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Does anybody know anything about Mount Sinai Chicago's prelim program? I can't find much about it.
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2025–2026 Derm
3 entries❌1. almost pointless to apply here if you aren't a research fellow or have a strong connection. nepotism is worth more than anything else here
❌2. I was offered an away in June and had to decline it because in their offer email they stated that because of the "number of attendings we would be rotating with" we should not expect letters of recommendation nor ask for them.
💬1. seriously, why would ANYONE waste a signal here if you didnt do a RY with the department? 90-100% of their spots go to their own fellows.
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why is it better to do a prelim over a TY if you don't match? < it isnt. It's better to do a TY. Unless you want to do IM back up; then the only benefit of a prelim of your first year of IM is done. Otherwise TY is easier, more chill, and usually allows you more time to do aways and research
>UH, Stanford too
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How do you find this information?
Mar 7
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word of mouth. although not sure about each person's specific circumstances.
Mar 7
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this post needs to be pinned. there are residents getting fired from programs and its too risky to be around unstable faculty who can ruin your career
Mar 7
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multiple residents also left this program!
Mar 7
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Whats going on with the Boston University comment about accredidation/cheating scandal?
proof?
Feb 21
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so this whole time they're just under accreditation warning cause the residents cheated.. wtf?>> THey took someone I know that was the most idiotic person in medicine clinically but somehow had the highest step2 score of people I've known, i wouldn't be suprised if he paid a testing facility in their home country so they could cheat
Feb 21
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is this somethign that happened recently?
Feb 21
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their accredidation status is normal now fyi
Feb 21
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where do you see that
Feb 21
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pretty sure this cheating scandal was a different program + 4
Feb 21
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lmao this is sinai not BU
Feb 21
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which resident at sinai?
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which resident at sinai?
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Searching up every PD and Chair's name in the Epstein Files....> im sure
PD money and epstein files money is a whole different class of money lol
Feb 21
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yeah unfortunately most academic derms won't be making finance/CEO level salaries lol, although there are a surprising # of derm attendings/residents from generational wealth
Feb 21
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stay away from Mt Sinai, yikes
Feb 21
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I mean, I wouldn't put it past anybody. OSU's obgyn chair is involved: https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/1qzfzmi/the_chair_of_obstetrics_and_gynecology_at_the/
Feb 21
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wow
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wow
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Is everyone on here from Arkansas? jesus christ.
and we have the entire UCSF squad lol
Feb 21
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and the Sinai RY fellows> and cornell lovers
Feb 21
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Someone share the Arkansas secret, what's so great??
Feb 21
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The governor of arkansas?
Feb 21
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The governor of arkansas?
Mar 7
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post-interview medstar tea?
resident suicide(s) in the past? idk, i cant find much info on it.
Feb 21
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Resident has also been terminated in the program before.
Feb 21
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what do you have to do to get terminated damn < idk, but there was also an nyu resident who terminated before. it was a whole thing on this spreadsheet a few years ago.
Feb 21
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i heard the same with mt sinai and stanford a couple years back
Feb 21
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i heard the same with mt sinai and stanford a couple years back
Mar 7
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has anyone heard back from prelim IV for Mount Sinai Morningside?
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Whoever made the chat hall of fame tab......thx
this is such a good idea
Feb 21
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SOMEONE DELETED THE SINAI ONE LMAO
Feb 21
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they keep deleting it> nooooo
Feb 21
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they keep deleting it> nooooo
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Does anyone know anything about the resident life at the Sinai Elmhurst preliminary year? Interview there tomorrow, but wondering where it ranks on the chill list
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Anyone know if Sinai Morningside West still has interviews or what's going on with that?
I don't know but still waiting on them too!
Feb 21
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Same for elmhurst?
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What RYs guarantee a match?
prob none for sure, maybe sinai bc their match is all RY fellows (still competitive, but you're competing against less people i suppose tbh)
Feb 21
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heard uab/tulane have good match rate for their fellows. ultimately it's going to depend on your relationship with your mentor!
Feb 21
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heard uab/tulane have good match rate for their fellows. ultimately it's going to depend on your relationship with your mentor!
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Anybody get any last minute waitlist interview offers in the last few weeks?-> please cancel your sinai interview if you arent genuinely considering it coming from someone who would love to go there
lmao? what the hell
Feb 21
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lmao> shoot your shot, i like it;
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my mind is blown that one of the sinai derm residents is/was the god daughter of Jeffrey Epstein, who apparently wanted to marry her at one point. And now she's married to a Feldman??
wtf is a Feldman
Feb 21
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"a feldman" god derm is so hilariously gay
Feb 21
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how else would you have liked me to phrase it damn
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not surprised given that its such an israeli department
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who are the Feldmans?
Feb 21
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this is so insane, i can't believe it.. just saw a video about her and her family's links to epstein
Feb 21
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i'm just gonna say this - there are very powerful ppl in the background that influence things. not unique to derm
Feb 21
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I mean she still had to do an RY at Sinai
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and she's the daughter of a billionaire omg?
Feb 21
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THIS is the tea im here for
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drop her name
Feb 21
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she's pretty easy to find, there's another mt sinai derm resident who is also the daughter of a multimillionaire (like 100s) which is wild
Feb 21
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Celina Dubin. Just say the god damn name. Stop trying to be mysterious.
Feb 21
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imagine applying to mount sinai that year as an innocent little applicant hoping to get in off of just your credentials, and then here you have the daughter of a billionare hedge fund manager who's connected to epstein applying with you.
Feb 21
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a lot of people, especially at Sinai, are children/grandchildren of very wealthy people. There are multimillionaires in every class and around 60% of folks don't take out loans. If they aren't super wealthy, they have a parent who is an attending/faculty at Sinai. But also, Guttman don't care unless you do an RY at Sinai.
Feb 21
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Honestly, we were all dealt different cards in life, and the only way to get the dream is to punch upward and try your best when you aren't given a full house.
Feb 21
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I love being a random regular person that matched at a better program than Sinai
Feb 21
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That's what I'm talking about. I know it's been at least a year since you matched, but from one random regular person to another, congrats!
Feb 21
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yeah dude i get it, i didn't take out loans and my parents are millionaires sure but in the order of 10-15 million not 100+ million or billionaires enough to influence me going to certain undergrad, med school, residency or meeting people that will put me in the right rooms to get into freaking Sinai Derm
Feb 21
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umm, so most people in college don't fit your demographic. I guess the grass is always greener looking at people at higher socioeconomic statuses, but when your parents are millionaires, and not 100mill/billionaires, you still were afforded opportunities that most others didn't have. But also, the best shot at matching at Sinai is being a Sinai student and doing an RY with Guttman, answering her 6am on a weekend phone calls telling you to come in during your RY, hoping she doesn't hate you and she loves you enough that you aren't 1 out of the 3 fellows that don't match and will never match. There are many programs, specifically in NYC, that will not rank you high enough if you are a Guttman/Sinai RY fellow. It's literally why almost no sinai student matches outside of Sinai (except Stanford every couple of years, Einstein sometimes).
Feb 21
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Deleted: "Guttman scares me legit and I only saw her at a conference like once
Feb 21
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why is it that all the hardcore zionist faculty are the meanest ones> tbh if ur a proponent of colonization and genocide maybe u need to be ousted from professional environments idk just a thought
Feb 21
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a lot of leadership at derm programs in places like NY are hardcore Zionist, so what do we do about that "
Feb 21
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Looked up the Feldman btw. Some big name derm at Wake
Feb 21
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Steve Feldman is an absolute angel and does not belong in this discourse. I highly doubt he even knows this girl or her family> Feldman is a mfin G and he's anti Israel. Never speak bad on my homie ever again
Feb 21
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i'm just gonna say this - there are very powerful ppl in the background that influence things. not unique to derm
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I mean she still had to do an RY at Sinai
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THIS is the tea im here for
Mar 7
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drop her name
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she's pretty easy to find, there's another mt sinai derm resident who is also the daughter of a multimillionaire (like 100s) which is wild
Mar 7
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Celina Dubin. Just say the god damn name. Stop trying to be mysterious.
Mar 7
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imagine applying to mount sinai that year as an innocent little applicant hoping to get in off of just your credentials, and then here you have the daughter of a billionare hedge fund manager who's connected to epstein applying with you.
Mar 7
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a lot of people, especially at Sinai, are children/grandchildren of very wealthy people. There are multimillionaires in every class and around 60% of folks don't take out loans. If they aren't super wealthy, they have a parent who is an attending/faculty at Sinai. But also, Guttman don't care unless you do an RY at Sinai.
Mar 7
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Honestly, we were all dealt different cards in life, and the only way to get the dream is to punch upward and try your best when you aren't given a full house.
Mar 7
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I love being a random regular person that matched at a better program than Sinai
Mar 7
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That's what I'm talking about. I know it's been at least a year since you matched, but from one random regular person to another, congrats!
Mar 7
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yeah dude i get it, i didn't take out loans and my parents are millionaires sure but in the order of 10-15 million not 100+ million or billionaires enough to influence me going to certain undergrad, med school, residency or meeting people that will put me in the right rooms to get into freaking Sinai Derm
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umm, so most people in college don't fit your demographic. I guess the grass is always greener looking at people at higher socioeconomic statuses, but when your parents are millionaires, and not 100mill/billionaires, you still were afforded opportunities that most others didn't have. But also, the best shot at matching at Sinai is being a Sinai student and doing an RY with Guttman, answering her 6am on a weekend phone calls telling you to come in during your RY, hoping she doesn't hate you and she loves you enough that you aren't 1 out of the 3 fellows that don't match and will never match. There are many programs, specifically in NYC, that will not rank you high enough if you are a Guttman/Sinai RY fellow. It's literally why almost no sinai student matches outside of Sinai (except Stanford every couple of years, Einstein sometimes).
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why is it that all the hardcore zionist faculty are the meanest ones> tbh if ur a proponent of colonization and genocide maybe u need to be ousted from professional environments idk just a thought
Mar 7
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a lot of leadership at derm programs in places like NY are hardcore Zionist, so what do we do about that "
Mar 7
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Steve Feldman is an absolute angel and does not belong in this discourse. I highly doubt he even knows this girl or her family> Feldman is a mfin G and he's anti Israel. Never speak bad on my homie ever again
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Best program in NYC? All around, not just prestige?
on a similar note: what's the best program in a major city?
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Harvard or Penn (if you consider Boston and Philly decent sized cities)
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NYC Power Rankings: Mount Sinai
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Columbia = NYU
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Cornell
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Albert Einstein
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Rochester
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SUNY Downstate = Stony Brook
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Northwell
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NYMC
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St. John's Episcopal
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St. Barnabas
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I'd say it goes: NYU
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Montefiore = SUNY Downstate
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Sinai = Columbia = Cornell
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Northwell
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NYMC. (Rochester and Stony Brook are not NYC, and idk anything about St John's/St. Barnabas)
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Really?? What makes montefiore above Sinai /columbia?
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NYU
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Sinai >= Columbia = Cornell
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Columbia = NYU
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Cornell
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Albert Einstein
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Rochester
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SUNY Downstate = Stony Brook
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Northwell
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NYMC
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St. John's Episcopal
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St. Barnabas
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Montefiore = SUNY Downstate
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Sinai = Columbia = Cornell
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NYMC. (Rochester and Stony Brook are not NYC, and idk anything about St John's/St. Barnabas)
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Sinai >= Columbia = Cornell
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guysss does anyone know if TY/prelim are still coming out? I only HAVE 2???
I think most are out. However, I did get an IV invite today randomly, so who knows
Feb 21
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are mount sinai morningside west and northwestern not accepting prelims?
Feb 21
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They are, but very limited spots for MSW
Feb 21
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I got a random one yesterday! x3
Feb 21
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POOP
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Looked up the cook county PGY3 that got dismissed. Very sad that this can happen. How are people getting dismissed from derm programs? Have heard of many residents now getting dismissed, for example at Mount Sinai recently too