<h2>Only considering US residencies, and MD schools, does the name of your medical school have a significant impact on your chances of landing a residency in plastic surgery or dermatology?</h2>
<p>Of course. Anyone who tells you otherwise has an affiliation with a lower tier medical school, period. If where you went to med school didn’t matter then why are people gunning for the best? I mean why bother? People gun for the best because they know the score. A few reasons why were already mentioned in this thread, e.g., best & brightest push you to your highest potential, connections, resources, and there’s traits in those at the very elite schools that are intrinsic and make those applicants highly sought after.</p>