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  Saturday, 15 June 2002
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Hi,
I am a foreign medical graduate, male, 27, who has completed ortho postgraduation from India. I am from a "no-name" school in India but did my postgraduation in ortho from a relatively well-known school in India(My prof there is the editor of JPO, Dr Benjamin Joseph). I do not have any publications yet but hope to get a couple in the next 2 years. I am presently doing my MPH at Univ of MD. What do you guys think are my chances of getting into any residency program in ortho here in USA? I got my part 1 USMLE results yesterday and I scored 99.
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Do u think this would help? Are there any specific medical schools where they are more likely to take FMGs? I assume they`d be lower ranked schools. But I would be content with ANY school. Do u think it would take a long time for me to get into a residency in ortho? How old would u all be when u complete ortho residency? (Sorry if that is a rude question, but I would like to get an idea of what I am in for)
Thanks in advance.
Sunil Menon.
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Hi...just a quick note...the USMLE Step 1 score is the other number on the paper (should be a number greater than 200). The 99 is some sort of mystery # that the NBME gives you that somehow corresponds to percentile. In any case, 99 is very good and so you must have a pretty good score. If you take no breaks in your educational career, most people finish college by 22 and med school by 26 and thus are full orthopods by age 31. However, in this country a lot of people take time off to pursue research, vacation time, work, etc so age 31 is probably not the average. The average entrance age at my med school is about 25 y/o. Hope that helps and best wishes!
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