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prep4usmle
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Proposed by forum members, this topic is for posting interviews and matching experiences for Internal Medicine Residency Programs. The suggested list may include the following information: Graduation School: IMG/US applicant: Graduation year: Visa Status (IMGs): Credentials: - USMLE Scores - ECFMG Certification - USCE (US Clinical Experience): - LORs (Letters of Recommendation): - Research/Publications: - Work Experience: Applications (preliminary/categorical): Interviews: Prematch offers: Matched at: Suggestions welcomed! Edited by prep4usmle on Oct 03, 2005 - 8:33 PM
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retroviridae
| Forum Guru Topics: 31 Posts: 867
IMG from India Graduated in 2002 No visa needed USMLE scores: 98/99/passed (got all but 3 interviews with only step I score reported) 5 months of USCE as a 4th year elective clerkship US LoR several publications/presentations 3 years as a research fellow at a medical school Applied to ~50 categorical programs: Interviews at: Texas: UT-Houston Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Dallas Austin Medical Education Program, Austin UTMB, Galveston UT-San Antonio Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas Penn: Drexel, Philly Ohio: Wright State, Dayton University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western MetroHealth/Case Western, Cleveland Cleveland Clinic New York: SUNY-Stoneybrook Long Island College Nassau University Winthrop University, Mineola St. Vincents Nebraska: U Nebraska Missouri: Washington Univeristy, St. Louis Michigan: St. John's, Detroit Mass: St. Elizabeth, Boston U Mass, Worcester Maryland: Harbor Hospital, Baltimore Sinai/Johns Hopkins, Baltimore Prince George Hospital Center, Prince George Kansas: U Kansas, Kansas City Hawaii: U Hawaii, Honolulu Prematch offers from: University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Cleveland Clinic Prince George Hospital Center Accepted prematch at: University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University
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EpiDoc
| Forum Newbie Topics: 0 Posts: 6
IMG from Mexico Graduated in 2002 Need VISA USMLE scores 97/97/passed 3 months USCE as a 4th year elective clerkship 1 US LoR 1 home country clinical research/No publications 2 years of work experience in home country (preventive medicine in a tertiary care training hospital) Applied to 62 categorical programs Interviews at: Texas: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas Tech, Lubbock Texas Tech, El paso Louisiana: LSU Shreveport Georgia: Emory University Florida: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Cleveland Clinic Florida WV: Marshall University Penn: St Lukes Hospital (Bethlehem) NY: Rochester General Hospital MSSM/Queens Hospital MSSM/Englewood Hospital NYU/Downtown SoundShore New Rochelle CT: Yale University/Bridgeport Hospital Danbury Hospital OH: Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati Canton Medical Education Foundation/NEOUCOM Indiana: Indiana University School of Medicine IL: Cook County University of Illinois at Peoria Missouri: St. Louis University St. John�s Mercy Medical Center Prematch offers from: Yale University/Bridgeport Hospital Texas Tech, El Paso Danbury Hospital Prematch accepted at: None Matched at: Indiana University School of Medicine.
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veri
| Forum Newbie Topics: 0 Posts: 11
graduated 1997. Img Argentina 95/99/passed. needs H1 did pediatrics residency in my country Applied only in Miami Interviews at Miami Children's Hospital JMH Miami
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prep4usmle
| Admin Topics: 304 Posts: 435
Graduation School: IMG from Romania Graduation year: 1998 Visa Status (IMGs): GC holder Credentials: - USMLE Scores: 99/88/passed - ECFMG Certification: yes - USCE (US Clinical Experience): 1 month extenship FP Arrowhead Colton - LORs (Letters of Recommendation): 3 (one from US doctor) - Work Experience: 3 years in Romania Applications 87 FP and IM (categorical) programs; (most IM) Interviews: - Loma Linda Univ, CA - Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA - Maricopa Medical Center, Pheonix, AZ - East Tennessee Univ, Jhonson City, TN - Drexel Univ, Phili, PN - Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH - Kalamazoo Med. Center, Kalamazoo, MI - Univ of North Dakota, Fargo ND, - St Marry Med Center, San Francisco, CA - Las Vegas Univ Program, Las Vegas, NV - Charles Drew Univ, Los Angeles, CA - Arrowhead Med Center, Colton CA (FP program) Cancelled Invitations: - Suny Downstate, Brooklin, NY - St John's Mercy Med Center, St Louis, MO - St Luke's Hospital Program, St Louis, MO - William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI - Caritas Carney Hospital, Dorchester, MA Prematch offers: - Univ of North Dakota, Fargo ND, - Maricopa Medical Center AZ - Charles Drew, CA Matched at: Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA All Applications: 87 Program(s) Applied To Edited by prep4usmle on Mar 16, 2007 - 10:39 AM
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jbk
| Forum Junior Topics: 9 Posts: 37
Graduation School: IMG, Indonesia Graduation year: 2002 Visa Status (IMGs): Need visa Credentials: - USMLE Scores 95/95/88 - ECFMG Certification certified - USCE (US Clinical Experience): 2 weeks of externship at Robert J. Dole VA hospital, Wichita, Kansas - LORs (Letters of Recommendation): all from Indonesian doctors - Research/Publications: 1 undergraduate research publication - Work Experience: 4 mo at some small clinic Applications (preliminary/categorical): 62 IM categorical programs (can't remember them) Interviews: St. Barnabas NY, St. Vincent hospital Worcester MA, Michael Reese IL, Texas Tech amarillo, Kansas University at wichita, St. Francis hospital IL, Rochester General Hospital, Howard U DC, University of Hawaii, Hurley MI, Mount Sinai North General hospital and Queens, lastly Johns Hopkins at sinai hospital Prematch offers: KUSM at Wichita program Matched at: Withdrawn
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cgr2005
| Forum Senior  Topics: 1 Posts: 160
Useful resources include internationaldoc.com - overview of the process. scutwork.com - provides reviews of programs by residents in them. US News best hospital list: usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm FREIDA online ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html - describes the attributes of programs.
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trishue
| Forum Senior Topics: 24 Posts: 156
FMG, year graduated 2003, need H1b/J1 92/96/88, no USCE, no USLOR, 1 year internship in home country Applied to 30 IM Categorical Programs, 10 interviews, 3 prematch offers Accepted prematch offer after 6 interviews, cancelled the rest
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fetus
| Forum Senior Topics: 13 Posts: 126
95/98/ECFMG certif/80/ 1 mo USCE/applied for H-1 only/grad 2003 /1 yr of postgrad practice 70programs applied /16interviews /attended 13/ submitted 11/ declined 1 prematch offer/ matched lesson learned: research better the programs that you apply, web data often is not updated.the're so many good programs that we just cant know over the net!! and prepare better for the interviews.
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Lorena
| Forum Elite  Topics: 9 Posts: 242
IMG , green card holder, No USCE, No US LOR. Graduated 2003. 1 year clinical and research experience in my homecountry but no publications. Scores 215/87 in both step 1 and 2, first attempt  ECFMG certified, possess PTAL (california letter) with NO defficiencies. Applied only in California to 35 programs (categorical). Got 10 interviews without the PTAL which I got a little later/ranked 5 programs. Matched at my #1 : Internal Medicine, Santa Barbara 
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chand
| Forum Newbie Topics: 4 Posts: 26
Hello, I Just wanted to thank bbb and everyone else for all your help and advice :for keeping the professionalism of the forum,and also the humor and suspense(w.r.t.bbb's location.HE HE HEHE) and wanted to congratulate all the candidates who have matched. If it can help someone :my credentials: 90/91/passed Cs(all 1st attempt)/GC holder/ECFMG certified at time of application/2005 graduate/IMG/no USCE/applied to 32 programs received 18 interview/ interviewed at 16 /was offered prematch at 2nd program(4 weeks after the interview),accepted 2 weeks later. Examwise:did self study for both steps ,appeared for step 1 and 2 during internship(took 2 months off to study for step 1 and studied during internship for step 2 and studied for 1 month for CS.....)(Do i feel that I coulld have scored better if I had taken longer time to study? Well personally I feel I got what I wanted where I wanted ,And didnt waste too many years after graduation.Would I have been in a better position next year with maybe better scores,USCE ..i dont know. ) just to give my suggetions based on my experience about the interview.... Prepare well with common questions ,be punctual,,but relax during the interview,I felt that the interview was a wonderful experience .Just be yourself.Just enjoy it,AND I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.JUST ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE.and GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE FOR THE EXAMS ,MATCH AND RESIDENCY. I WANTED TO PUT THIS IN A NEW THREAD (EXAM ADVICE,INTERVIEW ADVICE),COULDNT MANAGE TO THAT.AFFECT OF THE MATCHING I GUESS  
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sujju
| Forum Elite Topics: 59 Posts: 157
i am img from india.2003grad.scores95/99/86.did 1 month observership .need h1 visa.matched at gunderson luthern ,lacrosse,wisconsin.
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zaki
| Forum Guru Topics: 92 Posts: 398
Graduation School: IMG from Pakistan Graduation year: 2002 Visa Status (IMGs): needs visa specially H1b Credentials: - USMLE Scores , 99/99/92/ECFG certified when applied in first week of sept - ECFMG Certification yes - USCE (US Clinical Experience):2 months of USCE as an observer - LORs (Letters of Recommendation): 5, 1 uslor, other from my school - Research/Publications: Reearch experince but not any publication - Work Experience: more than 2 years of internal medicine residency from home country. Applications (preliminary/categorical): All in catergorical IM Interviews: applied to 47 hospital, invitation from 17 attend all Cook Count, Micheal rees, St francis,il, st josep il, UIUC,Jewish hospital cincinati,Sunny Buffalo ny,Rochester general hospital ny, interfaith ny, Englewood nj, wsu detroit, UT houston, Ut memphis, East tennesee state university tn, Creighton University, University of North dakota,Griffin hospital ct, Prematch offers: From interfaith, englwood, north dakota, st francis, didn't accept any Matched at: Creighton University.
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ssandhu112
| Forum Elite  Topics: 18 Posts: 369
89/96/certified/gc. applied to 42 im programs, got 13 calls, attended all.ranked all, matched at my no. 4 choice.........nassau univ med center,east meadow,ny
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mty
| Forum Senior  Topics: 3 Posts: 161
here is my situation: 1) IMG (Mexico) 2) J1 3) 2003 4) 85/87 5) 1 year externship(Private practice) USA/2 months observership comunity hospital USA / 6 months volunteer University hospital USA/research 1 year(my country) 3 lords from USA 6) 100 7) 17 ivs 8) Prematch IM 9) Chicago ILL. Hopefully help to the people how is going to apply next year . gl
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sunshine21
| Forum Newbie Topics: 1 Posts: 4
1.IMG 2. US Citizen 3. 2004 4.77(2nd attempt)/78/cs passed 5. USCE(volunteer work)/ 2 US LORS 6. Number of places applied: 81 7. Places interviewed: 10 8. Prematches got- 1(declined) 9. Texas (my #1)!
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Jinx
| Forum Elite  Topics: 17 Posts: 315
1)IMG 2)GC 3)2005 4)99/99 5)1 month observership/no us lor 6)applied 43 7)7 interviews.attended 6 8)matched at no 2 choice---Henry ford hospital Internal Medicine Categ 9)lot of thanx to all on this forum...cudnt have made it without all the help...tthanks a lot guys!
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cg
| Forum Newbie Topics: 7 Posts: 16
1.IMG 2.GC 3.2001 4.step 1=85 step 2=90 cs pass all first attempt step 3 =yet to take 5. 1 yr primary track observership/1 USLOR 6. 149 progms in int med applied to 7. total intvs=23 , attended 15 ranked 14 UT @houston, mercer univ school @ macon, med college of georgia@ augusta, maimonides, marshall univ, new hanover@NC,richmond univ@staten island, mt sinai elmhurst, coney island hosp.,LICH,st lukes@bethlehem,flushing , brookdale univ 8. was offered 1 prematch@ LICH brooklyn--refused the offer 9. MATCHED AT ut HOUSTON-----MY FIRST CHOICE
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Carmencita
| Forum Junior Topics: 12 Posts: 36
Jinx wrote: 1)IMG 2)GC 3)2005 4)99/99 5)1 month observership/no us lor 6)applied 43 7)7 interviews.attended 6 8)matched at no 2 choice---Henry ford hospital Internal Medicine Categ 9)lot of thanx to all on this forum...cudnt have made it without all the help...tthanks a lot guys! Why couldn't you get a US LOR if you did an observership? Where did you do it?
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chummy
| Forum Newbie Topics: 1 Posts: 15
1.IMG 2.GC 3.2004 4.STEP 1 87 ,STEP 2 94, CS PASS 5.Apllied to 36 programs: 8 med/peds,18 im,10 peds 6.No usce. did about 5-6 months externship in a private clinic. 4us lors. 7.Got 17 interviews. 3 med/peds, 4 peds, 10 im. Attended 13. 8.No prematches.Didn't actually wished for one. 9.Matched to my #1.med/peds in NJ.
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