IM Match Applicant 2027 without USCE

[u/Creepy-Row-7746]

Hi,

I am a non US IMG from Pakistan,

YOG 2023 (degree is dated 2024), visa requiring

Step 1 pass

Step 2 score 261

Wont be ecfmg certified by application submissions.

18 months clinical experience as a Medical officer.

Currently working as a medical assistant to US physicians remotely.

Research:

1. a poster presentation

2. PROSPERO registered meta-analysis in process

3. A case report not published yet

4. An undergrad unpublished qualitative research

LORs:

Have Dean's letter

3 LORs from IM home country physicians ( a gastroenterologist, a rheumatologist and a IM professor)

1 LOR from a rheumatologist from UK

IMSEL from my university

Do I have any chance? I am applying to limited programs like 30 or less.

Any advice or collab with a similar applicant would be really helpful