maninder_amc
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Dear BBB, Thanks a lot for the great work u r doing,..........
i've a rather typical question, the answer to which i could not find after going through a lots of posts
i've passed my step 1 with 95, and will be appearing for ck in june,....my aim is to get into an Internal Medicine program in good university program on H1.
so i am planning to apply for any transitional program in Int medicine in any college on j1,....and during the transitional year, i'll appear for step3(as the time left is so short that i cant appear for step 3 before 2008 match and cant think of h1 for 2008 match!!!!!) , and can manage to have good letters of recomendation from US docs.....and then i'll apply to a categorical program in int medicine in a very good university on H1......
so my queries are:
1. Are there transitional programs in IM, and if they r there is it comparatively easy to get into them compared to categorical IM?
2. will it be possible to convert j1 during transtional to h1 at the time of joining categorical if the program agrees to sponsor h1 and i pass step 3 during transitional?
3. what is the feasibility of the planning that i've made??
4. and finally can i think of getting into institutes like john hopkins or stanford(for IM categorical) after transitional in IM
please reply
thanks a lot
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| amirhossein
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The thing that I cannot understand is that why you want to go to Trans and then change it to IM.
First of all, matching into a Trans prog is much harder than IM Cat.
Second who guarantees after you finish your Trans year, you'll match to IM Cat?
Third you cannot change from J1 to H1 visa without waiving the 212(e) Act (2 year home requirement)
As far as I am concerened, the entering into a program is much more important than type of visa unless you have some limitation in type of visa that you can choose. J1 programs are not easier than H1 and usually the program which sponsor J1 are more decent than porgram that offer H1 visa.
If you are worried about getting US letters, go to a local university hospital, show yourself, attend morning reports, grand round and do some research whatsoever.
or if you can't apply to attend an observership or externship or visiting scholar program.
Concentrate you effort on 2-3 places not all over US. You will get it.
Stanford and John Hopkins are not impossible for IMGs. There are looking for outstanding people. If you are so, you have chances.
GL
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| maninder_amc
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thanks amir,....but what u said is true for more competitive residencies like surgery,....that to get into a transtional is difficult and there is no guarantee to get into a cat later,......is it true for internal medicine also?? 
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| bbb
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maninder_amc wrote:
1. Are there transitional programs in IM, and if they r there is it comparatively easy to get into them compared to categorical IM?
2. will it be possible to convert j1 during transtional to h1 at the time of joining categorical if the program agrees to sponsor h1 and i pass step 3 during transitional?
3. what is the feasibility of the planning that i've made??
4. and finally can i think of getting into institutes like john hopkins or stanford(for IM categorical) after transitional in IM
1. No, it's not relatively easy to get into IM from Trans.
2. No, once you are on a J1, it will not convert to an H1b visa during residency or fellowship.
3. Rethink your plans
4. No clue.
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| maninder_amc
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thanks bbb, but is it possible that rather than applying for PGY2 after trans i apply for PGY1 in Cat IM.......and would that be easier??
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