Has anyone used this for match assistance? What are your opinions on it? They’re quoting over 5k and suggest they are going to help with match and soap as well.

the Department of State partially suspended visa issuance to nationals of 19 countries – Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burundi, Cote D’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Did any citizen from a country on this list get a J1 after matching this year?

US-IMG
About 7-8 months of USCE
All LOR’s from university programs
3 pub med index research projects; 1st author on one of them
YOG: 2025
Good leadership positions and volunteer work
Step 1: pass
Step 2: passed with a 244 on second attempt; had a lot of family issues going on during this difficult period

Applying IM and FM (back up). Really wanting to match IM. Looking for any insight & if anyone has been in a similar position and matched! And any advice on how to research programs!

I got my results today honestly was expecting something around 230 but as the title says it’s just a pass. I have 25* in CK. I’m applying this year as a fresh graduate in IM. Someone who was in the same boat or experienced it please share your thoughts
Thank you

Hi all! I am posting this on behalf of my Program Director as we have a couple of openings in our Internal Medicine Residency program. Please see below for more information.

An unexpected opportunity has opened up in Milwaukee! Our Internal Medicine Residency Program currently has two PGY-2 positions available for qualified transfer applicants.

We are a growing, close-knit Internal Medicine program that combines the clinical breadth of a tertiary-care hospital with community-based medicine, strong faculty mentorship, and an academic curriculum designed to prepare residents for careers in hospital medicine, primary care, or fellowship.

And while we take training excellent physicians very seriously, we don’t believe residency has to lose its sense of community or fun along the way!

Why Ascension Wisconsin?

Our residents train primarily at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, a tertiary-care hospital in the heart of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with additional experience at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, where residents care for an underserved and medically complex patient population.

Our curriculum provides broad exposure to inpatient medicine, critical care, ambulatory medicine and the Internal Medicine subspecialties. PGY-2 residents have experiences in:

• Inpatient Internal Medicine
• ICU
• Night Float
• Hospital Medicine
• Cardiology
• Neurology
• Infectious Diseases
• Rheumatology
• Ambulatory Medicine
• Elective rotations

Residents can further individualize their education through electives including Cardiovascular ICU, Electrophysiology, POCUS/Emergency Medicine Procedures, Obesity Medicine, Radiology, Psychiatry, Pain Medicine, and Hematology/Oncology and Radiation Oncology, among others.

Our educational program includes Journal Club, PICO/evidence-based medicine conferences, Adverse Event/Morbidity & Mortality Conference, CPC, Grand Rounds, subspecialty conferences, palliative care education and multidisciplinary teaching. Residents also receive access to AMBOSS, participate in the Yale Office-Based Medicine Curriculum, and receive American College of Physicians membership.

Most importantly, we are building a program where residents know one another, faculty know their residents, and trainees have a meaningful voice in shaping the program. We value mentorship, curiosity, teamwork, professionalism and the idea that residency should produce not only outstanding internists, but physicians who genuinely enjoy practicing medicine and working with one another.

And then there’s Milwaukee…

Milwaukee is a fantastic place to spend residency. We’re located along Lake Michigan in a city with professional sports, Summerfest, an outstanding restaurant and brewery scene, festivals, museums, beaches and lakefront trails, with a cost of living that still makes resident life manageable.

It’s a big enough city to always have something to do and a small enough city that you can actually do it.

Who Should Apply?

These positions are intended for physicians who have successfully completed the prerequisite training necessary to enter a categorical Internal Medicine Residency at the PGY-2 level ( completed preliminary IM year) ,or who are currently training at the PGY-2 level in an ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine residency program and are seeking a transfer opportunity. Applicants must be in good standing with their current or most recent residency program and demonstrate satisfactory academic performance, clinical competence, professionalism, and progress appropriate to their level of training. 

Appointment will be contingent upon completion of the program’s standard application and credentialing process, including verification of prior graduate medical education, satisfactory documentation of training and performance, eligibility for appointment at the PGY-2 level, applicable licensure and employment requirements, and all institutional and ACGME requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration consistent with applicable institutional policies and federal and state requirements.

If you’re looking for a program where you can receive rigorous clinical training, know your faculty, find great mentors, help shape a growing residency, and have some fun while becoming an excellent internist, we would love to hear from you. Please email the Program Director, Dr Vaishnavy Bhaskaruni, vaishnavy.bhaskaruni@ascension.org, or the Program Coordinator, Brittany Miller, brittany.miller3@ascension.org with your resume and interest.

Thanks all!

It just pushes me away the non stop posts & visa scenarios. It really affects.

Is it possible to get into US residency? Is Usmle worth a try?

Hey, am a recent medical graduate.I haven't figured out the "what next" in life.This has also become a biggest concern i should have least figured out while in internship, but comfort really pushed me out not facing reality. I enjoyed comfort a little to much and here I am. While during my pre final year-i figured to pursue the plab pathway, I was elated,confident as if gmc were willing to recruit me.Then the job market, priorization law hit me so bad.I dropped the plan,with no backups.

I was angry on myself,while my colleagues were on bandwagon and jumped into the rat race,and who am to judge them,they had be prepping& i felt the odd one out.Honestly this never felt right me,always like always i wanna leave this country so badd and do my residency.Am also trying this upcoming neet pg(barely 10 days left,i should prob be studying).The whole three months(since graduation)are almost me researching every single pathway for img .Funny enough During my burnout phase all my Google searches would be "career after mbbs not involving mbbs".Burnout really pulled me apart, am glad I was able overcome a little.

Each pathway has closed or slowly closing-

To sum up each pathways-(there is no long story short, its short story long here)

1.USMLE:

While ppl figured usmle in their undergrad years, and there is me after an whole ass graduation. Now the searches have become am i too late?,how to get visa or even a green card sooner?(idk man kill me it's seems lot better).The more and more I learned about usmle, it was exactly how I imagined the doing residency(only pro),cons-the financial risk,the emotional turmoil,how anxiety driven was at each phase.. Usmle consists of 4 components-the steps,usce,Lors and research.The only controllable risk here is the steps, purely networking and connections and the VISA put you on the rest three. Man I have no alumini network idk how am gonna pull this ( once if decided to put a foot on it). ONE thing about this pathway YOU ARE only AN EXCHANGE RESIDENT STUDYING IN STATES AND NEEDS TO LEAVE AFTER RESIDENCY ,BE PRESENT IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY for 2 years. Else you can get a waiver which requires you work on a very unreserved hospital.your call! And nobody is getting your h1b,you are most likely to fall under the j1.

2.Germany-

I almost convinced myself this is defo a good backup(since no backup led me to this pothole). How much I ever think it doesn't sit right with me,learning the language for two long years(no dialect included),and then starting the whole process of fsp,kp exams, then job market then non existent residency for img.

3.Australia-

Personally there is no direct entry for australia.The Amc 1 being cat based,amc 2 being a very difficult osce exams.Even when you cross the whole sea,congrats you have no jobbbb.The real bottleneck is getting your first job.The only way I see myself here is through the CAP pathway(this is a very personal preference for me!!)Good for you if you see the other way around.

4.plab-

This pathway attracts img coz its way cheaper,easier entry to a country and have no progress for years and one needs to gain nhs experience and land on residency. You can constantly come across post pointing out avoid plab if possible. Well they are True only to some extend (delulululusionalll core) . Well you can enter the country ,you might land on a job on this very narrower ,difficult market(*again delusional driven*). There are ppl not landing on non training jobs even after prior nhs experience (let alone the residency) and there are ppl who are still landing some jobs,both these extreme exist! As i tell you this, crazy enough am still gonna write plab(never trust some online person for life advice and even me) and gonna take the risk and betting everything on it, if I am lucky enough to land on one, might use this as a ground work and get into cap pathway or under circumstances if its viable to continue in uk, i will.

5.Neetpg/inicet-

I don't see myself here on long term, if someone tells you do em and later go into specialist pathway or any other pathway where you can establish yourself abroad. Not for me, being struck for 4-5 years,a biggg no.If any above pathway works well and good,but directly jumping into my home residency doesn't sit with me well. I would rather try and fail ,rather not live in guilt.

The more and more i realised i don't have a primary plan and a backup. All I have are two primary plans, gonna take one at a time and if am lucky enough to land on one.

No pathway for imgs are easier,each has its own hurdles.chose them under your own risk,also take the damn risk!

Onething if you have money, connections, or my father knows a guy- USE THEM,USE IT,USE YOUR PREVILEGE, USE YOUR RESOSURCES!!

Hi everyone, looking for some honest guidance because I feel a bit stuck on next steps.

I'm a US IMG. I'm legally blind with 20/400 visual acuity and cannot drive or commute on my own. I've passed Step 1 and scored 259 on Step 2 CK. I currently work as a USMLE tutor.

I'm trying to figure out realistically what my path forward looks like. A few questions I'd love input on:

1. Has anyone here gone through Match as a visually impaired or legally blind applicant? How did programs respond, and would Psychiatry realistically be a more accommodating specialty given the nature of the work?

2. If Match isn't realistic given my vision, what are other legitimate paths forward for someone with my scores and background? I don't want to waste years chasing something that isn't feasible, but I also don't want to give up on it without real input from people who've been through this or something similar.

3. Would it be worth speaking to a disability services counselor or advisor who specializes in medical licensure/Match, and if so, does anyone have suggestions on who that might be or where to start looking?

Any honest experiences, even if they're not what I want to hear, would genuinely help me make a clearer decision. Thank you.

Step 1: Pass
Step 2 CK: 233
YOG: 2024
Non-US IMG
6 publications
No step 3
No usce no us lor
Applying for im fm peds
Should i consider applying this cycle or save my money and apply next cycle with step 3 with usce and lors.

Guys hows everyone doing with their application? im doing this all alone with no connection or anyone i can ask for advise regarding my application so its been a real struggle (please dont use this to advertise and say youll look into my application for a fee, i do not have extra money to be scammed lol)

Anyway i still havent finished researching all the programs (ive literally been curating my own list so its rlly taking so long cus im researching everywhere for the info) then i have no idea which programs ill signal, im so scared about the signalling because a mistake can rlly make or break you from what ive seen, ive still not fnishing filling in the section on the eras application and have no idea what to put, which things to highlight etc. I still havent finished my PS. Currently doing a full time residency program in the mean time in my country so rlly busy and trying to balance all of that with the us residency applciation. Do you guys think i still have time to get it all done?

I plan to pay for the usmle scores to be releeased begining of september, thats enough time right?

We dont have to have it all done by september 2nd right? please any advice or reassurance will rlly help because im so worried and stressed

Which is stronger?

Hey everyone!

So, first, obviously I know it’s best to have everything done Sep 23rd. But that just isn’t in the cards because of delays getting my status switched in the ECFMG system (and now applied for the FSMB permit)

The stats:

Us-img
4 LOR, 2x IM(USA), 1x cardiology(USA), 1x research (home country)
Step 1 P
Step 2 - scheduled for Sep 16th - scoring mid 25x, trying for 260s
Multiple years of USCE from pre-med + some clerkships done in US

Already applied for pathway 3, OET passed.

Planning to apply broadly to 150+ programs

My questions are:

how much of a disadvantage am I in considering my step 2 score will be late, which dominoes into certification being late?

Should I apply on September 23rd without anything done and update, or should I apply once everything is in first-ish week of October?

I’m hearing mixed advice, so some guidance or advice would be amazing!

I'm a non-US IMG, 24 years old, in the last year of med school, will graduate in June next year.

Is it possible to participate with a chance of approval in the next Match cycle (September 2027) ? Considering: studying and taking Step 1, studying and taking Step 2 and doing USCE (I know they reccomend at least 2) ? All I have is C1 English Level (unfortunately not through TOEFL, but FCE), and a little research, that I could also improve.

Is 1 year time enough for doing all this process ? Based on your experience. Thank you !

Edit: Targeting Family Medicine

The title, any advice for applying strategically and my chances 🙏🙏

Stats- passed/228, YOG2025, GC holder, currently in a research trainee position at Mayo Clinic, did 2 observership. Is IM possible? I’m applying to FM as backup.

Am I considered as us img. I saw us-img has lower score cut off than non us img.

How long does it take for step2 result and oet results to get updated into ecfmg?

Scores: step 1 pass step 2 243 step 3 not taken
Yog:0
US IMG
Ecfmg certification: not yet(hopefully in 3-4months)
USCE: 1
Edit: one research article (6th author)

Any input is appreciated. Thank you

I am in a very difficult position right now. Just like everyone I went to the US for my electives and observerships. All my attendings were very nice to me and told me to stay in contact when I was leaving. I did pretty well. There was never a problem and they all appreciated me. So I asked for an LOR towards the end of my rotation. A bit of a background, I am from a middle class background, first person in family to even sit on a plane. My father had to sell his car and engagement ring to send me to the US. It killed me but I had hoped that it was gonna be worth it in the end. Now that it is time to apply one of my attending has ghosted 2 emails of mine. I am really anxious and can’t sleep or eat. I can’t bear the look on my father’s face he’s so hopeful. If not for me I wanted to match for him. He has given up his whole life for me. I have done well on my tests and have good scores but i was really looking forward to this LOR. My problem is that okay fine you don’t want to write me an LOR it’s okay but why did you have to lie to my face, I could’ve looked for something else while i was there in the US. Now that i am back home i cannot afford to go back and what’s killing me even more is that everything my dad sold for me and spent his hard earned money on me so that i could achieve my dream was for nothing.

This attending gave me his phone number. Was so so kind to me during my rotation i could have never believed he would ghost me at such a critical time. So my question now is that i have already emailed her twice should i keep emailing her every week and send a message on her number. it’s really important to me. I wanna give it my all

In previous cycle, visa-requiring IMGs who got 5+ invites from Non-signalled programs, what was your strategy? What kinda program did you apply to for Non-signalled? How many personalized PS or LOIs?

Any geographic regions that are liberal without signals?

I have decent stats, having a hard time to decide on non-signalling programs. Would really appreciate any suggestions!

Thanks in advance!!

I assumed it was FM but apparently it's IM? I thought IM was much more competitive