Stanford, CA
Applicant sentiment — from 150 anonymous posts, 2016–2027
6.2 / 10
What anonymous posters said
Anonymous posters frequently group this program among a small set of highly regarded dermatology residencies. Several described residents as happy and well supported with favorable quality of life and compensation, while some noted comparatively weaker derm surgery or Mohs training. Many posts also debated whether post-interview check-in or 'RTM' calls occurred, reflecting persistent rumor and uncertainty around recruitment communications.
AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 150 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply
✅1. All of the hospitals are beautiful
❌1. I heard that their Peds Derm spot is guaranteed to whoever their current research fellow is, the nepotism runs deep. Good luck.
❌2. Most stressful interview day. No breaks between rooms. Rapid fire of very challenging questions and follow-ups. Felt very judged with every answer I gave. PD responded with rudeness after I asked a basic question.
💬1. well the shame is clearly not true as this year's peds match was not the research fellow +1. very organized interview day and responsive coordinator. > hated this interview day seemed like they were trying to see how you do under stress
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Did Stanford, Harvard, and Penn peeps send thank yous or questions to interviewers? what is standard? < Stop sending this shit to people. Makes it weird for the rest of us and doesn't affect your chances in the slightest. You should be thanking them during your interview and that's enough x2000
STOP TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO RANK PROGRAMS. Some people love Stanford and some people love Nebraska. Let them pick their training and stfu
How do other programs like Harvard/NYU justify their COL and lack of resident financial support when Stanford is literally throwing cash at you < DREAM Program < harvard is prob the worst program in terms of salary/COL ratio < Simple: People come to Harvard and NYU for the name. < by cosigning your rent lease with you and because rent is only that high close to the hospital and NYU definitely has support because union
Stanford is soooooo incredible wow!
Thoughts on Stanford interviews??
Has anyone still not received the Stanford gift card?
Anyone else not get the Stanford Doordash giftcard? < just got it today
very jealous of people asking about Stanford and UCSF. I really wanted those two! Goodluck! < take mine
Has anyone received the Stanford DoorDash gift card? I can't find it in my email or spam folders < me neither
Did Stanford interview schedules we got in the mail have interviewer names? Mine was blank?
does anyone know how many people stanford interviews
Can we get a T10 tab going? The T10 interviews are picking up now. < yassss < we are not having a separate sheet for T10s.< Ok. Don't get salty and get HTN with all the incoming NYU, Stanford, UCSF, Penn, Harvard etc discussions < there have already been discussions about Harvard and Penn and no one got salty, stop projecting< trying to keep the main chat more inclusive; I imagine it can't be fun for people who didn't get II from their dream programs to be reading about the privileged few who collected them like Thanos collected the infinity stones <well such is life and we need to stop glorifying these programs anyway. a derm program is a derm program.
Any thoughts on Harvard v Penn v NYU v Yale? And then UCSF v Stanford, and how to weigh these two west coast programs vs Northeast? Anything other than geographic preference that one should think about?< It comes down to autonomy and ancillary support. Some of these programs give more than others. Some lack things the other have. No program is 100% complete, it just needs to check the most boxes on your list.
Any word yet about the Stanford interview packages?
Has anyone received their interview package tracking number from Stanford yet?
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