Where to signal?

[allseasons]

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Posted something like this a few months ago, wanted to update as I have final stats now.

Step 2: 265 and T20 school, I have 35 Abstracts/posters/presentations including 5 pubs, mostly in neurosurgery. None in rad onc, though I do have a recent research experience I started.

I wanted to do rad onc last minute, I initially took it more for a break since it was easy and unrelated to the field I was interested in. My LoRs are pretty good. All my non-rad onc evals are honors and outstanding. However, they have nothing to do with rad onc lmao. This is probably the last year the field will be noncompetitive for a while, but idk exactly how noncompetitive it will be.

Should I even bother signaling top 10s?

 

[drowsy12]

You’re very competitive.

Also there’s no down side to signaling it sounds like. Why wouldn’t you

 

[metallica81788]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

 

[allseasons]

You’re very competitive.

Also there’s no down side to signaling it sounds like. Why wouldn’t you

Just cause I don’t want to reach too high where I can’t match and then not get the second tier that I could have gotten with signaling, if that makes sense. Like if I signal 4-7 rank (not that this is how I’m signaling but I’m saying for example) but I’m below their level and have no shot even with signaling, and thus I don’t match 8-11 as well where I might have been able to match with signaling.

 

[StealthTech]

Dude it's 2025, you'll match at Harvard with a pulse and no felonies.

 

[allseasons]

Dude it's 2025, you'll match at Harvard with a pulse and no felonies.

It’s not quite that noncompetitive at this point 😂. I’m targeting Penn through UCSD.

 

[yesmaster]

Signal to the places you most want to go to

 

[evilbooyaa]

You are massively overthinking this. Signal the places that you want to go to. You have no reason to not match at a top 10 program.