Ranking

[Guest]

how would u guys rank the ten most competitive specialties to match into?

[Guest]

I’d be interested in other people’s opinions too

[Guest]

Back to the ol SDN days

[Guest]

IR > Ortho > Derm > ENT > integrated thoracic > Neurosurgery >>>>> everything else

[Guest]

Plastics?

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Neurosurgery>Derm>Ortho.

[Guest]

(07-22-2019, 07:09 PM)Guest Wrote: Plastics?

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Neurosurgery>Derm>Ortho.

lol. 


More like: IR > ortho > plastics > derm > ENT > neurosurgery >>>>>>> Other stuff

[Guest]

I always thought Neurosurgery was the toughest... is this not true?

[Guest]

Nope. People tend to choose specialties with a better lifestyle

[Guest]

IR only wins because so many DR apply just because they can. Ortho, ENT, Plastics, and Derm are both more selective from a raw stats POV. Neurosurgery is more about showing your interest and that you can hack it. Someone with a 270 is great, and you know they'll have no trouble passing the boards, but if they're going to quit two months into PGY-2 you've gone and screwed yourself.

[Guest]

(07-23-2019, 12:31 AM)Guest Wrote: IR only wins because so many DR apply just because they can. Ortho, ENT, Plastics, and Derm are both more selective from a raw stats POV. Neurosurgery is more about showing your interest and that you can hack it. Someone with a 270 is great, and you know they'll have no trouble passing the boards, but if they're going to quit two months into PGY-2 you've gone and screwed yourself.

Neurosurgery is toughest specialty