lookin4residency
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Hi bbb, i know u are very busy. but one quick question. do programs filter with usmle scores right away? or do they actually look at the whole package...lor's, research, publicatoins, etc? I have low scores with attempts, how do I get my applicatoin to stand out with all the other things that i have done then?
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| bbb
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Every single program is going to have a different answer. I have a couple of filters that I am directed to start with. Then I go through the rest of the applications.
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| drgeorgie
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may i know those filters 
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| bbb
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No. Sorry. That's between the program director and myself.
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| drgeorgie
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i knew it.....but just tried my luck
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| DIAZEPAM
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just wanted to ask , that do you atleast look at the applications at a later date or does it just go to the trash. in that caase people with low scores and other good things in applications would not even be considered
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| bbb
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I don't look at incomplete applications for at least a couple of weeks.
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| lookin4residency
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bbb, then how does someone with lower scores or attempts get to show their whole application and all the great other things that they have done. is there ever a chance?
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| GOGETA
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lookin4residency wrote:
bbb, then how does someone with lower scores or attempts get to show their whole application and all the great other things that they have done. is there ever a chance?
1- Pray that GOD will open the heart to a community program director for family medicine or Internal Medicine.
2- Or ________________________________________
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| egomez2001
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GOGETA wrote:
1- Pray that GOD will open the heart to a community program director for family medicine or Internal Medicine.
2- Or ________________________________________
I´m on the same boat
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| bbb
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DIAZEPAM wrote:
just wanted to ask , that do you atleast look at the applications at a later date or does it just go to the trash. in that caase people with low scores and other good things in applications would not even be considered
I look at experience - here and overseas, I look at the picture because I want eye-candy for three years, I look at hobbies (because that's what makes people interesting), I look for LORS from physicians that I know from my years of residency - because if they like you, you are probably a decent catch. I look for good looking men for the women in my program and good looking women for the men in my program.
I look for people from unique places so I can add to my collection of Hard Rock Cafe guitar pins.
I look for a sense of humor. I look. And I look.
Now, you get to look between the lines and see what a PC looks for. It's not just scores. If if was just scores, it would be easy.
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| Chrystal
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bbb,
you are hilarious!
But that was useful! 
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| lookin4residency
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thanks bbb, u made me laugh, and i hope it works out for all of us .
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| residency08
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Hi bbb,
I read that PC/PDs can see the candidate's picture only after he/she is invited for an interview, is that true?
Thanks for being there for all of us!!!
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| sarika
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residency08, that rule has been changed from this year. Now the photo is being displayed on every application.
Goodluck
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