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Any thoughts on UCLA vs UCSD vs USC vs UC Irvine? HELP
UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA
UCIOrange, CA
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Applicant sentiment — from 76 anonymous posts, 2017–2027
5.5 / 10
What anonymous posters said
Several posts described the program as having strong cosmetics training, with some also citing solid clinical, surgical, and basic science experiences. A few posters mentioned extensive driving between sites and a perceived lack of diversity in patients and pathology, and some noted a change in program leadership.
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Match termsirvineirvine dermuc irvineuciuci derm
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2025–2026 Derm
3 entries✅1. Faculty are excellent clinicians and teachers. They are experts in a wide range of subspecialties (hair, oncoderm/ctcl, immunobullous, rheum-derm, cosmetics, procedural derm/lasers, peds derm etc) and seem well connected. Beautiful place to live in with access to top tier food and amazing beaches. Some of the clinics are the nicest I have seen. I rotated there and loved it. Every day was different because there was so much to see and so many faculty to work with. It could seem overwhelming at first, but it shows how much you will be able to learn and get exposed to during residency.
❌1. Long drive between sites, parking isnt free, and all that just to be treated like a scribe in clinic
💬1. Excellent training with exposure to many subspecialty clinics and attendings are great teachers. Matches well into fellowship. High volume clinics and exposure to wide range of pathology. Attendings have wide range of expertise. Location is beautiful and many of the facilities are very nice. Residents seem close > Also disagree with residents being treated as scribes, I did a rotation here and they all see pts independently and staff with the attendings just like at any other institution
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For UCI derm, are you automatically considered for the prelim if u applied?
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How would you rank the following program: UC Davis, USC, UCLA, UC Irvine? Much appreciated!
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Any To-Do's for UCI derm? Saw we got a lot of security screening type emails but couldn't get a sense of if we had to actually do anything prior to interview day
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any thoughts on the Southern CA programs and how to rank them: UCSD, USC, UCLA, UCI?
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anyone dropping irvine II? < fuck no lol
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Has anyone not received any communication (interview or rejection) from MCW, Irvine, and Harvard? Or is that a me problem?
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What's up with irvine? Has anyone heard since the invite? were we supposed to respond to the thalamus email?
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does anyone know when Irvine will release (I meant Iv release!)> already released
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did Irvine release rejections? yes
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for those who got Irvine, how do we schedule/confirm invite??
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nobody's heard from irvine?
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Did anyone else receive UC Irvine prelim invite? Just saw one on the spreadsheet and wondering if that's their only release date...
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how bad is it to turn down an away < I did that at UC Irvine and Arizona, never got an interview again from them despite signaling
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Anyone know who matched UCI derm? < see match list
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