Top 20 vs Top 30 for IM residency?

[deleted1001720]

Is there any substantial difference between a T20 and T30 IM residency?

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[Isomerase]

When I look at the list of residents at Emory, there are a lot of DOs, IMGs, and people mostly from schools that are ranked much lower than mine. At this point I feel like the outcast if I rank Emory first.

I completely lost it at this line.

 

[eteshoe]

In the end, is there any substantial difference between a T30 program like Emory and a T10? T30s have outstanding resources as well. If I, say, decided I wanted to go into cardiology during residency, would my outcomes be very different?

No your outcomes will not be that different coming from Emory vs a T10 for things as uncompetitive as rheum. Outcomes may vary slightly for something as uber competitive as cards but a quick glance of the emory fellowship match shows their cards matches are decently strong.

Now of course there's a lot of assumptions and biases baked into fellowship match lists but since you're already geographically limited, pick a program that makes you happy and fits with your partners job limitations.

 

[cards67]

No.

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

Yes, if I saw a doctor who went to rank 21 instead of rank 19, I'd think that doctor barely passed his tests and should not be practicing medicine 🙄😆

 

[aafisahar]

emory is a great program wtf, it's top whatever you think the top should be

 

[dozitgetchahi]

No your outcomes will not be that different coming from Emory vs a T10 for things as uncompetitive as rheum. Outcomes may vary slightly for something as uber competitive as cards but a quick glance of the emory fellowship match shows their cards matches are decently strong.

Now of course there's a lot of assumptions and biases baked into fellowship match lists but since you're already geographically limited, pick a program that makes you happy and fits with your partners job limitations.

Rheum is more competitive than it used to be.

Agree that these ranks are unlikely to make much of a difference.

 

[HemeOncHopeful19]

I asked out a pretty girl once and she turned me down because I wasn’t T20 😔

 

[tantacles]

So happy people quote posted this drivel.