U Connecticut School of Medicine

Seconding this!

wait what happened bc I thought the vibes were fine?

Not OP but they literally were challenging my interests

lol interesting also happened to me a couple weeks back

I'm so glad people share on here bc I also thought it was rough

I thought it was okay? Different vibes in different rooms but overall I thought it was fair

most were fair except 1 room

i had 1 room that challenged something i said, but otherwise normal too. wondering if the same room?

> are there any programs that have horrible training or not the greatest training? askig for both academic and community programs

guys these memes are funny keep them coming

UConn> guys what is wrong with uconn i cant find the tea

I actually think UConn has an amazing program as someone who rotated there. They're catching a lot of heat this year but their attendings and education are top notch

their overall education is fine i think its just the way the program has protrayed itself this year (likely to aways on the sheet) has been less than fortunate.

it is workhorse. mostly matches IMGs if that tells u anything

did not get good vibes during the interview tbh

workhorse from someone in CT!

If i had a nickel for every time the words UConn or Penn Community engagement track popped up on this page i wouldn't even need derm salary anymore

same 6 rooms!

> lol UCONN mohs

every field deals with nepotism but the amount of applicants related to faculty in derm programs is shocking and most aren't aware because they don't share the same last name

UConn? More like UCan't match here unless your family is faculty

right click, show edit history, tab back to find the deleted material. I'm pasting the deleted content here: Replaced: "which programs do RTM calls???

none (not even the "low tier"/"niche" ones like University of Puerto Rico/St. Barnabas/St. Johns) etc. It never happens in derm. The only program that has a special "early" communication to an applicant regarding acceptance is University of Mississippi's Rural Track which the one applicant will hear back MONTHS before everyone else. That one spot is done outside of the match.

Current derm resident from the Northeast - can confirm derm residencies are terrified of recieving match violations and having a problem with the board. It may jeaporaize the program/its accredidation for the following year. " with "Anyone else completely exhausted and burnt out? Interviewing for advanced + prelim + TY is so tiring, extra props to those of you who dual applied. Our strongest soldiers. "

> people are saying that they received calls this year though? >> IF this somehow does happen, DO NOT tell any friends in medschool/others you have come acrss in your derm journey. This is a 1% chance occurence - don't blow it for you or the program. I would suggest you still rank YOUR top programs as you would have ranked originally (aka: pretend you never recieved that call).

12 programs called me and the PDs have directly texted me to say they're ranking me #1 what do I do???? :'((((

Some people are lying to increase anxiety and fuck with you. It's very easy to make a claim on here and get a reaction.

idk what to tell you i got a call from APD saying i was ranked to match, im not trying to create anxiety just answering the question

what region if you feel comfortable?

UConn

lmao. This has to be a lie. If you know anything about the UConn leadership you know they follow APD guidelines to a T. They might have nepotism and favorites picked out but they don't break the rules.

As a home student, I find it VERY hard to believe the UConn APD would call someone saying they're RTM.

you got 12? thats rookie numbers. try 28/28 man. << WTF no way this person is telling truth ??? 12 called u? < PGY-3 here. RTM still happens but at very few programs.

yes

yes was talking to someone who matched at a research heavy prgram as a phd but they're not interested in doing more research and they feel PRESSURE

I feel we may have talked to the same person!

what even are research heavy rpograms? i feel like every program I have interviewed at has said they don't care if residents do research

which

some programs have a research requirement to graduate

which ones

u hate to see it but uconn is one, its only 3 pubs tho

UCSD is notorious for being research heavy and placing a huge emphasis on it

def there are some programs the highly academic ones that do care that residents do research

most of the ones highly ranked by research funding care about it look at the doximity list ucsf, northwesterm, case, etc im too lazy to look up actual research reqs but case has one, UCSD has one idk

Can you just do a case report or find an eager med student and publish something simple for most of these requirements?

ask the residents man we dont know anything... we're in the same boat :/

Case is not research heavy at all

agree actually i don't think anyone is certain we're all hearing diff things bc i heard case was reserach heavy so i think person above is so right ask the residents!!> Case is research heavy. Has its own research group for med students and publishes constantly

the residents at UCSD said even though there is a reseach requirement, you can do the minimum if you're not interested in research

if I hear UConn one more time I'm gonna punch a wall lol

uconn aka program of the year> as a current student at UConn, I'm also tired of it lol.

as an away rotator and aware of low chance of matching at UConn, I definitely feel like all of the discourse over UConn is overblown. it's still a great program with some of the nicest faculty/residents you'd encounter, just unfortunate that this year has a lot of obvious cards stacked against rotators. every program has their own nepotism and political picks, its just not as obvious

100% agree. There isn't anything going on at UConn that isn't going on EVERYWHERE. It's just a interesting cohort of applicants from UConn this year.

they had a lot of rotators and i guess they had beans to spill

how is the training at uconn? is it over-hyped on this spreadsheet?

its probably just a standard derm experience *shrug*

yes, they usually finalize shortly after the last interview

i have heard they (uconn) are finalized after the last interivew . Also heard that this is a really tough year to get into uconn re: #internals, RYs, and fellows (and probably the fabled nepotism)

as an away rotator, uconn has like 6 internals, 2 RY, 2 fellows, and then 1-2 people that have nepotism. goodluck in that bloodbath. itll come down to strength of connections at uconn this year

> isn’t that kind of a low # of internals? There are programs that have 15+ home students/RYs

this number does not include QU students which might be considered home. they also only have 4 spots

they also had 30+ rotators

no offense to people who take time off to do RYs/etc, but I feel like this giant backup of applicants from the last 1-3 years is going to kill derm for people who go straight through, like of course we're "less qualified" in some aspects compared to those who take them, but like, not everyone finds research fulfilling

will say my institution recommends against research years, unless you switched into derm late

there are definitely less research focused programs though, which are a better fit for non-RY applicants - not everyone is applying to or hoping to stay in academic programs

my research-heavy home program also recommends against them unless you decide late because you have to be very productive if you choose to take one

app trends are always changing, best to carve out an individualized path!

research years started more than 3 years ago. no need to blame students who do research for how competative the field is, or your own feelings of being less qualified. programs understand that there are many different paths to derm, and many different reasons for each path. PDs can prioritize what they're looking for, as can applicants

I heard that the program is friends with UCONN (IYKYK)

bro whats the tea with that!! spill please!

bruh what the heck i feel like i hear scandalous things coming from emory every week what is going on over there

WHAAT??? Emory has UConn tea and yall arent sharing?!

how is emory friends with uconn? why does uconn pop up on this spreadsheet every day!!

uconn is the program of the year it seems

I think a lot of them aren't anymore. I know MedStar and Duke aren't doing them. UConn does not either. Northwestern is also not hosting one.

this is a great question, i was also wondering

p sure their match rate for RY and fellows is <50% at this rate. pretty sad. and that lore abt them promising spots has 10000000% got to be true

what does this mean match rate for RY and fellows? aren't RYs and fellows the same thing for med students? also, how are you coming to this conclusion at <50%

Not OP RYs are people who have not graduated med school yet. Fellows have MDs. If you look at their past fellows or RYs, you can see many did not match derm or needed multiple years to match. Their 2022? RY did not match, A recent fellow did not match., i think 50%ish might be around accurate? Which is unfortunate because thats about the match rate for derm anyway

I enjoyed it! Vibes were good.

how are u guys thinking about the "spots taken" here

scarily chill interview

bad, prob true

1000% true

what makes you think that?

I'd send an email to Christina.

Honestly, residents are nice. Attendings are mostly nice. Lots of autonomy, your own assigned MA. QOL is good, and I do think the training is good. >mostly?? whos the bad apple

I lovee the residents