Comprehensive Residency Consultation Service
IMG Residency Consulting
It begins with one question.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
That answer is the start of IMGPrep's work. The Match is one waypoint on a longer career we help you build — the candidate identity, the experiences, the application, the residency that takes you toward the physician you are becoming.
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What IMG Residency Consulting at IMGPrep Means
IMGPrep doesn't help you apply to residency. We work with you directly, over months — sometimes years — curating the experiences, the documents, and the identity of the candidate you are becoming. The Match is one moment in a longer career we are helping to build.
Our Method
Three things that define how IMGPrep works.
We start with the candidate, not the application.
Before any document is drafted, IMGPrep spends time understanding who you are — your training, your trajectory, the kind of physician you are working toward becoming. Every choice that follows — specialty, experiences, programs, the application itself — flows from that foundation. The candidate identity is the work. The deliverables are the byproducts.
We curate, we don't accumulate.
Not every clinical rotation, research project, letter, or program belongs in your application. Adding more is rarely the answer. IMGPrep helps you choose what to pursue, what to emphasize, what to decline, and what to leave out — in service of the coherent candidate being built. Curation is the work most consulting services skip. It is the work that distinguishes Match-aligned applicants from everyone else.
We work for as long as the goal requires.
Some candidates work with IMGPrep for one cycle. Some for three. The relationship is sized to the trajectory, not to a package. IMGPrep does not sell sessions or hours. We commit to your career — and we expect the same in return.
The Match Funnel
How IMGPrep sees the Match.
The Match is a series of structural filters and qualitative reviews, applied in sequence. IMGPrep's work is to position your candidacy inside this funnel — at every stage, not just the application.
Who our IMG residency consulting works with
Three paths into the U.S. Match.
Each begins with the same question. Each requires a different theory of how to answer it.
For the Physician Graduate
International Medical Graduates with Completed Training
If you have completed medical school abroad and are pursuing U.S. residency, the Match's structural filters apply to you with the most force. Visa status, year of graduation, ECFMG certification, scores — each is a gate to clear before holistic review begins.
IMGPrep helps you map your candidacy against those filters honestly, build the U.S. clinical experience you need, and present everything — documents, letters, programs — as one coherent argument for why a program should rank you.
Sometimes called Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs). Same applicant pool. Same Match rules.
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Caribbean-Trained Students and Graduates
Caribbean graduates often arrive at the Match with U.S. clinical experience and a different set of structural concerns — school accreditation, rotation quality, and how programs read your training relative to U.S. and other international applicants.
IMGPrep develops positioning that addresses those specific signals directly — in your letters, your personal statement, and your program list — so your candidacy is read on its own terms, not as a category.
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Current International Medical Students Planning Ahead
If you are still in medical school, you have the most valuable thing in the Match: time. Time to choose the right specialty for who you are. Time to build the clinical and research experiences a competitive candidacy actually requires. Time to author the candidate identity that earns the Match you want.
IMGPrep works with students years before they apply — mapping the trajectory, curating the experiences, and ensuring every choice along the way serves the candidate they are becoming.
Begin the conversation →Why IMGPrep
What sets our IMG residency consulting apart.
Twenty-one years of IMG residency consulting
IMGPrep was established in 2005 and has guided international medical graduates through every cycle of NRMP rule changes, ERAS reforms, and shifting program preferences. IMGPrep is not a generalist firm that happens to take IMG clients. IMGs are the only clients IMGPrep takes.
Match strategy as a discipline
The Match is a sorting mechanism, not a lottery. IMGPrep treats it that way — with frameworks, data, and an analytical approach to how programs actually filter and rank applicants. Advice is built on NRMP, ACGME, and peer-reviewed evidence, not anecdote.
A long-term, continuous engagement model
IMGPrep works directly with each candidate for the duration of the Match journey. Engagements are not packaged into hours or sessions. They are structured around the trajectory of the applicant — sometimes a single cycle, sometimes several. The methodology is continuity.
A complete service ecosystem
When a candidacy needs U.S. clinical experience, a customized programs list, ERAS document development, or interview preparation, every piece is built and delivered in-house, integrated under one strategy.
If you are ready
Begin the conversation.
An initial consultation to understand your trajectory and whether IMGPrep is the right fit. No pressure. No template. Just one conversation about where you want to be in five years.
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Established in 2005, IMGPrep assists International Medical Graduates in searching for U.S residency positions. We offer a complete set of affordable services. Our experts evaluate each IMG candidate and suggest what is needed for a medical residency match in the USA.
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