AUC 2020 Match List

Sak Pase!

Just came by real quick to upload AUC's match list along with a spreadsheet that the students at our school has for people who matched to post their step scores and where they matched. The link's are below but I while looking at these lists I decided to do some calculations. As an IMG, I have to apply to over 10 times more residency programs than the med students in the states. Yes I said 10x. Consider all else equal, a student in the states can apply to just 10 residency programs and they might get interview invitations for all 10 spots. A Caribbean med student like myself has to apply to over 100 just to get those same 10 interview invitations. I did the math and to apply for 130 residency programs the costs came out to over $3,000. Mind you, this is not including other app fees and traveling/flying/hotel costs. WHAT DID I SIGN UP FOR!? 

Anyway here are the links for your viewing pleasure, just click on them.

AUC RESIDENCY PLACEMENTS

AUC Student Reported Step Scores & Matches


TTYL!

Venting session #98: A helical + sense SS RNA virus called Corona is ruining my life

SAK PASE!

Hello friends, long time no write. Unfortunately for you, I've come here to complain lol. Y'all know when things are upside down with school this is the place I come to release my frustrations and boy oh boy am I FRUSTRATED!

First of all, I hope you guys are honoring the social distancing rule and not taking it for a joke. This is really sad what's going with our world and every single time I hear of the deaths this virus has caused, my heart aches. We are not prepared for this, our hospitals weren't prepared for this. My mom currently lives with me and she has tons of health issues so I am trying to keep her from this virus as best as I could and I showed her how to disinfect the house and of course how to properly wash her hands. Stay safe out there friends.

With that said, let's talk about why I really came on here. I know this thing is affecting the whole world and others are being affected way worst, I mean people are literally dying, but I have to vent. I was scheduled to take my Step 1 exam next week. Now I cannot because all of the Prometric testing centers have closed for a whole month, until April 16th (maybe later who even knows at this point). If y'all know me y'all know how detailed I am with my life. I know I'm not God and I don't know what the future holds but I still try to plan it out as best as I can. The plan was to take Step 1 next week, MURDER THAT MONSTER, get my wonderful scores back in 3-4 weeks and start my hospital rotations by May or mid-May. Now I don't know when I'm even taking this exam. Most people in my class were able to reschedule their exams for immediately after April 16th but friends guess what? Bettyna can't even reschedule right now. It took me literally a month to register for this exam and as part of the process I was to register for an "eligibility period." Me not being God and of course not knowing that this helical positive sense single stranded RNA virus called Corona would come ruin my life, signed up for an "eligibility period" that ends on March 31st because the plan was to take this exam way before March 31st so why not? Now because my period ends March 31st I cannot sign up for any dates after March 31st until the USMLE board people extend my eligibility period. My classmates who probably foresaw this pandemic somehow (lol) have their eligibilities until end of April or so... so they're gucci. So now everyone else (mostly) has a date and I don't and who knows how long it will take until I'm able to register. By that time, I might have to fly out of Florida to take it. Whoosah.

And to be honest I'm mostly worried about finances. I am a student who is not at all rich (yet 😉) so I live entirely on loans. This means that if I don't start rotations in May like planned, I don't get loans like planned and if I don't get loans, I cannot pay rent or you know.....eat. I cried a little on Tuesday but I stopped crying when I realized that there's literally nothing I can do but to wait, study, and pray. I keep telling myself that maybe this is for the best, maybe I needed this extra time to study. I just hope I don't forget everything I've learned by the time the exam comes around.

If you've made it this far, thank you for reading my venting session. I actually started this blog post this morning around 4am before I went to bed because of how annoyed I was but i'm just now finishing it lol. However don't get it twisted, I am extremely grateful for the health of myself and my loved ones. We are truly blessed for being alive and healthy in a time like this because we are not more important or more worthy than the others who have been affected by this. I pray that God covers each and everyone of you reading this post along with your loved ones. Read Psalms 91 every night before bed if you can. If you're not a believer, read it anyway, it doesn't hurt you either way :)

Now I'm going back to my best buddy Uworld so we can finish the rest of this day together.

Please stay safe friends, don't joke around with your lives or the lives of the elderly and immunocompromised, just stay inside unless you have to go out. Feel free to email me as usual with any questions or concerns, you know I got y'all! 💜

SN: Watch this short video below....this "not so super high yield" virus has come to ruin our lives, little did we know 🌚

TTYL!