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Oh you can still ask high school teacher for recs? I didn't know that! thanks.
https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/medical/admissions/flexmed/faqsThis year over a thousand applications have been started, no clue how many will actually submit tho (source: info session)
could someone supply a source that you need one high school recommendation?
there's still time. I know I for one have yet to start my application.... lol. Gotta finish out these exams first
lol Yalies. Yale's admit stats speak for itself. I'm shocked that Columbia only gets 20-25 into elite schools a year; that's extraordinarily low compared to HYP.
Does anyone know how many total Yale students apply each year? These numbers are pretty jaw-dropping but it would make it even more poignant if we knew how many people this was out of.
What does it generally take to get in? I'm a freshman right now at a top LAC, but I'm really interested in applying next year. I finished my first semester with a 3.96. I have a 2200 SAT and a good high school record (academically and EC-wise). I don't have all that many college ECs yet (have an internship at a hospital, part of a program that teaches middle schoolers nutrition, recently got a job mentoring high schoolers on the SAT and getting into college), but I'm planning on doing quite a bit more starting this next semester, and I'm applying to some research internships for summer (if I'm lucky, I might get something for the spring too).
Probably ~250 ish, but remember that those numbers contain massive overlap. Someone posted the non-overlapped version, which contains much fewer people per school (as applicants with many acceptances can only matriculate to one).
Is that post in this thread?
Does anyone know how many total Yale students apply each year? These numbers are pretty jaw-dropping but it would make it even more poignant if we knew how many people this was out of.
Well, I wish you the best of luck in your applications in the regular process! I'm sure you'll do great!
Honestly, I'm really curious about how admissions will change this year. The previous messages on this thread say last year they accepted 51 people(36% of their class), and the program has said it intends to get to half the class very quickly, so I would expect them to complete the jump to 50% this year. Last year they had a ~7% acceptance rate...so I guess I see a few scenarios:
1. If they plan to accept ~70 and keep a 7% or lower accept rate then they'd need almost 40% more applications to be completed this year than last. That could happen, although it's curious that this SDN thread is so much quieter if they expect 40% more applications. I mean, if there was as much noise as last year maybe, but there's materially less conversation, which just doesn't fit very well with materially more completed apps.
2. They could accept fewer than 70. Possible, but I really doubt that they only accepted 50 last year out of lack of talent. Sure, it could be less than the full 70, but seems likely that they'll at least increase their numbers.
3. They could have a higher acceptance rate this year.
I'm also noting that there's probably a decent application non-completion rate - lots of people probably either just finished Orgo1 and noted they have a solid chance at finishing out their premed classes with a top-10 GPA or realized they don't have the grades for Flexmed and prefer their shot at regular admissions.
thoughts?
How do you know the yield rate was 100%?
Hey guys! I'm trying to complete the application, but on the "courses" page, there seems to be an error when entering my high school courses. I click "Add Another Highschool" button, and it goes to an error screen that says "Page cannot be found". I've tried on different browsers and a different computer, but I keep having the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, have you figured out a way to get around this glitch?
I saw that you had to click "add another highschool" to add another course, I guess it's a typo, but it worked for me, and I was able to add another course by clicking that. Do you know if we need to write a personal statement on top of the 3 essays?
there is a FB group for this?
It doesn't really say anywhere that you have too, but it does seem a bit odd not to write one for a medschool app...
Well, the last essay on how my educational plan would change is fairly straightforward, but the other two seem built to just give them a sense of who I am, and while of course I'm hoping to show qualities that would make me a good doctor, there doesn't seem to be any direct "I want to be a doctor because..." kind of thing.The essay topics basically cover what a personal statement would consist of for an early acceptance program.
I think it's wholly unnecessary. There is ample opportunity to express everything you want to express in three essays; brevity is viewed favorablySo does this mean a personal statement is optional? Do you think the adcom would find including a personal statement as negative because it is not stated to do so anywhere?
You need to follow directions. The directions say to write the 3 essays, so do that.So does this mean a personal statement is optional? Do you think the adcom would find including a personal statement as negative because it is not stated to do so anywhere?