2011-2012 University of California - Los Angeles Application Thread

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Originally Posted by stratify

Is this thread for both UCLA Geffens and UCLA Drew med schools? I have a quick question. Do they both require statistics, or just one year of mathematics in either Calculus or Stats? I have tried searching for UCLA Geffens' admissions email to ask this question, but I keep running into broken links on their website. If anyone would give me their admissions office email, I'd appreciate it.

We used dgsomadmis@mednet.ucla.edu last year...I'm sure it's the same this year.

Originally Posted by DavageSavage

Interviewing tomorrow! Getting ready for the interview marathon...

Good luck and have fun!

UCLA tests my patience . Earliest acceptance Jan 15? Damn

Got the UCLA sec. yesterday, amcas verified Nov. 14

Does it take a while for Drew/UCLA to send out secondaries?

Damn I got my primary verified Nov 11th but no secondaries or anything yet lol. Congrats on the secondary though Linette, and If you don't mind me asking Linette, what were your stats?

btw I applied to UCLA as one of my reach schools and would love to go here, but by being a Canadian with a 3.76 cgpa, 3.69sGPA and 31Q (12PS, 8VR, 11BS) with solid EC's (lots of leadership but minimal research) do I stand a chance here?

Originally Posted by Bluvip

UCLA tests my patience . Earliest acceptance Jan 15? Damn

Originally Posted by leafs2012

btw I applied to UCLA as one of my reach schools and would love to go here, but by being a Canadian with a 3.76 cgpa, 3.69sGPA and 31Q (12PS, 8VR, 11BS) with solid EC's (lots of leadership but minimal research) do I stand a chance here?

Good question... I don't think there's anyone from Canada in our first year class and I'm not sure about the other classes.

Does anyone know who/where we would send update letters to? Thank you!

new top choice after interviewing here! thought the MMI went alright..not sure I ROCKED it though.

Originally Posted by bbstrauss

new top choice after interviewing here! thought the MMI went alright..not sure I ROCKED it though.

Glad you liked it! I thought my MMI went horribly and here I am so good luck

This thread is way too quiet, and how else am I supposed to avoid watching respiratory lectures? Entertain me people!

Does UCLA use actors for their MMI? I make no secret of my dislike for the MMI

Originally Posted by nadaba

Does UCLA use actors for their MMI? I make no secret of my dislike for the MMI

No. I was ready for some Hollywood-quality MMIing after Davis, but get ready for the lulz... good luck!

Originally Posted by sharpie1006

No. I was ready for some Hollywood-quality MMIing after Davis, but get ready for the lulz... good luck!

Thank you! (but now I'm even more scared).

did anyone else have to wait a while before UCLA scheduled their interview date? i sent my preferences in a few weeks ago and still haven't heard. wondering if i should call them soon..

Originally Posted by pumpkin789

did anyone else have to wait a while before UCLA scheduled their interview date? i sent my preferences in a few weeks ago and still haven't heard. wondering if i should call them soon..

You should definitely call them like ASAP. If you have been offered an interview and sent in your preferences a few weeks ago, that to me is already plenty of time and you do not want to run the risk that the confirmation email went to junk email or consequently, that your II got lost in the system.

Good luck! I think you will enjoy MMI.

Hey, so I was complete early August and it's nearly 4 months now without a response. I even sent an in the area email

Originally Posted by EvilSponge

Hey, so I was complete early August and it's nearly 4 months now without a response. I even sent an in the area email (I live in CA, go to school somewhere else) and they never responded. Is this pretty much a silent rejection? I have decent stats (3.9 gpa, mid 30 mcat)

I'm in the same boat. I also sent an email and got no response. I called and the unfriendly lady told me that it just takes a while and we could be waiting until January. I'm concerned though, because my status page used to have the date of receipt for my letter of recommendation but now it is completely blank.

Originally Posted by dr2be16

I'm in the same boat. I also sent an email and got no response. I called and the unfriendly lady told me that it just takes a while and we could be waiting until January. I'm concerned though, because my status page used to have the date of receipt for my letter of recommendation but now it is completely blank.

Are you asking about II or Secondaries? I'm an IS resident and haven't gotten a 2ndary yet either. It's frustrating.

Originally Posted by daemon14

are you asking about ii or secondaries? I'm an is resident and haven't gotten a 2ndary yet either. It's frustrating.

+1

Yeah I'm referring to the secondary. I'm IS as well, and I interviewed at UCSD in September..

Originally Posted by dr2be16

I'm in the same boat. I also sent an email and got no response. I called and the unfriendly lady told me that it just takes a while and we could be waiting until January. I'm concerned though, because my status page used to have the date of receipt for my letter of recommendation but now it is completely blank.

Same exact situation for me - had my primary verified in late June too.

Originally Posted by EvilSponge

Hey, so I was complete early August and it's nearly 4 months now without a response. I even sent an in the area email (I live in CA, go to school somewhere else) and they never responded. Is this pretty much a silent rejection? I have decent stats (3.9 gpa, mid 30 mcat)

Same EXACT thing happened to me. Sent them an email and no response. This is the only school where the admissions office seems to ignore applicants. Honestly I'm not too impressed with my alma mater.

Originally Posted by Person X

You should definitely call them like ASAP. If you have been offered an interview and sent in your preferences a few weeks ago, that to me is already plenty of time and you do not want to run the risk that the confirmation email went to junk email or consequently, that your II got lost in the system.

Good luck! I think you will enjoy MMI.

thank you! I will definitely call them. To the others, I sent UCLA about 4-5 emails with different questions over the past couple months and didn't get an answer to ANY of them. Then I checked my inbox one day and had a II. keep your hopes up!

Originally Posted by pumpkin789

thank you! I will definitely call them. To the others, I sent UCLA about 4-5 emails with different questions over the past couple months and didn't get an answer to ANY of them. Then I checked my inbox one day and had a II. keep your hopes up!

Originally Posted by FACS444

Same EXACT thing happened to me. Sent them an email and no response. This is the only school where the admissions office seems to ignore applicants. Honestly I'm not too impressed with my alma mater.

Are you guys sure you're using the right email address? They wrote me back pretty consistently last year...

somadmiss@mednet.ucla.edu

Originally Posted by dr2be16

Yeah I'm referring to the secondary. I'm IS as well, and I interviewed at UCSD in September..

O, I was actually referring to an interview invite (or any news at all), I did get a secondary like a week after i submitted my primary. And to the person above, ya i did send it to the right address :/

Originally Posted by dbeast

Are you guys sure you're using the right email address? They wrote me back pretty consistently last year...

somadmiss@mednet.ucla.edu

I just looked through my emails from last year and I used both somadmiss@mednet.ucla.edu and dgsomadmis@mednet.ucla.edu and also always got a response. Not sure what's going on, but calling about serious issues (like not receiving information about your scheduled interview date...) never hurts!

Originally Posted by acceptmepleaz

I just looked through my emails from last year and I used both somadmiss@mednet.ucla.edu and dgsomadmis@mednet.ucla.edu and also always got a response. Not sure what's going on, but calling about serious issues (like not receiving information about your scheduled interview date...) never hurts!

I did not use the dgsomadmis@mednet.ucla.edu email address, but I agree with the other posts. They do not respond to emails at all. I once notified them of being in the area and did not get a confirmation that they would add my email to my file or anything, which other schools did as an acknowledgement. For my job, I needed a letter from the school verifying that I had been at UCLA on the day of my interview (bureaucratic formality) and emailed them twice about it and did not get anything from them. I ended up submitting a copy of my badge and schedule for the day as proof that I was there.

All in all, I do not know what is going on, but other schools like UC Irvine were on top of those emails and would respond back within 24 hours. I do not know but to me, as a possible medical student at a place like UCLA, it worries me to attend a school where the administration seems to ignore the students' questions in that manner or just seems to filter the important and unimportant ones.

Is the applicant status site down right now?

Originally Posted by coffeekid15

Is the applicant status site down right now?

Try checking it without the last 4 digits of the social, that should do the trick.

Any recent IIs been given out? It seemed like UCLA is planning on ending their interview season earlier this year than the last (Jan/Feb vs April) so I am getting a bit concerned. The horizon looks grimmer by the minute.

On the application status page, there is a thing that says "Your Online Forms are Due on:...", are those online forms referring to the Supplemental Information and Letters of Recommendation?

I submitted secondary on October 3 but have heard nothing yet.

Originally Posted by ACreativeName

On the application status page, there is a thing that says "Your Online Forms are Due on:...", are those online forms referring to the Supplemental Information and Letters of Recommendation?

I submitted secondary on October 3 but have heard nothing yet.

Hey, you might have noticed me asking this same question a while back. There never really was a consensus on what that means. I emailed the school but they didn't get back to me. I had my letters and secondary cleared by the time that "due date" arrived, and nothing bad happened...because I just got an interview a few minutes ago! So, as long as the secondary is complete and your letters are received, I wouldn't sweat it. I'm pretty sure it's just the deadline to submit the secondary.

ALSO, for everyone else: Complete 8/13. So even if you submitted ages ago, it's not over yet!!

Interview Invite today.....complete mid-august so don't give up hope!

Originally Posted by monkeyMD

Any recent IIs been given out? It seemed like UCLA is planning on ending their interview season earlier this year than the last (Jan/Feb vs April) so I am getting a bit concerned. The horizon looks grimmer by the minute.

I just got an invite on Friday and had my interview officially scheduled today. I think they're setting up their interviews for Jan, so maybe you'll get some good news soon. Good luck!

Originally Posted by LimeGreen

Interview Invite today.....complete mid-august so don't give up hope!

Congrats. I was also complete in early August, I am just hoping at this point.

Submitted my secondary in August, and my status didn't change until recently. It said my "disadvantaged status was incomplete". I have no idea what that means or what is wrong! Do any of you? I sent an email to every address I have for them and haven't received a response I'm scared to call because I heard the lady is pretty mean, and I don't want her chewing me out...but I know I need to. What's the best phone number for them? I need to get this resolved!

Originally Posted by LimeGreen

Interview Invite today.....complete mid-august so don't give up hope!

Congrats buddy.
Holding onto my hope too for the time being...

Originally Posted by revasquez

Submitted my secondary in August, and my status didn't change until recently. It said my "disadvantaged status was incomplete". I have no idea what that means or what is wrong! Do any of you? I sent an email to every address I have for them and haven't received a response I'm scared to call because I heard the lady is pretty mean, and I don't want her chewing me out...but I know I need to. What's the best phone number for them? I need to get this resolved!

The number I called was 310-825-6081. Good luck!

Interview Date set! January 30th, here I come!

What other interview dates are free right now? Is Jan all booked up?

Does anyone know how to get a student host list? I've been scheduled an interview, but none of the emails contained any information about this.

Originally Posted by revasquez

Submitted my secondary in August, and my status didn't change until recently. It said my "disadvantaged status was incomplete". I have no idea what that means or what is wrong! Do any of you? I sent an email to every address I have for them and haven't received a response I'm scared to call because I heard the lady is pretty mean, and I don't want her chewing me out...but I know I need to. What's the best phone number for them? I need to get this resolved!

You need to go to the Secondary Invitation website and there should be a link for "Disadvantaged Information" or something like that. Pretty much you just have to fill out the information in regards to your upbringing such as type of housing you lived, family's income, your work, etc. I believe you just have to submit that information and you should be fine. Make sure you hit submit.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by revasquez

Submitted my secondary in August, and my status didn't change until recently. It said my "disadvantaged status was incomplete". I have no idea what that means or what is wrong! Do any of you? I sent an email to every address I have for them and haven't received a response I'm scared to call because I heard the lady is pretty mean, and I don't want her chewing me out...but I know I need to. What's the best phone number for them? I need to get this resolved!

Hm, they responded by e-mail to my questions about this pretty promptly, albeit a couple of months ago. But I was so put off by that form that I withdrew from UCLA.

Originally Posted by Person X

You need to go to the Secondary Invitation website and there should be a link for "Disadvantaged Information" or something like that. Pretty much you just have to fill out the information in regards to your upbringing such as type of housing you lived, family's income, your work, etc. I believe you just have to submit that information and you should be fine. Make sure you hit submit.

Hope that helps.

Thank you! For the longest time my status just said incomplete. They finally made a link to the form for me!

Originally Posted by percy

Hm, they responded by e-mail to my questions about this pretty promptly, albeit a couple of months ago. But I was so put off by that form that I withdrew from UCLA.

I have to agree. The lack of communication and just my whole experience with Geffen so far has been pretty negative. It's turning me off too. Good luck to you with other schools!

Will UCLA give out any more secondaries? No word since the summer.

Interview invite. Complete Mid October. Invitations are still going out.

Originally Posted by babydragon

Interview invite. Complete Mid October. Invitations are still going out.

Babydragon
Why would you want to go to UCLA if you have been accepted at USC already?LOL

Some of my friends go to UCLA grad school + UCs are a lot cheaper.

Originally Posted by babydragon

Some of my friends go to UCLA grad school + UCs are a lot cheaper.

UCLA:


USC:


I'm just a little bitter

Originally Posted by babydragon

Interview invite. Complete Mid October. Invitations are still going out.

Thanks for giving me a ray of hope in these dark times...