Argue with everyone?
😕 You mean, point out - using data - people's factual errors? That's not called "arguing". That's called
clarifying, or maybe
educating.
Please don't.
(... oh, nevermind. Seems you couldn't resist.)
Worthless, throw-away, meaningless statement.
(... oh, wait. You continue to write and try to clarify yourself... okay...)
"
Risk everything...." Hmmm... what do you mean? Your life? Possibly inciting social unrest or a military coup? Your entire family's well-being?
And, yes, you will get your opportunity to follow your dream of becoming a physician, just like
every other medical student, in
any specialty. I happened to match in Anesthesiology. Most match in Internal Medicine and Family Practice. A smaller proportion match in mutlitple other fields. So, yes, you can match in "any" specialty.
Only 10x harder? Are you sure it's not 20x... or maybe 30x? You do get credit for hedging yourself by qualifying your statement as "likely". (In other words, your lack of confidence regarding what you're talking about is showing.)
Who exactly questions this? I graduated from Ross 13 years ago. I matched and trained in Anesthesiology. I'm currently in private practice and have already made enough "extra" money to pay off my school loans.
In those 13 years, do you know how many times I've been asked where I went to medical school by patients, other physicians, or anyone else who was otherwise not immediate familiar to me?
Four. And, even then, it was more out of curiosity and not questioning my medical acumen.
So, when someone who has no clue (like yourself) what they're talking about and says such nonsense, I feel obliged to remind everyone else who may be reading it that this person has not walked-the-walk despite thinking they can talk-the-talk.
Why do you feel the need to come here and say this like it is some novel, profound thought that none of us has yet to consider? That's what I want to know. Your entire post reeks of self-aggrandizement and is completely pointless.
I'm willing to bet you're a high school student. Or, maybe just a really, really,
really slow-learning undergraduate pre-med deep in the throes of some solid
Pre-Med-Club
brainwashing.
My advice to you? Save the hollow, throw-away, drive-by rhetoric, and let those of us who have actually been through the experience try to help others figure out what they might face.
In the meantime, you're welcome to pay close attention to @theargus ... and (maybe) learn something... if you pay attention.
-Skip