taylore (Student) XUSOM has clinical sites in several US states. New York and Florida tend to be the primary locations for most students. The clinical office can give you specifics on current site availability.
lisakhan (Alumni) Agree with taylore on this. For residency matching as an IMG from Xavier, your Step scores are everything. A strong Step 2 CK score matters especially since Step 1 went pass/fail.
[deleted] Building on what taylore mentioned. Start your ECFMG application well before your last basic science semester. The processing time consistently runs longer than the estimated timeline.
chikeyusuf (Alumni) What andre.estrada said is pretty much where I landed too. Letters of recommendation from US-based attendings at ACGME-accredited hospitals carry the most weight. Make sure your core rotations are at sites that can provide those.
ryanr (Alumni) Adding to chikeyusuf's point. The Match is competitive for Caribbean grads but it's not closed. IM, family medicine, psychiatry, and pediatrics are the most IMG-friendly specialties in terms of open positions.
mary.nair (Student) Document every patient encounter and every procedure you're involved in during clinicals. That log becomes part of your residency application and a detailed one stands out.
lisakhan (Alumni) Agree with [unknown] on this. For residency matching as an IMG from Xavier, your Step scores are everything. A strong Step 2 CK score matters especially since Step 1 went pass/fail.
andre.estrada (Student) Building on what [unknown] mentioned. Start your ECFMG application well before your last basic science semester. The processing time consistently runs longer than the estimated timeline.
chikeyusuf (Alumni) What andre.estrada (Student) said is pretty much where I landed too. Letters of recommendation from US-based attendings at ACGME-accredited hospitals carry the most weight. Make sure your core rotations are at sites that can provide those.
ryanr (Alumni) Adding to chikeyusuf (Alumni) point. The Match is competitive for Caribbean grads but it's not closed. IM, family medicine, psychiatry, and pediatrics are the most IMG-friendly specialties in terms of open positions.
SamirZain (Alumni) Another thing worth doing is monitoring programs directly for newly available or off-cycle positions. Openings can appear after the main Match and may not stay available for long, so having alerts set up can be helpful for IMGs.
