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Rejected pre-secondary after 5 weeks by snail mail today, 3.6/35 IS. Best of luck to you guys!
Rejected pre-secondary after 5 weeks by snail mail today, 3.6/35 IS. Best of luck to you guys!
Unless it was my science GPA? (<3.5)? =/
What the heck, that's like impossible? Any red flags/reapplicant/etc.?
Rejected pre-secondary after 5 weeks by snail mail today, 3.6/35 IS. Best of luck to you guys!
Interview invite!
when did you send in your secondary, if you don't mind me asking?
II today, submitted secondary 8/28, complete email 8/30, interview assigned for mid-October
OOS, MCAT 32-33, GPA ~3.7
Congrats! I submitted 9/7. Waiting, waiting, waiting...
At least I started my epidemiology/biostats masters program today at OHSU. I think that will be awesome and a good way to stay occupied and not continually refresh my browser.
I have a question for anyone who has gone to an interview - what is the interview day like? I have been told to come for an interview at a certain time, but when can I plan to leave? If I have a morning interview, can I fly out later that same afternoon? Is there a tour or other meeting?
Thank you!
Hey all, got an interview invite as well. IS, complete early september. 3.6-3.8 gpa, 35-38 mcat, so excited!!. I have a question about the interview itself, is it just a 1 on 1 interview for the whole hour? Thanks, and good luck to everyone during this cycle!
Yes, sometimes you have two people in the room with you, but I only had one (some of the other people interviewing said they had 2 interviewers...I don't know how typical that is). I was sitting in the office for a while and saw people have interviews as short as 15 minutes and as long an 1.5 hours. My interviewer had read all the way through my file and knew a lot about what was in it.
I also got rejected recently - 3.56/35. seems like they dont like oos with low gpa.
Hey guys IS student here. 3.81 overall gpa 28 mcat
Was told they were waiting for my new mcat scores. Once I got my new score (28) I was given a secondary just a few days later on 8/12. Verification not too long after.
Hoping for that interview! Its crazy seeing some people like 3.6/35 mcats not even getting a secondary or people waiting way longer than me to get my secondary. I wonder if its because of my EC's? Seems to be no science behind any of it really.
Hoping for that interview!!!
You have an optional lunch and tour, and are given a time to interview. I found the tour to be extremely informative and I really liked the students who took the time out of their schedule to enthusiastically show us their school.For those who have interviewed already, was there a schedule or anything about the interview day?
+1, same hereSeeing so many people get acceptances today is making it so hard to focus!! Wayne is the first school I'll be hearing from. October 23rd can't come soon enough good luck to anyone else who's waiting to hear back on the same day!
What does Wayne State screen for? I just got a secondary and my stats are pretty low (gpa is anyway) compared to some of the folks who got screened out early on. Mostly just wondering so I can speak to my fit for them in the secondary (I will obviously turn it in because I did get screened in- that says something, I think).
Is there anywhere on the site that talks more in depth about what they look for in applicants as the MSAR notations are quite brief.
Just cannot wait for this school to release its decision on 10/23!
+1
It feels like my interview (09/09) was so long ago! Only two more days and some hours!
You are given your decision date when you interview. If I remember correctly, they send out decisions roughly every month regarding acceptance/rejection. I do not know how their batches of interview invitations are scheduled.Where do you guys find these release dates? As in when they send out the next batch of interviews and/or acceptances/weight lists/rejections?
Really would appreciate some help finding these dates.
Where do you guys find these release dates? As in when they send out the next batch of interviews and/or acceptances/weight lists/rejections?
Really would appreciate some help finding these dates.
Best of luck to everyone on Wednesday!!
Don't think this question has been asked before - but does anyone happen to know the % acceptance rates for those have interviewed (for both IS and OOS)? Especially with the rigorous pre-screening they seem to do, just thought I'd ask.
Absolutely loved this school and the area
Does Wayne State send out II invites through snail mail or e-mail?
Tomorrow will be special. I can feel it.
Thank you so much for the comprehensive reply!! I'm really excited about this school so I will definitely take any sort of sign that they may want to interview me. Surprised as an OOS applicant, I really thought they may have made some mistake.It's not an exact science or anything but low GPA and/or MCAT is forgiven if there are other interesting things in your application. For example, a particularly interesting research or community service experience that you described well in your primary application. If given am interview, do expect that you will be asked to explain the deficits in your application. I had some weird grades in my recent transcript and my interviewer basically asked "what the hell is this all about?"
Basically they saw something in your primary that they liked, and you should be able to understand your strengths well enough to know what that was. GPA and MCAT do matter here, but admissions understands that it's not the whole story and low stats don't always correlate to doing poorly in school. I can't speak on why people with really solid stats don't even get a secondary though, that's just bananas and I don't get it.
Basically just think about what makes you a good candidate. Liking Detroit and knowing a bit about it will help, having an idea of why specifically you would like to come to Wayne will help in the interview if you get one. Prior to that, try hard on the secondary essays and just be the best you you can be. Good luck!