the search bar is your friend. I'm sure you'll find out the questions you have faster than people answering. Peds isn't super competitive; it all comes down to what you value. Prestige v location etc
Spot on and I would further say that, NSG, ENT and Plastics are probably the hyper-completive of the bunch.
For me it would have boiled down to specifics. If you're talking about paying a little more to attend a top 10 or 20 med school, then absolutely. If it's the difference between to middle-of-the-road places, I'd let the cost/location factor much much more.
For now, it seems like urology is also part of that group.
What do you mean “ your accepted to Harvard attend Harvard “ like you’ll go to their residency? 100% of the time go to Harvard if you get in ?
I think what he's saying is that, if you get into Harvard, go, because it will open many doors, including helping getting into a competitive residency.
I would put derm above ENT for sure. 19 vs 13.7 average abstracts, posters, and pubs and a higher average step. I think it's just more self selecting because of how scared people have become to apply given its reputation of insane competitiveness, which is why the match rate is higher.
Interesting, why do you think radiation oncology is so unpopular?
No job market
Because it requires a massive investment in equipment (guessing tens of millions of dollars) and staffing (dozen or more people) to treat a relatively small, set number of people per year in the united states; it's also a laid-back, non-technical job that people can do into their 70s. There are only so many jobs, and once those are full, you get a situation similar to what rad onc is experiencing right now, where residency graduates are finding that there's no open positions and won't be any time soon. Just a few years ago it was one of the most competitive specialties; now people are walking out in the middle of their residency programs for other specialties.
If you were so worried about primary care, what made you enter a sub-surgical speciality? And no, the system is not broken because the "best and brightest" want to become "super-specialized." Do you want a person that sits near the bottom of the class or as you have referred to yourself as a "slacker" in medical school, performing complex brain surgery, I think not, but hey, just my humble opinion?
What are the biggest differences (both day to day and post opportunities) between academic and non academic residencies?
If you want an academic job an academic residency makes that easier, also a difference with research. If you want to join private practice it matters very little where you trained as long as you are competent.
based on what you said if one wants a PP career, it would be wise to join a community program as you would not be doing complex/advanced cases in PP (as you would refer them to academic centers)
Thank you!
It’s not black and white like that.
