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Hey everyone
So my school admin refuses to write an MSPE, and have declined my request to draft it for them.
I go to a top medical school at a foreign English speaking country. Our entire preclinical and clinical curriculum is P/F and therefore they said they can't provide any percentile or quartile data to me either. They will provide an academic transcript though.
However, they are willing to write an old school Dean's letter. This letter will include:
SIDE QUESTION: I have a strong in-person LOR done in home country written by a US physician licensed in both countries. Should I consider using this over a US LOR from an observership in US?
So my school admin refuses to write an MSPE, and have declined my request to draft it for them.
I go to a top medical school at a foreign English speaking country. Our entire preclinical and clinical curriculum is P/F and therefore they said they can't provide any percentile or quartile data to me either. They will provide an academic transcript though.
However, they are willing to write an old school Dean's letter. This letter will include:
- Graduation start / end date
- A brief description of medical school course structure
- A general statement of recommendation and attestation to academic/clinical abilities signed by the Dean with University seal
- Step 1: 240 (+/- 2)
- Step 2: 255 (+/-2)
- 1 semester leave of absence for US rotations and research (7 pubs) - yellow/neutral flag?
- Will this alternative to MSPE significantly penalize me as a Non-US IMG?
- Would I be better off getting a blank 'placeholder' from ECFMG instead of this?
- I haven't contacted the Dean directly about this yet. However, I was an average medical student at best in my pre-clin and clin years - would it even be worth pushing for an MSPE?
SIDE QUESTION: I have a strong in-person LOR done in home country written by a US physician licensed in both countries. Should I consider using this over a US LOR from an observership in US?
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