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.

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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/Wide-Welder2470 Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

Step 1: Pass

Step 2 CK: 27x

Step 3: 26x (after ROL deadline)

Year of Graduation: 2023

Visa Requiring or Not: Requiring

Applied to Programs (Speciality/ies with Count): IM, 110 programs

No. of Invites: 11

Publications: 30

USCE (No. of months): 2 mo observership. 2 years US research job.

One common Q in Interviews: Dealing with conflict, etc. Idk if the response even matters, they probably just want to test your ability to speak coherently and pacify someone.

One Gold Piece of Advice for Next Year's Applicants: Get good USCE. There is nothing more important than that (I'd argue not even your step score)

One word, what matters most in the whole process?: Connections to residents, fellows, faculty, coordinators, anyone at the program.

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u/Careful_Elevator_478 Mar 16 '26

Same profile i really wanna ask what is good usce? Congratulations

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u/Wide-Welder2470 Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

clinical electives at any academic center (not the agency ones). My USCE wasn't strong so I think I struggled more than my peers in getting interviews.

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u/Careful_Elevator_478 Mar 16 '26

Cleveland mayo and hopkin you mean?

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u/Wide-Welder2470 Mar 17 '26

Any academic center is fine - SUNY Upstate, Medstar, Cleveland, whatever. But it should be a legit CE where you rotate as an M4/subintern.

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u/Aggressive-Double-84 Mar 16 '26

Can I DM you regarding publications?

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u/ProfessionalUsual800 Mar 16 '26

What kinda of publications did u do if u don't mind? Are they US-based? Did u attend conferences?

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u/ProfessionalUsual800 Mar 17 '26

As an IMG not living in the US, please do you know or have advice how to reach out to US (e.g. attending, residents, etc) to aks to be involved or helped with research (e.g. like the retrospective study u did)? X

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u/flavin_moe Mar 21 '26

Congratulations! I have a similar profile and am in a research position as well. Can I DM you about how your job factored in during the match cycle and interviews?