Congrats to all who matched. I got matched at #2, a hospital program but ranked higher due to my local program, had 12 ivs. Stats: US IMG, Steps in 250s, 4 strong LORs (2 rheum, 1 pd, 1 hospitalist), 1 qi, 1 CR publication, 3 posters.
Amazing! Congrats! Thanks for the info!Congrats to all who matched. I got matched at #2, a hospital program but ranked higher due to my local program, had 12 ivs. Stats: US IMG, Steps in 250s, 4 strong LORs (2 rheum, 1 pd, 1 hospitalist), 1 qi, 1 CR publication, 3 posters.
Hey guys, need some advice. I unfortunately failed to match into rheum for the 2nd time in a row. I'm an IMG. Did residency at a medium-sized community program. USMLE Step 1 & 2 mid 230s, Step 3 mid 220s. 2 publications (1 in rheum) and 1 pending publication, 1 oral presentation. No real research experience. Currently a geriatrics fellow at a large university program. Last year had 10 IVs; this year had 12 IVs. Not really sure as to how i didn't match especially given the number of interviews i've had. Thinking of going into clinical practice at this point since i have loans to pay off. Any recommendations on how i can improve my chances for next year?
Ask someone you trust and who is candid to review your application in detail. Identify why you are not matching. It is odd not to match with 12 IVs, something does not add up there.
- Lack of clinical rheumatology experience and rheum attending letters?
- Do you interview poorly?
- Is it lack to demonstrated commitment to the specialty? It is hard to get a foot in the door if you do not have a rheum program at your residency. It is great that you have some publication in rheumatology, but it matters whether this is a case report or a primary research study. Can you do research in geriatrics with rheum focus? This is an underappreciated field that could be a good selling point.
-My residency program didn't have an in-house fellowship so i did an away rotation at a university program. I also did another rheum rotation this year during my geri fellowship. I have 2 rheum attending letters with one of them being the PD.
-I used to be terrible at interviewing because of anxiety but i have improved tremendously since college. I thought most of my interviews went pretty well. Though i did get a couple of behavioral questions that stumped me and had to wing it. But most of interview feedback was pretty good and i was told by some faculty/PDs that i would be a good fit for their program.
-Unfortunately i have no real research experience except for some bench research that i conducted while in college. My publications have all been case reports/series.
I will definitely reach out to some PDs. I've asked some faculty in the past and they simply tell me to "show more interest in rheum." I will attempt to do some clinical research in rheum maybe focusing on the geriatric population.
-My residency program didn't have an in-house fellowship so i did an away rotation at a university program. I also did another rheum rotation this year during my geri fellowship. I have 2 rheum attending letters with one of them being the PD.
-I used to be terrible at interviewing because of anxiety but i have improved tremendously since college. I thought most of my interviews went pretty well. Though i did get a couple of behavioral questions that stumped me and had to wing it. But most of interview feedback was pretty good and i was told by some faculty/PDs that i would be a good fit for their program.
-Unfortunately i have no real research experience except for some bench research that i conducted while in college. My publications have all been case reports/series.
I will definitely reach out to some PDs. I've asked some faculty in the past and they simply tell me to "show more interest in rheum." I will attempt to do some clinical research in rheum maybe focusing on the geriatric population.
-My residency program didn't have an in-house fellowship so i did an away rotation at a university program. I also did another rheum rotation this year during my geri fellowship. I have 2 rheum attending letters with one of them being the PD.
-I used to be terrible at interviewing because of anxiety but i have improved tremendously since college. I thought most of my interviews went pretty well. Though i did get a couple of behavioral questions that stumped me and had to wing it. But most of interview feedback was pretty good and i was told by some faculty/PDs that i would be a good fit for their program.
-Unfortunately i have no real research experience except for some bench research that i conducted while in college. My publications have all been case reports/series.
I will definitely reach out to some PDs. I've asked some faculty in the past and they simply tell me to "show more interest in rheum." I will attempt to do some clinical research in rheum maybe focusing on the geriatric population.
if you got a significant number of IVs, then didn't match, its more about how you interviewed and not your CV...afterall you got interviews.Hey guys, need some advice. I unfortunately failed to match into rheum for the 2nd time in a row. I'm an IMG. Did residency at a medium-sized community program. USMLE Step 1 & 2 mid 230s, Step 3 mid 220s. 2 publications (1 in rheum) and 1 pending publication, 1 oral presentation. No real research experience. Currently a geriatrics fellow at a large university program. Last year had 10 IVs; this year had 12 IVs. Not really sure as to how i didn't match especially given the number of interviews i've had. Thinking of going into clinical practice at this point since i have loans to pay off. Any recommendations on how i can improve my chances for next year?