Out of curiousity, what did you pick?
OB/gyn. I like obstetrics, and I like being in the OR. It's similar to surgery (like the way that Portuguese is similar to Spanish - you can sort of understand what's going on if you know one, but they're definitely very, very unique), but has its own appeal. It was an
extremely tough choice, though!
you're absolutely right....i'm dwelling....BUT, what i really am looking for is for someone to say its possible...then i'll be more likely to crush the rest of med school.....otherwise i'll wonder if its possible or not....hard to explain how i motivate myself..
You could definitely match into a strong gen surg program, even with a remediated failure on your record. From then, you could work your tail off to get a plastics fellowship.
Integrated plastics, as MaxHeadroom pointed out (and he has much more experience than I do!), may be beyond your reach. It's SO competitive, that it may be too late.
But I'm afraid that I don't understand why you "need" someone to tell you it's possible. Isn't that motivation really up to you? And if someone were to say "No, it's not possible - time to start thinking about family med," would you just roll over and let that dictate what you want to do?
I just don't see what you're saying...maybe I'm just being dense?
And if someone were to tell you that integrated plastics is NOT possible, does that mean that you're not even going to
try hard during third year? That you're going to slack off and be a half-a$$ed member of the medical team? There
are other reasons to work your tail off during third year - getting a good residency is just a part of that.
I'm just really confused, here....