Thank you, that's very nice of you to sayI am pretty thrilled to have the opportunity. Hopefully everyone waiting will get their chance too; somewhere, if not here.
Congratulations! Must be exciting.
What day was your application transmitted?
I know right? Mine was sent a month after i submitted my app...It's made me so anxious that my committee packet wasn't sent out till last week. I know it's early, but I feel like it made me fall so behind
I think the committees didn't meet until mid-June. But I am thankful for the quick turnover between transmission and under review email haha.
yes, I'm an MS1 here. Have any questions? They haven't asked us yet but I believe some of us will offer a place to stay and will be eating lunch with yall. The interview format is generally one with a faculty member and one with a MS4. The faculty one is partially open app. They have access to your essays.
I was there yesterday too. The social went until 4, but it was very informal and many people left before then. I left at about 345, so being out by 4 is definitely doable.
Do you mind sharing when you received the under review email?
Would you mind sharing your stats, and IS/OOS status?
Received my under review on 7/1 and still nothing...Received mine on that day too and nothing.
I GUESS I'll just have to be patient lol.
Starting to lose hope.
Well my stats are pretty darn high so I doubt they give people with higher stats priority.Do they just mix all the applications together in no specific order? Or do they give people with higher stats priority? Honestly I think looking at these threads makes me so much more nervous, but I can't help but look lol.
I need a prescription for Ativan ASAP.
Honestly, I got one II last week, felt great for a day, and went right back to worrying the next day... But it is definitely too early to be justifiably worried.Received my under review email on 07/01 too
Just have to keep telling myself its too early in the cycle to be sure....but an II or two would be nice
No Sunday night social for the day I interviewed either. Maybe they replaced it with the end of day social this year?To those who interviewed last week, was there a Sunday night social? Reading through last year's thread and there are multiple mentions of a Sunday night social. I just want to make sure I didn't miss the email!
But good to know I am not missing an email about it, thanks @simplesloth!I feel the same way. Got one II, then right back to worrying. It's way to early to be justifiably anxious. This whole process seems to have made me into somewhat of a neurotic. I'm already planning my strategy for next year. Changes I want to make to my PS, etc. It's utter lunacy I know, but it's completely out of my control.
Great information thank you so much!For those with future interview days (interviewed here 8/10):
-Can confirm that interviewers only have your essays. They don't have your activity/EC/work descriptions, but do have your optional essays, so not just the PS.
-Very laid back and relaxed interview day. Speaking from personal experience, this was a perfect first interview.
-Most people I talked to interviewed with one student (MS4) and either a faculty MD or someone in administration. We were explicitly told the MS4 interviewers have a full vote in the admissions decision.
-I did hear from several traditional students that they were given ethical scenarios and pushed a little more for the "why medicine" part of the interview. It did seem like their interviewers were slightly harder on them, but that could have been a coincidence or too small of a sample size on my end
-This has been said before, but Dr. Jones did state that once you are at the interview, you have passed their screen for GPA/MCAT (20% of applicants pass). Once you are at the interview, your numbers will not determine whether you are accepted.
If anyone has questions that won't compromise the integrity of the interview, I'd be happy to answer them!
II!
Bryan Campus (Anyone got this place?)
For 8/20
Complete 7/13
For those with future interview days (interviewed here 8/10):
-I did hear from several traditional students that they were given ethical scenarios and pushed a little more for the "why medicine" part of the interview. It did seem like their interviewers were slightly harder on them, but that could have been a coincidence or too small of a sample size on my end
LOL Thanks I don't know what happened. >_<Wrong thread!
But congrats.
Is there any way to prepare for those ethical scenario questions? Thanks!For those with future interview days (interviewed here 8/10):
-Can confirm that interviewers only have your essays. They don't have your activity/EC/work descriptions, but do have your optional essays, so not just the PS.
-Very laid back and relaxed interview day. Speaking from personal experience, this was a perfect first interview.
-Most people I talked to interviewed with one student (MS4) and either a faculty MD or someone in administration. We were explicitly told the MS4 interviewers have a full vote in the admissions decision.
-I did hear from several traditional students that they were given ethical scenarios and pushed a little more for the "why medicine" part of the interview. It did seem like their interviewers were slightly harder on them, but that could have been a coincidence or too small of a sample size on my end
-This has been said before, but Dr. Jones did state that once you are at the interview, you have passed their screen for GPA/MCAT (20% of applicants pass). Once you are at the interview, your numbers will not determine whether you are accepted.
If anyone has questions that won't compromise the integrity of the interview, I'd be happy to answer them!
Thanks for the help! And your user name is great!
Do the interviewers know if you are a re-applicant or not when they are doing the interview with you?
Is there not a section in TMDSAS that you get when you are a re-applicant? Would they not see that?
