Preparation in Advance for Residency

[Dipen]

"Get done with all your steps by September 1st i.e. Step 1, 2 CK, 2 CS and 3 if you want H1 or as early as you can manage.

Make sure you have a well written curriculum vitae and personal statement .Don’t leave the two to last minute. Grammatical mistakes are an absolute killer.

Make yourself familiar with ERAS and the match process by going through the websites www.ecfmg.org and www.nrmp.org to make sure you know all the rules and deadlines.


Apply intelligently. Make sure your list contains programs that are your “dream to go”, good programs likely to call you for interview as well as back up programs where you are sure you’ll be accepted but might not really want to go if you are getting something better but will go just in case you don’t get anything better.

Apply as early as possible (within 1st week of September would be great).

At the interviews: Be honest and be your best.

Follow up the interviews with thank you letters. Make the people who interviewed you remember you – for the right reasons of course.

Be clear about your priorities and chances you want to take with issues like accepting a pre-match and what kind of visa you’ll accept. The last thing left to blame for not succeeding should be wavering mind.

Rank your programs well in advance of the deadline. Rank a program higher only if you want to be accepted there more. Don’t rank a program higher just because you think you have a better chance of being accepted there.

Keep your fingers crossed and prayers going till you start Day 1 as PGY1


GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF U!!

[Love Nepal]

Great job dipen,
Its a very good summery of what one should to do for USMLE preparation, the application and the interview process.
I just want to stress on one point.APPLY ON SEPTEMBER 1st itself,if u apply later nobody is going to review your application.Though this fact is well known some of our frns have applied later,even in october and are paying a heavy price.Even if u cannot go to US on time(before september) you can apply online from here but do it on 1st of september itself.

These finer things matter a lot more than what we tend to think back in nepal.

[Dipen]

Hats off to Love Nepal!!!
Thanxz for enlightening everybody. These are small tricks n techniques what we would think matters a lot.
Good luck to all the Nepalese docs in US applying for residency!!

[Love Nepal]

hi dipen,
Hats off to you man.Its your work and hence your info.I just made one point man.Keep up the good work.
Informations like these has made Xenomed such a useful site for the nepali medical community, as well as the aspirants of medical education.

[Suvash]

These are small tricks n techniques what we would think matters a lot.

you are absolutely right.
and thank you dipen, your post has been of great help to everybody,