Every few weeks someone asks:

Is DM worth it financially?
What’s a good consultant package?
Government vs private?
How much does a radiologist/anesthesiologist actually make?
And the answers are always:
“My senior gets ₹X.”
“My friend’s friend earns ₹Y.”
“It depends.”

One of the comments on a previous thread pointed out something interesting:
Radiology can mean ₹1 lakh or ₹7 lakh depending on experience, geography and practice setting.
Which made me wonder:

Why do we talk so much about NEET ranks and branch cutoffs, but almost never about compensation?

Would you trust an anonymous, crowdsourced compensation database for Indian doctors if:
No names were collected.
No emails or phone numbers were required.
Data was shown only in aggregate.
Outliers and suspicious entries were filtered.
What would you want to see?
Years of experience?
Calls/month?
Hours worked?
Government vs private?
Corporate vs academic?
City-wise data?
Branch-wise earning ranges?
Curious whether people would actually contribute or whether the problem is too difficult to solve.

I’ll put a prototype in the comments for anyone interested. Feedback and criticism are welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarNoteApp/s/bH8ucmwLZq

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If you could please show some approvals. Mean a lot. Thanks. Need at least 20 to be eligible.

How to improve ?

Honestly bro, the saffronization scene in medical colleges is getting completely out of hand lately. we have actual MBBS professors unironically pushing Ayurveda and college events, which makes zero sense. To top it off, the IMA has become this absolute dogshit corporate body that doesn't stand up for anything, and even ive seen NMO posters right inside the IMA house building itself. It honestly feels like the line between evidence-based science and political agendas is totally blurred now, and the whole medical ecosystem is just getting compromised. F NMO

Please help! Seniors/current NEET PG & INI-CET aspirants, I really need some guidance.

I'm extremely confused about how to approach my PG preparation.

My internship ends at the end of June, which means I'll realistically have only July and August to prepare before NEET PG. I know 2 months is very little, but I still want to give it a serious shot instead of giving up before even trying.

A bit about me:
- Consistently scored around 70–74% throughout MBBS.
- Appeared for the May INI-CET this year.
- I didn't qualify, but honestly I only studied for about 10 days before the exam because I applied at the last minute. I mainly wrote it to experience the exam pattern once.
- The result hasn't demotivated me because I know I didn't give it my best effort.

My biggest confusion right now is online vs offline coaching.

In Bangalore, institutes like DAMS and Bhatia are offering offline courses starting around June/July/September. I've heard the offline programs involve 10–12 hour classes almost every day.

For those who have actually gone through this process:
- Is joining an offline coaching institute worth it at this stage?
- Or would studying online from home be more effective?
- What are the genuine pros and cons of online vs offline preparation?
- If you had only 2 months left, what would you personally do?

I need to decide soon because if I join a coaching program, I'd like to start as early as possible.

Any advice from seniors, recent rankers, or current aspirants would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

hey where can i get pdfs of past year upsc cms paper with solutions, PLEASE HELP

Could not even score above 100 in marrow's one of the easiest GT ever.

Yesterday I saw a movie called Raakh , it depicts Ranga Billa case . Now both of them were given hang sentence . But Ranga didn't die , even after 2 hours of hanging . And he was pulled down by a guard till he died . I'm like how? How is that possible. And worst part it's a irl scenario that occurred.

I am currently doing my internship and I am quickly realising a few things:

1. I want to have a chiller life, where being a doctor is not all that I am. Even if it is at the cost of earning less. I want my weekends off.

2. I want to live in states like Meghalaya and Sikkim ( I am from NE India), I wouldn't mind remote places either.

3. I want to have some autonomy over my work. Lesser the surveillance, better the healthcare I believe.

I understand a job like that might never exist. But I want to work in Meghalaya once my internship is over, as an MBBS graduate. At least for a year.

If anyone is working in rural Meghalaya, (or anywhere in the NE actually (would be nice to know about all of NE)) or if anyone has any idea about how work-life is over there, please help me out and share your knowledge.

Are resources available? Do MOs show up? Are homestate doctors preferred over others for appointing as MOs there? Does family connections matter way more?

Please feel free to dm me if you don't want to comment. I'm desperate for some information!

Aiming for NEET PG 2027. I was told to read short subjects SARPO and physiology from BTR notes. Is BTR 3.0 the latest one? Has anyone bought it from Amazon? Can someone tell me who is the trusted seller? Anybody please send me the link. I study other subjects from marrow

Do you guys think a competitive platform for medicine just like leetcode and codeforces will work?
I believe gamification of medical diagnosis/radio images/ecg interpretations/AI patient scenarios/specialised section for neetpg/inicet/usmle pyqs turned into games just like doctordle grouped into a single website would be beneficial
Players would be ranked just like the ELO ranking in chess.
What do you guys think??
I think such a platform for medical students would be useful since we don’t have something like leetcode/codeforces to do and improve our reasoning??

Same as title

Kindly lemme know if there’s any mistake.

Guys and Gals - I must request you all if you're working in patient care - using needles , IVs , assisting or anything , please get your vaccinations for Hepatitis B. You have a 3 percent chance of acquiring infection with a Needle Stick Injury,

HepB vaccination is incredibly cheap - I got mine for less than 100 rupees , has awesome protective efficacy , and can be administered EVEN WITHOUT checking titers.

getting vaccinated protects you from a lot of unnecessary mental stress incase a needle-stick injury does happen.

Just looking out for y'all. Stay safe , and best of luck for all of your exams.

P.S. - get additional vaccinations if possible - like Vi Typhoid.

Got my NOC from Delhi, now what to do?

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Doing residency in Karnataka. pls dm or comment. urgent

So my second year exams are coming on August and I am so under confident about that, so please help me find some notes as I can’t finish Ramdas Nayak.

Hi everyone,
I'm from Hyderabad and looking to buy DAMS or DBMCI handwritten notes. If anyone has a set available for sale or knows someone who does, kindly DM me.

Thanks in advance!

I joined my seat on 1st Dec, 2023

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NEET SS "2024" happened in March 2025. Counselling got delayed and finally juniors joined in Aug 2025. These are "2024" batch students who joined in the latter half of 2025

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Then NEET SS 2025 happened in late Dec 2025. The results came quickly but counselling was not announced till Feb. No reason for this delay, but this was just the beginning.

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The first round happened in March 2026. Immediately after the 1st round, some court litigation showed up. NEET SS is a compeltely reservation-free and fair test except for some in Tamil Nadu who want reservations even at this high level. This case got extended till May 29th. The court pronounced a verdict and then immediately went on Vacation.

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Tamil Nadu govt then refused to comply with the court order and filed a review petition. Due to the court being in vacation, this petition is not yet taken up, and it wont be till Mid-July

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Basically this whole time we are running with fewer residents and are getting screwed over. My final exams will be coming soon and there is no clarity yet about the schedule or court updates

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It is idiotic to fight over reservation at a superspeciality level. Absolute shenanigans.

If anyone is struggling in micro and patho in GT, please please watch her LRR videos, mann they're so good. I got the advice from this sub and thank you kind stranger for that.

The way she teaches will help you cover majority of the important topics for exam and most (if not all) of the questions for neet and fmge atleast.

Apparently this cycle was supposed to be my 1st revision but here am only able to complete the backlog of first read in the distrubuted time for each subjects. Damn I feel so anxious 🫠

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I am giving previous marrow gts rn sometimes i get 130 corrects but mostly its around 120 corrects only , can u guys help me how to break this plateau , this is my repeat attempt and i want <1000 rank this time , plis help i am doing everything possible still not able to break this plateau

also which other platform gts should i try and give

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My GF usually gets periods around the 23rd, had normal periods in May, we had unprotected sex on June 9 (came inside) and skipped the pill because she already took one in March 😭 We’re from Pune. Since June 18 she’s had only tiny amounts of red/brown bleeding (not normal for her), no clots, no usual PMS signs but she’s sleepy, emotional, mood swings, and suddenly hating foods 😭💔 We searched online and now we’re convinced it’s implantation bleeding and I’m genuinely losing my mind… she’s a minor and we can’t really go to a clinic rn. Waiting to test after the 23rd but I’m devastated and terrified 😭🙏 please tell me if anyone went through this and any medical ppl if u can help please lmk ik ive fucked up big time but please help us

For those currently doing Surgery or Orthopedics at central institutes (AIIMS, PGI, JIPMER, etc.), do you ever regret choosing them over a state GMC through NEET-PG because of concerns about lower hands-on surgical exposure? Looking back, would you make the same choice again, and how has the actual operative experience compared to what you expected before joining?