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Acceptable pool : /

Thought I had a strong interview here too.
 
Email just now. So if you don't get one tonight, might be good news.
 
echidna said:
Email just now. So if you don't get one tonight, might be good news.
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Sorry to hear about that too.
I got my wait list a while back but it hurt real bad. I really liked UCSD but I don't think my interviews went well. 🙁

Anyways, if I don't get into UCD, I would be very happy to get off of the wait-list here. And I do hope they make some cuts to the acceptable pool near the end. If I'm truly at the bottom of the pool, it would be better to know early on that I don't have a chance.
 
Accepted! 😍 Interviewed end of February and thought the school was amazing 😀
 
Lycheegal said:
Accepted! 😍 Interviewed end of February and thought the school was amazing 😀
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Congratulations!

Do you mind if I ask you when you interviewed? I interviewed on Feb 22nd and haven't heard anything.
 
YES!!!!!!! After exactly 2 months of waiting I received a call on Monday morning with the good news! If anyone is interviewing March 11, I'll see you there! :xf:

I'm praying that my last Cali interview will be the strongest....I would kill to get accepted to my top school and be able to stay in my hometown in close proximity to North Park, the beach and DT!

Good luck to all of you who are interviewing and to all those who are still waiting for some good news from this school. 👍 It's been a long wait but keep holding on to the hope that good things will come!
 
Hey guys, one of the most important factors for me in selecting a school is its curriculum and grading policies. I love that UCSD is now P/F for all of the preclinical years, and I suppose that the new curriculum will probably be a bit of a toss-up for the first year as they work out the kinks.

I was hoping though, that one of the current students can tell me whether or not UCSD keeps internal rankings. I don't think that UCSD participates in AOA, and I am very keen on having a student body that is supportive and collegial and isn't worried about rankings or AOA status in the back of their minds.

Does UCSD keep an internal ranking and then disclose that information in Deans letters or the like that are sent on to residency directors?

Here's where I got my AOA info. btw:
http://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/chapters.html
 
woodwkr2 said:
Hey guys, one of the most important factors for me in selecting a school is its curriculum and grading policies. I love that UCSD is now P/F for all of the preclinical years, and I suppose that the new curriculum will probably be a bit of a toss-up for the first year as they work out the kinks.

I was hoping though, that one of the current students can tell me whether or not UCSD keeps internal rankings. I don't think that UCSD participates in AOA, and I am very keen on having a student body that is supportive and collegial and isn't worried about rankings or AOA status in the back of their minds.

Does UCSD keep an internal ranking and then disclose that information in Deans letters or the like that are sent on to residency directors?

Here's where I got my AOA info. btw:
http://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/chapters.html
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On my interview day it was mentioned that they do keep internal rankings, and that some of that shows up in your deans letter. Please someone correct me if I'm mistaken on that.
 
viridit said:
I'm praying that my last Cali interview will be the strongest....I would kill to get accepted to my top school and be able to stay in my hometown in close proximity to North Park, the beach and DT!
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oof, speaking to my heart man. although if I get in I'll definitely live a little further up the road than North Park. A nice bungalow in PB, close to the beach.....oh god let me in UCSD.
 
austinap said:
On my interview day it was mentioned that they do keep internal rankings, and that some of that shows up in your deans letter. Please someone correct me if I'm mistaken on that.
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I don't remember hearing this, but I suppose it's possible that they do. It's also possible that they won't/can't really do rankings anymore (at least for preclinical years) since it's pass/fail for the first two years.

Anyway, I thought a main reason they were switching to pass/fail for the first two years was to decrease any sense of competition in the class for pre-clinical years, so it would be sort of silly if they still had something that did that anyway
 
And on a random note, I never realized how young the UCSD School of Medicine was -- its first graduating class was in 1973!
 
Congrats to all who have been accepted or given interview invites. I'm so excited to be going here in the fall and can't wait to meet my future classmates!!!
 
bobsmith said:
And on a random note, I never realized how young the UCSD School of Medicine was -- its first graduating class was in 1973!
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oh interesting, didn't know that either. did you see the mock up of what the new educational building will look like? suppose to be done 2011.
 
RunningDiva said:
oh interesting, didn't know that either. did you see the mock up of what the new educational building will look like? suppose to be done 2011.
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yeah, it looks super fancy. the class of 2015 is pretty lucky -- new building and the curriculum should have a lot of its kinks worked out by then
 
bobsmith said:
yeah, it looks super fancy. the class of 2015 is pretty lucky -- new building and the curriculum should have a lot of its kinks worked out by then
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luckily class of 2014 has 2nd year to take advantage of the building. for those interested in taking a look.

i only heard good things about the curriculum from students. did you hear about any problems?
 
RunningDiva said:
luckily class of 2014 has 2nd year to take advantage of the building. for those interested in taking a look.

i only heard good things about the curriculum from students. did you hear about any problems?
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nah, i didn't hear of any real problems. one person i talked to complained about too much lecture time, but it didn't really matter since (1) you don't have to go to the lectures and (2) they're cutting lecture time in half starting next year
 
Does anyone happen to know when revisit weekend is scheduled for? It would be great to know sooner so that I can book cheaper tickets 😀 Thanks in advance!
 
Lycheegal said:
Does anyone happen to know when revisit weekend is scheduled for? It would be great to know sooner so that I can book cheaper tickets 😀 Thanks in advance!
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it's scheduled for april 23-april 24...events start around 5 pm on the 23rd. congratulations!!
 
I wrote a quick email to UCSD asking about how their evaluation policies would change for the class of 2014 with the new curriculum, etc.

I'm including below (in blue) the response I got from Dean Kelly, as I hope it will be useful to others, and because I think their policies are designed to directly address some of the negative stereotypes that I've heard floating around here. Sounds to me like this will foster a very positive, collegial environment.

Yes-starting with the fall of 2010, the preclinical curriculum will be graded P/F. We will retain the Honors grade for clinical clerkships, but I think that is to the advantage of our students (i.e. they would be disadvantaged in the residency application process if they were not able to “distinguish” themselves during clinical clerkships).

We do not participate in AOA. About every five years, some well meaning faculty member will propose that we establish a chapter on campus. This is typically followed by heated discussion between faculty, students, and administrators. Thus far, it has always been voted down. We do have a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, but this society tends to recognize different characteristics than does AOA.

We do not have "internal rankings" of students. When MSPE's (aka Dean's letters) are written, they are a summary of a student's academic performance, along with a description of "unique identifying characteristics" of the student. We make sample MSPE's available to our students to "demystify" the process. The MSPE from every school does contain a summary paragraph which may describe a student as "outstanding" or "excellent" or "very good", etc. These descriptors are based on their record at school. Students do not receive a numerical ranking relative to their peers.

When we switch to a P/F curriculum, we will rely more on narrative feedback from small group supervisors in the first two years to assess students. But in truth, the most important part of the MSPE are the evaluations from clinical clerkships.
 
This is amazingly clear.

woodwkr2 said:
I wrote a quick email to UCSD asking about how their evaluation policies would change for the class of 2014 with the new curriculum, etc.

I'm including below (in blue) the response I got from Dean Kelly, as I hope it will be useful to others, and because I think their policies are designed to directly address some of the negative stereotypes that I've heard floating around here. Sounds to me like this will foster a very positive, collegial environment.

Yes-starting with the fall of 2010, the preclinical curriculum will be graded P/F. We will retain the Honors grade for clinical clerkships, but I think that is to the advantage of our students (i.e. they would be disadvantaged in the residency application process if they were not able to “distinguish” themselves during clinical clerkships).

We do not participate in AOA. About every five years, some well meaning faculty member will propose that we establish a chapter on campus. This is typically followed by heated discussion between faculty, students, and administrators. Thus far, it has always been voted down. We do have a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, but this society tends to recognize different characteristics than does AOA.

We do not have "internal rankings" of students. When MSPE's (aka Dean's letters) are written, they are a summary of a student's academic performance, along with a description of "unique identifying characteristics" of the student. We make sample MSPE's available to our students to "demystify" the process. The MSPE from every school does contain a summary paragraph which may describe a student as "outstanding" or "excellent" or "very good", etc. These descriptors are based on their record at school. Students do not receive a numerical ranking relative to their peers.

When we switch to a P/F curriculum, we will rely more on narrative feedback from small group supervisors in the first two years to assess students. But in truth, the most important part of the MSPE are the evaluations from clinical clerkships.
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yasminc said:
it's scheduled for april 23-april 24...events start around 5 pm on the 23rd. congratulations!!
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Cool! Thanks! I was also wondering if anyone else happened to apply for PRIME-HEq? I received an email asking if I was still interested but they did not tell me if I had submit additional forms or do another interview for it or not. Any information would be greatly appreciated! 😀
 
woodwkr2 said:
I wrote a quick email to UCSD asking about how their evaluation policies would change for the class of 2014 with the new curriculum, etc.

I'm including below (in blue) the response I got from Dean Kelly, as I hope it will be useful to others, and because I think their policies are designed to directly address some of the negative stereotypes that I've heard floating around here. Sounds to me like this will foster a very positive, collegial environment.

Yes-starting with the fall of 2010, the preclinical curriculum will be graded P/F. We will retain the Honors grade for clinical clerkships, but I think that is to the advantage of our students (i.e. they would be disadvantaged in the residency application process if they were not able to “distinguish” themselves during clinical clerkships).

We do not participate in AOA. About every five years, some well meaning faculty member will propose that we establish a chapter on campus. This is typically followed by heated discussion between faculty, students, and administrators. Thus far, it has always been voted down. We do have a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, but this society tends to recognize different characteristics than does AOA.

We do not have "internal rankings" of students. When MSPE's (aka Dean's letters) are written, they are a summary of a student's academic performance, along with a description of "unique identifying characteristics" of the student. We make sample MSPE's available to our students to "demystify" the process. The MSPE from every school does contain a summary paragraph which may describe a student as "outstanding" or "excellent" or "very good", etc. These descriptors are based on their record at school. Students do not receive a numerical ranking relative to their peers.

When we switch to a P/F curriculum, we will rely more on narrative feedback from small group supervisors in the first two years to assess students. But in truth, the most important part of the MSPE are the evaluations from clinical clerkships.
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Wow, thanks!
Seriously, 👍 to you for emailing and posting the response for us and 👍 to Dean Kelly for a nice clear response
 
Want My Score said:
Man. I was wait-listed here. 🙁🙁🙁 It's so unfair. 🙁🙁
I heard that being on a UCSD waitlist is like being on the waitlist of doom and that almost nobody gets off. It's almost like being rejected. 😱

Does anybody know if a LOI will help??
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I was waitlisted too, and it is my first choice🙁
I emailed Brian about submitting additional info like LOI and here's what he said:

"Addressing your question about trying to improve your chances of getting in, I'll
try to summarize our admissions committee's thought on this - as you can imagine, we
get many such questions.

Essentially, we are only evaluating you based on what's in your file at the time on
interview: Your AMCAS application, your letters of recommendation, your secondary
application, and interviewer reports. Just because the process of interviewing so
many applicants takes several months, it does not mean we are constantly
re-considering applicants' files every time we receive an update from them. A
letter of interest saying "UCSD is my top choice" is meaningless to us. Yes it is
nice to hear, but we don't want to penalize somebody that does NOT send any updates
or a letter of interest. Basically we have to assume that ALL applicants are
continuing to do the types of activities that made us interview them in the first
place, and we have to assume that ALL applicants are interested in UCSD until they
explicitly tell us that they are not interested.

All that being said, I can promise you that things you send in will be added to your
paper file, even though they are not forwarded to the committee...I won't just
delete your e-mails. I don't want to discourage you from doing anything you want
to do, but I also don't want you to view this as an on-going competition. I would
discourage you from asking for additional letters of recommendation - spending your
own time to update us is one thing, asking others to spend their time creating new
letters of recommendation that won't have any impact is another thing.

In summary, there's not really a way to improve your chances or add value to your
application. I hope you don't view this as us being harsh or uncaring, but rather
as a reflection of the huge amount of time (volunteer time) our committee is already
putting in for the over 5400 application and over 600 interviews we'll go through
this year."
 
WaitingSucks said:
I was waitlisted too, and it is my first choice🙁
I emailed Brian about submitting additional info like LOI and here's what he said:

"Addressing your question about trying to improve your chances of getting in, I'll
try to summarize our admissions committee's thought on this - as you can imagine, we
get many such questions.

Essentially, we are only evaluating you based on what's in your file at the time on
interview: Your AMCAS application, your letters of recommendation, your secondary
application, and interviewer reports. Just because the process of interviewing so
many applicants takes several months, it does not mean we are constantly
re-considering applicants' files every time we receive an update from them. A
letter of interest saying "UCSD is my top choice" is meaningless to us. Yes it is
nice to hear, but we don't want to penalize somebody that does NOT send any updates
or a letter of interest. Basically we have to assume that ALL applicants are
continuing to do the types of activities that made us interview them in the first
place, and we have to assume that ALL applicants are interested in UCSD until they
explicitly tell us that they are not interested.

All that being said, I can promise you that things you send in will be added to your
paper file, even though they are not forwarded to the committee...I won't just
delete your e-mails. I don't want to discourage you from doing anything you want
to do, but I also don't want you to view this as an on-going competition. I would
discourage you from asking for additional letters of recommendation - spending your
own time to update us is one thing, asking others to spend their time creating new
letters of recommendation that won't have any impact is another thing.

In summary, there's not really a way to improve your chances or add value to your
application. I hope you don't view this as us being harsh or uncaring, but rather
as a reflection of the huge amount of time (volunteer time) our committee is already
putting in for the over 5400 application and over 600 interviews we'll go through
this year."
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Does that mean that whatever you send in will not be read by anyone anyway? Even if its in our paper file, but not forwarded to the admissions committee sounds like it is meaningless for it to be in our file...
 
WaitingSucks said:
I was waitlisted too, and it is my first choice🙁
I emailed Brian about submitting additional info like LOI and here's what he said:

"Addressing your question about trying to improve your chances of getting in, I'll
try to summarize our admissions committee's thought on this - as you can imagine, we
get many such questions.

Essentially, we are only evaluating you based on what's in your file at the time on
interview: Your AMCAS application, your letters of recommendation, your secondary
application, and interviewer reports. Just because the process of interviewing so
many applicants takes several months, it does not mean we are constantly
re-considering applicants' files every time we receive an update from them. A
letter of interest saying "UCSD is my top choice" is meaningless to us. Yes it is
nice to hear, but we don't want to penalize somebody that does NOT send any updates
or a letter of interest. Basically we have to assume that ALL applicants are
continuing to do the types of activities that made us interview them in the first
place, and we have to assume that ALL applicants are interested in UCSD until they
explicitly tell us that they are not interested.

All that being said, I can promise you that things you send in will be added to your
paper file, even though they are not forwarded to the committee...I won't just
delete your e-mails. I don't want to discourage you from doing anything you want
to do, but I also don't want you to view this as an on-going competition. I would
discourage you from asking for additional letters of recommendation - spending your
own time to update us is one thing, asking others to spend their time creating new
letters of recommendation that won't have any impact is another thing.

In summary, there's not really a way to improve your chances or add value to your
application. I hope you don't view this as us being harsh or uncaring, but rather
as a reflection of the huge amount of time (volunteer time) our committee is already
putting in for the over 5400 application and over 600 interviews we'll go through
this year."
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WOW.

well, i wasn't planning on writing one and good to know that it would have been a waste of time anyway. i don't think i've ever heard an admissions office be so upfront about their process as ucsd. gets a 👍 in my book.
 
davis9267 said:
Does that mean that whatever you send in will not be read by anyone anyway? Even if its in our paper file, but not forwarded to the admissions committee sounds like it is meaningless for it to be in our file...
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brian reads them, they are meaningful to him. its nice to know that they just don't shred the mailed LOIs or delete emails.

but since it is NOT forwarded to the committee, i'm agreeing that they are meaningless from the admissions decision pespective.
 
Nice to know I don't have to waste my time. Good luck to all us acceptable pool people!
 
did he mention anything about updates? i have a pretty significant update i want to let them know about, but if nobody is going to read them, it's kind of a waste of time on my part
 
someone earlier mentioned that the "acceptable pool" is the waitlist of doom. I just want to point out that in years past there have been something like 40-80 students accepted from the acceptable pool (which I'm assuming has about 300-400 students). That's not a bad number, so I wouldn't say all hope is lost. Good luck everyone! Until May...
 
WaitingSucks said:
I was waitlisted too, and it is my first choice🙁
I emailed Brian about submitting additional info like LOI and here's what he said:

"Addressing your question about trying to improve your chances of getting in, I'll
try to summarize our admissions committee's thought on this - as you can imagine, we
get many such questions.

Essentially, we are only evaluating you based on what's in your file at the time on
interview: Your AMCAS application, your letters of recommendation, your secondary
application, and interviewer reports. Just because the process of interviewing so
many applicants takes several months, it does not mean we are constantly
re-considering applicants' files every time we receive an update from them. A
letter of interest saying "UCSD is my top choice" is meaningless to us. Yes it is
nice to hear, but we don't want to penalize somebody that does NOT send any updates
or a letter of interest. Basically we have to assume that ALL applicants are
continuing to do the types of activities that made us interview them in the first
place, and we have to assume that ALL applicants are interested in UCSD until they
explicitly tell us that they are not interested.

All that being said, I can promise you that things you send in will be added to your
paper file, even though they are not forwarded to the committee...I won't just
delete your e-mails. I don't want to discourage you from doing anything you want
to do, but I also don't want you to view this as an on-going competition. I would
discourage you from asking for additional letters of recommendation - spending your
own time to update us is one thing, asking others to spend their time creating new
letters of recommendation that won't have any impact is another thing.

In summary, there's not really a way to improve your chances or add value to your
application. I hope you don't view this as us being harsh or uncaring, but rather
as a reflection of the huge amount of time (volunteer time) our committee is already
putting in for the over 5400 application and over 600 interviews we'll go through
this year."
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I had a phone conversation about this with Brian in November and he mentioned basically the same things--your application will be re-evaluated with the executive committee after May 15 based on what you submitted since your interview
 
10%-20% is basically the waitlist of doom, yes.

I would NOT count on UCSD to get me off a waitlist, but hope springs eternal, doesn't it? Pandora's box and all that.
 
I also remember that UCSD usually does a significant cut from the acceptable pool in mid-April. Hence, if you make it past this cut, your chances are better than 10-20%. However, I am not sure how many they cut.
 
Morsetlis said:
10%-20% is basically the waitlist of doom, yes.

I would NOT count on UCSD to get me off a waitlist, but hope springs eternal, doesn't it? Pandora's box and all that.
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10-20% is a lot better than most waitlists...
 
This is what I was told about the acceptable pool.

There are roughly 400 people on the list, and sometime in April the Dean will send an email asking all people on the list if they are still interested.

Typically 100 or so say they are not interested.

From the remaining 300, 40-60 people are given an acceptance between May-August.

There is nothing you can do to improve your file, "updates will not be looked at, but we wont throw them away" is what I was told because, "we expect the people we interview to continue doing the things they do that made them such good applicants."

Goodluck to you all, UCSD is my #1 and I'm really really really holding out for it.
 
Hello everyone!

I am new to this thread, so please bear with me if I say things that have already been said/asked. I tried to read as far back as possible, but there are 23 pages of posts 😉

I am interviewing for UCSD tomorrow. I am an OOS applicant (originally applied MSTP and received an MD interview). After 5 hours of driving, I've just arrived. It's beautiful here! I spent some time reading the interview questions online, and they seemed unusually heavy on ethics/health policy. Now I am a little frightened...is anyone willing to share tips or feedback from their interview experience (or direct me to a thread where this has already been done)? I am also curious about the research requirement if anyone happens to know more because it is the feature of the program that most attracts me to this school (as a former MSTP applicant). I would appreciate any insight I can get into the interview process here.... Thanks in advance!

Also, I read that people are worried about the waitlist. I just wanted to tell you that I spoke with a recent grad yesterday who got in off the WL at UCSD. Her story was touching, actually, she had already shipped all of her stuff to Michigan and got the call a few days before classes start that she had been admitted. Don't lose hope guys! I don't know the statistics, but evidently it does happen 🙂
(I am waitlisted at UCLA, so I know how you feel...you're not alone out there!)
 
violincuty said:
Hello everyone!

I am new to this thread, so please bear with me if I say things that have already been said/asked. I tried to read as far back as possible, but there are 23 pages of posts 😉

I am interviewing for UCSD tomorrow. I am an OOS applicant (originally applied MSTP and received an MD interview). After 5 hours of driving, I've just arrived. It's beautiful here! I spent some time reading the interview questions online, and they seemed unusually heavy on ethics/health policy. Now I am a little frightened...is anyone willing to share tips or feedback from their interview experience (or direct me to a thread where this has already been done)? I am also curious about the research requirement if anyone happens to know more because it is the feature of the program that most attracts me to this school (as a former MSTP applicant). I would appreciate any insight I can get into the interview process here.... Thanks in advance!

Also, I read that people are worried about the waitlist. I just wanted to tell you that I spoke with a recent grad yesterday who got in off the WL at UCSD. Her story was touching, actually, she had already shipped all of her stuff to Michigan and got the call a few days before classes start that she had been admitted. Don't lose hope guys! I don't know the statistics, but evidently it does happen 🙂
(I am waitlisted at UCLA, so I know how you feel...you're not alone out there!)
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Hey! good luck in your interview tomorrow!

The ethics/health policy questions from my understanding, mainly come from one interviewer. The interviewer I had never asked me any ethical/health policy questions. For the interviewer that does ask these questions, I think they mention his name earlier in the posts a few pages back?

I personally really enjoyed my interview experience (but I could be biased because I went to UCSD for undergrad/master's). It seems like the students work hard(er) than some students at other med schools, but they're enthusiastic about the quality of teaching. The interview is set up so that they give you a brief introduction of the school, then send you off to your 2 interviews (which I typically like better so I'm not all antsy throughout the day.) They (usually) have a PhD and an MD interviewer, you may have to go off campus, but the admissions staff is really helpful and tells you where you need to go/what buses to take. After your interviews you have lunch with MS1s and MS2s and they take you on a tour of the campus. Overall everyone was really friendly, helpful and chill. After you learn a little bit more about the process, and Dean Mandel talks about the Acceptable Pool (Waitlist), then you're free to go! (Usually ends ~2:30-3)

Good luck! I'm rooting for you!
 
ballinchic21 said:
Hey! good luck in your interview tomorrow!

The ethics/health policy questions from my understanding, mainly come from one interviewer. The interviewer I had never asked me any ethical/health policy questions. For the interviewer that does ask these questions, I think they mention his name earlier in the posts a few pages back?

I personally really enjoyed my interview experience (but I could be biased because I went to UCSD for undergrad/master's). It seems like the students work hard(er) than some students at other med schools, but they're enthusiastic about the quality of teaching. The interview is set up so that they give you a brief introduction of the school, then send you off to your 2 interviews (which I typically like better so I'm not all antsy throughout the day.) They (usually) have a PhD and an MD interviewer, you may have to go off campus, but the admissions staff is really helpful and tells you where you need to go/what buses to take. After your interviews you have lunch with MS1s and MS2s and they take you on a tour of the campus. Overall everyone was really friendly, helpful and chill. After you learn a little bit more about the process, and Dean Mandel talks about the Acceptable Pool (Waitlist), then you're free to go! (Usually ends ~2:30-3)

Good luck! I'm rooting for you!
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Thank you SO much for the thoughtful/insightful reply!! I am assuming Mell, the radiation oncologist, is the interviewer to beware of? Is there any way to know who I will be interviewing with ahead of time? (not that it really matters at this point anyway, I walk the plank in the morning 😉 )

I am really excited about this interview! Thanks again for the tips!
 
I wanted to post a quick note to people who were/are still waiting for interview invites (not sure if they have finished or not), but I got my invite in December and Yvonne told me that the first available interview date she had, at the time, was March 18. Unless there are last minute cancellations, I am not sure that they still have openings...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news 🙁 ...but I promise that I am really thankful/appreciative to have this opportunity, especially as an OOS applicant, and I don't take it for granted at all! Good luck everyone! :xf:
 
Not that I am aware of. You might try calling and asking, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just stick to your belief and you should be fine. What I did was I had my PhD interviewer first, and got out with 10 min until I had to catch the shuttle to my second interview. So during those 10 min, I went to the BML library (its literally 2 buildings away from the Medical Teaching Facility) and quickly looked up my second interviewer and his specialty/research. Enjoy your interview/the weather!
 
Oh and about the ISP, they let you decide when to complete it/how you want to complete it/what lab/area of study to go into, so the ball is literally in your court with that. Most people do it the summer after their first year when they're not studying for boards/starting rotations. Other people I know have done it their 4th year when they know what specialty they want to go in. You'll learn more about it, and if you still have questions, ask your interviewers, dean kelly, or all the other deans.

Here's a site for more info about it: http://meded.ucsd.edu/ugme/isp_handbook/
 
ballinchic21 said:
Oh and about the ISP, they let you decide when to complete it/how you want to complete it/what lab/area of study to go into, so the ball is literally in your court with that. Most people do it the summer after their first year when they're not studying for boards/starting rotations. Other people I know have done it their 4th year when they know what specialty they want to go in. You'll learn more about it, and if you still have questions, ask your interviewers, dean kelly, or all the other deans.

Here's a site for more info about it: http://meded.ucsd.edu/ugme/isp_handbook/
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Thank you so much!!! I'll let you know how it goes 🙂
 
FYI - Calls for acceptances are going out tomorrow (3/23) around 4 pm.
 
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