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UCSF: "wE rEaLlY cArE bOuT divErsiTy n IncLusIon" *picks 6/7 of their residency class from top 10 programs*
UC San Francisco-CA
UCSFSan Francisco, CA
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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.
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Match termssan franciscosan francisco dermuc san franciscoucsf
Fame & Shame
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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HOW MANY INTERNALS FOR UCSF
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Reposting because deleters: I compiled the percentages of residents from top programs who also came from top medical schools. Data is from residency websites on 10/23: Residents from T20 med schools: Stanford: 24/31 (77%) NYU: 18/25 (72%) UCSF: 14/22 (64%) Penn 13/21 (62%) Harvard: 17/32 (53%) Residents from T10 med schools: NYU: 15/25 (64%) Stanford: 19/31 (61%) Penn: 10/21 (48%) Harvard: 14/32 (44%) UCSF: 9/22 (41%)
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I compiled the percentages of residents from top programs who came from top medical schools. Data is from residency websites on 10/23: Residents from T10 med schools: NYU: 15/25 (64%) Stanford: 19/31 (61%) Penn: 10/21 (48%) Harvard: 14/32 (44%) UCSF: 9/22 (41%) Residents from T20 med schools: Stanford: 24/31 (77%)
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Serious question- why do people care so much about interviews from Harvard, Stanford and UCSF? I guess I understand big names like Harvard and Stanford. But what is the fuss about UCSF? Is the clinical training actually better?
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anyone get ucsf + upenn?
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Anyone got interviews at Harvard Stanford ucsf and UPenn? < I got 3/4 of these
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Did UCSF send out all invites? < since they are individually calling us, i don't think anyone can answer this accurately until the day is over
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does anyone who got the call from UCSF know when we'll get the email?<'in a few days...scheduling on the 28th' < ty queen/king
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Did anyone get 3/3 of harvard, stanford, ucsf?
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How many do Harvard and UCSF interview for their spots?
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Anyone know when UCSF and Brown are releasing interviews? It's not in the APD spreadsheet. Thank you so much! :) < Brown is the town
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was just looking at salaries and what they amount to post-tax, and how does anyone afford to live in HCOL cities with a resident salary? It comes out to ~4k post-tax per month - if 1k is food, 1k is car / insurance, 1k is loans / utilities, that leaves 1k for rent?? wtf?? < I'm from canada with a significantly high COL. Lived in a 7 bedroom home and that was ~600 in bills. How would one person even amount to 1k in utilities?? < I said loans + utilities, some of us have loans that would amount to ~$500 on REPAYE. And okay, your rent might be $600, but it's ridiculous that as adults we need to have 6 roommates to afford rent... < 1k/month on food is super high, cooking and meal prep will save you lots < UCSF/Stanford gives housing stipends + below market rate subsidized housing < What about NYC programs? There's limited subsidized housing if any and rent is expensive af... < Please drop interviews from NYC programs and please do not rank them high. lolll
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Hi everyone. M3 here and thinking about aways. Is it worth doing aways at the top programs? < The advice I received is to focus more on doing aways at programs that may be interested in taking you, and that you would be happy training at. It may not be your first choice, but a good fit nonetheless. Top programs are unlikely to interview you based on away rotation performance alone. The rest of your application should be among the top derm applicants as well. << Agreed on this. Depending on the tier of your particular medical school, don't do audition Derm rotations at top-tier Derm places like Harvard, UCSF, Penn, NYU, Stanford, etc. thinking that you're somehow just going to so "wow" derm attendings w/your med student derm knowledge & hard work that you'll either get an interview or that you'll get a stellar letter to be able to use to get interviews at other places (keep in mind that these places have their own home med students going for Derm whom they have worked with for years). That's just not how it works, unfortunately, even w/stratospheric board scores. Wouldn't matter even if you read & memorized all of Andrews. Choose the location and institution of your audition derm elective carefully (talk w/your home derm program faculty mentors, w/previous graduating Derm alumni from your institution, etc.). It can sometimes mean the difference between matching vs. not matching. < what if you have strong connections at top programs and then do an away there, ie stanford/upenn mentor for 2 years and then do an away? << If you have strong connections (I'm assuming you did research w/that Stanford/UPenn Derm mentor for 2 years and were relatively productive) then yes, it could very much help. This is where showing your academic record and CV to that Stanford/UPenn mentor would help.
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Do y'all think it's worth it to signal top tier places (UCSF, Penn, etc)?
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I know some residents in major cities have to ask parents/family for financial support because they can't cover the COL with the resident salary < absolutely ridiculous. not everyone has that kind of support, and even for those who do it shouldn't come to that! < your privilege is showing. No one said don't ask ur parents, they said it shouldn't have to come to that. You are probably 25+ and still have to ask your parents for help financially to afford to have a place to live even with a salary and you don't see a problem with that? We get it your parents have money. Weird flex on an anonymous page where everyone is an otter or flying frog < LMAO your response made me laugh and I appreciate the support! I don't think that person understood the point I was making... :')