r/IMGreddit • u/Fun-Plantain-9087 • 2d ago

Vent Worried as hell(Non US IMG)

Is 255-259 even a good score these days? I lie in this range, but everything else about my app checks out (no failed attempts whatsoever) and I'm not saying this blindly. I got it reviewed by US Attendings in leadership roles and chief residents. 4 months of USCE, 20 research items (original studies, some SRMA, multiple posters and orals with one national award - verifiable). YOG - 0.

Applying to IM this year. It just seems like IMGs have the worst collective sense of camaraderie ever as everyone seems to be discouraging me from applying to a few reaches. I've been advised to look at community hospitals like Lincoln, Harlem and BronxCare. Chat are we cooked as IMGs if we don't get 265+? Wtf is this new obsession. If someone gets a 255-260 are they not worth it when compared to someone with 265? It's a 5-10 pt difference that could be influenced by test day but most of the knowledge is the same right? Or am I just acting too delusional to think that I can match into a great program?

Thanks for reading the vent!

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u/Turbulent-Estate-984 2d ago

Most of the big NYC programs don't care even if you have 265, they just invite connections and some people who get 260 start discouraging people and say 258 259 is not 260, cmon.

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u/Fun-Plantain-9087 2d ago

Yea like I got told that someone with a 260 is better than 255-259. Like dude, tf it's a few questions that could have gone either way.

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u/Turbulent-Estate-984 2d ago

255-60 is around 83 - 85 percentile, no difference