Resident Insider — Anonymous Residency Advice from Verified Residents
The only place where current, verified residents tell you what their programs are actually like — and you can ask them anything, anonymously.
Browse before you sign up.
Get paid for every answer.
Why Resident Insider
The best person to ask about a program is a resident training there now.
Every resident here is verified, and neither your name nor theirs is ever shown, so they can tell you the truth.
And they're paid for their time, so they make time for you.
How It Works
Ask a verified resident what their program is really like — direct, private, and anonymous. You pay per question (up to a full paragraph each), nothing else; residents are paid to answer.
Get Verified
Three quick paths to a verified account — matched to who you are.
Students (MD/DO & DPM) — academic email + verification code (free)
IMGs applying to residency — any email + verification code (free)
Residents (MD/DO & DPM, including IMGs) — five-step verification and a bank connection for payouts
ID verified through Stripe ($1.50 one-time) — the document never reaches Resident Insider
Ask Anonymously
Browse programs and message residents — no names on either side.
Ask in detail, up to a full paragraph
Any Insider, any specialty, anywhere in the country
Residents never see your name, email, or school
Residents have 3 days to answer, or 1 day for Priority
Refunded in full if it's declined or goes unanswered
Watch a program with no Insider yet
Get the Real Story
The answers they'd never put online or say to your face on interview day.
Program culture
Work-life balance
Call schedule
Interview advice
Clinical & OR experience
Protected academic time
Job placement
Red flags
Insiders on the Ground
323 verified MD/DO Insiders across 159 cities — and growing.
Choose Your Insider
Pick your track. Every verified resident on it is one message away.
Verified residents are joining MD/DO and DPM programs across the country. Browse programs, or get notified when yours joins.
For Students
One Question at a Time
$50 Standard or $75 Priority — ask in detail (up to a full paragraph per question) and get a thorough, honest response. That's the only thing you ever pay for: no subscriptions, no hidden fees. Every student tool on the platform is free with an account.
Every resident clears five checks — including a government-issued photo ID check and a human check against their program's published roster, done within 24 hours of joining. See what each check does
Ask from anywhere in the world — an IMG abroad can hear what training at a US program is really like before paying for a flight, an observership, or an away rotation.
Raw, unfiltered advice about programs — the kind you won't find anywhere online.
Full refund if the resident doesn't respond within the time window (3 days Standard or 1 day Priority).
Get notified when a resident joins a program you're watching — one email per match, no spam.
Free Tools for Every Future Doctor
Know Before You Rank
Rank with confidence. Not with hope.
Interview day is a highlight reel. Ask what it's actually like.
For Verified MD/DO & DPM Residents
Get Paid to Share
Earn $25 per response — $38 for Priority. Write a thoughtful, detailed answer and get paid automatically to your bank.
Never your name — students see your program and specialty, and we never tell anyone who you are.
Limited to two Insiders per residency program — every question about your program goes to you or one other resident, never a crowd. Seats are per program, so one hospital can host two Internal Medicine and two Anesthesiology Insiders at once.
Respond on your own time — 3 days for Standard messages, 1 day for Priority. Decline any question you'd rather not take, and the student is refunded in full.
Your rating shows on your profile — students see it and choose who to ask.
The Lounge
Off the record. Members only.
Unlocks the moment you go live to students.
Contract Decoder
Your first attending contract, decoded. Upload it for a plain-English, clause-by-clause breakdown — what each term means, how your pay is structured, what's at stake, and the questions to ask before you sign.
Know exactly what you're signing.
Unlocks When You Go LiveThe Attending Leap
Land your first attending job — email templates for outreach, interviews, offers, and credentialing, plus a set for visa holders and a transition checklist phased from a year out to your first weeks as an attending.
Opens when you go liveFind Your Fellowship
Every podiatric fellowship we can verify, by subspecialty — each badged with its current ACFAS, CPME, or AENS standing, or marked when it holds none, plus application details and a shortlist you can save.
Opens when you go liveBecome an Insider
Two seats per program. Paid per answer. Anonymous throughout.
Tell the next class what you wish someone had told you.