UC San Diego Med Ctr-CA

UCSD

San Diego, CA

NRMP: 1049080A0
ACGME: 0800521018

Applicant sentiment — from 131 anonymous posts, 2017–2027

4.5 / 10

What anonymous posters said

Several posts describe UCSD as strongly research-focused, with some commenters saying clinical training and faculty warmth take a back seat to research output. A number of posts mention a perceived preference for applicants from highly ranked or Ivy League institutions. Multiple posts highlight San Diego's location as a major draw, while some note the program is highly competitive to get an interview and question its diversity of clinical offerings.

AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 131 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply

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2025–2026 Derm

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❌1. Chair is obsessed with medical school brand name, loves talking about how many Harvards he gets in a year

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UCSD invite, non rotator, external (non-ERAS email) x3

#4232017-2018 DermMar 23

Congrats! Phone, personalized/generic email?

Mar 23

Please be trolling, this is overwhelming

Mar 23

I don't think people care about the specific medium, but whether invites are done going out or not.

Mar 23

Generic non-ERAS email

Mar 23

any non-fellowship, non-PhD folks get an invite? Looks like the PGY-2 currently all did an extra clinical research fellowship

Mar 23

I took a year out, but didn't do a formal fellowship, masters, PhD, etc.

Mar 23

I had minimal research experience and got an invite

Mar 23

How did you UCSD people get your dates already?

#4182017-2018 DermMar 23

I dont have an interview date yet...

Mar 23

Just got my date confirmed, so the emails seem to be going out now

Mar 23

UCSD!

#12762016-2017 DermMar 22

Any md/phds (or non md/phds) applying to research/2 programs? Did any school (besides UTSW) send out invites yet? Do they usually send out invites the same time as regular 3 year programs? For example any of the invites by UCSD and U miami are 2/research interviews?

#12592016-2017 DermMar 22

Did UCSD send out rejections yesterday? I would like to know as well x1

#11892016-2017 DermMar 22

To continue from the archive, can anyone confirm a UCSD rejection?

#11832016-2017 DermMar 22

Has anyone not heard back from UCSD?

#9492016-2017 DermMar 22

Does anyone know how long the research talk lasts at UCSD? Are we talking 20 minutes or a couple of hours?

#7842016-2017 DermMar 22

USC vs. UCSD? Both have solid procedural training and UCSD has stronger peds derm, but I'm not sure what other factors I should be considering?

#5252016-2017 DermMar 22

Cornell vs UCSD! Thanks

#4962016-2017 DermMar 22

UCSF vs UCSD?

#4882016-2017 DermMar 22

WWYD: UCLA vs. UCSD vs. Northwestern, no geographic tie to any of the three

#4492016-2017 DermMar 22

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