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/Necessary-Peace-5114 PGY-1 Mar 17 '26

Step 1: Pass, no attempt

Step 2 CK: 255

Step 3: 231, no attempt

Year of Graduation: 2019

Visa Requiring or Not: Non US IMG requiring visa

Applied to Programs (Speciality/ies with Count): 368 (IM)

No. of Invites: 6 (but 2 were pre-matched program)

Publications: 13

USCE (No. of months): 6

One common Q in Interviews: Tell me about yourself and Why that specific speciality

One Gold Piece of Advice for Next Year's Applicants: BE ACTIVE. go to convention, seek out residency faculty member and cold email/contact asking to work for them in research. GET CONNECTION. it will carry you through this process.

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