where do i stand?

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hey everybody🙂im a 3 year central europe-fmg(us citizen) doing my clinical rotations in the states.i passed step one with a score of 220 and im hoping to get somwhere around that in step two.im trying to figure out what field i want to get in to. my intrests are in pmr and neuro... 1)how hard would it be for me to match in either one(is there a difference in competitiveness between the two)...i don't care if it's community or university.2)how important is it to do research and 3)what exactly is the application procedure...by that i mean the whole deal with that prelim year. do i apply for residency and prelim the same year? THANK YOU FOR ANY INFO 🙂)
 
piwek said:
hey everybody🙂im a 3 year central europe-fmg(us citizen) doing my clinical rotations in the states.i passed step one with a score of 220 and im hoping to get somwhere around that in step two.im trying to figure out what field i want to get in to. my intrests are in pmr and neuro... 1)how hard would it be for me to match in either one(is there a difference in competitiveness between the two)...i don't care if it's community or university.2)how important is it to do research and 3)what exactly is the application procedure...by that i mean the whole deal with that prelim year. do i apply for residency and prelim the same year? THANK YOU FOR ANY INFO 🙂)

Many of these questions are answered in the FAQ.
 
thanks, yea that did answer some of my questions🙂 but if anybody has comments or knows anything more specific, particularly about the fmgs matching into this residency please do contribute 😀