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

Lol, did UPenn actually forget to rank their 2 spots?

i'm super confused why so many people here seem to hate on yale compared to the other top 5s...it was my dream program and i ended up matching at another "top 10" but i'm still pretty bummed. even though new haven isn't exactly boston or new york, the residents at yale are consistently the top scorers on boards and more PDs have come from yale than anywhere else. not that harvard, NYU, Stanford, UCSF and Penn aren't great too, but i think we're doing a disservice by not consistently including yale with those programs. still wish i could have been there!!!!

medicine: we have treated generations of minorities horribly and have excluded them for our own selfishness (e.g. Kligman at Penn derm), we have to find ways to do better. Derm applicants: absolutely not! don't start that shit when it is my turn. slavery ended ages ago, medicine is now a leveling ground, we are all equal here so this is discrimination. i mean, there are 5 black people in my class and 4 are international/african and only one is an african american and it doesnt bother me at all that african americans who grew up here can't make it to this spot, there must be something wrong with them, all 33 million of them, don't blame me!

Feeling like I messed up my rank list bad. I had Harvard, UPENN, UCSF as 1,2,3 out of 25 but then I made a last minute switch. I wanted to be close to home so went with UCSF. Am I going to be able to get a job ?

anyone know if the penn state prelim is linked to the derm program?

...based on the NRMP system, Penn is only taking TWO people for the regular 3-year derm track???

I just found out Dr. Pimple Popper went to residency at Southern Illinois University or something and now realize that none of this matters b/c where you go for residency doesn't even predict your future success lol > dermies can make anything happen > yeah i think people are obsessed with reputation on this spreadsheet which is so interesting, it really doesn't matter some of the most famous academic derms didn't all come through Harvard/Penn/NYU x3 dont tell that to the same 20 people clogging up this spreadsheet with questions about the same 3 programs lmfao!

Does Penn have academic half days for self study?

"to the person who deleted my q re: RTM comms at Penn (or whoever's been deleting stuff in general): can you not? please calm down and let this resource be as helpful as it can be without injecting your toxicity. really don't want to have to worry that my co-residents might be this competitive or malignant... <hi! Wait would you mind sharing what was deleted? Very interested in Penn lol. thanks!

Does anyone know anybody who matched at Harvard, Penn, or Stanford with sub 250 Step 1 scores? Please forgive me for my insecurity, but I think the interviews I got were curtesy interviews. I made the mistake of googling some of the current residents and the ones I googled have public pages that have their Step scores (becuase they are Step tutors haha) and they're 260+ so I'm feeling like chances are not looking good. Anyone have any hopeful (or realistic) words to share? I'd be indebted.

Did anyone feel like Penn was not a friendly as rumor has it?<like the PD?

lowly M3 here lmao. I'm on cutaneous onc RY currently and I'm hoping to apply med derm. My step score is a little below average for derm and I'm worried that's disqualifying, especially because the the med derm info page at penn et al state "higher requirements than regular derm program." I'd be happy doing derm, but want to do cutaneous onc at a cancer center long term so would enjoy the additional onc exposure in med derm programs. anyone here have any success stories of applying med derm? would be so grateful for any advice or experiences! I posted the question on reddit but I didn't get any responses, I'm sorry to intrude!

Does anyone know if the UPenn open house was recorded?

Do T10 schools interview all their internal candidates (i.e. Penn)

before my post was so rudely deleted by an annoying human being: I was asking for any advice about interview packets for -NYU (got a response! sent via email), Harvard (plesae help!) and Penn (please help!)