Recent content by JeterIsStud

Definitely make more time for yourself - work out, go to those weddings/concerts/outings. Don't sacrifice a night or two of studying. At the same time - make sure you take boards seriously (I guess step 2 these days more than step 1)

I agree - urology is absolutely competitive, and the match rate is usually pretty low. However, its definitely not required to do a research year to match - plenty of people (likely a majority) match without it. Does it help pad your resume? Sure. Do plenty of people still get good grades, do...

Agree with this. I know a fantastic urologist who is catholic and does not perform vasectomies. However, he says he didn't bring it up until after he matched and is in academic urology now - and says that it likely would probably set you apart from the other applicants by bringing it up...

Agree with the above, definitely depends on the residency but a few are quite top heavy from an operative experience standpoint. We have an very high volume experience at a couple hospitals and so as a senior resident I'm operating daily, but the juniors are also operating almost daily because...