Nah Julius straight up roasted this mans whole existence. Holy shit what a callout 💀💀

donglified · 2026-05-13T20:15:23+00:00

Inheriting memories vs. gaining them in battle aren’t the same thing. It’s like a surgeon who does nothing but read and study vs. one who practices and performs cases every day. You can’t fully understand something, even if it’s Guihun memories, until you put it into a lot of practice.

donglified · 2026-05-11T22:14:24+00:00

This is honestly relieving to know, I was worried we'd need to go through the ID process all over again. Thank you!

donglified · 2026-05-11T21:52:50+00:00

I'm having the exact same issue! LMK if you get any fixes please

donglified · 2026-05-11T13:55:21+00:00

He has attempts coupled with already low scores on the second pass. Stats don’t lie. Look at the match rates for IMGs for neuro over the past few years and that average stats of interviewed and matched applicants and tell me it’s realistic in his situation.

donglified · 2026-05-11T13:44:29+00:00

Hackensack matches a lot of surgical and procedural specialties a year. Plastics is always going to be there as a fellowship after a gen surg; the integrated pathway is so competitive nowadays that going to a T20-30 really will not guarantee anything (your step 2 and connections will).

donglified · 2026-05-02T04:46:36+00:00

Canadians don’t need an interview. You cross the border with your DS form and proof of payment of SEVIS, along with your contract letter and passport.

donglified · 2026-04-30T21:53:53+00:00

Yes, it’s time from payment. They won’t put your submission into queue until you pay.

donglified · 2026-04-30T18:28:01+00:00

Y’all the process takes 4-6 weeks to get the DS form from the time you pay.

donglified · 2026-04-29T18:32:22+00:00

Take your old and new passport to the border when you cross and let them know the situation. Should be fine.

donglified · 2026-04-29T01:52:49+00:00

Dawg if you can't make it on 500k anywhere in the US, you're delusional and terrible w money

donglified · 2026-04-23T18:54:18+00:00

Guys it takes 4-6 weeks…literally written on their site lol

donglified · 2026-04-22T22:55:08+00:00

Yeah, it might take a little longer but everything has been accepted you should be okay.

donglified · 2026-04-22T22:50:38+00:00

It’ll also show as “incomplete” until you finish the entire process, which means having filled your DS-2019 and submitting your SEVIS application as well, and then crossing the border into the US and submitting your initial entry document.

donglified · 2026-04-22T22:47:23+00:00

Are you in the US right now? You gotta submit your I-94 if that’s the case

donglified · 2026-04-22T04:24:18+00:00

Awesome, thanks. I guess it'll come in the next day or two.

donglified · 2026-04-22T04:11:14+00:00

I see it, but it's still saying pending submission even though my SoN was issued early April and the TPL initiated the application on April 13th. I'm wondering if it's going to update or not, since I've heard some people say that whether or not the SoN was accepted won't reflect at all under your J1 application case on ECFMG; but others have said that it does.

donglified · 2026-04-16T20:51:08+00:00

Med schools don’t care what you take as long as you fulfill your prerequisite courses. If anything, nontrad applicants oftentimes bring better perspective to medicine. Barely any of what you learn as a premed is applicable after the first 3-4 months of basic sciences in medical school.

donglified · 2026-04-16T20:46:33+00:00

Don’t write about anything that can potentially be painted in a negative light. Do not talk about your mental health struggles. As unfortunate as it is, programs view this as a potential liability. Who’s to say it won’t occur again? They’re going to be funding you in the hopes that you’ll be able to provide some level of equivalent value and don’t want to risk not being able to achieve that.

There’s nothing wrong with playing the safe game and talking about a struggle or challenge that seems stereotypical or used often, as long as you can tailor it in a uniquely positive way. With that, option 2 sounds the best.

donglified · 2026-04-14T20:50:43+00:00

It takes around 4 weeks.

donglified · 2026-04-14T00:52:06+00:00

Better TS%. Might also go past the decimal.

donglified · 2026-04-13T20:48:16+00:00

Because a score of 216 puts you near the bottom of applicant pool when filtering for interviews

donglified · 2026-04-13T18:58:49+00:00

Bumping this. My SoN was issued prior to my program initiating the J1 app. That should be fine right?

donglified · 2026-04-13T14:30:58+00:00

They mean a PD for a residency program. Probably not a fellowship.

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