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Hi SDN, I need some advice. I'm an female MS3 who originally thought she wanted general surgery for the longest time, and recently made the switch to urology after falling in love with the field. My main concern right now is my lack of Uro specific research and STEP scores. My urology department really encouraged me to go for it, and they're all pretty well known + willing to write great LORs for me. Unfortunately, we don't have a home program, but I'm planning to do two away rotations. Some of my stats:
STEP1 Pass
STEP2 247
2 Honors, one surgery one FM. The rest are pass (our school only gives out pass or honors, no HP)
Graduating with MPH
First author pub submitted in gen surg, Second author pub submitted in public health/surgery, working on two other first author pubs, one third author pub hopefully submitted before applications open
I also got added to 2 Uro specific pubs, where I'll hopefully be the second author for both
10 posters/presentations at conferences so far
Some of my questions
-Should I even go for it with how competitive urology is? I fell in love with the field and really want to keep going, but all these horror stories about people not matching are really worrisome especially with my below average STEP2..
-Should I take a research year at this point? My Urology mentors said I will get in somewhere, and they'll advocate for me but I'm not sure who to trust at this point...
-My main concern is everyone is saying to dual apply. In this case, maybe I can dual apply to Neurology(a field I'm ok with and can live with if I match) but I'm not sure how to curate my 4th year schedule to make myself competitive for this...I have NO neurology specific research or interest, so should I try to get that down on my resume?
-Any other suggestions you guys have to bulk up my application?
STEP1 Pass
STEP2 247
2 Honors, one surgery one FM. The rest are pass (our school only gives out pass or honors, no HP)
Graduating with MPH
First author pub submitted in gen surg, Second author pub submitted in public health/surgery, working on two other first author pubs, one third author pub hopefully submitted before applications open
I also got added to 2 Uro specific pubs, where I'll hopefully be the second author for both
10 posters/presentations at conferences so far
Some of my questions
-Should I even go for it with how competitive urology is? I fell in love with the field and really want to keep going, but all these horror stories about people not matching are really worrisome especially with my below average STEP2..
-Should I take a research year at this point? My Urology mentors said I will get in somewhere, and they'll advocate for me but I'm not sure who to trust at this point...
-My main concern is everyone is saying to dual apply. In this case, maybe I can dual apply to Neurology(a field I'm ok with and can live with if I match) but I'm not sure how to curate my 4th year schedule to make myself competitive for this...I have NO neurology specific research or interest, so should I try to get that down on my resume?
-Any other suggestions you guys have to bulk up my application?
