2009-2010 University of Hawaii Application Thread

[Remember Ronin]

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Got the waitlist email on the 18th as well (I'm an OOSer).

Does anyone know if people are ever straight up rejected after an interview? Is everyone just accepted or waitlisted? i.e. Did we at least do well enough to "make" the waitlist or does it not really tell us anything?

PsychDC, I was wondering the same thing, if getting waitlisted is even a consolation... I suppose we know that there are at least 2 of us on the oos waitlist now!

I'm thinking about contacting my 4th year interviewer to see if he'll give me some insight on the situation. Got stonewalled by Nishiki.

 

[2cooleevee]

I got instate waitlisted.

 

[chrisski]

If I really wanted to go to Hawaii and had stats above the normal in-stater, would it make sense to move out to Hawaii for a year to gain residency for tuition purposes. Does anyone know how strict they are about granting residency for tuition (i.e. if I moved out their and jumped through all the hoops for 1.5 years would they still turn me down) Thanks for the insight.

 

[2cooleevee]

Did you live in Hawaii before?
If you had-- you may already be considered a "resident" according to their tuition and admissions purposes.

You need at least 3 of the following to be from Hawaii:
1) legal residence of the applicant, 2) legal residence of the applicant's parents, 3) birthplace, 4) location of high school graduated, 5) location of college or university attended (degree not required) or 6) Legacy - parent/legal guardian is a JABSOM faculty member (FTE 50% or >) or JABSOM graduate.

Also, if you are a "resident", your chances are much higher of being accepted-- I believe 33% in some years (from being invited to an interview). However... I had stats above the average from JABSOM this year, and I'm waitlisted. So you never know!

 

[StillLife808]

I also received an in-state waitlist, and my stats were above the average.
I applied with a 3.76 cGPA and a 3.81 sGPA with a 33 MCAT (straight 11s).
I feel for you 2cooleevee.

 

[chrisski]

Did you live in Hawaii before?
If you had-- you may already be considered a "resident" according to their tuition and admissions purposes.

You need at least 3 of the following to be from Hawaii:
1) legal residence of the applicant, 2) legal residence of the applicant's parents, 3) birthplace, 4) location of high school graduated, 5) location of college or university attended (degree not required) or 6) Legacy - parent/legal guardian is a JABSOM faculty member (FTE 50% or >) or JABSOM graduate.

Also, if you are a "resident", your chances are much higher of being accepted-- I believe 33% in some years (from being invited to an interview). However... I had stats above the average from JABSOM this year, and I'm waitlisted. So you never know!

I was actually just looking at this document. I understand that this is what qualifies one as a resident for application purposes. However, I think (clarification anyone) that residency for tuition purposes is different and not quite as hard to obtain. At least I hope.

 

[lolasmommy]

Hello all🙂 I am not totally verified until my MCAT scores come in (which is Today my time Tomorrow mainland time...June 20). I had applied to 4 schools (one being JABSOM). I received secondaries from 3 schools and I received a notification from JABSOM saying theyve received my application. Questions:

1. Is that standard proceedure?
2. Do they send to all applicants an email that their primary was received?
3. Does this mean I shouldn't be expecting a secondary at all?

Just curious🙂