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UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

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Website
www.derm.med.ucla.edu/
NRMP
1956080A0
ACGME
0800521017

Applicant sentiment — from 132 anonymous posts, 2017–2027

5.3 / 10

What anonymous posters said

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.

AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 132 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply

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2025–2026 Derm

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💬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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What applicants said in 2023· 4.8 / 10What applicants said in 2021· 5.3 / 10What applicants said in 2020· 4.4 / 10What applicants said in 2018· 5.0 / 10What applicants said in 2017· 5.0 / 10

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Are Sinai med students not strong? Their match list for derm always surprises me. I thought they had a good school name, but they barely ever have any ever matches to programs outside of Sinai.

#35002025–2026 DermMar 25

might be bc since they only take their own research years its less reciprocal for other schools to take them

Mar 25
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they literally matched 1 person to Harvard and 1 person to UCLA outside of the 2 students at Sinai. not sure what this person is talking about

Mar 25
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they literally matched 1 person to Harvard and 1 person to UCLA outside of the 2 students at Sinai. not sure what this person is talking about >Harvard Match was Md/Phd and UCLA match did RY with UCLA PD

Aug 13
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How do people at the LA programs survive on those salaries? Rent is just as high as SD/Bay. Very concerned about this, should this be a huge consideration? I have no familial financial support.

#31632025–2026 DermMar 2

i mean if cost of living is a major decider for you then yes

Mar 7
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it's rough

Mar 7
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UCLA and kaiser residents make 100k+ with housing stipend, more than enough to live in LA

Mar 7
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Still stuck on UC Davis vs UCLA vs USC. Any thoughts?

#31192025–2026 DermFeb 26

UC Davis!

Mar 7
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why?> More protected time/chill than others, more personalized mentorship, less commuting between sites

Mar 7
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don't listen to this wild advice 😂😂😂 southern Cali >>>>>> Sacramento

Mar 7
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lol yeah this is an odd take unless you have fam/connections out in sacramento.

Mar 7
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this is 100% someone trying to get you to rank the LA programs lower lmao. UC davis def does not have more 'protected time' and does have quite a bit commuting between sites?

Mar 7
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yea Davis and Sac sucks ass

Mar 7
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UCLA vs Northwestern for Mohs?

#30912025–2026 DermFeb 25

do you want to live in LA or Chicago

Mar 7
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EIther. NW might be a smidge stronger but either is good

Mar 7
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look at previous mohs match lists to compare both schools' histories with matching too! always helpful

Mar 7
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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

#28822025–2026 DermFeb 21

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?

Mar 7
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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

Mar 7
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Has UCLA Harbor sent out interview details?

#26752025–2026 DermFeb 21

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 ?

#26272025–2026 DermFeb 21

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

Feb 21
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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?

Feb 21
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UCSF vs Columbia vs UCLA?

#25402025–2026 DermFeb 21

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?

#25332025–2026 DermFeb 21

faculty seemed lovely, i enjoyed it

Feb 21
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thoughts on ucla interview?

#24392025–2026 DermFeb 21

sorry no programs do not consider these

Feb 21
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okay thanks

Feb 21
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okay thanks

Mar 7
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does ucla only take ppl with ties to cali?

#24022025–2026 DermFeb 21

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

Mar 7
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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

Mar 7
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anyone interviewing at ucla get the schedule?

#22232025–2026 DermFeb 21

no

Feb 21
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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

#19672025–2026 DermFeb 21

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!

Mar 7
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md-phd mohs surgeon is goated

Mar 7
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did any ucla rotators not get interviews?

#17152025–2026 DermFeb 21
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Stanford vs UCSF, UCLA vs USC? Thoughts?

#14842025–2026 DermFeb 21

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

Feb 21
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why is ucsf better?

Feb 21
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Stanford >>>> USC

Mar 7
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UCLA

Mar 7
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why is ucsf better?

Mar 7
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