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I Didn’t Match This Year, Should I Apply Again?

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“We are sorry, you did not match to any position” message is tough to digest, but this shouldn’t stop you from achieving your dream of becoming a physician in the USA. Now you have 5 months left to improve your application for the next September application cycle so find out what are the red flags you have on your CV and how to overcome them. Use this time smartly and efficiently!

Be patient, sometimes you have to go through the worst to get the best

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  1. Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

    Shanan Mahal

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences-Baptist Health, North Little Rock, AR, USA

    Shanan Mahal

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Raghav Govindarajan , Sachin M. Bhagavan  & Swathi Beladakere Ramaswamy ,  & 

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Mahal, S. (2020). I Didn’t Match This Year, Should I Apply Again?. In: Govindarajan, R., Bhagavan, S.M., Ramaswamy, S.B. (eds) International Medical Graduate and the United States Medical Residency Application. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31045-5_28

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