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ST Poll: Which medical specialty do you think is the hardest to match into (get accepted into). Which is the easiest? (Based on the average exam

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Aug 31 '11, 19:22

score needed).

The med gods released the residency match statistics for all the specialties. Meaning what scores you need to get to have a realistic chance to enter that particular specialty.

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Spoiler - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 31, 19:42 [Image] 1
- damn, should have known! -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 19:43
Hardest: Neuro. Easiest: Pathology. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 31, 19:26 7
- (I specifically mean *forensic* pathology) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 31, 19:28 6
  - Forensic is a fellowship after regular pathology residency -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 31, 19:42
  - I believe that's just pathology. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 19:29 4
    - If only there was a Wikipedia article I had consulted before posting. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 31, 19:32 3
      - at least there is shitloads of work for those guys! unlike forensic anthropologists. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 19:33 2
        
        Yeah, those old bonesaws are ....... oh, nevermind. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 31, 19:41 1
        
        they're mostly gathering dust. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 19:42
surgery - hardest ; GP - easiest (are these viable optionsÉ) -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 19:23
hardest: Cardio and neurosurgery. Easiest: orthopedics? -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 19:22 1
- Cardio is a fellowship after internal medicine -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 31, 19:42

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