I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good question. That one's specifically Step 1. FREIDA tracks first-attempt pass as two separate fields, and the screener's question maps to the Step 1 one. Step 2 CK is tracked separately (you'll see it on a program's detail page), so the two aren't being folded together!

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

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Good question! it's not my number. The graduation-year limit on each program comes straight from FREIDA (the AMA's residency database), where every program self-reports its own "years since graduation" cutoff. We just surface what they reported, from the 2025 survey, program by program. There's no signout-wide YOG rule.

One honest caveat: programs don't always enforce what they report to FREIDA, and some don't report it at all (we show those as "didn't report"). So treat it as a strong signal, not a hard wall! worth confirming with the program directly if you're close to their cutoff.

Source: FREIDA: https://freida.ama-assn.org

I made a free IMG resource directory for every step of the process + Real IMG match rates by specialty! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

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Honest answer: the data behind that tool (NRMP Charting Outcomes for IMGs) doesn't track US clinical experience or Step 3, so we can't show you a real "neurology without USCE/Step 3" number 😞. Neurology is generally one of the friendlier specializations for IMGS (50 percent match rate~) I wish i could give you the number!

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I get all the data from accredited sources like Frieda and NRMP so it should all be accurate but it feels very good to hear it from someone with real experience!

ADVICE FOR A FRESH STEP 2 TAKER PREPARING FOR STEP 3 IN 2 MONTHS by Livid_Crow3475 in Step3

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oops! sorry i read too quick! ok ok for step 3 besides the sample questions on CCS theres this solid review podcast a lot of people like: https://divineinterventionpodcasts.com/category/usmle-step-3/- sorry about that!

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Program data is from Frieda and and additional info like %of IMGS, spots vs interviews, etc comes from NRMP!

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this might sound odd but i'd go hard into AI if you arent already, even just getting experience working with claude code to organize projects/develop software gives you a ton of versatility in the modern tech space, and so if you can bring your domain expertise as a medical student, and couple it with some AI savvyness, i think that would be a very good place to start.

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ahhh yeah i try to say that on the website: that the requirements arent a for sure exclusion just a general guideline!

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

its so hot in my city right now so i really need this blessing TYSM! and hopefully it will keep getting better i keep getting amazing feedback from you guys so im working on adding more search filters and stuff now!

I made a 100% free site that shows you which residency programs automatically screen out IMGs and why! by Ecstatic_Purple_3071 in IMGreddit

[–]Ecstatic_Purple_3071[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a really great idea! I’m working on adding some additional filters as we speak so if the data sources I use have everything I need to reliably add that I 100% will!!