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Yea definitely not a problem. I consider 4.0 to be pretty stellar.
Thank you honey! It's the MCAT im worried about... and the fact that I'm from a really small no-name school
Yea definitely not a problem. I consider 4.0 to be pretty stellar.
Thank you honey! It's the MCAT im worried about... and the fact that I'm from a really small no-name school
Thank you honey! It's the MCAT im worried about... and the fact that I'm from a really small no-name school
Complete and in review since 7/22. I assume nothings going to change at this point. Do they not reject?
while NH is not the best, NYC is $14 and 1.5 hrs away and with all the time you have here you'll have a much better time than at a cutthroat school on the vegas strip.
anyways, thought i'd offer my 2 cents, feel free to pm questions.
hey all, a current yale med student here. i just remembered how i'd look at these sites and thought i'd go back and offer some insights to those in my shoes just over a year ago.
i interviewed at 7 places, most of them top 10 and honestly, yale is the sweetest place you can go to med school. i was talking to a harvard m4 student just a couple of weeks ago and it was clear even she was jealous (her husband is a yale student).
part of the reason is the curriculum. no grades, 1 exam per class/per semester (pass/fail and anonymous to everyone except registrar--including professors), no attendance. a downside of this is that yale gives you all the rope you need to hang yourself, and i suspect maybe a student here and there doesn't do as well as they could have. but the energy of the atmosphere is contagious--students here have a great time but they also STUDY. the lack of competition makes for an exceptionally collaborative environment. kids regularly share their study notes, everything. we just got done with a round of qualifiers and some students sent out their notes (70 pages single spaced for each class!). gunners needn't apply here.
best part of yale is the people--not only intelligent, but highly, highly accomplished. i can't even imagine trying to compete against my class. yale is the only place that doesn't rank--even in 3rd year (though they give grades) so coming out everyone is 1st but also last. at first i thought this a disadvantage, but believe me you do not want to compete against classmates in a top 10 school. coming from yale + having good research (yale produces most academicians per class in country) = a top notch resicency--their match list was part of why a turned down a full ride at pritzker to come here.
while NH is not the best, NYC is $14 and 1.5 hrs away and with all the time you have here you'll have a much better time than at a cutthroat school on the vegas strip.
anyways, thought i'd offer my 2 cents, feel free to pm questions.
You mention that the system (no attendance, no competition, NYC nearby) really allows people to work and play hard- how true is that day to day?
hi mdeast, so this it gets really nitty-gritty but yale goes so far as to refuse to provide residencies with a histogram of the kinds of grades students get in their third year. so while many schools are pass/fail no rank in first 2 years, all grade in 3rd year (yale included) and while they may not rank you officially, they tell residencies what percentile your grades would put you if they did grade you. yale does not do this.
regarding visiting a SO in another city, several classmates have SOs all over the east coast and take weekends (and sometimes days) off. everything is online and exams are take home. of course for anatomy and pre clinical clerskship you have to be at school. there are even classmates who are married and live in NYC and commute to class.
I am so sorry that my signature offends you so much....ya coulda told me😉OK guys, I don't mean to be a troll (a term I only recently learned), but I feel as though I am one of the normal, non-nerdy, non-paranoid, non-crazy future docs on this site.
First: mdeast, you are a med student at STANFORD. so stop going on SDN application threads from other schools, and for that matter, stop going on SDN all together. It really ain't that great of a site. I fully intend on never visiting SDN the second I determine what school I'm going to.
Second: I have several great acceptances so far, and it REALLY bothers me when people put as their signature "Class of 2015? You know that's right." or something like that. OK great, we get it, you're in med school and it's a great accomplishment, but don't rub it in the faces of people who are still worried about getting an acceptance. Plus, it doesn't make you look any cooler or smarter because you're going to be part of the collective class of 2015. Figure out what school you're going to and then MAYBE it's ok to put that (for instance, Yale c/o 2015).
Third: good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back. If you want to be a doctor, it's going to happen. If you don't get into Yale, it doesn't matter, even the "worst" med school out there is still really good. Peace out.
I fully intend on never visiting SDN the second I determine what school I'm going to.
Second: I have several great acceptances so far, and it REALLY bothers me when people put as their signature "Class of 2015? You know that's right." or something like that. OK great, we get it, you're in med school and it's a great accomplishment, but don't rub it in the faces of people who are still worried about getting an acceptance. Plus, it doesn't make you look any cooler or smarter because you're going to be part of the collective class of 2015. Figure out what school you're going to and then MAYBE it's ok to put that (for instance, Yale c/o 2015).
OK guys, I don't mean to be a troll (a term I only recently learned), but I feel as though I am one of the normal, non-nerdy, non-paranoid, non-crazy future docs on this site.
First: mdeast, you are a med student at STANFORD. so stop going on SDN application threads from other schools, and for that matter, stop going on SDN all together. It really ain't that great of a site. I fully intend on never visiting SDN the second I determine what school I'm going to.
Second: I have several great acceptances so far, and it REALLY bothers me when people put as their signature "Class of 2015? You know that's right." or something like that. OK great, we get it, you're in med school and it's a great accomplishment, but don't rub it in the faces of people who are still worried about getting an acceptance. Plus, it doesn't make you look any cooler or smarter because you're going to be part of the collective class of 2015. Figure out what school you're going to and then MAYBE it's ok to put that (for instance, Yale c/o 2015).
Third: good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back. If you want to be a doctor, it's going to happen. If you don't get into Yale, it doesn't matter, even the "worst" med school out there is still really good. Peace out.
so you're a leech... nice.It really ain't that great of a site. I fully intend on never visiting SDN the second I determine what school I'm going to.
hey all, a current yale med student here. i just remembered how i'd look at these sites and thought i'd go back and offer some insights to those in my shoes just over a year ago.
i interviewed at 7 places, most of them top 10 and honestly, yale is the sweetest place you can go to med school. i was talking to a harvard m4 student just a couple of weeks ago and it was clear even she was jealous (her husband is a yale student).
part of the reason is the curriculum. no grades, 1 exam per class/per semester (pass/fail and anonymous to everyone except registrar--including professors), no attendance. a downside of this is that yale gives you all the rope you need to hang yourself, and i suspect maybe a student here and there doesn't do as well as they could have. but the energy of the atmosphere is contagious--students here have a great time but they also STUDY. the lack of competition makes for an exceptionally collaborative environment. kids regularly share their study notes, everything. we just got done with a round of qualifiers and some students sent out their notes (70 pages single spaced for each class!). gunners needn't apply here.
best part of yale is the people--not only intelligent, but highly, highly accomplished. i can't even imagine trying to compete against my class. yale is the only place that doesn't rank--even in 3rd year (though they give grades) so coming out everyone is 1st but also last. at first i thought this a disadvantage, but believe me you do not want to compete against classmates in a top 10 school. coming from yale + having good research (yale produces most academicians per class in country) = a top notch resicency--their match list was part of why a turned down a full ride at pritzker to come here.
while NH is not the best, NYC is $14 and 1.5 hrs away and with all the time you have here you'll have a much better time than at a cutthroat school on the vegas strip.
anyways, thought i'd offer my 2 cents, feel free to pm questions.
Something I just picked up...Did you know a few years ago, Yale was considering paying the tuition of all of its medical school students? In order to help students go into the usual high-paying specialties (in order to pay off debt), Yale was considering drawing from its endowment (a famous one at that, valued at billions) to help fund the educations of its students.
Good luck to those pre-interview/interviewed!
Hey all I have a quick question about the application status. It says my "Application completed and in review on: 28-OCT-10", but at the same time it says: "Fee Waiver Received NO" while my fee has been received.
Do both the fee and waiver have to be received by admissions? Or am I fine and just getting paranoid?
Thanks
Hey all I have a quick question about the application status. It says my "Application completed and in review on: 28-OCT-10", but at the same time it says: "Fee Waiver Received NO" while my fee has been received.
Do both the fee and waiver have to be received by admissions? Or am I fine and just getting paranoid?
Thanks
You're being paranoid.
Application completed and in review on: 28-OCT-10", but at the same time it says: "Fee Waiver Received NO" while my FEE has been received.
Do both the fee and waiver have to be received by admissions? Or am I fine and just getting paranoid?
Thanks
Just got an invite! Complete in early August.
Just got an invite! Complete in early August.
Just got an invite! Complete in early August.
Just got an invite! Complete in early August.
Congrats! I guess I shouldn't give up considering that I was complete in November.Just got an invite! Complete in early August.
For those that are curious, the following dates are available: 2/2, 2/9, 2/11, 2/16, and 2/18.
Whoo Hoo! I'm going on the 11th, when are you going Cole?
Yup, i agree with cole. You are being paranoid. (If you DID NOT use a Fee Waiver, it has to say NO. If you PAID the FEE, then it will say RECEIVED.) Mine said the same thing.
Sorry to re-hash something that has been mentioned before; however, is Yale receptive to update letters (NOT letters of interest)?
I have some significant updates that are not reflected anywhere on my app. What's the word on the street?
Thanks.
Actually, from previous posts in this thread, Yale specifically requests NOT to have "pre-interview" updates sent. A couple of people have sent them and they have gotten that response. Rude? I agree.
Sorry to re-hash something that has been mentioned before; however, is Yale receptive to update letters (NOT letters of interest)?
I have some significant updates that are not reflected anywhere on my app. What's the word on the street?
Thanks.
Sorry to re-hash something that has been mentioned before; however, is Yale receptive to update letters (NOT letters of interest)?
I have some significant updates that are not reflected anywhere on my app. What's the word on the street?
Thanks.
If I were you, being it's so late in the season and you've got nothing to lose, I'd just call and tell them that you have some significant updates and ask how they'd like you to let them know. What's the worse that can happen? They don't give you an interview? I sent a couple of updates to other schools this morning with that attitude.
That's been my thinking as well. If you don't have an interview by now, sending letters/updates isn't going to keep you from one.
If I were you, being it's so late in the season and you've got nothing to lose, I'd just call and tell them that you have some significant updates and ask how they'd like you to let them know. What's the worse that can happen? They don't give you an interview? I sent a couple of updates to other schools this morning with that attitude.
I have a random question. Can ppl get accepted into Yale med before March? I know Cornell does a few early acceptances in December but wasn't sure about Yale. Someone told me they got in already and I found that odd lol.
Early decision program? http://medicine.yale.edu/education/admissions/apply/earlydecision.aspx
Thanks for the response. I didn't think it was EDP b/c I know you can only apply to one program and this person mentioned getting multiple acceptances, unless I'm mistaken about how EDP actually works. Anyway, thanks again.