Originally posted by Jim Picotte:
•Seems like about 20 out of 100 students here are going into OB/GYN and it sounds like it's moderately competitive. I really don't know anything about what's going on this year, just have a lot of friends trying to match and they all seem to have plenty of interviews. As in any specialty there are always some places that are extremely competitive to train at but I'd bet you could get into a program somewhere.•••
Wow, 20% at MSU-CHM is applying to OB/GYN! I have never been interested in OB/GYN (although I will have to do a little bit in the ER from time to time) but I've heard that is not as competitive as it used to be. Only one person in my class applied to OB/GYN and I didn't know her well. I did know several male friends at UC Davis applying to OB/GYN and they told me that some programs (Tufts comes to mind) were less than receptive of male applicants. Like Jim said, however, the top programs will be very competitive but you should have no problems matching somewhere.