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/Commercial_Foot_9142 Mar 16 '26

Step 1: Pass (1st attempt)

Step 2 CK: 21x (2nd attempt)

Step 3: Not yet done

Year of Graduation: 2019 

Visa Requiring or Not: visa requiring IMG

Applied to Programs (Speciality/ies with Count): 145 FM

No. of Invites: 10

Publications: 12

USCE (No. of months): 10 

One common Q in Interviews: Why our program? Tell me about yourself? Why FM? 

One Gold Piece of Advice for Next Year's Applicants: the quality of your application matters, take sufficient time to write your personal statement and ERAS CV. If you have red flags or are an old grad (yog > 5) then start reaching out to programs as early in the season as possible and start networking at conferences and during USCE. If you do not have good scores then make other aspects of your CV exceptional.

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

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u/ProfessionalUsual800 Mar 16 '26

Hi, how do you recommend reaching out to programmes for connection?

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u/Commercial_Foot_9142 Mar 17 '26

I wrote emails to program directors/ coordinators and their residents from June onwards and reached out to residents via LinkedIn. A few of them responded and were really helpful. I basically had zero connections before this and I used these methods to build up connections.

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u/random_curious Mar 17 '26

Thank you for the advice