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| Step 1 80-90 |
barbiedoll, malkut, surgerybeast, sahota, veens, Doc750, plastic_surgery, carmen77, romodoc, py, dr_hmah84, img1234, montanasola, deepblue, Codedigestion, za27, TOM1980, vkvkbond |
18 |
25% |
| Step 1 90-95 |
doczn, adrenalin, tolito, doc_ER, insha, crowtroy148, maninder_amc, wolvimd, sukito, litfiba, drjamal79, Ujk, dryogeshmore, wag, Witali |
15 |
21% |
| Step 1 >95 |
UWstep3, goofy007, njemt369, quaidian148, anothergoljanfan, O-pos, zeeec2000, BitterPill, didl27io, bolaji, deaddog, aiminghigh, manisha, doar, vbd, ibukun, eldoctorcito, khalazun, heartsurgeon, NeuroToPsych, cipher, sataleees, pingoman4, Rubravera, doc081, Turkish doc, qjata, DARU, Usmlectomy.edu, samusa, ramakrish, akoult, ichrak |
33 |
46% |
| Step 2 90-95 |
malkut, O-pos, tolito, aiminghigh, Doc750, crowtroy148, dr_hmah84, drjamal79, montanasola, dryogeshmore, wag, Witali, samusa |
13 |
18% |
| Step 2 >95 |
UWstep3, goofy007, Jackofknives, njemt369, quaidian148, barbiedoll, anothergoljanfan, surgerybeast, BitterPill, didl27io, bolaji, sahota, deaddog, insha, manisha, doar, vbd, maninder_amc, eldoctorcito, heartsurgeon, wolvimd, sukito, NeuroToPsych, litfiba, sataleees, pingoman4, Rubravera, doc081, Turkish doc, qjata, DARU, Usmlectomy.edu, ramakrish, akoult, ichrak |
35 |
49% |
| ECFMG Certified |
UWstep3, goofy007, Jackofknives, quaidian148, barbiedoll, malkut, anothergoljanfan, doczn, adrenalin, zeeec2000, BitterPill, tolito, didl27io, deaddog, insha, aiminghigh, manisha, veens, Doc750, plastic_surgery, carmen77, vbd, crowtroy148, maninder_amc, romodoc, dr_hmah84, heartsurgeon, wolvimd, sukito, litfiba, sataleees, pingoman4, drjamal79, Rubravera, montanasola, doc081, Turkish doc, qjata, wag, Usmlectomy.edu, Witali, za27, samusa, TOM1980, akoult, ichrak |
46 |
65% |
| USCE Present |
UWstep3, Jackofknives, njemt369, quaidian148, barbiedoll, anothergoljanfan, webjeee, adrenalin, zeeec2000, BitterPill, sahota, doc_ER, aiminghigh, manisha, doar, Doc750, plastic_surgery, eldoctorcito, sukito, NeuroToPsych, litfiba, pingoman4, dryogeshmore, Turkish doc, wag, za27, samusa, akoult |
28 |
39% |
| US LOR |
UWstep3, Jackofknives, njemt369, quaidian148, barbiedoll, anothergoljanfan, webjeee, doczn, zeeec2000, surgerybeast, BitterPill, tolito, didl27io, sahota, doc_ER, deaddog, aiminghigh, manisha, veens, doar, Doc750, plastic_surgery, crowtroy148, eldoctorcito, wolvimd, sukito, NeuroToPsych, litfiba, pingoman4, montanasola, Turkish doc, qjata, wag, Usmlectomy.edu, za27, samusa, akoult |
37 |
52% |
| 20 or less Program Applied |
quaidian148, malkut, neuroblastoma, adrenalin, veens, Doc750, plastic_surgery, samusa, ichrak |
9 |
13% |
| 20-40 program applied |
njemt369, barbiedoll, doc_ER, insha, carmen77, ibukun, khalazun, NeuroToPsych, Rubravera |
9 |
13% |
| 40-60 program applied |
goofy007, doczn, tolito, sahota, aiminghigh, maninder_amc, eldoctorcito, wolvimd, sukito, Turkish doc, wag, TOM1980 |
12 |
17% |
| 60-80 program applied |
BitterPill, didl27io, bolaji, heartsurgeon, Usmlectomy.edu, za27, ramakrish |
7 |
10% |
| > 80 program applied |
Jackofknives, zeeec2000, surgerybeast, deaddog, manisha, doar, vbd, crowtroy148, romodoc, dr_hmah84, litfiba, sataleees, pingoman4, drjamal79, montanasola, qjata, akoult |
17 |
24% |
| 10 or Less Interviews |
doczn, doc_ER, manisha, Doc750, vbd, romodoc, eldoctorcito, heartsurgeon, wolvimd, sukito, sataleees, drjamal79, qjata, wag, TOM1980, ramakrish, ichrak |
17 |
24% |
| 10-15 Interviews |
Jackofknives, maninder_amc, NeuroToPsych, litfiba, montanasola |
5 |
7% |
| 15-20 Interviews |
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0 |
0% |
| 20-25 Interviews |
goofy007, Turkish doc |
2 |
3% |
| > 25 Interviews |
UWstep3, deaddog, akoult |
3 |
4% |
| Research |
barbiedoll, doczn, zeeec2000, BitterPill, tolito, didl27io, bolaji, doc_ER, deaddog, mohmjorden, mohmjorden, mohmjorden, mohmjorden, mohmjorden, aiminghigh, manisha, veens, plastic_surgery, eldoctorcito, khalazun, NeuroToPsych, litfiba, dryogeshmore, Turkish doc, akoult, ichrak |
26 |
37% |
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UWstep3
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yes that's true
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| ssrpk
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hmmmm, so quiet...no interviews or rejections so far.
hows it going people?
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| Zygone
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well nothing for me so far. I just got two acknowledgements that my application is recieved. but then again one of my lor's has to be uploded soon.
Edited by Zygone on 09/15/07 - 11:20 PM
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| njemt369
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Hey I just needed to ask if you thought applying on September 14th will be too late to get a good turn out for interviews. I am a Ross Student and have double 99's on USMLE 1 and 2ck as well as straight A's... My LORs will not be transmitted for about three days from ECFMG... I would appreciate any thoughts...
I had a death in the family and did not have the time to complete all the application materials or personal statement until today.
I look forward to your replies.
thanks!
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| ssrpk
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no its still not very late...go for it 
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| muzammil
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silence previals
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| tolito
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hey all. i have been incommunicado for a variety of reasons. mum just went home. she had major surgery for cancer and chemo too so i was busy taking care of her.
i did apply last year but i was late and i had incomplete documents. by the deadline of most programs, i had steps 1 and 2 results but i had not done cs. i did not research much about the programs last year cos i did not ahve the time but it appears like the programs in surg like img's to be ecfmg certified by the time of application. i am hoping this year will be better for me cos i have everthing they require. i will be putting in my aplications tomorrow.
i have also changed my mind about im and fm. i am not applying to them. i cannot handle being in those specialties. i will rather return to my home country than take them. everyone however tells me that:
1. you can work in the united states with a fellowship without having to do residency if you are board certified in your home country. university teaching hospitals may employ you or a private place. trouble is you are stuck with tehm. you cannot change jobs easily without residency. i have met about 6 surgeons like that. they are doing very very well.
2. if you are really desperate, then take whatever specialty you get and hope to change in year 2. there is a 25% drop out rate in gen surg in year 2 so something will open up
3.if you cannot change in year 2, then complete that residency and then go on to start surgery at teh end of that residency. so you are looking at 9yrs from today of achieving your dream of being a surgeon in teh united states.... i am not so young anymore.
4.do a fellowship in surgery, and hope they like you at that institution and they offer you categorical yr 1 or 2 the following year.
so folks, i wish us all the best this year and may all our dreams come true quickly.
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| muzammil
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tolito welcome to the club. sorry to hear about ur mom how is she doing now. i wish her best of health.
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| BitterPill
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Wow.....isn't it a little early to be receiving interviews 2 weeks after the start of the application season? My impression was that programs wait until end of Oct to give out i/v for FMGs. Looks like this is going to be one helluva match cycle...GL folks!
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| BitterPill
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Maybe we shud add Step 3 status in the poll????
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| ssrpk
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hey tolito,my prayers for your mother, hope she gets well, Ameen
please elaborate a little bit about this fellowship, i thought we can do fellowship only after residency, but how can we do fellowship before residency, don't get this point, as for me i am ready to defer my residency for sometime, if i can somehow land into other specialties like orthop[edics, and neurosurgery, however, so i am doinmg my search for research positions, didn't know about fellowship positions? so can you please provide soem more details...thankyou and good luck
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| ssrpk
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wow, so quiet
no call no interviews, so far  
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| tolito
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there are fellowships in orthopedics available to those who have board certification in their home countries, same applies for surgery. those are the ones i was talkign about. they will let you do them without doing residency if you are board certified in your home country. orthopedics is HIGHLY COMPETITIVE even for AMG's. so consider surgery seriously. the only way out to get in ortho is if you did research in a hospital in the ortho department and they love you, then they may offer you a position for the follwoing year. otherwise, any other kind of research will usually not count much for you in terms of residency in ortho. i am in that position right now. i am doing research in a university and it does not count for much.
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| tolito
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thanks for your concern about my mom. she is presently in remission. i pray that lasts for years and years.
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| muzammil
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i got rejection from university of arkansas
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| tolito
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never mind muzammil, they dont know your worth. it is their loss  :
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| muzammil
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rejection form university of tennese knoxville
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| muzammil
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thanks tolito. i wish this week also brings some gud news for me
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| muzammil
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whats goign on ur front tolito and ssrpk
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| ssrpk
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thanks tolito, that was what i was wondering...anyway, i agree with yu about that researchj thing, cause this what i am looking for these days besides having applied for general surgery, so its like pursuing two course simultaneously, but if i get a good time research work, at a good univ. program, i will defer my residency for a few years even...otherwsie i will go for general surgery, because i just don;'t want sit and wait for the whole next year and do nothing.....anyway its long road ahead of us, May Allah help us in reaching our goals.
good luck
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