2016-2017 Eastern Virginia Medical School Application Thread

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Briefly describe your exposure to medicine

What do you think you will like best about being a physician?

What do you think you will like least about being a physician?

Describe yourself and your medical career as you see it ten years from now.

Please indicate your reasons for applying to EVMS.
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The website talks very briefly about "an emphasis on preparation of physicians for residency training in the primary care disciplines," can anyone confirm/add to that?
 
Can a current medical student tell me how community service or volunteer work in the community is at EVMS? What opportunities are available? Thanks!
 
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^ I would like to know this as well. Also, are they big on serving the underserved or community engagement?
 
apple16 said:
The website talks very briefly about "an emphasis on preparation of physicians for residency training in the primary care disciplines," can anyone confirm/add to that?
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Most, if not all med schools, will have an emphasis on training primary care physicians but that doesn't mean that they turn away candidates who are interested in pursuing specialties. There's just a great need for primary care doctors so it is a goal to be able to train up doctors who can help alleviate this shortage. EVMS was also founded by the community and for the community--the surrounding area residents recognized that the doctor : patient ratio was pretty low so they wanted a med school that could provide more doctors for the area.

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Can a current medical student tell me how community service or volunteer work in the community is at EVMS? What opportunities are available? Thanks!
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OrangeMed said:
^ I would like to know this as well. Also, are they big on serving the underserved or community engagement?
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I will be an M1 this fall and I can tell you that EVMS' vision is to be recognized as the #1 community-service-oriented med school in the US so they are VERY BIG on community service and outreach to underserved populations. We have our first mandatory community service project at a local school the weekend following orientation/first week of classes, and there are outreach events throughout the year. Here is a list of the clubs offered--I'm not sure how updated it is but you can see that most clubs have a community outreach aspect to it: https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/student_affairs/clubs.pdf

Hope this helps! :)
 
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rukia013 said:
Most, if not all med schools, will have an emphasis on training primary care physicians but that doesn't mean that they turn away candidates who are interested in pursuing specialties. There's just a great need for primary care doctors so it is a goal to be able to train up doctors who can help alleviate this shortage. EVMS was also founded by the community and for the community--the surrounding area residents recognized that the doctor:patient ratio was pretty low so they wanted a med school that could provide more doctors for the area.




I will be an M1 this fall and I can tell you that EVMS' vision is to be recognized as the #1 community-service-oriented med school in the US so they are VERY BIG on community service and outreach to underserved populations. We have our first mandatory community service project at a local school the weekend following orientation/first week of classes, and there are outreach events throughout the year. Here is a list of the clubs offered--I'm not sure how updated it is but you can see that most clubs have a community outreach aspect to it: https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/student_affairs/clubs.pdf

Hope this helps! :)
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Thanks for the reply! It does help! What is the community that EVMS serve? What is the demography of the surrounding region? Any focus group that they serve?
 
OrangeMed said:
Thanks for the reply! It does help! What is the community that EVMS serve? What is the demography of the surrounding region? Any focus group that they serve?
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EVMS serves a wide range of communities so there isn't really a specific "focus" on who they serve--I am from out of state so I haven't been exposed to the surrounding area much, but I do know that there are low income/underserved populations in the immediate area, there's a Medical Spanish course you can take and then reach out to Hispanic communities, there are also a lot of elderly/retired folks living nearby, there are opportunities to reach out to hospital patients (big buddy/small buddy programs), etc. Norfolk is also a naval base so there's a naval/military hospital right across the river.
 
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They screen OOS applicants with less than a 30 MCAT.
 
I was an applicant last cycle.
 
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Big&Juicy said:
They screen OOS applicants with less than a 30 MCAT.
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I don't understand this though. EVMS has an AVERAGE of 30 MCAT. How are they going to start screening anything below that? They couldn't create an average of 30 doing that..
 
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They screen OOS applicants with less than a 30 MCAT.
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This is incorrect. They have a 10th percentile MCAT of 29. Meaning they accept people with that score, making it impossible for them to screen less than a 30.
 
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Remember OOS they could accept instate with a lower MCAT score. I am not sure its correct information but it could be correct numerically.
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Last year a 508 was their 75% percentile for applicants. Applicants were 5:1 OOS:IS so I'm guessing their cuttoff isnt actually a 30 (about a 508).
 
Their websites average of a 30 is outdated. With current trends, there is no way their average GPA is 3.44 and MCAT of 30. Contact admissions to verify for yourself.
 
Also, the MSAR has their median MCAT at 32 and gpa at 3.6/3.5

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Their websites average of a 30 is outdated. With current trends, there is no way their average GPA is 3.44 and MCAT of 30. Contact admissions to verify for yourself.
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Just called admissions. I can confirm what @Big&Juicy said is correct.

For OOS screen: minimums of 3.45 sGPA and 508/509 MCAT

...phew, just made the cut :clap:
 
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Thoroughbred_Med said:
Just called admissions. I can confirm what @Big&Juicy said is correct.

For OOS screen: minimums of 3.45 sGPA and 508/509 MCAT

...phew, just made the cut :clap:
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This was not clear on their website. Ridiculous. Just wasted money applying to this school on the primary application. Sometimes I really feel like these schools want to eat our money and don't care about what kind of person we really are.
 
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Thoroughbred_Med said:
Just called admissions. I can confirm what @Big&Juicy said is correct.

For OOS screen: minimums of 3.45 sGPA and 508/509 MCAT

...phew, just made the cut :clap:
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Glad to see a fellow April mcat taker is applying here! Hope you've been well :)
 
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Thoroughbred_Med said:
Just called admissions. I can confirm what @Big&Juicy said is correct.

For OOS screen: minimums of 3.45 sGPA and 508/509 MCAT

...phew, just made the cut :clap:
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Just trying to save you applicants a little bit of time and money. Good luck!
 
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Wow, I'm disappointed. A screen this strict should be published on MSAR/their website imo. I just wish I knew this before so I could've designated a different school with the limited funds I have.
 
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I'm OOS 508 3.88, is the screen at 508 or 509? Will I even receive a secondary?
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I doubt the screen is that strict. after all, med schools want all they money they can get from secondaries ha. That's why most don't even screen at all. If you're dumb enough to apply with a 490 and pay the fee for the secondary submission, that's easy money for them.
 
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Inept said:
I'm in the same boat. I applied here because I have a really community service heavy application which I thought they would favor even with my 3.5 GPA and a 507 MCAT. Total BS that they screen that high and don't clearly state it on their website.

Even my pre-med advisor told me to apply here and she usually knows her stuff.
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Exactly. I was told by my pre-med advisor as well. I am heavy on community service as well, just did not do as well I wanted on the MCAT.
 
Okay, my first call to an admissions office and it was.. exhilarating. Like @Thoroughbred_Med said, they are screening OOS with a 508/509 MCAT. I specifically asked about a 508 and she said it was okay; they've been screening at a 30 and the new test puts a 508 at 29.5ish.
 
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Okay, my first call to an admissions office and it was.. exhilarating. Like @Thoroughbred_Med said, they are screening OOS with a 508/509 MCAT. I specifically asked about a 508 and she said it was okay; they've been screening at a 30 and the new test puts a 508 at 29.5ish.
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I had no idea they screened at such a high MCAT score.
 
Screening at a 30 (508) for a secondary is ridiculous. There are plenty of applicants in the 28-29 range (504-507 new MCAT) that have really solid applications. I can understand not giving someone an interview with that score, but screening for a secondary that high? Come on now
 
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mhelm816 said:
Screening at a 30 (508) for a secondary is ridiculous. There are plenty of applicants in the 28-29 range (504-507 new MCAT) that have really solid applications. I can understand not giving someone an interview with that score, but screening for a secondary that high? Come on now
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They only screen OOS applicants with that score, and most public medical schools have higher standards for their OOS applicants. They're just not as blunt about those standards.
 
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Is the screen an average between all MCAT scores? My new score is 31... but old was 27 :/
 
Wanted to give you guys an early warning. School just has to maintain a certain standard on its MCAT average.
 
What does it mean if I have a 514 and haven't received a secondary??
 
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You're done, apply carribean






Just wait a few more days, they come out in waves. unless your gpa is a big flag. My composite score is 6 points below you with a 123 in CARS and I got one.
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:/ thank you
 
OOS secondary, low gpa but high mcat. not sure if i'm going to fill it out
 
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OOS secondary, low gpa but high mcat. not sure if i'm going to fill it out
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what's your gpa? I have a 3.6 cumulative and 3.39 science...will I get screened out for this? I have a 510 MCAT as well. Last two years were straight A's though
 
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That's a ridiculous secondary screen. Would've been nice to know since my sGPA is sub 3.45. Not exactly an assumption one would make with a 10th% of 3.14. Quite the holistic approach they have going.
 
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They really screen at 508? I'm hesitant to apply now since my scores barely above that. Mayo screens at 508, this seems a bit extreme for EVMS
 
Hi everyone,
Just got off the phone with EVMS. For both IS and OOS, they screen at 27 MCAT/503 as a MINIMUM, though to be competitive, they want 505-507. I'm not sure how that applies for OOS. OOS min gpa is 3.45 for both IS and OOS
 
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Hi everyone,
Just got off the phone with EVMS. For both IS and OOS, they screen at 27 MCAT/503 as a MINIMUM, though to be competitive, they want 505-507. I'm not sure how that applies for OOS. OOS min gpa is 3.45 for both IS and OOS
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do you know if this is for ugrad bcpm or grad bcpm as well for those who have a graduate degree?
 
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