2009-2010 Wake Forest University Application Thread

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Interview 🙂

scheduled for September!
 
Congrats guys 🙂

Here's to hoping for early acceptances and being able to relax thereafter 👍
 
twoinone said:
so how is everyone getting from greensbro airport to WFU? Is there a shuttle that would be cheaper than taking a taxi that would cost $30 each way...
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Wake Forest University said:
Welcome to the Interview Information page for the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Below you will find links that provide pertinent information for your first visit. If you have questions about the information pertaining to these links please contact us by phone or e-mail.
Transportation to the airport using the PART systemwww.PARTnc.org
We can provide free van service in the afternoons if we are given the applicants name and call the van service by 1:00p.m. They will be picked up at Eden Terrace at 3:30pm and taken downtown to the transportation pub.
There is also public transportation (WSTA) available at $1.00 a ride. We have the schedule for that. It is route 20.
http://www.wstransit.com/

The PART bus leaves the transportation hub at the designated times and takes the passengers to their hub on highway 68 and I 40 in Greensboro. They have a PART bus that goes to the airport from their hub. One of their buses goes to the airport every 30 minutes in the morning, every hour during the midday, and every 30 minutes from 3-6:30pm. There is no fee for transferring. This whole process takes about 45 minutes.

Transportation to the medical school using the PART system

For those applicants incoming, the PART system can be accessed at the baggage claim. Give them a call, tell them you have arrived and allow an hour for pick up. They will send a bus to pick up and take you to the hub where the express bus to Winston-Salem can be accessed. The charge for the pick up and ride to Winston-Salem's transportation hub is $2.00
In the morning, we do not have van service available. The WSTA bus service can be accessed there at the transportation hub at a $1.00 a ride. The route number is 20.
If you choose to use a taxi service or PTI shuttle service, you can expect to pay $50.00 to $100.00 one way. Renting a car is also an option if you are eligible.
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The website isn't super clear, but it seems like it is possible to get around using public transportation. I haven't really figured out the exact process yet though.



mokamadness said:
How stringent are they on their undergrad non-science letter of recommendation?
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Are you sure you need one? I had a non-science letter, but it wasn't written by a professor or teacher.
 
Do you guys know how about long it takes them to count you as complete after your letters have been sent by AMCAS? Assuming your letters were sent after your secondary/fee payment?
 
snitchseeker88 said:
Do you guys know how about long it takes them to count you as complete after your letters have been sent by AMCAS? Assuming your letters were sent after your secondary/fee payment?
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I submitted their secondary on 7/22, my letters were sent 7/27 through virtualevals to amcas and to my non-amcas letter schools, and wake sent me the complete email on 8/3. Seems like they were moving pretty fast at the beginning of august!
 
Cool thanks. Does the complete status show up on your status page? Or does it still say something along the lines of "all materials needed to complete your secondary have been received, once letters are received and added in processing of your application will begin"?
 
snitchseeker88 said:
Cool thanks. Does the complete status show up on your status page? Or does it still say something along the lines of "all materials needed to complete your secondary have been received, once letters are received and added in processing of your application will begin"?
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Yes it'll definitely show up on your status page, they were pretty quick to mark me complete so I'm sure it'll show up soon🙂
 
I sent in my stuff a few days ago. Anyone know how quick the turnaround is? I'd love to get an interview there in September if possible. But maybe that's asking too much.
 
Bbon said:
I sent in my stuff a few days ago. Anyone know how quick the turnaround is? I'd love to get an interview there in September if possible. But maybe that's asking too much.
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september dates are all full. today when i called all they had was the 30th.
 
Bbon said:
I sent in my stuff a few days ago. Anyone know how quick the turnaround is? I'd love to get an interview there in September if possible. But maybe that's asking too much.
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Read a few posts up... their turnaround, at least at the beginning of august, was a whopping one day between complete and interview invite for me 🙂
 
rockaction said:
september dates are all full. today when i called all they had was the 30th.
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wow that filled up really quickly! when i scheduled a week ago the lady told me that interviews started the 14th and they had every single day open!
 
I have no idea when to schedule my interview. Too. Many. Interviews. At. Once.
 
rockaction said:
I have no idea when to schedule my interview. Too. Many. Interviews. At. Once.
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haha at least it's better than the opposite problem of having no interviews to schedule😛
 
That would be Uber Marathon Week...OSU, Case, and Wake in the same week. I'll consider it.
 
I know they have my letters, or I would imagine since every other AMCAS letter school does. Why won't they just update me?! I want an interview here really bad.
 
Doe87 said:
I know they have my letters, or I would imagine since every other AMCAS letter school does. Why won't they just update me?! I want an interview here really bad.
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Same here but I haven't been waiting the 2-3 weeks stated in my status. How long ago did they get your signature sheet and $?
 
It's only been about a week since my status changed, but I'm impatient. Hahah
 
Doe87 said:
It's only been about a week since my status changed, but I'm impatient. Hahah
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About the same time for me. I'm still waiting for my "complete" email so I can't even hold my breath for an interview. Just wish they would mark me complete since they definitely have had my letters for a while.
 
Ah! A week and nothing yet?? I just got the status that they received my signature and fee today. I can't take this waiting anymore.

Summary of my experience with Wake:
We are waiting on your mcat scores before review of your application. Please allow 2-3 weeks for them to upload on our computers.
We've received your mcat scores, 2-3 weeks to review your application.
We are sending you a secondary, it might take 2-3 weeks for you to receive the email.
We've received your secondary. Please allow 2-3 weeks for receipt of your fee and signature.
We've received your fee and signature, please allow 2-3 weeks for your letters of recommendation.
We've received your letters. Please allow 2-3 weeks to review your application for consideration for an interview.
Estimated processing time: 8 months.
Congratulations! We have finished processing your entire application. However it is now March. Sorry but we are no longer interviewing. Good luck in your application process.
 
Bbon said:
Ah! A week and nothing yet?? I just got the status that they received my signature and fee today. I can't take this waiting anymore.

Summary of my experience with Wake:
We are waiting on your mcat scores before review of your application. Please allow 2-3 weeks for them to upload on our computers.
We've received your mcat scores, 2-3 weeks to review your application.
We are sending you a secondary, it might take 2-3 weeks for you to receive the email.
We've received your secondary. Please allow 2-3 weeks for receipt of your fee and signature.
We've received your fee and signature, please allow 2-3 weeks for your letters of recommendation.
We've received your letters. Please allow 2-3 weeks to review your application for consideration for an interview.
Estimated processing time: 8 months.
Congratulations! We have finished processing your entire application. However it is now March. Sorry but we are no longer interviewing. Good luck in your application process.
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😱 :laugh:
 
Bbon said:
Ah! A week and nothing yet?? I just got the status that they received my signature and fee today. I can't take this waiting anymore.

Summary of my experience with Wake:
We are waiting on your mcat scores before review of your application. Please allow 2-3 weeks for them to upload on our computers.
We've received your mcat scores, 2-3 weeks to review your application.
We are sending you a secondary, it might take 2-3 weeks for you to receive the email.
We've received your secondary. Please allow 2-3 weeks for receipt of your fee and signature.
We've received your fee and signature, please allow 2-3 weeks for your letters of recommendation.
We've received your letters. Please allow 2-3 weeks to review your application for consideration for an interview.
Estimated processing time: 8 months.
Congratulations! We have finished processing your entire application. However it is now March. Sorry but we are no longer interviewing. Good luck in your application process.
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👍👍
 
Rach83 said:
About the same time for me. I'm still waiting for my "complete" email so I can't even hold my breath for an interview. Just wish they would mark me complete since they definitely have had my letters for a while.
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I'm in the same boat as you. I figured that I got it in as fast as I could, so it wouldn't take them this long. Arghh
 
this is a really really stupid question, but does "hometown" mean city you were born in or city you live in currently?
 
parhumn said:
this is a really really stupid question, but does "hometown" mean city you were born in or city you live in currently?
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I put city I currently live in. Other applications used "birth city" so I took this to mean current city....
 
I submitted my online secondary on August 6th and mailed out the attachment the same day. I still have no complete email. Is it too soon to call?
 
Well that was a coincidence. I was waiting for my application to be complete since my letters had been sent last week. I checked my email 3 min ago, and didn't see anything, came here to SDN to see that some people had just gotten status updates, went back to my email to get my application/ID number to check status and there was a complete email. Nice. Time to wait and see what happens.
 
Is October 1st the latest anyone is signed up to interview? I'm still in that stupid 2-3 week waiting phase for my "letters to be processed". But I'm hoping I'll get reviewed soon and if I get an interview, it won't be like mid-November.
 
Around 1pm today I got the complete email and my status said the "the review of your application will begin, please allow 1-2 weeks for this review" or something. Just checked my status again and it has now changed to

"Your application is complete. Interviews are by invitation from September to March. If you are invited, you will receive a e-mail or phone call to schedule an interview."

Does this mean they've completed reviewing my app in a few hours? :scared:
 
Rach83 said:
Around 1pm today I got the complete email and my status said the "the review of your application will begin, please allow 1-2 weeks for this review" or something. Just checked my status again and it has now changed to

"Your application is complete. Interviews are by invitation from September to March. If you are invited, you will receive a e-mail or phone call to schedule an interview."

Does this mean they've completed reviewing my app in a few hours? :scared:
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Wake completing anything in less than 2 weeks? Come on, surely you've learned better than that by now. 😉
 
Bbon said:
Wake completing anything in less than 2 weeks? Come on, surely you've learned better than that by now. 😉
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haha. well then I don't understand why the change in status from complete/reviewing to complete.
 
Hmm.. maybe the whole "processing letters" thing is just smoke and mirrors for while they're actually reviewing your application. Anyhow, it seems like at least a few SDNers got that same status message and got an interview soon after. So I'm not sure if it really means much one way or the other, other than, don't be surprised if you hear something soon. Good luck.
 
Bbon said:
Hmm.. maybe the whole "processing letters" thing is just smoke and mirrors for while they're actually reviewing your application. Anyhow, it seems like at least a few SDNers got that same status message and got an interview soon after. So I'm not sure if it really means much one way or the other, other than, don't be surprised if you hear something soon. Good luck.
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Went back an re-read a bunch of pages in this thread (I usually read them as posts come up but apparently I forgot most of the info by now), and it seems people think it might be a hold.... we'll see, at least I know not to expect good news with that status. 😀
 
Does anyone know if the "If you are invited for an interview..." status is good, bad, or indifferent? I've had this status for like a month it seems. I think that if they liked what I had to offer they would have sent me an interview invite by now.
 
reidmike said:
Does anyone know if the "If you are invited for an interview..." status is good, bad, or indifferent? I've had this status for like a month it seems. I think that if they liked what I had to offer they would have sent me an interview invite by now.
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well apparently it's not good (or you would have an interview), but it's not terrible. A few people have come off of that "hold" and were invited for interviews eventually.
 
reidmike said:
Does anyone know if the "If you are invited for an interview..." status is good, bad, or indifferent? I've had this status for like a month it seems. I think that if they liked what I had to offer they would have sent me an interview invite by now.
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I had that status for a couple weeks then it changed to interview, so it could definitely become an invite keep your fingers crossed🙂
 
Bah! Just realized although I thought I designated my LORs to Wake, it never went through! No wonder I've been sitting on the "2-3 weeks" message for a month.

And so it goes...
 
They don't interview many candidates, so a hold is way better than a rejection!
My status changed to an interview also, so there is hope.
 
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