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UCSF Waitlist x7
UC San Francisco-CA
UCSFSan Francisco, CA
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- www.dermatology.ucsf.edu/
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Applicant sentiment — from 150 anonymous posts, 2016–2027
5.5 / 10
What anonymous posters said
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.
AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 150 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply
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Fame & Shame
2025–2026 Derm
4 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
💬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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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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Penn's II is about to fuck ppl caught up in the NW, Hopkins, UCSF, Michigan fiasco...
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What is the best derm program for overall training (academics, diverse patient population, surgery, breadth of pathology)<NYU, UCSF, and Penn. Harvard and stanford are in the top 5 too but dont give you nearly as much diverse patient population or breadth of pathology
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FYI i think UCSF sent out 22 interviews for the person who asked below (based on interview spots)
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How many people does UCSF interview? Anyone know? <they said 6 ppl for 2 at their open house
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UCSF x6
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UCSF zoom happening now: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/96814039292?pwd=bmlZWllkYXZsYTZ1cFpWelNIMDBSUT09
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To the future applicants. Peds derm is in short supply right now. Gearing an application slightly in that direction may be beneficial.
You should be able to do Peds Derm fellowship after a Peds residency just like you can do Dermpath fellowship after Path residency. Who is going to do Derm, then Peds to make significantly less money? That's why there's a shortage plain and simple. -- Peds Derm after peds would be terrible, they would not be adequately prepared for the job, Sorry but you need a derm residency to be equipped for peds derm. - Absolutely false and some programs are now training Peds in Derm due to the shortage
Mar 23
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"Who is going to do Derm, then Peds to make significantly less money?" Someone who isn't in this for money maybe >> then the field needs to stop matching so many ppl who are in it for the money. the i want to do academic derm but promptly join private practice cosmetics right after finishing. to each their own, but it's silly to complain about residents' career choices when you're the gatekeeper to the field and picked them >> also peds EM you can do after both EM and peds so there's precedent that some subspecialties can have multiple pathways << Don't be dumb, Ped and Peds ER actually overlap, Peds and Peds derm are worlds apart. << the person who said some programs are now training peds in derm...what programs are those? i'm just curious bc i have not heard that and just wondering if i'm behind on some changes.
Mar 23
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There are 2 on the east coast I am aware of and they are doing it out of desperation. Billing is the same regardless if boarded in Peds Derm or not.
Mar 23
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<great advice! also I want to add that if your home program is not advocating for you by making calls to your number one, they should be! Ask your mentors to advocate for you because everyone else is! Shame on mentors who don't!!!
Mar 23
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<- TBH none of my mentors offered to and didnt make calls when i asked them to either. Its not as common as you would think unfortunately. x3 <Its a sad situation. Mentors should want to advocate and step up for their mentees
Mar 23
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Wish this was the case... my mentors were lazy af, had me write my own LoR, didn't really give any tips or advice, i didn't even feel comfortable talkin to them regarding my progress during the application and interviews, they seems more preoccupied with their lives acting like they are gods gift to this world... x2
Mar 23
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In re: to peds derm advice.. I was told to be cautious in advertising this heavily because some faculty are immediately turned off by this. The reality is that most people who say they want to do peds derm never actually do. x2
Mar 23
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if you decide to state your interest in peds derm, then you better have really strong evidence of a genuine interest in peds derm on your CV (Camp Discovery, multiple research projects, LORs from peds derms)
Mar 23
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Peds residents are not prepared to be peds dermatologists with a 1-year peds derm fellowship... unless you want to make peds derm fellowship 3 years like other peds fellowships. I would also say...dont try and "fake" interest in pediatric dermatology. You'd be serving yourself better by applying with your true career goals in mind. Furthermore, may programs do not have peds derm fellowship or robust peds derm attendings, so knowing you have an "interest" in this subject may indicate that you'd prefer training at other programs with more robust peds derm training.
Mar 23
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Peds actually get a decent amount of derm training. Obviously nothing close to derm-trained, but that means that they already start off with basic information. They know some about/have heard of medical aspect of some genodermatoses. Also, if they are now only doing peds derm, fellowship could only be 2 years since they would still be more focused than general derm, though I suppose you can see mostly anything in kids.
Mar 23
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I also want to reiterate this as someone who is interested in peds derm. heard that there's enough ppl who lie about their interest that now programs are skeptical. i was told this by my home program. i was like wtf. you can't win. you have a genuine interest and now you're gonna get grilled to see if it's genuine bc other bad apples ruined it.x2 it's just like the research requirement for derm. you gotta have research but if you have too much now you're branded a research person and more clinical programs or the non harvard /UCSF /penn places think you're not gonna want to go there. you cannot win so just be real and do the best you can x2
Mar 23
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see comment two boxes left. you're right - it sucks that you're damned if you, damned if you don't in derm. but there are other ways to prove genuine interest on your CV << Oh yeah, I did Camp Discovery, had 2 peds derm LoR, and did rotations at places with peds derm....but I was just saying it's pretty absurd to have to worry that in addition to everything else
Mar 23
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However, I would discourage lying/making it seem like you want to do peds derm if you don't actually...Programs also seem to be interviewed peds residents completing peds training