I am a MS4 in the northeast. I submitted applications 9/15 to a competitive specialty. I am fairly certain, in retrospect, it was the wrong specialty choice for me, but I still made it due to pressure and deadlines. After doing away rotations and research, I felt I had invested too much work to turn back. Momentum carried me through, and now that the decision is made I realize that I'm not happy with it. The problem is, I don't know what my second choice would be. Ideally I would take a year to explore specialties I liked a lot during rotations-- since I was applying to a competitive surgical sub I put on blinders to everything else and saw them as a means to an end.
What kind of repercussions would I face if I withdrew my entire ERAS application from this cycle and reapplied next year? After talking with my dean, I would not graduate in May and would still appear as an MS4 should I reapply next year. If I change specialties entirely, would there be any evidence that I submitted an ERAS app this year?
No other red flags, no leaves of absence. Step 1 and 2 250s, AOA.
What kind of repercussions would I face if I withdrew my entire ERAS application from this cycle and reapplied next year? After talking with my dean, I would not graduate in May and would still appear as an MS4 should I reapply next year. If I change specialties entirely, would there be any evidence that I submitted an ERAS app this year?
No other red flags, no leaves of absence. Step 1 and 2 250s, AOA.