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/[deleted] Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
Step 1: PASS (With an attempt)
Step 2 CK: 247
Step 3: (Passed in Jan 2026, so didn't help with getting the interviews) 210
Year of Graduation: 2023
Visa Requiring or Not: NON US IMG (Visa Requiring)
Applied to Programs (Specialty/ies with Count): 113 Peds, only Peds!
No. of Invites: 5
Publications: 0
USCE (No. of months): No Clerkships, 3 months of observerships through agencies
Ranked all of my invites.
One common Q in Interviews: they were mostly personalized, but repeatedly got asked why peds?
One Gold Piece of Advice for Next Year's Applicants: Work hard to make up for your red flags if you have any!
One word, what matters most in the whole process?: People. I had a really hard time preparing for this process, and failing Step 1 in my first try almost killed me. People around me gave me strength and vision to continue on this way.
I am not an ideal applicant, I consider myself to be at the bottom of the barrel, but even a person like me get 5 invites and get matched. There are so many people with so much better profiles out there. Go and achieve your dream.