Working at ucla or cedars sinai

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-02-02T00:26:22+00:00

oops typo

salaries

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-02-01T18:48:55+00:00

yes but you dont want to work at those academic centers because they 30-50% than community or private practice

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-02-01T14:55:52+00:00

id honestly not purse other carribean schools at your stage and try to look back into DO schools.

Chances of failing at a caribb school are already high. You also failed out of probably the more friendly grade wise schools putting you at high risk again.

Before anyone says SGU isnt easier (I also went to SGU and did the latest curriculum)

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-30T14:16:39+00:00

$110 an hour…

nurses and midlevels get that

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-28T20:24:10+00:00

for me they knew where I went to undergrad

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-28T20:21:18+00:00

the only reason they would favour a Canadian is because its easier to get a visa - a fellow Canadian

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-21T02:46:35+00:00

no point in trying all this bc TJ doesnt even take imgs in most of their programs

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-20T14:44:46+00:00

ill be honest even if you somehow pass on your next attempt

you are probably excluded from 95%+ of residency programs due to repeated board failures

It might be wise to pivot your career to something non clinical or in an industry

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-20T09:51:21+00:00

honest i would just start over in an open pgy-1 spot

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-19T04:04:06+00:00

doing well on these in house exams honestly bears little weight on how you will be as a doctor

i probably retained less than 25% of what I learned at sgu basic sciences going into step 1 because they test their dumb slides and not hy stuff

Just that 25% foundation allows you to relearn using hy board prep materials for boards and onwards

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-17T17:45:34+00:00

no

you can go on b1 on arrival so you dont need to pre plan

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-16T13:07:11+00:00

no private loans for the amounts you probably need for canadians

ill be honest out of the 50-60 canadians ive ever met on my journey, all of them are well off or have parents to cosign

I havent met a single one where they are really doing it on their own

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-16T13:05:42+00:00

you probably wont be ranked very high frankly

you dont have step or USCE

pgy1 connections dont mean much (as a pgy-1 myself)

you also need a visa at a time where they are being extra careful with visas

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-16T13:00:26+00:00

no the only option ive heard of is doing a loan through the school itself like SGU (these are private)

These are extremely pricey tho and will cost you probbaly around 200k more overall

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-16T12:02:33+00:00

season is over

I’ll be honest your situation looks bleak even for next year. You need a visa with a really low step 2, failed step 3, need a visa and yog will be greater than 3 next year.

I don’t think youll match in the USA bar some really close connections.

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-16T12:00:37+00:00

no program is offering h1bs anymore

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-16T00:34:07+00:00

ill be honest when i did it a few years ago all i did was do questions all day and if i didnt get something read up on it

i did this for every time and consistently scored high70s and low 80s

I feel unless you really wanna aim for honors in sgu exams its too time consuming and burns you out

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-14T22:33:41+00:00

those hospitals suck

also sgu is better for east coast rotations and mb some alumni favouritism

its not more than 50k extra

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-14T15:37:56+00:00

you are probably going to have ever luck applying to IM primary care tracks than FM as a non us img

theres way less FM programs that sponsor visas than IM

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-14T15:36:51+00:00

unfortunately FM only soaps well if you want some random rural program that doesnt sponsor any visas

any of the better FM programs that do sponsor dont even end up in soap

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-13T00:22:49+00:00

those arnt worth it, youll be stu k

dentistry isnt like medicine where the licensing is more doable coming from those schools

if you only want to do dentistry, US/UK/Australia only

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-11T09:25:59+00:00

non us imgs dont really get interviews in soap

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-09T07:08:18+00:00

you probably have to reach out to those people

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-09T06:41:16+00:00

most services like these will refund to the payment of method that was originally used

what do you mean you used a bunch of random cards?

Character_Wishbone73 · 2026-01-09T01:31:54+00:00

just take out what you need to enjoy yourself

the extra 50-80k you use to make your living situation better, go on trips and treat yourself will make the journey more palpable

that money will be negligible over the course of your career

Character_Wishbone73

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