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Thank you so much to all of you!
What region are you in? That matters a great deal
Texas
Chances are fair if you're applying in the major cities, good if you cast your net to some of the less desirable ones. If the programs are community, odds are good. Academic, odds are fair
Both FM and IM are IMG friendly, but I think IM is more IMG friendly than FM. Anyway, you will be competitive for both.
Bump
You are good for FM. Apply to ~35 programs
Chances are not great. You should apply to 350+ programs (250+ FM and 100+ IM).
Alright, I will do that. Any reason why I don't have high chances? Just curious
Steps are on the lower side, and competition are getting stiff(er) from what I have noticed in the past 2 yrs. For instance, when I started residency in 2018, my program (low tier university internal medicine) had >30% FMG/IMG, but in the past two residency matches, they have only taken one FMG out of 50 residents total.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
You should definitely match if you apply to 200+ programs
Not really. I think you will be ok with ~125 as a US student.
Another 50 community IM programs, 50 no big name pathology, and 50 surgery prelim. It's getting crazy out there for IMG. When I matched 3 years ago, my class had 60/40, but now there is ZERO IMG where I trained.
Hey Splenda.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It seems like that research applies to US seniors. I would like to see literature re: IMG/FMG.Hey Splenda.
I am an IMG 10 weeks out from graduation. Australia here if that matters.
There is a wealth of data out there to show how applying to more programs does not necessarily correlate to an improved match rate.
Relationship Between the Number of Residency Applications and the Yearly Match Rate: Time to Start Thinking About an Application Limit?
There has been an increase in the number of applications medical students have submitted for the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). These additional applications are associated with significant costs and may contribute to match inefficiency.We ...
There more literature on this but I cannot be bothered to source it at the moment.
It is a scam. It is disgusting. Being educated in a system that is largely funded by the government really highlights the differences. Each medical position is 80 % funded by the government. It is also structured in such a way that there are "bonded" positions. Meaning some of the last offers to candidates are made under contract that upon graduation you will dedicate X number of years to under served areas of medicine. Mainly rural areas. There are no obscene costs for board examinations. That is until you are on a training program and need to take a specialty board examination. Which can range in the thousands. But at that point you've likely been making 6 figures for several years. But I imagine it will soon follow the American model as most programs have shifted from the MBBS to the MD.
You will match into a good program with these stats. Apply to 40-45 places. I am more conservative than most after seeing what a few classmates went thru when they had to SOAP.
Look it up then. Its out there. I've looked at it before. Like I said I am not gonna go hunting for it now.
Another IMG ready to see his/her friend in the SDN scramble/SOAP “thread of tears” in a few months. If I were you, I’d be sure you understand how to interpret articles because your life depends on it. Splenda88 doesn’t need to research…you and your classmates are the ones with so much to lose here. You better be confident in your research.
Not here to make you feel bubbly. Here to give people advice based on my own personal experience and experience of a huge network of people I have mentored for the past 15 or so years.
How did you do?
Not that great but I hope I will match somewhere as beggars can't be choosers.
Beggar?
On paper, you are fine for most FM programs. One big thing that's important to FM programs per the PD survey is a demonstrated commitment to FM, so I'd be sure you have some FM specific things on your EC list (FMIG, some FM conferences, etc) and have a good narrative in your personal statement of how you came to the specialty. A whiff of someone who's applying to FM as a backup can really hurt you - some things I've seen include LORs that don't specifically say the applicant is going for FM (or in some cases, explicitly mentions another specialty...), no FM activities on the CV, no FM letters, etc.
Those emails sound pretty standard and nonspecific, even if they were sent specifically to you I wouldn't read anything into them or change your rank list based on the results.
