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What applicants said about U North Carolina Hospitals in the 2020 cycle

Chapel Hill, NC

U North Carolina Hospitals

Applicant sentiment — from 12 anonymous posts, 2019-2020 Derm

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Lucky for anyone who put colorado or tufts #1<why, -- because they are gauranteed to match their #1 choice <not if they were unranked!

#2773Mar 23

very few people go unranked, you have to be super shitty, most people aren't super shitty

Mar 23
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<so even new programs like st lukes fully matched but not tufts or colorado? wth

Mar 23
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I bet the new programs interview a ton of people to ensure they don't go unmatched. Like maybe 20:1 vs normally programs are 10:1. CU only had like 4?:1

Mar 23
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feel like that still doesn't make sense tho right? like UNC interviews 5:1 and I think of them similarly to colorado. just a strange ass situation << Sometimes programs overshoot and interview all 260+ AOA from top 10 schools who all end up at Harvard or UCSF. That's probably what happened to DEnver

Mar 23
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yeah also if they did only interview 19 people and have 6 spots then they're closer to 3:1

Mar 23
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wow 3:1!? that's.... not a smart move.

Mar 23
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this situation is just super unlucky and unfortunate because it confirms a program's worst fear and will discourage programs next year from saving everyone time and money by interviewing fewer applicants/spot

Mar 23
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it was an insanely low number of interviews... do 1:5 if you are so confident (which a lot of the ivy leagues do), not 1:3. that's literally idiotic << Not even the top 5 could get away with a 1:3 ratio... Agreed 1:5 is the lowest even the best programs should drop to

Mar 23
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St. Lukes Interviewed 120 people for 2 spots, It was impossible for them not to match

Mar 23
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LOL WHAT << They thought they would get approved for 4 spots, so they did 120 which is 30:1, then a month ago they sent an email saying "sike" we just have 2 spots <- interviewed there and got such bad vibes from the program. DNR. <- just curious what your bad vibes were, as I also interviewed there but didn't see any red flags except for them being brand new

Mar 23
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For a change of pace, who have been the coolest/nicest people you've met on the trail?

#2518Mar 23

UNC and Stanford <- *Blush* (´・ω・`)

Mar 23
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Top 5 programs in terms of skin of color training? x4

#2031Mar 23

skin of color as in red man syndrome?

Mar 23
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oh good question! I would like to know too

Mar 23
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My guess: Mt. Sinai, Wake, Howard, UCSF, Harvard, U penn, NYU

Mar 23
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< you forgot UTAH

Mar 23
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NYU??? x2

Mar 23
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absolutely NYU << dang one would think that best skin of color training would occur in places with high % skin of color pop (Detroit, Birmingham, Baltimore, etc)

Mar 23
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really UTAH?

Mar 23
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I think sarcasm

Mar 23
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What about Henry Ford, Emory, UNC, NW? Henry Ford PD actually felt the need to reassure us during the interview presentation that they get to see skin cancer at community clinics because the main hospital is so heavily just skin of color

Mar 23
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<I rotated at UNC and felt it was very diverse - agreed, very pleasantly surprised

Mar 23
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Another vote for Wake Forest! Amy McMichael is an amazing doctor and person!

Mar 23
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<- WF faculty seems diverse, but their patient population is still pretty rural and not as diverse

Mar 23
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yes, but Dr. McMichael has an interest in SOC so tailors her teaching/clinic to that. She gave a talk to our program a few years ago, hence the fangirling.

Mar 23
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Also, Hopkins has a specific initiative to support underrepresented minority faculty and residents.

Mar 23
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Anyone manage to get off the UNC waitlist?

#1927Mar 23

no :/ << same x3. The dream is over folks

Mar 23
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Anyone else waiting for that "3" UNC trickle? I'm waitlisted for UNC, but it's so late at this point, right? <Said up to a week prior to their interview day (Dec 6th), so I would assume not. That's so last minute, and most of the people have solidified their interview schedules during that time.

#1916Mar 23

I'm waiting for the Mayo Rochester trickle post-Thanksgiving because (1) lots of people won't be able to make it during the days with lot of overlap and (2) the applicants are required to submit their interview dates by today

Mar 23
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ehh year after year they recruit 3 off the waitlist. Trust the process haha! No biggie just venting

Mar 23
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Wake forest rejection (Finally) x4

#1688Mar 23

the gift that keeps giving << why are you so excited you got the rejection? <<< Nice to finally have closure since they have had so many cycles of invites and rejects

Mar 23
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Very nice rejection letter, not the best communication method since your heart is beating 200bpm and you have to open up a completely neutral sounding email to view the rejection letter. Literally no idea of rejection or invite until you download the PDF x2< yea ridiculous that you have to go into eras to open an attachment for a freaking rejection

Mar 23
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PD sounds like an idiot

Mar 23
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Makes you really appreciate the programs that put their decision in the subject title. Shout out to UNC

Mar 23
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oh good question! I would like to know too

#614Mar 23

My guess: Mt. Sinai, Wake, Howard, UCSF, Harvard, U penn, NYU

Mar 23
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< you forgot UTAH

Mar 23
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NYU??? x2

Mar 23
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absolutely NYU << dang one would think that best skin of color training would occur in places with high % skin of color pop (Detroit, Birmingham, Baltimore, etc)

Mar 23
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really UTAH?

Mar 23
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I think sarcasm

Mar 23
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What about Henry Ford, Emory, UNC, NW? Henry Ford PD actually felt the need to reassure us during the interview presentation that they get to see skin cancer at community clinics because the main hospital is so heavily just skin of color

Mar 23
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<I rotated at UNC and felt it was very diverse - agreed, very pleasantly surprised

Mar 23
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Another vote for Wake Forest! Amy McMichael is an amazing doctor and person!

Mar 23
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<- WF faculty seems diverse, but their patient population is still pretty rural and not as diverse

Mar 23
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yes, but Dr. McMichael has an interest in SOC so tailors her teaching/clinic to that. She gave a talk to our program a few years ago, hence the fangirling.

Mar 23
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Also, Hopkins has a specific initiative to support underrepresented minority faculty and residents.

Mar 23
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<so even new programs like st lukes fully matched but not tufts or colorado? wth

#1291Mar 23

I bet the new programs interview a ton of people to ensure they don't go unmatched. Like maybe 20:1 vs normally programs are 10:1. CU only had like 4?:1

Mar 23
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feel like that still doesn't make sense tho right? like UNC interviews 5:1 and I think of them similarly to colorado. just a strange ass situation << Sometimes programs overshoot and interview all 260+ AOA from top 10 schools who all end up at Harvard or UCSF. That's probably what happened to DEnver

Mar 23
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yeah also if they did only interview 19 people and have 6 spots then they're closer to 3:1

Mar 23
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wow 3:1!? that's.... not a smart move.

Mar 23
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this situation is just super unlucky and unfortunate because it confirms a program's worst fear and will discourage programs next year from saving everyone time and money by interviewing fewer applicants/spot

Mar 23
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it was an insanely low number of interviews... do 1:5 if you are so confident (which a lot of the ivy leagues do), not 1:3. that's literally idiotic << Not even the top 5 could get away with a 1:3 ratio... Agreed 1:5 is the lowest even the best programs should drop to

Mar 23
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St. Lukes Interviewed 120 people for 2 spots, It was impossible for them not to match

Mar 23
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LOL WHAT << They thought they would get approved for 4 spots, so they did 120 which is 30:1, then a month ago they sent an email saying "sike" we just have 2 spots <- interviewed there and got such bad vibes from the program. DNR. <- just curious what your bad vibes were, as I also interviewed there but didn't see any red flags except for them being brand new

Mar 23
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the gift that keeps giving << why are you so excited you got the rejection? <<< Nice to finally have closure since they have had so many cycles of invites and rejects

#293Mar 23

Very nice rejection letter, not the best communication method since your heart is beating 200bpm and you have to open up a completely neutral sounding email to view the rejection letter. Literally no idea of rejection or invite until you download the PDF x2< yea ridiculous that you have to go into eras to open an attachment for a freaking rejection

Mar 23
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PD sounds like an idiot

Mar 23
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Makes you really appreciate the programs that put their decision in the subject title. Shout out to UNC

Mar 23
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UNC and Stanford <- *Blush* (´・ω・`)

#1056Mar 23

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