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This is the first year I have not applied for #Match2023

It’s the first time I’m not worrying if I did “enough” to finally get in.

And I have to say, I haven’t felt HAPPIER or more fulfilled in years.

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I had been running the #Match marathon for 4 years, kept pushing through, amping my experience, rewriting my PS, getting new LORs, working during a pandemic.

Kept ending up #unmatched, sometimes more heartbroken than the previous year, with no time to process what happened.

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I had made every sacrifice to get into residency because that was the only way I saw my future as a physician

But that’s where I was wrong - I was stuck with tunnel vision of what it meant to succeed as a doctor

After #Match2022 I decided I was ending the toxic cycle

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J1 visas for Residency applicants are a cultural exchange program - they were never meant to train more physicians to practice in the US.

I believe we need to make a separate system for J1 visa applicants from the Main Match - and here are my reasons why.
Every year, thousands of applicants apply for residency. IMGs (both US citizens and non) must apply for certification deeming them eligible for residency.

Here's the number of applicants certified each year. Since 2005, it's been relatively stable at ~10K.
Over the same time course, the number of approved J1 visas has essentially doubled in 10 years.

And that should be fine - if more non-US citizens are applying, of course we need to issue more visas.

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