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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Honestly, it's smart. Why close the door until you're absolutely certain and interviews are done?
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!
Must be nice
<-- with the chair? this seems like something the program director would do, not the chair.
Last year it was the PD, so this post is clearly a lie <If I my RTM was from the PD and not the chair, is it still worth the same
Can confirm, not a lie
Anyone who got a RTM then announced it on a public forum likely was promptly removed from the list. Consider it a test of character
< Can also confirm its not a lie, nor were we really sworn to secrecy lol
CONGRATULATIONS to those who got RTM calls from Stanford! My friend last year also received one and had a convo with the chair so this is not a lie.
<I would search through the sheet. A few of the RTM posts seemed slightly fake, but it seems like a few (less than 5) may have (e.g. Stanford)
Yale; MCW; stanford
Wash U
<we're all these through the derm departments?
Very competitive applicant with a lot of interviews: I got 0 RTM calls or emails << Interviewed at 14 got 1 email<<also very competitive applicant with 4/5 top interviews and 25+ interview offers and 0 RTM calls or emails as well, though a few "hints" from my home program when talking to the PD there. << my friend got 2 RTM calls
I also had over 25 interview offers and not RTM. I think only 1-2 places did it this year and who knows how many they gave.
Thanks feeing better.
Stanford // 11 interviews 1RTM call
FYI Stanford only has 6 spots this year
They also have a dozen internal applicants applying and will likely fill those spots with them
What happened this year?
They took 5/6 or 6/7 a few years ago
but they have a dozen? also heard rumor mill that northwestern has many applicants too
yale has 12
these numbers seem to get exaggerated....
Northwestern definitely has 15 or 16 this year. Heard it from one of them.
Why does Stanford only have 6 spots tho...
yale actually has 6. speaking as one of them.
<- mythbuster MVP
^How do you know this?
From a resident. Something about no one taking a research spot to open up funding
They took 5/6 or 6/7 a few years ago
<<<-exactly, will likely be 5/6 again
Stanford only had 3 applicants last year...
And they only took 2/3 from the applicants from last year, despite having 9 spots.
^ hiiiii
Coming from the PD during a meeting with all the applicants
Almost all people from Stanford took 1-2 years off which resulted in the unusually high number this year
Any news on when Stanford and Colorado are coming out?
Stanford out
Stanford Waitlist
Stanford rejections out
Stanford Rejection
Stanford vs. UCSF. Which one has happier residents?
Out of curiosity to gauge amount of overlap at top programs, how many ppl are interviewing at UCSF, Stanford, NYU, Penn and Harvard?
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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