Hosp of the Univ of PA (Dermatology/3 yr)

Anyone know how the Penn cohort matched?

Seems like order of applicants on Harvard email correlate highly with who end up matching there < is that their rank list? < NOT sure about harvard. But if email recipent list order from PD congratulation email is not alphabetical, it means something. < It's not their congratulation email; it's the email they sent about no RTM, seems like they only go down to rank #11 for 9 spots < wait how many people got email? < everyone who interviewed got it< where did the other 2 go < probably go to Stanford, Penn. < if this is the actual rank list, then those two went to NYU and Penn < damn < sounds better, I would trade

are derm applicants generally insecure about their IV? everything here always skews super top heavy. look at the rol. it is no fun if it is all penn and ucsf

i get that people hate affirmative action but what is the actual solution? because it definitely is not this group is overrepresented, let's keep that going. if a specialty doesn't have women, it needs to work to improve that or vice versa etc. so how do we make this more equitable that doesn't annoy people because this group is 4x overrepresented and that is okay is just not realistic. < maybe make specialized tracks (like Penn) that way ppl won't directly compete against each other < as a urm, i actually really hate the tracks so much so that i didnt apply for any. they didnt need tracks when they were taking other groups to the point of overrepresentation. i don't want to be the diversity track resident. take me in your main track or forget it

Did UPenn send RTM calls/emails?

Did anyone get RTM (direct or via mentor) from Harvard, UCSF, Penn, NYU or Stanford (officially or unofficially)? Don't need to say which one but just any of them at all? < got it from 3 of them. <Lol I already know 3 that explicity said they won't do RTM < i would say they were unofficial, individuals can be acting outside of the policy of the department as a whole

any calls from Penn? < co-ask, from harvard, ucsf, stanford, nyu, nw, emory,utsw etc ? lolll < yes for two of those but they contacted my mentor not me lol<also got 1 of these but contacted mentor not me < Harvard literally sent out an email last week saying they aren't doing RTM calls. < i mean, not doing rtm is means not contacting you as a student. they (programs) who say not rtm may still contact your mentors to vet you as someone else whose mentor was contacted from a no rtm program < that's not what OP was asking about

Someone keeps deleting my comment asking about Penn and why more people aren't talking about it this year and ranking it highly vs the past. Can someone please lock it for me. Ty.

Is Penn or Stanford telling anyone about how they feel about them post-interview or nah?

Can anyone please explain to me what incentive a program would have to change their rank list based off of an applicant's LOI? I guess I just don't totally understand, in my mind it feels like if they've already decided the order that they are going to be ranking applicants then it wouldn't matter that much if a specific applicant told them that they'd be ranking them first. I might just be dumb but it isn't making sense in my brain haha < my PD said it probably doesn't change anything at top programs. However, if you're a particularly strong candidate and would like to go to a smaller, lesser known program, then it might make a difference. Telling Penn they are your number 1 probably changes absolutely nothing

was penn pretty blah? it is not getting too much rank love

Any thoughts on UCSF vs Penn vs Stanford vs NYU? NYU - Residents seem kind of stressed out but they obviously get incredible breadth in their training. UCSF - similar breadth as NYU, not as busy but also maybe more resident support and QoL (especially with financial assistance NYU doesn't get)? Stanford - also seems pretty great in terms of QoL, great subspecialty training, more chill than NYU/UCSF? Penn - low cost of living, seems like residents are happy and supported there? I'm not really sure what are the specifics that make it so amazing like everyone says since their interview day wasn't focused on selling themselves. But I'm kind of torn. Any advice here?

Anyone else having a hard time on ranking UCSF and Penn? The only big differentiator I can think of is location, otherwise, they're both really amazing. I keep going back and forth.

Do you guys think the reported weekly hours on Residency Explorer are legit? e.g. Penn is at 40 hr/week and NU Northwestern is at 55 hr/week. < what is NU??? < Northwestern < so NW lol? thx tho < People got really anal retentive about how it's NU and not NW, like who gives a duck

mods can we get a T10 tab so we don't annoy everyone with the incoming harvard vs ucsf vs penn vs nyu rows in the next month < For real, I'm struggling with ranking those 4 and there's like 9 other people in the same situation and I get how it can be annoying discussing "1st world problems" < Same < just make one yourself, why do you need the mods to make it