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Hey everyone, so I'm an MS4 who chose to pursue a competitive specialty (ortho) and I'm not getting too many interviews to get a satisfactory chance of matching. My stats are 250/249 step 1/2, 5 published research, 2H/2HP/3P for clinicals with only 6 interviews so far.
I'm also beginning to question my specialty choice at this point, and have been thinking a lot about general surgery as well. I'd happily do general surgery and subspecialize in vascular rather than risking the chance of going unmatched and having to scramble into a gen sure prelim spot.
Should I withdraw my ERAS application and try to find a paid gen sure research position? Would it hurt my application next year if I did that, and graduate in 5 years instead of 4?
I'm also beginning to question my specialty choice at this point, and have been thinking a lot about general surgery as well. I'd happily do general surgery and subspecialize in vascular rather than risking the chance of going unmatched and having to scramble into a gen sure prelim spot.
Should I withdraw my ERAS application and try to find a paid gen sure research position? Would it hurt my application next year if I did that, and graduate in 5 years instead of 4?