Salam,
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Originally Posted by MastahRiz 
Like any competitive residency program, you'll need to supplement those USMLE scores with things like research electives, clinical electives, and Letters of recommendation, all from the hospital you wish to apply to, preferably, but other hospitals will still take notice. You'll need to aim for things like getting published, and getting hands on experience with the surgeon, no matter how difficult it may be to do all that.
The more electives you do, the better it'll look. The more electives you do with the same surgeon, the better it will look to that hospital.
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It's hard for me to imagine how it would be possible for someone to do a significant number of research electives and clinical electives when the only feasible time to do them is during winter and summer vacations. Theoretically, if someone did an elective
every break starting third year, that would make for 6 possible times during a med. school in Pakistan. Is that considered a lot? Is it recommended to continue doing research/clinical electives after graduating, maybe spending a year or two doing so before applying for residencies?