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2010-2011 Duke Application Thread
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However, my interviewer wants to do it tomorrow! Hi, everyone. I'm really interested in Duke and applying for 2012 matriculation.
The one thing I'm a little worried about is that their website seems to emphasize taking the MCAT early and it needing to be on the AMCAS app before submission. I was planning to take the MCAT in early July (realistically when I'll be very prepared). Is this a huge problem for applying to Duke? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks!
The one thing I'm a little worried about is that their website seems to emphasize taking the MCAT early and it needing to be on the AMCAS app before submission. I was planning to take the MCAT in early July (realistically when I'll be very prepared). Is this a huge problem for applying to Duke? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks!
Nah, that's not a problem. I sent in my AMCAS a few weeks before I even took my MCAT--so like 6 weeks before scores were released--and I got an interview.
Interesting article on how they select classes...
http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/b47aafea#/b47aafea/87
I am not sure if the link takes you direct to the right page, but flip through the magazine until you find the article titled "Capable of Brilliance"
http://catalog.proemags.com/publication/b47aafea#/b47aafea/87
I am not sure if the link takes you direct to the right page, but flip through the magazine until you find the article titled "Capable of Brilliance"
I can't seem to find the answer to this, so please don't yell at me if this is somewhere within this thread and I missed it, but....
Does anyone know WHEN Duke notifies accepted applicants (March 1? March 15?) Also, do they notify by phone call? email? snail mail?
Thanks so much. Hoping for good news for everyone come March!
Does anyone know WHEN Duke notifies accepted applicants (March 1? March 15?) Also, do they notify by phone call? email? snail mail?
Thanks so much. Hoping for good news for everyone come March!
Thanks swimerbear!
According to the website posted above, they notify on March 1. Not sure as to how though.
March 1 is (I think) the tentative date, BUT... we pre-meds love stats. RIGHT?
So...
2008-2009 app cycle- March 13
2009-2010 app cycle- March 6
Big ol' acceptance packet via snail mail.
Oh yea... Thank you, swimerbear! great article.
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just a random guess, but my sense is that though duke is a non-rolling school, the adcom meetings to assign your "score" is done on a rolling basis. as such, updates past a certain point are probably ineffective in boosting your chances.
In a recent phone call to Duke I was told that they do not accept any letters (update or LOI's).
Good point.
I spoke to Duke a while ago, and they said that updates and letters are perfectly acceptable....
Yea this is what I was also under the impression..especially based on that DukeMed article (which btw was given in our folders during our interview). I'm pretty sure update letters are welcome though (I submitted mine a couple days after my interview). I'm pretty sure they'll consider them before they assign you your "score."
Interesting. Thanks for sharing, I'm going to call them again tomorrow.
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Called them today and yes they do accept update letters, regardless of when you interviewed. The kind woman on the phone explained that all applications are reviewed and decided on closer to March 1. So if you interviewed months ago you can still update your application and it should be considered in your final review. Hope that helps.
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The lady at the front desk said it didn't matter...
I guess update letters are different from Fall grades because I called about that last month and the lady said they do not accept those
What about taking the MCAT like in early August? Would that put me in disadvantage?
It shouldn't...I took the MCAT in late August and got an interview invite on New Year's Eve...
I had to email Richard Wallace before I got mine scheduled after waiting for 3 months
When did you submit your AMCAS?
Funny... I called to do the same thing, and they set up a student to give me a tour. This was a few years ago, though. When are you applying? This cycle?
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It could be that they just have an incredibly large pool of competitive applicants, and they want to make sure they don't overlook any good ones by not having enough interview spaces. Also note that many of the interviews are done via Skype now, allowing the adcom to get the rest of the story on many, many more applicants...
Not necessarily true... just say what you need to say to convey your point.
Second look is for accepted applicants only. If you did a regional interview and want to come for a tour, that seems reasonable. If you did a regional interview, I imagine you are coming quite a distance, though. Email Mr. Wallace to see what he says. If that doesn't work, PM me, and we can try to set something up.
This school is awesome lol.
Anyone know when final decisions role out this year?
Anyone know when final decisions role out this year?
I submitted it in mid-July, and it was verified during the first week of August.
They're supposed to get mailed out the first week in march, from what I recall.
It seems like this quesiton got resolved but I figure I'd throw my thoughts into the ring.
When I interviewed at Duke the lady said that they do accept update letters but they ask that we hold of sending them until mid february (until they get done with all the interviews).
So people were saying acceptances were happening in early March (via snail mail), but I feel like I remember Dr. Armstrong saying that her favorite part is the excitement she hears over the phone? I interviewed way back in September though, so maybe I'm mixing it up with another school... It would just be nice to know if I'm gonna have to stay glued to the phone again
I'm almost positive that Duke sends final decisions via snail mail only.
Nope. MD rejections get a monster of an email, just like the original secondary invitation email (I know this as a fact). Waitlists are probably by snail mail. Acceptances I'd bet a penny on being phone calls.
MSTP decisions correspondence are by snail mail, though.
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from https://admissions.duhs.duke.edu/pas/dashboard
I'll believe you if you say the decisions come by email, but that's certainly not what their website says.
Last year it was an email...I guess they changed things this time around (?)
i was told by several people on the interview day that everything was by snail mail only
Mine doesn't say the bit about the US postal service... makes me think e-mail is a possibility, but its weird we dont have the same message!
Your application is complete and is awaiting a final decision from the Committee on Admissions. To insure your privacy and to protect the integrity of the admission process, decisions will not be given over the telephone. We appreciate your interest in the Duke University School of Medicine and wish you the best of luck!
Previously, maybe as recently as two days ago, my status included the bit about the US mail. Today, I looked and it was changed to the status without the mail part. Its either a rejection, conspiracy, or they received a lot of calls and changed it! 
lol me too.Previously, maybe as recently as two days ago, my status included the bit about the US mail. Today, I looked and it was changed to the status without the mail part. Its either a rejection, conspiracy, or they received a lot of calls and changed it!
from the email post-interview..
"Our timetable for the remainder of our admission season is as follows: interviews will conclude in late February with a target date for mailing decision letters at the end of February through the first week of March 2010. Duke does not roll. "
urgh yet another thing to get neurotic about...
"Our timetable for the remainder of our admission season is as follows: interviews will conclude in late February with a target date for mailing decision letters at the end of February through the first week of March 2010. Duke does not roll. "
urgh yet another thing to get neurotic about...
Wait.. that means that they could mail decisions Feb 16th onwards cause thats technically closer to the end than the beginning.. and they removed postal service, so its definitely coming by owl.. I figured it out! You're welcome everyone.
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