2009-2010 Wayne State Application Thread

[GodisGood12]

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Accepted. Pretty Thankful. Im OOS, so I didnt know how it would turn out.


I'm sorry to the waitlisters I know how it feels.

 

[kia ora]

Accepted. Pretty Thankful. Im OOS, so I didnt know how it would turn out.


I'm sorry to the waitlisters I know how it feels.

congratulations GodisGood 12!

I have been waitlisted. I am fortunate already to have an acceptance to a school I love, so I'm not as disappointed as I might be otherwise. however, I think Wayne State is a fantastic school and I'd love to get un-waitlisted (de-waitlisted)...looks like they'll be reviewing us a few more times so stay positive, my fellow alternates!

 

[DRIN]

congratulations GodisGood 12!

I have been waitlisted. I am fortunate already to have an acceptance to a school I love, so I'm not as disappointed as I might be otherwise. however, I think Wayne State is a fantastic school and I'd love to get un-waitlisted (de-waitlisted)...looks like they'll be reviewing us a few more times so stay positive, my fellow alternates!

For the entering class in 2008, almost 4 of 5 (78%) instate applicants who got an interview were eventually accepted 🙂 Do you have any idea what proportion of applicants get an interview after receiving a secondary?

 

[kia ora]

For the entering class in 2008, almost 4 of 5 (78%) instate applicants who got an interview were eventually accepted 🙂 Do you have any idea what proportion of applicants get an interview after receiving a secondary?

that is a nice statistic...but I am OOS🙂 As for your question, I vaguely recall reading somewhere that either 1/3 or 1/4 of secondary recipients get an interview...but I cannot recall which it is and I cannot recall the source of this information!

 

[DRIN]

that is a nice statistic...but I am OOS🙂 As for your question, I vaguely recall reading somewhere that either 1/3 or 1/4 of secondary recipients get an interview...but I cannot recall which it is and I cannot recall the source of this information!

Sorry, I should have paid more attention to the statistics. It was 78% acceptance for a post-interview candidate in 2008 whether they were IS or OOS. In fact, it was a slightly higher rate for OOS.

 

[kia ora]

Sorry, I should have paid more attention to the statistics. It was 78% acceptance for a post-interview candidate in 2008 whether they were IS or OOS. In fact, it was a slightly higher rate for OOS.

well, that's encouraging - thanks! I like everything about the school except for the OOS tuition...

 

[deleted274002]

For the entering class in 2008, almost 4 of 5 (78%) instate applicants who got an interview were eventually accepted

Where did you read that?

 

[DRIN]

Where did you read that?

I made it up...jk 🙂...usnews.com:

Fall 2008 Admissions Statistics
Total admissions data 4259 applied, 754 interviewed, 588 were accepted, 290 enrolled
In-state admissions data 1396 applied, 522 interviewed, 406 were accepted, 246 enrolled
Out-of-state admissions data 2863 applied, 232 interviewed, 182 were accepted, 44 enrolled

 

[Prodromo]

Accepted today YAY! I am very thankful. I'm very happy as this is my undergraduate school as well. I have an interview tomorrow at Michigan state and will be extra calm now!

 

[SMC123]

I took my MCAT on September 4th. I got a 25 (11, 6, 8). My first MCAT was a 23 (8,7,8) on May 28th. I have received secondary apps from Wayne State. Is it worth filling out the secondary? Does my score, especially the 6 in verbal, hurt my chances? Is it too late for those scores to have a solid chance?

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[housemd?]

I took my MCAT on September 4th. I got a 25 (11, 6, 8). My first MCAT was a 23 (8,7,8) on May 28th. I have received secondary apps from Wayne State. Is it worth filling out the secondary? Does my score, especially the 6 in verbal, hurt my chances? Is it too late for those scores to have a solid chance?

Let me know what you guys think.

If you get the secondary, why not? Remember they screen before sending secondaries. I know a bunch of people who were rejected even before they got the secondary. What do you have to loose (?)

 

[favored]

Has anyone been rejected post-secondary? I've been complete for almost two months and I haven't heard a peep out of these guys. 😕

 

[DRIN]

Has anyone been rejected post-secondary? I've been complete for almost two months and I haven't heard a peep out of these guys. 😕

I've been wondering about this too. If the primary application is used to decide whether or not to send a secondary, I would think that if they like the primary, they must really have to hate the essays an applicant writes to reject an applicant post-secondary...but I honestly don't know how they evaluate their applicants. I'm just speculating.

 

[nick_carraway]

OOS. Got my invitation letter dated 10/19, complete 7/17.

For an afternoon interview at 1 PM, do we just show up before noon for the tour?

Any good sights to see/places to eat at while on foot?

 

[takethat12]

Has any accepted applicant received something in the snail mail yet?

 

[Phosphorus Ylide]

Yay. Interviewing here in December. Will be cold, I bet. Brrrr....

 

[DRIN]

Yay. Interviewing here in December. Will be cold, I bet. Brrrr....

You bet it will...probably won't exceed 40 degrees while you're here so pack your warm clothes. Congrats!

Also, when did you get the invite and when were you complete?

 

[Phosphorus Ylide]

You bet it will...probably won't exceed 40 degrees while you're here so pack your warm clothes. Congrats!

Also, when did you get the invite and when were you complete?

Thanks for the advice! I've never been to Michigan. I'm excited.

I was complete late August, I think. It says on my MDApps. Some stats are on there as well. I received the invite via snail mail today.

 

[PrsntMmnt]

Interview Dec. 12! Congrats to all that were accepted, and good luck to those waitlisted. Does anyone know a close hotel near the school? And does anyone know how changing my interview date will affect me?

 

[lola12]

i have an update on my activity (started shadowing) since the submission of my application. when do u think i should update them since i have an interview coming up as well?
thanks

 

[nick_carraway]

i have an update on my activity (started shadowing) since the submission of my application. when do u think i should update them since i have an interview coming up as well?
thanks

My suggestion would be to bring it up during the interview. They usually ask what you've been up to.

 

[tmntdonjuan]

I took my MCAT on September 4th. I got a 25 (11, 6, 8). My first MCAT was a 23 (8,7,8) on May 28th. I have received secondary apps from Wayne State. Is it worth filling out the secondary? Does my score, especially the 6 in verbal, hurt my chances? Is it too late for those scores to have a solid chance?

Let me know what you guys think.

I would say you're doing something right to receive a secondary despite a below average MCAT. They do screen pretty heavily for secondaries. I didn't receive mine until my new MCAT in Sept. Go for it.

 

[tmntdonjuan]

I keep hearing that Wayne State is really OOS friendly and yet there's only 27 OOS out of a class of 290. Am I missing something?

 

[DRIN]

I keep hearing that Wayne State is really OOS friendly and yet there's only 27 OOS out of a class of 290. Am I missing something?

They're not OOS friendly. They heavily favor Michigan applicants and an OOS applicant has a harder time getting accepted there...at least according to an admissions person.

 

[DRIN]

oops...

 

[DRIN]

computer froze up and posted multiple times.

 

[DRIN]

my bad

 

[DRIN]

 

[kia ora]

I keep hearing that Wayne State is really OOS friendly and yet there's only 27 OOS out of a class of 290. Am I missing something?

the OOS tuition is very very high - higher than the tuition of many (most) private schools. so while Wayne State is a great school, most OOS-ers who are accepted there and elsewhere will go elsewhere for $ reasons

 

[Nasrudin]

the OOS tuition is very very high - higher than the tuition of many (most) private schools. so while Wayne State is a great school, most OOS-ers who are accepted there and elsewhere will go elsewhere for $ reasons

Right.

So what you have with Wayne is a lot of out-of-state people getting a shot at an MD acceptance. They will probably end up offerring a lot of OOS acceptances to fill that small portion of out-of-state students.

It's a great school with great hospitals. But making the move to Detroit will deter the casually interested or perhaps the multi-acceptance applicant.

 

[Phosphorus Ylide]

Does anyone know the OOS acceptance stats?

 

[LOSAR]

teeeheeehehehehe, interview invite in mail today for Nov16. my first one,

 

[kia ora]

I'm not sure that the OOS acceptance stats are known to anyone outside of the adcom; the OOS enrollment stats were posted by someone upthread.

I actually like Detroit and surrounds, but I grew up in the area and still have family there. despite having another acceptance at a school I am very excited about, and despite the ridiculous cost of Wayne State as a non-resident, I actually would seriously consider going there if de-waitlisted. however, you can be sure I would be looking for a way to get IS tuition, at least after the first year! ah, the irony of having been a MI resident for the first 25 years of my life, getting two degrees from MI universities, but having to pay astronomical OOS tuition...

 

[DRIN]

Does anyone know the OOS acceptance stats?

Fall 2008 Admissions Statistics
Total admissions data 4259 applied, 754 interviewed, 588 were accepted, 290 enrolled
In-state admissions data 1396 applied, 522 interviewed, 406 were accepted, 246 enrolled
Out-of-state admissions data 2863 applied, 232 interviewed, 182 were accepted, 44 enrolled

If you get an interview at Wayne, you're in good shape as either an IS or OOS, but getting an interview as an OOS is pretty tough (8% in 2008).

Edit: If you mean stats as in GPA/MCAT, the only thing I know is that for the same year (2008), the first year class had a 30 MCAT and 3.65 GPA average. My bet is that the OOS students had an average slightly higher than that.

 

[LOSAR]

Fall 2008 Admissions Statistics
Total admissions data 4259 applied, 754 interviewed, 588 were accepted, 290 enrolled
In-state admissions data 1396 applied, 522 interviewed, 406 were accepted, 246 enrolled
Out-of-state admissions data 2863 applied, 232 interviewed, 182 were accepted, 44 enrolled

If you get an interview at Wayne, you're in good shape as either an IS or OOS, but getting an interview as an OOS is pretty tough (8% in 2008).

Edit: If you mean stats as in GPA/MCAT, the only thing I know is that for the same year (2008), the first year class had a 30 MCAT and 3.65 GPA average. My bet is that the OOS students had an average slightly higher than that.

DRIN, you mumumumummmake me happy.

 

[tmntdonjuan]

Fall 2008 Admissions Statistics
Total admissions data 4259 applied, 754 interviewed, 588 were accepted, 290 enrolled
In-state admissions data 1396 applied, 522 interviewed, 406 were accepted, 246 enrolled
Out-of-state admissions data 2863 applied, 232 interviewed, 182 were accepted, 44 enrolled

If you get an interview at Wayne, you're in good shape as either an IS or OOS, but getting an interview as an OOS is pretty tough (8% in 2008).

Edit: If you mean stats as in GPA/MCAT, the only thing I know is that for the same year (2008), the first year class had a 30 MCAT and 3.65 GPA average. My bet is that the OOS students had an average slightly higher than that.

That can't be right. The MSAR says that Wayne State's MCAT is 32 (median). I realize it's the median but I'm sure their mean MCAT is above 31. Also I'm more than willing to bet the OOS stats are higher than the IS stats on average.

 

[DRIN]

That can't be right. The MSAR says that Wayne State's MCAT is 32 (median). I realize it's the median but I'm sure their mean MCAT is above 31. Also I'm more than willing to bet the OOS stats are higher than the IS stats on average.

The MSAR includes everyone that was accepted at Wayne and says nothing about the people that actually make up the first year class. The stats in the MSAR are slightly inflated for just about every school because of this. I got this information directly from a brochure published by Wayne State and usnews.com.

Check out this link if you don't believe me: http://www.med.wayne.edu/admissions/applying/statistics.asp

 

[Phosphorus Ylide]

Fall 2008 Admissions Statistics
Total admissions data 4259 applied, 754 interviewed, 588 were accepted, 290 enrolled
In-state admissions data 1396 applied, 522 interviewed, 406 were accepted, 246 enrolled
Out-of-state admissions data 2863 applied, 232 interviewed, 182 were accepted, 44 enrolled

If you get an interview at Wayne, you're in good shape as either an IS or OOS, but getting an interview as an OOS is pretty tough (8% in 2008).

Edit: If you mean stats as in GPA/MCAT, the only thing I know is that for the same year (2008), the first year class had a 30 MCAT and 3.65 GPA average. My bet is that the OOS students had an average slightly higher than that.

Thanks for the info! I was wondering interview to acceptance rates... Guess I should have been more clear, but in any case, you delivered the info!

For those who interviewed, what hotel did you stay at? What methods of transportation did you use? Its early December so I still have time. I suppose I should worry about the interview I have next week first. Gulp.

 

[housemd?]

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[yoz]

So AMCAS screws up & gives me a 33M & on recoring 33N (I think they still have it wrong. I should sue them to really give me the right score). Anyway, the question is, should I call up every program I am applying to, to make sure they see my new shiny score or will the programs automatically consider my new score.
Any experiences/suggestions?

i dont think it will make a difference and not worth your time updating, i heard they dont really look at the writing score i might be wrong tho since im not an adcom.

 

[TMP-SMX]

An N is not much better than a M. Either way it doesn't matter. WS is definitely the least understood and least important part of the MCAT. Case in point, I improved my April to August MCAT from a M to a Q respectively. All I did was improve my use of transitions and make things exceedingly obvious what my goal of each paragraph was. (Thesis/point by point of the body, and Conclusion). They care about organization and sentence structure not content.

 

[housemd?]

An N is not much better than a M. Either way it doesn't matter. WS is definitely the least understood and least important part of the MCAT. Case in point, I improved my April to August MCAT from a M to a Q respectively. All I did was improve my use of transitions and make things exceedingly obvious what my goal of each paragraph was. (Thesis/point by point of the body, and Conclusion). They care about organization and sentence structure not content.

Ok. appreciate your taking time to give an input.

 

[LOSAR]

to the people who went to interviews, would you recommend getting a hotel or using their student hosts?

 

[oldjeeps]

to the people who went to interviews, would you recommend getting a hotel or using their student hosts?

save your $$. get an inside perspective on the school.

 

[nick_carraway]

Is the visit really just two hours for afternoon interviewees? (Noon tour & 1 PM interview)

 

[TMP-SMX]

You could probably sit in a lecture if you want to take a nap.

 

[c17h]

Has any accepted applicant received something in the snail mail yet?

I was accepted on October 21, and I haven't received anything in the mail yet...have you? It took 3.5 weeks for me to get my interview notice, so I'm not in any rush 😛

Is the visit really just two hours for afternoon interviewees? (Noon tour & 1 PM interview)

Yup, it's only 2 hours. You may have to leave your tour slightly early to make it to your 1pm interview (depending on how things play out). Good luck!

 

[c17h]

to the people who went to interviews, would you recommend getting a hotel or using their student hosts?

Definitely try to go with student hosting... as oldjeeps mentioned, it saves money, gives you an opportunity to ask questions and gives you an inside perspective on the school.

 

[housemd?]

Definitely try to go with student hosting... as oldjeeps mentioned, it saves money, gives you an opportunity to ask questions and gives you an inside perspective on the school.

I snore. Still go with a student host? Even though I live in MI, I have been thinking of not taking student hosts any where as I dont want to disturb them. Any ideas?

 

[medhearter]

do you guys know around what time in the month the committee meets to go over applications and decide who to interview?