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There is a reason why most med schools have like a 5% acceptance rate. They have a much bigger moat than most software engineers. They are guaranteed a lot of m

There is a reason why most med schools have like a 5% acceptance rate. They have a much bigger moat than most software engineers. They are guaranteed a lot of money even if they aren't that good. They don't have to worry about leet code grinding and learning the newest random framework either.

HEmanZ 3y ago
Here’s a secret: if you’re a good software engineer, you don’t have to worry about those things either.
Pigalowda 3y ago
Leet code grinding is maybe like USMLE and board grinding? Life will always get you. There’s no way around work if you are a well paid professional. Maybe nepotism or fraud can get you there. I’m not sure what leet code entails but these tests required a lot of preparation: MCAT (hundreds of hours, thousands of questions, 10 practice exams) USMLE Step 1 (hundreds of hours, 5,000 questions, 1 practice test) USMLE Step 2 (maybe 40-60 hours, probably less than 2,000 questions) USMLE Step 2 CS (4 hours a few dozen practice clinical scenarios. this thing doesn’t exist anymore) USMLE Step 3 (30 hours, less than a 1,000 questions Radiology CORE 1st board licensing exam (hundreds of hours, 5,000+questions) Radiology Certifying 2nd board licensing exam (8 hours, 2,500 questions) My next one is the CAQ and I haven’t started grinding for that yet. I do wake up every morning and do practice q’s though. I still have a deeply negative networth and hate my job. Maybe others don’t, good for them.
- haldujai 3y ago
  The amount of studying described here may be what you did but is not a minimum requirement by any means. I'm not even sure where you're getting 5000+ questions for the ABR Core. -Another radiologist.
  - Pigalowda 3y ago
    I actually did 3 months for Core, i think that’s pretty average. Kevlar Radprimer Board vitals Radprimer has probably more than 5,000 basic and intermediate questions by itself. Are you saying I lowballed it? I was pulling numbers out of my ass
    - haldujai 3y ago
      RADPrimer isn't board prep and the question have little to no relevance for the ABR Core. Basic is designed to be completed in R1 and intermediate during R2-3. The 5000 questions are how you're supposed to learn radiology, as an alternative to reading a textbook.
      - Pigalowda 3y ago
        You trying to be abrasive or no? It seems like yes but I’ll respond. Everyone I know from multiple residencies and in fellowship all reset radprimer and redid the questions for core. It’s not like people save it, they do it twice. Anyways, like I said, I was pretty average for prep. Also I forgot to add - everyone I know also used the Radiology Core Physics app, that’s like an additional 300 or 500 questions. Ben White is pretty well known, he pretty much gives a road map that includes rad primer https://www.benwhite.com/radiology/approaching-the-abr-core-exam/ https://www.benwhite.com/radiology/approaching-the-abr-core-... “Looking back, in an ideal world: I would have read Core Radiology and started RadPrimer in the fall. Done CTC and physics Feb/March and then filled in the rest of the time with questions, probably primarily via the A Core Review Series. Qevlar is nice for the phone app with offline capabilities and probably would’ve made it in too. Most of the latter would have been important mostly for anxiolysis or possibly long-term retention, as passage wasn’t an issue.” I felt like Radprimer and the physics app were the highest yield Then board vitals Last Kevlar Highest yield book was War machine. Crack did OK. Essentials books were solid, especially nucs. Later gator
        haldujai 3y ago
        Not being abrasive, I have written questions for RADPrimer. We’re not instructed to write board style questions and that roadmap is the officially stated guidance. When I was in residency most of us just did BoardVitals, Crack the Core and War Machine or the physics app you mentioned. That’s sufficient to pass the exam hence why I said this may be what you did but not the minimum necessary. Resetting RADPrimer is a good way to review all of radiology but as you may remember the intermediate questions are much harder than the exams, almost all image based, and generally have many image sets and long stems. It’s a completely different style and aim than BV, ACR DXIT or ABR Core which are generally either quick hitters or don’t have images. Most people don’t study for the cert exam which is considerably easier. ABR doesn’t give statistics but I’ve never heard of someone failing it.

HEmanZ 3y ago

Here’s a secret: if you’re a good software engineer, you don’t have to worry about those things either.

Pigalowda 3y ago

Leet code grinding is maybe like USMLE and board grinding? Life will always get you. There’s no way around work if you are a well paid professional. Maybe nepotism or fraud can get you there. I’m not sure what leet code entails but these tests required a lot of preparation: MCAT (hundreds of hours, thousands of questions, 10 practice exams) USMLE Step 1 (hundreds of hours, 5,000 questions, 1 practice test) USMLE Step 2 (maybe 40-60 hours, probably less than 2,000 questions) USMLE Step 2 CS (4 hours a few dozen practice clinical scenarios. this thing doesn’t exist anymore) USMLE Step 3 (30 hours, less than a 1,000 questions Radiology CORE 1st board licensing exam (hundreds of hours, 5,000+questions) Radiology Certifying 2nd board licensing exam (8 hours, 2,500 questions) My next one is the CAQ and I haven’t started grinding for that yet. I do wake up every morning and do practice q’s though. I still have a deeply negative networth and hate my job. Maybe others don’t, good for them.

haldujai 3y ago
The amount of studying described here may be what you did but is not a minimum requirement by any means. I'm not even sure where you're getting 5000+ questions for the ABR Core. -Another radiologist.
- Pigalowda 3y ago
  I actually did 3 months for Core, i think that’s pretty average. Kevlar Radprimer Board vitals Radprimer has probably more than 5,000 basic and intermediate questions by itself. Are you saying I lowballed it? I was pulling numbers out of my ass
  - haldujai 3y ago
    RADPrimer isn't board prep and the question have little to no relevance for the ABR Core. Basic is designed to be completed in R1 and intermediate during R2-3. The 5000 questions are how you're supposed to learn radiology, as an alternative to reading a textbook.
    - Pigalowda 3y ago
      You trying to be abrasive or no? It seems like yes but I’ll respond. Everyone I know from multiple residencies and in fellowship all reset radprimer and redid the questions for core. It’s not like people save it, they do it twice. Anyways, like I said, I was pretty average for prep. Also I forgot to add - everyone I know also used the Radiology Core Physics app, that’s like an additional 300 or 500 questions. Ben White is pretty well known, he pretty much gives a road map that includes rad primer https://www.benwhite.com/radiology/approaching-the-abr-core-exam/ https://www.benwhite.com/radiology/approaching-the-abr-core-... “Looking back, in an ideal world: I would have read Core Radiology and started RadPrimer in the fall. Done CTC and physics Feb/March and then filled in the rest of the time with questions, probably primarily via the A Core Review Series. Qevlar is nice for the phone app with offline capabilities and probably would’ve made it in too. Most of the latter would have been important mostly for anxiolysis or possibly long-term retention, as passage wasn’t an issue.” I felt like Radprimer and the physics app were the highest yield Then board vitals Last Kevlar Highest yield book was War machine. Crack did OK. Essentials books were solid, especially nucs. Later gator
      - haldujai 3y ago
        Not being abrasive, I have written questions for RADPrimer. We’re not instructed to write board style questions and that roadmap is the officially stated guidance. When I was in residency most of us just did BoardVitals, Crack the Core and War Machine or the physics app you mentioned. That’s sufficient to pass the exam hence why I said this may be what you did but not the minimum necessary. Resetting RADPrimer is a good way to review all of radiology but as you may remember the intermediate questions are much harder than the exams, almost all image based, and generally have many image sets and long stems. It’s a completely different style and aim than BV, ACR DXIT or ABR Core which are generally either quick hitters or don’t have images. Most people don’t study for the cert exam which is considerably easier. ABR doesn’t give statistics but I’ve never heard of someone failing it.