2019-2020 Derm

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Big THANK YOU to those of you filling in the match list! <3

Looking at the top 5 program matches...clearly where you go to med school matters > agree but there's also selection involved. People who get into top med schools have extraordinary life stories/experiences/research that got them into those schools that will likely come up again for derm applications.

There was mention of kindness from an Indian dude from UChicago, Asian dude from Yale and a cosmetics? guy from Penn

<where did these people match?

I think UChicago and Yale guys are at Harvard

nun ya biness<<umm rude much? it will be public knowledge soon anyway and will be everyones business then.

this is all sort of sad if you look at prior year derm sheets or current year sheets of other specialties they are very filled out (including names)....

or people may be filling it out from match lists that have already been posted publicly..? Sad either way! <I added info to it this morning when it was refilled, and now it's gone again...?

yeah, I noticed someone also keeps deleting UT Austin's smh

I'm also hugely in favor of removing the AOA section from the match list. That's weirdly personal and not necessary. I think it should just be name, school, intern year. This is to see where people are not to try to figure out your match odds based on extremely limited info.

agree re: removing the AOA column. If people want AOA data they can look at charting the outcomes data

Disagree, you don't have to fill it if you don't want to, and if other people want to fill it out then they can - I don't at all see why we have to remove columns that have been part of this list for years. Having things like research year and PhD etc can help future applicants who are trying to understand what kind of applicants match. I know for sure it helped me.

Same. I think the column is totally fine. Not sure if I agree that it is weirdly personal either, at least for those who are AOA, considering that many schools, including mine, publicly announce who was inducted. It is a big accomplishment, and I think many programs like to see it/place an emphasis on it, among other things, so it is definitely helpful to know!

i dont get it? NYC has the most cases<<except ppl who matched to NY programs wont start until next year so not really

they mean WV has the least cases

important correction: lowest number of "confirmed" cases. they didn't have a functioning plan for COVID19 testing for the longest time

LMFAO << WV has a shitload of cases, they just didn't have testing for the longest time and it's still super crappy. We are all screwed ,some areas are just testing better than others

I think it must be an accident. Who would delete it on purpose?

It wasn't an accident. Someone went on a rampage and replaced everything with UPenn and incorrect names

< the same people who was spamming the sheet with UPenn stuff

LOL

"I think so, I met some top school applicants and several had 1-2 less matches on their school match list than they told me people had applied"

-- For the record these schools all had 8+ people applying

Not sure if other schools do this, but at mine, some people can opt out of being put on the public match list. There were a few people this year who matched derm but weren't listed.<why would you opt out of your name being put on the match list? you should be proud for having matched derm, unless you werent happy with where you matched.

This is a very unnecessary topic to discuss. Let us be a little more respectful! Imagine how they must be feeling and what do we have to gain by discussing this?

< where is it?, oh you're basing this off of the schools that the matched applicants are from

Yeah prolly wouldn't say it's a great list just because they're coming from top schools, though I'm sure they were all great applicants and good fits for NYU. I suppose the fact that people make that assumption though is why home program prestige seems to matter.<<yea school rank 100% percent matters in derm sadly. thats why i tell all premeds that wanna do compeittive specialties to go to the higher ranked school

Congrats NYU! x2

Can y'all just refill it out x100000000

< per my friend who matched into plastics, the list on their spreadsheet is almost 100% filled if anyone was looking for inspiration :)

Wow, much better than us :(

Highly recommend research year if you are coming from lower ranked school/school without derm department

Why?

Derm will only continue to get more competitive, research year will help set you apart and afford more time to develop tighter connections with faculty

I did a RY and just want to say that make sure it's the right fit/opportunity. I saw a lot of situations where ppl take advantage of medical students plan and simple, so don't do it just to do it bc you think it's important to your app strategy.

x1000 I took one this year at a top program that wasn't my home program and it was NOT ideal, so choose wisely

< The whole point of a RY in PDs minds is to exploit desperate people for free/ almost free labor << Not true

Depends on the mentor but this is very often true, sadly

< wow there are people out there dying and others unmatched still and then there is you... << that’s a perfectly valid question? x3

Probably do your normal size.

Yes, usually scrubs count as work supplies.

As a current intern I can tell you that you probably can't do much. The CDC says surgical masks are okay unless you're doing aerosolizing procedures such as bronch or RT doing nebs etc. Given that those are the current guidelines in the US you can't really argue a different way. It's unfortunate because it seems like the guidelines were mainly changed here BECAUSE of the PPE shortages and not because it's what's right/actually protective. Sorry friends, it's a scary time.

You guys suck x2

Seriously WTF