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I'm waiting for the Mayo Rochester trickle post-Thanksgiving because (1) lots of people won't be able to make it during the days with lot of overlap and (2) the applicants are required to submit their interview dates by today
Mayo Clinic School of Grad Med Educ-MN
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Anonymous posters frequently described the Rochester location as isolating or undervalued due to weather and setting, even as they praised faculty research support and resources. Several commenters reported frustration with repeated survey emails and extended waitlist status often called "Mayo limbo," while opinions on the program's overall prestige ranking were mixed.
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2026-2027 Derm
3 entries❌1. You have to be one of Mangolds fellows to match here. It is a waste of 1 of 28 applications otherwise. The match history of the last however many years speaks for itself, but a current attending at Mayo AZ said to me (slight paraphrasing) “you just have to do what he says for a year and they’ll take you.”
💬1. They do interivew non-signalers occasionally > yea but i think they do this because their spots are already filled internally haha
💬1. They seem to only match random name schools since noone wants to live here lol. Great training and instituion though, but def rank other similar reputation programs higher.
2025–2026 Derm
1 entry❌1. You have to be one of Mangolds fellows to match here. It is a waste of 1 of 28 applications otherwise. The match history of the last however many years speaks for itself, but a current attending at Mayo AZ said to me (slight paraphrasing) “you just have to do what he says for a year and they’ll take you.”
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Other interesting facts: accoriding to program information, UTSW interviewed 65 for 9-11 spots, Mayo Rochester interviewed 55 for 8 spots...
<Northwestern may have been really high last year b/c they had A TON (I think 12?) of internal applicants (not including rotators - though rotators don't all get intervews).
Mar 23
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I'm also surprised that their step i is slig lu below average for the general population of derm applicants.
Mar 23
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look at other programs on there. They all have crazy low step scores reported. No way is the average for NW less than 250. I think programs lie.
Mar 23
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<- as a reference, there were about 24-26 interviewees at the nu internal day (home students, away rotators, re applicants, and research fellows)
Mar 23
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No, they attached a sheet with hotel rates too
Which Derm programs offer free hotel? Henry Ford, Mayo-Rochester, Mayo-AZ... others? Penn State, I'm there this week.
Mar 23
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Nice
Mar 23
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Geisinger pays fo hotel as well
Mar 23
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Mayo-Jacksonville too
Mar 23
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Southern Illinois university as well
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Interviewed 20 for 6 spots They interviewed fewer applicants this year compared to previous years << also I think their interview dates had a lot of conflicts and perhaps they didn't invite additional people after some had to drop ther invites
absolutely got what they deserved. sent us SIX EMAILS SOACED OUT OVER AN HOUR of rejections, now they might have to fucking SOAP a person they rejected. -- SOAP 2 people they rejected -- Still not worse than MAYO and their BS Survey
Mar 23
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I don't think this is fair, clearly the multiple emails were an admin error--it's not like they were intentionally saying FU. Everyone who got interview invites also got these rejection emails too. They're a good program << Agreed, I am not mad at Colorado at all for the 6 email mistake. It was funny and accidental << Unlike Mayo which was intentional spam x2 << dude chill, clearly was a clerical error. check your ego. The coordinator is a super nice lady, just a mistake...I do wish they sent out a few more interviews though
Mar 23
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Mar 23
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Yup x3 << Not to be "that guy" but I was at zero until yesterday, and then I got my first random. Your time will come!
<I got my first one today and it was Mayo so this process definitely makes sense /s
Mar 23
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the system is trickle, gimme dem invites! but seriously i dont know why schools do this, i guess its their way of filtering out even more candidates...<<i guess but then they miss out on some really great applicants that might have gone there. for example, i literally couldnt choose between two schools on those dates, so i just went with the more convenient flight option. Not because i liked one school more than the other....who knows if i would have been a better fit for the other school
man i feel for you, im not saying its right or anything.
Mar 23
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I feel for UConn and Maryland internals/rotators. Only given 1 date << can you imagine if you rotated at both, and then had to pick between invites at JHU, UCSF, Northwestern, UC-Davis, UMiami, Mayo-AZ?<<that was me, i had to pick between ucsf, northwestern, mayo AZ, Davis, and hopkins <goals x3
Mar 23
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i would love to have those problems
Mar 23
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I hate the overlap especially since I have had to pick even though I only have 5 invites. However, with people going to 15+ or 20+ interviews, I'm glad they do this to force a little trickle. << problem is for some of us we already got rejected from these programs, so even if the spots are now open...it won't be to us :(
Mar 23
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As someone with far more rejections than invites, we have to accept that those were not for us.
Mar 23
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so... what if i didn't get invited but also didn't get rejected? this gonna be like wake all over again? lol x4
they should just reject us rather than staying in limbo x1 << Just checked last year's chat and rejections came in waves. << while you're checking chat...by this point were interviews similarly distributed? or what tf is going on? << After a couple of waves of rejections, there's Mayo limbo, which appears to be a kind of wait list in case someone scheduled from the first draft dropps... Actually looks like a formal waitlist email came out later.
Mar 23
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WAKE me up inside (WAKE me up inside) Call my name and save me from the daaaaaark
Mar 23
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LMAO I love you guys
Mar 23
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WHEN ITS ALL OVER
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Programs with fellowship spots <just go to Mayo and stop caring bout Top 5 lol x3
<I was told NOT to express your interest in mohs as they will think you are just interested in money .. always say you want general derm (or peds) even if its a complete lie
Mar 23
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Do Mohs surgeons actually make that much more? <um, YES!
Mar 23
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But that's if you do 100% Mohs, which is super rare. You need such a large network of general derm practices to feed your Mohs practice that there are not enough cases to go around
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Congrats! That's still better the rejection (which I got). Mayo didn't give me an interview for their medical school, and decided not to send me an outright interview for derm. Oh well, I guess I can apply to work there as an attending :'(
Ask yourself if you really want to live there tho lol
Mar 23
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What if we didn't get rejected or waitlisted? Ultimate limbo? On the waitlsit for the waitlist?
Mar 23
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lol
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Congrats! x3
thoughts on this program?
Mar 23
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interviewed here last year and loved it! Great program in a great location, the biggest drawback is that it's a small ;dept and only 2 res per year
Mar 23
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awesome thank you! how does this Mayo Clinic site compare to the Rochester one in terms of resources, research, pathology and future job prospects (academic and private)
Mar 23
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didn’t interview at Rochester but it’s for sure not as much of a powerhouse. They do have good faculty and research, lots of support for research and access to Mayo patient databases in the entire Mayo system including Rochester; lots of admin support for research as well, like someone can write and submit your IRB stuff etc. as far as I remember
Mar 23
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That's awesome! Are you guys internal or rotators by chance?<<nope, external no ties x3 << mayo-AZ doesn't have internals...
Mar 23
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LOL I'm an idiot << Well, they do, but not for this cycle. I think their med school opened last year.
Mar 23
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Yo anyone made contact about the hotel reservation?
Mar 23
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Johns Hopkins and Penn are both overdue for interview invites this year. Hopefully, Vanderbilt sends its regular ones out today << Mayo AZ is also pretty overdue << Also, to the neurotics among us, just know that Penn, Vanderbilt, and Johns Hopkins have historically sent out their invitations in batches
Penn's website says by 11/25
Mar 23
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<Hopkins and penn - both of these places so far out of my reach it doesn't affect me << Try not to feel this way. I was on 0 for a long time and got 2 interviews at top 10 programs. My app is so regular that I assumed it was a mistake. The point is, you never know and no program is a reach.
Mar 23
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<haha, Mt. Sinai practically sends after Christmas, but I like the wishful thinking!
Mar 23
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12/6 in 2017, but yes, probs too early.
Mar 23
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I've heard that you get your own secretary at Mayo and very little scut. Don't know if true
Rochester MN is about 10-15F colder than Ann Arbor
Mar 23
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Have also heard the rumor that Mayo gives more support staff. Rochester is more boring and colder than Ann Arbor with the qualifier that both are cold. Ann Arbor has stuff around it but Rochester is really isolated.
Mar 23
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Anyone know which programs have supplementals? And which recquire different personal statements?
I don't think any programs require different personal statements (at least when I applied). Some people changed their personal statements for programs they were really interested in or to clarify any ties to a geographic region that may not have been evident from the rest of their application. UTSW, Mayo, Indiana, and UMass had supplemental questions that were relatively short.
Mar 22
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UTSW wants you to submit answers to 3 questions
Mar 22
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in lieu of a PS
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UMass
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UMass had supplemental questions? Can't find that on their website. Do you mean BU?
Mar 22
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<-- No they email the supplemental question out
Mar 22
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just got one from UMASS and UCONN
Mar 22
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OHSU too
Mar 22
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i got a "thank you for the additional information" from Mayo so that was stimulating
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Mayo Clinic Jax interview out!
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ehh year after year they recruit 3 off the waitlist. Trust the process haha! No biggie just venting