Are you happy or disappointed with ECFMG services? -

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shawn

Hi friends,
I am one of thousands applicants who somehow have been in contact with ECFMG. I first appreciate the opportunity that the United States gives to all IMG to enter the US system and also appreciate the work of those employees who work for us. But lots of applicants, including myself, have lost a lot of time, money, and been under tremendous stress only because they do not have enough personnel to do our request on time. For example:
1-You need to wait weeks for verification of your transcript to be sent (2-3); again, you need to wait several weeks for verification of your diploma or transcript to be processed (4-6 wks).
2- About CSA (2CS): you need to wait months for your test, then weeks for result, and if you fail, you will lose one year of your life.
3- About their Telephone: while all places in the US have a toll free number, sometimes you need to wait 40 min to talk to a representative, and some of them don?t help you properly.
These are some of my personal experiences and concern. I don?t know about other people experiences.
My request is if you are happy with what they are doing, e-mail them and let them know, and if you are not, e-mail them or write them and let them know about your concerns.

info@ecfmg.org,

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docespy - docespy

Happy.

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paki,doc.

hy,,
don,t b silly docepsy,i think u rarely come across ecfmg,otherwise u can,t have such good remarks about ecfmg.they r damn slow .i better understand that they have load of work but even considering it ,,they r very much slow .esp in matter of final med.school transcript verification,i don,t know what they do with transcript verification in 8 weeks after receving.but what can we do except paasing our comments on such forum,,
bye

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Emmy

Happy and happy! If you do not appreciate what ECFMG does pack up and return to your home country.

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hyy,

hy emmi,
this is not a matter of life and death..we want ecfmg to b an up to date service,,it,s constructive criticism not a destructive one,,u just perceived it in a wrong way,,i hope ecfmg come across this discussion and will try to improve the services,,best of luck
bye

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Buddy

Before making any comments be aware that ECFMG provides services for free and they actually spend money on you. They send your credentials to your school for FREE, verify them and process applications all for FREE. The fees of exams you are paying go to USMLE NOT TO ECFMG. However, there should be common sense for ECFMG people to have one TOLL-FREE number also. I agree with shawn that people should write to them about their concerns, but keep point above in mind.

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docespy - docespy

Without ECFMG these programs would do whatever they want and we would be paying for whatevere they require of us.
Thanks to ECFMG we have a chance to practice in the states, and as far as a 1-800 number thats not a good idea, it would delay our processing even further. Most of the questions that people ask ECFMG have ansers in the bulletin of information that they provide, if people would just take the time to READ it most of the questions would be answered.
I've heard questions on this forum that should never be asked
frivolous questions that are common sense.
And the only question thats stupid is the one you dont ask, but I've read some woozies here.