drsweden
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Hi guys,
Some people told me it would be easier for IMGs to get good LORs from hospitals in NY city compared to other hospitals in the US since they are more used to foreign doctors and therefore appreciate their qualities more... What do you guys think?
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| bbb
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I've said it over and over. Get the best letters that you can get. The best. Overseas or here - the best.
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| drsweden
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But are there better chances of getting a good LOR in certain parts of the US? THankful for some advice on where to do my electives in the US...
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| bbb
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My program hires more than 20 residents every year. Most have never done a rotation, elective or observership in the USA. Again - get the best letters that you can get.
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| drk1980
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bbb,
when you say 'best letters', what does that exactly mean?
...coz i hv been assigned the non-enviable task of drafting my own LORs.
(i hv a feeling iam gonna get admonished for asking the same Q for the millionth time)
Still, 2007 updates needed from u bbb:o)
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| cyra
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I've been put in the same spot drk!Whats worse is that this comes from a couple of people whom I was banking on to write me those "best letters" !! *cry*
I've spent hours looking over sample letters....read those "how to write recommendation letters" pointers....but zilch!Heres what worries me the most though....if I do come up with a great letter how do I come up with more that don't sound the same?
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| doc_droc_apurva
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make them a cross betn madonna (the historical figure - not the material girl), joan of arc, mother teresa and florence nightingale.. with a touch of jlo
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| cyra
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LOL!!This just brightened up my (otherwise suicide mode) day apurva!
I'll see what I can come up with.
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| drk1980
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cyra wrote:
I've been put in the same spot drk!Whats worse is that this comes from a couple of people whom I was banking on to write me those "best letters" !! *cry*
I've spent hours looking over sample letters....read those "how to write recommendation letters" pointers....but zilch!Heres what worries me the most though....if I do come up with a great letter how do I come up with more that don't sound the same?
Also i think my PS is gonna end up looking the same too! And yea i hv been doing tht crazy webhunting as well....and so goes the story of my step2 prep...!
Although I wish right now I can zap away all modesty and humility ....since everytime i read a sorry rough draft, they prove to be my worst enemies:o|
Apurva, for sure match applicants are gonna hv a ball the time u become a PD;-p
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if u want another good point to laugh about - go check out the origins of the name of the above fantabulous band
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pls dont apply to my prog if ur interested in a good learnin experience.. sponsorin O1 visas for every1.. all will be placed for inhouse fships.. preference will be given to the fairer sex and no discrimination will be done amongst them on the basis of caste, creed, skin color, religion, country of origin.. no applications from otherwise exceptional male candidates pls
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| LifeInTheFastLane
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cyra & drk...how on earth did ya guys find somebody who wants ya to write your own LORs???
(Makes me kinda think about all this time that I have been being good..a few more months like this and I might become an ascetic!)
Apurva..just wondering, what speciality are u gonna apply to? Ob Gyn?
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| cyra
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LifeInTheFastLane.....in my case they are professors from my medical school.Heck,I've had to draft my own dean's letter too cos the one they normally give out is a pathetic five liner stating "blah was a regular student at this school in good standing".All this makes me think about all the time I spent being good back in medical school. *sigh*
p.s: Apologies for hijacking your thread with these rants drsweden.
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| LifeInTheFastLane
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All this makes me think about all the time I spent being good back in medical school. *sigh*
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(I lingered on this line for quite some time....)
What seems like yesterday is so far away!
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| drk1980
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LifeInTheFastLane wrote:
cyra & drk...how on earth did ya guys find somebody who wants ya to write your own LORs???
Didnt go around looking for these doctors....these are the usual very busy HODs from medschool who happen to be in the position to sign LORs. And they also happen to have enough experience to know to whom they cud give the task of making a rough LOR of their own. Colleagues who suffered an underaverage track record, couldnt 'falsify' their own LORs.  Just wanted to clear things up.
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| doc_droc_apurva
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just 1 more thing. its not an img only phenomenon.. its practiced even in some stellar us progs.. and the guy ofcourse reads it and doesnt sign on blank paper. and ofcourse most amgs get to see their "sealed" lors before they are sent over..
alls fair in love and eras match..
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ps: id love to do ob.. but trust me im not the kinda guy whom u can trust with ur wife
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| katzung
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pssssst......... dont tell anyone!!!!!... one of my clinical directors back in UK said ''i donot know the format of writing LORS" please write and e-mail whatever you want and i will sign it for you'',
when i told him that am not allowed to have a look at it he said tell them that my confidence on you is such that i am allowing you to write your own lor and am ready to sign it with my eyes closed!!!?
Other one gave me a letter sealed and signed on the envelope all by himself!!
so you get all diffrent types.
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| doc_droc_apurva
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lol
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