Accepted today! Haven't received official acceptance letter yet though
If not by acceptance letter, how did you find out? Or do you just mean that they emailed you but didn't send a physical letter?Accepted today! Haven't received official acceptance letter yet though
+1 Waitlisted this week too. I don't have an MCAT in yet, so hopefully that will be enough to eventually push me through.ugh got waitlisted. will prob take another MCAT to send a better score to them.
If not by acceptance letter, how did you find out? Or do you just mean that they emailed you but didn't send a physical letter?
This is what my email said "We are delighted to inform you that the Special Masters Program Admissions Committee at Georgetown University has recommended that you be accepted into our graduate program. Once the Graduate School has verified your credentials, they will send you an official acceptance via Apply Yourself."
so i'm not sure if that means officially accepted or not but i'm hoping so??
yeah it means you're acceptedThis is what my email said "We are delighted to inform you that the Special Masters Program Admissions Committee at Georgetown University has recommended that you be accepted into our graduate program. Once the Graduate School has verified your credentials, they will send you an official acceptance via Apply Yourself."
so i'm not sure if that means officially accepted or not but i'm hoping so??
I think Amy will be emailing us to choose a campus on April 25th.How do we specify what campus we want once we put down the deposit?
Where did you see that she'd email on the 25th?I think Amy will be emailing us to choose a campus on April 25th.
Deposited today! See you guys in DC! I'm looking forward to it.
oh god. good luck man
Hello! I thought I'd give everyone a rough sketch of my profile. It might be helpful for others so they know what students applying for this program are sort of like. Also, when I find out whether I get into the program or not, it might help give an idea of (along with other profiles here) what accepted profiles, rejected profiles, or waitlisted profiles look like.
Completed: 2/29/2016
Rough sketch of my profile:
School:
cGPA: 3.46, sGPA: 3.11, 512 MCAT (87th %tile - first and maybe last try?)
Big public university, liberal arts and life sciences double major, two undergrad journal publications in philosophy (both focused on topics discussed in bioethics), and no basic science research for a significant amount of time
Service:
One health-related service year with emphasis on primary care and mental health (with plenty of shadowing during the service term too!), plenty of service involving children as an undergrad, manager for the large university marching band for two years, and two service-related trips
Other stuff:
Nearly a decade of marching band and drum corps
I would apply, they accept people up until classes start. My MCAT is a 30 but it's expired this year so I will be retaking it.^ Congrats! If you don't mind, what was your MCAT or GRE scores? My app is nearly complete save the AMCAS document (as Plan B), but idk if applying this late in the cycle is worth it...
^ Congrats! If you don't mind, what was your MCAT or GRE scores? My app is nearly complete save the AMCAS document (as Plan B), but idk if applying this late in the cycle is worth it...
I just got an email now (1030 PM) that I've been accepted!!! I submitted back in December, was waitlisted on February 18, and found out I needed a waiver from the graduate school dean about 3 weeks ago for a < 3.0 undergraduate science gpa.
There's nothing for you to do, if the committee decides to accept you and you have a sub 3.0, they basically have to do one extra step and file a waiver. I think basically all waivers are approved, it seems like a formality. So it just takes longer than someone with a 3.0 who is pulled from the waitlist the same day.I'm waitlisted right now and I was curious if I should get a waiver from the dean for my <3.0 undergraduate science gpa. How did you go about doing that?
There's nothing for you to do, if the committee decides to accept you and you have a sub 3.0, they basically have to do one extra step and file a waiver. I think basically all waivers are approved, it seems like a formality. So it just takes longer than someone with a 3.0 who is pulled from the waitlist the same day.
Thanks! If you're really interested send them a strong letter explaining your interest. It definitely helped me!Ahh alright, that makes sense. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Thanks for the help and congrats on the acceptance!
Very excited to be a part of the Georgetown SMP program next year, lets get after it.
Current SMP. It's been a great year. I've made friends here I know will be a huge part of my life forever. Just get ready to work! It's pretty difficult, but you'll get through it. If you have any questions, I'm happy to try and answer them!
I do have one question! How's this current SMP class doing with regard to getting spots in the next GUSM M1 class? I've been getting a vibe from various SMP threads that GUSM seems to be giving fewer spots to SMP students. Is there some truth to that?
Thanks!
I got in recently! 3.06 cGPA 2.9 sGPA 514 MCAT.
Does anyone have any insight on the GTDT campus? Im considering doing that one because I prefer smaller class sizes and I would prefer a metro accessible location. Is it a bad thing to live ~20 mins away?
Would love if someone in the SMP currently could talk about what students experiences are in the GTDT location.
I don't think there's much truth to that. There are some years where lots of SMPs get in, and some where not so many do. I think it just depends on the year. If you kill it in the program, you're going to get in somewhere.
To be a little more specific for you, so far 16 people have gotten into GUSOM, and we're expecting the second decision to come out sometime this week (they come out in waves). My class has done really well in comparison to the meds this year, and I wouldn't be surprised if another dozen or so SMPs got in.
More importantly, the majority of my friends here have acceptances to medical schools. Everyone is kind of finding out around now, and so it's been a really exciting time.
Hope that answers your question! Let me know if you have any more!
Thanks that was helpful! Good luck with the second decision (assuming you weren't picked up in the first one!). It's really nice to hear that this year's physios are doing well with handling their coursework and I hope that we (us incoming physios) can do well too!
I do have one more question - how do SMP'ers manage going to interviews while classes are going on? It seems like it would get incredibly hectic given the large volume of materials and how quickly you move through it.
This is not true and I say that as respectfully as possible. There are students that come in with a 3.3 range in under-grad and 31 to 34 MCAT's (most do) that do not get into an MD school after 2 or 3 cycles EVEN when you KILL this program with a 3.8 or over a 3.9. So what I'm trying to say if you have stats that are competitive to get into a DO program and you don't mind going DO it could save you $70,000. Some kids end up having to go DO anyway and basically wasted years and alot of money. Some get in but there are some who do "KILL" the program who dont ever get into GT or anywhere. It's a risk and a very expensive one. It gives you a good shot but it doesn't always work out.
This is not true and I say that as respectfully as possible. There are students that come in with a 3.3 range in under-grad and 31 to 34 MCAT's (most do) that do not get into an MD school after 2 or 3 cycles EVEN when you KILL this program with a 3.8 or over a 3.9. So what I'm trying to say if you have stats that are competitive to get into a DO program and you don't mind going DO it could save you $70,000. Some kids end up having to go DO anyway and basically wasted years and alot of money. Some get in but there are some who do "KILL" the program who dont ever get into GT or anywhere. It's a risk and a very expensive one. It gives you a good shot but it doesn't always work out.
This is not true and I say that as respectfully as possible. There are students that come in with a 3.3 range in under-grad and 31 to 34 MCAT's (most do) that do not get into an MD school after 2 or 3 cycles EVEN when you KILL this program with a 3.8 or over a 3.9. So what I'm trying to say if you have stats that are competitive to get into a DO program and you don't mind going DO it could save you $70,000. Some kids end up having to go DO anyway and basically wasted years and alot of money. Some get in but there are some who do "KILL" the program who dont ever get into GT or anywhere. It's a risk and a very expensive one. It gives you a good shot but it doesn't always work out.
Yep. I agree with what you're saying. It's always important to understand that there are no guarantees in applying to MD schools. That certainly goes double for those of us with records that necessitate SMP's to get into many MD programs.
I agree! If you have the ability to get into med school/DO without the SMP, obviously DO IT! The SMP isn't a magic bullet that will get you into Harvard or something. But if you can't get into med school with your current stats, please DO give the SMP a chance. I never would have been accepted to medical school before the SMP (had an F and many Cs), but I worked really hard in the program and am going to gusom (had a few other options too).Obviously there are no guarantees, but as someone who is in the midst of the SMP, I can tell you with as close to certainty as possible that if you work hard and do well, you will be successful. They don't let people into this program that they don't believe will get into medical school. Nothing will be handed to you, but if you work you will be rewarded eventually.
"There are no guarantees" is a tagline of this program.
Everything after that is personal conjecture.
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