mcpremed233
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It is but also this isnt the ideal school for someone who wants to have flexibility. Also - the medical students mentioned it is difficult to apply out because you are in a 3yr curriculum as opposed to 4yr so you have much less time to do research/pubs/other stuff for your residency app.
All in all, I would say this is not the ideal school for someone who doesn't know what they want to pursue. Almost every other medical school in the country is set up to allow you to have the most freedom, why would you apply to this school if you were not interested in peds/IM/surg/OBGYN?
Its certainly a different story if you change your mind after attending but as an applicant I don’t get why you would apply if you don’t know where your interests lie
Thank you for everyone’s input
Sorry if I wasn’t clear, I am asking about switching specialties within the program. I am pursuing FM when looking at accelerated programs but I was curious if the option was there to switch to OB in case I really get drawn to the pregnancy & delivery part of FM, but don’t know if I’ll get that exposure before I apply and it won’t compare much to actual training anyway
I am committed to primary care but prefer a program that has that limited flexibility. I totally get not applying if you don’t want to do primary care
I think any student would be interested in the program for the NYU name and no debt factor though, even if their interest in primary care is limited. I don’t think they should apply and don’t think they sound like a great fit but I just wouldn’t be surprised if they get 1000s of applications from people who are just shooting their shot or don’t want to do 4 years or have a ton of debt. I’m sure NYU is good at filtering these people out
I am also married. my partner is open to Long Island long term but we have to make many decisions together so it is nice to hear that you are not totally locked into the residency component if you have changing personal or professional preferences. Our parents are aging with some chronic health issues and located in Florida. Could be 5 years, could be 10 years, could 15 years before we may want to be closer to them.