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Asking for a female colleague:
"From my limited experience it seems as though anesthesia has more of a male predominance, as a female (MS4) applying to the field, are there any advantages/disadvantages in regards to probability of matching? I guess what I am asking is do programs try and rank an equal amount of men and women (which would give a female applying an advantage because of less females applying, assuming that is true of course), or is it 1:1 probability. I understand disadvantages may be that ranking a female could be viewed be less desirable due to potential pregnancy in the future, time off, etc in comparison to male residents. Please forgive me if these questions seem ignorant, I am genuinely curious. Thank you in advance for your thoughts/opinions/experiences!"
"From my limited experience it seems as though anesthesia has more of a male predominance, as a female (MS4) applying to the field, are there any advantages/disadvantages in regards to probability of matching? I guess what I am asking is do programs try and rank an equal amount of men and women (which would give a female applying an advantage because of less females applying, assuming that is true of course), or is it 1:1 probability. I understand disadvantages may be that ranking a female could be viewed be less desirable due to potential pregnancy in the future, time off, etc in comparison to male residents. Please forgive me if these questions seem ignorant, I am genuinely curious. Thank you in advance for your thoughts/opinions/experiences!"