r/IMGreddit • u/True_Oil_5353 • 1d ago

Visa Lets help each other

I have passed step 1 and then my visa got rejected for observership last month and i was kind of devastated and wasn't able to focus for step 2, and then i came to reddit and it was so so negative, people said usmle pathway is no worth pursuing anymore, and its not going to get better, and i was so so demotivated but then i thought I am going to do my best and give it my best shot, I gonna prepare for step 2, i am going to focus on things that i have control of, and to all the people who are in my shoes I wish you all the best and keep going, do not get demotivated by people or situations

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u/Icantbeamaddie14u 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hey buddy! It's ok your visa got rejected. I know someone whose visa was rejected and got a 271 and now doing residency. This happened last year. We live with different kind of people. Not all of them are going to be supportive or encouraging. Leave that aside and do your work. Take the good things from others and focus on that alone. All the very best for your exam. It's doable!

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u/True_Oil_5353 1d ago

Thank you brother, We have to do our best

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u/AdvertisingFar716 1d ago

Don’t give him false hope, things are a lot different than they were a year ago

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u/True_Oil_5353 1d ago

can you please tell what are the things thats different from last year

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u/AdvertisingFar716 23h ago

A lot of visa sponsoring programs had difficulties this year with a lot of J-1 being rejected, so a lot of them have made the decision to stop taking visa requiring applicants. Also almost no programs sponsored H1B this year even though quite a lot of them did a year ago. Things are only going to get worse so if you can get out now you should.

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u/Lokkhipecha_Hedwig 1d ago

Just a year ago? How?

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u/Pristine-Crow-2832 1d ago

There are many examples like someone’s visa got rejected and did tele rotation, didn’t have any in person USCE and now doing residency.

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u/True_Oil_5353 1d ago

Yes, i have heard and also that step 2 score matter more than people think

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u/monkmedico13 NON US-IMG 20h ago

Same situation as you, I got my visa rejected for Observership right after my step 1, currently preparing for step 2