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发帖数: 272 | 1 And please share experience to help others. | p********t
发帖数: 411 | 2 顶一下，有没有人讨论一下fellowship match的经验啊？ | V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 3 The overall picture is similar to residency match, but easier for people
with research background.
1. Whole package (LOR, PS, CV, research, Medical school) determines how many
interview invites (and number of programs applied). This also influence
rank, to my understanding. YOG is not a criteria for most of programs. But
FMG is still not a good thing for most top notch programs unless you have
connection or they have spots for research oriented fellows.
2. Interview performance determines the chance of match, but to the less
extent compared to residency since the package of credentials also play
important role in the rank.
The nice thing is YOG is NOT a concern any more, and we have strong research
background. | V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 4 IMG...I matched (from student network)
For future applicants I recommend the following
1. If possible go to the strongest residency program possible. From there it
makes things easier. Otherwise you have to work twice as hard as everybody.
2. Work your butt off during residency. A very strong letter of
recommendation from faculty and PD making calls for you is important.
3. Research. Nowadays everybody is doing research. Make sure you at least do
one research project which you are passionate about and be able to talk
about it. Present at ACP, ACC, AHA any meeting that you can get something
accepted
4. Contacts are very important especially from where graduates from your
residency program have previously trained at. Make contacts with past alumni
and faculty that you meet at meetings.
For those who didn't match don't despair. Come back stronger next year ( I
saw some colleagues who actually didn't match last year, didn't give up and
came back strongly this year).
many
But
【在 V*****G 的大作中提到】
: The overall picture is similar to residency match, but easier for people
: with research background.
: 1. Whole package (LOR, PS, CV, research, Medical school) determines how many
: interview invites (and number of programs applied). This also influence
: rank, to my understanding. YOG is not a criteria for most of programs. But
: FMG is still not a good thing for most top notch programs unless you have
: connection or they have spots for research oriented fellows.
: 2. Interview performance determines the chance of match, but to the less
: extent compared to residency since the package of credentials also play
: important role in the rank.
| V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 5 From student network
Just wanted to share with everybody, and next years class. I am a Caribbean
US IMG, average USMLE scores, community program at a NY Hospital. Worked my
butt off to make connections, and was successful in matching in Cardiology.
Looking back, I feel the biggest most important aspect of my application is
connections, who you know, how much they are willing to go to for you (phone
calls), and how influential they are in the Cardiology world. If you are an
applicant similar to me (US IMG/community prog/average USMLE scores/avg
research), this I believe is very impt to have. In addition, looking at the
stats, Cardiology is getting slightly less competitive each year, which will
help many who are truly passionate about it. I hope this will help future
applicants and encourage more to apply next year, as anything is possible.
many
【在 V*****G 的大作中提到】
: The overall picture is similar to residency match, but easier for people
: with research background.
: 1. Whole package (LOR, PS, CV, research, Medical school) determines how many
: interview invites (and number of programs applied). This also influence
: rank, to my understanding. YOG is not a criteria for most of programs. But
: FMG is still not a good thing for most top notch programs unless you have
: connection or they have spots for research oriented fellows.
: 2. Interview performance determines the chance of match, but to the less
: extent compared to residency since the package of credentials also play
: important role in the rank.
| V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 6 One thing I didn't mention is that I know PD or faculty can make phone calls
, and it works well. I didn't use, but I know people who have been
successful in getting interviews or getting matched due to phone calls chair
, pd , faculties made.
many
But
【在 V*****G 的大作中提到】
: The overall picture is similar to residency match, but easier for people
: with research background.
: 1. Whole package (LOR, PS, CV, research, Medical school) determines how many
: interview invites (and number of programs applied). This also influence
: rank, to my understanding. YOG is not a criteria for most of programs. But
: FMG is still not a good thing for most top notch programs unless you have
: connection or they have spots for research oriented fellows.
: 2. Interview performance determines the chance of match, but to the less
: extent compared to residency since the package of credentials also play
: important role in the rank.
| V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 7 From student network:
I really appreciate everyone taking time out to post their experiences.
I just wanted to say that hard work always pays off. I was working as
hospitalist for 5 years for immigration purposes.
Finally, got the opportunity to do research at a top tier program. Worked my
way through and finally matched!
As long as you work hard and are passionate about Cardiology your dream will
eventually come true.
My best wishes to all future applicants. | p********t
发帖数: 411 | 8 非常感谢VictorG啊，看来最重要的还是research和connection，有些program还看
USMLE成绩？是这么回事么？ | V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 9 Importance for getting interviews:
No. 1 LOR from cardiologists and PD
No. 2 Medical school and quality of residency program, top tier US AMG,
lower tier AMG vs IMG (to some program very important, to others not so
much) (top tier Univ program, low tier university program, good community
program vs mediocre community)
No. 3.Research, CV, PS.
No. 4.USMLE score (but if too low, then it is an issue)
No. 5. Connections (optional if above strong), if above weak, you need very
strong connections to make up, need phone calls of PD or chair to get IVs.
Several tricks I knew other folks used and it worked to get more interviews
are: 1. when you publish something, do a good job in writing, then designate
other program's specialty PD as the reviewers. 2. Call PC to express the
interest to their program and simply ask them to review your package. I
heard most packages are not even reviewed, they don't have time to do so.
(I didn't used these as it is too late when I heard these tricks, but they
told me this works.)
Importance to get ranked high:
Very good interview (good communication skills, showed nice personality,
showed your credentials well upon questioning) is still very important to
get ranked high.
1st tier: they love you to death due to your interview performance, or they
love you to death because of your exceptionally strong package and good
interview. (very few people fall in this category, so don't worry)
2nd tier:
1. very strong package with minimum no harm interview
2. strong package with good interview
3. average package with very impressive interview and convincing mutual
match
4. If the specialty chair can make calls before the program rank and the
chair can make a big difference. The question is the specialty chair will
not easily make a call for someone.
Not getting ranked:
Poor interviews (poor communication skills, offensive/aggressive verbal or
behavioral, arrogant)
Poor package with average interview with no strong connection
At this time of career, most candidates' interviews are all good, few people
make mistakes.
the most difficult ones are Cardiology and GI: most programs do 10:1
interview invites (they have 5
spots, invites 50 for interviews, usually gets 500 applications) AMG
applicants 93% matched, IMG 47% applicants matched.
Pulm and critical care, HemOnc are also very competitive
Allergy Immuno: in between
Rheum and Endo: about 90% positions filled each year,
nephron: only 68% spots filled, many programs cannot get their spots filled,
D/Geriatrics: similar to nephron, you need to do IM job part time,
【在 p********t 的大作中提到】
: 非常感谢VictorG啊，看来最重要的还是research和connection，有些program还看
: USMLE成绩？是这么回事么？
| t******a
发帖数: 408 | 10 万分感谢
麦地fanfan start this thread!
和VictorG 的贡献！ | | | t******a
发帖数: 408 | 11 包子谢过麦地fanfan和VictorG两位前辈，
(可真是从我的工资中发的啊) | p********t
发帖数: 411 | | p********t
发帖数: 411 | 13 听说很多地方现在连J1签证都不想要了？是这么回事么？ | V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 14 Not true
【在 p********t 的大作中提到】
: 听说很多地方现在连J1签证都不想要了？是这么回事么？
| V*****G
发帖数: 337 | 15 Looks like These are very expensive ones!
【在 t******a 的大作中提到】
: 包子谢过麦地fanfan和VictorG两位前辈，
: (可真是从我的工资中发的啊)
| S******A
发帖数: 413 | |
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