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10 Top Tips for applying to the 2006 Match to start residency in July 2006
Date: Friday, June 03 @ 06:12:39 CDT
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Get done with all your steps by September 1st i.e. Step 1, 2 CK, 2 CS and 3 if you want H1 or as early as you can manage.

Make sure you have a well written curriculum vitae and personal statement .Don’t leave the two to last minute. Grammatical mistakes are an absolute killer.

Make yourself familiar with ERAS and the match process by going through the websites

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to make sure you know all the rules and deadlines.

Apply intelligently. Make sure your list contains programs that are your “dream to go”, good programs likely to call you for interview as well as back up programs where you are sure you’ll be accepted but might not really want to go if you are getting something better but will go just in case you don’t get anything better.

Apply as early as possible (within 1st week of September would be great).

At the interviews: Be honest and be your best.

Follow up the interviews with thank you letters. Make the people who interviewed you remember you – for the right reasons of course.

Be clear about your priorities and chances you want to take with issues like accepting a pre-match and what kind of visa you’ll accept. The last thing left to blame for not succeeding should be wavering mind.

Rank your programs well in advance of the deadline. Rank a program higher only if you want to be accepted there more. Don’t rank a program higher just because you think you have a better chance of being accepted there.

Keep your fingers crossed and prayers going till you start Day 1 as PGY1

GOOD LUCK

Dr Aarti Sarwal

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work · Credits: 981 My Scrapbook

hello,
rxpg_team

please tell me how to decide which program is a " dream to go" or a good program, i m mean on what basis one can grade the program.

dsha · Credits: 3163 My Scrapbook

hi,

i'd like to second work's question.
i have looked at scutwork but i'm unclear what basis they've used to rate the programs.

- i'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but here are some Nagging queries:

1) do my publications have to be in the subject i hope to study?

2) will my awards carry weight even if its in a different subject

last but not the least,

many thanks to the rxpg team!

you guys are doing a great job. the forum is a real boon to all aspirants.

tinkerbell · Credits: 8544 My Scrapbook My Reading List 21 Books

a publication in a different subject can be acceptable if you can correlate it to your subject of preference.
for example if you have research paper in genetics ...diabetes in mice...correlate it to medicine.you may stae that the research was important because indian subjects are genetically prone to develop type 2 diabetes

dsha · Credits: 3163 My Scrapbook

hey tinkerbell,

thanks again!

its great to have received an encouraging reply!

god bless you

good luck,

dsha

usantara · Credits: 545 My Scrapbook

Dear Dr Aarti,
Thankyou for sharing the tips.I had all this in mind from before from various sources.But as you have mentioned in very clear words,it helped me to imprint my goal in bold letters in my mind.
Thankyou once again

amitgupta · Credits: 20868 My Scrapbook

thanks Aarti.. Could you please post the prospects of fellowships in US after PG in India in Ophthal and radio

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