Most Competitive Residency to Match in ??

[2012mdc]

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They were in 2011. Again, these are just facts:

The only thing those stats tell you is that EM probably places less of an emphasis on Step 1 than DR. Without knowing the rest of the story for those applicants with high scores who didn't match in EM it's impossible to draw conclusions.

On paper ther average US senior getting into DR is more competitive than EM. Better Step 1 and 2 and more likely to be AOA.

It's also hard to compare the 2 because DR seems more about pure numbers while EM seems more about your 4th yr performance/SLOR's and who you know.


It's a moot point anyway bc any US senior with average stats would match either. In rads they wouldn't have a great shot at the top programs. Don't know enough about EM to know where they would land but they would match.

 

[Jack is Back]

The only thing those stats tell you is that EM probably places less of an emphasis on Step 1 than DR. Without knowing the rest of the story for those applicants with high scores who didn't match in EM it's impossible to draw conclusions.

On paper ther average US senior getting into DR is more competitive than EM. Better Step 1 and 2 and more likely to be AOA.

It's also hard to compare the 2 because DR seems more about pure numbers while EM seems more about your 4th yr performance/SLOR's and who you know.


It's a moot point anyway bc any US senior with average stats would match either. In rads they wouldn't have a great shot at the top programs. Don't know enough about EM to know where they would land but they would match.

Strangely enough, that is the only point I was trying to make.

 

[2012mdc]

Strangely enough, that is the only point I was trying to make.

Haha.

The discussion is interesting banter but pretty much pointless once you get past the hyper competitive specialties with less spots.

Radiology and EM probably have similar match rates because they are moderately large specialties with a decent amount of self selection (not on the level of rad onc but moreso than General Surgery, which has a lower match rate than both of them).

 

[45408]

I think ob/gyn deserves to be on the list too. It's pretty competitive as well. Perhaps more competitive than EM and anesthesia, in my opinion.

I think I've never seen any information that would support that claim.

 

[GladifImakeit]

I think I've never seen any information that would support that claim.

That's good - I was basing my claim off of my own insecurities.

 

[Salpingo]

It might depend a little on the school you're coming from. While a lot of institutions are great across the board, the middle tiers might be focused around a few strong departments. For example, I recall hearing that GTown had a strong ortho dept, with a dept chair that could basically write your ticket into any program. So for GTown student, ortho probably would be less competitive than, say, ENT or ophtho. I remember NYMC had a similar setup with radiology. Conversely, if your school doesn't have a plastics dept, even the best candidate is going to be facing almost insurmountable odds (unless they kill an away elective or make connections on a year off).