Share your experience!

I think one of the hardest things in this whole process of applying for residency, was the feeling of loneliness. I did not know anyone who was doing nor had done something similar previously. I would like this to be a place where former applicants could share their experiences (without needing to write a whole blog about it) and newer applicants could read different stories and maybe reach out to other people applying to similar specialties or from the same country. Kind of a mini mentorship program! So if you're interested please send me an email at elisa.pichlinski@gmail.com with your story and I'll publish it here. Let me know if you're willing to share your name and information contact or you'd rather be published with a pseudonym.

Here are a few questions you can start with for inspiration:
- Tell us about yourself: where are you from? What specialty are you applying to? Why did you decide to come to the US?
- At what point in your career are you situated (just graduated, resident, already an attending)?
- How did you prepare for the Steps? How much time did you need?
- Did you Match? Where? If not (first thank you for sharing your experience!!), why do you think that is? What did you do next?
- Did you encounter any particular problem during this process? How did you solve it?
- Do you have any other advise for doctors willing to train in America?

Thanks everybody!