Lebanon, NH
Applicant sentiment — from 12 anonymous posts, 2019-2020 Derm
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One of my friends said that a girl from A&M was robbed at gunpoint at the Texas Med Center, the evening before her prelim interview. Is it that unsafe?
Yay don't rank them, very unsafe, you may be killed - Agree
tbh thats how I feel about baltimore - ranked them really low last year
Best food on the interview trail?
NYU
I'd like to give a nod to the University of Missouri for the pizza at lunch. Bahn Mi pizza was delicious
Henry Ford for the best snacks. Dried fruit, chocolate covered (dont remember what), and Rx bars
tx
Miami. That Cuban food was so good
I love this town, the people, the food - pork sandwiches - my favorite ... but tonight I'm hungry for something different
UCSFx2 gotta love that sushi and ice cream sandwich combo
Kaiser lunch had bomb build your own bibimbap
TX A&M had chick fil a sandwiches so them for sure
Yale "foods of New Haven" was bomb x 2
The Mexican food at Stanford + the mediterranean food at stanford
Dartmouth pre-fixe farm to table dinner the night before
I can't say much for Brown or Providence to provide a point of comparison, but for Dartmouth, you want to consider whether you can handle New Hampshire and snow for 3 years (for the record, I absolutely adore rural New England but understand that many don't feel similarly). You're really the only academic game in town for ~100 miles (UVM is 97 miles away) with 1-2 other residents, so you will get lots of cases and exposure, but not as much skin of color training as you'd receive in an urban program. For either, the Ivy name is really a non-factor at this point of our training, so don't let those factors beguile you. From what I can see, though, I see there's usually one person (in a historical class size of 2) matching into dermpath/Mohs, so take that as you will, and looks like people have gone off to be faculty members at some great academic programs. Residents seem pretty set for whatever they want to be doing.
Please everyone remember to take "malignancy" as reported on this anonymous spreadsheet for what it really is. You don't know who is calling a program malignant or for what reasons. Unless it is a clear pattern of malignancy (for example U-Michigan a few years back as reported on SDN (which has now corrected itself)) you shouldn't give it much value at all. If a program (especially a top 20) was actually malignant, it would be abundantly clear on the interview day as it's not something that can be hidden. So, I guess my hope is that you trust your impression after your interview day and having met most of the faculty and residents, over anonymous posts on this spreadsheet. Even if someone doesn't like the feel of a certain program, that doesn't make them malignant, and neither do 7 am lectures. So please, stop spewing accusations of malignancy, and more importantly remember to consider the source. Don't let random people convince you to rank a program lower.
<people arguing about which tip top programs are malignant and why, while I'm sitting here with my non-top programs unable to relate at all haha...ha x3
if the program's residents can't or won't say any negatives about the program, that is an instant red flag for me. -- Agreed x2
I interviewed at place where the residents had these pitiful smiles when telling us about their typical day. Then they asked me about work life at other programs, which really made them sad...
Exactly!!! These are signs that the residents aren't happy.
Brown vs Dartmouth? (would also love a breakdown of football teams as provided for Missouri vs Florida)
As an Ivy League graduate, forgeddaboud our sports leagues. You just cannot compare the big schools to us.
totally kidding about the football, mostly just wondering about the programs if you have any insight
I can't say much for Brown or Providence to provide a point of comparison, but for Dartmouth, you want to consider whether you can handle New Hampshire and snow for 3 years (for the record, I absolutely adore rural New England but understand that many don't feel similarly). You're really the only academic game in town for ~100 miles (UVM is 97 miles away) with 1-2 other residents, so you will get lots of cases and exposure, but not as much skin of color training as you'd receive in an urban program. For either, the Ivy name is really a non-factor at this point of our training, so don't let those factors beguile you. From what I can see, though, I see there's usually one person (in a historical class size of 2) matching into dermpath/Mohs, so take that as you will, and looks like people have gone off to be faculty members at some great academic programs. Residents seem pretty set for whatever they want to be doing.
Will derm interview invites be offered on Thursday 11/7/19 following a silent Wednesday (1 derm rejection)? Yes: 2 No: 0 Programs: WashU (regular), Stanford, Minnesota Actual: Recap of Wednesday 11/6/19 Invites: 0 Rejections: 1 (U of Rochester) TY/Prelim released today (2): U Pitt (Prelim and TY), Brockton (TY) Derm interviews released since Monday (12 first time offers, 1 research track, 1 second wave): U New Mexico, U Arkansas, Oklahoma, Eastern Virginia, Howard, NYU, Mississippi, Medical College of Wisconsin, Georgetown, Wash U (Research), Henry Ford, George Washington, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital and Cooper (2nd wave) TY/Prelim released this week: UVA (Prelim), U Pitt (Prelim and TY) and Brockton (TY) As of 8:40 EST: 63% of derm programs have not sent out interviews and a sum total of ~171/447 (38%) derm spots have been offered interviews. What's the point? IT IS EARLY and the overwhelming majority of spots have not been offered interviews yet AND even the ones that have been offered may not have offered for all their spots. On this equivalent day (i.e. first Wednesday of the month) last year: 1 interview went out (George Washington University, which came out yesterday for us). On tomorrow’s equivalent day (i.e. first Thursday of November) last years: 6 derm interviews went out and 1 med/derm interview! (Wayne State, U Minnesota, Dartmouth, Columbia, Virginia Tech, Southern Illinois and Washington MedDerm) Looking ahead: This week last year was a busy week for interviews with 16 being released in total! Goodnight everyone! -SD
<< This is a long post with some relevant data in addition to your predictions. Hope you all find this useful and have a goodnight! -SD << You're #1 in my heart. Thanks SD <3 x7 <<< SheetDaddy fan here, but I think if the posts were smaller, more morsels/highlights, like the first program prediction/tally template - we'd probably get most people on board. On mobile a post like this to the left takes up entire screen
<-- Download the "Calm" App. << why? << because this is neurotic! << Chill out bro, don't read it if you don't like it instead of being negative. Maybe you should spend your time using the "calm" app instead of being up everyones ass x6 << this actually is pretty neurotic, and I don't think saying something is neurotic should invite such a volatile response. Like damn this whole SD shit is becoming cult-like and stupid.
Hey SD--how many interviews do you have? x2
sdff
Anyone know anything about Dartmouth Derm? x2
Dr. Thomas Habif is the author of Clinical Dermatology, one of the key board prep textbooks. Unfortunately, he passed away last year :(
Yes, i know they didn’t interview me. > LOL x4
I'm also wondering! Does the dartmouth name carry over into the derm world?
No and not in the medical world either for some reason. I mean the name is still a good one and it is a good program but not "top tier"
what makes you say it's a good program? I just haven't been able to find anything on old spreadsheets about the program
< nah
can anyone say more about the program?
NYU
I'd like to give a nod to the University of Missouri for the pizza at lunch. Bahn Mi pizza was delicious
Henry Ford for the best snacks. Dried fruit, chocolate covered (dont remember what), and Rx bars
tx
Miami. That Cuban food was so good
I love this town, the people, the food - pork sandwiches - my favorite ... but tonight I'm hungry for something different
UCSFx2 gotta love that sushi and ice cream sandwich combo
Kaiser lunch had bomb build your own bibimbap
TX A&M had chick fil a sandwiches so them for sure
Yale "foods of New Haven" was bomb x 2
The Mexican food at Stanford + the mediterranean food at stanford
Dartmouth pre-fixe farm to table dinner the night before
Any big city is going to be dangerous, Houston is no exception. I wouldn't worry about it, but if you're really worried about safety there are many programs in safe areas (Dartmouth, Geisinger, Vermont etc)
Yay don't rank them, very unsafe, you may be killed - Agree
tbh thats how I feel about baltimore - ranked them really low last year
Yes, i know they didn’t interview me. > LOL x4
I'm also wondering! Does the dartmouth name carry over into the derm world?
No and not in the medical world either for some reason. I mean the name is still a good one and it is a good program but not "top tier"
what makes you say it's a good program? I just haven't been able to find anything on old spreadsheets about the program
< nah
can anyone say more about the program?
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Any big city is going to be dangerous, Houston is no exception. I wouldn't worry about it, but if you're really worried about safety there are many programs in safe areas (Dartmouth, Geisinger, Vermont etc)