2019-2020 Brown (Alpert)

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R this morning- submitted late July.
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Rejected yesterday pre-II, submitted late July or early August. OOS 521 MCAT 3.54 GPA 3.21 sGPA
 
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Kingbika said:
Rejected yesterday pre-II, submitted late July or early August. OOS 521 MCAT 3.54 GPA 3.21 sGPA
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:( These stats are really really close to my stats and submission date.. now I'm scared lol
 
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hydrophobicmed said:
though I kind of don't think Brown does that much yield protection. They want a very specific type of candidates.
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They emphasized this very point on interview day, both the faculty and the students.
 
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NeuroGeek20 said:
They emphasized this very point on interview day, both the faculty and the students.
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any school that has a 75% MCAT over 520 doesn't do yield protection on the high stats, simply they just don't care if you score above a certain level. 522 is the same as 527 in Brown's eyes.
 
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May I ask what that very specific type was?
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From what I was able to glean (and if you also interviewed, correct me if I'm wrong), they really valued an applicant with different/unique passions, and want people who would still pursue these passions into medical school and beyond; an applicant with a unique X factor. A high-stat applicant with your standard research, volunteering, and shadowing probably would not be as heavily considered.

Frankly, I feel like this is a similar approach taken by many T10/T20's and is not a novel concept. Stats simply play a supporting role.
 
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NeuroGeek20 said:
From what I was able to glean (and if you also interviewed, correct me if I'm wrong), they really valued an applicant with different/unique passions, and want people who would still pursue these passions into medical school and beyond; an applicant with a unique X factor. A high-stat applicant with your standard research, volunteering, and shadowing probably would not be as heavily considered.

Frankly, I feel like this is a similar approach taken by many T10/T20's and is not a novel concept. Stats simply play a supporting role.
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Soooo you're saying there's a chance? (Mediocre stats; amazing EC's)
 
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To add on to all this discussion, Brown interviews a very low number of people, so it's actually quite impressive to even be interviewed
 
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skiingdoc16 said:
Soooo you're saying there's a chance? (Mediocre stats; amazing EC's)
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I am not an adcom, nor a student, and have not even been admitted at this school! But I certainly wish for nothing but the best for you <3

EDIT: Besides, you've had a wonderful cycle so far. Keep your head up!
 
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NeuroGeek20 said:
I am not an adcom, nor a student, and have not even been admitted at this school! But I certainly wish for nothing but the best for you <3

EDIT: Besides, you've had a wonderful cycle so far. Keep your head up!
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Wow thank you so much!! I wish you the best of luck for the rest of your cycle.
 
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hydrophobicmed said:
just for a data point. LM80, rejected pre-II. 14 II's and mostly at T10's. It's a crapshoot for everyone.
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I’ve seen similar surprising results... checkered II success inside the respective T10,20,30,50, but definitely lower II success rate T20-50.
 
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skiingdoc16 said:
Soooo you're saying there's a chance? (Mediocre stats; amazing EC's)
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I’d say there is. I was stunned to get an II here cause my stats are average at best. My only thought is that I wrote something they liked.
 
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For those that interviewed, did you send thank you letters to your interviewers via email or upload to the portal? If anyone emailed, did you get a response? Thanks!
 
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For those that interviewed, did you send thank you letters to your interviewers via email or upload to the portal? If anyone emailed, did you get a response? Thanks!
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Email (per their request), no response
 
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MZI said:
For those that interviewed, did you send thank you letters to your interviewers via email or upload to the portal? If anyone emailed, did you get a response? Thanks!
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emailed with response
 
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MZI said:
Both mine haven’t responded, hopefully that’s not a bad sign
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I'm sure it's not a sign whether they respond or not. This is a hectic time of year for most people and you probably know how most physicians are with email. Unless you specifically said something that warranted a response, you did your part! Just relax, you got this!
 
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That’s true, thanks for the reassurance! Btw I was told at my 12/6 interview that decisions would be sent on the 23rd. Good luck to everyone waiting to hear back!
 
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I was complete 7/31 and still haven't been rejected or received an II (RI resident; LM: 78). Is there any hope that I could just be getting an interview eventually because I've made it through so many waves of rejections?
 
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beepboop27 said:
I was complete 7/31 and still haven't been rejected or received an II (RI resident; LM: 78). Is there any hope that I could just be getting an interview eventually because I've made it through so many waves of rejections?
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I'm not an RI resident but otherwise +1
 
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II this morning! Complete mid july lol
 
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Lol like LM 73-74. going straight from undergrad.
 
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anyone have the link to the secondary app portal? i want to send an update but can't find it, thanks!
 
Who here is hearing today? Do you know if they call or email?
 
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jecki46 said:
Who here is hearing today? Do you know if they call or email?
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I heard back last month, but they email. Check the promotions tab on your gmail account! Somehow the emails land there.
 
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A as well just now!! Happy holidays everyone!
 
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A!!! Great Christmas present! Happy holidays y’all!
 
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hydrophobicmed said:
wonder why you didn't withdraw here, you had withdrawn from some amazing places....
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If you must know I have a special connection with this school which makes it hard to make a quick decision.
 
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