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I know for Texas public undergrads, you have to have lived here BEFORE attending school for a certain period of time to qualify. =\
2010-2011 Baylor College of Medicine Application Thread
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I know for Texas public undergrads, you have to have lived here BEFORE attending school for a certain period of time to qualify. =\
IIRC, there are two ways to qualify for IS tuition if you are OOS
1) you must own property for a year and pay property taxes on that
2) you must work in the state of TX for 1 year and pay state income taxes
....additionally, i have heard it is recommended to get TX state plates for your car and TX driver's license.
i haven't done any of this yet btw.......to be sure, you can contact the BCM admissions office and they can forward you to the woman who deals with this.
Just to clarify, Texas does not have state income tax. Yet another reason Texas is the best country on earth...
I know of at least a couple of classmates who are doing option #1 above. As jturkel eluded to, there's a specific person at Baylor who deals with residency stuff.
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Have classes at Baylor started yet? 🙂
i haven't heard this one, though i HAVE heard that we need a 713 number when we do rotations (can be a land line) because hospitals won't call long distance numbers or something....idk
YUP....we just started our third week today and have our first test tomorrow morning! it is a diagnostic test that, if we do well, can count up to 20% of our overall 1st block exam, which is worth 80% of our first block grade....with that is 10% histology lab and 10% anatomy lab
if you don't do well, then it doesen't count....pretty nice that they do this. will let us know how are study habits are and how prepared for exams they administer without necessarily impacting our grade (unless we do super well).
That's wonderful! The more I hear about Baylor, the more attached I get to the idea of going there. Here's hoping for an interview.
It's subject to change, but it would be safe to assume every Friday
Per my email, these are the tentative interview dates:
September 3, 2010
September 10, 2010
September 17, 2010
September 24, 2010
October 1, 2010
October 15, 2010
October 22, 2010
November 12, 2010
November 19, 2010
December 3, 2010
December 10, 2010
December 17, 2010
January 7, 2011
January 21, 2011
January 28, 2011
February 4, 2011
February 18, 2011
....hope that helps, guys!
Did anyone with the Status:
Your application is complete and has been reviewed by the committee.
We will let you know something as soon as we are able.
Baylor College of Medicine interviews from September through February.
You are eligible for interview consideration through February.
Get invited for an interview in the last wave?
Your application is complete and has been reviewed by the committee.
We will let you know something as soon as we are able.
Baylor College of Medicine interviews from September through February.
You are eligible for interview consideration through February.
Get invited for an interview in the last wave?
Nah, I had a error messages for a looong time before I got the invite
My year we definitely had people get interviewed after having that status. Me included.
I know it's hard, but try not to stress out about what every little detail means or doesn't mean. All your status means is that they've reviewed your file and put you on the running list. Nothing more, nothing less.
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"Your current application status is not supported by the File Completion/Status Check function. You may email the Admissions Office at [email protected] for further information."
Did anyone have their status change to this?
Did anyone have their status change to this?
I don't know if it's significant, but I had that status before I got the invite
BCM is a fantastic school with outstanding reputation and will make u a fantastic doctor no question. Bottom line it has an extremely supportive faculty, clinically relevant curriculum, insanely high board scores, plenty of research, plenty of clinic exposure in the largest med center in the world, and an amazing student body of relaxed, intelligent, and out-going people. I would chose BCM all over again. It is medical school so yes I study a lot but my class is completely helpful and professors are more than willing to explain or help out at all possible. Definitely hope you agree.
jcwhitts,
like canjosh stated, they are indeed one-on-one interviews that are roughly 30 minutes each. One is with a faculty member and one with a 3rd or 4th year student. These are EXTREMELY laid back.....and i'm sure most/everyone will say their school's interview(s) was(were), but of all my interviews, these felt the least stressful.
Something of interest, when prospective students are interviewed, they get folders with information in them.....two of these papers/packets are for the interview. If you are SUPER concerned about how your interview would go or be looked at ,these two packets/papers actually show you the rating/grading scale of the interview. IIRC, there were like 6 categories that are rated and the rating scale for each category was 1-5, with 5 being the best. There is even a breakdown on what characteristics are deserving of what numerical grade, if you will.
Regarding MD/PhD, there are the 2 interviews in the afternoon with the MD applicants (these i think are either between 1 and 3 or 2 and 4) and there are between 3 and 4 in the morning with PhDs and/or MD/PhDs to discuss your research and future interests. If you have more questions about this, I can give you more information about it (though I am not an MD/PhD student)
The interview day is long....prospective students receive an extensive tour of not only the BCM facilities (lecture, ERC/library, etc) but also of the medical center. IIRC, we went through Texas Childrens, Ben Taub, St. Lukes, Texas Heart, Methodist, and walked past the Psych place. It is quite lengthy (we finished at like 7 pm)
Hope that helps!
I was wondering if you apply for the MD/PhD program, will you still be eligible for the MD-only part.
hi guys, quick question! what's the reqs for LOR? Is there a maximum # that we can send? and is it only from faculty?
thanks in advance!
thanks in advance!
IIRC, AMCAS has a maximum of 10....which is quite a bit.
per the BCM admissions website, these are the reqs for LORs:
"Applicants enrolled in colleges with a premedical advisory system should request that the chair of the Premedical Advisory Committee, premedical advisor, coordinator, or person in charge of advising send an evaluation to AMCAS.
If there is no health professions advisor, advisory committee, or office of advising premedical students at your school, evaluations from three individuals who are qualified to evaluate you personally and academically will be considered.
All letters of recommendation must go through AMCAS using one of their acceptable forms of receipt.
If you are no longer an undergraduate student, alternate recommendation methods include:
If you are attending graduate school, one of your evaluations must be from a graduate advisor or major professor.
If you are attending graduate school but have no graduate advisor or major professor, one of your evaluations must be from the chairperson of your major department.
If you have not attended a college or university for one year or more, and you are currently employed or in military service, one of your evaluations must be from your immediate supervisor (if self-employed, an evaluation from a business associate).
The second and third evaluations must be from current or former professors. All evaluations must be current. Evaluations more than one year old are not acceptable.
The deadline for regular admission letters is Dec. 1. M.D./Ph.D. applicants must provide a minimum of 1 additional letter of reference from research mentor(s) addressing the applicant's potential as an investigator. The deadline for M.D./Ph.D. applicants is Nov. 1.
If you have any questions, please e-mail [email protected]."
....remember, it isn't about the quantity of your LORs, but the QUALITY.
and i would say after the requisite 3 letters from professors and employer/health program advisor/etc, then you can send in supplementary LORs from non-professors
oh i see, thank you jturkel!
Yep. Several of my classmates (now MS2s) originally applied MSTP. My understanding from a friend who is actually in the MSTP is that you actually find out if you are accepted for the MD program before you hear back about the MSTP.
Just to echo turk, to my knowledge there isn't a maximum, and they don't have to be only from your school faculty (for example, my PI at the place I did research sent me a letter). I personally kept it to 4 (my pre-med committee required at least three faculty members to write my composite letter, and then plus my PI), and I kind of question what a 5th or 6th person could possibly say about you that wouldn't be covered in the first 4 letters. I'm sure the minimum of 3 is also fine.
For the tea leaf readers: my status recently (within the past day or two) changed to the error thing.
Thanks. To you and canjosh!
anyone hear anything recently?
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Just get a Google Voice number for free. You can choose what area code you want and just have it forward to your cell.
great! thanks for the info!
Actually, I was just implying youd only be cool after you got a 713 number if you moved to Houston....hence the cool face.
But the google voice number is a really good idea, and it works pretty well, ive had one for a while now.
Got an invite earlier this afternoon for 9/24. I'm going to change the date, though.
FWIW, my status changed to the "e-mail us" status at the end of last week (Thursday or Friday I believe).
FWIW, my status changed to the "e-mail us" status at the end of last week (Thursday or Friday I believe).
9/24 interview
Got interview invite last night for 9/24. My status had been at the "email us" stage for about a week, too.
Good luck everyone!
Good luck everyone!
I'm like Cole. I got an interview invite for 9/24 and also had that weird "your application status is not supported" message.
Good luck to everyone waiting for an interview invite! 🙂
Good luck to everyone waiting for an interview invite! 🙂
FYI, the next available date they have is for 10/15, so it would appear this is the last bunch to go out before "acceptance day." Either that or they didn't give earlier dates to me as other options.
my friend got a brochure from BCM, does this mean anything? did anyone else get this? just curious.....
i believe everyone who applies will at some point during the cycle get one...
thanks for letting me know....someone told me that people who get the brochure end up getting an interview...so I thought only some people get it.
Did anyone in this thread get one??
when i applied to medical school the first time, i got one from baylor, and did not get an interview.
when i applied last year (reapplicant), i again got one from baylor (updated one), interviewed, and here i am.
my friend is applying this cycle, received one in the mail, but has not been granted an interview.
...hope that helps
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I am definitely in love with Baylor! Ya'll make sure the applicants have a great experience during a supposed stressful interview day. 😀
Congrats to everyone who has invites for the next round!
Sorry that I wasn't around to meet those of you who interviewed on Friday; I was busy tubing down the Guadalupe in a post-exam celebration 😀 Hope you all loved Baylor, though, and feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
Sorry that I wasn't around to meet those of you who interviewed on Friday; I was busy tubing down the Guadalupe in a post-exam celebration 😀 Hope you all loved Baylor, though, and feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
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