*  2008 Pre Matched !! with 78,79 scores. Praise GOD
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	themadmike - 01/25/08 12:32
	2008 Pre Matched !!! with 78,79 scores.. Praise GOD !!!! (my story) Been meaning to write this as a testimony to all those that might suffer with low scores. I applied for the match like 3 times and scrambled twice (which is never fun, since scramble is a lot tougher). After last year scramble a program director spoke to me and told me "listen we like you, we think you would be good patients but you have been out of medical school a long time, you need more recent clinical experience." SO basically frustrated and tired, but still believe that God will provide the way if it was meant to be, I did not give up. I basically had no choice but to join one of the student rotation sites that you have to pay for. (I'm not gonna name the site because people will just believe that I'm an informorcial for them. SO I'm not gonna mention there name. Its pretty expensive. You pay and they set you up to do externships in doctors offices, but I chose to do also surgery, which entailed that I at least had to step into a US hospital (since I studied over seas. And that was the most helpful. Met a great surgeon, who also gave us recommendation.) I applied to 50 family medicine and 50 internal medicine (but made SURE that they accepted my scores, because prgrams have CUT OFFS and they DO use it.) I got by october 6 interview family and 2 internal med. I went on the internal med inerview in december. Needless to say , I interviewed with a great program director. 3 days later they called me back and offered me a pre match !!!! which i signed .........then cancelled my other interview... although I was still getting interview offers. Eneded up getting like 11-12 interview by january, but had to turn then down. (One of the reasons I think I did well on the interview is because I had been on so many the previous 2 years..lol...I was really comfortable and practiced my responses. I even read a book in barnes and nobles on interviews and it helped a lot !!!!!!!.. ) Praise the LOrd. GOd is really good. I always believed he was with me. I truste no matter what. If being a doctor is what I was meant to do, then GOd will lead me there. Truly GOd can fulfill the needs of the heart. I say to you friend dont give up!! for these tough scramble and match days, you are not alone. Pray to your creator !! lean on Jesus. The Lord is there to comfort you. your family will not understand what you are going to, but your creator who reads and knows your mind, also knows your emotion, and he DOES UNDERTSAND. Take car friends, I'm off the study for STEP 3.... I want to take it before residency until then... GOD BLESS >>.. JESUS LOVES YOU>>. yours truly mike
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