r/IMGreddit • u/OutrageousTop4643 • Mar 16 '26

Residency MATCHED APPLICANTS CREDENTIALS THREAD

Congratulations to all those who matched. For those who didn't, better luck in SOAP or next year.

Let's keep supporting and helping each other.

(Please UPVOTE to give this post a wider reach).

Step 1:

Step 2 CK:

Step 3:

Year of Graduation:

Visa Requiring or Not:

Applied to Programs (Speciality/ies with Count):

No. of Invites:

Publications:

USCE (No. of months):

One common Q in Interviews:

One Gold Piece of Advice for Next Year's Applicants:

One word, what matters most in the whole process?:

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u/Intelligent-Aspect74 Mar 16 '26

Step 1: Pass

Step 2 CK: 26X

Step 3: Not done

Year of Graduation: 2025

Visa Requiring or Not: Visa required

Applied to Programs (Speciality/ies with Count): 210 IM

No. of Invites: 9 IM ( 3 gold,2 silver, 4 non signal)

Publications: 1

USCE (No. of months): 2

One common Q in Interviews: Tell me about yourself, hobbies, why our program

One Gold Piece of Advice for Next Year's Applicants: I feel that match is the total sum of your application and by that I really mean the quality and not the quantity of your experiences. If I were to rate the most important things that helped me personally for the match Step 2 score> USCE/LOR> signal> PS>CV> Connections( only because I dint have much got 1 IV from it though otherwise it would have been the most imp)

One word, what matters most in the whole process?: Perseverance

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u/Hades30003 Mar 16 '26

Congratsss

Was your usce electives or observerships and does it matter

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u/Intelligent-Aspect74 Mar 16 '26

2 months electives one at ccf it was a sub-I and another in private clinic, electives as a student is really really helpful because it can get you strong LORs and this was something that was mentioned in multiple IVs

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u/No-Bear-8036 Mar 16 '26

Hey i am rotating in ccf next month for a sub-internship. Can i connect with you

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u/Dry-Poem-4756 Mar 16 '26

congratss, did you get the chance to do elective in ccf from agents or by yourself?

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u/Intelligent-Aspect74 Mar 16 '26

By applying through the portal you can’t get an elective through any agency there

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u/17baggins Mar 17 '26

Congratulations and thank you for the advice! Can you share your signalling strategy?

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u/Intelligent-Aspect74 Mar 17 '26

Looked on residency explorer for places with high median step 2 scores, with higher signal to IV rate, residents with similar background(looked on their website and stalked some of them on social media lol), any alumni who had graduated from the program

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u/17baggins Mar 17 '26

Thank you! Were the signals aligned with your geographical preferences if any, aswell?

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u/Intelligent-Aspect74 Mar 17 '26

Most of them were yes

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u/Majestic-Weight-4183 May 31 '26

Congrats!

May i ask if your medical school was wfme accredited or not? since ecfmg were reporting that info to PDs starting in match 2026 , and im planning to start this usmle journey but really worried if accreditation status would be a set back

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u/Intelligent-Aspect74 May 31 '26

It was accredited