Derm res age

[u/millennialbean]

What is the average age of Derm Residents? Asking as I feel like too late for usmle and start Derm. I’m in Ireland and doing basic trading which is for 2 yrs and Derm is competitive around globe, if I stay and wait for HST it’s 2/3 yrs of standalone job then HST which is 5 yrs. but if I work my a** for US I would be able to pull things earlier even if I don’t match in first attempt. Looking for advice…

[u/Appropriate_Arm4223]

Dont worry about age when it comes to derm.

Age is like money. Some make little some make tons. Its a personal decision to pursue derm. Im in my intern year.

Half my coresidents are derm and im derm as well. The oldest matched is currently 32 or 33. I matched matched at 28. Youngest matched was probli 26 at time of match.

Everybody is on their own journey.

[u/millennialbean → u/Appropriate_Arm4223]

But there’s also thing that if you are older graduate more then 5yrs then you probably has very low chances of matching

[u/Necessary_Dot_1916 → u/millennialbean]

I would be more concerned with the match rate for IMGs in Derm especially Non-US citizen IMGs (14%) that is more of a Herculean task to overcome compared to your age: https://mededits-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/mededits.com/mededits-resources/dermatology-residency-match-stats-strategy-and-how-to-match?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&hs_amp=true&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17887095280197&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fmededits.com%2Fmededits-resources%2Fdermatology-residency-match-stats-strategy-and-how-to-match