine and try to do EM after residency training in family.

(This will take bit of time due to my poor planning -I have no family medicine letters ,so need to arrange them first).

If I do not get any iv s-- I will spend an year improving cv trying to get publications and something to show leadership skills (suggestions welcome.) And if possible try to get USCE and US lors.

And reapply next year with proper planning.


Good luck to everyone applying to EM on this forum.

 

[Grey Wind]

good luck to you. i think a family residency plus EM fellowship is probably your most realistic option at this point. maybe you can improve your CV in a major way in 1 year, but most likely you'll be in a very similar position next year. if it were me, I would focus on the FM route. don't get me wrong, i'd still apply my butt off to EM and try my hardest to make myself as competitive as possible. I would just also dual apply FM.

edit - just wanted to say this is my opinion only. i dont have any experience whatsoever with the EM acceptance process. all i have is what i read on this forum and the stats that i can look up myself. this is the case for 99% of med students telling you what to do with your life. just educate yourself as much as possible on the US residency process, work hard, and take what people tell you with a grain of salt.

 

[EsTxDr]

I would focus on the FM route. don't get me wrong, i'd still apply my butt off to EM and try my hardest to make myself as competitive as possible. I would just also dual apply FM.

This. Exactly my thoughts as well.

just educate yourself as much as possible on the US residency process, work hard, and take what people tell you with a grain of salt.

And this! 🙂