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Why are you gunners always deleting sh*t!!! HARVARD was awesome. Don't believe the lies on the negatives on the interview impression sheet!<Classic comment from someone gunning for stanford/ucsf/nyu :)
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Applicant sentiment — from 150 anonymous posts, 2016–2027
5.5 / 10
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Anonymous posters frequently discussed the interview process, including timing of invite calls, rejections, and Step 2 score requirements before rank lists. Several commenters described the program as highly regarded for clinical training and subspecialty exposure, though opinions on workload and culture varied, with some calling it demanding and others disputing negative characterizations. Multiple posts noted few internal candidates remain for residency and suggested California ties may be helpful in admissions.
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2026-2027 Derm
3 entries❌1. Elitist (to no one's surprise), and many faculty give preferential treatment to rotating medical students from more prestigious schools. As much as they emphasize being socially attuned and progressive, at the end of the day, they're just another ivory tower institution masquerading as a social justice warrior.
❌1. You don't actually HAVE to be a former pediatrician to apply for this and be considered. Wish I knew this earlier, I would have applied.
❌2. Interviewer made disparaging comments about where I went to school
2025–2026 Derm
4 entries❌1. You don't actually HAVE to be a former pediatrician to apply for this and be considered. Wish I knew this earlier, I would have applied.
❌1. Elitist (to no one's surprise), and many faculty give preferential treatment to rotating medical students from more prestigious schools. As much as they emphasize being socially attuned and progressive, at the end of the day, they're just another ivory tower institution masquerading as a social justice warrior.
❌2. Interviewer made disparaging comments about where I went to school
💬1. It does say on their website "preferred but not required;" I wonder if they've taken applicants w/o previous peds residency. > guess we will find out soon > this is the first year of the track and it seemed like everybody was an MS4 during the interview +1
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besides ucsf and stanford, are the rest of the cali programs pretty equivocal?
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Anyone interviewing at UCSF on the 13th gotten their schedule yet? Also, is there a social event the night before?
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UCSF Rejection x16
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Has anyone heard anything from UCSF as far as scheduling? I know they sent out that doodle poll but now doubting I actually filled it out lol
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Hi, I'm the OP who initially asked if anyone was willing to switch UCSF dates. Someone is now impersonating me and writing all sorts of aggressive stuff about refusing to be bullied or give up the dates etc etc. That's not me. I'm deleting my interview swap date request and am no longer trying to swap. I don't want to be involved with any of this. Hope everything works out for everyone <someone is impersonating u? wtf?< Not shocked at all, people are psychos. I had my own harrassment on here as well x3
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UCSF interview is conflicting w/ 2 other IIs, is it better to keep the 1 UCSF II or drop and keep the 2 other IIs?> I'd drop the other two and keep UCSF personally
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UCSF Waitlist x7
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Does anyone know how many applicants are interviewed for how many spots at Stanford, Harvard, Penn, NYU, UCSF, etc?
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Is anyone interviewing at UCSF on 1/20 able/willing to switch to 1/13? It's complicated (signifcant other/geography) but switching means I could give back 2 invites to great programs, so want to coordinate sooner than later so others can get the trickles. If we have overlap interviews, also happy to try to re-arrange ones with you if you need (contact info on interview swap page. Thanks!!)
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Can someone talk about the differences bt Stanford and UCSF? Besides the diversity in clinical training, what else does UCSF have over Stanford?
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similar to UCSF question - can anyone comment on Mayo? is it actually malignant? concerned about the interiew impression comments from last year spreadsheet
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Are there any UCSF residents lurking who can tell us how much you work? We always hear UCSF works a ton but is that just like 8am-6pm and weekends off of like 8am-8pm write notes at home and work weekends?
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is ucsf actually only interviewing 22 people :O
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Anyone think UCSF might give out more than 22 interviews?
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