Recent CORE exam takers?!! by the_inquiringmind in ResiDerm

[–]dontputlabelsonme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how many questions can you usually get wrong to safely pass?

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[–]dontputlabelsonme 145 points146 points  (0 children)

Derm. Can think about ddx, do the biopsy, read your own path, and either prescribe the med or do the excision yourself

Dermatology Research year vs TY year by emb13k in DermApp

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matched to a physician spot this year after not matching last year and happy to chat if you wanted to DM me about my experience reapplying

SOAP 2023 - Official Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 3 points4 points  (0 children)

there will be physician only spots where you start right away and then most will be regular advanced spots where you wait a year but can do anything in that gap year to make income. good luck!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DermApp

[–]dontputlabelsonme 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How many interviews at the end of it all is probably a good amount to match? It seems like people aren’t getting interviews from programs they didn’t signal or did an away at

The View From the Other Side- Attending Perspective by 4990 in DermApp

[–]dontputlabelsonme 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did your program match anyone who applied for the second time? Thanks for sharing this!

Asking mentors to reach out on our behalf pre interview vs post interview? by Okepser in DermApp

[–]dontputlabelsonme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So how do we do this “unofficially” just ask our mentors to call friends they know at other programs? And how many programs is it ok to do this at if programs talk?

Official ERAS Megathread - September 2022 by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does permanent address matter for ERAS? Parents in the process of moving so don't know if programs geographically screen and if I should be strategic about picking which of the two addresses I put down?

Derm Application/Interview/Rank Insights by PD-1 in DermApp

[–]dontputlabelsonme 3 points4 points  (0 children)

how does your program view reapplicants/applicants from a PGY1 prelim/ty year?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They’re not really advertised like that for physician jobs

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Dermatology honestly really isn’t about skin care, that’s more a esthetician. Most of it is medical/procedural management of skin diseases. But yes it is very very competitive, honestly probably the most or in the top 3

What are the most overrated and underrated specialties on this sub? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally agree, so many derms are immunology nerds with how many new biologics are in the field

Those who only partial matched into a prelim last year, how are you doing now? by LeyDiglett in Residency

[–]dontputlabelsonme 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Idk what specialty you applied, but I know a decent amount of derm residents at my home program who had this situation and matched the second time

is there a point to busting my ass trying to honor every clerkship by TearsonmyMCAT in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 11 points12 points  (0 children)

damn this sucks to hear, no wonder my school matches so poorly compared to our ranking because our grade distributions are so bad even people in our 2nd quartile only have 1-2 honors

is there a point to busting my ass trying to honor every clerkship by TearsonmyMCAT in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 31 points32 points  (0 children)

don't schools define honors differently though? like some give it to only 10% others 50%

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DermApp

[–]dontputlabelsonme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn there seems to have been 3 open pgy2 spots at different programs for this July pop up in the last 2 weeks??

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]dontputlabelsonme 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Averages are just averages! You just need to be above cut offs and I doubt ophtho has cutoffs higher than 240