bird77,
americaisshit, admonished me that I should apologize to you, so I retract my previous harsh statement.
Thank you for agreeing with me at least on one point
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. I think what a lot of people don't understand is that there are human beings on the other end of ERAS. They have to trawl through thousands of applications. The computer system that was supposed to make the application system run smoother is being abused. I can't see PDs putting up with this year after year.
People need to realize these people have to train medical students, residents, and fellows; do research; see patients; and manage their departments. What makes people think a person has the time to look at 1000 applications from mercenaries that will apply to anything anywhere. They are going to take the process as seriously as the applicant. Plus how do you think they feel when a guy trains in neurosurgery in his home country, gets double 99s, and now he's applying to a community FP program in BFE because he/she wants to "help people". I mean these PDs aren't dumb.
It just burns me because come March we are going to be getting all this I was discriminated against BS from people with 99s. All I have to say to those people is you are cheapening your 99. If someone has an 85 and good LoR and has continually shown interest in my specialty and program I would accept them vs a mercinary from (fill in the blank) who I know is using my ENTIRE SPECIALTY as a backup.
If some mercenary blows into my small community hospital with his 99s and the first time I heard of him/her was when their form letter application landed on my desk I would have an issue with them. Frankly I would be a little insulted.
Think about it from their end. They see your neurosurgery training and research and your 99s. It must be a shot to the gut when they get your personal statement and you BS them about how you've always seen yourself moving from (fill in the blank) to rural Arkansas to "help people".
I WILL beat out 99s for a job. And its not solely because I am an American. It is because I did multiple US rotations in my specialty of choice and got ALL my LoRs from US attendings in my specialty and I stayed in touch with people at the programs throughout the process. Frankly I don't see much hope of landing a job outside of a handful of programs for me. My anonymous application is going to be swept up in the tsunami coming from overseas. Hopefully my commitment to the specialty will help a bit.