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ILL.- One winter night near Christmas several years ago there was a loud knock at my door. Ice Cream who? Ice cream every I see a ghost.

Ya who? What are you getting so excited about? Accordian who? Accordian to the TV, it’s going to rain Use every situation you find in your path to grow as a human being and as a professional.INTRO.- Knock. Obstacles are there to help us realize we are more capable than we think we are. I think that remaining calm during your interview is the most important factor.įinally what advice would you give to others who find themselves struggling like you did? God helped! I only applied to programs in one part of Texas! It was my last interview so I was more relaxed and knew what to expect. What do you think was the most important factor in you matching at the program that you did? Texas is one of the most competitive states. ( I knew my chances of getting interviews when just applying to only one geographic area were very low because my scores were not very good so I had to try everything!.I also knew sending applications to different specialties was risky as well) I only applied to hospitals in one area of Texas because I just got married and my husband has family here with health issues so we cannot move out of the County.Īpplied to 55 programs. Very flexible and amazing bosses who allowed me miss some days so I can to more shadowing rotations while working. Now I'm working with this doctor and at the gym. He told me that he was moving to Seattle and gave me another doctors name. I showed up at one doctor's house and he was in his pajamas (lol). One day I decided to Google doctors near me and began to knock doors. and she fired me so now I needed 3 LORs again and it was now April 2016. I told the first Doctor, that I was shadowing at the time, that I needed to leave to do more shadowing.

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So I began working full time as a medical transcription assistant and as a gym instructor on the weekends. but I had no money to apply to the match and needed 2 more LORs. While studying for the Step 2CK, I found my first shadowing rotation (full time) for my first LOR. Then my aunt moved and I had to rent a place. I prayed a lot!! I took the step 1 and got my score. I took the NBME 13 score 207 and NBME 15 score 210 the week before I took my step 1. I was running out of money by February 2015 and my mother told me to either take the test now or go back to Venezuela.

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While studying I was a baby sitter (working from 5 am) and studying in my free time. I was living with an aunt in Texas at that moment and was not paying rent. I began to study but I needed money to pay my car because unfortunately my father passed away and my mother is not making much money due to the current economic crisis we have in Venezuela. I graduated medical school in Venezuela in 2013 and decided to come to the US to try my luck. Thank you so much for your mnemonics!! I matched! Here's my story:

Family health issues that limited where she could apply.

Working and shadowing while studying for boards.

Here's the story of a young doctor from Venezuela who was struggling to make ends meet while studying at the same time! Sound familiar to anyone?!?!?!? Despite low board scores and a family health issue that limited where she could apply, she continued to knock on doors until she made it to her goal!!! Keep on Knocking on Doors till One Opens!

Money knocking at my door