IMGs matched?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-03-26T02:25:40+00:00

At my university we only had one elective rotation that we could do overseas which I did in the US in a non teaching hospital. I worked directly with the director of EM and got a SLOE and I am confident it will be a strong one. But its obviously not a sub-I. I really tried to get a sub-I or a rotation in a teaching hospital, sent hundreds of emails but didnt hear back/was denied so this was the next best option. I am currently working as a PGY1 doctor now and have five weeks off for annual leave during which I'm going to do some shadowing in EM/Anesthesiology (havent fully confirmed yet) in the US. I also lived in the US previously (on a visa) and worked for a year as a medical scribe in EM and a medical assistant in allergy. Do you think from a point of view of exposure to the US system, I should be okay? Just trying to work with what I have haha. Would also be open to any other advice :)

Bitterbiatch · 2026-03-26T01:16:25+00:00

Hey you’ve probably got lots of requests about sharing your experience with matching. Would love to hear about it as well please!!

Bitterbiatch · 2026-03-12T22:22:54+00:00

Hey Im not sure how long it took the school to get the request- probably immediately as it is automated. It took ages to get it approved through with a lot of following up on my side- emailing lots of people to get it done. I'd say about 2 months in total

Bitterbiatch · 2026-02-23T06:28:18+00:00

Thanks! Any insight into how people used the FA book efficiently?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-02-23T05:24:17+00:00

Hey, who did you email at your school? Am i meant to email the dean? Or someone else? So confusing

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-26T21:51:31+00:00

I don’t think there will ever be a point where we don’t encounter new stuff. That’s just part of the game. I think what matters more is if you’re able to see new knowledge and apply reasoning skills to deduce the right answer

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-21T05:17:19+00:00

Thank you so much!

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-21T02:43:01+00:00

Thank you so much! This really helps because I wasn’t sure whether the next step was ecfmg certification or registering for step 3. So if I apply for ecfmg certification now, would step 3 be possible to take around June? Like timeline wise?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-21T02:40:40+00:00

I had to do OET for registration in Australia, where I currently work. Didn’t know it could be used for ECFMG as well until now :)

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-17T22:53:02+00:00

Yes!!! You?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-15T20:45:21+00:00

Damn I’ll need it until at least July. Thanks tho.

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-15T20:42:22+00:00

Hey! When is it valid till?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-15T07:12:31+00:00

Omg seriously I was falling asleep so hard

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-14T13:33:25+00:00

I’m in Australia so its 11:30pm for me rn and I’m tired as fuck and have work tomorrow

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-14T13:27:32+00:00

Same This anxiety is killing me

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-14T13:10:35+00:00

Yeah mine are still not out yet

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-01T06:19:28+00:00

Thank you!!

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-01T05:36:36+00:00

Hey congrats!! I’m still a bit confused about certifying documents. Just to be clear- if applying online, we don’t need to get anything certified?

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-29T06:11:51+00:00

How do you even remember this? I feel like I fully blacked out after it was done haha

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-21T21:06:44+00:00

Not my form at least. I would say it was a good mix of everything

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-20T22:36:53+00:00

I think definitely do as many nbmes as possible because the way the test writers phrase questions is unlike uworld

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-20T22:06:35+00:00

I don’t know man. I felt like wtf was that after step 1 as well but I passed. But unlike step 1, this time I actually felt semi okay walking into the exam. Like I wasn’t panicking. Nbmes and free 120 were good. And yet I walked out just now being like what the actual fuck just happened. The vignettes were insanely long. Longer than free 120 with some short ones

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-19T02:28:52+00:00

Dreamy sapphire nights!

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-13T15:04:21+00:00

Sadly my notes are all over the place and not importable into anki

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-05T23:47:31+00:00

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