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I guess I overestimated the power of SDN
Underestimated the power of #radoncrocks
Overestimated the good will of programs/PD/chairs
Way underestimated the naivete of med students
Yeesh. I just feel dumb now.
I think you're reading that statement the wrong way - It says if you were a MD senior who wanted rad onc in 2019 (last year), you had the highest rate of matching last year. Match rate from the applicant perspective, not the program perspective, which is not surprising, given that most (if not all) people (including every single US MD) with demonstrated interest in rad onc and a pulse matched this year.
Can't get a dramatic increase up from (near) 100%.
Does it really matter? All spots would have filled. Will now just have a bunch of angry pgy5s in 5 years or whenever they realize they have been misled.
Or we'll have IMGs/FMGs just happy to be a doctor in the US and willing to take exploitative jobs for 200k salary in rural areas, a la pathology.