2010-2011 Rosalind Franklin Application Thread

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Put on hold for the 4th time. Starting to lose hope...
 
I am currently an M1 at CMS and thought I would share a few things with the applicants habitually checking this thread. First off, congratulations if you have been accepted! If you have an interview scheduled, or are hoping for one, good luck!

As some of you may know, CMS recently hired a new dean, Dr. Robertson from Northwestern University. On Monday, Dr. Robertson spoke with our M1 class, and he seems to be a great guy who is dedicated to our success. We basically had an open forum where students could voice concerns and Dr. Robertson wrote them down to look into them. One of the interesting points of discussion was the potential of changing to a pass/fail curriculum, to which Dr. Robertson said that he has seen no evidence that P/F has any downfalls. He also sent out an email today citing studies in support of a P/F curriculum, so that *may* be in the early exploratory phase. Other things he mentioned were strengthening our ties to the hospitals we rotate through, as well as seeking out new partnerships with a couple of recently-built hospitals. He has been here only a few weeks but is already tackling some of the students' biggest concerns.

As for living arrangements, most students live in on-campus housing or in the nearby Woodlands complex. If you are looking for something cheaper, I believe there is a housing guide on the school's website (if you don't like the website, that will also be getting an overhaul fairly soon!). I live at the Preserve at Osprey Lake in Gurnee, and I found it to be very, very nice for the price, and I suggest anyone looking for off-campus housing check it out. It's about an 8-mile (read: 12-15 minute) drive to campus.

If you're planning on living downtown, students usually stick to the Ravenswood area, near the train stop for the Union Pacific North Line, which you can bring up and hop on a school shuttle to campus.

If you have any questions, I may be able to provide some insight, so feel free to PM me. I can't promise a quick response, but I will try!
 
Accepted today - interviewed 2/23, I believe. This was the first email I've gotten back from them, so I think I was accepted w/o hold despite my fairly late interview date. So in case you feel like you're late in the game -- there's definitely still hope! Thanks, CMS/RFU! 🙂
 
Anyone know where the Rosalind and Franklin Match list for this year is?
 
Thanks for the great information.

notaboutthebike said:
I am currently an M1 at CMS and thought I would share a few things with the applicants habitually checking this thread. First off, congratulations if you have been accepted! If you have an interview scheduled, or are hoping for one, good luck!

As some of you may know, CMS recently hired a new dean, Dr. Robertson from Northwestern University. On Monday, Dr. Robertson spoke with our M1 class, and he seems to be a great guy who is dedicated to our success. We basically had an open forum where students could voice concerns and Dr. Robertson wrote them down to look into them. One of the interesting points of discussion was the potential of changing to a pass/fail curriculum, to which Dr. Robertson said that he has seen no evidence that P/F has any downfalls. He also sent out an email today citing studies in support of a P/F curriculum, so that *may* be in the early exploratory phase. Other things he mentioned were strengthening our ties to the hospitals we rotate through, as well as seeking out new partnerships with a couple of recently-built hospitals. He has been here only a few weeks but is already tackling some of the students' biggest concerns.

As for living arrangements, most students live in on-campus housing or in the nearby Woodlands complex. If you are looking for something cheaper, I believe there is a housing guide on the school's website (if you don't like the website, that will also be getting an overhaul fairly soon!). I live at the Preserve at Osprey Lake in Gurnee, and I found it to be very, very nice for the price, and I suggest anyone looking for off-campus housing check it out. It's about an 8-mile (read: 12-15 minute) drive to campus.

If you're planning on living downtown, students usually stick to the Ravenswood area, near the train stop for the Union Pacific North Line, which you can bring up and hop on a school shuttle to campus.

If you have any questions, I may be able to provide some insight, so feel free to PM me. I can't promise a quick response, but I will try!
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Nooro said:
Anyone know where the Rosalind and Franklin Match list for this year is?
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It's an internal school website, and they did quite well this year. They haven't been good about posting match lists for the past few years; I think the most recent available on the school web page is from 2009. Someone anonymized last year's list and posted it on SDN, but AFAIK it's not on the school's public website.

BTW, you've made 3 posts about this. Why do you want to know?
 
masterwolfie said:
Congrats! Mind sharing what dates you were offered?

I'm also still pooled (since December) and starting to lose hope 🙁
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Hey!

The following dates were offered:
April 4th
April 11th
April 18th
April 25th

I am likely withdrawing from here though. I am out of money to travel :laugh:. Wish they would have gotten to me earlier because I definitely would have attended the interview.
 
Goober11 said:
Hey!

The following dates were offered:
April 4th
April 11th
April 18th
April 25th

I am likely withdrawing from here though. I am out of money to travel :laugh:. Wish they would have gotten to me earlier because I definitely would have attended the interview.
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Thanks for sharing the dates! 😀 Congrats on your other acceptances!
 
Brother most likely going there.... i realize residencies tend to be regional... and with all the great chicago schools, and nationally all the great applicants applying to chicago... curious to see where they tend to send their people.
 
To those who have been accepted,
I am currently looking for a female roommate to share an apartment near the school starting in July/August. If you are interested, please PM me and we can talk about the details. Thanks!
 
If we haven't received an interview invitation by now, do we still have a chance to get in??
 
Withdrawing my spot in the class tonight, I hope it goes to you guys waiting! Thanks for all the help guys!
 
I sent in my secondary back in mid-October and just received a confirmation that I was put in the interview pool after going into primary screening on 1/11. So let's hope they're still handing out interview invites! :xf:
 
I got an interview invite on the 6th so I think they are still giving them out but it's definitely trickling down. Hope that was helpful.
 
Still haven't been rejected yet pre-interview. Perhaps they will just come out at the end of April....so confusing
 
concernedP said:
Does anyone know the last day of interviews with RFU-CMS?
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April 25th, so it's fast approaching. I guess they might be sending out invites if people withdraw from the remaining interviews early enough :luck:
 
Hi I'm new to the forum. I'm so confused...could those you currently got to RFU clear some things up. I emailed them about two weeks ago, because I was put into pre-screening in December and never received an email saying that I was out of pre-screening. This is the response I got on March 30:

Dear A,

Thank you for contacting our office about your status. You are in the screening process. Once you finish the screening process we will send you a confirmation email. After that you will be placed in a pool of applicant who can at any time be sent an interview invitation. Our interview season is from September through April.



If you should have any other questions, please feel free to contact our office.

Sincerely,

CMS Admissions Office

I then followed up to ask if interviews were still being conducted. Response:

Dear Alexa,

We are interviewing through the end of April. We are still sending out invitations and anticipate invitations will still be sent through mid-April.


If you should have any other questions, please feel free to contact our office.

Sincerely,

CMS Admissions Office

I'm so confused. She this give me hope or should I be waiting for my rejection letter? I live in Chicago, so interviewing would be a matter of making less than an hour drive. Do you think this has anything to do with it?

Help from those who I've been through this process!!





 
Pre-interview rejection, lol at least they sent me one. Lot of places aren't even bothering.
 
pre-interview rejection here as well.. nothing surprising
 
Was this a snail mail or email rejection? I haven't received any word since completing primary screening, wondering if it just hasn't hit my mail box yet.
 
Nothing here yet either - it's probably coming though xD Maybe they're sending them out by complete/pool date?
 
NYC8683DD said:
Was this a snail mail or email rejection? I haven't received any word since completing primary screening, wondering if it just hasn't hit my mail box yet.
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it was an email rejection.
 
Hi, does anyone have any information on RF's step 1 scores, specifically how they compare to UIC? Can't find anything on the website. Thanks!
 
masterwolfie said:
Nothing here yet either - it's probably coming though xD Maybe they're sending them out by complete/pool date?
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do people know if all the rejection email are gone? I know it is aa rejection right now but have not got an email??
 
concernedP said:
do people know if all the rejection email are gone? I know it is aa rejection right now but have not got an email??
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So... I have been keeping track of this thread for awhile now, and decided to shed some light on the situation. I called RFUMS/CMS earlier today about when they have deliberation results, and was informed that they will come in at the end of next week. Myself, I am on hold at RFUMS/CMS, so we'll see. It feels like I got one foot in the door, and one foot being frozen off in a harsh Chicago winter.
 
ACCEPTED!!! I interviewed in mid Feb and after being put on hold twice I got the good news today!!
 
to: Buff4med ACCEPTED!!! I interviewed in mid Feb and after being put on hold twice I got the good news today!!


Congratulations! were you notified by email or snail mail?
 
Congrats to whomever made this round of acceptances.

Looks like I got my third hold letter, and considering the May 15th declare by date, I might as well consider myself officially waitlisted...to whomever posted the comment before about feeling on foot in..I feel you.

Lets hope that after that date the powers that be shuffle all of us, end up where we need to be.
 
I was notified by email today and it said I would be receiving my official letter in the mail this week
 
Accepted today after being on hold since December! I was also notified by email... To those in waiting... don't give up!
 
2chance said:
Accepted today after being on hold since December! I was also notified by email... To those in waiting... don't give up!
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Since December? Woah. How many hold cycles? 4-5? It makes you really wonder what is going on, doesn't it? 😛 I'm still on hold, but then again I'm one of the people who interviewed late(r).

@ Auchtoritas, I was looking at the 2009-2010 thread for Rosalind, and it seems that they actually do acceptance, rejection, waitlist, and hold after the May 15 deadline. Nothing to do now, but keep up hope I guess!

In any case, one can always wait a year doing other interesting things other than med school before med school (in the event that we don't get accepted into any)! It kinda boggles my mind how many people (myself included) want to meet this "hell" that is med school. :laugh:
 
Im calling for the assembly of "Still Holding". Im setting up a cheerleading section over here in the corner of the internet. We have cake and grief counseling. Moral Support Squad ROLL CALL!!!

Lets Go Waitleisters, Alternates, and Holdees!!! May 15 is around the corner!
 
I'm intending to withdraw from RFU/CMS - hope the spot goes to one of you guys! That said: how do I actually withdraw? Call them? Email? Snailmail? Smoke signals? 😀
 
Auchtoritas said:
Im calling for the assembly of "Still Holding". Im setting up a cheerleading section over here in the corner of the internet. We have cake and grief counseling. Moral Support Squad ROLL CALL!!!

Lets Go Waitleisters, Alternates, and Holdees!!! May 15 is around the corner!
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Count me in. Do we get beer, too? 🙁
 
Hey guys, those planning on attending join the facebook group! search chicago medical school /RFUMS class of 2015
 
Finally got around to withdrawing -- was traveling. Hope one of you awesome SDNers gets the spot!
 
Hey Future Classmates!

I'm looking for a male roommate to live in the Woodlands next year. Please PM me if you are interested. I'm excited to meet all of the future CMS M1 class.
 
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