What the heck happened with the urology match this year? Match rates of competitive specialties are scaring me and deterring me from them.

I was bored and decided to head over to r/medicalschool and I learned that the urology match rate was 65% this year?? Apparently plastic surgery is looking even scarier this year potentially because 400 people are applying for 185 spots. I'm interested in ortho and historically it's an 80% match rate. This is not really what I thought it would be like after getting into medical school. I was always told that getting into medical school would be the hardest part but it seems like I'm not... Read more
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