‎Muhammad Waqas- MATCH 2019

Step 1: 226
Step 2: 250
Step 3: 221
No attempts
Yog: 2014
USCE: 10 months including externships and observerships mostly inpatient and universities (Pediatrics 80 percent)
Publications: 6 (non-US, local Pakistani including a couple in pubmed)
Visa status: require Visa

Applied to 120 peds and 10 Med-peds programs

Interviews: 18 (14 in peds and 4 in Med-peds)

Connections: only one interview through connection in a place where I did observership.

Match status: Matched in Pediatrics at my second choice in Pediatrics.

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Take home lesson: America is land of opportunity and everyone with any score eventually matches.

Good luck everyone 😊😊😊

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