I started filling it out but still got an invite.
Check your spam.
I'm really hoping there was no invite in my spam folder when I cleared it at 9:21 p.m. tonight Did a lot of people's get marked as spam?
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I started filling it out but still got an invite.
Check your spam.
I'm really hoping there was no invite in my spam folder when I cleared it at 9:21 p.m. tonight Did a lot of people's get marked as spam?
a question about the secondary... question 4 asks about work during the college year. What if you didnt have a job that you were "recompensed" DURING the school year?
i ask this because the next question then seems to be a follow-up (the way its worded) but then INCLUDES summer employment, which for most people, summer is NOT part of the college year...
I didn't get in my spam either so don't worry. It's a coming.
I think for question four they are trying to figure out how many hours you worked during the school year (as this might effect your GPA or ECs... weirdly I started doing better in school when I started working 20 hours versus 5-10..... hmmmm). Question 5 is asking what you did during those jobs AND also is curious what type of jobs you did over the summer. But I might be wrong about this.
I didn't get in my spam either so don't worry. It's a coming.
Under recommendations.
So if my career services center sent them to AMCAS (which I has then on file), do I still have to write the individual information? My career services center sent each letter to AMCAS as an individual letter.
Can you just type in "AMCAS only". Otherwise I would say no, because this is more for students who get their letters compiled into a committee letter.Also...
"Have you requested your College Premedical Committee, Advisor or Letter Service to send us a recommendation?"
Do we put "yes" if we sent it to AMCAS? I mean my career center didn't send it to Columbia directly...a bit confusing.
a question about the secondary... question 4 asks about work during the college year. What if you didnt have a job that you were "recompensed" DURING the school year?
Quick questions,
1. Should I list research and volunteering opportunites as part of my extracurricular activities for question # 2?
In what collegiate extracurricular activities did you engage?*
2. My AMCAS GPA and my transcript GPA are different. However, my transcript GPA is a bit higher than my AMCAS GPA. Should I fill in the higher GPA and attach a document stating the discrepancy amongst the two or just fill in my AMCAS GPA.?
Don't list one. That question is specifically targeting people who worked during academic years.
How did all of you format your answer for question 5 "What sort of work did you do?" It says list format with commas. That is kind of hard for me to picture. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Yeah, I'm also wondering this too. 1000 characters is enough write full-sentence descriptions...so I'm confused as well.
Okay, thats what I figured. But question five seems like a Follow-up... but says (include summer employment), which i DO have...
Do I then start talking about my summer employments, or only if the summer employment was while taking summer classes?
For question number 6, I joined the military straight out of high school before attending college. Is that considered an interruption to my education or they just talking only about undergrad?
A girl. It's pretty tame. I wanted pink or purple for the summer... but well, I never know when I might get an interview (and I had to take those photos), so I figured I would be on the safe side. Maybe the white coat ceremony... hmmmmm...
I even considered going all blonde this summer. But I figured I already act enough like a ditz at times, that I didn't need my hair to emphasize that in pictures or interviews. haha.
I had platinum blonde hair for a month and baby blue hair until like a week before my columbia interview last cycle. Hahaha. Ugh, re-applying while on the waitlist. I can't quit you, Columbia!
Can't wait to get into med school already so I can start looking like how I normally look.
Yeah I got it too, and I haven't even been verified!
Hi all,
sorry if this question has been answered before, but I'm just not seeing it:
What are the letter of evaluation requirements for S&P? All that I'm seeing on the application is: List here the names of three persons familiar with your work whom you have asked to support your application with individual letters of recommendation.
Are there any specific constraints to this, as in, two science professors or something of that nature? What is everyone else doing? Also, would it be wise for me to send all four of my LOE's in if there are no specific constraints?
For the essay regarding recompensed work, would performing research while receiving a stipend count? Thank you!
Hmmm.....maybe med schools are getting a vibe of how you normally look and they don't like it. Something about true colors coming through the application and interviews and you are looking more like a fake, pretending to be something else so you can fit in...
Careful with that...
For those of you with some questions, I just called the Columbia Office and asked a bunch.
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For those of you with some questions, I just called the Columbia Office and asked a bunch.
Q: Do post-bac's who worked before starting pre-med need to fill out the "school interrupted question?"
A:No, the question is only for people who left school before receiving their bachelor's degree.
Q: Does the question "About how many hours per week, if any, did you spend in work for which you were recompensed during the college year" apply only to work in the past year, or any of your years in college?
A: No, it only applies to the past year.
Q: What should I list for my GPAs if I'm a post-bac?
A: Just list your AMCAS GPAs, if you haven't been verified yet just enter 0.00 for both.
Q: If I've attended the same school, once for undergraduate and again for post-bac work, how do I list it in the schools attended section?
A: It doesn't really matter, either list them together with one date range or twice with the two different set of dates, or don't list them at all if they're on your AMCAS primary.
Thanks rafflecopter. #2 is confusing. I thought this was referring to the average throughout the college years - what is you are a nontrad?
I copy and pasted, just make sure you don't have any formatting problems.were you guys able to copy and paste your responses into the secondary application or did you have to type it into the box.
As much as I am a fan of the S, it's P&S
Judging by the instructions, I would assume that there are no requirements in terms of who. I picked my best three I believe which was a professor, a personal reference, and a doctor.
On the question where they ask "how many years of coursework you have completed, or will complete before September 2009"...am I missing something, or does that seem like a really arbitrary cutoff date? Because that question sort of implies that one could go back in time and complete coursework before Sept. 2009...
No they said only include stuff over the past year only and only time where you were also enrolled in school, so lets say you werent enrolled over fall and worked full time then, but were enrolled in spring and worked part time then, you'd only put the stuff that happened during spring since it happened while in school.
Also, for "other undergraduate institution"---I took CC classes in high school for credit, but it was through a high school program, should I put that CC on there?
Looking this over- question 1 seems to be the real essay of importance. I have plenty of expected satisfactions- but am finding it hard to write an essay on my expectations of medicine without sounding "preachy" about the profession. I wish to avoid explaining to adcom members what medicine is all about, while also avoiding an essay that sounds like pure speculation. Should I be tying this back to my own experiences with health care thus far? Any thoughts?
another question-- I submitted my transcript to AMCAS before my spring quarter grades were in (we finish around June 13th so I did not want to start sending transcripts a week or so AFTER that date). However am I allowed to include those grades in the GPA I report to columbia or should I just use the AMCAS gpa?