Sorry in advance that this is going to be a long post!
For the Research Essay, what kind of details are expected about the research. I've worked on 3 projects:
1 abstract presented - working on paper.
1 abstract accepted (presenting in October) & working on paper (therefore I can only discuss conclusions without #s as per my investigator's rules)
1 currently collecting data for.
How much detail should I go in describing the approach and details. Any advice?
As much detail as you need to explain the hypotheses, what you did, what the findings were, and why your research is important. CCLCM research interviewers care a lot about your understanding and your ability to go one step beyond. In other words, depending on your results, what would you do next to advance the research?
Quick tip for photos: Use one that is both professional and likeable (i.e. you can tolerate having other people recognize you by that photo
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Ours are posted on the wall outside of admissions.
Ours are posted all over the entire Cleveland Clinic. Every single attending who has anything to do with the med school at all has them. Some of them even memorize our names before meeting us. It's a little freaky sometimes.
funny/surprising comment by an adcom (not from case) i talked to:
"if your picture is dorky, i just throw the app aside"
probably in jest
Judging by how dorky some of our pics are, it was definitely in jest.
Question: Can we talk about research that we are currently doing? If so do we just say what we expect the results to be?
Sure. You have a hypothesis for your research, right? So you must have some expectation for what results you'll end up with then. I would focus on explaining the hypothesis and what results you expect to see that would confirm or refute your hypothesis.
Hey I'm thinking of applying here. Can anyone tell me their impressions of the school? Is Cleveland interesting at all?
I love Case. Both programs have pretty eclectic students, which is cool. You have a ton of free time during first and second years, especially first year, as you can tell by all these UP first years posting on this thread.
Both programs get a lot of clinical and research training starting in first year, especially my program. The four hospitals where we all rotate are very different and expose you to a good variety of patient populations. Board scores and match lists are good. If you like a less traditional curriculum, either Case program would be worth checking out.
Cleveland is not as bad as people make it out to be. It's not NYC or LA, so you have to have realistic expectations if you come here. One of my classmates has a good way of putting it. You won't find a lot of anything in Cleveland, but you can find one of everything. In other words, there won't be 10 great Korean restaurants like there might be somewhere else, but there is one. I guess the exception would be Italian and Middle Eastern restaurants. There are tons of those.
If you get both interviews, I believe they schedule them on consecutive days. Prepare to marathon!!
Right, they schedule them back-to-back.
good to see a lot of action already for the next year class! it's so exciting
sup myuu
on the topic of stats for our recently accepted class (i'm class of 2013, up student)
hmm let's see, the UP students had an average mcat of 34.1 and the cclcm average was 34.7 i believe, and the gpa averages were 3.66 and 3.7 or something close to that. so it's not a huge difference in terms of numbers.
good luck!
Our numbers are averaged into yours, and a lot of people get accepted to both programs anyway, so it's not surprising.
I would ask for you, but I have no idea how to contact the CCLCM admissions office. The UP one isright around the corner, though...
All info can be found on the
admissions webpage. Just so everyone knows, Susan is leaving in a few weeks, so try to be patient if there are some delays for a while. There is only one other person in our admissions office besides her.
So...I have a few research experiences...Does it matter which I talk about? I sorta talked about one in my personal essay which was much more scientific and advanced bc it was research in a lab...the other option is a clinical research project i did in undergrad which really wasnt that complicated...but which had results that i could talk about. Which is better...to talk technical or give a story with a beginning middle and end?
thannnks
Imagine you are the person reading your essay, and write about the one you would want to read about.
anyone find this secondary even worse than chicago?? hahah maybe I'm just being a baby, but I've finished all my other secondary essays and now just have this one. and i can't seem to get myself motivated to do it. luckily there's the 2 week deadline, so I have to do it soon. I really wish my LORs were all in so I could actually send these darn things
It's been a while since I applied, but I don't remember either school's secondary being particularly bad. I think it's just you.
Anybody else hear about Obama's upcoming visit to the Cleveland Clinic this week? In his press conference today he mentioned that it's another example (in addition to Mayo) of what health care should look like.
Yes, he came yesterday, then went to a high school in Shaker (a suburb of Cleveland) to give a talk.
oh misunderstood. as i understand it, they pay physicians a set salary so doctors don't all clamor to get the most # of procedures in possible. that's a good idea that should be looked at more.
but boo obamacare as it stands
Right, the physicians are salaried.
Thanks to everyone who read through this whole post, and good luck with your apps!
