What applicants said about UMass Chan Medical School-MA in the 2026 cycle
Worcester, MA
Applicant sentiment — from 10 anonymous posts, 2025–2026 Derm
5.0 / 10
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Fame & Shame
2025–2026 Derm
1 entry✅1. Disclaimer I've never visited this program in person, but wanted to shoutout the great vibes and resources they seemed to have on interview day. Specialty clinics galore and exposure to what sounded like state of the art resources and research. Also tons of admin time, I think it was 2 or 2.5 afternoons off each week. Most importantly to me residents seemed super happy and got along great with faculty. Location isn't great compared to Boston or other cities but COL is good for the area. Sounds like they like away rotators though so I'd encourage doing an away there if you're intersted
did umass actually call about RTM???
yes
can you say when you got the call?
umass student here. can guarantee they don't do this, plzz stop making people anxious thank you<3
i mean if they call people from outside your institution, how would you know/or not know
bc I know program leadership well enough to know they're not about it. there's a difference between calling mentors to ask about an applicant vs calling the applicant themselves. they do not do the latter
thoughts on UMass interview?
loved some rooms, felt awkward in others
was it mostly behavioral or app-specific, or a mix?
for people who had UMass interviews already, when did you get your detailed schedule? And how was the interview?
got it 5 days before - what is the 1.5 hours with residents
just powerpoint presentation, a couple videos, and Q&A, pretty relaxed
just powerpoint presentation, a couple videos, and Q&A, pretty relaxed
To the people who got UMass away, were you contacted about the mask fit and OSHA/BLS training a few weeks back?
Yes, I was contacted, but not yet offered
anyone apply to UMass away get an email saying it requires a mask fit even though vslo doesnt list it as a req?
No, but I got notified that my home school has to verify the expiration dates of my BLS and OSHA trainings, neither of which are part of the requirement list. They marked my application as "student ineligible"
Wait, what dates did you apply to? Was it the July slots?
they said the OSHA thing to me too and also marked me as ineligible.... I applied to Sept and Oct slots
I applied to June and August and had the OSHA/BLS ineligibility issue. Idek how to get it fixed since there's no document slot for it on VSLO
Did they send the OSHA and BLS training request to your personal email linked to VSLO or to your home institution coordinator? Ahh freaking out because I didn't get the email.
It was to my personal email/VSLO notification. As far as I know, they have not contacted my school at all
umass coordinator confirmed that you need to tell your school to confirm the things that are missing rip guess i need to go get a mask fit
It was to my personal email/VSLO notification. As far as I know, they have not contacted my school at all
umass coordinator confirmed that you need to tell your school to confirm the things that are missing rip guess i need to go get a mask fit
Did Harvard really poach Harris from UMass? :(
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UMass and Dartmouth, probably others too