2010-2011 University of Colorado Application Thread

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Squintz48 said:
Congrats to all newly accepted students, is there anyone else who hasn't heard? Interviewed in January, no status update or email today. Thinking maybe I should give a call or email to the admissions dept.
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I'm in the same boat. Freaked out and then called in today. Here's the response I got:

"Hi Robin:

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I checked your status with the Admissions Committee as I said I would do.* While many of the decisions of the Committee have been sent today, there is still an applicant group that is under consideration by the Committee.* You are in that group and decisions should be made and you should be notified sometime next week.*

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All best wishes, Willa"
 
I interviewed with the final group (18 Feb) and just got an acceptance via e-mail today! 😀

I'm OOS, but CU is awesome, so this will make for a very tough decision.
 
Waitlisted ... bah hum bug!

Admissions said about 1/3 accepted, 1/3 rejected, and 1/3 waitlisted. (I couldn't get exact numbers, either.) They interview about 600, right? So about 200 on the waitlist before people withdraw.

1/3 of 200 = roughly 60 ... so if 20 alone people withdraw, we have a 33% chance of getting off the waitlist. Disheartening but could be worse, right?
 
wait listed. hmmm... 39 MCAT. 4.0 GPA. 2+ years of clinical work. You're not worth it anyway.
 
Wait listed too...4.0 GPA, 35Q MCAT, 3 years research, 2 years of clinical experience...oh well.
 
robinhalldunn said:
Forget them. With those stats, I'd imagine you'll have lots of other options. Good luck!
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Sounds like you guys have some great statistics, but the waitlist at CU is definitely not a death sentence. That said, the application process is meant to assess candidates beyond just the numbers. There is a good chance you will get selected off the waitlist or that you have already received an acceptance to another quality medical school, but you can't take this process personally. And you shouldn't discount the accomplishments of others that were accepted or are genuinely happy to be on the waitlist.
 
esrever said:
Sounds like you guys have some great statistics, but the waitlist at CU is definitely not a death sentence. That said, the application process is meant to assess candidates beyond just the numbers. There is a good chance you will get selected off the waitlist or that you have already received an acceptance to another quality medical school, but you can't take this process personally. And you shouldn't discount the accomplishments of others that were accepted or are genuinely happy to be on the waitlist.
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Totally agree. Think of all the people who didn't get interviews or got the dreaded rejection email. I'm also on the waitlist, pumped about it. I like to think of it as a conditional acceptance. 3.7, 35T, published, etc.
 
B056436 said:
ACCEPTED!!!! Interviewed in Jan, In State. 🙂
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Just gathering info on places to live near Anchutz/Fitzsimmons. I know the 21 Fitzsimmons apartments look real nice new etc. But... Splitting rent on a 2bed is at least $750/month --> $9000/year for rent only. I have checked out older threads and there has been a real interest in people (or parent?) buying one of those cozy brick ranch houses just south of Colfax (yes I know about Colfax) The Hoffman Heights area. Does anyone know someone who has lived in this area or even bought in this area? If so, would love to hear if it was worth it. I am from Denver so familiar with the area, just have not LIVED in the area. Have driven through it during the weekend, see lot's of families and of course occ. usual looking suspects. Over all in my the glass is half full outlook it seems like an option. I can't believe how much Colfax has changed over the last year with the improvements. All thoughts and experineces welcome!
 
I am actually applying this coming up cycle, but work on the campus now. Today at work I got a text message from the campus emergency network that read, "SHOTS FIRED OFF CAMPUS AT POTOMIC & XANDAU." That is on the outskirts of Hoffman Estates. This is the first time I received a text like this, but it doesn't surprise me that there was a shooting around this campus nor that it came from that neighborhood. I actually was going to buy in that neighborhood because it is cheap and so close to campus. I ended up not buying there though because it is sketchy and I have a wife and a newborn. IMHO the neighborhood would be fine to live in if you are a male with roommates or just know how to live in a "rougher" neighborhood. The biggest problem I noticed would be the "wanna be gang bangers" (other wise the youth with no parental guidance). Theft and vandalism is an issue in the neighborhood. You also will have to deal with the other problems that come with poverty and a lower educated population, mainly with drug user and dealers and the occasional violent crime. The area is by far not the worst area in Denver or even around campus. The area just west of campus, between Colfax-Montview and Peoria-Yosemite is much more rough. Hopefully, this gives you some idea of the area. If I had to take a guess though, the area would be a great place to invest in. Anschutz Medical Campus has only been here for 3-4 years, the area is definitely up and coming, but, then again this is Aurora so who knows how nice it really can get! There are already many students and a few employees living there, plus not everyone I saw when I was looking for house looked like trouble. There are many well-maintained houses and yards, and many of the folks looked like genuine "normal" people. I would suggest driving through again and maybe renting for a year, then you don't have to worry about any commitments until you know you like the area.
 
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I'm on the wait list too and I'm very excited! Has anyone heard any info about the wait list time line? Or has anyone heard of people getting off the wait list yet?

Very eager for updates!
 
cocardguy said:
I am actually applying this coming up cycle, but work on the campus now. Today at work I got a text message from the campus emergency network that read, “SHOTS FIRED OFF CAMPUS AT POTOMIC & XANDAU.” That is on the outskirts of Hoffman Estates. This is the first time I received a text like this, but it doesn’t surprise me that there was a shooting around this campus nor that it came from that neighborhood. I actually was going to buy in that neighborhood because it is cheap and so close to campus. I ended up not buying there though because it is sketchy and I have a wife and a newborn. IMHO the neighborhood would be fine to live in if you are a male with roommates or just know how to live in a “rougher” neighborhood. The biggest problem I noticed would be the “wanna be gang bangers” (other wise the youth with no parental guidance). Theft and vandalism is an issue in the neighborhood. You also will have to deal with the other problems that come with poverty and a lower educated population, mainly with drug user and dealers and the occasional violent crime. The area is by far not the worst area in Denver or even around campus. The area just west of campus, between Colfax-Montview and Peoria-Yosemite is much more rough. Hopefully, this gives you some idea of the area. If I had to take a guess though, the area would be a great place to invest in. Anschutz Medical Campus has only been here for 3-4 years, the area is definitely up and coming, but, then again this is Aurora so who knows how nice it really can get! There are already many students and a few employees living there, plus not everyone I saw when I was looking for house looked like trouble. There are many well-maintained houses and yards, and many of the folks looked like genuine “normal” people. I would suggest driving through again and maybe renting for a year, then you don’t have to worry about any commitments until you know you like the area.
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Aurora native. The area around UCHSC is a bit rougher than most areas of Colorado, but the vast majority of violence is gang-related and doesn't involve unrelated civilians. However, a few blocks east of the Aurora mall, which is a short five minute drive from the campus, there are several reasonably priced apartment complexes that are removed from any semi-rough areas.
 
FlowRate said:
Don't expect waitlist movement anywhere until May 1 at the earliest. May 15 into April, more likely.
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I assume you mean June, right?

As for the original question, I don't expect to hear anything until after May 15 either. It is nice to know that there is a "probable time line", if not a definite time line. We probably won't hear until late May, and if we haven't heard by mid-June then we probably won't hear from them.

I've had some contact with the admissions office recently, and they don't seem to expect to hear from us very much. They're always very polite and respond promptly, but aside from that I don't feel like there's anything we can do to express our interest in the school. Anyone have a different take?
 
Generici said:
I assume you mean June, right?

As for the original question, I don't expect to hear anything until after May 15 either. It is nice to know that there is a "probable time line", if not a definite time line. We probably won't hear until late May, and if we haven't heard by mid-June then we probably won't hear from them.

I've had some contact with the admissions office recently, and they don't seem to expect to hear from us very much. They're always very polite and respond promptly, but aside from that I don't feel like there's anything we can do to express our interest in the school. Anyone have a different take?
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Yeah, it was late.

I don't know if I posted about it in this thread, but after my WL notice, I emailed to ask about sending updates/LOI's. They replied that they won't take updates. I don't know if that excludes LOI's or not.
 
I asked about LOIs and they don't accept those either. It's basically just wait-and-see time.

I can see how this is somewhat fairer than the old tiered method. The first tiers pretty much knew they were going to get in, so they didn't need to do anything else. The third tiers knew they were not going to get in, so they went elsewhere. But the second tiers were left in limbo, and had to make their own calls. With the new system, we're all like second tiers.

Plus, this system probably allows the school to more easily maintain a diverse student body. In state students who decline can be replaced with other in states off the list, URMs with URMs, non-trads with non-trads, etc... Hence the reason that there does not seem to be a unifying pattern among the wait listed students on the thread.

That's my theory-of-the-day.
 
Generici said:
Plus, this system probably allows the school to more easily maintain a diverse student body. In state students who decline can be replaced with other in states off the list, URMs with URMs, non-trads with non-trads, etc... Hence the reason that there does not seem to be a unifying pattern among the wait listed students on the thread.
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This is definitely how any school that doesn't numerically rank their waitlists does things.
 
I am also currently on the wait list. This is my 3rd year applying, not to Colorado, but in general. Last year I was on the wait list at Creighton and USF and the waiting was dragged out until the 2nd week in August. This year I have decided that whatever happens, I need to move on with my life. It isn't fair to have my life in eternal limbo. I am trying to plan for the possibility of getting in or not. Colorado is my top pick. I want to remain on the wait list to have even a slight fighting chance at getting in. At the same time I feel that I need to start preparing to apply to PA schools, and Colorado is once again my top pick. Does anyone have advice about if I should try to apply to the PA program while on the wait list at the same school? I don't know the rules about that, and I am afraid they might drop me. On the other hand, if the waiting process gets dragged out too long, then I will miss my opportunity to apply early, or perhaps at all to PA school.
 
CU in the past has had applicants applying to PA school write a fake letter to their fake rich uncle asking him for money for PA school and explaining to him why they want to go to PA school instead of med school (your fake rich uncle only wants to pay if you go to med school). I think it would be hard to understand why you would apply to both on their end. Also, I think last time I looked the average stats were similar for their PA school and med school, so if you are applying to PA school thinking it will be "easier" to get in I doubt you would find that to be true.

smoothblue said:
I am also currently on the wait list. This is my 3rd year applying, not to Colorado, but in general. Last year I was on the wait list at Creighton and USF and the waiting was dragged out until the 2nd week in August. This year I have decided that whatever happens, I need to move on with my life. It isn't fair to have my life in eternal limbo. I am trying to plan for the possibility of getting in or not. Colorado is my top pick. I want to remain on the wait list to have even a slight fighting chance at getting in. At the same time I feel that I need to start preparing to apply to PA schools, and Colorado is once again my top pick. Does anyone have advice about if I should try to apply to the PA program while on the wait list at the same school? I don't know the rules about that, and I am afraid they might drop me. On the other hand, if the waiting process gets dragged out too long, then I will miss my opportunity to apply early, or perhaps at all to PA school.
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BrooBroo said:
CU in the past has had applicants applying to PA school write a fake letter to their fake rich uncle asking him for money for PA school and explaining to him why they want to go to PA school instead of med school (your fake rich uncle only wants to pay if you go to med school). I think it would be hard to understand why you would apply to both on their end. Also, I think last time I looked the average stats were similar for their PA school and med school, so if you are applying to PA school thinking it will be "easier" to get in I doubt you would find that to be true.
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The PA program may have a comparable average GPA, but I would be very surprised if it was on equal grounds with the SOM in terms of competitiveness.. 🙂
 
smoothblue said:
I am also currently on the wait list. This is my 3rd year applying, not to Colorado, but in general. Last year I was on the wait list at Creighton and USF and the waiting was dragged out until the 2nd week in August. This year I have decided that whatever happens, I need to move on with my life. It isn't fair to have my life in eternal limbo. I am trying to plan for the possibility of getting in or not. Colorado is my top pick. I want to remain on the wait list to have even a slight fighting chance at getting in. At the same time I feel that I need to start preparing to apply to PA schools, and Colorado is once again my top pick. Does anyone have advice about if I should try to apply to the PA program while on the wait list at the same school? I don't know the rules about that, and I am afraid they might drop me. On the other hand, if the waiting process gets dragged out too long, then I will miss my opportunity to apply early, or perhaps at all to PA school.
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You should also consider applying to osteopathic school. DOs are physicians with the same rights and, in some fields, are superior (ie family practice or emergency medicine). I applied to three osteopathic schools, interviewed at them in October and November, and was accepted within the week at all three. For allopathic, I was waitlisted at all the schools, and I wasn't taken off one until February. The main reason I'm not going to an osteopathic school is because I'm considering some very competitive residencies.

To be honest, I am going to make a point of learning the osteopathic maneuvers at some point during my career as a physician. My father is an MD (he is pain management), and he uses them all the time.

I also have a friend whose MCATs were a 25, and she had 9 osteopathic interviews in September and 4 acceptances by October, when she withdrew because she got accepted to her first choice.
 
Jaenelle said:
You should also consider applying to osteopathic school. DOs are physicians with the same rights and, in some fields, are superior (ie family practice or emergency medicine). I applied to three osteopathic schools, interviewed at them in October and November, and was accepted within the week at all three. For allopathic, I was waitlisted at all the schools, and I wasn't taken off one until February. The main reason I'm not going to an osteopathic school is because I'm considering some very competitive residencies.

To be honest, I am going to make a point of learning the osteopathic maneuvers at some point during my career as a physician. My father is an MD (he is pain management), and he uses them all the time.

I also have a friend whose MCATs were a 25, and she had 9 osteopathic interviews in September and 4 acceptances by October, when she withdrew because she got accepted to her first choice.
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:laugh:
Thanks for the laugh.
DO is certainly an excellent choice, but please don't try the old "It's superior" bull simply because you had trouble getting accepted MD.
 
Just wanted to let you guys know that I typed up and posted the CU Match Results from last week in the Match Results thread. Feel free to check them out!
 
cocardguy said:
but, then again this is Aurora so who knows how nice it really can get!
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...hope you dont get stuck in that hell hole
- like i was all my life

if any one wants specific info on the Del Mar/ Hoff. Heights area, PM; otherwise, what has been said here (most of it) has a pretty good grasp on what youll find
 
blah2537 said:
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Thanks for the laugh.
DO is certainly an excellent choice, but please don't try the old "It's superior" bull simply because you had trouble getting accepted MD.
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I don't think getting accepted in February at Georgetown is trouble getting accepted into MD. Osteopaths are superior in family practice and can be in emergency medicine because they offer manipulative skills that MDs simply don't know. They also know diagnostic tests that can be more accurate than imaging. These manipulative skills and tests, both which my MD father uses frequently, make a big difference for patients. I've seen them used myself many times, and the results are great. I personally don't want to go into those fields, so being a DO isn't superior. It depends on what you want to do. I know also MDs who went to DO schools for a year after they graduated because they wanted to learn those specific techniques for their practice. I think it's really terrible for you to make fun of people who will one day be your professional colleagues.
 
Jaenelle said:
I don't think getting accepted in February at Georgetown is trouble getting accepted into MD. Osteopaths are superior in family practice and can be in emergency medicine because they offer manipulative skills that MDs simply don't know. They also know diagnostic tests that can be more accurate than imaging. These manipulative skills and tests, both which my MD father uses frequently, make a big difference for patients. I've seen them used myself many times, and the results are great. I personally don't want to go into those fields, so being a DO isn't superior. It depends on what you want to do. I know also MDs who went to DO schools for a year after they graduated because they wanted to learn those specific techniques for their practice. I think it's really terrible for you to make fun of people who will one day be your professional colleagues.
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Couldn't agree more. DO/MD it is really just alphabet soup after the name. Everyone still calls you doctor. I applied MD, but I have a DO as my family doctor because their focus is on overall health and well being, while an allopatric doctor is who I would go see if I had a specialty concern related to a disease. The best way I've heard it summed up is that a DO treats the person, an MD treats a disease.
 
Squintz48 said:
Couldn't agree more. DO/MD it is really just alphabet soup after the name. Everyone still calls you doctor. I applied MD, but I have a DO as my family doctor because their focus is on overall health and well being, while an allopatric doctor is who I would go see if I had a specialty concern related to a disease. The best way I've heard it summed up is that a DO treats the person, an MD treats a disease.
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Jesus........
 
Guys, this is not the place for the MD/DO debate. This is the Colorado-specific forum...so if you don't have anything to say related to Colorado, please don't post anything.

When there's something like 75,000 people applying to medical school every year, I think you should feel lucky to get accepted at MD or DO.
 
So essentially it is wait until about May 15th, then start to pray?

Is it more likely that if you don't hear by June then you won't be hearing anything positive?

Also, I remember hearing that usually 250 people are offered to fill 160 seats. Does this mean the wait list is about 90 people or so, and these 90 people will be offered in addition to the 160 that have already hold an offer?
 
tarheel07 said:
So essentially it is wait until about May 15th, then start to pray?

Is it more likely that if you don't hear by June then you won't be hearing anything positive?

Also, I remember hearing that usually 250 people are offered to fill 160 seats. Does this mean the wait list is about 90 people or so, and these 90 people will be offered in addition to the 160 that have already hold an offer?
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No. The wait list has more than 90 people on it. Many of those on the list have admissions elsewhere and will not matriculate at CU whether they receive an eventual offer or not, and many people on the wait list in previous years have had to reapply. They won't say how large the wait list is, but I would guess around 150 to 200 would give CU assurance that they will not have open seats in their class.

Otherwise, yeah, most of us will wait until after May 15 to hear from them, if we hear at all. :scared::xf:
 
Ok. So perhaps the wait list is 200 people deep and approx. 90 people from that list will be extended an offer at some point.
 
tarheel07 said:
Is it more likely that if you don't hear by June then you won't be hearing anything positive?
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Yeah. But even so, one guy in my class got an acceptance in July. And one girl got an acceptance to Brown and dropped just a few weeks before school started--and I'm sure someone got her spot. Another guy in the 2012 class got his acceptance the day before school started.
 
Hi,

Has anybody received any info about financial aid yet or know when we get to find out?

Thanks.
 
fuzzwuzz said:
Hi,

Has anybody received any info about financial aid yet or know when we get to find out?

Thanks.
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I was complete about two months ago, and no word thus far. I have no idea when we are gonna hear back!
 
Anyone know the dress code for 2nd look?

Also, I haven't received any financial aid info yet, but I do know that if you applied for any of the scholarships, we should hear by the end of April if we got them or not.
 
B056436 said:
Anyone know the dress code for 2nd look?

Also, I haven't received any financial aid info yet, but I do know that if you applied for any of the scholarships, we should hear by the end of April if we got them or not.
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The dress code for second look is casual. Jeans are fine! 🙂
 
accepted in October
withdrawing-

hope this is good news for those of you waiting
loved the school- just gotta get outta a-town
best of luck
 
fuzzwuzz said:
Hi,

Has anybody received any info about financial aid yet or know when we get to find out?

Thanks.
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I emailed the financial aid office today asking about when the files should be complete. Since I am OOS, the financial aid package could really make or break my decision to go here. I wish they were faster!
 
Daegona said:
Wait listed too...4.0 GPA, 35Q MCAT, 3 years research, 2 years of clinical experience...oh well.
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Speechless. What did you do? Poke an Adcomm in the eye? 😉 I have a friend who graduated from CU med last year. She got in with a 24 MCAT. No, she is not a URM. LOL She is white, CO native, middle class, and does not like people. I guess the admissions process is quite subjective. Good luck!

As far as you OSS students, you have some major balls to be willing to pay that HUGE nonresident tuition.
 
Willa is very helpful! She gave me tons of information - a few pieces I have to share.

She told me that one woman on the waitlist was accepted to another school, but is planning on withdrawing from that school and applying to CU again next year if she doesn't get in eventually. I was told that this is a HUGE mistake. The admissions committee wants to see that an applicant is dedicated to medicine as a career, and not necessarily to the state/region/school. This woman was thought of highly enough to be placed on the waitlist, but she will be a much worse applicant next year because she will be demonstrating that she is not dedicated if she rejects something that very few people ever receive (i.e. admission to ANY med school). Very enlightening!

Also - around 40-45% of accepted applicants are holding multiple offers. She expects that they are waiting until the May 15th deadline to find out about financial aid (which is apparently up in the air given our state's congressional budget debates).

There was a 17% increase in applicants this year - way higher than normal trends (which is typically about 2%). The majority of that increase is due to OOS.

Finally (as mentioned earlier in this thread) - they changed their policy about giving out personally tailored advice for students who interviewed but did not get accepted. From now on, it's just those generic information sessions.

Good luck all waitlisters!
 
I am also on the wait list, and thank you very much for the info! If you don't mind me asking, who is Willa? I am assuming she works in the admissions office?

Thanks again. Keeping my fingers crossed about getting off the wait list.



dolcissimo said:
Willa is very helpful! She gave me tons of information - a few pieces I have to share.

She told me that one woman on the waitlist was accepted to another school, but is planning on withdrawing from that school and applying to CU again next year if she doesn't get in eventually. I was told that this is a HUGE mistake. The admissions committee wants to see that an applicant is dedicated to medicine as a career, and not necessarily to the state/region/school. This woman was thought of highly enough to be placed on the waitlist, but she will be a much worse applicant next year because she will be demonstrating that she is not dedicated if she rejects something that very few people ever receive (i.e. admission to ANY med school). Very enlightening!

Also - around 40-45% of accepted applicants are holding multiple offers. She expects that they are waiting until the May 15th deadline to find out about financial aid (which is apparently up in the air given our state's congressional budget debates).

There was a 17% increase in applicants this year - way higher than normal trends (which is typically about 2%). The majority of that increase is due to OOS.

Finally (as mentioned earlier in this thread) - they changed their policy about giving out personally tailored advice for students who interviewed but did not get accepted. From now on, it's just those generic information sessions.

Good luck all waitlisters!
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Colorado01 said:
I am also on the wait list, and thank you very much for the info! If you don't mind me asking, who is Willa? I am assuming she works in the admissions office?

Thanks again. Keeping my fingers crossed about getting off the wait list.
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You're right - Willa is one of the people working in the admissions office, and she's been there for many years. :luck::xf:
 
Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone is planning on going to the one of the information sessions CU is having. I'm planning on going but feeling a little lost on what to ask since they are no longer having personally tailored feedback sessions for waitlisted/rejected applicants. I can't ask about my application specifically.

Waitlisted with a 34R MCAT, 3.8 GPA, 3 years research, 2 years working in healthcare. Guh! What more do you want CU?!
 
pandamuffin said:
Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone is planning on going to the one of the information sessions CU is having. I'm planning on going but feeling a little lost on what to ask since they are no longer having personally tailored feedback sessions for waitlisted/rejected applicants. I can't ask about my application specifically.

Waitlisted with a 34R MCAT, 3.8 GPA, 3 years research, 2 years working in healthcare. Guh! What more do you want CU?!
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I don't think you have to worry about what to ask. At my interview they said the session would try to give a survey of the accepted students - what general qualities/experiences they were looking for, etc.

One thing I can add is that I have heard that CU really likes a good story - paying a lot of attention to the personal statement and supplemental essay. And by the way, congratulations on your great experiences/stats.
 
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