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there were about 250 general surgery programs, i applied to 95, because most of them had the graduation year cut off thing, and i researched extensivley about which one were img friendly, and i wanted to apply to 100 but i could find anymore programs that would fit my qualifications
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IM - 162
Neuro - 35
FM - 29
Credentials: 91/88. I mth externship, 2 mth observershipship and 3 US lor. 2005 grad.
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Bidd i am surprised that you could get 90. My research took me to only 18 programs that did not have cutoff and were sponsoring H1. Maybe you have no visa issues!!!!
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IM:130
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Anathesia:30
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well i graduated 5 years ago and i have a greencard
also, there were some programs that required "chairman's letter" and i did not even apply to them, should i ignore this requirement and apply?
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should save some money for traveling later.
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i applied to 100 FM prog only
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applied to 101 neuro and another 100 prelim!!! bankcrupted mannnnnnnn