I'm probably over stressing this, but how many words are people's personal statements?
With regular font size (i.e.: 10-12) should fit in one pageI'm probably over stressing this, but how many words are people's personal statements?
Look over the print preview in ERAS. Do not exceed a page. No one is reading that. Most applicants will get their points across in that time. Take a few extra lines if you absolutely must but limit to this, however many wordsI'm probably over stressing this, but how many words are people's personal statements?
Try FREIDA AMAdoes anyone know if there is a centralized location that shows how many spots a program is offering? some program websites don't share that info.
I am in need of your feedback, please!!. I applied last year and did not get in. US MD (STEP 1 237, S2 -220, S32020), decent mid-tier IM program, 6 abstracts. I have not added much to my application since the last cycle. Should I apply broadly again this cycle or apply directly to non-acgme fellowships in hepatology, IBD, motility, etc...?
apply top 25 tooWhat are my chances?
Should I still apply broadly? Or reasonable to skip the top 25% programs?
It's gonna be a less financial burden, but I keep telling myself, who knows, the miracle may happen and match to a big name!!
US citizen. IMG.
Mid-tier University residency program in Mid West.
253, 230, CS Pass, and 232.
GI fellowship in-house.
Last DDW: 1 oral presentation and 1 poster.
Last EASL: 1 poster (3rd author).
Upcoming ACG: Submitting 10 abstracts (7 first author, 3 are case reports and 1 is a QI).
Upcoming AASLD: Submitting 3 (1 first author, 2-second author).
Manuscripts: 1 endocrine before residency (4th author) and 2 submitted (Under review).
4 letters, 1 IM PD, 1 GI PD, 1 GI APD, and 1 GI chair (Mostly I will replace it with a fresh GI faculty that I worked with him very closely).
can someone please answer!!!!!!!!!!Can anyone tell me where to list abstracts submitted to ACG 2022 in ERAS? The closest I see is "Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts (Other than Published);" this would imply it was a journal however. Any thoughts?
Can anyone advise regarding GI programs that sponsor H1B visa ?
For submitted pubs, I think it should go in the "Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts (Other than Published)" and select the "Submitted" button, and includes abstracts as well. It seems like thats why that section was created.Conservative wisdom is that submitted pubs go in research experience. Beyond that, it’s all creative listing and subject to risk. Some people may not care others perhaps may, becomes somewhat luck of the draw.
For those who care, I called ACG today and they unfortunately report abstract acceptance notifications go out on July 22. Why they time it this way seems unfortunate.
For submitted pubs, I think it should go in the "Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts (Other than Published)" and select the "Submitted" button, and includes abstracts as well. It seems like thats why that section was created.
For the second part, I think the way ACG reports abstracts out on July 22nd is reasonable and fine for all applying, and almost seems intentional for ACG to help applicants. Better than July 1st-19th, because then you submit your application with the submitted abstracts (see above) without feeling like you're lying.
Use FREIDA to filter programs.There is no official list, you will need to look this up yourself and go program by program.
Poster presentation.Guys, where do you place abstracts submitted for poster presentation in ACG 2022?
Do you place them under 1- Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts (Other than Published) or 2- Poster Presentation ???
Hello all, I have a question about the ERAS application. Are you all mentioning the conference abstracts in both the publication section and the poster/oral presentation section? If there is a paper in which you are a co-author, but the paper was presented by one of your colleagues, in which section are you adding that on ERAS?
This wouldn’t effect anything for the new cycle. It looks like it’s just an error that is slowly getting resolved, every few days there are fewer and fewer unregistered programs.
for residency I sent 4 letters to all programs and it was fine. I imagine it's not a big deal, but they'll probably randomly choose which ones end up being read.So, I know this comes up every year but are y'all just sending 4 letters to all programs? Do I really have to check every single program to see if they want 3 vs 4 letters? Like, will it look bad if I send 4 to a program whose website says 3 letters? I just really don't want to check over 100 program websites...
can we open a whats app group ?Hello Hello! Its feeling like that time of year, once again. I'll be applying for the first time with the rest of you and figured now is as good of a time as any to give the people what they want.
Feel free to post your stats and the inevitable
"what are my chances" questions as well as info on programs, interviews the gambit. I'm posting last years excel sheet, but think we should make a concerted effort to update it this year to increase the sample size.
Best of luck to all of you.
CURRENT {2022-23) GI Cycle App Spreadsheet
LAST YEAR'S (2021-22) GI Cycle App Spreadsheet
can we open a whats app group ?
Lets do it, I would also like to participate!can we open a whats app group ?
I have a fair amount of abstracts that got accepted but I dont think emailing every single program would worth it. Trying to see the whole issue fromIs it really worth it to email each and every program on the abstracts accepted to ACG 2022? I feel like it would bombard every program with mass emails ( and not sure how much of a difference it will make by adding 2-4 more abstracts... )
Thank you very much. I was also thinking of just speaking about it during interviews like you suggested. I did put it as "submitted" in my application.If you listed it on your app as "submitted" I recommend doing nothing, discuss in your interview. You now have something new to share. It's very unlikely that some program is going to change their decision based upon a single pub.
If you didn't list it as submitted and it's an abstract / poster at a meeting - same deal. Another abstract not going to make a difference. Good to keep for discussion in your interviews.
If you didn't list it as submitted and it's a full pub that's not a case report, depends on the journal / topic / subject. If you get a 1st author article in a huge journal, then I'd probably update them with that. But that is going to be very rare.
My 2 cents. That and $1.85 will get you a Tall coffee at Starbucks.
I think you have an exceptional profile. I am 100% sure that if you had J1 you would match no matter what. However I know that H1B is much more difficult to get and most probably you are applying to strong institutions.Hi hi! I feel it's my lucky day to find this place! Here is my package. Would love to hear your thoughts regarding my chances.
Background: IMG, from a community-based residency program, need H1b
Scores: Step1 250, Step 2 245, and Step 3 219. 1st attempts.
Publications: 12 Manuscripts, 5 as the leading author (first or last/corresponding), mostly GI-related database analysis. 1 GIE and 1 Chest. 5 submitted manuscripts, including a major revision with Gastro.
Conferences: ~30 DDW, ACG, and AASLD posters.
LoRs: 4 letters. 1 IM PD, 1 GI former PD, 1 GI attending, and 1 IM director (from where I'm working for J-1 waiver).
Experiences: MSc in basic medical science and 1 year of clinical research training at top universities. Reviewer of IM journals. Member of ACG/AGA/ACP.
Applied to all programs that do not specify "not sponsoring H1b" on their websites.
Best of luck, everyone!