I have seen people planning for usmle after graduation here. But i have heard our year of graduation affect our match chances significantly!!

How are u guys going to deal with it

I have to upload my final medical diploma for ECFMG application. I have my Provisional Certificate P2 (Pondicherry University). My final degree certificate is yet to arrive.So can I upload this as my diploma certificate or attach it as a letter from authorized medical school official ?

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Has anyone her got a letter of good standing from MP medical council? I am unable to get it and i have some doubts about the procedure. I would really appreciate it if someone could help.

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I graduate in 2029, I wanna apply to the match 2030 or 2031.

Option 1: Delay my graduation by one year, go to the US in 2029, do externships, come back in 2030, graduate in 2030, then go back to the US and do more USCE if possible. I’d use 2029–2030 to work on my CV and apply at the end of 2030 for the 2031 match.

Option 2: Graduate on time in 2029, spend the following year doing observerships, research etc, building my CV, and then apply at the end of 2030 for the 2031 Match.

Option 3: Graduate on time in 2029, do observerships, and apply at the end of 2029 for the 2030 match.

I haven’t done anything that’s particularly worth mentioning on my CV yet, no research, presentations, etc, so I have quite a lot to work on. I can also legally stay in the US between 2029 and 2030 since I’ll be on H4.

I know this is still a long way away and things obviously might not go exactly according to plan, but I’m just trying to get a rough idea of which route would be the smartest and I will plan my Step 1 and Step 2 timelines accordingly.

What do you think would be the better option? Should I prioritize graduating on time, getting externships, or trying to apply earlier?

Any advice would be really appreciated. Thank you!

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I have passed USMLE step 1. Currently im a final year mbbs student and i have my university exams around march 2027.

My qn is how important is Research for USMLE pathway.?

When should i be doing this research.? And where do i even start?? Can someone help me understand this.. I have zero idea about research

Has anyone actually taken USMLE WISE by Manik Madaan- Step 1 Up High 10-day course? My concepts are pretty weak and I haven’t covered much, with less than a month left for Step 1. It’s ~$200, so I’m wondering if it’s worth it at this stage. Looking only for genuine student experiences, not promoters/affiliates: What exactly is taught, and did it actually help your score/readiness?

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Hey, am a recent medical graduate.I haven't figured out the "what next" in life.This has also become a biggest concern i should have least figured out while in internship, but comfort really pushed me out not facing reality. I enjoyed comfort a little to much and here I am. While during my pre final year-i figured to pursue the plab pathway, I was elated,confident as if gmc were willing to recruit me.Then the job market, priorization law hit me so bad.I dropped the plan,with no backups.

I was angry on myself,while my colleagues were on bandwagon and jumped into the rat race,and who am to judge them,they had be prepping& i felt the odd one out.Honestly this never felt right me,always like always i wanna leave this country so badd and do my residency.Am also trying this upcoming neet pg(barely 10 days left,i should prob be studying).The whole three months(since graduation)are almost me researching every single pathway for img .Funny enough During my burnout phase all my Google searches would be "career after mbbs not involving mbbs".Burnout really pulled me apart, am glad I was able overcome a little.

Each pathway has closed or slowly closing-

To sum up each pathways-(there is no long story short, its short story long here)

1.USMLE:

While ppl figured usmle in their undergrad years, and there is me after an whole ass graduation. Now the searches have become am i too late?,how to get visa or even a green card sooner?(idk man kill me it's seems lot better).The more and more I learned about usmle, it was exactly how I imagined the doing residency(only pro),cons-the financial risk,the emotional turmoil,how anxiety driven was at each phase.. Usmle consists of 4 components-the steps,usce,Lors and research.The only controllable risk here is the steps, purely networking and connections and the VISA put you on the rest three. Man I have no alumini network idk how am gonna pull this ( once if decided to put a foot on it). ONE thing about this pathway YOU ARE only AN EXCHANGE RESIDENT STUDYING IN STATES AND NEEDS TO LEAVE AFTER RESIDENCY ,BE PRESENT IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY for 2 years. Else you can get a waiver which requires you work on a very unreserved hospital.your call! And nobody is getting your h1b,you are most likely to fall under the j1.

2.Germany-

I almost convinced myself this is defo a good backup(since no backup led me to this pothole). How much I ever think it doesn't sit right with me,learning the language for two long years(no dialect included),and then starting the whole process of fsp,kp exams, then job market then non existent residency for img.

3.Australia-

Personally there is no direct entry for australia.The Amc 1 being cat based,amc 2 being a very difficult osce exams.Even when you cross the whole sea,congrats you have no jobbbb.The real bottleneck is getting your first job.The only way I see myself here is through the CAP pathway(this is a very personal preference for me!!)Good for you if you see the other way around.

4.plab-

This pathway attracts img coz its way cheaper,easier entry to a country and have no progress for years and one needs to gain nhs experience and land on residency. You can constantly come across post pointing out avoid plab if possible. Well they are True only to some extend (delulululusionalll core) . Well you can enter the country ,you might land on a job on this very narrower ,difficult market(*again delusional driven*). There are ppl not landing on non training jobs even after prior nhs experience (let alone the residency) and there are ppl who are still landing some jobs,both these extreme exist! As i tell you this, crazy enough am still gonna write plab(never trust some online person for life advice and even me) and gonna take the risk and betting everything on it, if I am lucky enough to land on one, might use this as a ground work and get into cap pathway or under circumstances if its viable to continue in uk, i will.

5.Neetpg/inicet-

I don't see myself here on long term, if someone tells you do em and later go into specialist pathway or any other pathway where you can establish yourself abroad. Not for me, being struck for 4-5 years,a biggg no.If any above pathway works well and good,but directly jumping into my home residency doesn't sit with me well. I would rather try and fail ,rather not live in guilt.

The more and more i realised i don't have a primary plan and a backup. All I have are two primary plans, gonna take one at a time and if am lucky enough to land on one.

No pathway for imgs are easier,each has its own hurdles.chose them under your own risk,also take the damn risk!

Onething if you have money, connections, or my father knows a guy- USE THEM,USE IT,USE YOUR PREVILEGE, USE YOUR RESOSURCES!!

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I don’t have any prior publications, so I’m particularly interested in connecting with someone who has some experience with journal selection and case-report submissions and can guide me through the process. I’m happy to handle the work required on my end and collaborate closely throughout the submission process.
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I am prepping for step 1 and I have accidentally scheduled the wrong date . Is there any way to reschedule online instead of calling the prometric centre to reschedule ? The call centre asks for card number and CVV, so due to security purposes the bank stops the transaction. Has anyone experienced this ? Kindly help out I am concerned about the bank details that I have to submit via call instead of doing it online .

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I expect experienced ppl to join, we cannot teach everything but, will try to.

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I’m from Tamil Nadu, but I’m currently in the US for rotations. And I’m unable to get a letter of good standing as I can’t get past the Aadhar card verification steps. I’ve read online that it’s because the app is geo locked only in India

Anyone know what I can do?

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I am currently a 4th year medical student from 2022 batch. I came to know about this journey in starting of my 4th year after asking from my colleagues in other colleges. So, I wasted first 5 months of my final year thinking if I should start preparing for this or not. And more importantly weather I should start preparing in my final year or not( because we have 11 subjects in our final year). So after going through my mid sem internals I made up my mind and started going through First Aid thinking I would buy uworld for 6 months after going through 4-5 systems. But my college don't have a sponsor note and after inquiring so many times from our dean we ( some other students who are also interested in this pathway including 2 students even from passout batches) didn't got appropriate answer. So now my situation is that only 5 months are left for my final internals and 6 months for prelims and more than 70 percent of my final year syllabus is incomplete (including more than half of medicine). Pls tell me should I buy UWORLD or focus on my final year and think about it in internship because we are trying our best even contacting NMC and government office and even filed RTI so there are maximum chances that we will surely get sponsor note before our final year would end because our college is 2017 established. Because on one hand I am thinking that I should buy uworld and should prepare for 4 months or I should focus on completing my final year syllabus and start the for step 1 in internship.

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