2008-2009 Jefferson Secondary Application Thread

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Did anyone submit their LORs via VirtualEvals and it was received? On my status page, it still says not received even though I sent it out via VirtualEvals. hmmm...
 
dynezxice said:
Did anyone submit their LORs via VirtualEvals and it was received? On my status page, it still says not received even though I sent it out via VirtualEvals. hmmm...
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I went through Interfolio and they were received literally minutes after I submitted. On the other hand, my secondary still says it isn't received even though I had my dad fax it in this morning for the second time.
 
So if we are using virtual evals, does anyone remember a spot to check that off on the secondary? Because I don't. There is a box on the mail-in one, but not all the questions from the mail in application were on the online one (ex: ACT score). So how do they know to get my letters from VirtualEvals?
 
For anyone that didn't have the "required" LORs, how many letters did you send in? I have 5 total, and i kinda wanted to send them all.
 
Does anyone know the address to send the LORs too if we want to mail in a hard copy? According to my career center, they also do accept hard copies, but the only address I can find is the Dean's Office
 
icarus8 said:
So if we are using virtual evals, does anyone remember a spot to check that off on the secondary? Because I don't. There is a box on the mail-in one, but not all the questions from the mail in application were on the online one (ex: ACT score). So how do they know to get my letters from VirtualEvals?
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As I recall, there is no spot to check off when you submit the secondary online. It just tells you that you can submit via Interfolio, VirtualEvals, or FAX. I had the same issue, so I contacted them and they said they received it from VirtualEvals. Just call or email them.
 
Did someone figure out if Jeff. is stringent on their LOR requirements? Personally, I have 2 sciences, 1 non-science, 1 MD/PI, and 1 DO and was wondering if Jeff. would accept that in lieu of the requirement. I am teetering on the fence when it comes to applying for Jeff. A solid confirmation to my answer would greatly be appreciated. Good day everyone 🙂
 
sushichopstickz said:
Did someone figure out if Jeff. is stringent on their LOR requirements? Personally, I have 2 sciences, 1 non-science, 1 MD/PI, and 1 DO and was wondering if Jeff. would accept that in lieu of the requirement. I am teetering on the fence when it comes to applying for Jeff. A solid confirmation to my answer would greatly be appreciated. Good day everyone 🙂
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I posted this earlier. I emailed them and they said mine were fine: 2 bio, 1 chem, 2 humanities, 1 MD, and 1 PI.
 
Ugh, call me blind... but I can't find the APPLY ONLINE button anymore.
I do have a pin and login that I received in the e-mail, but I can't find the online supplemental for the life of me.

Does anyone know the direct link? Maybe i adblocked it away, but still can't find it in IE.
 
so on the optional essay space would it be bad to point out why your gpa for a particular semester was low (around 2.8) and all other semester were over 3.55... I was in a car wreck and in PT and didn't mention it in my PS.

I dont want to point out my low gpa but that semester really hurt me.
 
floja2 said:
Ugh, call me blind... but I can't find the APPLY ONLINE button anymore.
I do have a pin and login that I received in the e-mail, but I can't find the online supplemental for the life of me.

Does anyone know the direct link? Maybe i adblocked it away, but still can't find it in IE.
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Mine was adblocked with Norton Internet Security.

On another note, Jefferson is starting to irk me. I submitted my application online last Wednesday. It still hadn't said received yesterday, so I called up and asked what to do. The nice lady told me to fax it in and she would update it. A day later it's still not updated. Looks like I'm calling again tomorrow.👎
 
floja2 said:
Ugh, call me blind... but I can't find the APPLY ONLINE button anymore.
I do have a pin and login that I received in the e-mail, but I can't find the online supplemental for the life of me.

Does anyone know the direct link? Maybe i adblocked it away, but still can't find it in IE.
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Floja, refer to my earlier post #56. the "apply online" button is on the top right corner. good luck.
 
futuredrcrawfor said:
so on the optional essay space would it be bad to point out why your gpa for a particular semester was low (around 2.8) and all other semester were over 3.55... I was in a car wreck and in PT and didn't mention it in my PS.

I dont want to point out my low gpa but that semester really hurt me.
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If you have any circumstances, definitely let them know as for some medical schools, applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

my .02 cents
 
dynezxice said:
Floja, refer to my earlier post #56. the "apply online" button is on the top right corner. good luck.
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Alright, I've looked all over the website and can't seem to find the "apply online" button. I've tried both IE and Firefox and as far as I can tell, any kind of ad blockers are off. I thought it was supposed to be on the "JMC Home" tab.

please help. thanks
 
DocWalken said:
Alright, I've looked all over the website and can't seem to find the "apply online" button. I've tried both IE and Firefox and as far as I can tell, any kind of ad blockers are off. I thought it was supposed to be on the "JMC Home" tab.

please help. thanks
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docwalken, it's not on the hometab. Go to this link http://www.jefferson.edu/jmc/

You should see the button now.
 
Never mind I figured it out.

If anyone else is having this problem: the way I fixed it was by going to Norton Firewall and turning off the ad-blocker.
 
just a quick tip if anyone's waiting to get the login info from the email from Jefferson, I don't think they screen, so you might be able to login with your 8-digit AMCAS number and the password is your birthday MMDDYY
 
If I have a pre-med committee letter and another (volunteering) recommendation letter, can I send both or just the pre-med committee letter?
 
Dale said:
just a quick tip if anyone's waiting to get the login info from the email from Jefferson, I don't think they screen, so you might be able to login with your 8-digit AMCAS number and the password is your birthday MMDDYY
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It worked! Thanks Dale. 🙂
 
All my materials have been received except my MCAT which won't be released until Sept!
 
are they serious about the SAT scores??? that was almost 6years ago...
 
Hi everyone,

My undergraduate school released my committee letter to Jefferson via VirtualEvals on 7/3/2008 at 4:21PM. I have completed the secondary application. On the website, everything is listed as completed except my letters of recommendation.

I contacted the admissions office and they said that this should not alarm me. They said they download multiple letters every other day and that my letters could arrive any day. Finally, they said that I should only be worried if my letters have not arrived in mid-august.

I'm concerned. Any suggestions?

Thank you and Good luck!
 
dryknat said:
Hi everyone,

My undergraduate school released my committee letter to Jefferson via VirtualEvals on 7/3/2008 at 4:21PM. I have completed the secondary application. On the website, everything is listed as completed except my letters of recommendation.

I contacted the admissions office and they said that this should not alarm me. They said they download multiple letters every other day and that my letters could arrive any day. Finally, they said that I should only be worried if my letters have not arrived in mid-august.

I'm concerned. Any suggestions?

Thank you and Good luck!
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Dont be? They told you everything you needed to know and told you not to worry, so why the hell are you still doing it?
 
dryknat said:
Hi everyone,

My undergraduate school released my committee letter to Jefferson via VirtualEvals on 7/3/2008 at 4:21PM. I have completed the secondary application. On the website, everything is listed as completed except my letters of recommendation.

I contacted the admissions office and they said that this should not alarm me. They said they download multiple letters every other day and that my letters could arrive any day. Finally, they said that I should only be worried if my letters have not arrived in mid-august.

I'm concerned. Any suggestions?

Thank you and Good luck!
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It's ok buddy. we are on the same boat 😎
 
Hey guys - this was an email invite to the secondary?

I have been verified from AMCAS over a week ago and I got no such email from Jefferson (not in my spam either). However, I DID get an email from jmc admissions about their PSAP program. I'm utterly confused.
 
justapremed said:
Hey guys - this was an email invite to the secondary?

I have been verified from AMCAS over a week ago and I got no such email from Jefferson (not in my spam either). However, I DID get an email from jmc admissions about their PSAP program. I'm utterly confused.
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same here... i emailed the admissions office @ [email protected] about it and my email bounced back. kinda weird.
 
justapremed said:
Hey guys - this was an email invite to the secondary?

I have been verified from AMCAS over a week ago and I got no such email from Jefferson (not in my spam either). However, I DID get an email from jmc admissions about their PSAP program. I'm utterly confused.
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Same here. I just logged in using the instructions in Dale's post and submitted it.
 
Hey what would be the incentives for applying to that PSAP program???? I dont really see the point in applying to it.....does it increase your chances of acceptance the the school??? Decreased tuition? or what?
 
ChubbyChaser said:
Hey what would be the incentives for applying to that PSAP program???? I dont really see the point in applying to it.....does it increase your chances of acceptance the the school??? Decreased tuition? or what?
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MUCH increased chance of admissions. Apparently the way it works is that they have X number of seats set aside for PSAP, and they have really stringent requirements to be able to apply to that program, so I would imagine that it will be a much smaller pool, and then you're only competing with other PSAP applicants.
 
How long did it take everyone to get the secondary after verification? Jefferson's the only unscreened secondary that I haven't gotten yet and I've been verified for a couple of weeks now....Should I just email them?
 
justapremed said:
really? that is weird 🙁 so what did you do? or will you do?
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called em, said that i should have gotten an email 7/14!!! i think your inthe same boat. the login/pw is your amcasid/birthdate but the year is only two digits. so the pw should be 6 digits long.
 
anyone know how to find out their SAT scores from 10 years ago?
 
Are you guys afraid of using the phone? Call them up if you haven't received it. Don't count on a quick response through email.
 
dryknat said:
Hi everyone,

My undergraduate school released my committee letter to Jefferson via VirtualEvals on 7/3/2008 at 4:21PM. I have completed the secondary application. On the website, everything is listed as completed except my letters of recommendation.

I contacted the admissions office and they said that this should not alarm me. They said they download multiple letters every other day and that my letters could arrive any day. Finally, they said that I should only be worried if my letters have not arrived in mid-august.

I'm concerned. Any suggestions?

Thank you and Good luck!
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If they say not to worry, I think you should be fine, but can you let us (me) know what date they are listed as received? That way, we'll know how long it takes from submission of LOR to the date received. Thanks a bunch.
 
I hadn't gotten an e-mail yet, so i tried to login with my AMCAS and birhtdate and it worked... Status says they have received my AMCAS, so it totally worked! Thanks for the advice above!
 
talbo said:
did anyone send an e-mail to them? I sent one regarding LORs and it says it wasn't able to transmit thru, can someone verify the e-mail address is [email protected]. Thank you!
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I've had the same problem...has anyone been able to send to this address? It tells me: The following addresses had permanent delivery errors -----
[email protected]

But I didn't type in Luel Sandiego, I typed in [email protected].....😕
 
bigyihoroi said:
It's ok buddy. we are on the same boat 😎
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Thanks for the moral support

dtepper said:
If they say not to worry, I think you should be fine, but can you let us (me) know what date they are listed as received? That way, we'll know how long it takes from submission of LOR to the date received. Thanks a bunch.
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Sounds good here - I'll post as soon as I found out the date. Good luck to you!
 
Hey all - I have a letter from my prehealth committee. Do you know if extra LoR's are allowed? In particular, I'm thinking 1 additional letter from a professor.
 
should I write about why I want to go there or should I write about myself and what makes me unique?

and also they asked for SAT scores, but i dont remember my SAT scores, is it ok if I just ballpark it? do they check with collegeboard or something?
 
ahh I decided not to write anything in that box since I doubt I can make my app stronger with only 500 characters. and I heard they dont want a "why jefferson" essay, so i'm just gonna leave it blank
 
What is their secondary fee? Do you think 1 physics, 1 biochem, 1 econ, and 1 research grad student I worked under (zoology) would be ample for the LOR requirement?
 
So, somebody got an interview over in the Interview Invite thread. not me though. but somebody. Which I guess means they're moving.
 
hmm so im definitely being paranoid, but how do we know we're complete? I see that they have received my amcas, secondary, fee, and LOR.

Do all those just have to be "yes" to be complete? Or should it say "complete" somewhere on this page.

Thanks =P
 
I think if you have everything marked "yes" then you are complete. I'd be curious to know when the girl that got the interview was complete, though...
 
XRanger said:
ahh I decided not to write anything in that box since I doubt I can make my app stronger with only 500 characters. and I heard they dont want a "why jefferson" essay, so i'm just gonna leave it blank
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Jeff uses SAT scores only for statistical purposes. They're in no way used for the admission process so don't sweat it. And I'd try not to leave anything blank, even if optional.
 
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