prematch offers at st.francis IL and cook county - madddoc

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Please advice: Which program do you think is better?
I have to decide in 7 days between the 2. Thanks a lot for all your replies.

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hi can u pls tell yr creds

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Cook County

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95/94 certified, 2 months usce, 4 LOR, 1 1/2 years of residency in my country.
Thank you very much for your replie bubico, Can you tell me why do you think that Cook is better.

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Better chance to get a fellowship

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Hi! madddoc,
Can you tell me how Cook County offered you a prematch? By e-mail, phone call ?
What did they ask you? or how did they deal with you while you were making decision?
Thank you for your answer.

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hi,
congradulations!!!
i believe Cook County is better, but in terms of fellowships there is a lot of competition and if you need H1 that also make it worse bec fellowship programs usually do not sponsor ..and also cook county a litte busy program ..I do not know so much about St.Francis ..
you have very good credentials, how many interview you got? Why don't you go match if you have an university hospital call?

anyways good luck in residency whichever you choose..

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Thanks for all the responses, I haven´t decided if I´m going to accept it because I had 2 calls from university programs. The problem is that I´m afraid that going for the match would be too risky for me because my english isn´t great. I think that this may diminish my chances. I got the offer by phone call.

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i would choose illinois... cook county is a county hospital.. workload is heavy...