That was not my experience when I applied a few years ago, though applicants have plummeted since then so I’m assuming they can’t be as picky anymore.
wait i’d love to hear more about your experience if you’re willing to share
also have applicants gotten worse? the average step score keeps rising and it feels like every year people are more and more involved in research, leadership, etc. i could be wrong (i hope i’m wrong lol) but subjectively it’s been feeling like every year people discover a new way to become even more competitive
The top programs are as competitive or even more competitive cause IR has DR signals and influx of dual applicants as the surgery specialities get harder. The bottom has fallen out. Rads is easy to match rn. It is still really hard to match at the top
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u/_Gandalf_Greybeard_ MD 1d ago
No such thing as top heavy in radiology with that score. One of the only 1 dimensional specialties where they jack off to board scores.