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There's a based chart for cost of living on Duke's website, did not realize how much of a difference there is geographically (link to the right). 170k for same quality of life in SF is fucking insane
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2025–2026 Derm
3 entries✅1. Really enjoyed my away rotation here and would highly recommend for future applicants. Faculty are predominantly women and are all really nice and there's a diverse array of subspecialty clinics. Durham is lovely with lots to do. Everyone in the department was very welcoming and nice.
❌1. The chair situation reflects a much greater funding issue occurring in the department. There is a lot of discontent.
❌2. Residents have to travel between sites in the middle of the day. Mohs exposure is not very good, residents complained about it during my rotation
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anyone heard from UNC or Duke?
nah x3> is it too late to apply to UNC at this point?
Feb 21
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its not too early thats for sure
Feb 21
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best derm research fellowships with guaranteed match?
Tulane
Mar 19
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> Tulane is only for those who interviewed there
Mar 19
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duke, UAB, SLU, sinai, Emory, melanoma fellowship, penn
Mar 19
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i don't agree Emory
Mar 19
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also i wouldn't say any of these are guaranteed. it should be *highly increases* your chances of matching
Mar 19
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also i would directly talk to the research fellows that are coming from these RYs. If the mentors are saying one thing, and RY fellows that matched are saying another about their experiences, I'd be wary. Don't forget that many applicants have home programs and other sources of networking/support that could have contributed in very meaningful positive ways.
Mar 19
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also if mentors don't offer to connect you with past research fellows who have matched i'd take that as a red flag
Mar 19
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school name isn't everything as someone from Penn med, even tho we have a top derm program several of us weren't given help or research by our home department. It was a struggle for us to find opportunities and research. Just wanted to add since someone from HMS wrote below. Only have 3 interviews despite tons of networking, high step, etc.
looking back at your experience so far in the derm match, would you choose Penn again? If not where do you wish you would've gone (specifics not needed, just curious).
Feb 21
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Similar experience here at another med school with a top name derm program.
Feb 21
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> honestly don't know, I picked Penn because of its name and ranking and defintely thought there would be more support for students interested in derm. Seems like HMS also isn't that supportive based on what's written below so idk what "top" schools support students interested in derm
Feb 21
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I will say that coming from a top school that isn't supportive can hurt you because if you reach out to other programs for research opportunities they will say that "Penn has an amazing dept work with them" and then we are also told not to do aways as it will hurt our institution name (prob because they think we will underperform)
Feb 21
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that's crazy, any other top schools telling their students not to do aways? do you guys tend to match good anyway?
Feb 21
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we do match well but I think it's because there's a ton of us - like we have double digit derm matches but also a ton don't match - lots of us are told to extend graduation as we are reapplying as med students rather than residents - also doesn't hurt the match rate that way lol - some of the ppl here come in with crazy good connections and exisiting research PIs, it's the reality of going to a top school, lots of competition and not enough opportunities despite there being already so many because too much interest. I have friends at HMS that also have been advised not to do aways prob the same for the T10
Feb 21
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duke specifically advises their students to do 2 aways (smart advisors) (actually that's new, and primarily student driven bc they've had consecutive years of students not matching)> yale also advised us not to do aways
Feb 21
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coming from a T10 also hurts when applying to mid-tier/lower-tier/community programs because they think that you won't come there (when some of us only have interviews at these programs)
Feb 21
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so true, coming from another T10 school here and people are not getting high numbers of interviews here despite being outstanding candidates in every respect, just think that a ton of programs assume we'll go to another top program so the mid/low tier programs are incredibly low yield. also not advised to do aways
Feb 21
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similar to the penn story, i won't say what school but also T10? when i reached out to other programs, they were like oh you go to X school, work with them, they are your best bet!
Feb 21
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ikr how many ii are you at? did your home offer you an interview?> i'm at 7II but I did 3 aways + home and networked! despite that one program telling me off. shouldve just left that program alone but i still applied and gave them a gold lol CLOWN move!
Feb 21
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bigger clown move is complaining when you have 7 interviews. Go prep?
Feb 21
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#cope! never complained. simply giving more insight into how top schools can "affect" you
Feb 21
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my sister (applying med school rn) also wants to do derm, do i tell her Penn is not the place for derm? Had no idea Penn was like that. She interviewed there and it is her first choice.
Feb 21
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POOP
Feb 21
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I will say that coming from a top school that isn't supportive can hurt you because if you reach out to other programs for research opportunities they will say that "Penn has an amazing dept work with them" and then we are also told not to do aways as it will hurt our institution name (prob because they think we will underperform)
Mar 7
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that's crazy, any other top schools telling their students not to do aways? do you guys tend to match good anyway?
Mar 7
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we do match well but I think it's because there's a ton of us - like we have double digit derm matches but also a ton don't match - lots of us are told to extend graduation as we are reapplying as med students rather than residents - also doesn't hurt the match rate that way lol - some of the ppl here come in with crazy good connections and exisiting research PIs, it's the reality of going to a top school, lots of competition and not enough opportunities despite there being already so many because too much interest. I have friends at HMS that also have been advised not to do aways prob the same for the T10
Mar 7
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duke specifically advises their students to do 2 aways (smart advisors) (actually that's new, and primarily student driven bc they've had consecutive years of students not matching)> yale also advised us not to do aways
Mar 7
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coming from a T10 also hurts when applying to mid-tier/lower-tier/community programs because they think that you won't come there (when some of us only have interviews at these programs)
Mar 7
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so true, coming from another T10 school here and people are not getting high numbers of interviews here despite being outstanding candidates in every respect, just think that a ton of programs assume we'll go to another top program so the mid/low tier programs are incredibly low yield. also not advised to do aways
Mar 7
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ikr how many ii are you at? did your home offer you an interview?> i'm at 7II but I did 3 aways + home and networked! despite that one program telling me off. shouldve just left that program alone but i still applied and gave them a gold lol CLOWN move!
Mar 7
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bigger clown move is complaining when you have 7 interviews. Go prep?
Mar 7
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#cope! never complained. simply giving more insight into how top schools can "affect" you
Mar 7
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my sister (applying med school rn) also wants to do derm, do i tell her Penn is not the place for derm? Had no idea Penn was like that. She interviewed there and it is her first choice.
Mar 7
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who matched at Duke?! fill out the sheet please
duke hasn't put up match photos yet but I want to know too
Mar 22
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Why is Duke's chair an OB-GYN
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Do people only rave about Duke because of the name
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what RYs have released decisions (for post MD fellowships)?
SLU and Duke
Mar 16
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2026
Mar 16
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If I want to do Mohs what would be the best programs to look into? Ik some "top" programs discourage/don't support students interested in it and it's a red flag to mention in interviews lol. Overall been told to look at programs with a fellowship associated with a residency but would be helpful to know of specific ones people have heard about that are supportive with high Mohs match rates
Iowa, Mayo Rochester, Wisconsin (the best ones for Mohs and surgical and procedural training in general)
Mar 16
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some of the best Mohs faculty in the country are at these programs and they have historically consistently high match rates and support
Mar 16
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Top programs definitely support mohs fellowship as most of the people who get into mohs go to a relatively top program
Mar 16
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i've heard for example programs like stanford, emory, and duke aren't supportive based on the name and shame/why I didn't rank higher so was curious if there programs known to be supportive
Mar 16
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some of those you just listed aren't necessarily top derm programs, Emory is in the t15 and Stanford is consistently t5-t10 but Duke isn't t15 but more to your point Duke doesn't have a Mohs fellowship and notoriously some of these programs are more about complex med derm and have picky Mohs teaching faculty
Mar 16
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who matched at UIC? And BU ? and Duke? MUSC? WVU?
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Those of you who ranked Duke high or low- why?
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Was I wrong to rank Duke over NW..? Having second thoughts
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Emory vs Duke vs Hopkins a few of us would like to know
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Second guessing myself. Duke or Northwestern?<i will come find you and yell at you if you put northwestern higher than duke. for your own good < northwestern
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does anyone know whether Mohs training at Duke is good? (during residency, they don't have a fellowship)
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