2010-2011 Northwestern University Application Thread

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Just got my primary in today.

soooooooooooooo ****ed. at least the aamc already has my transcripts.

good luck guys!
 
Submitted AMCAS on 6/22, no secondary or notice of receipt of primary yet. Should I contact someone?
 
lollybo said:
Submitted AMCAS on 6/22, no secondary or notice of receipt of primary yet. Should I contact someone?
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I was verified 7/29, LORs in 8/2, and received my secondary email 8/2. I would call if I were you...
 
Just got off the phone with the Admissions Office, it looks like they haven't even received my primary yet, and it's been 6 weeks since I submitted my AMCAS (I was verified before I added Northwestern). I think I'm going to wait a week, then give AMCAS a call.
 
lollybo said:
Just got off the phone with the Admissions Office, it looks like they haven't even received my primary yet, and it's been 6 weeks since I submitted my AMCAS (I was verified before I added Northwestern). I think I'm going to wait a week, then give AMCAS a call.
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I would suggest calling them now- I added Northwestern to my AMCAS list later as well and received the secondary two days later.
 
etherpentane said:
For essay #3:

Describe any experiences away from traditional educational pursuits (such as travel, or time in the workplace other than summer jobs). Specify the timeframe and the impact that the activity has had upon you. If you have been in school continuously, then describe a non-academic activity which as been formative.
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I am also confused by the wording,

- a summer job can be a non-traditional educational pursuit.
- it sounds like you CAN'T write about your summer job but you can write about the inspiring interactions you had at the workplace.

For this question, I was going to write about my experience of working with a drug rehabilitation center. I think I learned a lot and I would enjoy writing about it. However, I did this receiving for summer internship (and I have been out of the school for a year now, doing some teaching). After reading the essay question few more times, I am worried that writing about rehab would not answer the question. Does anyone have insight about this?

should i just go ahead and write what I think is the most formative experience or should I read the question as "Explain what you did after graduate from college (since you have) and tell us how it drives you to medicine?"
 
I dont know if this question has been asked before, but does anybody know if Northwestern has any kind of status check page?
 
addo said:
I dont know if this question has been asked before, but does anybody know if Northwestern has any kind of status check page?
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The secondary log in portal is your application status page....I think it officially displays your statuses after you complete your secondary.
 
For the first question... are you guys mentioning exactly how you would fit into the learning environment- like Feinberg's curriculum offers blah blah blah and this fits with my personality because blah? I have an essay on specific personality traits and why they are appropriate for medical school but I was wondering if I need to cater this specifically for NW. Thanks!
 
SodaScientist said:
For the first question... are you guys mentioning exactly how you would fit into the learning environment- like Feinberg's curriculum offers blah blah blah and this fits with my personality because blah? I have an essay on specific personality traits and why they are appropriate for medical school but I was wondering if I need to cater this specifically for NW. Thanks!
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Personally I read about their curriculum and specifically tailored mine for their school. My personality traits which specifically will help me succeed in both medical school and specifically with Northwestern. The prompt made it pretty clear (I thought) that they wanted specifics.

.Describe your personality and personal characteristics and how you expect that they will lead to success in the specific curriculum and learning environment of FSM..
 
chrisoc13 said:
Personally I read about their curriculum and specifically tailored mine for their school. My personality traits which specifically will help me succeed in both medical school and specifically with Northwestern. The prompt made it pretty clear (I thought) that they wanted specifics.

.Describe your personality and personal characteristics and how you expect that they will lead to success in the specific curriculum and learning environment of FSM..
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Yep I second your answer
 
Swu02 said:
I am also confused by the wording,

- a summer job can be a non-traditional educational pursuit.
- it sounds like you CAN'T write about your summer job but you can write about the inspiring interactions you had at the workplace.

For this question, I was going to write about my experience of working with a drug rehabilitation center. I think I learned a lot and I would enjoy writing about it. However, I did this receiving for summer internship (and I have been out of the school for a year now, doing some teaching). After reading the essay question few more times, I am worried that writing about rehab would not answer the question. Does anyone have insight about this?

should i just go ahead and write what I think is the most formative experience or should I read the question as "Explain what you did after graduate from college (since you have) and tell us how it drives you to medicine?"
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I agree the wording is very ambiguous here. For what its worth, I wrote about my experiences working at an overnight summer camp for this question and I was ultimately interviewed and accepted at Northwestern in the 2008-2009 application cycle.
 
I submitted my secondary today, and when I log back into the application it says "your status will be displayed on this page"...but it's not. Did it take a few days for people's status to appear up there?
 
lovebat said:
I submitted my secondary today, and when I log back into the application it says "your status will be displayed on this page"...but it's not. Did it take a few days for people's status to appear up there?
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yeah it took like a day or two, no worries
 
three weeks after receiving the secondary, and it's finally submitted! Now come on interview! :xf:

But seriously, as I would love being interviewed by Feinberg, I rewrote my personality essay 3 times. I feel so lame.
 
Hi guys, i am not sure about my response for the coping strategies question. I only have about 100 words for it and i just kinda listed the different strategies i utilize.
Is this how you guys did it?
 
Avoidthetiger said:
three weeks after receiving the secondary, and it's finally submitted! Now come on interview! :xf:

But seriously, as I would love being interviewed by Feinberg, I rewrote my personality essay 3 times. I feel so lame.
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I'd also love an interview here...and I'm sure every other applicant would as well haha...the only daunting thing is their panel interview! I don't fare well with other people...I'm socially inept and don't know how to talk to or with others. All I do is sit at home and study all day. Only when it's pitch black outside do I get up to run errands.

*totally kidding* but in all seriousness, good luck to everyone here and hopefully we'll hear back from them soon! 🙂
 
ipod01 said:
Hi guys, i am not sure about my response for the coping strategies question. I only have about 100 words for it and i just kinda listed the different strategies i utilize.
Is this how you guys did it?
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i summarized a common strategy i use and then gave an example.. thought it'd make it a little more interesting, but who knows, they may just be annoyed at having to read more 😛
 
Asyouwereatrio said:
I'd also love an interview here...and I'm sure every other applicant would as well haha...the only daunting thing is their panel interview! I don't fare well with other people...I'm socially inept and don't know how to talk to or with others. All I do is sit at home and study all day. Only when it's pitch black outside do I get up to run errands.

*totally kidding* but in all seriousness, good luck to everyone here and hopefully we'll hear back from them soon! 🙂
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HAHA. I hope we get an interview together. You social ineptness could help out with calming my extreme hyperness when meeting tons of new people.:laugh:

ipod01 said:
Hi guys, i am not sure about my response for the coping strategies question. I only have about 100 words for it and i just kinda listed the different strategies i utilize.
Is this how you guys did it?
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I actually gave a huge story about one of the most stressful times in my life and how I dealt with it. At the end I just gave a one/two sentence summary about the coping strategies I used so I didn't go insane.
 
Avoidthetiger said:
HAHA. I hope we get an interview together. You social ineptness could help out with calming my extreme hyperness when meeting tons of new people.:laugh:


I actually gave a huge story about one of the most stressful times in my life and how I dealt with it. At the end I just gave a one/two sentence summary about the coping strategies I used so I didn't go insane.
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I'd love it if we could interview together....it'd be nice if you're hyper, because I assume that means friendly and that makes it THAT Much easier to become friends with you. In all seriousness, meeting people is awkward if they're quiet/not talkative. It's like "god damn it, i'm trying to befriend you..SPEAK! Don't be short/curt with me...that's just ****ed up/makes it in infinitely more difficult to talk to you"
 
By "coping strategies" they mean how you get over a difficult day by for example listening to music or hanging out with friends right?

Also for the personality essay, did you guys just say you were hardworker, motivated and how that would help in the learning environment of a small class size and group based learning environment?
 
ipod01 said:
By "coping strategies" they mean how you get over a difficult day by for example listening to music or hanging out with friends right?

Also for the personality essay, did you guys just say you were hardworker, motivated and how that would help in the learning environment of a small class size and group based learning environment?
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ohgosh. I am worried. My essays are so different.
For my coping strategies I wrote that I educate myself and also work as a team (in order to manage a difficult group situation). It was all relevant to my example. the essay to me sounded more like how you dealt with a non-academic situation and to give that example -- not to just write about basic ways to cope. But I could be wrong.
For the personality one -- I told them stuff about me that wasn't anywhere else on my application. Basically it summed up to having confidence, being outgoing, and not afraid to step out of my comfort zone.

Doubt I'll get an interview so I don't know if you should listen to my essay examples though.
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I'd love it if we could interview together....it'd be nice if you're hyper, because I assume that means friendly and that makes it THAT Much easier to become friends with you. In all seriousness, meeting people is awkward if they're quiet/not talkative. It's like "god damn it, i'm trying to befriend you..SPEAK! Don't be short/curt with me...that's just ****ed up/makes it in infinitely more difficult to talk to you"
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AND YES. You would like interviewing with me. I have a habit of talking to random strangers just because it's hard for me to stay quiet. haha.
 
Asyouwereatrio said:
I'd love it if we could interview together....it'd be nice if you're hyper, because I assume that means friendly and that makes it THAT Much easier to become friends with you. In all seriousness, meeting people is awkward if they're quiet/not talkative. It's like "god damn it, i'm trying to befriend you..SPEAK! Don't be short/curt with me...that's just ****ed up/makes it in infinitely more difficult to talk to you"
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I didn't know Northwestern has panel interviews...eeek! Well, if I ever get extended an invite I hope I interview with you guys. Nice people make this interview part less stressful. And I totally agree with you, it's so awkward when you're trying to be friendly and the other person seems unresponsive.
 
AutumnChild said:
I didn't know Northwestern has panel interviews...eeek! Well, if I ever get extended an invite I hope I interview with you guys. Nice people make this interview part less stressful. And I totally agree with you, it's so awkward when you're trying to be friendly and the other person seems unresponsive.
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Haha...SERIOUSLY. It's happened to me at friend's parties and i'm like..."dang y'all are a friendly bunch." How can you expect to make friends by being short and curt with others?

Example:
"Person A:What major are you?
Person B:________
(This is the point when they are supposed to reciprocate the question)
*tumbleweed*
Person A: So how long have you known ____(Host of party)?
Person B: two years.
*so quiet and awkward that even the tumbleweed want to stop rolling by*

Hopefully this type of thing doesn't happen between "us"--potential interviewees! *happy thoughts*

and Sorry, I just had to vent about the crappiness of that person's social skills--happened to me at a mutual friend's party and it just irks me to no end to be socially withdrawn and at LEAST not try to talk to us"
 
I was hoping I would get first post here, but I guess I'm way too late. Oh wells.
 
Anyone hear anything from Northwestern yet? I've been checking my e-mail obsessively lately. People should be hearing either today or tomorrow because the website says invite invitations start at the end of August.
 
I was "complete" today. Let's see what happens now!
 
Anyone get an email today asking you to fill out a survey? It asks a bunch of questions about your interest in the school...

Idk, I figure any communication from them is good...but wanted to know if anyone else got it.
 
IrishCalini said:
Anyone get an email today asking you to fill out a survey? It asks a bunch of questions about your interest in the school...

Idk, I figure any communication from them is good...but wanted to know if anyone else got it.
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I didn't receive one, but I would think if it is really a survey then it was probably sent out to a random sub group of the applicants. But hey, they might just really like you and want to know why you like them- you never know.


Typing that sentence made me realize that application to medical school is very similar to 8th grade romance. Why do you like me? Why should I go out with you? lolololol
 
Hey, so I'm slightly late in the cycle to the MSTP (my primary just got verified on friday night) but all my documents are in except for the secondary that im working on now (just got it monday). I just got an email though from northwestern for "selected applicants" saying "It is important that you complete your application by early September to have the best chance of being invited to interview." and most importantly...

"The MSTP Admissions Committee has reviewed your AMCAS application and is extremely impressed by your academic accomplishment and research promise. If you are receiving this message it is because the Committee has given me your name as a top candidate for admission."

Is this really just something they send to a lot of people... cause I didn't think they screened? I'm getting kind of excited cause Northwestern is one of my top schools!

Thanks, and good luck everybody!
-Chris
 
I am applying MSTP and they definitely didn't say that to me!
 
csl223 said:
Hey, so I'm slightly late in the cycle to the MSTP (my primary just got verified on friday night) but all my documents are in except for the secondary that im working on now (just got it monday). I just got an email though from northwestern for "selected applicants" saying "It is important that you complete your application by early September to have the best chance of being invited to interview." and most importantly...

"The MSTP Admissions Committee has reviewed your AMCAS application and is extremely impressed by your academic accomplishment and research promise. If you are receiving this message it is because the Committee has given me your name as a top candidate for admission."

Is this really just something they send to a lot of people... cause I didn't think they screened? I'm getting kind of excited cause Northwestern is one of my top schools!

Thanks, and good luck everybody!
-Chris
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Congratulations! Does't sound like something they just hand out like candy...Pretty promising.
 
Asyouwereatrio said:
Congratulations! Does't sound like something they just hand out like candy...Pretty promising.
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:laugh:

free_candy_van.jpg
 
Still no interview news? Definitely a school I would love to interview at!
 
MSTP interview! The email makes it sound like this is the first round of invites.
 
csl223 said:
Hey, so I'm slightly late in the cycle to the MSTP (my primary just got verified on friday night) but all my documents are in except for the secondary that im working on now (just got it monday). I just got an email though from northwestern for "selected applicants" saying "It is important that you complete your application byearly September to have the best chance of being invited to interview." and most importantly...

"The MSTP Admissions Committee has reviewed your AMCAS application and is extremely impressed byyour academic accomplishment and research promise. If you are receiving this message it is because the Committee has given me your name as a top candidate for admission."

Is this really just something they send to a lot of people... cause I didn't think they screened? I'm getting kind of excited cause Northwestern is one of my top schools!

Thanks, and good luck everybody!
-Chris
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I got that too~Excited =]
 
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