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Adding Drexel...

AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
Brown: 7-26-04/snailmail
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Case: 8-11-04/email
Cincinnati: 7-19-04/email
Colorado: 7-16-04/email
Cornell: 7-7-04/email
Creighton: 7-8-04/email
Dartmouth: 7-22-04/email
Drexel: 8-17-04/snailmail
Duke: 8-5-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
ETSU: 8-6-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Howard: 7-30-04/snailmail
Indiana: 7-31-04/snailmail
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Loma Linda: 8-3-04/email
Loyola: 7-30-04/snailmail
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail 8-2-04/email-phone secondary
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Meharry: 8-2/04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
Morehouse:8-11-04/email
Mount Sinai: 8-2-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
NEOUCOM: 8-6-04/snailmail
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
NYU 7/26/04/email
OHSU 8-9-04/snailmail
OSU: 7-7-04/email
Pritzker (U Chicago): 7-16-04/email
Penn State 7-19-04/email
Rochester: 7-15-04/snailmail packet
Rosalind Franklin 8-17-04/e-mail
Rush: 7-16-04/email
SLU: 7-19-04/snailmail
Stanford: 8-12-04/email
SUNY Buffalo: 7-12-04/email
SUNY Downstate: 7-20-04/email
SUNY Stony Brook: 7-19-04/email
SUNY Upstate: 7-13-04/email
Temple: 7-15-04/email
Tufts: 7-31-04/snailmail
Tulane: 7-30-04/snailmail
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UC Davis: 7-26-04/email
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCLA: 8-16-04/status page
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UCSF: 7-30-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UHawaii: 8/7/04-snailmail packet
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UKansas 7-26-04/email
UKentucky 8-3-04/email
ULouisville: 8-4-04/email
UMaryland: 8-6-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMiami: 8-9-04/email
UMich: 7-15-04/email
UMinnesota: 8-12-04/snailmail packet
UMissouri: 8-12-04/email with Word attachment
UNMC: 7-19-04/snailmail packet
UOklahoma: 7-8-04/email
UPenn: 7-15-04/snailmail packet, 7-19-04/email
UPitt: 7-16-04/email
USC 7-16-04/email
U$C 8-2-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
Vanderbilt 7-29-04/snailmail invite
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
Wake Forest: 7-26-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wayne St: 7-30-04/snailmail
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
Sooo... I know its not out yet otherwise someone would have said. But does anyone know the scoop on Emory???
 
jason -- you got drexel?? what does it look like? loads of essays? im assuming it came snailmail...?
 
Ames980 said:
jason -- you got drexel?? what does it look like? loads of essays? im assuming it came snailmail...?
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No essays. It came via snail mail.

Jason
 
Ames980 said:
jason -- you got drexel?? what does it look like? loads of essays? im assuming it came snailmail...?
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I called the Drexel admission's office today and they told me specifically that SDN user Ames980 would not be receiving a secondary application because she had called them too many times to ask when it was getting sent out. :laugh:
 
Rugger81 said:
I called the Drexel admission's office today and they told me specifically that SDN user Ames980 would not be receiving a secondary application because she had called them too many times to ask when it was getting sent out. :laugh:
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dammit! i knew i should have called and pretended i was Rugger81. 😡
 
Ames980 said:
dammit! i knew i should have called and pretended i was Rugger81. 😡
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oh come on Ames, we all know how you like to speak to people on the phone:
"hi this is Ames980, I'd like a large pepperoni pie and a half dozen garlic knots..."
 
Rugger81 said:
oh come on Ames, we all know how you like to speak to people on the phone:
"hi this is Ames980, I'd like a large pepperoni pie and a half dozen garlic knots..."
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half a dozen garlic knots?? is someone planning on being buffy the vampire slayer if the med school apps dont work out too well??
 
Adding Emory....

AESOM: 7-13-04/email
Albany: 7-21-04/email
Baylor: 7-8-04/email
Brown: 7-26-04/snailmail
BU: 7-17-04/snail mail
Case: 8-11-04/email
Cincinnati: 7-19-04/email
Colorado: 7-16-04/email
Cornell: 7-7-04/email
Creighton: 7-8-04/email
Dartmouth: 7-22-04/email
Drexel: 8-17-04/snailmail
Duke: 8-5-04/email
ECU: 7-13-04/email
ETSU: 8-6-04/email
EVMS: 7-14-04/email
Emory: 8-19-04/email
FSU: 7-14-04/email
GWU: 7-12-04/email
Georgetown: 7-7-04/email
Howard: 7-30-04/snailmail
Indiana: 7-31-04/snailmail
Jefferson: 7-13-04/email
Johns Hopkins: 7-12-04/snailmail packet
Loma Linda: 8-3-04/email
Loyola: 7-30-04/snailmail
Mayo: 7-19-04/mail 8-2-04/email-phone secondary
MCO: 7-22-04/email
MCW: 7-6-04/email
Meharry: 8-2/04/email
Mercer: 7-21-04/email
Morehouse:8-11-04/email
Mount Sinai: 8-2-04/email
MUSC: 7-8-04/email
NEOUCOM: 8-6-04/snailmail
Northwestern 7/21/04/email
NYMC 7/22/04/email
NYU 7/26/04/email
OHSU 8-9-04/snailmail
OSU: 7-7-04/email
Pritzker (U Chicago): 7-16-04/email
Penn State 7-19-04/email
Rochester: 7-15-04/snailmail packet
Rosalind Franklin 8-17-04/e-mail
Rush: 7-16-04/email
SLU: 7-19-04/snailmail
Stanford: 8-12-04/email
SUNY Buffalo: 7-12-04/email
SUNY Downstate: 7-20-04/email
SUNY Stony Brook: 7-19-04/email
SUNY Upstate: 7-13-04/email
Temple: 7-15-04/email
Tufts: 7-31-04/snailmail
Tulane: 7-30-04/snailmail
UAMS: 7-12-04/snailmail
UC Davis: 7-26-04/email
UCHC: 7-7-04/email
UC Irvine: 7-8-04/email
UCLA: 8-16-04/status page
UCSD: 7-7-04/email
UCSF: 7-30-04/email
UConn: 7-7-04/email
UHawaii: 8/7/04-snailmail packet
UIll-Chicago: 7-20-04/email
UIowa: 7-19-04/email
UKansas 7-26-04/email
UKentucky 8-3-04/email
ULouisville: 8-4-04/email
UMaryland: 8-6-04/email
UMass: 7-6-04/email
UMDNJ-NJMS: 7-9-04/email
UMiami: 8-9-04/email
UMich: 7-15-04/email
UMinnesota: 8-12-04/snailmail packet
UMissouri: 8-12-04/email with Word attachment
UNMC: 7-19-04/snailmail packet
UOklahoma: 7-8-04/email
UPenn: 7-15-04/snailmail packet, 7-19-04/email
UPitt: 7-16-04/email
USC 7-16-04/email
U$C 8-2-04/email
USF: 7-13-04/email
USUHS: 7-22-04/email
UT Memphis: 7-17-04/snailmail
UVA: 7-15-04/email
UVermont: 7-22-04/email
UWis: 7-22-04/email
Vanderbilt 7-29-04/snailmail invite
VCU/MCV: 7-22-04/email
Wake Forest: 7-26-04/email
WashU: 7-7-04/email
Wayne St: 7-30-04/snailmail
Wright State: 7-13-04/email
Yale: 7-13-04/email
 
whats emory like? for the lucky bums that got it already
 
Tulane, Penn State, GWU
All received first week of August by e-mail
AMCAS "active"
 
wends said:
whats emory like? for the lucky bums that got it already
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Emory Essay Prompts (based on the size of the boxes, however, I think they are looking for short answers):

A. If it was not included on your AMCAS application, please list your entire curriculum plan for the 2004-2005 academic year.
B. Briefly describe (in approximately 50 words) what you are doing if you are no longer a fulltime student.
C. Briefly describe (in approximately 100 words) any health-related experience and/or research experience (volunteer or employed). Also, indicate the time and frequency of your involvement. Note: If you have had experience in several health-related areas, list each with a very brief description. Or, you may choose the most meaningful experience and describe it in more detail.
D. Briefly discuss (in approximately 100 words) any special interests attracting you to Emory.

It's those prompts plus the usual LOR, Felony, etc., stuff.

Jason
 
Jason110 said:
Emory Essay Prompts (based on the size of the boxes, however, I think they are looking for short answers):

A. If it was not included on your AMCAS application, please list your entire curriculum plan for the 2004-2005 academic year.
B. Briefly describe (in approximately 50 words) what you are doing if you are no longer a fulltime student.
C. Briefly describe (in approximately 100 words) any health-related experience and/or research experience (volunteer or employed). Also, indicate the time and frequency of your involvement. Note: If you have had experience in several health-related areas, list each with a very brief description. Or, you may choose the most meaningful experience and describe it in more detail.
D. Briefly discuss (in approximately 100 words) any special interests attracting you to Emory.

It's those prompts plus the usual LOR, Felony, etc., stuff.

Jason
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congrats jason..i am startnig my emory one as well..planning to have it out by tonight or 2marr. g*luck :luck:
 
Jason110 said:
Emory Essay Prompts (based on the size of the boxes, however, I think they are looking for short answers):

A. If it was not included on your AMCAS application, please list your entire curriculum plan for the 2004-2005 academic year.
B. Briefly describe (in approximately 50 words) what you are doing if you are no longer a fulltime student.
C. Briefly describe (in approximately 100 words) any health-related experience and/or research experience (volunteer or employed). Also, indicate the time and frequency of your involvement. Note: If you have had experience in several health-related areas, list each with a very brief description. Or, you may choose the most meaningful experience and describe it in more detail.
D. Briefly discuss (in approximately 100 words) any special interests attracting you to Emory.

It's those prompts plus the usual LOR, Felony, etc., stuff.

Jason
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Thanks! I got emory too but it was in my junk mail....hahaha, they're always in my junk mail 😳
 
wends said:
Thanks! I got emory too but it was in my junk mail....hahaha, they're always in my junk mail 😳
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Yay, wends! Congrats on that Emory invitation.

How's it going with Northwestern? Did you get them to push back the LOR deadline? I tried to push back the deadline as well and I haven't got any response from them over a month. I'm probably not going to appy to NW. Good luck with everything.
 
Dr. Chiquita! hows it going? dont give up on Northwestern! i think everyone's LOR's are auto pushed back to sept 1st, but i still need more time so im gonna call them soon.

yeah i got emory, hehehe, but im taking a break today for the olympics .... 😛
 
Mmmmmm, Garlic Knots! 😍
 
Yay! More secondaries: U of Miami, U of Virginia, JHU.
They don't screen, so maybe they'll like the package deal 😉

AMCAS still "active", needs verification 😡
 
Anyone heard back from MSU. If so, how and what date did you submit AMCAS?
 
thesterlinggirl said:
Anyone heard back from MSU. If so, how and what date did you submit AMCAS?
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I'm on hold. Wahhh!! I was processed 7/1
 
i havent heard from mount sinai. whats up with that? 🙁
 
see in help, they do not take any cash or check. Only credit cards/ debit
cards.
 
😕
I submitted my AMCAS early June, and I still haven't received any form of notification/secondary from UC Davis. 😱 (I have heard from all other schools on my list..) If anyone has heard anything from them, please let me know~ Is it a good idea to contact them?
 
tinnyfluffy said:
😕
I submitted my AMCAS early June, and I still haven't received any form of notification/secondary from UC Davis. 😱 (I have heard from all other schools on my list..) If anyone has heard anything from them, please let me know~ Is it a good idea to contact them?
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You could contact them. I received the confirmation and secondary in late July. That doesn't mean that Davis is done sending out secondaries, though. I wouldn't worry too much about it, though. Lots of people at SDN are still waiting on Davis.
 
UCLAstudent said:
You could contact them. I received the confirmation and secondary in late July. That doesn't mean that Davis is done sending out secondaries, though. I wouldn't worry too much about it, though. Lots of people at SDN are still waiting on Davis.
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thanks~ 😳 I will give them a call soon, in case something went wrong w/ my AMCAS. congrats on getting their secondary! i take that your 1st choice is UCLA? 👍
 
tinnyfluffy said:
thanks~ 😳 I will give them a call soon, in case something went wrong w/ my AMCAS. congrats on getting their secondary! i take that your 1st choice is UCLA? 👍
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Thanks. 🙂 I would LOVE to go to UCLA. It's a long shot, so I don't want to get my hopes up. Good luck!
 
does anyone know when the deadline is for the photo and LOR's to Miami?
 
UM, I JUST GOT A OHIO STATE INTERVIEW......

im in total shock and never never expected this.....i havent even sent in my LORs!! 😱
 
wends said:
UM, I JUST GOT A OHIO STATE INTERVIEW......

im in total shock and never never expected this.....i havent even sent in my LORs!! 😱
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Congratulations! If you don't mind my asking, are you in-state? 🙂
 
UCLAstudent said:
Congratulations! If you don't mind my asking, are you in-state? 🙂
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no im not in in state! im not even in country! lol
 
I heard from UCSD, telling me that they are "processing". Well, they've been "processing" my primary app since 7/20, and I still haven't been notified as to whether or not I get a secondary. Been over a month. WTF? Anyone else having this problem with UCSD? Should I call them? Email them?
 
OrnotMajestic said:
I heard from UCSD, telling me that they are "processing". Well, they've been "processing" my primary app since 7/20, and I still haven't been notified as to whether or not I get a secondary. Been over a month. WTF? Anyone else having this problem with UCSD? Should I call them? Email them?
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Well, I'm having a similar problem with UCI. Mine was processed since 6/9. So maybe the UC's are just slow.
 
Maybe that's an indication on the amount of applications UC schools get?
 
OrnotMajestic said:
Maybe that's an indication on the amount of applications UC schools get?
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To the best of my knowledge (from a UCI adcom person), UC's do a quick look over every app. They then send out secondaries to those they really like (about 20% of apps) and rejection letters to those they don't like (another 20%). The rest (60%) go through a second review which can drag on and on for months and about half of these get secondaries.

Hope it helps.

Just my 2 cents.
 
Thanks Code Brown!! That does make sense...so basically, I could be in that "second review" pile...glad to know that they didn't think I sucked completely at first!! 😛 :laugh:
 
on the apps that they mail or they ask you to print out, are you guys using a typewriter or handprinting on them?
 
ok i got a question about the duke secondary.

for the recommendations, i'll have one packet with 5 letters and a composite letter. should i checkmark the committee box or whatever they call it for each one, or just for the letter summarizing all the other letters that my advisor will write?

thanks.
 
futuremsfdoc said:
ok i got a question about the duke secondary.

for the recommendations, i'll have one packet with 5 letters and a composite letter. should i checkmark the committee box or whatever they call it for each one, or just for the letter summarizing all the other letters that my advisor will write?

thanks.
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check both as composite..

~L

P.S. just make sure you have two letters checked off as being from science faculty or you won't pass the audit..

~L
 
I think UCSF is sending out another batch of secondaries today. I just got an invite.
 
So far I have 1 reference (my school does not have a committee) but am having a little more trouble finding more. The professors I have emailed have not emailed me back yet. I would like to send in my secondaries and want to know if they will start looking at me without my letters yet. I know some of them want to know who your referees are but I would have to leave this blank for now and explain. Would this be a problem? Is there anyone that has done this before?

Thanks
 
i just booked my flight to my interview....it was about a months rent.....i'll be eating KD for awhile...... 🙁 and i had to beg NU for LOR extensions......i have yet to hear back
 
An Yong said:
I think UCSF is sending out another batch of secondaries today. I just got an invite.
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Ugh, it seems as if i've been waiting forever for UCSF, guess the wait continues.
 
Is anyone else all of a sudden unable to login to the Stanford 2ndary? I was just about to submit and then it stopped taking my ID and password. When I try to login the page just re-opens and says "Field is required" under the text boxes.

Anyone else having this problem or willing to try to login and let me know if it's their site or something on my end?!?

Thank you!!
😕
 
OrnotMajestic said:
Maybe that's an indication on the amount of applications UC schools get?
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yeah UCs are definitely slow compared to other schools. it's only after i'm almost done w/ all other secondaries did i start getting the UCs... and apparently, UCSF and UC Davis don't like me that much. 🙁 *sigh* i've been waiting for them forever...
 
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