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0 - ArchivalUser - 06-01-2011

hi guys! got an email from chelsieanne02. thought i'd post here so many can benefit.

nice to see jocap is still active on this thread. he knows a lot, much more than i do! siguradong you are asking the right person!

chelsie, it's never too early para maghanda. get your LORs already. The MSPE pwedeng later on mo na problemahin kasi november pa naman sya nirerelease sa mga programs, pero make sure na by July nasubmit mo na sa ERAS. wag kang sasabay sa dagsa ng mga taong nagpapadala ng documents during match season (lalo na August... lahat naghahabol!).

chelsie also asked me in her email about USCE. i didn't have any. in all of my ivs tinanong ako bakit wala akong USCE and anong ginawa ko since i graduated. lagi din akong sinasabihan na disadvantage yan pag nagstart ng residency. so my advice: please get any kind of USCE & US LORs. kahit observership lang. disadvantage nga ba? sabihan ko kayo sa july!

about attempts sa steps.. i have an attempt sa step 1, but made up for it sa step 2. none of the PDs asked me about my failure. totoong they look at the whole application (i'm speaking for FM ha. i only applied and interviewed FM). Also work on your personal statement. they read it and refer to it many times during the iv.

when you get an iv, remember you need to stand out. kasi after a program gives out their ivs, lahat na kayong applicants ay equal footing into getting into the program, kahit 99er yung kasabay mo at ikaw hindi, or vice versa. also, a good command of english is very important. pero hindi naman problema yon with the kababayans diba.

when september rolls around, wag kayong maniniwala sa mga posts dito na, uulan ng iv 1st week of october, or november, or december.... they can come in as early as the middle of September upto as late as the end of January. no peaks, no die downs. the hardest part about the match is that it's super unpredictable. i'm very lucky to have met friends on this thread who were nothing but supportive and encouraging. try to be like that to each other. wag pansinin yung mga nega dyan sa tabi tabi. madami sila! keep an optimistic attitude and don't ever forget to pray, pray, PRAY!

kung may tanong, wag mahiya magtanong ha Smile swerte natin that jocap started this thread and he continues to help kahit siguradong toxic na sya sa preps for july Smile


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011

@emilee- thank u sa info. Malaking tulong ito sa amin. May taming Lang ako.. Pwede ba mag update ng application sa ERAS once nakapagsubmit na? Thanks uli.
@jocapmd and emilee- thanks for still dropping by the forum to give tips and advise. We appreciate it. I hope we can continue to keep this thread alive.


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011

Chelsie, sa myeras, merong tinatawag na certified application form. As long as you don't hit the "certify" button, pwede pa iedit yun. I certified mine on the day I submitted my application -- Sept 7. Wait til the very last minute, and proofread it over and over and over again. Once nasubmit yon, that's it. Wink


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-03-2011

good luck


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-11-2011

bump


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-13-2011

kapapayan


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-13-2011

Kumusta mga kababayan?!!!

Para dun sa mga magsisimula mag-internshhip, handa na ba kayo? Ayos na ba mga tirahan, insurance, trainings, etc etc ninyo? Eto at di ko na maintindihan ang uunahin ko. Ang hirap pala mag-relocate. Challenging talaga at dapat ay matiyaga ka lang. Kumusta naman ang pag-move ninyo?

For the appilcants, dapat innayos ninyo na ang mga documents niyo for ERAS. Pati ang CV, LORs, MSPE, at Steps ninyo. Good luck!!!


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-14-2011

Guys kamusta na! Sa mga namatched excited na ba ? Sa mga nag aaply ,ayusin nyo na malapit na . I am an old grad matched in FM program so do not give up,pray and trust god.3 pinoy kami dito so F


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-14-2011

3 pinoy kami dito sa program so very IMG friendly..


0 - ArchivalUser - 06-14-2011

ang masasabi ko sa mga magsisimula next week is:

galingan ninyo ha at be nice sa mga NURSES. They will either make your life easy or hell. Sila ang kakampi nyo. Nurse ako dati and we like ung mga residente na magagaling at mababait. Ayaw namin ung mga nag-mamagaling, bobo at may ire sa ulo. Pag-mabait ung doctor, we go the extra mile of being very very helpful.. we do things for them.... Deadma kami pag di namin gusto ung residente hehehe...

The months of July and August ang pinaka-ayaw naming buwan sa kalendaryo sa trabaho kasi un ang simula ng mga bagong doctor :-0

Goodluck sa lahat.
I hope ma-match din ako next year.....


@migsmd- saang hospital ka namatch? is that F as in Florida?