Residency Match

My name is --------and I am an ECFMG certified international medical graduate very much interested in joining your Internal Medicine Residency Program. I have sent my application through ERAS and my AAMC/ERAS id is -----------. I have passed the USMLE steps 1, 2 and 3 with scores of ---, ---, and --- respectively. Currently, I assist Dr.---------- in exploring the genetic basis of Migraine Headache using PCR at the department of Neurology of the University of -------------. Intrigued by the possibility of analyzing uman brain in 3 dimensions, I also assist Dr. ---------------in mapping the Dorsolatereal Prefrontal cortexDLPFC in subjects with Schizophrenia at the --------------.

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Dear Friends, Every now and then I see people having numerous questions about the preliminary or transitional year programs.
I will try to answer few facts regarding the above: What is a preliminary year?
Preliminary year is a one year program in Internal medicine or surgery and sometimes in FP Why preliminary year?
Those who are interested in specialities like anesthesiology,dermatology,ophthalmology,radiology,otolaryngology etc are usually the ones who apply to preliminary year. How can I look for preliminary medicine on FREIDA?
1.Choose IM/surgery
2. Click on optional criteria and choose"programs offering prelim year" Is it tough for IMGs to get a spot in preliminary position?
It is a bit tougher than categorical IM /Surgery for the following reasons:

Applying Early vs Late for the Match. If you apply late - let us say in Oct/Nov/Dec. The program will have 500-2000 applications by that time. The secretary finds it hard to find place to keep all these files organized in her office. She hardly will have the time or interest to consider new applications. The deadlines of most programs are over by Oct/Nov. So they may not look at your application. Even if they look at your application, they will say, we are sorry all our interview slots are filled. If you apply early, say in September...
You may have less exam results than you wish to have on the application. But you can call the program or email them as and when something changes in your status. They will automatically get the results via ERAS, anyway.