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Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC

Wake Forest

Winston-Salem, NC

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Applicant sentiment — from 120 anonymous posts, 2017–2027

4.8 / 10

What anonymous posters said

Several posts describe mixed impressions of surgical volume, with some anonymous commenters calling it low and others describing it as high with substantial resident autonomy. Some posters described training and faculty positively, noting a collegial atmosphere, while a few others said training seemed lackluster; several also mentioned rejection notifications being sent in batches or via a cryptic ERAS attachment.

AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 120 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply

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my mind is blown that one of the sinai derm residents is/was the god daughter of Jeffrey Epstein, who apparently wanted to marry her at one point. And now she's married to a Feldman??

#21402025–2026 DermFeb 21

wtf is a Feldman

Feb 21
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"a feldman" god derm is so hilariously gay

Feb 21
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how else would you have liked me to phrase it damn

Feb 21
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not surprised given that its such an israeli department

Feb 21
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who are the Feldmans?

Feb 21
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this is so insane, i can't believe it.. just saw a video about her and her family's links to epstein

Feb 21
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i'm just gonna say this - there are very powerful ppl in the background that influence things. not unique to derm

Feb 21
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I mean she still had to do an RY at Sinai

Feb 21
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and she's the daughter of a billionaire omg?

Feb 21
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THIS is the tea im here for

Feb 21
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drop her name

Feb 21
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she's pretty easy to find, there's another mt sinai derm resident who is also the daughter of a multimillionaire (like 100s) which is wild

Feb 21
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Celina Dubin. Just say the god damn name. Stop trying to be mysterious.

Feb 21
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imagine applying to mount sinai that year as an innocent little applicant hoping to get in off of just your credentials, and then here you have the daughter of a billionare hedge fund manager who's connected to epstein applying with you.

Feb 21
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a lot of people, especially at Sinai, are children/grandchildren of very wealthy people. There are multimillionaires in every class and around 60% of folks don't take out loans. If they aren't super wealthy, they have a parent who is an attending/faculty at Sinai. But also, Guttman don't care unless you do an RY at Sinai.

Feb 21
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Honestly, we were all dealt different cards in life, and the only way to get the dream is to punch upward and try your best when you aren't given a full house.

Feb 21
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I love being a random regular person that matched at a better program than Sinai

Feb 21
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That's what I'm talking about. I know it's been at least a year since you matched, but from one random regular person to another, congrats!

Feb 21
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yeah dude i get it, i didn't take out loans and my parents are millionaires sure but in the order of 10-15 million not 100+ million or billionaires enough to influence me going to certain undergrad, med school, residency or meeting people that will put me in the right rooms to get into freaking Sinai Derm

Feb 21
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umm, so most people in college don't fit your demographic. I guess the grass is always greener looking at people at higher socioeconomic statuses, but when your parents are millionaires, and not 100mill/billionaires, you still were afforded opportunities that most others didn't have. But also, the best shot at matching at Sinai is being a Sinai student and doing an RY with Guttman, answering her 6am on a weekend phone calls telling you to come in during your RY, hoping she doesn't hate you and she loves you enough that you aren't 1 out of the 3 fellows that don't match and will never match. There are many programs, specifically in NYC, that will not rank you high enough if you are a Guttman/Sinai RY fellow. It's literally why almost no sinai student matches outside of Sinai (except Stanford every couple of years, Einstein sometimes).

Feb 21
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Deleted: "Guttman scares me legit and I only saw her at a conference like once

Feb 21
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why is it that all the hardcore zionist faculty are the meanest ones> tbh if ur a proponent of colonization and genocide maybe u need to be ousted from professional environments idk just a thought

Feb 21
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a lot of leadership at derm programs in places like NY are hardcore Zionist, so what do we do about that "

Feb 21
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Looked up the Feldman btw. Some big name derm at Wake

Feb 21
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Steve Feldman is an absolute angel and does not belong in this discourse. I highly doubt he even knows this girl or her family> Feldman is a mfin G and he's anti Israel. Never speak bad on my homie ever again

Feb 21
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i'm just gonna say this - there are very powerful ppl in the background that influence things. not unique to derm

Mar 7
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I mean she still had to do an RY at Sinai

Mar 7
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THIS is the tea im here for

Mar 7
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drop her name

Mar 7
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she's pretty easy to find, there's another mt sinai derm resident who is also the daughter of a multimillionaire (like 100s) which is wild

Mar 7
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Celina Dubin. Just say the god damn name. Stop trying to be mysterious.

Mar 7
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imagine applying to mount sinai that year as an innocent little applicant hoping to get in off of just your credentials, and then here you have the daughter of a billionare hedge fund manager who's connected to epstein applying with you.

Mar 7
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a lot of people, especially at Sinai, are children/grandchildren of very wealthy people. There are multimillionaires in every class and around 60% of folks don't take out loans. If they aren't super wealthy, they have a parent who is an attending/faculty at Sinai. But also, Guttman don't care unless you do an RY at Sinai.

Mar 7
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Honestly, we were all dealt different cards in life, and the only way to get the dream is to punch upward and try your best when you aren't given a full house.

Mar 7
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I love being a random regular person that matched at a better program than Sinai

Mar 7
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That's what I'm talking about. I know it's been at least a year since you matched, but from one random regular person to another, congrats!

Mar 7
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yeah dude i get it, i didn't take out loans and my parents are millionaires sure but in the order of 10-15 million not 100+ million or billionaires enough to influence me going to certain undergrad, med school, residency or meeting people that will put me in the right rooms to get into freaking Sinai Derm

Mar 7
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umm, so most people in college don't fit your demographic. I guess the grass is always greener looking at people at higher socioeconomic statuses, but when your parents are millionaires, and not 100mill/billionaires, you still were afforded opportunities that most others didn't have. But also, the best shot at matching at Sinai is being a Sinai student and doing an RY with Guttman, answering her 6am on a weekend phone calls telling you to come in during your RY, hoping she doesn't hate you and she loves you enough that you aren't 1 out of the 3 fellows that don't match and will never match. There are many programs, specifically in NYC, that will not rank you high enough if you are a Guttman/Sinai RY fellow. It's literally why almost no sinai student matches outside of Sinai (except Stanford every couple of years, Einstein sometimes).

Mar 7
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why is it that all the hardcore zionist faculty are the meanest ones> tbh if ur a proponent of colonization and genocide maybe u need to be ousted from professional environments idk just a thought

Mar 7
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a lot of leadership at derm programs in places like NY are hardcore Zionist, so what do we do about that "

Mar 7
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Steve Feldman is an absolute angel and does not belong in this discourse. I highly doubt he even knows this girl or her family> Feldman is a mfin G and he's anti Israel. Never speak bad on my homie ever again

Mar 7
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How many days a week and times in a day do people check this sheet? Just curious

#20672025–2026 DermFeb 21

I check it every hour of the day... >I check it every hour, but I also have a few tabs open on different devices just in case I miss something.

Feb 21
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I’ve got an alarm set every 30 minutes just so I don’t accidentally forget to check in and make sure the derm updates are intact gotta keep up with the uconn lore lmao

Feb 21
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Honestly, I feel like I’ve become one with this spreadsheet at this point like, we’re basically a team

Feb 21
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Some days, I get a little wild and start checking it every 10 minutes, just in case there's a new comment or a cell got formatted differently

Feb 21
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The derm sheet has literally taken over my life; I even dream about it sometimes, trying to recall the last change I saw in cell G3 Manifesting for another interview or that someone magically cancels

Feb 21
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I’m convinced the dermapp spreadsheet knows me better than my therapist at this point like, it’s reading my mind when I refresh it

Feb 21
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It's now my morning routine: wake up, grab coffee, and immediately dive into the derm spreadsheet like it's a treasure map

Feb 21
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lol nobody knows what we're going thru i like checkin it

Feb 21
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q8hr

Feb 21
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BID two weeks on, two weeks off alternating with my other specialty I applied into.

Feb 21
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what's the other speciality, is this spreadsheet better lol?

Feb 21
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IM, this is definitely more active but IM has nicer people on it lol ( the tea spill and drama on here is part of my nightly phone time)

Feb 21
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haha dermies or should I say wannabe dermies are defintely something

Feb 21
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if i match derm i feel like ill still check in on here peak app season to see what's good 🤣

Feb 21
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pgy2 checking in bc i love reading the tea

Feb 21
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POOP

Feb 21
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BID two weeks on, two weeks off alternating with my other specialty I applied into.

Mar 7
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what's the other speciality, is this spreadsheet better lol?

Mar 7
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IM, this is definitely more active but IM has nicer people on it lol ( the tea spill and drama on here is part of my nightly phone time)

Mar 7
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haha dermies or should I say wannabe dermies are defintely something

Mar 7
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if i match derm i feel like ill still check in on here peak app season to see what's good 🤣

Mar 7
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pgy2 checking in bc i love reading the tea

Mar 7
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waking up for a 6 am interview is brutal , have to wake up at 5:30 tomorrow

#19312025–2026 DermFeb 21

I love my east coast privilege lol

Feb 21
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POOP

Feb 21
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What programs are volume madhouses that give residents the most autonomy / early independence?

#19022025–2026 DermFeb 21

no

Feb 21
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yes

Feb 21
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inside you there are two wolves

Feb 21
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POOP

Feb 21
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UCSF 100%< NYU < most community programs are known for having better volume than academic but have less or no specialty clinics

Feb 21
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UTMB gives very early autonomy

Feb 21
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Wake Forest is crazy high volume with lots of autonomy.

Feb 21
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Lol this is absolutely not true; WF has their PGY3 derms presenting all their cases to their attendings like a med student. Saw a senior last year beg to sneak an extra excision

Feb 21
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yes

Mar 7
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inside you there are two wolves

Mar 7
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UTMB gives very early autonomy

Mar 7
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Lol this is absolutely not true; WF has their PGY3 derms presenting all their cases to their attendings like a med student. Saw a senior last year beg to sneak an extra excision

Mar 7
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anyone with a wake interview 1/30 willing to switch to 1/9? :)

#18182025–2026 DermFeb 21

POOP

Feb 21
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cannot believe this part of it is over gd (for me), best of luck to everyone still waiting on the above programs! time to make the best of what i've got

#17172025–2026 DermFeb 21

aww it is a wholesome letter

Feb 21
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hurts less

Feb 21
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I think worst R goes to wake forest this year tbh

Feb 21
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hurts less

Mar 7
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I think worst R goes to wake forest this year tbh

Mar 7
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did wake forest explicitly tell anyone on their away they'd get an interview if they signaled and like...didnt now

#14262025–2026 DermFeb 21

yes>do we think they're coming out at some point today or like do we dare ask?? idk wtf is going on

Feb 21
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Wake is known to do this... happens every year

Feb 21
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should not be a surprise if you take a quick look at past sheets

Feb 21
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should not be a surprise if you take a quick look at past sheets

Mar 7
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Doing away and golding and ending up w no II hurts a lot :((

#14242025–2026 DermFeb 21

name and shame that is awful

Feb 21
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wake forest?

Feb 21
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and Northwestern

Feb 21
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USC

Feb 21
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Utah(yawn)

Feb 21
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and Northwestern

Mar 7
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USC

Mar 7
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Utah(yawn)

Mar 7
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Anyone know when old dominion and wake release?

#13602025–2026 DermFeb 21

per that spreadsheet made by PDs, wake should come out 11/17 (EVMS is blank)

Feb 21
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Tea on which programs almost always interview their away rotators? (either on the away or invite them later on), I know so far Emory, UF...

#5202025–2026 DermFeb 21

Miami, Tulane> Tennessee

Feb 21
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so for these programs, do you not need to signal them (gold or silver) if you do an away rotation there?

Feb 21
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you'll have to ask them, ik programs also change from year to year, signals are still fairly new

Feb 21
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you def still should silver signal your aways at the least unless specifically told otherwise, but in my experience they all still wanted a signal some aways wanted silver and told us to save gold for others

Feb 21
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heard wake forest interviews them all!> not true for WF >LSU

Feb 21
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FSU, MUSC, Arkansas, UF

Feb 21
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you'll have to ask them, ik programs also change from year to year, signals are still fairly new

Mar 7
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you def still should silver signal your aways at the least unless specifically told otherwise, but in my experience they all still wanted a signal some aways wanted silver and told us to save gold for others

Mar 7
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What programs are considered workhorse and what programs are considered chiller?

#5012025–2026 DermFeb 21

Emory NYU, Washu, lots of the Texas programs workhorse

Feb 21
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LSU, Tennessee, Wake forest, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas are examples of chill ones

Feb 21
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lies on the Texas programs being workhorse. There are definitely chill programs here. More reasons to take people's opinions cautiously.

Feb 21
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same with nyu…yall are just parroting what you've heard people say in the past instead of talking about things you have actual knowledge about…

Feb 21
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Is BU a chill program? Nope

Feb 21
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LSU, Tennessee, Wake forest, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas are examples of chill ones

Mar 7
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lies on the Texas programs being workhorse. There are definitely chill programs here. More reasons to take people's opinions cautiously.

Mar 7
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same with nyu…yall are just parroting what you've heard people say in the past instead of talking about things you have actual knowledge about…

Mar 7
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Is it worth doing a rotation at Wake Forest?

#452025–2026 DermFeb 21

only if your name is Sarah

Feb 21
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no, they don't even interview a lot of people who rotate. They take so many rotators that a rotation there doesn't do much for you. Great faculty though and good vibes

Feb 21
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no please look at the tab that says "schools that didn't II aways (24-25)."

Feb 21
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Thoughts on UCSD? Really thinking about an away there, would love to do residency there as well.

#412025–2026 DermFeb 21

would love to know if UCSD is one of those programs where if you get an away it truly means they are considering you - I know other programs (wake forest, northwestern, penn) are rotation mills

Feb 21
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UCSD would be so cool to rotate at but ik it's an investment so also wondering if it's worth rotating there>>> only do an away if you are from a prestigous school for them to consider you

Feb 21
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Look at who they matched/prior matches, that should tell you everything (they love prestige)

Feb 21
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the prestige thing is super true for UCSD. I II'd there from a mid-tier school and I was the only one not from like a top 20 lol

Feb 21
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groosssssss

Feb 21
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would you consider coming from Sinai to be prestigious or nah

Feb 21
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they matched someone from Einstein this year and that was the "lowest" rank school they matched

Feb 21
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seemed like they did an away there so maybe an away is worth doing if you aren't from a "top" school?

Feb 21
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the prestige thing is super true for UCSD. I II'd there from a mid-tier school and I was the only one not from like a top 20 lol

Mar 7
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groosssssss

Mar 7
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they matched someone from Einstein this year and that was the "lowest" rank school they matched

Mar 7
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seemed like they did an away there so maybe an away is worth doing if you aren't from a "top" school?

Mar 7
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is wake not offering post ERAS rotations this year?

#212025–2026 DermFeb 21
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does anyone with a wake interview on 1/30 want to switch for 1/9 pretty please!!!

#132025–2026 DermFeb 21

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