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It must be my GPA. Eh hopefully when the actually read my app, they'll give me a chance.
No youre wrong there, its just that cali students are more likely to matriculate there then OOS people. If as an OOS you got accepted to UCSF, its likely you also have acceptances at other top schools. the ratio they send acceptances to is about 60/40, it just ends up being 80/20 ratio for those who matriculate. Also there is no quota at UCSF imposed by the gov like there are other other schools.
If you dont want to believe me, a current md/phd student at ucsf posted this same info a page back I quote "As for acceptances, UCSF sends out 50% to CA residents and 50% to OOS. There's no quota imposed by the government, but CA residents are more likely to apply as well as to accept the offer." This is something i know to be true.
How do you guys know everyone's stats? Is it shown in profiles somewhere or do you just know from other threads?
also on some of the other UC threads they have posted their stats. Some like creativekat pop up in every UC thread so far so i just seem to remember him/her.How do you guys know everyone's stats? Is it shown in profiles somewhere or do you just know from other threads?
It says that the passport-sized picture is optional. Are you guys sending it in?
My question was, are YOU sending in pictures?
My question was, are YOU sending in pictures?
acknowledged / no secondary. OOS. 3.9+ / 40+. verified 6/26.
3.9+/40+ ??? monsterous..
if its not about the numbers, why are the average GPA and MCAT so high? not saying its just numbers, but they have to be really important.
if its not about the numbers, why are the average GPA and MCAT so high? not saying its just numbers, but they have to be really important.
i did not want to set off a debate with my post. obviously there is much, much more to getting into medical school (and life) than mcat/gpa (for example, i didnt get a michigan auto-invite ).
just thought it would be reassuring to other people who havent received a secondary yet. obviously OOS people are getting processed more slowly.
let's all try to keep sane as we wait to here back. ucsf is obviously a dream school.
AMCAS Data Received7/8/2009 Secondary Requested7/8/2009
Congratulations. We want to know more about you.
I only scored a 33 on my mcat and got the secondary request too! So those of you who have a <34 mcat should not fret! Hopefully they'll come soon for you guys as well!
Btw...are any of you applying for their PRIME-US program as well? Based on how few they accept it must be very competitive and you have to answer a bunch of prompts for it as well. It might delay my app by a bit as I fill it out but it seems like such a great program. Any thoughts on whether you think it'll be worth the extra time?
AMCAS Data Received7/8/2009 Secondary Requested7/8/2009
Congratulations. We want to know more about you.
I only scored a 33 on my mcat and got the secondary request too! So those of you who have a <34 mcat should not fret! Hopefully they'll come soon for you guys as well!
Btw...are any of you applying for their PRIME-US program as well? Based on how few they accept it must be very competitive and you have to answer a bunch of prompts for it as well. It might delay my app by a bit as I fill it out but it seems like such a great program. Any thoughts on whether you think it'll be worth the extra time?
are you guys sending the supplemental activity list in? i'm continuing with many of the activities listed in my amcas, so i'm not sure if i should send in the extra writing.
would it put you at a disadvantage to NOT submit the optional photo?
So there's seriously no essays here for a pure MD program?
didn't realize that they requested for a 2ndary from me 2 days ago until i logged in randomly today to my status page....
but yah...how important is it to submit the list of supplemental activities? And do we just list them? I mean if they want me to write a description, I'd be more than happy to but I listed 15 activities on AMCAS and like a poster said above, I'm continuing most of them. Don't know what else I can add.
I guess I'm going through the dialogue above in my head because I feel so weird just leaving it blank.
btw...this thread makes me feel sub-par *cry*...everyone in here seems so well achieved (SDN especially this thread makes me feel that everyone is running around with a 35+). I guess I should expect nothing less - it's UCSF.
well UCI does, im sure the others do also but at least for UCI, they go back through each and every app to make sure no good ones slipped through the cracks due to a low mcat or gpa...honestly though we are both long shots at best at UCs, ive resigned myself to the fact im off the the midwest or east coast if anything at all. Goodbye sunshine hello snowstorms and horrid humidity? lolif they do a screen on every section of the mcat im screwed for all the UC's
well UCI does, im sure the others do also but at least for UCI, they go back through each and every app to make sure no good ones slipped through the cracks due to a low mcat or gpa...honestly though we are both long shots at best at UCs, ive resigned myself to the fact im off the the midwest or east coast if anything at all. Goodbye sunshine hello snowstorms and horrid humidity? lol
are you in state or out of state?
if they do a screen on every section of the mcat im screwed for all the UC's