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Is Boston University no longer doing the residency + 3 required years as faculty thing?
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Several posts focus on a post-residency multi-year faculty commitment, with posters offering conflicting accounts of whether it is binding, optional, or enforceable. Many commenters described the supplemental application as unusually long or burdensome. Opinions on the program overall were notably polarized, with some posts praising training, leadership, and benefits while others expressed strong reservations or discouraged ranking it highly.
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2025–2026 Derm
2 entries✅1. I rotated here and honestly this was my favorite away – great culture, very nice PD/APD and faculty, and great vibes with the residents who were inviting and very happy overall. Well-rounded training with good mix of subspecialty clinics (rheum derm, cutaneous onc, peds, etc.), and this was echoed by the residents. They do very well in the fellowship match with the last 3 Mohs matches being at Harvard, UCSD, and UCLA. Dermpath was a weakness but I heard they were revamping and just got a heavy hitting new dermpath faculty there + other new faculty. Amazing location being in Boston, and also you get close interaction with the other Boston programs which is nice. I was initially concerned about the accreditation warning people were talking about, but it looks like in the newest ACGME data from 2026 they're fully accredited.
✅2. Echoing what was said above ^ Such a kind place and was my favorite away. I would be so happy to train here. Such a good group of people. Very well rounded program
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v tired of the people who go to school "in boston" and people who have interviews "in boston". we get it you are going to harvard x2 - they sound so conceited <get over your own inferiority complex, when people ask me where I go to school I always say city, and if asked, ill tell them the school. Saying you go to school in boston isnt stuck up at all, harvard isnt the only school in boston
Umm, there's technically Tufts and BU as well x5
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How did Harvard, Stanford, Penn, NYU, and UCSF come to be the definitive top 5 programs? It seems like no one can agree on anything, except that these are the top 5. Makes me wonder how this was determined and why places like Yale/UTSW/Michigan/Mayo/etc aren't considered top 5?
<- i feel like a lot is based on history no? I know at NYU they trained some of the trailblazers in derm (like way way back) and it was also big during the AIDS epidemic -- That's good to know. Tbh, I actually don't know much of anything about derm history, and wasn't aware. So do you think they got their reputation mostly based on years of continuous contributions to the field?
Mar 23
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NYU is the top creme de la creme program.
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i would cream myself to match any of the top 5 x2 <My mentors have mentioned slightly different lists to me that they consider the top programs (though 3-4 of those always make the list), so it is all subjective. <<< Thanks for the input, good to know that they may not be as static as they seem
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< would love to hear your mentors lists
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Tufts, Harvard, BU, UCLA, UCSF
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LOL <why are 3/5 in Boston? That just doesn't sound right to me.
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what are the strongest telederm programs in the country?
probably Harvard. Not sure who else has telederm
Mar 23
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A lot of other schools have strong telederm programs << like who? <emory< a lot of programs have integrated it at one of their sites. VA commonly has telederm at a few programs across the country.
Mar 23
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Iowa, BU, Michigan, mizzou, etc
Mar 23
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ok but which one is best? how is Pitt?
Mar 23
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not sure which is best, but some google searching may tell you. I hear Mizzou's is strong
Mar 23
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Good luck to people interviewing this week for the first time (So non-BU/AZ peeps) in the first major cluster of interview dates! Looks like the derm interview process is a bit tough, but we've got this! x2
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Is Lehigh Valley in the "interview invites" tab? I cannot find it
osteopathic tab
Mar 23
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thanks
Mar 23
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so stupid to be separated, PLEASE PUT ALL THE DERM PROGRAMS UNDER THE SAME TAB!!!
Mar 23
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well, separated helps us DOs a bit cuz tbh we have very little chance at MD programs, so no point in really using the main invite tab <preach X100
Mar 23
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What's a soft invite ^
Mar 23
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regional and because my PD knows their PD
Mar 23
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< I may be outing myself, but do you go to harvard and are you talking about BU? << I know who you are now ;)
Mar 23
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< yeah if i went to Harvard i wouldnt panic. no, not from there at all lol
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< LOL ok sorry!
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UMass out x4
did only one person get? what are their dates? << small program, so it's possible <I got it plus someone else posted so at least two people. Interview dates are dec 18 and Jan 17
Mar 23
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Congrats!! Method of contact?
Mar 23
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eras > TY
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Thank you (TY) not Transitional Year (TY)
Mar 23
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man, i didn't get any of the programs that i filled out the supplement for. what a waste of time
Mar 23
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UMass was reasonable tho with just 100 words. Others less so - mad about BU.
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Congrats!! Method of contact?
eras > TY
Mar 23
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Thank you (TY) not Transitional Year (TY)
Mar 23
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man, i didn't get any of the programs that i filled out the supplement for. what a waste of time
Mar 23
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UMass was reasonable tho with just 100 words. Others less so - mad about BU.
Mar 23
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< What day is interview?
Mar 23
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Dec 6, personal email <Ty and congrats!
Mar 23
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Question for those of you with this invite. Did you fill out the PTSP form online to formally apply to the PTSP, or just apply research track on ERAS?
Mar 23
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probably Harvard. Not sure who else has telederm
A lot of other schools have strong telederm programs << like who? <emory< a lot of programs have integrated it at one of their sites. VA commonly has telederm at a few programs across the country.
Mar 23
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Iowa, BU, Michigan, mizzou, etc
Mar 23
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ok but which one is best? how is Pitt?
Mar 23
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not sure which is best, but some google searching may tell you. I hear Mizzou's is strong
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<- i feel like a lot is based on history no? I know at NYU they trained some of the trailblazers in derm (like way way back) and it was also big during the AIDS epidemic -- That's good to know. Tbh, I actually don't know much of anything about derm history, and wasn't aware. So do you think they got their reputation mostly based on years of continuous contributions to the field?
NYU is the top creme de la creme program.
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i would cream myself to match any of the top 5 x2 <My mentors have mentioned slightly different lists to me that they consider the top programs (though 3-4 of those always make the list), so it is all subjective. <<< Thanks for the input, good to know that they may not be as static as they seem
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< would love to hear your mentors lists
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Tufts, Harvard, BU, UCLA, UCSF
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LOL <why are 3/5 in Boston? That just doesn't sound right to me.
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osteopathic tab
thanks
Mar 23
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so stupid to be separated, PLEASE PUT ALL THE DERM PROGRAMS UNDER THE SAME TAB!!!
Mar 23
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well, separated helps us DOs a bit cuz tbh we have very little chance at MD programs, so no point in really using the main invite tab <preach X100
Mar 23
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What's a soft invite ^
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regional and because my PD knows their PD
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< I may be outing myself, but do you go to harvard and are you talking about BU? << I know who you are now ;)
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< yeah if i went to Harvard i wouldnt panic. no, not from there at all lol
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< LOL ok sorry!
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??? Harvard isn't the only school/hospital system in Boston.. also what else should boston people say when asked "where are you coming from?".. (I'm not even from Boston)x1< I think what he is saying people that say they "go to school in boston" are stuck up becuz they know Harvard is there and they trying to imply they go there. Bitches should just say they go to Tufts and not somewhere "in boston", its deliberate misleading, like when you on a blind date with a guy and kinda lie about some things to make him like you... same thing
Umm, there's technically Tufts and BU as well x5
Mar 23
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Anyone know which programs have supplementals? And which recquire different personal statements?
I don't think any programs require different personal statements (at least when I applied). Some people changed their personal statements for programs they were really interested in or to clarify any ties to a geographic region that may not have been evident from the rest of their application. UTSW, Mayo, Indiana, and UMass had supplemental questions that were relatively short.
Mar 22
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UTSW wants you to submit answers to 3 questions
Mar 22
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in lieu of a PS
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UMass
Mar 22
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UMass had supplemental questions? Can't find that on their website. Do you mean BU?
Mar 22
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<-- No they email the supplemental question out
Mar 22
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just got one from UMASS and UCONN
Mar 22
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OHSU too
Mar 22
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This Boston University 3 program is ridiculous. I applied there but part of my wants to withdraw rather than do their supplemental essay. Thoughts?
Would you rather potentially A) not match or B) match at BU. IMO, if you already did all the work for the app you might as well just leave it and decline their interview invite if things are going well at that point.
Mar 22
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It's not required to do the supplement so no need to withdraw. They just favor people that do complete it
Mar 22
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anyone know what exactly "faculty position" means? It seems like it could mean so many things
Mar 22
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junior faculty basically... "faculty in residence" status
Mar 22
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??? Harvard isn't the only school/hospital system in Boston.. also what else should boston people say when asked "where are you coming from?".. (I'm not even from Boston)x1< I think what he is saying people that say they "go to school in boston" are stuck up becuz they know Harvard is there and they trying to imply they go there. Bitches should just say they go to Tufts and not somewhere "in boston", its deliberate misleading, like when you on a blind date with a guy and kinda lie about some things to make him like you... same thing