I enjoyed my rotation there honestly. I think people get frustrated putting in a lot of work to not get their ideal result. I think had you gotten an interview, you'd be feeling differently. But they can't interview everyone. The rotation itself was fine, (and as a derm PGY-2 (not at USC lol)), it was not as much work as derm residency is.

I think the point is that outcome is not unimportant. And given that USC's odds of interview are a lot worse than other schools in combination with the amount of work, it may not be worth it for many people. This whole process is about matching. People don't mind working v hard if they are an actual derm resident doing derm residency lol vs being a MS4 working to get an II that will never come

POOP

so you didn't rotate there this year.. you rotated there three years ago? things may be different now

people complain every single year about USC, this same discourse has been happening

gbi

my point is the II does come for plenty of people and may be worth it for some. Trying to give a balanced opinion to "cannot emphasize how negative of a rotation experience this was compared to my other aways"

but it is a fact that compared to some other institutions their conversatino rate of away rotator to ii is much lower. so if you're going to be an away rotator somewhere might as well be somewhere where you have better chances. this is a super important point everyone keeps trying to dismiss, when people are looking at where to apply for away rotations its super important to keep all of this in mind.