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Sorry. You're wrong. I know tons of classmates who came talking about derm, cards, ortho, uro and ENT who are now talking EM, neuro, Pm&r, GS and gas and these are all people at the top of the class. When people truly realize that some specialties and some programs are closed no matter what, they adjust accordingly. Well, the ones who can see the reality that exists, not the reality that they want to exist.
Sure, lots of DO want primary care. But lots want competitive specialties too. To say that none do is a fallacy.
Very true. I just spoke with a classmate who was/is gunning for ortho surg and has realized that having no ortho department at our school which has really been detrimental to him because he can't find clinical research outside despite having a few health systems in KC. Compare that to my other friend at Case Western Med who is being mentored by the co chair of their ortho department . It's quite unfair to "trick" those wanting to go into competitive or academic specialties saying they'll have no problem getting them when the resources you get at hand from the med school are so limited that you find yourself crossing out specialties because you just can't get the things you need.