2010-2011 University of North Carolina Application Thread

[patientcare]

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Most people want to know timelines, so I'll begin with that:
OOS
Accepted: 11/16/2010
Interviewed: 11/12/2010
Secondary Submitted: 8/17/2010

When you interview at UNC, you can tell right from the start that the school is heavily invested in its students. All the students, faculty, staff, and interviewers are warm, welcoming, and kind. They also put in the extra effort to escort/guide you to and from your interviews, which does not occur at a number of big name schools (Harvard, Yale, and UCSF for example, NOT to cast any moral judgments. Sometimes, logistical difficulties prevent schools from imitating UNC). Also, UNC keeps their interviewee groups small so that you get more personal attention (there were only seven of us on my day), and they bring in a large number of med students for you to talk to.

Because I'm OOS, it was that much more of a shock (a GOOD one!) to get the call so quickly after my interview. I can't thank Dean Bashford and the adcom enough, and I wish you all the best of luck in getting into this amazing school!

Feel free to let me know if I can help.

 

[wanderlustlife]

Did anyone else/everyone get a Thanksgiving November update yesterday??

 

[Hemichordate]

Did anyone else/everyone get a Thanksgiving November update yesterday??

Yep. Do they send the email to people they're going to reject anyway?

 

[wanderlustlife]

Yep. Do they send the email to people they're going to reject anyway?

Haha, no idea. Seems like it's a funny thing to send?

 

[nattyrat]

I didn't get any emails. what did it say?

 

[megrs]

We are working diligently to get through our applications and schedule interviews. You will hear from us soon!

We will be on Thanksgiving break, November 25th & November 26th. The Admissions Office will resume normal business hours on November 29th from 8am-5pm daily. Have a great & safe holiday!

 

[Girl000]

I didn't get anything either. I think it's only for people who have not interviewed yet.

Good luck guys!

 

[raptik]

I received the e-mail, but never received an offer to complete their secondary application. Did anybody else have the same situation or did you all complete the secondary?

 

[korsian]

I received the e-mail, but never received an offer to complete their secondary application. Did anybody else have the same situation or did you all complete the secondary?

+1. OOS, still waiting to hear about a secondary application offer - I got the e-mail as well.

 

[dcjpitt]

i'm still waiting to hear about the secondary and didn't receive the turkey day email. maybe they forgot about me?

 

[curlytop]

+1. OOS, still waiting to hear about a secondary application offer - I got the e-mail as well.

+2...got the November update.

 

[jonesj]

Same here. OOS- Havent received a secondary invite but did receive the email.

 

[gbarnett88]

Have any in-state people been accepted yet?

 

[bige11]

Have any in-state people been accepted yet?

I know of 2 people who got in (in state)

 

[jonesj]

I got the "update email" and havent even received a secondary. I submitted my primary a looong time ago. I had no idea I was still being considered. I am OOS. I read in last years forum that someone called after receiving a similar email in December and the adcom seemed surprised they had not received a secondary. Can anyone shed any light on what might be going on? Is there still a chance I could get a secondary this late in the game?

 

[raptik]

I got the "update email" and havent even received a secondary. I submitted my primary a looong time ago. I had no idea I was still being considered. I am OOS. I read in last years forum that someone called after receiving a similar email in December and the adcom seemed surprised they had not received a secondary. Can anyone shed any light on what might be going on? Is there still a chance I could get a secondary this late in the game?

Yeah, I'm wondering this too. I thought it sounded like a potential interview invite, but I then realized I never filled out their secondary so I was a bit confused. It would be odd for them to send e-mails to people they were intending to reject. I'll contact them tomorrow to check what the e-mail means (especially for those who haven't even filled out their secondary).

 

[IDreamtIChased]

🙁 I thought I was the only one who got the update email. It sounded so promising! Oh well...


Any OOS applicants complete in mid-sept get an interview?

 

[nattyrat]

wrong thread...... STILL WAITING

 

[Girl000]

wrong thread...... STILL WAITING

Way to give us a heart attack . I thought they were calling already!

Congratulations on your other acceptance!

 

[jonesj]

Thanks raptik! Please let us know what you find out!

 

[nattyrat]

hahaha thanks Girl000. go me.....as soon as i pressed submit i looked at the top of the web browser and saw "university of north...." and was like crap. that's what i get for having way too many SDN tabs open.

i have to say, having one acceptance doesn't quite take the pressure off today (a meeting day) like i thought it would. still waiting on that 919 call! (thankfully i'll be enjoying $1 margaritas and mexican food all evening- makes it less likely i'll be compulsively checking my phone every 2 minutes for a missed call 😉)

 

[Hamels]

I did not receive an update e-mail. Silent rejection? I was complete August 11.

 

[raptik]

I spoke to the office and the e-mail didn't really mean anything. It didn't have much to do with one's status. All I found out is that they're still sending supplemental apps out, but it's winding down at the end of this semester. 🙁

 

[Hemichordate]

I spoke to the office and the e-mail didn't really mean anything. It didn't have much to do with one's status. All I found out is that they're still sending supplemental apps out, but it's winding down at the end of this semester. 🙁

🙁

 

[curlytop]

I spoke to the office and the e-mail didn't really mean anything. It didn't have much to do with one's status. All I found out is that they're still sending supplemental apps out, but it's winding down at the end of this semester. 🙁

This is what I got when I called about 4:05 PM. The guy who answered the phone was super nice and said if they'd be contacting me (and I'm assuming everyone else in the same boat - OOS with no secondary) in the next couple weeks.

 

[Girl000]

No calls tonight? Maybe adcom meeting was postponed bc of holidays?

 

[jagonzo]

ACCEPTED! Dr. Granger called me tonight! SOOOOO excited!!!!!!! I did NOT expect to hear so soon - certainly not tonight! Interviewed 11/16, reapplicant.

 

[IDreamtIChased]

ACCEPTED! Dr. Granger called me tonight! SOOOOO excited!!!!!!! I did NOT expect to hear so soon - certainly not tonight! Interviewed 11/16, reapplicant.

wow congrats! are you instate? - stats? - when complete?

 

[jagonzo]

wow congrats! are you instate? - stats? - when complete?

Thanks!
I'm IS
30R
3.82 GPA
Secondary complete 9/30
Interviewed 11/16

Good luck all!!!!

 

[ZacharyALindsey]

I just don't get it. It seems that the interview date and acceptance time frame are largely random. I interviewed on September 21st (37 MCAT, 3.6 GPA, in-state, UNC undergrad, physics major) and haven't heard a peep out of them, yet some people have been accepted as little as four days after the interview.

I've loved UNC for the last four years and won't turn the cheek so easily, but I'm admittedly growing frustrated.

Still, I must be happy for a fellow SDNer. Congratulations, jagonzo!

 

[Nessy]

Thanks!
I'm IS
30R
3.82 GPA
Secondary complete 9/30
Interviewed 11/16

Good luck all!!!!

ACCEPTED! Dr. Granger called me tonight! SOOOOO excited!!!!!!! I did NOT expect to hear so soon - certainly not tonight! Interviewed 11/16, reapplicant.

Wow, this is your year jagonzo 🙂 👍 BIG congratulations to you

 

[jagonzo]

Okay, so it won't let me put an excited smiley - it keeps replacing it with a smiley with its tongue sticking out (completely inappropriate), so I'll just say "BIG SMILEY FACE!"

 

[Nessy]

Okay, so it won't let me put an excited smiley - it keeps replacing it with a smiley with its tongue sticking out (completely inappropriate), so I'll just say "BIG SMILEY FACE!"

Perfect! Hey jagonzo, just curious, what was the difference between last year and this year?? Clearly you are doing fabulously this year 👍

 

[jagonzo]

Perfect! Hey jagonzo, just curious, what was the difference between last year and this year?? Clearly you are doing fabulously this year 👍

Clinical exposure. In undergrad, I had next to none. At my meeting with a committee member over the summer after my rejections, I was told to get some patient-contact hours and realize what a doctor really does. So I shadowed a variety of physicians all summer, and then I was fortunate enough to find a job as a tech in a local hospital's operating room. I guess that did the trick. Not everywhere though, I've also gotten my share of rejections this year. U of Washington rejected me today, actually.

 

[Nessy]

Clinical exposure. In undergrad, I had next to none. At my meeting with a committee member over the summer after my rejections, I was told to get some patient-contact hours and realize what a doctor really does. So I shadowed a variety of physicians all summer, and then I was fortunate enough to find a job as a tech in a local hospital's operating room. I guess that did the trick. Not everywhere though, I've also gotten my share of rejections this year. U of Washington rejected me today, actually.

Thanks for your reflection over the years. Awe, sort of a bitter sweet day for you, but not really>>>UNC is really sweet. But my phone is not ringing 🙁. That's OK, just gotta wait out this crap shoot game 😉

 

[teddy bear doc]

ACCEPTED! Dr. Granger called me tonight! SOOOOO excited!!!!!!! I did NOT expect to hear so soon - certainly not tonight! Interviewed 11/16, reapplicant.

YAY!!!!!! Congrats!

 

[jeeshanf]

Clinical exposure. In undergrad, I had next to none. At my meeting with a committee member over the summer after my rejections, I was told to get some patient-contact hours and realize what a doctor really does. So I shadowed a variety of physicians all summer, and then I was fortunate enough to find a job as a tech in a local hospital's operating room. I guess that did the trick. Not everywhere though, I've also gotten my share of rejections this year. U of Washington rejected me today, actually.

That is awesome Jagonzo. I don't really know your other stats, but I am a re-applicant as well who was given the same recommendation (to increase clinical exposure). I have volunteered a great amount in an ER and will begin volunteering as an EMT soon (I just got certified). It is very encouraging to see that you were accepted. I will be interviewing in a couple of days and I hope they share the love with me as well.

 

[fsurgeon]

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[nattyrat]

^ I agree with Zach and congrats to Jagonzo. I just really don't understand why people that seem to be qualified applicants are waiting 8+ weeks while others (still qualified, I'm not saying that they aren't excellent applicants) get in after 2 weeks with fairly similar stats. The whole process is starting to make me a little bitter towards UNC and question if it is still my number 1 choice.

Right there with you guys......the whole process is very confusing. i have yet to figure out why some candidates get chosen over others with all things being equal. i can only guess it's some mystical gut feeling the admissions committee gets about one person over another. or perhaps they have a magic 8 ball they just shake and pass around.

 

[patientcare]

Yeah, the application process as a whole is not nearly as systematic and fair as we would like to believe. You have human subjectivity for one. Then there is the fact that your application is considered in relation to those of other people. Who knows what your competition will be like on the day of your interview or on the day that your application arrives in front of the adcom. Then, there is just pure randomness.

For example, I heard from UNC about an interview around two months after being complete, and then an acceptance four days after the actual interview. At the same time, I have been complete for four months at another statistically less-competitive school and have not heard anything while other applicants after me have gotten interviews. Just to be clear, I do not feel entitled to anything; it's just odd that I have heard absolutely no news, whether that be a rejection or an interview offer.

It is discouraging, but unfortunately, that's the nature of the process. As a famous fish once said, "Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming ..." Don't give up!

 

[ZacharyALindsey]

Yeah, the application process as a whole is not nearly as systematic and fair as we would like to believe. You have human subjectivity for one. Then there is the fact that your application is considered in relation to those of other people. Who knows what your competition will be like on the day of your interview or on the day that your application arrives in front of the adcom. Then, there is just pure randomness.

For example, I heard from UNC about an interview around two months after being complete, and then an acceptance four days after the actual interview. At the same time, I have been complete for four months at another statistically less-competitive school and have not heard anything while other applicants after me have gotten interviews. Just to be clear, I do not feel entitled to anything; it's just odd that I have heard absolutely no news, whether that be a rejection or an interview offer.

It is discouraging, but unfortunately, that's the nature of the process. As a famous fish once said, "Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming ..." Don't give up!

I appreciate your insight, patientcare. At least Duke flat out told us we won't hear anything until March. Waiting isn't what kills me; it's the uncertainty...

 

[nattyrat]

just got an email from UNC. it's the "we're reviewing your file and no final decision has been made" email. appears to be the same, word-for-word, as the one sent out last year to all those applicants left hanging after the thanksgiving holiday..... *sigh*

 

[MDhopeful2015]

just got an email from UNC. it's the "we're reviewing your file and no final decision has been made" email. appears to be the same, word-for-word, as the one sent out last year to all those applicants left hanging after the thanksgiving holiday..... *sigh*

I just got that email too 🙁 Is this a rejection email? This whole application process, especially with UNC has been horrible. I hate that there is no way to check your status online, and that they just leave you hanging for so long. I just want a yes or no....well actually just a yes🙂

 

[korsian]

just got an email from UNC. it's the "we're reviewing your file and no final decision has been made" email. appears to be the same, word-for-word, as the one sent out last year to all those applicants left hanging after the thanksgiving holiday..... *sigh*

I'm guessing you interviewed there already?

 

[divot787]

Yes, I think this e-mail is sent to everyone who has interviewed at UNC but has not yet been accepted. It's the same as last years' letter according to the SDN archives.

 

[Girl000]

Hmm, I didn't get that. I interviewed 11/3 ... maybe its only people that interviewed much earlier? Now I'm worried.

 

[nattyrat]

Hmm, I didn't get that. I interviewed 11/3 ... maybe its only people that interviewed much earlier? Now I'm worried.

i wouldn't be too worried, it's probably sent to people who have been reviewed a few times but no decision has been made. your interview was so recent, you might not have even been reviewed yet.

 

[divot787]

Hmm, I didn't get that. I interviewed 11/3 ... maybe its only people that interviewed much earlier? Now I'm worried.

Don't worry! It's intended for people who have been waiting a while! You're fresh out of the interview ;-)

 

[nattyrat]

I just got that email too 🙁 Is this a rejection email? This whole application process, especially with UNC has been horrible. I hate that there is no way to check your status online, and that they just leave you hanging for so long. I just want a yes or no....well actually just a yes🙂

yeah i feel ya. i interviewed back in sept and every day i lose a little hope. i feel like it's probably not a good sign to be passed over by so many adcom meetings....makes me not want to hold my breath even though UNC is my top choice. boo 🙁

on the bright side, from perusing last year's forum i can say that some people who recieved this post-interview update email ended up getting accepted(!!)... some also got waitlisted, and some got rejected. which means the email, for all intensive purposes, means absolutely nothing. go figure.

 

[Andnosoupforyou]

Holy cow... accepted this morning! Got a personal call from my interviewer, god bless her soul. Interviewed about four weeks ago, OOS. LOVE the school, withdrawing from basically everywhere else.

Good luck to everyone else! If I can make it, anyone can.