2008-2009 Boston Secondary Application Thread

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luminosus said:
submitted 8/20, just got the apologetic email this morning, exactly 30 days after submission.

just curious, does BU traditionally receive more applications each year than other schools? if so, what were you guys' reasons behind applying?
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8/20!!? I've been complete since 8/1 and I still haven't heard from them!
 
my reason was that it is in boston which is a biggish city and i wouldnt have to learn how to drive 🙂
 
I got an interview at Boston today....wowwww :laugh: didn't see it coming at all 😛
 
violet7 said:
I got an interview at Boston today....wowwww :laugh: didn't see it coming at all 😛
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Luckieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe, congrats though!

I was complete 9/9 and also got the rejection today. Can't say I didn't see it coming. Oh and Berken, maybe the silence is a GOOD thing..they don't hesitate to say no if they don't want you, know what I mean? :laugh:
 
franniemeow07 said:
Luckieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe, congrats though!

I was complete 9/9 and also got the rejection today. Can't say I didn't see it coming. Oh and Berken, maybe the silence is a GOOD thing..they don't hesitate to say no if they don't want you, know what I mean? :laugh:
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Complete since 9/5... Still haven't heard a thing either..
 
complete since 8/14... nothing yet...
 
MDWannabe2009 said:
Congrats Violet! Just wondering, when were you complete?
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I got an e-mail from them on 9/2 stating that my application is complete. I thought my secondary to Boston was awful 🙄 It was one of the first ones I submitted, very raw and unorganized but passionate ... I guess, it worked though 😳
 
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franniemeow07 said:
Luckieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe, congrats though!

I was complete 9/9 and also got the rejection today. Can't say I didn't see it coming. Oh and Berken, maybe the silence is a GOOD thing..they don't hesitate to say no if they don't want you, know what I mean? :laugh:
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Thanks 🙂

I got three interview invites today 😛 I was so happy this morning...almost cried 😍 I even thought at some point that it's just a dream and I'm going to wake up soon :laugh: . The only rejection I got so far was from Mayo. And the only reason I applied there is because one of my friends was totally obsessed with Mayo the whole summer...so I really don't care about Mayo rejection...although I can sense more bad news coming my way...and they will probably hurt...but today is definitely my lucky happy day :hardy:
 
Via email? Or did you log on to the 'system'. For some reason some emails will get through for me and some wont (ie. case interview that i was unaware i had!!). I tried logging on to the BUSM website but I got an error : (.
 
I was complete on 8/26 and haven't heard anything, but that's pretty late so I'm not too surprised. Also, I've been trying to log on today as well and I keep getting errors. Here's to hoping that that means that we can just skip the interview and get an automatic acceptance 🙂
 
Anyone else get this email???

It has been quite some time since we sent you a notice indicating that your application was complete and had been referred to our Committee on Admissions for review. While our Committee is accustomed to reviewing a very large volume of applications, this year we have seen an unprecedented number of applications that have completed early in the cycle. It appears that we will be able to interview only about 10% of our applicants this year, so these reviews are quite challenging. As a result, we are running several weeks behind.
I regret the fact that we have not been able to take action on your application as yet, but I want to assure you that we are moving as quickly as we can and that there will be no penalty for the delay in our processing. Applicants who are selected for interview are invited in chronological order by date of application completion, not by date of review. If our Committee on Admissions concludes that we can invite you for an interview and campus visit, we will get it done!
Please accept our apology for any inconvenience caused by our extended review of your file. We expect to complete our evaluation quite soon, and wish you success with all your applications.
 
I was complete on 8/25 and got an interview last week...if that helps
 
jjonesfir said:
Via email? Or did you log on to the 'system'. For some reason some emails will get through for me and some wont (ie. case interview that i was unaware i had!!). I tried logging on to the BUSM website but I got an error : (.
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I got all of my invites via e-mail.
 
jgberken said:
Nice!
Complete 8/1 and nada for me! 😡 I'm guessing this is a rejection 😛
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I personally think that no news is better than bad news. You haven't been rejected so far, which probably means that they are considering you for an interview.
 
jgberken said:
yeah...i guess you're right. But, mayo did the same thing to me and it ended up being a rejection. I'm hoping this isn't the same 😉
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Mayo is very different in my opinion. They rejected me pre-secondary and didn't get a chance to read my LORs, which are very strong btw... so I don't even count this as a rejection, I did nothing in order to impress the school except for submitting my primary through AMCAS....
 
did anyone write the optional essay? I want to expand upon one of my AMCAS activities, but I'm afraid they will get mad because it says on the prompt:

"If you choose to use the space, please do not duplicate information provided elsewhere in this supplemental application or in material you have submitted to AMCAS. "

any thoughts?
 
Anyone still receiving the error message when trying to log in?
 
Anyone else having a problem logging into the status page for BU, i get an Error message...
 
Got the sorry for the delay email today. Anyone know what it might mean, or is simply sent out to everyone after a certain amount of days after they're complete?
 
Will anyone here be interviewing on the 17th of October?
 
ami1983 said:
did anyone write the optional essay? I want to expand upon one of my AMCAS activities, but I'm afraid they will get mad because it says on the prompt:

"If you choose to use the space, please do not duplicate information provided elsewhere in this supplemental application or in material you have submitted to AMCAS. "

any thoughts?
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I don't think they'll get mad if you provide extra information about yourself. Just make sure it's something meaningful, not a space filler.
 
Meaningful is the right word. Just don't write about why you want to go to BU. If you have something to say, it should really draw a better picture of you to the admissions committee...you can also use this space to talk about special circumstances. Remember, if it's something usual that you use for every school and uninteresting, they will see through it, and it won't look good for you.
 
Hey is the status check page down for anybody else? I keep getting an error when I try to log on.
 
MDWannabe2009 said:
Hey is the status check page down for anybody else? I keep getting an error when I try to log on.
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yeah i emailed and they said they're having problems with the system and to check back later
 
ami1983 said:
yeah i emailed and they said they're having problems with the system and to check back later
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I've been having the same problems and emailed them and theysaid the same thing to me as well. but it hasn't been working for me for 3 days and I need to get the secondary done. Bahh this is annoying.
 
I'm not sure if this is the case for everyone, but I got the error screen a few days ago, but received a rejection e-mail today. Hope you guys have better luck than I did!
 
premed3122 said:
I'm not sure if this is the case for everyone, but I got the error screen a few days ago, but received a rejection e-mail today. Hope you guys have better luck than I did!
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But see I don't think that's their way of saying rejection cuz I get the ame thing and i haven't even yet finished the secondary and can't login to my secondary. I think their site is just being difficult for whatever reason.
 
premed3122 said:
I'm not sure if this is the case for everyone, but I got the error screen a few days ago, but received a rejection e-mail today. Hope you guys have better luck than I did!
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If you don't mind me asking, when were you complete?
 
secret25 said:
Got the sorry for the delay email today. Anyone know what it might mean, or is simply sent out to everyone after a certain amount of days after they're complete?
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I got that e-mail this morning...I think they're just really behind...Judging from other people's posts in this thread, I think that this e-mail is somewhat reassuring, in that at least it's not a rejection...Although, when I first started reading it this morning, I thought I was getting rejected...phew

AtG
 
I've been having trouble logging into BU's website for the past week or more... and got this email at 6pm PST on a Sunday:

Dear XX,

Over the course of the last week or two, our admissions program here at B.U. School of Medicine has encountered a "perfect storm" of technology problems. I am writing now to provide an explanation and some reassurance about the following two issues that have come up, almost simultaneously:

1. Boston University has experienced some difficulties with its main web servers. While we have no direct involvement with this area, we do depend on University web services for applicant access to MyApplication. As a result, some applicants have experienced difficulty in logging on to our system. This has been intermittent, but quite annoying for those people who are trying to check their status or complete their applications. If you’re one of the people still encountering difficulties, please provide the following information to [email protected]:

a) Your name & AMCAS ID #
b) The URL of the page you were on before you got the error message
c) The URL of the page you were on when you got the error message
d) An exact copy of the error message you receive; just copy and paste it into your email.

Please note that emails to [email protected] should relate only to technical problems associated with the login process for MyApplication. Please continue to contact the Office of Admissions via the Message Center ( http://myapplication.bumc.bu.edu/2009/Messaging/Messaging.aspx ) for questions regarding the admissions process. If you have other Admissions questions and you are unable to log in to access the Message Center, call our office at (617) 638-4630.

2. We are, as you may recall, one of 21 medical schools participating in an AMCAS pilot project for delivery of letters of recommendation in a unified electronic format. We have discovered, over the course of the last week or so, that there has been a glitch in the way letters have been transferred from AMCAS to us. As a result, some applicants have found that some letters which AMCAS believed were downloaded to us, have not appeared in our database. Working with our colleagues at AMCAS, we have now identified the problem and we have implemented a solution. Our database is now up to date and complete, and we will ensure that no applicant is harmed by this confusion. This problem was related to the particular way in which we were downloading letters and updating our files with new documents, and it was not unique to B.U. AMCAS is working with several other pilot schools to make sure that any similar problems are identified and corrected immediately.

Applying to medical school is, inevitably, a frustrating process. We deeply regret that technical issues here at B.U. and in our communication with AMCAS, may have added to the stress. Please accept our apology and our reassurance that we will do whatever is necessary to assist you in completing your application and in bringing it to our Committee on Admissions in exactly the form you would hope for. We believe that our letter files are now up to date and complete. If, however, you have any remaining concerns, feel free to get in touch with us via our Message Center ( http://myapplication.bumc.bu.edu/2009/Messaging/Messaging.aspx ). Thank you and best wishes.

Robert A. Witzburg, M.D.
Associate Dean and Director of Admissions
Boston University School of Medicine
715 Albany Street, L124
Boston, MA 02118-2526
617/638-4630
617/638-4718 fax
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Anyone else get this email? I tried logging in again after getting this email and still couldn't get through.
 
I'm interested in the first "delay" email they sent out. Part of it goes like this:

"Applicants who are selected for interview are invited in chronological order by date of application completion, not by date of review. If our Committee on Admissions concludes that we can invite you for an interview and campus visit, we will get it done!"

This is completely the opposite of what I would've expected; interviews are offered by date of application completion, not date of review?
 
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i got that "if you are still having prioblems email" and emailed them back since i still get the error screen andhave been for probably 5 days or so now..
 
ar2388 said:
i got that "if you are still having prioblems email" and emailed them back since i still get the error screen andhave been for probably 5 days or so now..
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same here
 
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