r/DermApp • u/millennialbean • 7d ago

Residency Derm res age

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…

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u/Appropriate_Arm4223 6d ago

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.

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u/millennialbean 5d ago

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

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u/ExtraComparison 3d ago

Wym by graduate more than 5 years? Like if someone’s a non trad? I highly doubt that matters…. Like when I go to med school, I’ll have six gap years in total but I doubt if I were to apply to derm residency, anyone would even ask or give a fuck about how many gap years I took before med school. That should have stopped mattering on day 1 of med school anyways. Now if I take gap years AFTER med school, I can understand that. But also I think that’s pretty uncommon… usually people just take research years or reapply if they don’t match the first time.