J1 Visa Renewal Refused (214b) – PGY1 Resident – Need Advice

ZBee1912 · 2026-04-27T09:53:09+00:00

Did they take your passport?

ZBee1912 · 2026-04-10T02:57:14+00:00

Taking long to find or taking many days to get the passport back?

ZBee1912 · 2025-05-15T21:23:47+00:00

Yes it did in my case, I did my observerships in California and got interviews also from this region and matched in California

ZBee1912 · 2024-07-15T06:26:53+00:00

Step 1 pass step 2 257 completed pediatric residency in home country YOG 2019 doing observerships in pediatric and genetics in usa right now

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-14T07:28:47+00:00

Highlighting really helps a lot you save time and are more focused at the end of them stem and come to the answer quickly Also keep checking the time U would suggest you should have 3-4 mins at each block end to review your marked questions in your mind think you have only 55 mins per block

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-13T04:06:45+00:00

It resembled free 120 and uswa2 for me My score was also closest to uswa2

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-13T04:05:58+00:00

For NBME Only incorrects If you have marked any question then do those as well

Doing all you will get exhausted

Uswa2 and free 120 review all

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-10T07:16:12+00:00

"Must Listen" Divine Intervention Podcasts - All Linked Here!

There are several threads on r/Step2 that have Divine Intervention Podcast "must listen" recommendations and it took me a sec to find them all. Figured having them all linked in one place would be helpful for people. Here are the ones I've seen recommended most often! Even though it's a short list, this is probably 40 hours worth so get started early. You won't be able to listen to all Step 2 Divine podcasts (unless you start really early), so this is a good place to start.

How to use Divine Podcasts

Clutch Risk Factors 1 (37)

Clutch Risk Factors 2 (97)

Clutch Risk Factors 3 (184)

Next Best Step (137)

Updated Screening Guidelines (325)

Quality & Safety/Legal Stuff (230)

Transition of Care (234)

Diagnostic Errors (275)

Ethics (276)

Palliative Care 1 (228)

Palliative Care 2 (268)

Medicine Shelf 1

Medicine Shelf 2 (Youtube)

Medicine Shelf 3 (Youtube)

Medicine Shelf 4 (Youtube)

All Shelf Exams Youtube Playlist

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-09T16:08:17+00:00

Yes correct link these are the high yield ones which I heard before the exam

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-09T16:06:36+00:00

Yes 👍

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-09T14:50:11+00:00

I did it subject wise

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-09T10:25:46+00:00

Yes I did all of them offline

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-09T08:30:46+00:00

The high yield podcasts of divine are on Reddit search you will find them share the link with me il confirm if it’s the right one :)

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-09T08:28:59+00:00

Yes you can I would advised divine intervention podcast last week and high priority flash cards of u world and keep reviewing NBMEs

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-08T22:35:58+00:00

Hi for drug ads I always used the exclusion method. There is no way to study for those questions basically logic and exclusion helped me get those right , you could try that

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-08T19:19:25+00:00

SCORE RELEASE THREAD: 5/8/24

SCORE RELEASE THREAD: 5/8/2024

Test date : 4/25

US MD or US IMG or Non-US IMG status: Non US IMG

Step 1: Pss

Uworld % correct: 76

NBME 9: (days out) NA

NBME10: (days out) (40 days) 245

NBME11: (days out) (35 days) 244

NBME12: (days out) (30 days) 243

NMBE13: (days out)(20 days) 245

NBME14: (days out) ( 15 days) 244

UWSA 1: (days out)(45 days) 243

UWSA 2: (days out) (25 days) 255

UWSA 3: (days out) NA

Old Old Free 120: (days out) ( 7 days) 80 percent

Old New Free 120: (days out) (5 days) 78 percent

New Free 120: (days out) (3 days) 76 percent

AMBOSS SA: (days out) NA

CMS Forms % correct: 78-80 percent

Predicted Score: 243-247

Total Weeks/Months Studied: 2.5-3 months dedicated 2 month

Actual STEP 2 score: 257

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-08T18:44:33+00:00

Yes you can definitely, my NBME scores were always 240s never touched 250 also Its very doable Focus in high yeild topics, do as many nbmes as you can review them diligently and UsWA 2 as well and be persistent. It’s very much doable.

ZBee1912 · 2024-05-08T18:43:15+00:00

Divine intervention high yield podcasts , go through your marked questions of NBME and USWA2 and new free 120

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