I received a complete email shortly after submitting the secondary and paying the application fee.
Edit: Ack, I'm sorry I didn't completely read your post before replying! Hope they mark your letters as received soon
I've got a few softballs for you.
1) I think you mean New Hampshire - might wanna take a quick look at your secondaries to make sure you didn't make that mistake in there too
Definitely meant New Hampshire LOL1) I think you mean New Hampshire - might wanna take a quick look at your secondaries to make sure you didn't make that mistake in there too
I actually enjoy it up here a lot for several reasons. One - I found myself not very distracted while studying during my first two years because it's more isolated but if I wanted to get out of Hanover, it was really easy to go visit friends down in Boston since it's a two hour ride. Also, I really like the college town feel and I went to a school very similar to Dartmouth for undergrad. During 1st and 2nd year when you have more free time (or I guess a more flexible schedule), it's a fantastic area to get out and do some hiking, swimming, running. Plus, I know that I'm most likely going to end up in a city for residency and probably the rest of my career so now was a nice time to get away from that and really focus on studying medicine.
2) Most certainly. I'm not sure exactly why Dartmouth does this so much more than other schools but they definitely do like having non-traditional students with unique backgrounds aka careers outside of medicine for >5 years before deciding to come to med school. Definitely is cool to learn about their backstories and it enriches the class as whole IMO. That being said, I think every med school has that to a certain extent.
3) I think they do but honestly, I'm not sure if it's much different than other schools. There are curriculum changes occurring largely because of feedback from students. Different admin people handle different years in school (aka 1st year vs 2nd year vs 3rd year clinic) so it may vary year to year but overall, I think they have been receptive. For example, I'm not sure if it's permanent, but they were definitely responsive to students wanting more Step I study time as this past year it was 7/8 weeks compared to 5 weeks previously. Also, 4 MS2's are voting members on the admission committee with other students able to help conduct interviews and attend admission committee meetings.
Seems like it would depend on how many units you earned, since they describe the half-year Calc/Stats requirement as "3 semester hours or equivalent." So if you took a 5-unit course on the quarter system, that would do it, but a 4-unit or 3-unit course might not be enough.
I see, makes sense. Thanks a lot
I think you ought to calm down, 3 small grammatical errors are not grounds for "bidding away your chances" for attending Dartmouth. Being melodramatic is not going to help anything! You're going to be fine. I had the same issue and I assumed everyone else would as well. Which turned out to be true.
I did get a response from them, they told me not to worry about it.
Best of luck to you.
I really hope everything works out for the best for you!!
I accidentally put my last name in both the middle name and last name box (thank Chrome auto-fill) so at least you don't have an entirely different person applying in your place.
If you got the complete email I'd say you're fine
Alright cool. Hoping for the best. Thanks!
Nothing needs to be done. It's a glitch in their system. Many people have emailed/called already. The admissions office said they are aware of it and it doesn't matter. Bottom line: don't worry, be happy!
No... It has three green dots, and next to them, the different parts of the application:
Right yeah but I mean on the page before that when you first login
Oh, you're absolutely right. Yes, it does say, "Your secondary application has been received and is in process."
Definitely not late at all!! Good luck!!
