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UCLA vs Northwestern for Mohs?
EIther. NW might be a smidge stronger but either is good
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look at previous mohs match lists to compare both schools' histories with matching too! always helpful
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UCLA Med Ctr-CA
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Several posts described frustration with delayed and unpredictable interview invite timing. Commenters offered mixed views on program quality, with some describing solid clinical and surgical training and competitive pay, while others called it lower or middle tier and mentioned faculty turnover.
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1 entry💬1. Interview was relatively conversational and nice compared to other interviews. Nice faculty, seem to be getting several new attendings who just completed residency (good culture?). Residents seem chill and nice. Amazing place to live, but high COL. > residents cold and awkward
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Thoughts on UConn vs Wayne? Both programs that I'm not too familar with (OOS for both) - needed some help with ranking> I'd do Wayne over UConn
not OP but you could expand on why? UConn has better Mohs matches (UCLA, UF, etc.) although not sure if this is because there is more Mohs interest over there... interested to hear your thoughts
Feb 21
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Mohs matches are not indicative of how good a program is. There are also people from UConn in prior years who went unmatched in Mohs
Feb 21
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family? where are you from originally? priorities? vibes at tge two programs are very different
Feb 21
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from the west coast (most family from there), both programs have mohs fellowship now, honestly just looking for good training and want to be a solid derm, may want to pursue mohs in the future - could you expand on vibes at the places and which you would rank higher?
Feb 21
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As an away rotator at UConn, I can say that Dr. Feng (Mohs) had said he prefers to take people NOT from UConn internally as it's better to have more variety in trains of thought or w/e. Not sure if that will sway you. Otherwise, Wayne has more SOC, community family vibes between residents and faculty. UConn is semi-similar but there is an air of heirarchy there especially as an rotator...
Feb 21
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Wayne state has also not historically taken their own for Mohs...
Feb 21
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wayne state for diversity of training
Feb 21
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from the west coast (most family from there), both programs have mohs fellowship now, honestly just looking for good training and want to be a solid derm, may want to pursue mohs in the future - could you expand on vibes at the places and which you would rank higher?
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As an away rotator at UConn, I can say that Dr. Feng (Mohs) had said he prefers to take people NOT from UConn internally as it's better to have more variety in trains of thought or w/e. Not sure if that will sway you. Otherwise, Wayne has more SOC, community family vibes between residents and faculty. UConn is semi-similar but there is an air of heirarchy there especially as an rotator...
Mar 7
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Wayne state has also not historically taken their own for Mohs...
Mar 7
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wayne state for diversity of training
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Has UCLA Harbor sent out interview details?
yes? i got email a few weeks back i think
Feb 21
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did it have the interviewer names/times? I got the zoom link for the interview but no details
Feb 21
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no im in same boat maybe there will be more info at social?
Feb 21
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thoughts on USC?? < felt intense, i liked ucla bettter < questions were definitely hard. <very positive experience, awesome culture ?
great school with great residents! I'll be ranking them high!!
Feb 21
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there were a couple interactions that had me legitimately laughing like quoting them to my friends afterwards. culture is great (from what I saw) and it seems that USC faculty have a knack of finding a great group of applicants personality-wise. seemed to vibe well with most. Harvard and USC are very good at picking cool people.
Feb 21
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my classmate interviewed there and said it was all women applicants
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facts
Feb 21
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slayyyyy queens
Feb 21
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where is a program to ensure I only have male applicants/residents?
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UCSF vs Columbia vs UCLA?
depends on goals but i would definitely rank ucla last and you cant really go wrong with either UCSF or Columbia
Feb 21
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now that ucla interviews are all done, what did everyone think?
faculty seemed lovely, i enjoyed it
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thoughts on ucla interview?
sorry no programs do not consider these
Feb 21
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okay thanks
Feb 21
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okay thanks
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does ucla only take ppl with ties to cali?
looking at prev match lists it doesn't seem like it
Feb 21
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there was someone from a med school in the midwest that matched there and you wouldn't know they had ties to CA unless you knew them, plus they didn't have much research so there defintely was a tie there
Feb 21
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i think year before last they matched people from florida, new york, and michigan - but im not sure where those residents did undergrad etc
Feb 21
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there was someone from a med school in the midwest that matched there and you wouldn't know they had ties to CA unless you knew them, plus they didn't have much research so there defintely was a tie there
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i think year before last they matched people from florida, new york, and michigan - but im not sure where those residents did undergrad etc
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Curious about chances at uconn as an away rotator but with no inside connection as per tea on this spreadsheet... only have 3 other II
probably low but they obviously saw something in your app that made them want to interview you, so would focus on that!
Feb 21
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also an away rotator, idk if this is true so someone can correct me but I think they are interviewing all of the rotators, so I've heard it's more of courtesy interview???
Feb 21
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im prety sure they are inteviewing all rotators
Feb 21
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courtesy interviews hurts to read LMAO, very true though. Wonder how the sub will be when that nepo plays out in real time..
Feb 21
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who is the nepo?
Feb 21
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ready for the weekly uconn tea spill, any tea??
Feb 21
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their resident matched at UCLA mohs!
Feb 21
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md-phd mohs surgeon is goated
Feb 21
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POOP
Feb 21
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their resident matched at UCLA mohs!
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md-phd mohs surgeon is goated
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did any ucla rotators not get interviews?
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Stanford vs UCSF, UCLA vs USC? Thoughts?
UCSF all the way
Feb 21
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based on what qualities?
Feb 21
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UCSF
Feb 21
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Stanford >>>> USC
Feb 21
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UCLA
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why is ucsf better?
Feb 21
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Stanford >>>> USC
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UCLA
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why is ucsf better?
Mar 7
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Has anyone gotten an interview from ucla AND harbor-ucla or do people typically get one or the other?
this is possible, yes. especially if you did aways at both.
Feb 21
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Oh absolutely, people get both! it’s not a ‘one or the other’ Hunger Games situation. UCLA and Harbor-UCLA aren’t fighting over a single soul in some dramatic showdown. Honestly, it’s more like them high-fiving each other in secret, like, ‘Yup, we both want them.’ So yes, you can totally end up with both interviews and feel like you’ve hacked the derm system
Feb 21
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lol this sounds accurate; add in USC to that too. I have no idea what Kaiser LA is doing over there though
Feb 21
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lol this sounds accurate; add in USC to that too. I have no idea what Kaiser LA is doing over there though
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ms3 here, does ucla interview all their away rotators? wondering for vslo
probably not
Feb 21
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no they don't
Feb 21
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they don't even interview all their home students
Feb 21
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scared to trust residency explorer for LOR requirements, i feel like everything on there is outdated. is there any other place to find this info?
In general, send 4 if you have 4. Most places that say 3, will still take 4. No where actually requires a chair letter (that I've seen). - our dean said to trust the websites over residency explorer
Feb 21
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this is literally not good advice lol
Feb 21
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how many letters are yall sending to UCLA, UCD, UCI? Residency explorer says 3, but i know friends that sent 4 last year
Feb 21
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u can send 3-4.
Feb 21
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this is literally not good advice lol
Mar 7
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u can send 3-4.
Mar 7
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