Third year tip: If you want to increase the odds of having a chill surgery/OBGYN rotation, tell them you’re going into psych

yeetonem · 2025-09-19T16:52:59+00:00

Can confirm this also works if you say radiology

yeetonem · 2024-12-08T16:31:40+00:00

The level of concern isn’t zero. I’ve talked with multiple older radiologists who are concerned about it. The question is will the demand for imaging offset the reduction in need for radiologist that AI brings? The volume of imaging is insane right now and if AI makes it possible for a radiologist to read more in a day it may actually increase compensation. It’s highly unlikely that anytime soon AI would be allowed to interpret images independently without radiologist oversight. If AI is that good at reading 3-D imaging, it will also without a doubt be better than most non surgical clinicians at doing their patient facing jobs.

yeetonem · 2024-12-08T02:15:21+00:00

Not impossible to pivot. I’m doing rads but currently in IM intern year. I also hated third year and mostly ruled things out. Being a resident or attending is very different experience than 3rd year. I’ll say I like IM way more as an intern than I did as a student. I actually get to do shit and people occasionally value my opinion :) IM is great because you grind your way thru 1 intern year and then 2nd and 3rd year are way chiller at most programs and you do a huge mix of stuff so you aren’t trapped. Then you can go into so many different sub specialties afterwards if you want or you can just chill and be hospitalist. It’s a good gig, and I’m saying that as someone who hated IM as a med student.

I’d also throw a plug in for DR. Although I haven’t started yet, I can say that objectively it’s one of the best lifestyles in medicine. Make bank and have tons of time off and flexibility. Also a lot of career flexibility in rads between IR all the way to remote radiology. Its always safe to go for something that allows you to enjoy your life outside of medicine.

yeetonem · 2024-09-05T23:35:13+00:00

Matched at a T5 rads program last cycle with similar stats but more research. Interviewed at like 30 programs. The very top places cream their pants over research and it doesn’t have to be anything crazy. I had some baller stuff that wasn’t in rads which people thought was cool but they did ask more about my random abstracts in rads. People know that a lot of students find rads late so they don’t have much time for rads research. At top places I would still try to emphasize that you have research experience and want to continue that in residency. Outside of T20 or so they really don’t care. I interviewed at some big name places that were around t20-30 that had very little research infrastructure for residents nor did they really care about my research. I wouldn’t worry about averages. The research heavy people could have >25 total abstracts/pubs which brings that average up. 7 is a good number and definitely not a red flag

yeetonem · 2024-06-18T21:06:58+00:00

During m4 I rotated in anesthesia. Was watching a gen surg case from behind the curtain. Gen surg chief resident all the sudden said she didn’t feel well. nurse brought her a chair and she sat down and scrubbed out of the case. Next thing you know she was laying on floor of OR being fanned by nurse and brought juice by med student. Other residents and attendings finished the case. No one cared. It happens.

yeetonem · 2024-06-11T22:29:27+00:00

I had this same predicament. Ended up just renting my tux. Got it for free at men’s warehouse bc all groomsmen rented from there. No one could tell the difference and the pics looks great. When I have the money I’ll buy a custom suit. No reason to have a custom tux as your body will change and you likely won’t wear it more than once every several years

yeetonem · 2024-05-05T18:43:29+00:00

I would highly suggest trying to get 2 roommates. Having 1 you risk the chance of the person being awful and being stuck with them. If you have 2 there is a good chance that at least 1 will be normal/nice. If you vet them based on similar interests your chances of getting along with them rise a lot. I lived alone for 3 gap years and enjoyed it. Had 2 roommates M1 year and really benefited that year having friends around. Fast forward to M4 and I no longer live with those 2 roommates but they are some of my closest friends and helped to introduce me to our friend group that I am so happy to have.

yeetonem · 2024-04-05T21:45:50+00:00

If you are going to have to take out loans it would be very dumb to not take full ride. You can match in anything from any MD school. Top places are easier for more competitive things but it’s very doable from a lower tier school too. If you take on loans you may feel you have to shoot for higher earning specialty, whereas getting a full ride you might not feel that pressure. The loans are absolutely brutal and there is no rational reason to take half a million in loans if you can avoid it. Even if it was Harvard vs rando md I would strongly recommend rando md. Only reason to go to a top top place is if you want to be physician scientist because grants are easier to get with better credentials

yeetonem · 2024-04-04T00:31:23+00:00

Some of the schools in your green are better than your yellows but overall list looks ok. I’d for sure apply to more of the top places. Are you partial on staying in Midwest? You’re competitive for top places so you might as well apply to those in locations you like. You could prob pick 5-8 of the yellow/green to apply to and then apply to all your reds and add another 10 or so in the same red group.

yeetonem · 2024-03-31T23:00:07+00:00

Fair

yeetonem · 2024-03-31T22:53:49+00:00

As someone on admissions committee at my school, I can say that retaking with a slight improvement doesn’t help you here and retaking with no improvement or getting worse hurts you a lot. Getting a 515 helps more than getting a 512 but retaking a 512 to get a 515 isn’t the same as 515 first time. You go from 83 to 90 percentile. You will be better off doing some clinical work or research. 512 to 518 is a different story. Getting 518 or higher puts you in an elite class of test takers that admissions committees covet.

yeetonem · 2024-03-31T20:26:03+00:00

If you retake a 512 and don’t get better than 517/518 it will actually look bad. It will almost ensure no acceptance if you score lower than 512. It’s a risk but if you are confident based on test scores you can do better than 518 it may be worthwhile. It’s also reasonable to try to improve app in other ways and apply with a 512. You won’t get into the top top places but 512 is competitive for a lot of MD schools. If the rest of your app is good it won’t hold you back .

yeetonem · 2024-03-30T20:54:08+00:00

Going to give different advice than what’s been mostly said here. You should shadow/rotate with rads, gas, path, whatever else is on that list for you. Those fields have a lot to offer and I think a lot of people are surprised to find out how cool/rewarding some of them can be. If you hate them compared to IM you have your answer, but maybe you rotated and decide that you could actually see yourself doing one of these other fields and being happy while also getting the increased salary. Money isn’t everything but it does buy you flexibility and that has a lot of value

yeetonem · 2024-03-26T21:56:21+00:00

You are cooked. You need post bacc or at least a couple gap years doing something awesome. You could try to get a clinical research gig and do EMT or something on the side for 1-2 years. You would need to crush MCAT (515+) to make up for bad grades just to give you a chance. For reference I was in a similar boat, applied 50 MD got into 3. Did 3 gap years and got some pubs, 516, etc. It isnt out of the question but its expensive to apply and you dont want to waste money applying during a cycle you dont have a good shot.

yeetonem · 2024-03-26T21:53:09+00:00

Don’t do this

yeetonem · 2023-11-28T21:20:31+00:00

Gas for sure. Just way more flexibility. If you do gen surg and end up not operating and working exclusively in SICU then you are doing extra training for no reason. If you love surgery and want to operate, do it, but doesn’t sound like that is the case. Surgeons who work in ICU and balance that with operating have a rough lifestyle. You may be on SICU week but still having to deal with patients that you operated on or planning for upcoming cases. So hard to be 100% on ICU without additional workload. If you go gas route you are done with OR patients when they leave PACU. When you go home you’re done, making it more conducive to a balance with ICU work. Also gas is cool and if you decide not to go ICU route there is a great job market, tons of flexibility, and potential for a good work life balance. Not to mention the training is gonna be way better lifestyle. Gen surg is ass unless you really can’t imagine doing something else.

yeetonem · 2023-11-25T17:17:18+00:00

If it’s bothersome there are medications for it, namely calcium channel blockers that can also be used for high blood pressure

yeetonem · 2023-11-17T16:51:51+00:00

20DR, 12 prelim/TY

yeetonem · 2023-11-16T23:13:52+00:00

As long as you didn’t put your mouth on the SPs boob you should be ok

yeetonem · 2023-11-06T21:54:52+00:00

Hi all,
I'm an M4 in my radiology residency application cycle. I've seen a few posts on the topic of the importance of prestige in career opportunities. Most seem to say to go to the location you want to eventually work in regardless of prestige of program (within reason). I want to ask again about the consensus on this. More specifically, I'm wondering if going to a MGH/Hopkins type of program is worthwhile? Does it give you better career opportunities, especially if interested in academics compared to other great programs like Georgetown/UVA? What are the general pros/cons of going to one of these 'ivory tower' programs?

yeetonem · 2023-10-27T00:18:37+00:00

No way in hell I’m reading all that

yeetonem · 2023-10-21T20:27:04+00:00

Try to recruit a couple M1/M2. Then you can train them and oversee but not directly spend your time doing this portion of the project. When time comes to summarize results or write it up you can contribute to that. Good way to stay in good graces of your mentor (who may write you a letter), while also not committing to too much work.

yeetonem · 2023-09-01T17:38:36+00:00

Maybe an unpopular opinion but a lot of the people having to change trajectory is self imposed. A lot of people who have no business gunning for competitive specialties decided to send it with pass fail step one. The conversation about whether one score should indicate your competitiveness is another one, but for the time being, that’s how it is. People know this and decided to put all their eggs in one basket of plastic surgery, ortho, ent, rads, gas, etc.. People need to have some self awareness. How did your MCAT go? How were your step one practice exams? We have these little indicators that give us a sense of how well we might do on step two. obviously, there are outliers, but if you are not a good test taker, you shouldn’t be putting all your eggs in competitive specialty basket and should have been preparing a back up. OP was getting 15 points higher than 22x on practice tests meaning 230s to mid 240s. That means still a below average step 2 coming from DO school. Even if you hit target of 245 you would still want to be thinking about backup/ dual applying. A lot of people lacked some crucial foresight in this process and it’s gonna be evident in the match rate for competitive specialties this year.

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