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This season started with a derm resident saying med students going for derm shouldnt have acne and it's all been downhill from there
Temple Univ Hosp-PA
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Applicant sentiment — from 87 anonymous posts, 2017–2027
5.5 / 10
What anonymous posters said
Anonymous posters frequently asked about Temple's interview release timing, often noting uncertainty or lateness. Several comments described the program as high-volume and clinically focused, with some recommending an away rotation to improve match chances. Views on program culture were mixed, with some posts calling training strong while others referenced a controversial social media video; a few posts also noted confusion between this program and a similarly named Texas program.
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If I want to match anywhere, where should I rotate? aka which programs interview mainly rotators?
Most of them interview rotators>emory>UF>tulane>Baylor Scott and White Temple
Feb 21
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musc
Feb 21
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thank you!
Feb 21
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want to reiterate that it's getting harder to get these away rotations so you might not have a choice but check the schools that didnt II aways from this year and last year
Feb 21
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Would add penn state and jefferson to this list but can't edit the cell for some reason
Feb 21
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i believe wayne state also does
Feb 21
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musc
Mar 7
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thank you!
Mar 7
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i believe wayne state also does
Mar 7
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I wish I applied to Temple just to know if they address the infamous Tik Tok on interview day
I rotated and interviewed there last cycle, and honestly, the resident that made that video was really nice and welcoming on my away and interview day. I was surprised to see her take on tiktok and don't think it's a good representation of her character from my personal experience
Feb 21
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Temple is phenomenal; dont let that one stupid tiktok video deter you from seeing its true quality. the training there is unparalleled x2.
Feb 21
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"training is unparalleled" and it's not even a T10 program lmao
Feb 21
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Rotate there and you will know what I mean. Much of this T10 ranking is based on research funding, and Temple is more of a clinical program. They see 80+ patients in a DAY.
Feb 21
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this is a normal amount lol
Feb 21
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If Dr. Hsu leaves, the program will crash and burn
Feb 21
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"training is unparalleled" and it's not even a T10 program lmao
Mar 7
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Rotate there and you will know what I mean. Much of this T10 ranking is based on research funding, and Temple is more of a clinical program. They see 80+ patients in a DAY.
Mar 7
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this is a normal amount lol
Mar 7
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If Dr. Hsu leaves, the program will crash and burn
Mar 7
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why did someone delete the temple tiktok girl, what was her name again
Margaret O’Brien
Feb 21
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Do we know if it matters if we go to the residency open houses? Like do they keep track of it when choosing who to interview?
Definitely not
Feb 21
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They use Zoom trackers to keep track of attendees (often blacklisting those who register and then no-show). After that they filter camera-on versus camera-off users and will rank you accordingly based on participation and engagement (are they smiling/active/nodding?)
Feb 21
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no lol
Feb 21
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This is absolutely true, signed resident at a highly ranked research institution.
Feb 21
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@ the resident, when a program says at the start that it doesn't count/they don't track, should we trust it?
Feb 21
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Listen, I know were all neurotic but honestly do we really think an optional open house is going to make or break anything. No. If you register, you should try to attend because you may learn something about the program you didn't know. If a program says at the beginning they dont track, that means to chill.
Feb 21
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As a resident in charge of the open house I can tell you the other people in these comments are full of shit. We do not look at or really even remember who is coming to the open house. In fact, it is really annoying when students are doing too much at these open houses. It is genuinely just a chance to learn more about the program. I couldn't give a fuck less if you have your camera on or are dressed in business clothing, etc.
Feb 21
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< i hope this is a joke < no its in the NRMP charting outcomes
Feb 21
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i know the other person is joking obvy but a resident told me once for their program they keep track, obvy not majority of places but n =1
Feb 21
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lol theyre not going to rank you to match just bc you showed up to an open house pls
Feb 21
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Nobody said they are ranking to match, but we use it as criteria for interview selection. We look for people who are dressed nicely in formal attire during these open houses, camera should always be on, questions being asked, etc.
Feb 21
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you cant be serious lol
Feb 21
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not getting an interview because you left an optional open house early sounds like serious copium
Feb 21
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LMFAO literally how delusional can you be
Feb 21
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they said "how are you going to hate from the outside of the club.. you cant even get in"
Feb 21
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and yet they're still insecure…yikes! "I'm so awesome I can't possibly fathom any other reason why I wouldn't get an interview other than this open house that no one cares about"
Feb 21
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<it's giving the Temple resident TikTok
Feb 21
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So is it better to not sign up for them if you can't for sure attend? I'm on the west coast so some of these east program ones occur when I'm in clinic 😭
Feb 21
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some told us during the open house that they don't collect attendance; I don't think it is tracked usually and if it is, not weighed heavily. It is mostly helpful to just be able to have specific things to say about the program / see if you are interested
Feb 21
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no lol
Mar 7
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This is absolutely true, signed resident at a highly ranked research institution.
Mar 7
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@ the resident, when a program says at the start that it doesn't count/they don't track, should we trust it?
Mar 7
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Listen, I know were all neurotic but honestly do we really think an optional open house is going to make or break anything. No. If you register, you should try to attend because you may learn something about the program you didn't know. If a program says at the beginning they dont track, that means to chill.
Mar 7
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As a resident in charge of the open house I can tell you the other people in these comments are full of shit. We do not look at or really even remember who is coming to the open house. In fact, it is really annoying when students are doing too much at these open houses. It is genuinely just a chance to learn more about the program. I couldn't give a fuck less if you have your camera on or are dressed in business clothing, etc.
Mar 7
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i know the other person is joking obvy but a resident told me once for their program they keep track, obvy not majority of places but n =1
Mar 7
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lol theyre not going to rank you to match just bc you showed up to an open house pls
Mar 7
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Nobody said they are ranking to match, but we use it as criteria for interview selection. We look for people who are dressed nicely in formal attire during these open houses, camera should always be on, questions being asked, etc.
Mar 7
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you cant be serious lol
Mar 7
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not getting an interview because you left an optional open house early sounds like serious copium
Mar 7
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LMFAO literally how delusional can you be
Mar 7
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they said "how are you going to hate from the outside of the club.. you cant even get in"
Mar 7
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and yet they're still insecure…yikes! "I'm so awesome I can't possibly fathom any other reason why I wouldn't get an interview other than this open house that no one cares about"
Mar 7
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<it's giving the Temple resident TikTok
Mar 7
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some told us during the open house that they don't collect attendance; I don't think it is tracked usually and if it is, not weighed heavily. It is mostly helpful to just be able to have specific things to say about the program / see if you are interested
Mar 7
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RE the tea on DLS -- what is the tea about the guy from temple?> PA or TX?
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For the BSW Temple rotation, has anyone heard about onboarding requirements yet? >nope
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For ERAS 7 not-most meaningful activities, should we add a line on what we learned from the experience, or why we wanted to do it, etc.? or just stick to here is what I did.
Did you guys see the video by a temple resident saying you shouldn't have acne on your away rotation…
Feb 21
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Temple, PA or Temple, TX
Feb 21
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is there a link? >temple PA drdermbot on tiktok and the cover is "i've debated a long time before posting this.."> copy and paste this plz lol
Feb 21
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found the link! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT65V4k6Y/
Feb 21
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whats the account
Feb 21
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she deleted it lol
Feb 21
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@/ drdermbot on tiktok
Feb 21
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@/dermatoxic on tiktok reuploaded it
Feb 21
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its temple in PA, her name looks very Irish >. i thought temple was supposed to be a good culture> from my experience people seemed happy and it didn't really seem toxic
Feb 21
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Tbh the way she phrased things were wrong, but pretty privilege is definitely a thing, and especially in competitive specialties like derm. I hate it but it does seem to be the case when you hear stories of residents talking about "feedback" being to dress better, style makeup better, etc. sucks though
Feb 21
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Temple, PA or Temple, TX
Mar 7
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is there a link? >temple PA drdermbot on tiktok and the cover is "i've debated a long time before posting this.."> copy and paste this plz lol
Mar 7
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found the link! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT65V4k6Y/
Mar 7
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she deleted it lol
Mar 7
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@/ drdermbot on tiktok
Mar 7
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@/dermatoxic on tiktok reuploaded it
Mar 7
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its temple in PA, her name looks very Irish >. i thought temple was supposed to be a good culture> from my experience people seemed happy and it didn't really seem toxic
Mar 7
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anyone know anything about temple aways? do they interview rotators? x2
yes! apparently they interview all rotators
Feb 21
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Hey ya'll we have most of the spreadsheet filled out now (a separate copy exists despite someone sabotaging and deleting). We are still missing matches for: Kansas (KS), Vanderbilt (TN), Temple (PA), MCG (GA), St. Lukes (PA), HCA Corpus Christi (TX), HealthPartners (MN), Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville) (FL), EVMS (VA), Marshfield Clinic (WI), DCC-Flint (MI), LSU - New Orleans (LA).
Hey ya'll we have most of the spreadsheet filled out now (a separate copy exists despite someone sabotaging and deleting). We are still missing matches for: Kansas (KS), Vanderbilt (TN), Temple (PA), MCG (GA), HCA Corpus Christi (TX), HealthPartners (MN), Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville) (FL), EVMS (VA), Marshfield Clinic (WI), DCC-Flint (MI), LSU - New Orleans (LA).
Mar 21
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Hey ya'll we have most of the spreadsheet filled out now (a separate copy exists despite someone sabotaging and deleting). We are still missing matches for: Kansas (KS), Vanderbilt (TN), Temple (PA), MCG (GA), HCA Corpus Christi (TX), HealthPartners (MN), Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville) (FL), UFlorida (FL), EVMS (VA), Marshfield Clinic (WI), DCC-Flint (MI), LSU - New Orleans (LA).
Mar 21
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5 to 10
Mar 22
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anyone know temple's match list?
i matched at a T5 and also did not get a call!
Mar 22
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Penn did multiple rtm calls confirmed
Mar 22
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OP: im totally not disputing this, im just reassuring future applicants that you can match a T5 without any rtm calls too, so there doesn't need to be fear mongering. i support all sharing of information and also did hear that penn and yale did rtm communications
Mar 22
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I matched at Penn and didn’t got a RTM call
Mar 23
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reapplicant here:( how can i see what programs had R spots available this past cycle? also does that change every year?>> Yup changes every year, there was approximately 7 or 8 when I submitted ERAS and maybe 4-6 that came out from start to end of cycle
this year I think was UCSF, case western, midwestern, UTMB, puerto rico, larkin, pcom georgia, temple, mcg, utah - half of those came out halfway through the cycle
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The ones from the start of the cycle: Lark S Miami (not real, reserved for the unpaid research fellow), Case Western, Midwestern, DCC-Flint, UTMB, PR, PCOM, Georgia. Later ones that came out but from the grapevines they only interviewed people that had already signaled earlier in the cycle and/or were reserved for internal as there wasn't any mention of new reapplicants that hadn't originally signaled getting IIs: UCSF, Temple, MCG, NYMC, Wayne State, Utah
Mar 17
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The ones from the start of the cycle: Lark S Miami (not real, reserved for the unpaid research fellow), Case Western, Midwestern, Dartmouth, DCC-Flint, UTMB, PR, PCOM, Georgia. Later ones that came out but from the grapevines they only interviewed people that had already signaled earlier in the cycle and/or were reserved for internal as there wasn't any mention of new reapplicants that hadn't originally signaled getting IIs: UCSF, Temple, MCG, NYMC, Wayne State, Utah
Mar 18
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The ones from the start of the cycle: Larkin S Miami (not real, reserved for the unpaid research fellow), Case Western, Midwestern, Dartmouth, DCC-Flint, UTMB, PR, PCOM, Georgia. Later ones that came out but from the grapevines they only interviewed people that had already signaled earlier in the cycle and/or were reserved for internal as there wasn't any mention of new reapplicants that hadn't originally signaled getting IIs: UCSF, Temple, MCG, NYMC, Wayne State, Utah
Mar 19
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Any insight on temple PA away?
there is a tab with a ton of info. great away, lots of experience and you get to do a lot but that also means you have to do a lot
Mar 16
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and if you want a shot at actually matching at temple you NEED to do the away, otherwise don't bother
Mar 16
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rotated there this cycle. it is guarenteed interview if you do the away, the issue is there are >50 people interviewed for 3 seats. But you get to work with the PD/chair and all of the residents on a daily basis so plenty of chances to make a strong impression.
Mar 16
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any thoughts on the Temple interview? /considering how to rank vs other programs in eastern PA
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anyone got BSW Temple schedule yet?
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