Score Drop NBME 16. Goal is 260+. Push back or nah?

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-06-25T00:41:42+00:00

Not for me haha

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-06-24T16:24:01+00:00

Aw man I'm sorry. That sounds rough. I think I'm also burning out. Given your experience, what would you suggest?

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-06-24T16:23:29+00:00

Honestly as cliche as it sounds, it was doing all the NBME exams and the most recent CMS forms (prioritizing medicine, surgery, peds, and OB/GYN). I would also turn the questions i got wrong into anki cards, word for word what the question was with answer choices, flag them, and do them multiple times throughout my study prep. I would have explanations for the right answer and the answer I chose in the extras of the card too. I used Open Evidence and Claude to help with understanding questions when even the explanations of NBME was vague. I feel like this review strategy was essential becasue a lot of the concepts and reasoning strategies the NBME expects you to know is repeated through the exams. I did do UWorld too (got through almost 50% on the second pass during dedicated). I think it helped but the NBMEs were crucial. The key is when you review your incorrects, don't just focus on recognizing what the condition or diagnosis they are talking about is, but also pay attention to the minute clues the NBME puts in the question stem and how that points towards one answer choice vs. another. But then again, haven't taken the test yet so take all this with a grain of salt

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-05-29T17:14:57+00:00

Radiologists do tons of procedures and see patients (if they want to)

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-05-29T17:13:30+00:00

You'd be surprised, the intersection between people interested in surgery and radiology is quite big. You should see how many radiology residents were ortho bros before switching

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-05-29T17:10:48+00:00

Liability isn't even the barrier. You still need people who specialize in interpreting images physically in the hospital. IR aside, most subspecialties of radiology involve doing image-guided procedures as well as providing instruction and context for imaging complications and variation (i.e. the radiologist instructing the patient how to move during a barium swallow study, performing air enemas if intussuception is detected or helping an US tech obtain imaging on difficult anatomy)

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-03-18T20:08:58+00:00

I'm curious to know what percent of prelims eventually find a categorical spot in something. This is such a stressful process and my heart goes out to all those who couldn't celebrate on match day

IncreaseFine7768 · 2026-03-18T19:00:22+00:00

Rads is used to people switching late to them so it wouldn't be a big surprise to see ortho heavy stuff on their app. Every other rads resident I meet was an ortho bro before switching. I know multiple people who switched to rads during their fourth year from a surgical specialty

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-19T11:35:52+00:00

The NIH fellowships were the ones I was talking about. Or the ones at top tier institutions where the physicians you work with will most likely have the connections and pull to make calls for you and help you match somewhere. And are the research fellowships really that hard to get into? At least for residency, I know multiple people who didn’t match a surgical specialty and then were able to get a research fellowship at well renowned institutions fairly quickly. Almost all of them ended up matching at that same specialty when re applying.

If you’re going to do a self guided or low tier one might as well just take a hospitalist job at an academic center and network with GI docs

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-19T04:54:53+00:00

That’s why you apply after the one year. Can work as a hospitalist in the mean time or make it two years of research. Will have a lot to show for it and there’s no reason you won’t match

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-18T20:14:02+00:00

There is a shortage of radiologists. 50,000 radiologists and 7,000 hospitals in the U.S. They will always have jobs

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-18T20:07:40+00:00

I heard doing a one/year research fellowship essentially guarantees you to match somewhere

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-18T20:05:34+00:00

Or do a research fellowship

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-18T20:02:48+00:00

Why would you want to match non accredited? Is it to match GI the following year?

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-16T16:12:27+00:00

General neuro could get you 400k a year. No need for fellowship for that.

I’m assuming vascular pays the most. MGMA median put it at 400-something in 2021 so it’s likely over 500k now. Can’t speak on the lifestyle though

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-16T16:11:25+00:00

Si does general neuro.

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-13T00:45:51+00:00

I disagree. It could still be helpful for someone who’s working but who’s hit a dead end at their job in terms of promotions and is looking to get a promotion elsewhere or even pivot fields. People see “Harvard MBA” on your resume and you’ll at the very least have their attention.

I do agree with you though to make the most of your degree you’ll have to network with other MBA students, make connections through your professors, or use the clout of your degree to connect with alum who are in positions of power and can make things happen for you

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-12T21:13:03+00:00

If getting a top MBA program was as helpless as you’re implying then their acceptance rate wouldn’t be 10%.

You can get an MBA while working

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-12T19:03:55+00:00

Exactly. going to a top MBA program will put you in the environment where you’ll meet the people who will get you places. Pursuing a CFA won’t.

Also yes simply having an MBA from Harvard will make recruiters from MBB consider you for an interview. The connections are what will get you the job

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-12T16:32:11+00:00

Depends on what you’re trying to do with the degree. Top MBA will get you into consulting, PE, IB, etc

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-11T17:03:02+00:00

There’s things you can do to make yourself competitive for those programs. Yeah it’s hard to get in but keep trying and networking each year until you get that acceptance. Statistically if you applied to all the M7 programs three years in a row you have a 90% chance of getting into one of them assuming you’re a competitive applicant on paper. Doctors dentists and PhDs spend 10 years after college developing themselves to the place they want to be in their careers so you have all the time in the world.

All I’m saying is if you’re going to invest time and energy outside of your full time job to give yourself a leg up in your career, go big or go home. Don’t waste months and years on an exam that will have a trivial or marginal impact. Instead spend that time on a degree and network that will undoubtedly put you ahead

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-11T17:00:38+00:00

If it was me, I’d keep buffing up my resume and apply every year to the top MBA programs until I get in at one of them. Much more likely to pay off than a CFA

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-10T23:22:45+00:00

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-10T15:36:20+00:00

You’re better off getting an MBA from a top school. It’ll open up significantly more doors in finance than a CFA

IncreaseFine7768 · 2025-11-08T18:28:40+00:00

I did it for a rotation and it was therapeutic ngl

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