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Old 05-17-2005, 03:15 PM
Rand79 Rand79 is offline
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IMGs

I have seen the current residents list at Emory. However, that does not mean that 1) a proportionate number of IMGs even apply and 2) that quality IMGs apply(which may be a very small sample of the total IMG pool). I am taking a guess that many IMGs are there because they prefer to take the easier route and might have not put the effort into medical school abroad that they should have. That is NOT to say that all US citizens who attend foreign medical schools are slackers. In fact, a student with which I graduated, who was at the top of our class and has very competitive MCAT scores is considering medical school abroad for some of the same reasons I am...to try and study outside of the US bubble and to enhance her perspective (also, I have not yet taken the MCAT as mentioned earlier). However, I am starting to realize (special thanks to Neil) that this might not be the best option and that staying stateside might drastically improve my future career. I REALLY wish this was not the case, but no one ever said I could have my cake and eat it too.

Last edited by Rand79; 10-20-2005 at 01:22 PM.
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