2009-2010 Eastern Virginia Medical School Application Thread

shemarty · May 6, 2009

Prompt

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.

No limits on the essays, but they have to fit in the boxes on the application.

LOR Requirements

A letter of recommendation will be sent by your Premedical Advisory Committee, please indicate the name of the
school and the chairman of the Committee. (If your school has a premedical advisory committee but you are not using that service, please indicate why).

OR

Letters of recommendation must be sent from three faculty (2 science, 1 non-science).

UVA2009 · Jun 12, 2009

Showing some Virginia love! Good luck, you guys!

(I'm not submitting AMCAS *quite* yet, but why not post anyway?)

Appless · Jun 12, 2009

UVA2009 said:
Showing some Virginia love! Good luck, you guys!

(I'm not submitting AMCAS *quite* yet, but why not post anyway?)

same to u. Im applying but im oos. Hope they show me some love.

245399 · Jun 17, 2009

shemarty said:
Prompt

No limits on the essays, but they have to fit in the boxes on the application.

Any idea how many characters we are talking?

Daedalus · Jun 17, 2009

Jebel said:
Any idea how many characters we are talking?

You can download the secondary here and see for yourself: http://www.evms.edu/admissions/docs/supp-app.pdf

My essays were between 650 and 1100 characters (with spaces)

OneMCATAway · Jun 17, 2009

wow another secondary that's already out!

so what do you guys LEAST like about medicine?!

Appless · Jun 17, 2009

OneMCATAway said:
wow another secondary that's already out!

so what do you guys LEAST like about medicine?!

the fact that i have to answer this question

OneMCATAway · Jun 17, 2009

Elijah05 said:
the fact that i have to answer this question

HAHA seriously!!!!!!! :laugh:

Appless · Jun 18, 2009

Jebel said:
Any idea how many characters we are talking?

about 10 lines or so will fit into the prompt box w/o being cut off...im guessing thats the limit?

twoinone · Jun 18, 2009

Does EVMS screen for OOS applicants?

Appless · Jun 18, 2009

twoinone said:
Does EVMS screen for OOS applicants?

yes

OneMCATAway · Jun 18, 2009

yay, so i wont be worrying about the secondary ahead of time

alibai3ah · Jun 19, 2009

Man it's disappointing that they screen....I actually really like this secondary....does anyone here know the general stats they look for when they screen? And are EC's/personal statment taken into account for this screen or is it just numbers based?

buccsmf1 · Jun 20, 2009

twoinone said:
Does EVMS screen for OOS applicants?

what does this mean? "screening oos"

Daedalus · Jun 20, 2009

buccsmf1 said:
what does this mean? "screening oos"

It means they "screen" primary applications by a certain minimum GPA and/or MCAT - if you fall below that minimum, you get rejected without even a secondary.

Bryson17 · Jun 21, 2009

OOS = out of state

buccsmf1 · Jun 22, 2009

Daedalus said:
It means they "screen" primary applications by a certain minimum GPA and/or MCAT - if you fall below that minimum, you get rejected without even a secondary.

gotcha. thanks. dont think this will apply to me thankfully

musings · Jun 23, 2009

So for their question about exposure to medicine....

has anyone else taken this to mean something other than exposure to medical FIELD?

Bryson17 · Jun 23, 2009

Can we please get a mod/admin to change the title of this thread to read "Eastern Virginia Medical School." It's not called Eastern Virginia Medical College anywhere on the website.

Thanks!

nick_carraway · Jun 23, 2009

Wonder if SMP students need to list a graduate advisor. Any thoughts?

Daedalus · Jun 23, 2009

koko_eats said:
Wonder if SMP students need to list a graduate advisor. Any thoughts?

I would say that you definitely need to list the faculty member in charge of your SMP program and have them send a letter noting your performance (obviously, once you have performance to report later this year haha)

Luun · Jun 28, 2009

So, if I haven't received this secondary, I should assume I'm screened out, right?

Appless · Jun 28, 2009

Luun said:
So, if I haven't received this secondary, I should assume I'm screened out, right?

no way...i doubt anyone got it yet. You shouldnt be getting this till sometime in july.

millepora · Jun 29, 2009

Does anyone have any statistics from their site how many OOS applicants they accepted last year? AAMC claims close to 40%, but I have been finding their statistics for OOS matriculants to be false lately...

flip26 · Jun 29, 2009

Are people just getting a head start on the secondary, or can it actually be submitted and paid for now? I have the same question for other schools that have secondaries available online...

Appless · Jun 29, 2009

flip26 said:
Are people just getting a head start on the secondary, or can it actually be submitted and paid for now? I have the same question for other schools that have secondaries available online...

You cant do anything as EVMS screens, so until you get an email from them (mid july probably) dont pay for anything. If you want you can just start on the essays so when you do get it, you can quickly send it out and be done with it.

LaCasta · Jul 3, 2009

I originally had this school on my list since it reported a decent number of OOS accepted. Do you have to be a from a state surrounding VA though, or demonstrate some strong ties to the state?

flip26 · Jul 6, 2009

just got the email...I am instate FWIW...

jackson1 · Jul 6, 2009

flip26 said:
just got the email...I am instate FWIW...

Oh exciting! I haven't gotten the email yet but I'm OOS so I'd imagine I won't get it today since they screen out of staters

Appless · Jul 6, 2009

does anyone know the screening process for OOS? Is it just a straight numbers based like 3.5+ 30mcat+? Or is based on the whole app?

scotsdoc54 · Jul 6, 2009

For the OOS'ers: I got my secondary today, so check your email in the next few days!

Appless · Jul 6, 2009

yay i got it too! im oos also. This thing is a beast though :scared:

joshto · Jul 7, 2009

I got invited to fill out the secondary. Two minutes later, I got an e-mail "strongly recommending" I re-take the MCAT.

I will read between the lines and pass on the secondary.

jackson1 · Jul 7, 2009

joshto said:
I got invited to fill out the secondary. Two minutes later, I got an e-mail "strongly recommending" I re-take the MCAT.

I will read between the lines and pass on the secondary.

haha ouch they aren't very subtle!

Luun · Jul 7, 2009

joshto said:
I got invited to fill out the secondary. Two minutes later, I got an e-mail "strongly recommending" I re-take the MCAT.

I will read between the lines and pass on the secondary.

Wow.

joshto · Jul 7, 2009

I'd rather save $100 and a whole lot of stress

OneMCATAway · Jul 7, 2009

joshto said:
I got invited to fill out the secondary. Two minutes later, I got an e-mail "strongly recommending" I re-take the MCAT.

I will read between the lines and pass on the secondary.

sorry to hear that! i have a feeling i should expect a similar email soon! are you OOS?!

drwham · Jul 7, 2009

joshto said:
I got invited to fill out the secondary. Two minutes later, I got an e-mail "strongly recommending" I re-take the MCAT.

I will read between the lines and pass on the secondary.

i got the same email...lol but whatever they sent me a secondary and I have a free afternoon off from the lab so I will just do it. i did send miss castora an email back saying I will sign up for the next open test date though and asked her what will happen to my file if I do indeed retake the mcat. if it gets put at the bottom of the pile then that sucks...

ugh when is this whole applying early going to start working out for me? lol

i'm oos by the way and yea that oos rate of 40% sounds fishy to me too, anyone know how they screen their applicants?

drwham · Jul 7, 2009

as expected, the application will be put on hold. ugh

Appless · Jul 7, 2009

drwham said:
i got the same email...lol but whatever they sent me a secondary and I have a free afternoon off from the lab so I will just do it. i did send miss castora an email back saying I will sign up for the next open test date though and asked her what will happen to my file if I do indeed retake the mcat. if it gets put at the bottom of the pile then that sucks...

ugh when is this whole applying early going to start working out for me? lol

i'm oos by the way and yea that oos rate of 40% sounds fishy to me too, anyone know how they screen their applicants?

They have a post bacc program there with a very strong linkage program...i think that is why the OOS stats are inflated a bit. I dont know if these numbers are counted in the matriculants for that year though.

ALso I never got that retake the mcat email but mine is fairly low...anyone mind posting what your mcat was who got that email...i dont see why i didnt get it.

cmfandjrb · Jul 7, 2009

I am oos and got the secondary email and immediately got a second email saying that my application is on hold until my mcat scores are released (I just retook last week). I kind of want to wait to do the secondary until I get more scores, because obviously they are looking for an improvement and if that did not happen, then I might just be wasting my time and money.

Those of you that got the email encouraging to retake, what was your mcat score...just need to know what to hope for on the retake?

Sam32 · Jul 7, 2009

How can you affix 2 photos in the box provided? there is room only for one.

neuromcdoctor · Jul 7, 2009

Sam32 said:
How can you affix 2 photos in the box provided? there is room only for one.

I just paper clipped two photos to the application. I figured that two pictures wouldn't fit in the box anyways.

Appless · Jul 7, 2009

When you guys print the pre req page (pg 3) does it come out kinda weird? Like on the margins on the right side...there are like 2 letters written down ina column for 1/2 of the page...its really ******ed

. I dont know how to even fix it. Its like its taking my school names and trying to write the outside the margins....

Sam32 · Jul 7, 2009

Elijah05 said:
When you guys print the pre req page (pg 3) does it come out kinda weird? Like on the margins on the right side...there are like 2 letters written down ina column for 1/2 of the page...its really ******ed. I dont know how to even fix it. Its like its taking my school names and trying to write the outside the margins....

Mine is normal.

Appless · Jul 7, 2009

Sam32 said:
Mine is normal.

damn...so i tried downloading a new pdf file and its the same...everytime i type in my university name, it also begins to type it in the right hand margin... so every right margin has like 2 letters in it...

. Im sure ill get rejected once they see it lol

drwham · Jul 7, 2009

i was able to download the file just fine

are you guys affixing two different photos? i guess i will affix the same pic but one looking to the right and one looking to the left.

Sam32 · Jul 7, 2009

are you guys talking about only one thing that you will like best?

Appless · Jul 7, 2009

Sam32 said:
are you guys talking about only one thing that you will like best?

I am, theres not a whole lot of space so i decided to focus on one thing in general that I liked most.

uva2010 · Jul 7, 2009

Elijah05 said:
I am, theres not a whole lot of space so i decided to focus on one thing in general that I liked most.

do they have to fit in those spaces? because they let you paste more than is visible there, but you can scroll down and see the rest...?

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