Anyone else going to lie to their friends and family about their rank list?
Applying ED. My top 2 choices are wildly different programs. First is inner city level 1 trauma, sees a ton of crazy shit, university affiliation blah blah 4 year program. I would get incredible training at option 1 but at what cost? Second option is chill community hospital sees less than half as many patients yearly compared to option 1, 3 year program, 5 minutes away from where I currently live and the kicker here is that residents don’t look like they want to end their lives. I believe I have a very good chance of getting either if I were to rank them #1. Family and friends expect me to make 4 year level 1 wild shit hospital my top choice. But Im leaning hard into option 2. Going to tell everyone hospital 1 didn’t take me and im just soooo sad I ended up at hospital 2. Feasible? Stupid? In a similar position? Wanna call me a cop out loser? All comments and suggestions are welcome.