Any chance for someone not from top med schools?

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(03-29-2018, 12:21 AM)Guest Wrote: You might match at a declining program like Emory or duke

Can you elaborate more on why these programs are declining? Emory and Duke are solid names. Sorry, I am not sure if you were just joking or saying it in a tongue in cheek manner.  I apologies if I misunderstand.  But I am just so down and sad now that I want to see if there is now any realistic hope for me to fulfill my dream to be a neurosurgeo or any surgeon for that matter with my disappointing step 1 score.

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You're getting trolled dude

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(03-29-2018, 12:21 AM)Guest Wrote: You might match at a declining program like Emory or duke

Emory isn't declining except in spine. Duke has always been a solid program but hasn't ever been more than a research powerhouse. If Duke gets McDermott from UCSF then that's a game changer for that program.

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(03-29-2018, 11:35 AM)Guest Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 12:21 AM)Guest Wrote: You might match at a declining program like Emory or duke

Emory isn't declining except in spine. Duke has always been a solid program but hasn't ever been more than a research powerhouse. If Duke gets McDermott from UCSF then that's a game changer for that program.

McDermott to duke? what a joke!!!

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(03-29-2018, 09:06 AM)Guest Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 12:21 AM)Guest Wrote: You might match at a declining program like Emory or duke

Can you elaborate more on why these programs are declining? Emory and Duke are solid names. Sorry, I am not sure if you were just joking or saying it in a tongue in cheek manner.  I apologies if I misunderstand.  But I am just so down and sad now that I want to see if there is now any realistic hope for me to fulfill my dream to be a neurosurgeo or any surgeon for that matter with my disappointing step 1 score.

Duke is now accepting IMGs. Cannot match top 10 applicants. sad.

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(07-02-2018, 07:29 PM)Guest Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 09:06 AM)Guest Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 12:21 AM)Guest Wrote: You might match at a declining program like Emory or duke

Can you elaborate more on why these programs are declining? Emory and Duke are solid names. Sorry, I am not sure if you were just joking or saying it in a tongue in cheek manner.  I apologies if I misunderstand.  But I am just so down and sad now that I want to see if there is now any realistic hope for me to fulfill my dream to be a neurosurgeo or any surgeon for that matter with my disappointing step 1 score.

Duke is now accepting IMGs. Cannot match top 10 applicants. sad.

more like that FMG they matched is a baller and can kick your butt academically! you are such a jealous prick

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(07-03-2018, 04:06 PM)Guest Wrote:

(07-02-2018, 07:29 PM)Guest Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 09:06 AM)Guest Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 12:21 AM)Guest Wrote: You might match at a declining program like Emory or duke

Can you elaborate more on why these programs are declining? Emory and Duke are solid names. Sorry, I am not sure if you were just joking or saying it in a tongue in cheek manner.  I apologies if I misunderstand.  But I am just so down and sad now that I want to see if there is now any realistic hope for me to fulfill my dream to be a neurosurgeo or any surgeon for that matter with my disappointing step 1 score.

Duke is now accepting IMGs. Cannot match top 10 applicants. sad.

more like that FMG they matched is a baller and can kick your butt academically! you are such a jealous prick

Thanks, FMG they matched. Telling everyone you are a baller doesn't make it so.

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Wow
I would understand if they were accepting a lot of FMGs
But just because they matched 1 FMG , they get labelled as a bad program ?

FMGs have to jump through 100s of hoops to get accepted. Only capable and highly determined/persistent candidates manage to match. Is this that hard to acknowledge and accept ?

grow up!

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(07-04-2018, 07:38 AM)Guest Wrote: Wow
I would understand if they were accepting a lot of FMGs
But just because they matched 1 FMG , they get labelled as a bad program ?

FMGs have to jump through 100s of hoops to get accepted. Only  capable and highly determined/persistent candidates manage to match. Is this that hard to acknowledge and accept ?

grow up!

That may be but you can't deny that their overall culture and loss of residents over the years has turned off a lot of great applicants, which I think the other poster was getting at.