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OK, so I heard (emphasis on heard) that many surgical residencies go unfilled every year. Mostly because of the rigorous training and long hours (more so than in other specialty residencies) many med school graduates aren't willing to do it, and as a result, it is less competetive now than in past years. Is there any credibility to this statement? If this is true, is this just one of those cyclical type things and, in a few years, surgery will be just as competetive as it was? Like I said I was just told this and haven't researched it at all, so no one get offended.