drsweden
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Hi guys,
I am currently at med school at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden (3rd year). I am thinking of maybe trying to do my residency in the US but I am hesitating when I read about all the struggle you have to go through...
What kind of scores do you think I need in order to integrate a University program in Internal Medicine? (I will have three months of US clinical experience from elective courses, but no publications)
Once I have completed my residency, will I be sure of getting a job in America? This is a very important issue for me since US residency won´t count in Sweden and I would thus have to redo the whole thing.
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| drsweden
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please answer if you know anything that could help me, maybe this is another question for bbb?
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| njccmd2002
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With 3 mos of US clinical experience, try to get some lors, and good USMLE scores 85 - 95 range, be prepared to apply to at least 50 IM progs, be ready on sept 1 to send application , get your facts straight regarding visa issues. If you do good, and have no visa problmes i dont see a problem why you cant get no job...
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| doc_droc_apurva
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hey man u at "the karolinska institute". u folks have ton loads of research goin on there. get involved with something - am sure it will work out. u will have an edge over asian imgs as ur institute is very very well reputed. also with 3 months of electives u will have a great shot. for score - the more the better. and there is a shortage of docs. as long as u avoid the J trap u will have no probs findin a job..
courage is not the absence of fear. its the mastery of fear
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| njccmd2002
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well said
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| drsweden
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but what score do you think I need for a univ. program in IM? (of course the more the better  )
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| doc_droc_apurva
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95+ both steps.. now go get it
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| karusmle
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95+??????
anyway , i like the saying "courage is not the absence of fear , it is the mastery of fear"
step 1 i had a terrible exam fear ....i think by the end of usmle i would have mastered exam fear .
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| drsweden
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95 seems pretty tough... 
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| njccmd2002
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shoot between 88 and 92
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| AK2006
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95+ is not impossible, but it is tough. Apurva here have great scores and he is one of the many living example that 95+ is not impossible.
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| doc_droc_apurva
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thanx ak
btw ppl have way more scores than me. sharvil is the highest i have heard - 270/270. and then theres bharat phoenix who has six 9s - 99/99/99.
i feel mle is not an exam of intelligence - but more an test of bein determined and hardworking and bein aao x 3 during exam day. with perseverance any1 with even certified retardation (like me) can get a decent score
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