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Seen lot of past posts about how hush hush dual applying is and how it's not a decision to make lightly but I gotta do what's right for me to make sure I match something. Plus given the continued virtual interviewing of covid-19 times for the 2022 cycle and the still uncertainty about away rotations (probably unlikely from what i've been hearing), it's probably as good of a time as ever. Anyone have any advice/tips how to do it properly and minimize the potential risks?
I'm trying for a competitive surgical subspec. and dualing with a nonsurgical but moderately competitive specialty (not anesthesia) more or less as a quasi-backup as I'd be happy in the other but its not my first pick. Both specalities can get to the same fellowship field I'd like, just operative vs. non-op.
In terms of stats basically I'm US MD (not brand name) and my step1 put me on the lower quarter for the competitive specialty but upper third for the moderately competitive.
I fully plan on doing totally separate PS for each, totally separate LOR writers for each with no overlap. Only overlap will be the ERAS activities, specifically research which is heavy for the more competitive specialty. I wasn't one of those gunners who joined and led specality interest group so I won't have that kind of flag arise. And I think I can talk it over if asked outright, as I was deciding both for awhile then made a last-minute decision. I'm doing 4th year sub-I's in both fields. Can work given both have a somewhat mutual fellowship area that's my end goal which ties the story together.
Only hitch I can see right now is I will have to apply for both specialties at a sizeable number of hospitals given my location. I'm hoping this isn't as big of a deal as others make it out to be given virtual interviews and the two aren't very closely related from the surface. My worst nightmare would be that I didn't even match my second specialty given they are moderately competitive and get wind somehow I dualed and used them as a backup.
I'm trying for a competitive surgical subspec. and dualing with a nonsurgical but moderately competitive specialty (not anesthesia) more or less as a quasi-backup as I'd be happy in the other but its not my first pick. Both specalities can get to the same fellowship field I'd like, just operative vs. non-op.
In terms of stats basically I'm US MD (not brand name) and my step1 put me on the lower quarter for the competitive specialty but upper third for the moderately competitive.
I fully plan on doing totally separate PS for each, totally separate LOR writers for each with no overlap. Only overlap will be the ERAS activities, specifically research which is heavy for the more competitive specialty. I wasn't one of those gunners who joined and led specality interest group so I won't have that kind of flag arise. And I think I can talk it over if asked outright, as I was deciding both for awhile then made a last-minute decision. I'm doing 4th year sub-I's in both fields. Can work given both have a somewhat mutual fellowship area that's my end goal which ties the story together.
Only hitch I can see right now is I will have to apply for both specialties at a sizeable number of hospitals given my location. I'm hoping this isn't as big of a deal as others make it out to be given virtual interviews and the two aren't very closely related from the surface. My worst nightmare would be that I didn't even match my second specialty given they are moderately competitive and get wind somehow I dualed and used them as a backup.