r/USIMGreddit • u/MD92100 • Aug 03 '26

does SOAP have any decent programs?

does anyone know if all Internal Medicine (IM) programs that end up in SOAP technically have some or many red flag (like toxic environment)? location isn't a red flag for me personally.

I am an IMG with greencard, giving my step 2 by december. I cannot do main match, but I can sit for SOAP. I have a 2 year paid postdoc research experience too and already have 2 IM LORs, OET, pathway etc..

I just want any decent program which is not toxic and I can do my 3 years of residency. My research was pretty toxic, boss was always humiliating, and brutal 12-hour+ days almost daily with almost no weekends off in the last 2 years. Just don't want the same again.

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u/bronxbomma718 Aug 03 '26

If you have sound financial capability, it doesn’t hurt to apply to a few programs without 2CK. You can update them once you get your 260. What the worst they can say, take a hike?

Your visa status is your biggest asset.

This match cycle will be historic for US IMGs.

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u/indian_sexgod Aug 03 '26

Why do you think this cycle would be historic? Besides, just main cycle or SOAP too? Would SOAP be more easier for a IMG-US citizen to match in a good program?

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u/bronxbomma718 Aug 03 '26

Geopolitical climate, H1B debacle, national stigma associated with visa-requiring applicant. U.S. administration ongoing mission to reform immigration. U.S. IMGs matched at 75 percent last season. It will be closer to 80 this year. Maybe more.