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You can always call the office and ask if they have your LORs to confirm. They are very friendly and helpful.
I sent mine by VirtualEvals around the time my primary was certified (so before I had even received the Duke secondary). I think you can basically send them in any time, they're just not required for an interview and they might not look at them unless you have an interview. They didn't mention LORs at the interview, doesn't seem like the timing is critical, if you have them, send them in basically (I think).
Maybe I messed it up, but I think they received them through AMCAS? Otherwise I did nothing else and they seemed not to mind?
Hosting questions.
My dashboard currently says "If you have responded "Yes" you would like to be hosted by one of our students, please expect to be contacted by a student representative in the next two weeks. " I can't find where I'm supposed to have responded "yes." How do I find this page?
Hosting questions.
My dashboard currently says "If you have responded "Yes" you would like to be hosted by one of our students, please expect to be contacted by a student representative in the next two weeks. " I can't find where I'm supposed to have responded "yes." How do I find this page?
ah, there we go. somehow i skipped over that email. thx!
I would just get a cab-I looked up the public transit route...2 transfers..liable to get lost with your bags.Hey anyone interviewing on Monday?
Also to those of you who interview or who know the area....
1-How did you get to the school from RDU? Is there any public transportation.
2-Did anyone stay in a hotel near the medical school?
I guess there are some big first and second year exams and I didn't get a host.
Hey anyone interviewing on Monday?
Also to those of you who interview or who know the area....
1-How did you get to the school from RDU? Is there any public transportation.
2-Did anyone stay in a hotel near the medical school?
I guess there are some big first and second year exams and I didn't get a host.
Hey anyone interviewing on Monday?
Also to those of you who interview or who know the area....
1-How did you get to the school from RDU? Is there any public transportation.
2-Did anyone stay in a hotel near the medical school?
I guess there are some big first and second year exams and I didn't get a host.
Anyone know if they look over your letters of recommendation before you carry out your interview?
Has anyone been asked about anything in their letters during the interview?
Anyone know how possible it is to reschedule interviews? I just realized that my interview is during Thanksgiving, which means flights are harder to book, much more expensive, and there will be essentially no students around the school. 🙁
Interviewers at Duke have access to everything on your application except for grades and MCAT score. Now whether they took the time to read your essays, letters, and extracurricular list in advance is another story. They should not be discussing your letters if you waived your right to see them.
Thanks for that. I just assumed that they had access to everything.
Do you know if there are any big exams around Nov. 18th? I put a request in for a student host for the 18th but I'm not sure how realistic it will be for me to get a host then.
This is kind of a side note: what's with Duke and bacon? I think 95% of the lunch choices had bacon on them! Is it a north carolina thing?
I'm not complaining -- I love this school and just found that funny 🙂
Funny thing. Bacon/pork is actually HUGE in NC because hog farming essentially replaced the tobacco industry in terms of the economy.
Yeah, I mean, nothing against Duke personally, it seems like a great school. It just occurred to me that maybe I'm not a good fit there, since I'm not interested in being an attending at an Ivy league med school. Hard to know what to do though, as their scholarships are definitely more generous than some of my other picks...
My thought is that if you just want to be a doctor, treating patients full-time or almost full-time, you don't need to go to a top school and put yourself through all that stress - just about any school will do.
That's the way I perceived it as well.Just to answer the question about is that standard....my interview at Columbia was similar with the name dropping. But I feel it is more a matter of pride rather than just being pretentious. People have done big things at these big name schools so they are happy to offer the opportunity to students to work with those people.
So I heard if you are admitted to Duke, you can change from MD to MD/PhD while a student? How does this work? 🙂
i'm sure this question has been answered already... but does anyone know what our chances are post-interview?
One in five for a random applicant.
I've heard that GPA and MCAT scores are not considered in making a decision about an interview. They are considered only after the interview. So, if your GPA and MCAT scores are high, your chances would be pretty good.
I don't know how accurate this info is though, I heard it from someone who heard it from the Dean of admissions at Duke.
One in five for a random applicant.
I've heard that GPA and MCAT scores are not considered in making a decision about an interview. They are considered only after the interview. So, if your GPA and MCAT scores are high, your chances would be pretty good.
I don't know how accurate this info is though, I heard it from someone who heard it from the Dean of admissions at Duke.
Almost certain that's not accurate from what they told us on the interview day. If anything, it's the other way around.
Like I said, I heard it from someone who heard it from the Dean of Admissions. I don't know for sure (they didn't tell me anything on interview day related to admissions), but there are lots of people interviewing with low MCAT scores - it makes me think numbers didn't have a big role in the interview decision.
GPA and MCAT are most certainly considered before inviting one for an interview at Duke. The Dean specifically stated that three people review your app. One person is a patient from the hospital involved with the adcom who reads the essays, another professor adcom member reads the essays and a third person evaluates your GPA/MCAT/curriculum. LOR's are not considered until after the interview.
As a side note, does anyone else think it's incredibly cool that they have patients be a part of the adcom? Do any other schools do that?
Duke Med selects a group of patients who work with the admissions committee. I think that is a wonderful idea. It really allows your applications motivation and honesty to become visible.
Thumbs up for Duke's innovative thinking. 👍
On a somewhat unrelated note, I am also turned off by the fact that you still have to pay tuition for the 3rd year. They're pretty much making you pay for the privilege of working for them (or some other unrelated institution). I guess grants are available, etc., but I never understood the rationale behind making you pay tuition when they're not actually doing anything but making you essentially be a grad student for a year... Would the school go bankrupt without that money...
Sorry, don't want to sound like a Duke basher, because trust me, I love the school. I just find it eccentric in some ways compared to other schools
As a side note, does anyone else think it's incredibly cool that they have patients be a part of the adcom? Do any other schools do that?
Completely with you. I brought up this concern to a bunch of the med students I talked to there. Really doesn't make sense. At best, you get a grant so that you basically don't pay tuition, but you're still doing a full-time job for free; and that's just the fortunate ones. Very strange. Of course there are lots of amazing draws to the school, but that's something that bothered me. One of the M1s I talked to said there are students trying to get the policy changed, but I doubt we'll see a change anytime soon if ever. Seems pretty difficult to convince a school to give up another 4 million dollars a year, especially in this economy.
I agree that it sounds a bit weird, however, the way they explained it to us is that we don't pay "per year" of education, we pay for the entire education but it is spread over 4 years... As much as I hated the giant number staring at me I didn't want to see it go up by another third lol so big deal 3rd year it is.On a somewhat unrelated note, I am also turned off by the fact that you still have to pay tuition for the 3rd year. They're pretty much making you pay for the privilege of working for them (or some other unrelated institution). I guess grants are available, etc., but I never understood the rationale behind making you pay tuition when they're not actually doing anything but making you essentially be a grad student for a year... Would the school go bankrupt without that money...
Completely with you. I brought up this concern to a bunch of the med students I talked to there. Really doesn't make sense. At best, you get a grant so that you basically don't pay tuition, but you're still doing a full-time job for free; and that's just the fortunate ones. Very strange. Of course there are lots of amazing draws to the school, but that's something that bothered me. One of the M1s I talked to said there are students trying to get the policy changed, but I doubt we'll see a change anytime soon if ever. Seems pretty difficult to convince a school to give up another 4 million dollars a year, especially in this economy.
I brought it up too - repeatedly. I was actually surprised, since my friend who is a student at the school said that he didn't pay tuition third-year. However, there are a lot of grants you could get to cover third-year tuition (HHMI, Sarnoff, etc).
LOL yeah he just didn't feel like paying, so he didn't. Sometimes med schools are cool with that if you really, really don't wanna pay for one year.