seriously! i've called and sent updates and nothing 🙁 what is taking them so long... 9 months of waiting is approaching
2009-2010 University at Buffalo (SUNY) Application Thread
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seriously! i've called and sent updates and nothing 🙁 what is taking them so long... 9 months of waiting is approaching
I have a feeling for at least some of us on this thread about this week. What is this based on you might wonder? The answer is nothing mixed with a bit of wishful thinking and a look at the thread last year. Just a prediction but we shall see... 
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Hey everyone, I will be withdrawing my interview at Buffalo scheduled for this Wednesday, the 10th. I got accepted to one of my top choices this past Friday. Hope it goes to someone that really wants it. Sorry for the short notice (which will probably mean it will go to someone in-state).
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Hey does anyone know if there are any agencies in Buffalo that can help students prepare for US med school interviews?
Thanks
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Well I just wrote to Mr. Rosso asking when those of us with no action can expect some action. He indicated that files would be reviewed by March 31st and a decision could be expected by that point. Taking this as a rejection.
I just got an interview invitation! I was wondering for those that have interviewed this year, did you get any really awkward questions? I know that UB is known for odd questions from looking through the feedback. Just wondering if anyone got a really odd questions recently.
yea they ask really awkward questions because they want to "gauge your true personality" that's not interview-prepped. ironically the people who do the best in interviews are the ones who come to SDN and mentally prep for every single possible question...lol fail
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Wow congrats on todays interviews/offers of acceptances! Good to hear that things are moving a bit over on the Buff end as it was quiet for a bit there...
I was asked why manhole covers are round (I was scared of this one b4 so I researched the answer-thank goodness!), what my favorite sport was, and what my fav class was. Also, what books I'd recently finished. But really, it was the most conversational of all of mine. All the typicals plus a few interesting q's. I got in the next day.
If you're scared of weird questions, research the questions Google asks candidates:
How much would you charge to wash all the windows in your city?
About $10 per window
How many golfballs would fit in a schoolbus?
Make a quick estimate of bus' dimensions and volume of ball, then divide roughly.
...highlight...
If you're scared of weird questions, research the questions Google asks candidates:
How much would you charge to wash all the windows in your city?
About $10 per window
How many golfballs would fit in a schoolbus?
Make a quick estimate of bus' dimensions and volume of ball, then divide roughly.
...highlight...
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Congratulations!!! It seems really weird that they are on the middle third already. That would mean that all the top thirds are gone right? Did everyone on the top third get an acceptance?
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Already a waitlist movement? I'm on the middle third as well, haven't heard anything... and I thought interviews go into April. I don't think I'd be coming here, since I'll be closer to home at SBU.
Hi all! I interviewed last week (3/3) and am on the bottom 1/3 of the wait list. Those of you who were waitlisted a month ago and got in off of the middle 1/3, may have actually been moved up. The waitlist moves every Thursday when the interviewed people from Wednesday are added and those they are accepting of the list are removed from the list. So, if you called right after you saw your name on the waitlist and were told top third a while ago, you may have moved down to the middle or bottom third by now. It might be worth it to call again and see where you are now. Also, if all these people are being let in from the top and middle thirds, we may have moved up! YAY for me! 🙂 Finally, they don't offer enough acceptances to fill their class until the day and week after their last interview (April 22nd last year). Dr. Severin has a certain number of spots which he'll fill every week until the end. If they are not filled by people from that interview Wednesday, he decides which people off the waitlist should be offered an acceptance in the place of those who stunk in their interview (to put it harshly 🙂)
Interview odd questions.......
Just be prepared to write a page long essay about some random topic in 10 minutes while he lets all the 1st and 2nd years eat lunch and move chairs around and talk really loud while you're writing it. My topic was-Explain what "empathy" means to you. Easy topic for me, and I knew right away what I was going to write, but then he lets all these loud shuffling people in and they start eating lunch right next to you when you're STARVING! Also, make sure you eat a good, filling breakfast. There is no coffee/tea/juice/etc... once you get there until lunch at 12:30ish. (I was going to bring a granola bar to keep in my pocket and eat on the walk to the library, but I forgot b/c I was so nervous! good idea though!) Finally, I was really prepared to be asked ethical questions and current events or things like that-GOT NONE! My questions were all just about me and my application and why I wanted to be a doctor. The only "odd" (not really, but the most random I was asked) was "If you had to find out how many women got mammograms last year, how would you do that without using a computer or technology?" That's what I've heard of in the past being the lunch essay question, but that was a question I got in an interview. The other random I got (in my second interview) was "If you could interview one person, living or dead, in the news, who would you most like to interview and why?" Not super hard ?s, but for some reason (although I had practiced answers to every question under the sun in my head for the whole week before), my mind was going in 100 directions. I would be answering and trying to give an example of something but I wasn't saying what I was thinking. The words that came out were just coming out and my mind was thinking about other things. It was really hard because once I realized that was happening, I'd try to stop myself and ask myself what the heck am I supposed to be answering again and I'd get all lost! lol. I've never been that nervous before and I have no clue why it had to happen at that minute, but oh well. I'm praying and waiting a few weeks to see if I move up on the list. Good luck to all of you!
Interview odd questions.......
Just be prepared to write a page long essay about some random topic in 10 minutes while he lets all the 1st and 2nd years eat lunch and move chairs around and talk really loud while you're writing it. My topic was-Explain what "empathy" means to you. Easy topic for me, and I knew right away what I was going to write, but then he lets all these loud shuffling people in and they start eating lunch right next to you when you're STARVING! Also, make sure you eat a good, filling breakfast. There is no coffee/tea/juice/etc... once you get there until lunch at 12:30ish. (I was going to bring a granola bar to keep in my pocket and eat on the walk to the library, but I forgot b/c I was so nervous! good idea though!) Finally, I was really prepared to be asked ethical questions and current events or things like that-GOT NONE! My questions were all just about me and my application and why I wanted to be a doctor. The only "odd" (not really, but the most random I was asked) was "If you had to find out how many women got mammograms last year, how would you do that without using a computer or technology?" That's what I've heard of in the past being the lunch essay question, but that was a question I got in an interview. The other random I got (in my second interview) was "If you could interview one person, living or dead, in the news, who would you most like to interview and why?" Not super hard ?s, but for some reason (although I had practiced answers to every question under the sun in my head for the whole week before), my mind was going in 100 directions. I would be answering and trying to give an example of something but I wasn't saying what I was thinking. The words that came out were just coming out and my mind was thinking about other things. It was really hard because once I realized that was happening, I'd try to stop myself and ask myself what the heck am I supposed to be answering again and I'd get all lost! lol. I've never been that nervous before and I have no clue why it had to happen at that minute, but oh well. I'm praying and waiting a few weeks to see if I move up on the list. Good luck to all of you!
Same here, I am in top third and have not heard anything either
I highly doubt that they have already reached the middle tier of the waitlist in March. I am in the top tier and have not heard anything yet.
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Got waitlisted in the middle 1/3 - hopefully this means there's some serious movement in the waitlist!
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If many top thirders haven't heard back yet, I'm thinking it's for the reason stated above. I asked for my position the day right after I was put on it (in other words, 2 days after my interview) so there's a definite chance I moved up without realizing it. Also, I think there are some demographic similarity considerations when using a waitlistee to replace an acceptee who withdrew here. I doubt it has a major effect on who got picked, but it would explain some discrepancy, I guess. Really though, I have no idea how the decision was made. I have heard, however, that it's very common here for the whole top third and a chunk of the middle to get in. So, I expect you'll hear good things by May. Good luck!
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I just called....I am still in the middle 1/3 since I interviewed in Nov. 18th.
Mr. Rosso said I should call back in early May when everything on the wait list becomes final. Until then our positions could change based on the new people added to the wait list after each week of interviewing.
However, he did say that last year was an excellent year for the wait list candidates; all of the top and middle thirds were accepted.
Mr. Rosso said I should call back in early May when everything on the wait list becomes final. Until then our positions could change based on the new people added to the wait list after each week of interviewing.
However, he did say that last year was an excellent year for the wait list candidates; all of the top and middle thirds were accepted.
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Hey everyone, congrats to those of you accepted! Is there a Buffalo Class of 2014 yet? I am almost done with my second year at Buffalo, and wanted to reccomend my apartment complex to anyone who's been accepted. It is a 5 min drive to campus, in a really safe area, heats included (KEY in Buffalo!) and is a really nice apartment in general! If you would like more information please send me a private message! Good luck to everyone on the waitlist!
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I had a dream I looked at my Blackberry and saw "Invitation to Interview" from Buffalo in my inbox.
I'm such a loser. Who honestly dreams that.
I'm such a loser. Who honestly dreams that.
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I had a dream I looked at my Blackberry and saw "Invitation to Interview" from Buffalo in my inbox.
I'm such a loser. Who honestly dreams that.
And on a Sunday to boot!? 😛
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I got hammered with political and ethical questions by my first interviewer (who also seemed more interested in the fact that my parents were divorced than my application materials). He started off normal enough, and then almost whispered really quickly under his breath: "what's the biggest problem with American medical system today?"
He worded it 3 different ways trying to get me to agree/disagree with the Obama health care plan without actually asking that, and then moved on to increasingly weird scenarios about (sort of) euthanasia, using himself as the hypothetical patient. It was really awkward and I suggested that a hospital ethics board would be better suited to consider his situation than an individual physician. I guess that wasn't the right answer since I got rejected.
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Invite for March 24.
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Congrats!!! How did you find out?
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I had a dream I looked at my Blackberry and saw "Invitation to Interview" from Buffalo in my inbox.
I'm such a loser. Who honestly dreams that.
Lol ironically I also dreamed of something like that, but for a different school and when I woke up there was the invite sitting in my inbox!!! Talk about crazy!!!
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Withdrawing from the WL. Would not go here over Stony Brook. Hope this helps one of you 🙂
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did you send an update letter to them?
i called and they said they won't look at updates if u send them until after an interview.
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Good luck! I really liked it when I visited. And they take the latest of interviews equally seriously, so no worries about the timing.
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Congrats!
👍👍 Yesss
thanks bro! i rootin for you too!
Ok so I've been waiting since submitting my secondary back in June. All this time I've been anxiously hoping to get an invite and 99.9999% of me still really hopes to have a chance at this school.
But now that April is coming and I have gotten so used to seeing that NO ACTION status, there's this very small part of me that is kind of hoping to see just how long I can go without being reviewed at a school. Maybe set a new record? But again, I would MUCH MUCH rather just get an invite instead!
But now that April is coming and I have gotten so used to seeing that NO ACTION status, there's this very small part of me that is kind of hoping to see just how long I can go without being reviewed at a school. Maybe set a new record? But again, I would MUCH MUCH rather just get an invite instead!
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About weird interview questions, I interviewed in October and I had no weird questions at all. Just talking about my experiences, a bit about grades/timing of courses (i took all my premed senior year and after college), a little about the area. Seemed like a very standard no stress interview. (The result, which I probably wrote here earlier, for me as an OOS was top 1/3rd)
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This question may sound absurd, however, a concrete answer would put my nerves at ease...
My question is regarding the status page for UB. Mine is still stuck on "No Action" from July '09, as it seems it still is for many of you. Therein lies my question. When an application is being reviewed does this status change to, "Under Review" or some other heading? Or, does the status stay the same and if you are offered an interview suddenly the status will change to "Interview Offered" or something like that?
Thank you in advance...
My question is regarding the status page for UB. Mine is still stuck on "No Action" from July '09, as it seems it still is for many of you. Therein lies my question. When an application is being reviewed does this status change to, "Under Review" or some other heading? Or, does the status stay the same and if you are offered an interview suddenly the status will change to "Interview Offered" or something like that?
Thank you in advance...
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I'm not certain. I called Dr. Rosso about this ~2 months ago. He said 'NO ACTION' means your application has yet to be looked at. I've been since August '09.
10 Days left to receive any invites. I believe the 31st is the last possible day any invite can go out for Buff.
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