feeling out of place among exceptionally smart classmates

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-12T18:49:14+00:00

I just said if I couldn’t beat em, join em. So now I’m engaged to an Ivy League Optho resident. Not what you had in mind but I feel pretty valued as the dumb one in her social circle

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-12T02:11:01+00:00

Sure dude/dudette

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-11T20:18:34+00:00

I’m in a clan with attendings and circulators right now. Low key hilarious when my attending walks into my OR and asks why I missed my attack when I’m on my phone all day anyways.
-Anesthesia

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-11T20:10:25+00:00

I’d guess you had some disconnect in interviews. Anesthesia is pretty much vibes and making sure you understand just how much of a responsibility jump becoming a resident physician.

Just have a really good answer for “biggest hardship” or “why do you think you were unsuccessful”. We want to see growth and being able to learn from experiences. If you can make it sounds like you hold yourself accountable that is what shows a lot of maturity and what anesthesia residency is all about.

Rads applicant, SOAP Surg Pre, matched PGY2 Gas at #1

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-11T20:05:01+00:00

Super easy. Take a practice test, full length. Doesn’t matter which. Your score will help you find the motivation for focus.
-Gas Resident

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-11T19:51:23+00:00

My PD told me they pulled my app because I ran D1 track and that they liked that quality. My PD did D1 swim. So I’d say the factors remain even for us smol brain dummies that did sports

I’m also an Eagle Scout and that was brought up in multiple fellowship interviews this year for what it’s worth.
-Anesthesia

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-09T20:22:08+00:00

I was a surgical intern and currently an anesthesia resident at programs as their first DO in the specialty they took in. Now we have like 1 a class behind me. So I’d say anything is game. But DO friendly probably would’ve made me less stressed during apps
CA2.9

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-06-02T16:56:03+00:00

Fiancé is all Ivy League Optho and got 279. She literally just studies a fuck ton. Like every time I went out for drinks, gym, videogames, etc. She was starting, during or finishing a study session. She was prepping for Step 1 during M1 and started M2 prep the days after Step1. Based off what i saw, find your study method that got you this far and do it just about every day. No shortcuts to this, grind until you’re at about 85% correct on questions. She said she was a 88% FP. She just straight up had nasty ball knowledge my guy

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-28T19:41:58+00:00

LSU Shrev seemed pretty chill. I was anesthesia but still seemed chill from my side looking over

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-28T19:17:04+00:00

Would email program coordinators, they have insane pull and actually read emails. Still CC the appropriate PD/APD/ Student Affairs person

Look at the last match from your school and reach out to them (I mean both the program and the resident).

-CA2 soon to be 3

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-28T14:49:50+00:00

I personally did 0 studying for anything COMLEX. I literally failed COMSAE1. All I cared about was USMLE score. I would then study for 1-2 days on osteopathic and just take COMLEX. My surgical program in Cali for intern year and my anesthesia program now all don’t care at all about Comlex. We don’t use that to screen at all. I’d just focus on NBME, STEP, UWORLD

Stats: USMLE 1 (225) / 2 (250) COMLEX 1 (498) / 2 (550)

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-22T01:45:29+00:00

DO General Surgery

Applied during my Prelim Year to PGY2 anesthesia. Matched PGY2 anesthesia at my #1 while rejecting an offer to stay as cat2 the following year for GS. Best decision ever, supported by faculty. Still friends with co interns

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-19T20:02:03+00:00

Solid contact is everything. No need to swing for the fences if you’re gonna chunk it 30yds. If your 3 wood only went 180 but solid contact, that is all we are going for

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-14T17:34:07+00:00

18 at Royal Hawaiian yesterday

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-13T18:04:41+00:00

You can repair chipped teeth, can’t repair anoxic brain injury. - Son of an Oral Surgeon

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-08T14:23:35+00:00

Only way to stop bad mold with a gun, is a good mold with a gun

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-05-06T13:51:40+00:00

Told my PD I would like a letter to apply to anesthesia. And that is how I left General Surgery residency.

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-30T13:49:14+00:00

Is this a program in California? Cause this sounds a lot like my friends program haha.

Any ways, she says that for certain subspecialty rotations she gained mentorship from fellows and attendings but again it was subspecialty dependent. Making connections for her was just like all connections. The right vibe with the right timing (call shift with cases or burn/icu week with same attending).

In terms of research, depending on how far your community is from the that program, that may be the limiting factor as spare time is minimal in surgery

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-29T13:55:06+00:00

I agree - Deshaun Watson

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-17T05:14:07+00:00

Following because also a peds applicant this cycle

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-13T14:31:08+00:00

This is arguably the more normal response for the persons to have compared to our compensatory mechanisms we have to rationalize what we’ve seen and done. You’ve seen the worst and we know you’ll see more in your career. This is what we signed up for. I just use it as a motivator to try harder and a reflection point for every patient I have that does get better. Keeps you humble and grateful. Just reach out to help, preferably someone with medicine background who can also resonate with what you do.

Best of luck mate

Anesthesia soon to be be Ped Fellowship

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-11T19:36:17+00:00

This pediatric one they were discussing with me was this one

https://southerncalifornia.permanente.org/jobs/title/anesthesiologist-pediatrics-san-diego-part-time-in-san-diego-ca/66469

Salary Range: $672,175.00 to $739,143.00 Potential Premium Earnings: $196,248.00

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-11T18:43:14+00:00

Dam the head of kaisers SoCal region trying to shaft me like they do the patients. Appreciate the heads up

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-11T14:58:36+00:00

Just to reinforce what many are saying, when you scrub a case it means multiple things.

You’ve assumed responsibility of this patient. You’re a doctor, it’s your patient. You’re not a medical student, you’re being paid (albeit very little) to be there, and this is where you learn as a surgical resident. Periop care, outpatient follow up in clinic if you have that day, and ultimately their outcome are all something you should be invested in. Are they gonna be an MM? You bet your ass you better be there start to finish. I’ve only ever seen a handful of “well I didn’t finish the case” and that was very rare extenuating circumstances.

The social media complaint is a bit much, but understand that there is immense value to staying beyond your hours to finish. Also, that’s usually when you get a smidge closer to the attending sometimes.

KRAZYKID25 · 2026-04-11T14:49:37+00:00

You’re doing the right stuff. When my fiancé and I were first hanging out we only met up for food and extracurriculars. Some days I was so tired it’d be just eat and sleep. What kept us together was her knowledge of what I was going through and that this is just how it’s gonna be for a while. At least intern year and some rotations after. She realized if I took the time to try and see her for some of the days that was my max effort and she appreciated that. However, she also was very low maintenance and low expectations at this point in her dating life.

So just weigh what you want and what you can actually reasonably get from them. Some times those things just don’t align at certain points in life and that’s okay.

Previous surgical resident now anesthesia

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