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2010-2011 University of Buffalo (SUNY) Application Thread
Started by ksmi117
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with your application!
Yay - received the secondary email today. I'm filling it out right now, but haven't encountered any essays yet.
Do they ask for essays?
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Just finished the secondary. There are no essays to write for the supplemental app for Buffalo. It took all of 2 minutes before I submitted it.
Nope - no essays - but they seem a little too eager to get the $65.
My first secondary finished 🙂 yay!!
My first secondary finished 🙂 yay!!
Received and submitted in 5 minutes 🙂
1 down... 28 to go?
1 down... 28 to go?
Niceee, I just got this one too
easiest secondary. now if only they were all going to be that easy...
This was quick! I just submitted too
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THIS
Yea, I'm curious to see how many of the applicants they just invited for the money
"As an undergraduate, have you ever worked in, or are currently working in a research laboratory?"
for this question, would you put Yes or No if you've done clinical research (in a hospital) but not basic science research in a research laboratory?
for this question, would you put Yes or No if you've done clinical research (in a hospital) but not basic science research in a research laboratory?
If it's research, and you did it in a laboratory setting, I think you can put yes. So your clinical research will probably be fine. 🙂
Is Buffalo one of the med schools that give you an on the spot essay during your interview?
They offer secondaries to every applicant, so everyone who applies to UB must pay the additional $65. But, this is extremely cheap compared to most other secondaries.
Yes. During lunch, while the second years you get to talk to are eating (and you're STARVING) and talking to eachother across the room and moving furniture. They really do try to make it as stressful as possible. Completely random topic too. I've heard about essays ranging from "Why are manhole covers round?" to (the one I got this past year) "What does empathy mean to you?". Knowing about it really doesn't help too much though, sorry to say.
What's random review, if you don't mind me asking?
It meant that there was no correlation between completion date and review date (and thereby interview date). So you could be complete 7/1 and not get reviewed till April. Thankfully, they aren't doing that this year.
Is anyone complete on the applicant status webpage? I submitted over a week ago and it still says "No" for "Application Complete".
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Mine says complete, but I literally submitted mine on the first day they came out.
where do you guys check the status?
that's what i did
I got an email from them that said I was complete, but it still said "Application Complete: No" on their status website .. so I'm assuming there might be a little delay with the website
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Yeah, seems odd. Was just making sure that is what they are asking, and I read it correctly... don't want to accidentally say I'm guilty of anything I'm not.
So I filled out the Verification Statement (the secondary application) and it said it was submitted. Then it proceeded to the payment page but wouldn't let me pay because it wasn't during business hours.
What do I do? In order to get to the payment page, I would have to fill out the Verification Statement AGAIN. But wouldn't that be submitting my application twice?? I really don't want to cause any confusion or delay with my application!!
Anybody have this problem?? I emailed admissions, but I don't know how long it will take them to respond.
What do I do? In order to get to the payment page, I would have to fill out the Verification Statement AGAIN. But wouldn't that be submitting my application twice?? I really don't want to cause any confusion or delay with my application!!
Anybody have this problem?? I emailed admissions, but I don't know how long it will take them to respond.
I submitted at the beginning of July and have been complete for weeks. Does everyone else in this situation still show:
"Status: No Action"?
sounds so passive 😳 haha
"Status: No Action"?
sounds so passive 😳 haha
Yeah I submitted the first day and I still have "no action."
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So I filled out the Verification Statement (the secondary application) and it said it was submitted. Then it proceeded to the payment page but wouldn't let me pay because it wasn't during business hours.
What do I do? In order to get to the payment page, I would have to fill out the Verification Statement AGAIN. But wouldn't that be submitting my application twice?? I really don't want to cause any confusion or delay with my application!!
Anybody have this problem?? I emailed admissions, but I don't know how long it will take them to respond.
bump! I really hope this doesn't delay my application!!
call them, or e-mail the admissions guy (I'm forgetting his name right). According to some friends and colleagues who applied last year, they are very quick to answer your calls and e-mails. There's probably another way through the UB website to find your outstanding bills, since the payment client was the same website/system we use to pay tuition and such, just this time the form said "md admissions" or something along those lines. Though I don't know how you'd find that without a UB person number.
Yeah, I emailed the admissions guy on Friday night, but I figure I'd try to find out if anyone else on SDN has encountered this problem, since he probably won't get back to me until Monday or sometime this week.
Hopefully he'll get back to me soon
. Thanks!
Congrats! When were you complete?
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Buffalo reviews applicatons "randomly" it doesn't matter when you submit. Last year there were ppl who submitted in June and interviewed in March.
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Congrats for the interview invites! are you guys IS/OOS?
Buffalo is no longer doing random review.
Don't worry, I had the same thing happen. They updated it a few days after I submitted.
it's painfully obvious they interview all-stars right away.
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