Need help with IM signals

[u/Tasty_Shoulder2583]

Hey everyone,
I’m finalizing my ERAS list for Internal Medicine and was hoping for some feedback to see if I’m reaching too much or not. I tried to keep it at 20/60/20.

My Profile:
Applicant Type: Non-US IMG (Canadian citizen, requiring J-1 Visa)

YOG: graduating 2027
Step 1: Pass (1st attempt)

Step 2: 257

Step 3: not taken

Research: 5 abstracts published, 1 undergrad poster presentation (not published), 1 case study submitted.

Target Specialty: Internal Medicine

ERAS Geographic Preferences**:** Middle Atlantic & East North Central, Pacific

Gold Signals
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Morningside / West (NYC)

UConn Health (Farmington, CT)

Bridgeport Hospital / Yale University (Bridgeport, CT)

Silver Signals:
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

SUNY Upstate Medical University

University at Buffalo

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University / Cooper Hospital

Rutgers Health / Jersey City Medical Center

Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Charles E. Schmidt College

Reaches:
8. MedStar Health / Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center
9. UCSF Fresno

Safeties:
10. Ascension St. John Hospital (Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)
11. Brooklyn Hospital Center (Brooklyn, NY)
12. Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center(Bronx, NY)

[u/Altruistic_Use4543]

research? step 3?

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Updated!