Personally, I don’t care if someone has 5 pubs vs 33. It doesn’t matter, particularly as these metrics can be vastly affected by what Med school someone attends. If someone shows up with a million publication, if anything it makes me suspicious that they simply had a generous mentor who plastered their name over a bunch of things that were already almost done. There’s this notion in this website that the more publications the better, but that’s a false notion. As long as someone is able to get even a couple projects in motion, that tells programs that they are able to get the basics of writing and publishing done. Having 33 doesn’t increase ur chances, at least not in my eyes, or at my program in general. It’s the whole picture that we care about, good board scores, good letters, solid scores in surgical rotations, and at least a couple publications or something in the pipeline
When they look me in the eye with a firm handshake and have a coherent and compelling well-rounded life story. That’s how.
That kid from northwestern seems to be pumping one out every week...good luck to those in the same graduating class as him lmao
If you have nothing but neurosurgery in your life you will fail at life. Cushing's personal life was a failure. Read his biography. Learn from it.
You are not wrong and that is the problem with neurosurgery. There are programs that will not interview you let alone match you if they know you have a family. Many programs like residents without families because they don't want you to be distracted. No matter how you slice it, your family if you have one, will "miss you" for 7 years of training and then they will "miss you" again when you are an attending. That is if you still have one after training. And if you make it through residency praying to make it to the promise land you may still lose your family as an attending because guess what it gets harder! Prepare yourself. Your life will be for the most part neurosurgery. Everything else will play 2nd fiddle. Kids grow up fast and they will not forgive you no matter how many "toys" you buy them to make up for not being there.
Seriously you shits in your coffee every morning? This is a farce. I spoke about my family in my personal statement. Received over 30 interviews. No program is eliminating candidates if they have a partner/family.
*who not you
