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How important is a photograph? Is it really optional or do they just say it? Does it affect my application if i dont send a photograph now.... if and when i get interview calls.. i can always submit it then... Any suggestions/opinions?
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| bbb
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We can't see a photo until you have been offered an interview. If you don't submit one before an interview, I take pictures of the applicant.
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| Moozy
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That answers my question. Thanks bbb.
With the latest paranoia going around.. .. doctors wearing religious symbols like sikh with turbans and specially muslim women with head scarves..... do u think it affects the interview or selection process? If an applicant is good on paper and interview... will a head scarf be a hurdle.... may be a PD is thinking very seriously abt two candidates and one wears a head scarf.. is it possible that the other one will be preferred...
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| doc_droc_apurva
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lets see some pds are prejudiced (which im sure they are not) - will u stop wearing head scarf or turban in residency? or will u just skip them for the photo and iview?
u are what u are. however its defin not advisable to go in a very traditional national dress for an iview - i dont think a head scarf or turban wud hurt. and if the pds is so ignorant as to consider a doctor as a terrorist - then i think u deserve a better program.
also its us federal law (unless im mistaken) under equal opportunities employers not to discriminate.
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| bbb
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Headscarf, turban - not a big deal. Professional dress would be best. If your religious dictate your dress, that's a minor thing to worry about. We have hired woman who didn't wear a head scarf and were hired, women who wore a headscarf and were hired.
We had a man who wore his turban only during his third year, not the first two.
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| hardhead
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Hello bbb, i want to ask how much importance is given to the transcrip? i have good USMLE scores but my transcrip is kind of bad... how much is this going to afect me in geting a residency?
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Hardhead - can't answer that. did you have to repeat courses or extend your time? Just be prepared for questions about your transcripts and your answers.
Good luck
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| hardhead
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thank you bbb. I had to repeat some.. hope that wont come from the past and bite me.
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| tolito
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yeah. i had to repeat a year too in med school it was the first year of the basic sciences. hopefully my present scores will help me out there
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