It’s been a long and hard journey, but every step of it was worth the email I received today. And I finally made it!

It’s been a long and hard journey, but every step of it was worth the email I received today.
And I finally made it!

Credentials :
Step 1 : 247
Step 2 ck : 257
Step 2 cs passed on 1st attempt
YOG : 2018

Green card holder.

USCE : 4 months of electives in a community program, 6 months in a private clinic.
3 waived LORs from american physicians. 1 unwaived from my school’s chair of internal medicine.
2 publications - no research experience at the time I applied. Started research in December 2019.

Applied to 140 programs of categorical IM.
Numbers of interviews received: 23 + 1 prematch
Interviewed at 14 programs, Ranked 13.
Matched in my second choice.