Unfortunately, I only decided on this career recently and my PhD was in biochemistry/biophysics. I don't regret working on that because I would have always wondered how I would have been as a crystallographer and I still think you can use any basic science skills and apply it to whatever medical field you go into, naive scientist I am. I don't know if this will get me into plastic surgery but I also have just above-average GPA at a very competitive school and 235 step I (okay, okay, I'm not going to let this get away into a "what are my chances" post). I know my numbers are below those of these golden boy applicants but I am consigned that if I don't match this year, I'll just keep doing plastic surgery research until I get in or every program tells me they are tired of seeing my face. Then, I'll try through ENT....(no general surgery because I don't think the anatomy or philosophy are too close to plastic surgery and I'd rather spend the extra years doing research). Cheer up man.
Any advice anybody can give me?