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2011-2012 Drexel Application Thread
Started by Sammich117
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You dont get a complete email from them. Just log on to this website with the ID and Password to monitor the status.
http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/admissions/MyApplication
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What is Drexel's interview format? MMI or traditional? group or individual?
Drexel has two interviews, one with a physician/faculty/adcom member and one with a student
Hey there 🙂 If by 'no secondary' you mean 'no essay questions' then 👍
But Drexel has a secondary, and they release it to folks in batches, in order by date of primary receipt
Interview invite via email.
thanks for replying. I checked today and my status was complete... it took them a few days to update my status.
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+1! See you on the 5th!
interview invite, scheduled for Nov 1st. Someone said that they have an essay prompt that you have to complete as the very first thing you do when you show up? Is this true?
No, they give you the prompt when you first show up but you have a while to finish it. I wanna say all day but I can't remember. Nothing to stress over.
See you both there! It'll be nice to finally meet some SDN members. 🙂
My co-worker interviewed at Drexel last year. She said that they give you a packet with your prompt at the beginning of the day, and before you leave you are given some time to answer the prompt.
Just had to call them about a problem with my application...SO NICE!!! 👍
Only for away rotations (>45 miles from philly) - e.g. Monmouth Med. Center, St. Peters, or Allegheny General Hospital.
You're on your own if you do your rotation in Philly.
I've never been to Philly, and will have an extra day there when I fly out to interview. Does anybody have any suggestions of things to do to get to know Philly a little bit? I'll probably try to get to a Phillies game, but what else could I do?
Application complete on 08/07; now time to wait. So, if they're interested in an applicant, is it generally a month or so way wait until the applicant is notified for an interview? *praying*
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Go Phillies! 😎 You might want to check their schedule and consider buying a ticket sooner rather than later because most games are sold out and we're close to clinching the division.
If you're interested in history, you could check out Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center, the U.S. Mint, etc.
South Street is also pretty interesting; it has the Magic Gardens, good cheesesteak/pizza places, small boutiques, and the pier at the end.
philly cheesesteak. Obvs.
omm nom nom nom
tp HomerJayBYU, go to reading terminal and grab some food 🙂 or go to the art museum or walk down the parkway if the weather is nice. lots to do. good city to wander around (center city anyway)
The way I see it, a "no decision" is better than a rejected decision. Maybe I'm just naive.
I hope you're right! I get so nervous when I log in and check my status haha
I was on "no decision" from August - July last year, then got rejected in early July. So....
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chemistryguy
My amcas was verified august 4th and I still haven't gotten their secondary, is anyone else in the same boat?, how long did it take other People to get theirs?
I was verified June 21st, received secondary July 20th and received invitation for interview August 31st. So, it seems like they handle their business in 1 month intervals and maybe more.
I was verified on aug 15. haven't gotten 2ndary yet. but since i applied last year, i used the same login info and managed to access my 2ndary so i went ahead and submitted it...fingers crossed that this won't mess up my application 😳
24 hours later my status still indicates incomplete even though they've processed the payment and have everything else...
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All of my stuff has been in for more than 2 weeks and I haven't been marked complete yet.. so it's no biggie.
yeah this is the 2nd to last secondary I am waiting for (the other is from a school I just added to my list this Sunday).
I'm considering calling them, but it hasnt been 4 weeks yet technically.
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chemistryguy
When I called a while ago they said to just wait, that secondaries take 4+ weeks.
My status just changed from "No decision available" to "Your file is complete and ready to be reviewed." The last part of my application was marked as received 8/15.
Mine did the exact same thing today, and I had everything submitted around the same time as you did. I wonder if we'll hear something soon?
My status just changed from "No decision available" to "Your file is complete and ready to be reviewed." The last part of my application was marked as received 8/15.
Same for me and I was also complete around that time. I don't recall anyone mentioning this status before...
My bet would be that they changed this to avoid confusion on whether applications were actually complete, especially if people have been calling to ask about it.
ETA: My status changed to this today; my last material was received 8/26.
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My status just changed from "No decision available" to "Your file is complete and ready to be reviewed." The last part of my application was marked as received 8/15.
Same, but I had everything received 9/1. Hmm... I hope this status is a good thing
I, too, have this message...has anyone received a re-review message thus far? I hope this isn't this year's version of it ><
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's a re-review message?
A hold basically - people do get off of it though - which said something like "your file has been reviewed and will be re-reviewed later on in the season" or something.
The message we got didn't sound anything like that, so I guess I'm just being paranoid (since the first re-review messages went out on 9/14 last year) 😳
If you read earlier pages, people have gotten put on Hold already but there's a different message for that.
oh okay xD yeah I probably should have read previous pages then lol....thanks for pointing it out! 😳
yep so don't worry you're not on hold. lol.
that status is just an innocent complete status.
My status just changed from "No decision available" to "Your file is complete and ready to be reviewed." The last part of my application was marked as received 8/15.
Mine did this too...and I was complete 8/17. WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
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