2013-2014 Boston University Application Thread

[ewelling]

Did everyone's invite come around the same time?

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[ewelling]

Edit: I didn't write the optional essay

Maybe I shouldn't have written one :/

 

[soraya sayu]

complete on 7/6 and I wrote an optional essay. good luck everyone!

 

[hopefulMD12]

7/16 complete. 4.0/37 stats. Wrote optional essay. II today. Scheduled interview for mid-October. Good luck everyone.

 

[premed2000]

Any reapplicants receiving II's today?

 

[Stillworking93]

Going to be there October 1-3! First time visiting Boston in forever.
Good Luck everyone

 

[milkphlegm]

Any reapplicants receiving II's today?

I did and I am a reapplicant!

 

[BundleofHis]

Does anyone have any data on # of interviews/# of acceptances? I see matriculated on MSAR.. but that only allows for an estimate of acceptances.

 

[premed2000]

I did and I am a reapplicant!

When were you complete and would you mind sharing your stats? I am a reapplicant here too and I'd really really love a chance to interview here.

 

[premedproblems]

It seems like they're doing big GPA invites. Also seems like it all went out at the same time.

you have a fairly small sample size to make such a claim?

II here as well w/ 35 super scored MCAT and 3.9+ GPA

edit: complete 7/15 and wrote optional essay

 

[gocanes1990]

Does anyone have any data on # of interviews/# of acceptances? I see matriculated on MSAR.. but that only allows for an estimate of acceptances.

i think its like 12% get ii, and of those about 40% get acceptances

 

[ace12345]

you have a fairly small sample size to make such a claim?

II here as well w/ 35 super scored MCAT and 3.9+ GPA

Hah I agree on the small size, I apologize if that was seen as inappropriate. Congrats on the II

 

[indianjatt]

Congratulations everyone! Good luck on the interview!!!

 

[Stillworking93]

The hotel a block away is in such high demand that they refuse to allow reservations unless its for 3 nights Best Western, here I come.
And don't give up hope! I was a 3.7, not a 3.9+

 

[temporaryumm]

When I visited Rice, Best Western was actually pretty close to Baylor/Rice. I don't think you need to worry (although Houston August is kinda hot, and walking from Best Western to Baylor might make you sweat)

 

[Soulstice]

When I visited Rice, Best Western was actually pretty close to Baylor/Rice. I don't think you need to worry (although Houston August is kinda hot, and walking from Best Western to Baylor might make you sweat)

Wrong school Boston =/= Baylor?

 

[joonage]

II this morning! First one too!

Complete 7/12. Also 3.68/3.60/34 so they're looking at more than GPA heavy hitters right now so have hope!

 

[osprey099]

II this morning! First one too!

Complete 7/12. Also 3.68/3.60/34 so they're looking at more than GPA heavy hitters right now so have hope!

This gives me hope! I have almost identical stats as you but I was complete 7/25 so ill patiently wait my turn

 

[milkphlegm]

It seems like they're doing big GPA invites. Also seems like it all went out at the same time.

Like others said, probably not. I'm a non-trad reapplicant and my GPA is not stellar. They're definitely looking at the whole package.

 

[pyrrion89]

Interview invitation! OOS, stats on MDApps. Good luck to everyone!

 

[McMeowerson]

Oh bollocks, I really wanted an II from here

 

[BurberryDoc]

Oh bollocks, I really wanted an II from here

A fellow Briton?

 

[ewelling]

Oh bollocks, I really wanted an II from here

Did you get a rejection or something?

 

[McMeowerson]

Did you get a rejection or something?

No, thank goodness. I just sit here II-less with below average stats. Le sigh.

 

[osprey099]

No, thank goodness. I just sit here II-less with below average stats. Le sigh.

Same here

 

[ewelling]

No, thank goodness. I just sit here II-less with below average stats. Le sigh.

Moi aussi

 

[Mmhmm]

same here

+1

 

[medCR]

Still nothing. 3.9+ GPA.

 

[neurokid2013]

II this morning! Wicked excited!

 

[vagabondrunning]

II this morning! Wicked excited!

Via email? And congrats!!

 

[GemelloMD]

II today! First one. Scheduled for 10/16. Complete 7/17.

IS 3.89/4.0/36 reapplicant/non-trad

 

[ewelling]

Congrats! When were you all complete?

 

[neurokid2013]

Congrats! When were you all complete?

7/16
Scheduled for the 10/16 date. (3.9+, 32, IS)

 

[Nicco]

Complete: 7/17
Interview Invite: 8/09

 

[SkiingMonkeyMan]

Any MSTP IIs?

 

[NigelVermooth]

Any MSTP IIs?

None for me yet,but I wasn't complete till like 7/25

 

[OneTwoThreeFour]

Interview Invite 8/9/13
No supplemental essay

II complete 7/19
3.62 GPA
40 MCAT

 

[SkiingMonkeyMan]

None for me yet,but I wasn't complete till like 7/25

I was complete 7/6. The fact MSTP follows a different time schedule makes SDN that much more of an anxiety **** show for me than it ought to normally be.

 

[ace12345]

Can we send updates in the section of the secondary for additional information?

 

[premed2000]

My complete date has been passed should I be concerned?!

 

[ewelling]

My complete date has been passed should I be concerned?!

Me too :/

 

[13132]

Me too :/

Isn't it possible they just invite high stat people first? I don't think it's as simple as just chronological order. At least I hope not (complete here 7/18)

 

[Nmarchib]

Isn't it possible they just invite high stat people first? I don't think it's as simple as just chronological order. At least I hope not (complete here 7/18)

I'm hoping that for all of my schools right now haha. With my stats, I never expected to be the first to get an interview. I went to a forum of admissions committee members from a bunch of schools once and they said they usually organize applications into "piles" based on stats and go through them one at a time offering interviews. So high stats get the first ones and then low stats that they still think offer something would get the last ones. That's why at a lot of schools high stat people who have only been complete for a day get an interview, they get sorted into the "invite right away" pile. Obviously that's not going to be true for all schools, but it seems popular.

 

[premed2000]

Isn't it possible they just invite high stat people first? I don't think it's as simple as just chronological order. At least I hope not (complete here 7/18)

I hope so. Thou with my 3.8/34, it seems like many people with those stats are receiving IIs. I completed before 7/10 but I am a reapplicant, so many they take a longer time to evaluate reapps? I really want an II here!

 

[Mmhmm]

Me too :/

I was complete on 7/10 and haven't heard back yet either

Stats 3.76/32

 

[ace12345]

I was complete on 7/10 and haven't heard back yet either

Stats 3.76/32

It happens guys. Some may be returned to throughout the cycle, some may not. The interview rate at most private schools is at or below 15%. A lot more people are not getting interviewed at BU than those that are. Hopefully, if you have a good app, you will make it into that 15% at some schools. A lot of you guys seem to have that, so hopefully you'll do well. I know this doesn't help a ton, but it's a perspective I've come to find important.

 

[BurberryDoc]

Has anyone with below a 31 MCAT received an II?

 

[eefen]

Hey guys, I interviewed here last year and was ultimately accepted. I wrote about the experience here, if anyone is interested. Good luck to you all!

 

[BundleofHis]

Has anyone with below a 31 MCAT received an II?

Hey guys, I interviewed here last year and was ultimately accepted. I wrote about the experience here, if anyone is interested. Good luck to you all!

Thank you! I just made reservations at the Best Western so this was very helpful!

 

[eefen]

Thank you! I just made reservations at the Best Western so this was very helpful!

Glad to be of service! Best Western was a good place to stay for that interview.