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Taking the short list of specialties you've found interesting thus far and further narrowing that list to arrive at the one or more specialties to which you’ll apply can seem daunting.

However, the process of finalizing your decision can be broken into more manageable pieces.

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Find your fit

Does “find your fit” mean you have a specialty “soulmate,” one perfect specialty that will make you happy? Not quite. Instead, use this method for assessing every present and future career decision based on your personal definition of fit.

Consider and process information

You've likely gathered lots of information and experiences. And, it can be challenging to synthesize it all, let alone base major career and life decisions on it. Use these strategies to methodically process and evaluate all the data points in your head.

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Get unstuck

Whether you have a good feel for which specialty(ies) fit you best, you're torn between seemingly different specialties, or you're completely undecided, it can be difficult to choose the specialty(ies) to which you'll apply. Here's help for moving forward
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