<p>Assuming you are fortunate enough to check all the boxes and gain med school admission, that alone is only the first, very small step, for a career in Dermatology.</p>
<p>As I previously mentioned, a residency match into Derm requires being among the very top in your Med school class, AOA recognition, a significant amount of Derm research, absolutely stellar STEP scores and LORS and a lot of luck.</p>
<p>Your goal should be getting into med school- it is foolish at this time to set your sites on the most difficult to attain specialty because you have NO idea how challenging the road ahead will be once you get into med school.</p>
<p>Your performance in Med school will be the sole determining factor in what area of medicine you end up in.</p>
<p>Legacy status may be worth a bump in med school admissions but isn’t going to mean a thing when it comes time for residency match.</p>