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This is the Most Important Part of Your Residency Application
Before February 2020, when the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) program announced that it will change Step 1 results reporting from a numeric score to a Pass/Fail one, most International Medical Graduates (IMGs) would speak in earnest about the...
How to Make Residency Programs Want You: 3 Steps
Let's jump straight into it, Ambitious IMG: You're reading this because you want to match. So know that every time a program interacts with you, in any way, they must be 100% clear on why you must be selected ahead of the other applicants. It's your job to communicate...
How to Save Hours On Your Residency Match Application
Dear Ambitious IMG: So you’re sitting there, thinking that it’s time to get your ERAS application started. Or maybe you have already started but it’s gobbling up so much of your time, because you’ve spent three hours requesting letters of recommendation, ten hours...
Do These 3 Things As You Work On Your Residency Application
Whether you’re just thinking about your ERAS application, recently started working on it, or are halfway through, if you don’t have a good idea of what the entire process will require of you, Ambitious IMG, and how to get from point A to Z, you’ll most likely come...
Do You Have This Skill, Ambitious IMG?
Being successful in the residency match process as an International Medical Graduate will require you to use some key skills. Maybe you already have these skills or maybe you will have to develop them. These include the ability to: make a strategic plan build...
5 Beliefs That Will Prevent You From Getting Into College
Getting into a four-year U.S. college is a competitive process. Data from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) show that 66 out of every 100 U.S. students who apply to college for the first time are admitted; that ratio falls to 34 out of...