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Any OOS applicants who applied early (verified before July 10) and still have not received a secondary invite? I am above their MCAT/GPA cutoffs and went to undergrad at UNC, so I thought I would get an invite for sure.
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ily123 said:
Any OOS applicants who applied early (verified before July 10) and still have not received a secondary invite? I am above their MCAT/GPA cutoffs and went to undergrad at UNC, so I thought I would get an invite for sure.
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Same. OOS with decently high stats. Their website says they send secondaries to every applicant though, I guess we just have to wait.
 
Abcdefghijklmno1 said:
Same. OOS with decently high stats. Their website says they send secondaries to every applicant though, I guess we just have to wait.
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Good to know I'm not the only one. Most of my pre-med friends from undergrad at UNC have already gotten their secondary invitations, so I'm starting to worry.
 
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Hello there!

Quick question. I have pre-requisites that I am taking this fall and spring ( 1stats course, 1 humanities , 1 social science) I was wondering if I should include the future courses on my AMCAS application even though I am unsure of exact course name and code. I know that the pre-reqs just have to be completed prior to matriculation but I didn't know if not having them on my AMCAS app would affect my chances of secondary/interviews.
 
For those with FAP, do we submit and wait until they reach out to us about payment? I'm confused on how this works considering they said not everyone with FAP recieves a waiver for secondaries.
 
happymoney123 said:
For those with FAP, do we submit and wait until they reach out to us about payment? I'm confused on how this works considering they said not everyone with FAP recieves a waiver for secondaries.
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Yes. When you fill out the secondary, tick the box for fee waiver consideration. Then just submit. You don’t have to do anything else and they will send you an email if you get denied. I was approved and didn’t receive an email or anything. I checked the portal and saw that my status went from “awaiting payment” to fee waived.
 
vitafusion said:
Yes. When you fill out the secondary, tick the box for fee waiver consideration. Then just submit. You don’t have to do anything else and they will send you an email if you get denied. I was approved and didn’t receive an email or anything. I checked the portal and saw that my status went from “awaiting payment” to fee waived.
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Okay that's great! if you don't mind me asking, what are your stats/oos or is? & how long did it take before you saw the change in your portal?
 
happymoney123 said:
Okay that's great! if you don't mind me asking, what are your stats/oos or is? & how long did it take before you saw the change in your portal?
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It took 2 business days. I read on an older thread that they have 1 person processing all of the requests, so I think the longer you wait to submit the longer it might take to hear a decision.

And this is just pure speculation, but I feel like they would be more willing to waive fees for IS students, maybe because there’s less of us but who knows.
 
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For the advanced bio courses, could I list physiology twice? It was split up into two courses over the course of a year at my school.
 
ily123 said:
Any OOS applicants who applied early (verified before July 10) and still have not received a secondary invite? I am above their MCAT/GPA cutoffs and went to undergrad at UNC, so I thought I would get an invite for sure.
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Just an FYI but I was in the same boat until I checked my "spam" folder this past Monday - my supplemental emails from UNC were in there, dated 7/22. I have received 20+ secondaries and for some reason it is the only one that was flagged as spam.
 
poncho60 said:
Just an FYI but I was in the same boat until I checked my "spam" folder this past Monday - my supplemental emails from UNC were in there, dated 7/22. I have received 20+ secondaries and for some reason it is the only one that was flagged as spam.
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Mine got sent to the "Promotions" tab in Gmail. I still have no idea how that happened, but I missed it for a day or two after I received the app.
 
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Still haven’t received secondary and I’ve searched every corner of my email. I emailed them a couple days ago but haven’t received a response. Welp
 
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Abcdefghijklmno1 said:
Still haven’t received secondary and I’ve searched every corner of my email. I emailed them a couple days ago but haven’t received a response. Welp
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OOS, LM 78, still haven't received a secondary. I've checked every folder in my email as well. I'm not sure if I should email them, because it says on their website that everyone gets a secondary. Anyone have the admissions email? I can't find it on their website.
 
Where on their website does it say that everyone gets a secondary? I'm OOS a bit below their mcat requirement so I was surprised to get one. Didn't think to check if they had a cutoff before applying haha
 

Our Admissions Process | Office of Admissions

Supplemental Applications All applicants will receive a supplemental application after we receive a verified AMCAS application. Keep in mind that the process for receiving a supplemental application is an automated process, regardless of your academic record and MCAT scores. The deadline to...
www.med.unc.edu www.med.unc.edu

"All applicants will receive a supplemental application"
 
bleshka10 said:

Our Admissions Process | Office of Admissions

Supplemental Applications All applicants will receive a supplemental application after we receive a verified AMCAS application. Keep in mind that the process for receiving a supplemental application is an automated process, regardless of your academic record and MCAT scores. The deadline to...
www.med.unc.edu www.med.unc.edu

"All applicants will receive a supplemental application"
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lol idk how I missed that. Oh well I guess I wasted a few hours on that app but haven't paid yet because I was waiting for them to approve my fee waiver
 
Those who submitted, the only email u got was the payment one right?
 
For those who have not received a degree, did you put "No" for if you received a degree? It won't let me put an expected degree date (May 2021).
 
Anyone's "awaiting decision" no longer appearing on the portal? Does this mean a decision has been made?
 
Mine disappeared too. I checked yesterday and it was gone.
 
LetMeINNNNNN said:
Anyone's "awaiting decision" no longer appearing on the portal? Does this mean a decision has been made?
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Mine is gone too. Maybe the words "awaiting decison" sounded too final compared to what other schools call "under review" and they didn't want to give any kind of indication to anyone before extending IIs.
 
Jawsh77 said:
I think mine disappeared too. Does it just say "application submitted" for you now?
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Mine now just has the date I submitted my secondary (yesterday lol), so I doubt it is indicative of anything.
 
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Do ya'll know if the 750 word essay for COVID-19 is mandatory or optional? Thanks!
 
Is anyone else still waiting to receive a secondary? I have checked everywhere in my email. My AMCAS application was verified early May, and I'm IS. I emailed admissions and haven't heard back...
 
debbydowner said:
Is anyone else still waiting to receive a secondary? I have checked everywhere in my email. My AMCAS application was verified early May, and I'm IS. I emailed admissions and haven't heard back...
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I’m in the same situation except OOS. I emailed a week ago and haven’t heard anything. Stats are above the median. Though they say everyone gets a secondary, i was starting to wonder if I was screened out bc I only have 150 non clinical volunteer hours.
 
2021MDapplicant77 said:
The COVID essay is not optional. It's more broad than most schools' optional ones however.
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Haha yeah, thanks! I just submitted it last night, but it was certainly tough to write a 750 word limit essay when all the other COVID essays were like 200 words or less.
 
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Haha yeah, thanks! I just submitted it last night, but it was certainly tough to write a 750 word limit essay when all the other COVID essays were like 200 words or less.
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I just made mine 440 words or so. I highly doubt they will care as long as your essay is good.
 
Finally submitted 8/9
 
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transvaal606 said:
For the statistics requirement, does it have to be a biostatistics course or can it be any statistics course?
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From the website: "Mathematics – One statistics course is required. Biostatistics is an acceptable course to fulfill the requirement". So it seems a regular stats class and/or biostats would work!
 
DoctorAstronaut said:
Do you guys think it's too late to add UNC to my school list at this point? And would it be worth it for me? I went to college in NC, 514/3.9
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probably not, at the same time though know that you’re sending the app in a month later than most people so keep that in mind

good luck!
 
debbydowner said:
Is anyone else still waiting to receive a secondary? I have checked everywhere in my email. My AMCAS application was verified early May, and I'm IS. I emailed admissions and haven't heard back...
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I'm still waiting too! OOS but was also verified before July 10
 
For those still waiting, I recommend prewriting because they have a concrete 3-week deadline for secondaries or else your application gets pulled :)
 
LetMeINNNNNN said:
probably not, at the same time though know that you’re sending the app in a month later than most people so keep that in mind

good luck!
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A month later than most people? That's not true. This applicant still has time. Before september, applicants are still considered "early".
 
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xxfamas1193xx said:
A month later than most people? That's not true. This applicant still has time. Before september, applicants are still considered "early".
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Yep and with AMCAS verification delays and MCAT pushes, I'd say they're in an even better spot than in most other years (relatively of course).
 
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A month later than most people? That's not true. This applicant still has time. Before september, applicants are still considered "early".
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I don’t know about that, I mean even with this pandemic they still have more qualified seats than they have spaces

its august now sending a primary to them is a little on the later side
 
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LetMeINNNNNN said:
I don’t know about that, I mean even with this pandemic they still have more qualified seats than they have spaces

its august now sending a primary to them is a little on the later side
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Sending a primary right now, getting secondary almost immediately, and submitting it in mid-August is NOT late. This is literally 2 weeks past July, in an application cycle that is delayed by 2 weeks. So it is effectively like submitting near the end of July. Or perhaps even earlier, given that many schools are still waiting before releasing interviews (*COUGH*: UNC!!!). I applied last cycle and one of my MSTP apps at WashU was deferred in DECEMBER and the MD committee reviewed it and gave me an II for January. The applicant we are talking about not only has the perfect stats for UNC, but is also In-state! Especially for this applicant, applying now is not "a little on the later side." I rest my case lol. Anyone who disagrees can downvote me.
 
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how have y'all been able to verify if your application is complete? all i can see on the unc portal is "application submitted" with the date of submission. does that mean that everything is all set? thanks!
 
septembersveryown__ said:
how have y'all been able to verify if your application is complete? all i can see on the unc portal is "application submitted" with the date of submission. does that mean that everything is all set? thanks!
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After submitting, I only received an e-mail going over the next steps for the application process. So, I assume that’s the “complete” e-mail?
 
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