Pre-residency Fellowship

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Do NOT do these pre-residency fellowships. They are predatory, and will ruin ur career. They do not have good records of matching into neurosurgery residency

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Thoughts on clinical fellowships as international neurosurgeon before applying to residency in the US ?

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Sounds horrible. Thank you for letting us know. Horrible that people do this.

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I saw Iowa matched his pre-residency fellow this year, though.
Any comments on advisable PRFs? Also, any non-recommended ones? (It seems like Lahey is one of them)

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I think Mt. Saini also matched one.

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Pre-residency fellows from much more reputable places than Lahey have trouble matching. Avoid at all costs.

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Pointing to a single example of an individual who matched from one of these disgusting programs isn’t making the point you think you’re making. It’s an anecdote. Applicants should do a prelim/transitional year, at least that counts towards ur residency progression. It’s a no brainer

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How so hommie? an anecdote?

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These are modern day slavery! Avoid at all costs. On top of insane work hours, NO training , you will be treated so badly, it will scar you for life buddy…

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Some people just don't have the intellectual gifts to be a neurosurgeon. It's a field that you are born into. People shouldn't force themselves into a field they don't belong into. We have family medicine, psych, and IM for that. Same goes for DO/Caribbean students who don't belong in medical school along with low tier MD students.