03-09-2005, 11:18 AM
Pier,
I did not mean to belittle your considered opinion or that of any other contributor for that matter. However we have to be careful not to scare people away from their cherished dreams. If someone spent time and money to obtain a medical degree they should be encouraged to pusue their dreams to the logical conclusions.
Granted some programs favor "fresh" graduates and some even avoid IMGs altogetther but those are in minority. So many criteria and factors come into play when programs consider candidates for residency positions and emphasis change from program to program and from year to year within same program. I have seen some "fresh graduates" who scored in high 90s with green cards but could not match in Family Practice! On the other hand there is a guy who graduated in 1986 and scored in mid 70's with multiple attempts but was accepted into a University IM Program last year without any USCE! One thing most of us forget is that US is the size of a Continent and not like most other countries where opportunities are limited. My take is that people should be encouraged to pursue their dreams as far as possible.I did not mean to offend anyone and sincerely appologise if I did inadvertently.
I did not mean to belittle your considered opinion or that of any other contributor for that matter. However we have to be careful not to scare people away from their cherished dreams. If someone spent time and money to obtain a medical degree they should be encouraged to pusue their dreams to the logical conclusions.
Granted some programs favor "fresh" graduates and some even avoid IMGs altogetther but those are in minority. So many criteria and factors come into play when programs consider candidates for residency positions and emphasis change from program to program and from year to year within same program. I have seen some "fresh graduates" who scored in high 90s with green cards but could not match in Family Practice! On the other hand there is a guy who graduated in 1986 and scored in mid 70's with multiple attempts but was accepted into a University IM Program last year without any USCE! One thing most of us forget is that US is the size of a Continent and not like most other countries where opportunities are limited. My take is that people should be encouraged to pursue their dreams as far as possible.I did not mean to offend anyone and sincerely appologise if I did inadvertently.