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UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA

UCI

Orange, CA

NRMP
1043080R0 / 1043080A0
ACGME
0800521014

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.

AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 76 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply

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Fame & Shame

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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where is the match list for uc Irvine?

#452024-2025 DermMar 16
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anyone heard back from University of Washington, UCSD,or UC Irvine for aways?

#6432022-2023 DermMar 21

Waiting on UCSD

Mar 21
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Anyone have UC Irvine's match list?

#5222022-2023 DermMar 21
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anyone know if UPMC prelim IM lets you convert to categorical? How about UC Irvine? < also Yale and Brown prelim IM pls help < yale only has one true prelim spot that they usually reserve for an advanced person so idk if its relevant but i have heard brown has in the past. < interesting ok thanks

#33572021-2022 DermMar 21
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anyone who had UC irvine already - can you comment on the interview day? not specifics of questions but just whether it was more conversational vs behavioral? friendly? etc

#32082021-2022 DermMar 21
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Sorry to add another prelim post but- been hearing a lot about UCI prelim being terrible in the past spreadsheets. Is it still as bad? Seems like it's a new PD so wasn't sure. <what is UCI? < UC Irvine < seems like it has changed a lot in past three years from tlaking with past prelims < do you mind sharing a bit more of what you noticed/heard?

#31152021-2022 DermMar 21
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Does anyone know if UCI (IM) will let you go from prelim to categorical? < forgot to ask in my interview... Although the PD is super nice and I think would answer an email about it

#31072021-2022 DermMar 21
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Why are so many people sleeping on the UC SoCal beach programs (UCLA, UCI, UCSD)? Great training + QoL (perfect weather, 5 - 15 mins from the beach) + you can tap into the alumni network for PP right after.

#30862021-2022 DermMar 21
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Any word on interview schedule for Irvine this week?

#28622021-2022 DermMar 21
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On UCI's waitlist, whas the odds of getting off of the list of a program that does both its interviews on Saturdays :'(

#18602021-2022 DermMar 21
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first Stanford, now UCI, Cali loves sending double rejections < I'm a PA 10 but a Cali 5

#18422021-2022 DermMar 21
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What is with programs sending multiple rejection emails< ya wtf UC Irvine

#18412021-2022 DermMar 21
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RIP UC Irvine, sent them a signal too <same, such a waste < same literally have so much personal ties to the area too. i don't get how to get interviews at all for these places < did an away and didn't get one lol

#16312021-2022 DermMar 21
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Anyone that got UC Irvine interview know where to reply to accept the interview? And where is the GME packet they refer to? <Interview through myERAS

#12462021-2022 DermMar 21
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UCI interviews were tricky?

#33972020-2021 DermMar 22

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