dificultad
hello, i'm an american jumping into this conversation; i hope you don't mind if i post in english. you can reply in spanish and i'll understand.
i'm wondering what success all of you have had with applying for residencies within the united states. unless i missed something, i haven't read where you posted the results of your applications. did you get your first choices, and where did you end up?
i'm very curious to learn, especially as i'm thinking of applying to a medical school in spain and hadn't thought how difficult it would be to come back to the united states after graduating to start the residency. did all of you begin a residency in spain and then restart at zero in the states? did you find the process of the steps, etc. to be very frustrating, and were you happy with the outcome?
personally i thought about studying medicine abroad because i have an undergraduate degree already in the humanities, and it seemed like to begin studying medicine, there wouldn't be as many roadblocks or hoops as in the u.s. (mcat, prerequisites). in light of what everyone has written about this process, maybe i should reconsider.
i hope you all are pleased wherever you are.
alejandro