2009-2010 Boston University Application Thread

This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
Status
Not open for further replies.
futuredoctor10 said:
Haha and if previous posts on decisions being made by early March are true, why the month lag? GAH.
Click to expand...

Waiting for everyone to hear back from other schools and withdraw if they choose another institution over BU? That's my guess. Sneaky, but smart.
 
mdeast said:
Waiting for everyone to hear back from other schools and withdraw if they choose another institution over BU? That's my guess. Sneaky, but smart.
Click to expand...

Wow definitely never thought of thought... but I think your guess/hypothesis is probably right. Very smart of BU!!
 
futuredoctor10 said:
Haha and if previous posts on decisions being made by early March are true, why the month lag? GAH.
Click to expand...

maybe they are also sorting out the rejection letters as well as the waitlists and then finally giving the acceptance calls.

I don't know. BU has a large committee but they also have a lot more applicants to sort through even if they've met. I'm sure they still have a lot of work to do in terms of sending out letters and putting together packets because even if they call to inform you they will still have to get together the proper paper packets with the financial aid info and stuff like that and worry about sorting through which are waitlisted vs. accepted vs. rejected.

I'm sure all that takes time.
 
mdeast said:
Waiting for everyone to hear back from other schools and withdraw if they choose another institution over BU? That's my guess. Sneaky, but smart.
Click to expand...

Nah I don't think so since a lot of people will wait til April or may before doing such. I'm sure people would wait for a decision before they did that.
 
gujuDoc said:
maybe they are also sorting out the rejection letters as well as the waitlists and then finally giving the acceptance calls.

I don't know. BU has a large committee but they also have a lot more applicants to sort through even if they've met. I'm sure they still have a lot of work to do in terms of sending out letters and putting together packets because even if they call to inform you they will still have to get together the proper paper packets with the financial aid info and stuff like that and worry about sorting through which are waitlisted vs. accepted vs. rejected.

I'm sure all that takes time.
Click to expand...

You should be glad they are doing this carefully. In 2008, I got a waitlist letter from Georgetown addressed to someone else!!

Had to find him on facebook and sort it out.
 
slowbutsteady said:
You should be glad they are doing this carefully. In 2008, I got a waitlist letter from Georgetown addressed to someone else!!

Had to find him on facebook and sort it out.
Click to expand...

I agree. Reminds me of the time someone got accepted into a SMP program only to find out that was accidental. the school took them the second time around. But yeah that's weird. I do agree that they should do things more carefully and that all takes time.
 
Hmm that's true... I didn't think about the time to sort out WL/rejection letters and ensuring there are no mix-ups. And like Gujudoc said people won't necessarily withdraw in March, more likely in April after financial aid letters come out etc.

~3 more weeks now... Good luck everyone!!
 
slowbutsteady said:
You should be glad they are doing this carefully. In 2008, I got a waitlist letter from Georgetown addressed to someone else!!

Had to find him on facebook and sort it out.
Click to expand...

:laugh:

gujuDoc said:
I agree. Reminds me of the time someone got accepted into a SMP program only to find out that was accidental. the school took them the second time around. But yeah that's weird. I do agree that they should do things more carefully and that all takes time.
Click to expand...

r u serious? it would really suck to get accepted somewhere and they take it away with an ooops our bad a while later :scared:
 
OneMCATAway said:
:laugh:



r u serious? it would really suck to get accepted somewhere and they take it away with an ooops our bad a while later :scared:
Click to expand...

Yeah it was at my previous institution. It was really bad. They took him the following year and the following year he got in another program too but still chose to stay at that school.
 
i dunno, i think that makes sense. harvard gets out march 15 so i'm sure that will change some people's minds. not a lot, and yes, fin aid is important too.

either way, i can't wait to hear from them and i really hope it's good news.
 
Any accepted people fill out their MyFAPP form yet for the BU financial aid office? What did you do with that "describe your interest in primary care" essay? After this whole application season, the financial aid office now wants an essay also? :diebanana:
 
FuSoYa said:
Any accepted people fill out their MyFAPP form yet for the BU financial aid office? What did you do with that "describe your interest in primary care" essay? After this whole application season, the financial aid office now wants an essay also? :diebanana:
Click to expand...
are you serious?!!! :smack:
 
FuSoYa said:
Any accepted people fill out their MyFAPP form yet for the BU financial aid office? What did you do with that "describe your interest in primary care" essay? After this whole application season, the financial aid office now wants an essay also? :diebanana:
Click to expand...
uuh come on dude, by now you've got to know that there are donors and scholarships out there giving money to people interested in primary care
 
FuSoYa said:
Any accepted people fill out their MyFAPP form yet for the BU financial aid office? What did you do with that "describe your interest in primary care" essay? After this whole application season, the financial aid office now wants an essay also? :diebanana:
Click to expand...

Honestly, I didn't really give it much effort. For one thing, I'm really not sure what specialty I want to go into, and while I haven't ruled out Primary Care, it's also not on my short list of possibilities. So I pretty much just wrote that in the space on the application. I really doubt there are many scholarships offered for first-years planning to go into Primary Care anyway. I think one of the main reasons they even ask this on the financial aid application is because of federally-subsidized, low-interest Primary Care Loans (http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/dsa/pcl.htm). Though there IS a requirement to complete a residency in Primary Care, and also to practice in Primary Care for the duration of the loan. So unless you're 100% sure that you're going into PC, there's really no need to put much effort into this section of the application, IMHO.
 
Why can't BU just be like every other school and give us their final decision nowwwww???? This is KILLING me.. it's so hard to see all my friends get acceptances from Penn, Harvard, Yale.. and I STILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO WAIT! 😡
 
Just jumping in on all the speculation of why it takes so long since the meeting for decisions to be sent out. And yes, they have been made. The lag is due to a personal screening by the Dean of Admissions of each accepted applicant.

As mentioned previously, there are several small subcommitees that review the MD application pool. Once they have reviewed the applications they are responsible for, all applicants selected for admission are forwarded to the Dean, who then personally reviews every single file before giving the final approval. This takes time.

On a different note, MD/PhD is reviewed by a different committee (some common members), and PhD is yet another committee. I'm not completely sure on this, but quite certain that only some of the MD/PhD and PhD decisions have been made. Note that at least the PhD interviews are still ongoing although MD/PhD is complete.

Anyway, hope that helps [at least in part] why there is such a long lag... good luck to everyone! 🙂
 
camaras2480 said:
Just jumping in on all the speculation of why it takes so long since the meeting for decisions to be sent out. And yes, they have been made. The lag is due to a personal screening by the Dean of Admissions of each accepted applicant.

As mentioned previously, there are several small subcommitees that review the MD application pool. Once they have reviewed the applications they are responsible for, all applicants selected for admission are forwarded to the Dean, who then personally reviews every single file before giving the final approval. This takes time.

On a different note, MD/PhD is reviewed by a different committee (some common members), and PhD is yet another committee. I'm not completely sure on this, but quite certain that only some of the MD/PhD and PhD decisions have been made. Note that at least the PhD interviews are still ongoing although MD/PhD is complete.

Anyway, hope that helps [at least in part] why there is such a long lag... good luck to everyone! 🙂
Click to expand...

camaraaaaaaaas!!! you're back!! or wrapping things up 😏

this makes a lot of sense! thanks for the info 👍

come on BU show me some love 😍
 
camaras2480 said:
Just jumping in on all the speculation of why it takes so long since the meeting for decisions to be sent out. And yes, they have been made. The lag is due to a personal screening by the Dean of Admissions of each accepted applicant.

As mentioned previously, there are several small subcommitees that review the MD application pool. Once they have reviewed the applications they are responsible for, all applicants selected for admission are forwarded to the Dean, who then personally reviews every single file before giving the final approval. This takes time.
Click to expand...

Thanks for your helpful post.

Just curious, if the Dean of Admissions personally screens and makes a final approval for each applicant, does he sometimes reverse decisions? Like, accept --> WL or reject (that would suck, although I guess you'd never know) or the reverse direction? I guess we'd never know, since everything is confidential.
 
Does anyone know how many people got accepted in December and how many more they will be accepting in March?

Ahh... two more weeks!!
 
OneMCATAway said:
camaraaaaaaaas!!! you're back!! or wrapping things up 😏

this makes a lot of sense! thanks for the info 👍

come on BU show me some love 😍
Click to expand...

lol i hope they do show u love! and ya, just droppin by to see whats goin on at sdn!
 
futuredoctor10 said:
Thanks for your helpful post.

Just curious, if the Dean of Admissions personally screens and makes a final approval for each applicant, does he sometimes reverse decisions? Like, accept --> WL or reject (that would suck, although I guess you'd never know) or the reverse direction? I guess we'd never know, since everything is confidential.
Click to expand...

Yeah, you'd never know. But once you have been selected by the subcommittee, lets face it, the Dean has little reason to overturn it unless something is really out of place. So in general, once you have the green light from the subcommittee, I would venture a guess that you are about 95% locked... but hey, that is just me throwing out a number haha 🙄

Good luck though!! 🙂
 
ahh. today marks the official two weeks from when we should find out at the latest (because it'll be the last day of march in 2 weeks) ahh! :luck:
 
freeculture said:
Does anyone know how many people got accepted in December and how many more they will be accepting in March?

Ahh... two more weeks!!
Click to expand...

One-third of the class was accepted in January. I don't have a specific number, but look out for a lot more acceptances to be going out in two weeks.
 
camaras2480 said:
Yeah, you'd never know. But once you have been selected by the subcommittee, lets face it, the Dean has little reason to overturn it unless something is really out of place. So in general, once you have the green light from the subcommittee, I would venture a guess that you are about 95% locked... but hey, that is just me throwing out a number haha 🙄

Good luck though!! 🙂
Click to expand...

Thanks!!! :xf::luck:

FutureDoc17 said:
One-third of the class was accepted in January. I don't have a specific number, but look out for a lot more acceptances to be going out in two weeks.
Click to expand...

Wow only 1/3, good news!
 
FutureDoc17 said:
One-third of the class was accepted in January. I don't have a specific number, but look out for a lot more acceptances to be going out in two weeks.
Click to expand...

That definitely makes a lot of us still waiting feel much better! 🙂 :xf:I'm trying to do whatever I can to make the next 2 weeks go by fast.

Do you think they give deferred applicants from the first wave of acceptances the same consideration as those interviewed after?
 
I was under the impression that everyone is completely re-reviewed for the second wave. The deferred applicants were still strong (at least numerically), hence they were given an early interview.
 
Thanks! That definitely makes sense. I assumed that to be the case, but I just wanted to see if someone else thought that as well.

Did anyone else have Dr. Betances as an interviewer?
 
I got kind of an odd vibe from my interviewer. She seemed a bit depressed and unenthusiastic. She mainly went on a rant about losing her lab... I don't think that bodes very well.
 
Petemoss said:
I got kind of an odd vibe from my interviewer. She seemed a bit depressed and unenthusiastic. She mainly went on a rant about losing her lab... I don't think that bodes very well.
Click to expand...

Yea definitely not! A little foreshadowing perhaps? 🙁 What was her position? Physician, faculty, etc?
 
Petemoss said:
I got kind of an odd vibe from my interviewer. She seemed a bit depressed and unenthusiastic. She mainly went on a rant about losing her lab... I don't think that bodes very well.
Click to expand...

Losing her lab??? Sounds weird. Anyhow, there are always people who are depressed in the profession of medicine. I wouldn't say that defines everyone. I find most of the kids at BU seem to be ok and fine. Not negative about medical school. Most of the professors I know seem to be happy and fine.
 
Don't worry too much about your interviewer. Sometimes "too nice" of an interviewer can be worse, since they are known to give positive reviews to everyone. Impressing a intense or harsh interviewer can mean more to the adcom.
 
anfleisch said:
Don't worry too much about your interviewer. Sometimes "too nice" of an interviewer can be worse, since they are known to give positive reviews to everyone. Impressing a intense or harsh interviewer can mean more to the adcom.
Click to expand...

so does getting ripped a new a-hole by the same interviewer
 
I had a pretty awkward couple of seconds with my interviewer as I was leaving their office. It involved me opening the wrong exit door that sounded an alarm by accident, knocking over things on a coffee table as he showed me the correct way out, then accidently walking into my backside as I bent down to pick up the things I knocked over, subsequently dropping my folder and strewing my papers all over the floor and finally having someone come out of their office to see "whats the commotion". So the end of my interview went from "I wish we had met sooner" (since I work at BMC)...to "Wow you are a mess arent you?" 😛 I'm just hoping it came of as endearing!
 
drbuckingnicks said:
I had a pretty awkward couple of seconds with my interviewer as I was leaving their office. It involved me opening the wrong exit door that sounded an alarm by accident, knocking over things on a coffee table as he showed me the correct way out, then accidently walking into my backside as I bent down to pick up the things I knocked over, subsequently dropping my folder and strewing my papers all over the floor and finally having someone come out of their office to see "whats the commotion". So the end of my interview went from "I wish we had met sooner" (since I work at BMC)...to "Wow you are a mess arent you?" 😛 I'm just hoping it came of as endearing!
Click to expand...

:laugh: thats too funny, i hope your interviewer doesn't think you're a mess just nervous loll i could totally see myself go through all that!!
 
Does anyone (or anyone from the first cycle) know which faculty call their interviewees to let them know of their acceptances (and which professors don't)?
 
magnetoscope said:
Does anyone (or anyone from the first cycle) know which faculty call their interviewees to let them know of their acceptances (and which professors don't)?
Click to expand...

If you go back several pages to when january acceptances came out, you can get a general idea. My interviewer did not call.
 
royalewthcheese said:
Not helping! +pissed+

Just kidding, but yes, this process for us deferred people has taken entirely too long post-interview. I just hope it's worth it! :xf:
Click to expand...

i knoww!! its been over 5 months for me!! i dont even know what im expecting anymore but i really got the best vibes from BU n i hope it ends well at the end of this month :luck:
 
Haha, I'll be away, with no access to email, on 3/30 and 31. 😱
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

chilly_md
2024-2025 Boston University
21 22 23 24 25
Replies
1K
Views
267K
an2five
A
PapaGuava
2023-2024 Boston University
21 22 23 24 25
Replies
1K
Views
300K
tryingmyverybest
T
chilly_md
2022-2023 Boston University
13 14 15 16 17
Replies
843
Views
232K
sirspamalot
sirspamalot
wysdoc
2024-2025 Saint Louis University
6 7 8 9 10
Replies
498
Views
108K
Sue C
Sue C
wysdoc
2024-2025 University of Washington
10 11 12 13 14
Replies
680
Views
146K
stew_md
S
Top