Why Only 50% of IMG Med Students Get A Medical Residency!!

Only 50% Actually Get A Medical Residency?!! If you are looking for a residency after Medical school, it's important to know if you are going to get a residency and why half of people don't.
SUBSCRIBE: kzbin.info...
9 Study Hacks I Used to go From a 1.7GPA to Straight A's in 30 Days
www.secretstudyhacks.com
Dr. Buck Parker, MD is a Board Certified General Surgeon and can be found here online here:
FB: drbuckparker
IG: @drbuckparker
Twitter: @drbuckparker
Snapchat: buckparker
Website: www.drbuckparker.com
WATCH MORE HERE!
Why I Became General Surgeon
• Why I Became General S...
How Can Surgery & Medical Residents Be Happy?
• How Can Surgery & Medi...
My Recommended Amazon Products:
- Nootropics -
Qualia (I take these myself)
amzn.to/2kYqsy2
- About Being a Doctor -
House of God (Classic book every doctor should read)
amzn.to/2BURRo1
Complications
amzn.to/2BU3awE
Better
amzn.to/2l0m7dG
- My Favorite Trauma Book for Anyone -
Top Knife
amzn.to/2B3OTjO
- USMLE Books -
CRUSH (Best USMLE book ever)
amzn.to/2kmWErb
First Aid for USMLE Step 1
amzn.to/2BTcaSx
Kaplan Step 1 Qbook
amzn.to/2BTQKop
- Med School Surgery Rotation Books -
The ABSITE Review (Read this for your surgery rotation and crush it)
amzn.to/2nOoMbv
Surgical Recall (Get all the Big Questions Right)
amzn.to/2nOuUQZ
Advanced Surgical Recall
amzn.to/2B3ZYBf
Maxwell Quick Reference (To save your a## on rotations)
amzn.to/2kYymb0

[@anubs6558]

your videos are no bull**** straight to the point .Of course it is going to hurt some fragile egos....keep it up doc

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you so much!! I'm always gonna keep it real for you guys!

[@missnjahan]

Hi! First time viewer here :) (1st year SGU student) Thank you for being direct, and not sugar coating the topic. Every once in a while I get discouraged, and lose stamina. So like you said, it's important to remind ourselves why we are learning medicine. I definitely want to have a positive impact on people's lives, and I think reminding myself of that will help me get back on the studying grind. To be honest I've been lounging around for the past hour, really not wanting to study. I am glad I saw this video in my suggestions. Thank you!

[@jadawo]

You the man Dr. Parker! I already respected you a lot for being a good and caring guy after the ball buster of Gen Surg. residency...but your attitude towards being at a Caribbean med school shows a lot about you :)

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you so much for the compliments!!! You guys are awesome!

[@ptm9907]

A lot of people in my class were in medical school because their parents told them too.. and those students complained the most, struggled the most and a lot dropped out, or just skimmed by and are hating life and complain to everyone about it... its sad..

[@lifewithdahlia.]

I love these type of videos! Can you make an in depth video on impressing your team during your last two years of med school so that they thought highly of you and gave you great recommendations?

[@shysmith2455]

53% of foreign grads get a residency in the US as compared with 93% of American grads... it is on the webpage for the national residency matching program.

[@lydiafrench4442]

Wow thanks!! I really appreciate you teaching the different aspects of medicine to your viewers.

[@davidb.854]

I'm considering going to Med School for surgery and I'm devouring all your videos and I appreciate them. Just thought I'd let you know!

[@ralphstefanmuller]

Tip: When you edit the audio there are plugins to reduce outside car rolling sound. Search for x-noise or z-noise

[@alexstan-growingwithminima7845]

Love the honesty in the video, esp the ending. Similar situation in European medical schools, although here there is a lot of us going straight from undergrad or high school without attempting to get into a Canadian or US medical school. At the end of the day, I feel like its the same underlying reasons for not getting into a residency... Keep up the great vids.. Subscribed :)

[@drbuckparker]

Awesome thank you Alex!! Let me know if you have any request for topics!

[@gpond7]

You're part of the Caribbean brotherhood too!!! We just have to work harder and score 20-30 points higher on our boards than our US grad counterparts. Then maybe we can get gen surg like you, or anesthesia, otherwise surgical subspecialties are off the table.

[@rachanapurohit7601]

I totally agree with your point, there are a lot of IMG students who are there for the wrong reasons. Their motivation is usually not strong enough to get them through medschool and get through the USMLE exams. This static is for those who do get through and apply for residency. It is put out by the NRMP each year. The overall trend is in favour of IMGs as more programs are becoming open to the concept of international students. We do bring a unique perspective and a whole other set of experiences as compared to US grads. However this is for the students who have gotten through and applied for residency. I imagine if we were to gather all the students who enter Caribbean medical schools and end up matching the percentage will be a lot lower. P.s. Below I have copied the stats from the 2018 Match - 57.1 percent of U.S. IMGs matched to PGY-1 positions. - 56.1 percent of non-U.S. citizen IMGs matched to PGY-1 positions.

[@mohamedkhalifa247]

Eating cereal and watching this 60 min before a midterm (final year med student) - helps me chillax

[@armandosoto2267]

Thanks for motivating us ! Appreciate it sincerely and I’m sure many others can relate

[@JL-pq4rl]

If there are others who needs the same perspective from a different person, I’ll give mine. I’m also a Caribbean student and everything Dr. Parker said is true about the type of students. I can’t speak about the statistics. If the US schools don’t give you the chance, Caribbean schools will. Medical school is a business down in the Caribbean. Although I can’t comment on the statistics and maybe things are different now from Dr. Parker went, but now most of the Caribbean students who do get a residency end up with a family medicine residency. You need to bust your ass down here. Level 100% crunch time every single day, because most of these programs are accelerated compared to the US route. Like I said, it’s a business and the faster they get you out, the faster they get more people in and make more money. They’ll try and break you down here, make the exams more difficult than they should be so that you fail to reduce the graduating class size and make you pay more to retake the class. Like Dr. Parker said, if you want it, you have to REALLY want it. Don’t do it otherwise, because do you really want to sacrifice a ton of money, time away from home, and face the truth that yes, US students will be favored over you? Get yourself situated and come to terms with yourself if you really want to do this or not. Because the sheer amount of stress of trying to ace every exam (or even just pass) is not worth it if you just “sort of want to do it.” PS: I commend you Dr. Parker for pulling straight A’s on your med school exams. I wish I could do that lol. Now if you’ll excuse me, study break is over and I have to go study biochem, genetics, histology, and immunology.

[@drbuckparker]

awesome thank u for the input!!!!

[@shelly7160]

abu ess are you saying Caribbean school exams are harder than US med school exams?

[@Daniel-tx2vt]

Michelle I think he’s saying the more they make you fail the more classes they make you retake, the more money they make. So it would benefit them to make certain things on a test more difficult.

[@guamhueikao9351]

Michelle g

[@Pathologymadesimple]

Med school is a black hole ( it sucks energy happiness time money )

[@drbuckparker]

hahahahaah yes that is true

[@sebastianjohns2268]

Please make my head clear One time I hear that doctors are comfortable Another I hear it’s hell What’s the deal

[@anubhutisingh8561]

@@sebastianjohns2268 if you love your job, it's no longer a job

[@champagnemoneyabuelo]

@@sebastianjohns2268 Med school is hell. But later becoming a doctor is worth it I guess

[@ashishsachdeva432]

@@sebastianjohns2268 it's good after passing out of the medical school. In school- it's tough.

[@eddyjoemd]

100% on point. Great job, Buck.

[@iQwimby]

Dr. Parker, please don't stop making these. Haters gonna hate, but these videos are literal goldmines of comedy and information between my study breaks at the library.

[@drbuckparker]

thank you soo much!!

[@Kacymi]

wow thanks for this - didn't expect this when i clicked on your video but it really did a lot for me, thank you

[@lalalou1372]

Why do doctors complain about you making videos 😅 You're not doing anything bad.. Actually quite the contrary.. I get really motivated by watching your videos! And besides that you really make me laugh! Keep on doing what you're doing, dr. Buck!

[@drbuckparker]

thank you so much I will!!

[@armandosoto2267]

There will always be haters !

[@SuzannaKiraly]

I'm surprised they would complain. I thought they would be more enlightened people.

[@sharong6532]

I love your videos they are so informative and straight to the point they definitely are helping me decide on my career path in medicine Thanks Doc

[@drbuckparker]

Awesome so glad i can help!

[@stephanielake7439]

I for one applaud your honest and straightforward approach to all the subjects in your videos. You’re right about a lot of people doing things for the wrong reasons. There’s a girl in my surgical tech class who is only there because her father said she should do it. Now, she did well enough on the entrance exam and stuff, obviously, but can she keep that motivation? Me? I’m the obsessed one who has been studying for months even though the surgical tech specific classes don’t start till January.

[@smokefn-8908]

Nobody here wants to hear your life story

[@VictorLopez-vc6cf]

Awaiting the return of Dr. Buck Parker :). These videos are dope!

[@ashirahh]

How cool you're a painter!!!! I'm a singer and I even made an album but I just can't shake this love of medicine. I'll always love singing and hope to create more music in the future on the side but I just know in my soul that this is something that I gotta, something that I will do for myself.

[@claudioagmfilho]

I am a doctor and I love your videos they are great, you’re telling the real truth...

[@lizisingletary7164]

Hey, I just want to let you know that your videos are just awesome. Especially on youtube, there isn't much good quality medicine related content. As someone who knows what they want to do, like I know that I want to go to med school and become a surgeon, your input in really interesting. You talk a lot about the conventions that aren't really talked about actively. Thank you.

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you sooooo much Lizi!!! That means a lot to me! I'll keep making them for you guys!

[@anneanna9978]

Thank you so much for your sharing Dr.Parker. That is very helpful for me as an IMG. Thank you!

[@alexika9981]

Your videos are great. Please don’t stop making them

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you I wont!

[@Makusensei26]

Hey doc you are motivational haha. Keep it up it’s getting me through Med school 🤙🏽

[@lubagrigor9112]

This is the kind of advice that everyone needs to hear about Medicine. If you are not this type of a person, go do something else!! No BS here.

[@yeshayem6274]

Lol I know many people who’s parents pushed them after failing in med school they re took the exam and passed, now they are doctors who go and play playstations after work

[@louiieev8843]

@@yeshayem6274 whats wrong with that?

[@cocchinicorp4048]

True true. Doc, can you go over a few of the technical reasons as well, like low USMLE score, poor interviewing skills, etc. I have a few friends in this boat. One spent ten grand on applications, flights and hotels last year trying to match, to no avail. His USMLE score wasn’t high. He finished school on time and cleared USMLE first attempt and still totally screwed. Carribean student. Canadian citizen. Another one in a similar boat, a year trying to match. Lower score. US citizen. No luck. A lot of people in that boat, all wondering where they went wrong and what they can do now to break through the barrier.

[@christo0895]

Keep the videos coming!!! Obviously other doctors are going to give you shit about it but you just continue to keep it real, it's the one thing that shows that doctors can also have great charisma and a rock solid attitude :D

[@drbuckparker]

thank you!!!

[@jordangarcia2833]

I love the vids, awesome and very helpful! You keep it real and we all appreciate it :)

[@CheshireShade]

There is a lot of common sense in this which is why I like to listen to these talks as I am constantly debating weather I should do the career change that I have always wanted to do because it has been a dream of mine since I was a kid to be a Doctor. But the only thing going through my mind now is, why would people hate this guy and his videos? These are good videos to listen to!

[@davidw.9711]

keep up the good work doc

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you David!

[@momoshiggles3631]

I love your videos. You keep it 💯. But you also keep me very motivated!!

[@ABCD-yw8dh]

i love your videos doc, no shit just the real talk

[@nitumichael5655]

You're awesome!! Can't thank you enough for your videos, its helping me a lot!

[@thomasjkellyiv196]

you're the man! love all of your videos

[@aishwaryaraich2994]

Love your honesty! Great video!

[@sparklypinkleopard26]

The reason they make fun of the videos is just jealousy. For everyone else including me, they are super helpful and informative!!! They totally make my day better and help me be a better premed student in my second year of college! You have a really genuine, fun perspective so thanks for being you, Buck!! I've learned a LOT from your channel so far and I'm sure so many others will too.

[@ste1561]

Bro these videos are great.

[@NikhilSPatel]

Really appreciate your videos, thanks for your insight!

[@yrrah89]

I don't want to study medicine so what am I doing here watching your videos? haha well... I find your videos to inspire me for my goals.

[@drbuckparker]

yessssss

[@greysongan3410]

Love your videos dude. All of em.

[@srosellerjr]

I just marathoned your videos Dr, thank you very much. I am an IMG as well. I’m about to take Step 1 this coming May, and nervous af. I want to be a neurosurgeon someday.

[@PestratorProductions]

Your videos are awesome! I’m debating whether or not to go to medical school (well attempt it). I recently graduated with my bachelors and I’m trying to figure out what my next step is. Your videos are a great insight. Thank you!

[@DrakusEurekus]

Thank You Dr.Buck

[@FreeSkillsStyle]

Your videos are good, please keep them I love them

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you!!!

[@wanzunulagerald]

Very helpful and timely too

[@honestinsky]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing, much appreciated : )

[@channghiem5012]

Keep put the good work. Thanks for sharing

[@momoshiggles3631]

Wow. Thanks for this. I’ve gotten my shit together as a mature student, but my earlier transcript is just shady. I was losing hope but I feel confident that a Caribbean school could be a good match for me if I don’t get into any US schools.

[@ashutoshkshetrapal6427]

Well in India only 0.08% of graduates get into residency so I will take 50% anytime

[@DravenRazor]

Namaste,sir. Thanks to our caste-based reservation as well!

[@andresreyes5398]

But in India can't you just be a general practitioner if you don't get a residency?In the us if you don't get a residency you can't practice medicine even if as a GP you have to complete a residency (there is one or two US states that have programs for doctors who didn't get a residency but that's it besides that if you don't get a residency you pretty much went to medical school for nothing

[@g-mannG]

@@andresreyes5398 Can't you try again?

[@ishaansingh6973]

@@g-mannG nobody wants to be a general practitioner in india, if they fail to get a residency spot they usually change careers

[@ashishsachdeva432]

@@ishaansingh6973 none does so. Lot many do general practice. Some take CPS, DNB etc.

[@lourdessoto3456]

Thanks for your videos!!!

[@Willarata]

You're the man. Thank you for this video.

[@areddy1995]

love the videos please keep making them

[@nahilkhan8137]

Greta video as always. I think you’d get way more views if you made more IMG related videos because of the large demographic and how common it is to look for info on YT these days. Good stuff man.

[@jeffjagiello2991]

Your videos rock and I would hope to have a supervising physician as cool as you!

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you so much Jeff!!!! I hope you do tooo.....but it's unlikely cause i'm so fucking awesome! LMFAO

[@chrissys7645]

I appreciate your videos! Thank you.

[@jesusrosariohernandez4823]

Thanks for motivating us! Loved your advice! What do you recommend for study motivation for being consistent on a daily basis? Even when someone know what he wants to be, we humans we have our up and downs, I am curious about your comments how you approach it.

[@fit2day239]

FYI : USLME upped the passing score, so I'm assuming baseline residency scores will do the same.

[@drbuckparker]

It all depends on the group of scores that year. Like u are only competing w the current applicants and their scores not the years in the past.

[@estefy2620]

Please don't let go of the steering wheel ! Loved your videos..they're hilarious! And very useful

[@sameerhabib1964]

Dont you fucking stop making videos! I fucking love you! Ive learned so much! And its all brutally honest info, realest shit

[@drbuckparker]

dont stop cant stop wont stop!!

[@maulikshah5533]

Hey Dr. Parker! I really enjoy your videos, keep them coming! I’m an American Ross student studying for step. Also I had some thoughts on this statistic. The stat covers IMGs not only Carib students. I think that the 50% who don’t match may largely comprise of students who are not Americans. This is because the non American students have to take a TOEFL English exam and they also need special visa sponsorships from the residency. I think this is too much too expect from residency programs.

[@maulikshah5533]

Oh shit, just realized this is an old video and you might never see this lol

[@christianabo8477]

@@maulikshah5533 hey. This is 2 years later, but I am thinking about attending ross... but hear all the horror stories of matching residency, poor cadaver lab, having a really hard time scheduling rotations, or being treated poorly in rotations. Can you speak to your experience?

[@maulikshah5533]

@@christianabo8477 Hey Christian I finish this month. just remember "scores open doors". As far as lab, I had a real cadaver but I think now they've transitioned to a virtual cadaver lab, which im not a fan of. Scheduling rotations are easy, the stories you hear are from people who aren't flexible and require a certain location ie " I'm from California and I want to be there for my third year" . Dont go to an international school school unless 1. you've exhausted your US options 2. youre ready to move 3. understand the financial debt you'll be in you can comment here if you want more info

[@classtime9873]

@@maulikshah5533 hey, I have a question about finance. I am planning on going to AUC next summer but I have to finish the MERP program first by March. My question is, Will I be able to receive enough loans to cover tuition and living expenses when I start med school if I don’t have good credit and no co signer?

[@maulikshah5533]

@@classtime9873 Yes they will, but be smart about it. Dont take more loans than you need, dont use it on things you dont need (nicest apartment, ETOH , vacations, etc). Many people fail out and dont match... and then they are stuck with loans they cant afford payback.

[@TheBodyScientist81]

Great video! Thanks!

[@ast1848]

Kep up the vids doc! #TeamCarib

[@upreviewed1590]

You're freaking awesome, i like the no bullshit attitude

[@hannahbt.v.4096]

just found your channel and it's great, I love your cut and dry answers. I was wondering, to be able to do general and trauma, did you have to do a fellowship after your gen surg residency? How do most surgeons become able/certified to do both general and trauma? Thanks in advance!

[@drbuckparker]

hey sorry getting to you late but i did a video on this not too long ago!

[@spiritless8313]

I understand that it may be difficult for students from the Caribbean. However, does the same apply to students who have studied in the UK or Canada?

[@YuvrajSingh-sw3zh]

I really respect you Doc .😃

[@psych007]

I'd like to mention the stigma, preference for us grads, limited spots, etc

[@trivikrammalladi7137]

Can you please make a video on why IMG's are not at all allowed to have a resedancy as a surgeon irrespective of their good scores in USMLE......??

[@rockycycle2682]

Your videos are inspiring, informative and entertaining all at the same time. Ofcourse there are going to be people who don't like it, but that's the thing about YT, if you don't like a particular channel, you can... Idk, not watch it? Anyway, thanks for the upload.

[@TheDirtiChai]

I love your positive attitude. I'm always told how doctors have an extremely stressful life and tend to be on the grumpy or negative side of their attitudes. You show us future doctors that doctors are more than money hungry assholes. I love these videos and I'll probably comment a lot with questions. I do have questions about the type of awards given to doctors of really any specialty. I keep hearing about the Harper a very award and novel prizes and such. I didn't know there were such thing as awards for doctors and am more curious to know what they mean in a doctors perspective and what it takes to achieve those awards. Thanks!

[@shawnsachdeva2390]

thanks for all the insight!

[@drbuckparker]

you are very welcome!!

[@Gamer_Del]

Wow. The generalization that anyone that went to carribean schools didn't get accepted to med schools in the US. I didn't bother going cause I had to worry about VISA and thinking about the loans I was going to have to take to pay for tuition. Spartan is quite affordable compared to most schools I've checked about.

[@XYZ-sq7ki]

Can you talk more about he traits and characteristics you need to have make it through medical school ?

[@ptm9907]

Can you also do a review on how you studied for step 1? as an IMG? Any material you recommend etc?

[@mokhtarnasseri9096]

Familiarize yourself with Reddit, a lot of helpful resources out there cheers !

[@saeedvazirian]

Definitely do not use reddit! A lot of high and mighty egotistical trolls and cynicists there. Start with UWorld, First Aid and Pathoma, but for more depth, get an adviser. Avoid reddit!

[@nezarzeidan]

You're appreciated!! I'm interviewing tomorrow at a medical school and your videos keep me well-informed.

[@drbuckparker]

awesom good luck!!!

[@mck1182]

Could you make a in-depth video on studying? I'm getting by with good grades with cramming but I know it's not going to work in the future. Great vids btw. Thanks

[@drbuckparker]

yes absolutely!

[@judybooty9766]

I second this, please! I'm in dental school and having a hard time straying away from my undergrad habits, which I know will make studying for boards tough for me ):

[@bryanmarty7085]

So your decision making thought process for going through medical school and residency was just that you want to become a surgeon? what motivated you to want to become a surgeon in the first place? Also what's your opinion on the fact that there are a lot of goodhearted people who go into the medical profession on the provider side, but these days with insurance companies being such a PITA, don't we need equally good-hearted and hard-working people on the business side?

[@hawkeyepierce7035]

Being a St. George’s grad, Caribbean med schools are easier to get into. But if you are not willing to work hard, you will not get through and you will not get a residency. I say this as someone who went to one of the better schools. St. George’s will provide you with a good education and there are resources available to help you if needed (tutoring, review sessions, option to decel, etc…). But it is not for you if you think you are just going to hang out on the beach all day and coast by in your studies. Only the ones who are self-motivated and work their a$$es off will make it through and match into a residency. And if you come from a Caribbean school, you’d better be ready to shine on your residency application. That means getting better scores than US grads on USMLE, getting good evaluations in clinical rotations, and getting great letters of recommendation. And all this just to have a shot at one of the primary care residencies. You can get more competitive residencies like surgery, emergency medicine, OB/Gyn, anaesthesia, etc…, but your applications must be stellar to have a shot at one of those. I know one guy in my class who got ophtho, but he was top of the class.

[@ciaoperative123]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and videos with us! Much appreciated! I had a few questions: A.What kind of car are you driving? :) It looks very aerodynamic, but that could be the camera lens you're using. B. Is the stat of 40-50% only IMGs that studied at a Caribbean med school or does it include graduates of Australian, European and other me schools that are trying to get a US residency spot? C. Do you know if its becoming harder for Canadians who studied at a Caribbean med school but want to do their residency in the States? By this I mean getting a visa like H1B or J1 visa to do the training?

[@filiz5837]

just a little silly question, what does he say when talking about IMG med schools? It's like caribbean school but probably not. I don't get the word

[@niravdobariya5230]

There are superheros. And there is you . Okay, I have a Q' How much a gap of couple of years post med school affect getting into Surgical residency with 94% percentile marks in USMLEs ?

[@vinujoephilip5274]

Hi Doc..how crucial are letters of recommendation for an IMG, to get in to a surgical residency?

[@drainfish8019]

So regardless of the school you go, if you get a very high score on the USMLE you are assured a good residency in the US?

[@JonSSteiner]

I think a part of the problem is this: there are a ton of open spots for IMGs if you look at the total number of federally funded residency spots after ALL US students match. Unfortunately, there are a lot of IMGs applying compared to the remaining spots. Programs have a lot of freedom in being selective, even if they might perceive themselves to be a less “competitive” program (viz. small rural IM or FM program). IMGs don’t have the benefit that most US students often have: geographic ties. Residencies like people who want to stay in the area: it builds the program, and it helps continue the program (think funding and future preceptors/residency-friendly rotations). A lot of those people did auditions at those sites; those programs know what they’re getting themselves into. I know that Caribbean schools have the benefit, but they’re over represented at their sponsor sites. That makes it even harder for IMGs who are only names on a paper. Think about it: why would a program weigh that student more than any other? Why would a program give the benefit of the doubt to an IMG who failed their boards once or twice? IMGs need to, at the very least, have not failed any boards, and ideally have some sort of perception of being wholistic (volunteer experience, a great personal history, etc.). If you’re an IMG, put in the time to pass the boards on the first try, and invest your time by auditioning in smaller, more rural programs if you want a better chance at getting into a spot

[@enriquesanchez3929]

Hi. I'm a Cuban IMG getting into the states the next year. I appreciate your comment. Have a nice day

[@kunalchatterjee9221]

HAHA, I just cant keep a straight face when Buck cusses :')

[@dr.divyantrandhawa641]

Doing MD in Caribbean islands as an international student .. can I get residency in USA or Canada with good marks in exam .

[@haleym3521]

I want to go to a Caribbean school since my family is there. Plus, I am young and will finish my BSc with minor soon. In Canada and US, they require a major and they are bias based on age. Avg age in Canada is 23-30 for acceptance. Being 20 is not in that range and I feel like I would not be given a chance. Plus my gpa is slightly low since I did Engineering as well!!!! Thinking of applying to US schools as well, any suggestions?

[@rashly100]

Can we work there post completion of residency from India? How to approach it ?

[@teodoro111]

screw the haters Dr. Parker! Keep up the good work!

[@umutbulut7805]

What about if you attend a medical school in the UK?

[@steven112089]

If I'm 28 an will be 32 when I get into medical school, do you think I should try medical school in the United States before going to the carribean? I know they have programs for non degree students

[@balletsing3908]

Can you do a video on importance of research? Do you feel that research, letters, etc can help you overcome average step scores if you are in top 40 Medical school for competitive residences such as optho? Jw your opinion on this? Your videos are 👍🏼 btw!

[@drbuckparker]

Thank you so much!!! Research is fantastic. Research tells the schools that you are an ass kicker above other students. Also research says "i'll make money for the hospital" and they love that! LOL

[@kcjennison]

"ass kisser"

[@Dr.PaulCottrell]

What step 1 score does on need to get a surgery residency if an IMG?

[@JulioCarRosales]

Are you sure? Now that they are thinking about making Step 2, and Step 3 Pass/Fail just like Step 1, that pretty much killed every IMG out there? Should we just do PA instead?

[@solunox1150]

Man, you should post a painting video! Also, the match rate of SGU and AUC seem to be higher than 50%.

[@julievokrri5854]

Solunox I agree, I’m an MS 2 at SGU and this year there were over 900 residency placements.

[@drbuckparker]

I agree probably the "reputable" caribbean schools have a higher rate of residency spots. But there a lot of school s that are not as great where it's probably much lower.