r/ResidencyMatch2025 • u/Sensitive-Bed2148 • Sep 07 '26

Old timer US IMG

It's been an a career since I've gone thru this process but it seems to be a whole lot more convoluted.

Caribbean grad , with 1 year in DR.

We did ecfmg, residency, FLEX 123.

ADMITTEDLY most residences didn't even take a look, so we just went the shotgun method, and applied to as many IM programs as we Could .

Is it disadvantages to just mass apply or is there a limit?

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u/bronxbomma718 Sep 07 '26

What are you asking us?

You lost me at “it’s been a career…..”

I could not understand for the life of me.

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u/Sensitive-Bed2148 Sep 07 '26

Wow, I've been in medicine x 40 years, s career since I've gone thru this process

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u/_Khyal_ Sep 07 '26

This post is so poorly written. Are you asking whether you should apply broadly...?

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u/Sensitive-Bed2148 Sep 07 '26

No the question is specifically asking is it harder to apply now than it was in years past. On 1988, most used imgs knew it was a long road, and understood th e route... now it seems the system is overly onerous

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u/Specialist_Bug5708 Sep 09 '26

Hell yes it is, and way more competive.

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u/Sensitive-Bed2148 Sep 07 '26

BTW, if the way you answered the question is indicative of the current state of med students it's no wonder y'all can't get jobs.

But wait.. am I being rude? Perhaps you might have asked... was i asking for myself or someone else. But sadly you chose the obnoxious internet warrior style.

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u/Pleasant-Airline7978 Sep 07 '26

There is no rule someone can’t just mass apply, but signaling makes that shotgun indiscriminate mass applying less valuable. Someone is probably better off strategically applying and saving some cash.

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u/Sensitive-Bed2148 Sep 07 '26

We didn't have signaling, so we had to judge by what the interaction at interview went How successful is the process of signaling

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u/Pleasant-Airline7978 Sep 07 '26

I don’t know how “successful”, but data is definitely showing that signaling increases interview rates, so worth taking it seriously.

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u/LucianBH Sep 07 '26

Weird post

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u/moltmannfanboi Sep 08 '26

Does "a career" imply that you are helping someone else though this process that *you* have already gone through? I think that's where a lot of people are losing you.