Applicant sentiment — from 150 anonymous posts, 2016–2027
4.8 / 10
What anonymous posters said
Anonymous posters frequently discussed a past reputation issue tied to an old online thread, with several saying concerns had since improved and others suggesting problems persisted; opinions on resident happiness were mixed. Multiple posts described long work hours and strong academic/research standing, while several noted limited cosmetic dermatology exposure.
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Fame & Shame
2025–2026 Derm
2 entries
✅1. Super sweet residents, they try really hard to make you feel welcome, the course coordinator and director are extremely responsive and invested in your experience, and they all write nice comments about you! Mostly working with residents and a few dedicated days with an attending 1:1 in clinic. Attendings you work with are also super kind.
❌1. Parking sucks; expensive at main hospital and even then, have to drive around to find a spot for a while.
Some absolutely attrocious tweets coming out of DermTwitter attacking programs for not matching any Black applicants. Clearly improving DEI is an essential movement for the field but there are so many logical flaws with this trash take < who posted 'atrocious' tweets? < I don't see any. < everyone just wants to complain about something on twitter
DermTwitter (since it started) world is quite different from the real Derm world in terms of emphasis in the specialty. I wouldn't say take it w/a grain of salt but they're not the majority academic Derm faculty view (which is still relatively traditional), so keep that in mind. If you're someone who does not have a home dermatology residency program at your medical school, DermTwitter can be very helpful there when it comes to building an application.
Mar 21
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All I'll say is that it is pretty weird when your residency is in a city with 70-80% black people and NONE of the residents that you match are black. The reason they're attacked is because it's not like it's because of a lack of interest from URMs < I imagine that most cities/urban cores aren't majority white. This idea that black residents of a city can only get good medical care from a dermatologist of the same race is weird. Academic medical centers by default treat marginalized communities. Outside of racial quotas (which are unconstitutional) for Derm there is really nothing that can be done about a derm residency not matching a black applicant. The only cities that are greater than 70% black are Detroit, Michigan and Jackson, Mississippi.
Mar 21
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Those who rotated at Uab, why do you think they didn't interview a lot of away rotators? Spill the tea. << Well for starters, UAB is a really strong Dermatology program. They don't need to interview all rotators. Good candidates come to them in the application process. << this sounds like something written by an attending or resident < what makes Uab strong? why would you want to be a derm faculty there vs at Northwestern or UMich or UTSW or UMiami or UPenn or Yale even << You're shifting the goalposts and asking a different question w/regards to the caliber of Dermatology residency programs (how you choose residency programs when it comes to training you vs. how you choose residency programs where you want to go to be an academic faculty member are totally different questions). And to the person who wrote directly after me above, yes, I'm actually a PGY-4 Derm resident, but I wanted to give some perspective as someone now on the other side of the match process. It's somewhat hard to understand for Derm applicants while you'going through it, to see and evaluate derm programs in a methodical way until they get to the other side, where it makes a lot more sense. I'll admit that it's not ideal, when you're trying to decide as an MS-3 student, where exactly to rotate in Derm in MS-4 to maximize your chances of matching into Derm or at least receiving interviews from places that you have rotated.
heard its a rotation mill