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does anyone know of schools that have 2 week away rotations? I see UCSF and Cornell so far, any others?
UC San Francisco-CA
UCSFSan Francisco, CA
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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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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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UCSF vs UCSD?
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UCSF vs Cornell?
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REAL UCSF?
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anyone have any idea if current ucsf psoriasis fellows matched?
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which are the best research fellowships? *edited, may not be exact wording
Are you a 4th year or intern?
Mar 23
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4th year
Mar 23
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The best ones are the ones AFTER internship. Have you matched to an internship?
Mar 23
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yup - I'm just curious about which programs i should really shoot for when i apply in the fall
Mar 23
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Don't do the Skin Oncology fellowship at BU. I haven't seen even one of their fellows match into BU for Derm.
Mar 23
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do they match elsewhere? or not at all
Mar 23
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I mean honestly, I haven't seen if they've matched elsewhere. Usually your BEST chance to match is at the place you're doing a research fellowship, except of course for places like MGH, but that's pretty well known in advance. But she clearly has the ability to get you into other places, assuming you work hard and are productive. Kimball is very honest when she recruits her fellows on how much they're going to have to do to reach their goals. She doesn't recruit people just to fill up a spot like some others do.
Mar 23
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I know. I am her fellow ;-) I think it is important when looking at fellowships to know their match rate overall and also their match rate at that institution. You only need one of these. For me, I didn't mind knowing in advance I wouldn't match at Harvard because I knew she had an amazing track record of matching her fellows elsewhere, especially in the region they are from. Also, there are other aspects of this fellowship that I think set it apart from other fellowships with similar match rates.
Mar 23
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Yeah, her fellowship is great to get (as you well know from experience) because #1 - you know you've been vetted in some way by her in terms of your ERAS application, so you know you do indeed have a chance (she doesn't just take a person to be a warm body filling up a position- not that she needs to - so her track record in matching is excellent), #2 - the fellowship experience with her is so incredible in terms of what you do and learn, that it would probably be helpful once you enter Derm residency. It's not a dead-end fellowship where you're not publishing anything, lose motivation, and end up not matching. Another good one is Dr. Koo with UCSF.
Mar 23
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I'm biased, but MGH all the way! Literally could not have had a better fellowship year.
Mar 23
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Dr. Kimball is awesome! <--- truth
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clarification re: UCSF: they require scores to be in before rank lists due in feb right? So can still take step 2 pretty much anytime before end of dec?
I believe according to their website, they have to have Step 2 CK scores before they rank people, not necessarily before being selected for an interview. It's an institutional UCSF policy which applies to all their residency programs. So if you don't have a Step 2 CK score by the time they start doing their list, then you won't be ranked.
Mar 23
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even though that's what the website says, they don't care about CS
Mar 23
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Because it's Pass/Fail
Mar 23
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Some posts are shown because their comments mention this program.
Or maybe even a better question, which are the worst research fellowships?