GI Competitiveness

Hi everyone. I'm a current US MD student trying to decide what field I want to go into. I have been considering GI pretty extensively, but I was wondering about its competitiveness out of IM. I know it is the most competitive fellowship, but how competitive? Is it similar in difficulty to landing a derm or ortho residency out of med school? GI is the top field I am interested in, but I am hesitant to choose IM and risk not getting a spot and being stuck doing IM or another subspecialty that... GI Competitiveness
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