UC San Francisco-CA

Like this post if you got a ucsf waitlist email

anybody know if top programs interview fewer people / if less prestigious programs interview more people to have a higher chance of filling their spots? just curious < not necessarily, i have interviews from some top programs but get passed over from all mid/low tiers.. < not what i was asking. i meant do top programs generally have very few interviews like UCSF cause they know they'll be ranked highly but lower tier programs have to interview more people? this would probably have to be the case since otherwise all programs would be interviewing the same handful of people < i think top programs are fighting for ppl w other top programs, so they still interview 40-50 ppl < so sounds like top programs compete for the same "top" applicants and lower tier programs compete for other applicants. guess that would make sense, though it would be exclusionary and is probably why the whole holistic review thing is a thing

Is there a waitlist for U Miami or UCSF or should I expect a rejection email if I didn't hear back?

Out of curiosity, did anyone get a T5 (Harvard, NYU, UPenn, UCSF, Stanford) get ii without signalling them?

Is UCSF done extending invites?

So only one person with the UCSF invite? < they do it by phone < fml, what happens if you can't answer lol < they said they were going to send an email anyway, so it'll probably just go to voicemail! < GOT A CALL FROM UCSF!!!! <What letter are they at? Give us a range < they called like 10:45 AM EST and i'm mid-alphabet.

Good luck everyone! I would give anything for a UCSF interview invite tomorrow. Ugh. < I am praying for NYU!!

If I get an interview at UCSF there is a good chance I can match there, right? My thought is that most top students who interview there probably go for the Ivy league names and will likely interview at Ivy league programs. Does UCSF being a state school make it less desirable than the other top schools? I would really really really love to match here for proximity to family. < you sure thats why you want UCSF?

Change my mind: NYU is clearly the #1 program. UCSF/Penn are distant 2nd & 3rd < NYU is the dream!!! x2

do most programs compare applicants from the same school when deciding who to interview? < yes some programs give committee members a stack of applicants from the same 2-3 schools < what if only 2 people are applying from a school, do they both have a shot? or will they pick one to interview? < 2 may not be too many to invite from a school depending on what track theyre applying for and how many interviews they send out (ucsf only sends out like 20 or something ridiculous like that), but programs aren't going to interview a ton of people from the same school unless they offer a lot of interviews in the first place

Following up on below, do we have to send in step 2 before rank? I know UCSF requires it but any others? And is it looked down upon if we don't? <required for ranking but that just means take it by like mid-January!

I'm trying to distract myself with crazy scenarios for my interviews lol so please just entertain this. Do people actually know anyone who has turned down Harvard for another T5 like Penn, NYU, UCSF, Stanford? Not anecdotal but actually know this to be true? <know somebody who interviewed at almost all of these and chose another program over Harvard, they felt like it was a better fit< unsure if this is confirmed or not but I think that chick who matched UCSF and is active on twitter picked it over these schools listed.< why are you assuming this? lol < I can confirm this is true from a trustworthy source < so i'm an applicant this year but from a top school and talking to those who matched last year, apparently harvard has a "reputation" for working residents super hard and not really having the best camraderie when you compare it to like ucsf < it is also just overrated. every time that comes up, someone here acts like because it is harvard we can't call it out. it is just not that great compared to others you listed< the hero we don't deserve!

Are there any programs that said a signal is effectively useless for them in their webinars? I know UCSF mentioned they weren't really looking at it but was wondering any other ones that might be a waste to signal < someone on here mentioned the top 5, some east coast top 5 program apparently said they are only using signals this year for research purposes

do derm programs require step 2 to match? i know a few do (ucsf), but is there a list of others?

what are peoples "dream" program? Ill go first--UCSF x4 < NYU is wild < NYU :) x5 < matching lol x3