Mass General Brigham-MA

everyone gunning for MGH and posting "i ranked it last" to convince others to do the same. only way to game the system, kudos.

<it's derm, you can do anything you want with training at most places. Go with what makes you and your SO happy x2

Current PGY-1. Ranked places closer to family ahead of top tier programs because ultimatelymy SO and I decided that we would be happier at those programs and they would be more supportive of any career path. Make your ranklist however YOU want to and dont let people on a spreadsheet, Doximity rankings, prestige, etc tell you how to rank places. WWYD really doesnt matter because everyone and every situation is different

i really want to believe in the positivity of these messages but the cynic in me says it's just applicants fucking other applicants over.

OP: really not my intention. I just want to admit that I personally struggled and it feels WEIRD to look at these top programs lower on my list but it works for me and just wanted to put it out there because I know a lot of people are struggling with the same thought process.

also posted about this and definitely not trying to screw anyone over. I wanna be close to family

Also, on the flip side, I would argue that if name/prestige DOES matter to you, then rank it that way! This makes it seem like it's black and white, that you're sacrificing something to rank the top programs higher. But sometimes there's a reason why top programs are top!

Please don't rank NYU, thats my top.. kthxbi

Who actually considers northwestern top 5 is my question

disagree, i think it can be helpful to network at a top prelim (BI, BWH, etc.) -- Everything matters, but I doubt your fellowship application will be made or broken by your TY or Prelim

<Your prelim year does not matter at all. like at all.

that's what I needed to hear.

if you do something that's not a good fit for you and you burn out, or don't like the people you're with, you won't go into derm refreshed/happy and that can hurt, so basically prelim year matters TO YOU and do what YOU want, but yes to other people externally it doens't matter one bit

terrible reputation. I will have nothing good to say about any program that doesn't send outright rejections. The most respected programs (Harvard, Stanford, UCSF, etc) do that for their applicants. << you would slam a program over that? Geez, hope you're not matching with me. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with keeping a larger waitlist. Some programs actually give the opportunity for second reviews of waitlist applications when they arise

meh, I must prefer less email spam. rejections suck because it's an extra notification that is useless. I would rather all programs ghost

I can’t really ask a mentor to reach out to a program that rejected me. Would much rather have silence and them be open to re-reviewing versus one random faculty completely closing the door on me.

bingo!