Here are my top specialties. What does it mean?

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Why is neurosurg #4 but ortho #34? How different can they be? I don't like radiology.


Rank Specialty Score
1 radiology 46
2 pathology 45
3 ophthalmology 44
4 neurosurgery 44
5 urology 44
6 anesthesiology 44
7 allergy & immunology 44
8 dermatology 43
9 pulmonology 43
10 preventive med 43
11 neurology 43
12 nuclear med 42
13 otolaryngology 42
14 endocrinology 42
15 gastroenterology 41
16 radiation oncology 41
17 rheumatology 41
18 occupational med 41
19 thoracic surgery 41
20 psychiatry 40
21 aerospace med 40
22 plastic surgery 40
23 physical med & rehabilitation 40
24 pediatrics 40
25 colon & rectal surgery 40
26 nephrology 40
27 general internal med 39
28 general surgery 39
29 cardiology 38
30 med oncology 38
31 infectious disease 38
32 emergency med 38
33 hematology 36
34 orthopaedic surgery 36
35 obstetrics/gynecology 33
36 family practice 29

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Probably means nothing to be honest.
 
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I view specialty ranking quizzes like the quizzes on a website like buzzfeed. It might be something amusing to do but I doubt it really means anything.
 
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this is the one from U of V School of Med.
 
My view on specialties as a whole until you're into 3rd year is that we're on the outside looking in....I try to keep a wide open mind as possible so I don't pigeonhole myself. That being said, shadowing does help a lot. I've found I don't find surgery as enjoyable as internal medicine....but heck that could easily change.
 
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I don't like radiology.
Rank Specialty Score
1 radiology 46
2 pathology 45

It is your destiny to X-ray dead people?

Yeah, it's meaningless. The vast majority of med students change their minds by 4th year.
 
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Essentially you don't like people.
 
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I would not put too much faith in those tests. You'll never know if you like a speciality until you rotate in it, and even then it's still a gamble because you will not fully comprehend what a specialty is truly like until you are an attending.

Anyway, radiology and pathology are pretty cool.
 
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Why is neurosurg #4 but ortho #34? How different can they be? I don't like radiology.


Rank Specialty Score
1 radiology 46
2 pathology 45
3 ophthalmology 44
4 neurosurgery 44
5 urology 44
6 anesthesiology 44
7 allergy & immunology 44
8 dermatology 43
9 pulmonology 43
10 preventive med 43
11 neurology 43
12 nuclear med 42
13 otolaryngology 42
14 endocrinology 42
15 gastroenterology 41
16 radiation oncology 41
17 rheumatology 41
18 occupational med 41
19 thoracic surgery 41
20 psychiatry 40
21 aerospace med 40
22 plastic surgery 40
23 physical med & rehabilitation 40
24 pediatrics 40
25 colon & rectal surgery 40
26 nephrology 40
27 general internal med 39
28 general surgery 39
29 cardiology 38
30 med oncology 38
31 infectious disease 38
32 emergency med 38
33 hematology 36
34 orthopaedic surgery 36
35 obstetrics/gynecology 33
36 family practice 29
 
Your compatibility scores are actually pretty pow across the board. I guess that means you're not all that well suited to medicine in general, though as has already been noted, these scores are meaningless.
 
How different can neurosurgery and ortho be?


Son you have a lot to learn
 
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