2011-2012 Mayo Application Thread

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Another night passed.
No beep in the dark. Not one
interview invite.
 
Snuke said:
Another night passed.
No beep in the dark. Not one
interview invite.
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I read ur poem from the bottom up and thought you had an interview for the first 10 seconds!
 
AzDesertDoc said:
I read your poem from the bottom up and thought you had an interview for the first 10 seconds!
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I wish, however I did log in at 6:30AM (half-asleep) when I realized that I hadn't received an email overnight just to make sure that no one else had, either.
 
another night gone, and no LOR request in my inbox... 🙁 why oh why?

[youtube]DG9oaYwNnCM[/youtube]
 
Got an LOR request - holla

Wait, but do they ask everyone for an LOR?
 
fizzgig said:
lol i love this sequence.

A: yay special!
A: wait... special??
B: yes, you're special still.
A: special!!
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This is why I love this thread. Constant entertainment. No where else can I lurk and expect to chuckle.
 
To all applying to other cool schools (I know, they are all cool), is Mayo your number one? What about Yale?
 
Yeah, I just don't know how to feel. If they're going through the applications randomly, then I guess I just keep getting reshuffled? Just not hearing anything while most everyone else either gets an LOR or a rejection in a week makes me sad.

I really really like the curriculum design here (who doesn't??). If I had an acceptance, it would take something absolutely incredible for me to turn it down.

But time to stop worrying. So now... Entertainment! From a French guy! Remi Gaillard is great:
[YOUTUBE]gHCxdlZ7G18[/YOUTUBE]
 
trypanosomiasis said:
Yeah, I just don't know how to feel. If they're going through the applications randomly, then I guess I just keep getting reshuffled? Just not hearing anything while most everyone else either gets an LOR or a rejection in a week makes me sad.

I really really like the curriculum design here (who doesn't??). If I had an acceptance, it would take something absolutely incredible for me to turn it down.

But time to stop worrying. So now... Entertainment! From a French guy! Remi Gaillard is great:
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And you can't do much about it but try not to perseverate about it, which is really difficult. The way to not perseverate is to watch amusing videos, like yours.

I saw French and was like, :eyebrow:

Then I saw the video and was like 🤣

It reminded me of another similar video, and I realized that my guy was the same as your guy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytfhzcSF-Y[/youtube]
 
LeoGer said:
To all applying to other cool schools (I know, they are all cool), is Mayo your number one? What about Yale?
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All schools are cool. Mayo is definitely my first choice along with Hopkins. Then schools like Cornell, Yale, UVA (IS baby!), Emory, Vanderbilt. Though to be honest, I'm not quite sold on Yale and the no-grade policy. Don't preclinical grades matter a bit to residencies? Yale claims to not even rank internally.
 
Snuke said:
All schools are cool. Mayo is definitely my first choice along with Hopkins. Then schools like Cornell, Yale, UVA (IS baby!), Emory, Vanderbilt. Though to be honest, I'm not quite sold on Yale and the no-grade policy. Don't preclinical grades matter a bit to residencies? Yale claims to not even rank internally.
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Have you seen Yale's match list? There's really no cause for concern.
 
candav said:
Have you seen Yale's match list? There's really no cause for concern.
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Exactly. Plus, the thought of not having to compete against other Yale-type minds and work-ethics is appealing.
 
candav said:
Have you seen Yale's match list? There's really no cause for concern.
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All of the top med schools have amazing match lists, or is there something more special about Yale's? It's certainly one of my top choices.
 
I hope this makes people feel better. I got a LOR request last night with a 3.55 gpa overall and a 31P MCAT so they are looking at more than your scores.
 
app1 said:
I hope this makes people feel better. I got a LOR request last night with a 3.55 gpa overall and a 31P MCAT so they are looking at more than your scores.
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My stats are right there with yours, I just have a lot of other stuff going for me
 
They seem to like athletics, these Mayo people. Maybe the admissions committee is a bunch of jocks?
 
app1 said:
They seem to like athletics, these Mayo people. Maybe the admissions committee is a bunch of jocks?
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I hope so! :laugh: Maybe tonight then?! 50/50 shot at tonight or tomorrow night now.
 
rxnfiend said:
I hope so! :laugh: Maybe tonight then?! 50/50 shot at tonight or tomorrow night now.
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I give it 40/30/30, with the last 30 being next week. I currently give our source a 70% reliability rating.
 
LeoGer said:
I give it 40/30/30, with the last 30 being next week. I currently give our source a 70% reliability rating.
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Did you know 76% of all statistics are made up?
 
Snuke said:
Best video yet. Though maybe I shouldn't watch it again - the seductive hallowed halls seem so far out of reach sometimes.
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BTW if we dont get in we can always try again for residency!
 
LeoGer said:
I give it 40/30/30, with the last 30 being next week. I currently give our source a 70% reliability rating.
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My source was the admissions coordinator who sends out the interview invites. She told the incoming class last week that the new admissions cycle is well underway and that the first interview invites would be going out this week.

I will tell you that my interview invite came last year at 1:40 A.M. on a Friday (albeit not in the first batch). My biggest piece of advice for Mayo (and other schools for that matter) is patience. You will drive yourself insane checking email and SDN neurotically. When it comes, it comes 😉!
 
Wisco1 said:
My source was the admissions coordinator who sends out the interview invites. She told the incoming class last week that the new admissions cycle is well underway and that the first interview invites would be going out this week.

I will tell you that my interview invite came last year at 1:40 A.M. on a Friday (albeit not in the first batch). My biggest piece of advice for Mayo (and other schools for that matter) is patience. You will drive yourself insane checking email and SDN neurotically. When it comes, it comes 😉!
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Would that be Thursday night/Friday morning, or Friday night/Saturday morning? 😀

Thanks for the update, Wisco! Please check in every once in a while to give us an insider's view, if you can.
 
Has anyone who got an LOR request gotten a rejection? And do rejections of people with LOR requests come when get interveiws or at the end of the season?
 
*cough*
So...last year the first invite was 7/31. However, last year they received LOR request confirmations...soooo yea...
 
Snuke said:
Would that be Thursday night/Friday morning, or Friday night/Saturday morning? 😀

Thanks for the update, Wisco! Please check in every once in a while to give us an insider's view, if you can.
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It was a Thursday night.
 
Rejected! Good luck to everyone else. 🙂
 
So I went to bed early last night because I was tired, but my email made a noise at around 2am so I promptly got out of bed only to realize it was an automated message from Amazon. Rickrolled. 🙁
 
Local Native said:
So I went to bed early last night because I was tired
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This made me laugh. Kind of like, "I laughed because I thought it was funny" or "I went to the bathroom because my bladder was full."
 
kduck said:
Rejected! Good luck to everyone else. 🙂
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Good luck this cycle!

Local Native said:
So I went to bed early last night because I was tired, but my email made a noise at around 2am so I promptly got out of bed only to realize it was an automated message from Amazon. Rickrolled. 🙁
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Yep, been there, unfortunately. And if I remember correctly (it was 2am after all) I think it was Amazon.

Maybe tonight's the night!
 
LeoGer said:
Snuke, I miss you.
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AzDesertDoc said:
+1
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Is this because I haven't posted any videos today?

Thanks guys, you made my day - I was getting a bit bummed from seeing four of my schools give out invites.

This song has special meaning to me. Though, um, not from any of the activities suggested therein. I just like Natalie Portman.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8e6-IeQ0aw[/youtube]
 
Snuke said:
Is this because I haven't posted any videos today?

Thanks guys, you made my day - I was getting a bit bummed from seeing four of my schools give out invites.

This song has special meaning to me. Though, um, not from any of the activities suggested therein. I just like Natalie Portman.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8e6-IeQ0aw[/youtube]
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I saw this video a couple months ago....AND FELL BACK IN LOVE WITH NATALIE...is hilarious!
 
Snuke said:
Thanks guys, you made my day - I was getting a bit bummed from seeing four of my schools give out invites.
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I feel the same way. I was complete almost as early as possible at most schools, and I've received no invites. I hope I'm somehow in the 'to be considered' pile and not the 'considered - rejected' pile.
 
LeoGer said:
I feel the same way. I was complete almost as early as possible at most schools, and I've received no invites. I hope I'm somehow in the 'to be considered' pile and not the 'considered - rejected' pile.
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Especially when people complete later than you have received invitations... including at your IS school known for favoring IS. I have noticed that many of the people receiving invites have higher stats (MCAT 36+), but not all of them. This entire process is frustrating, but I suppose we're learning valuable lessons in patience, even if they're a bit bitter to swallow.
 
Snuke said:
Maybe tonight's the night!
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I almost wish I didn't know invites might go out this week, with a good chance of being tonight. I'm trying to create distractions by throwing myself into work today . . .
 
Snuke said:
Especially when people complete later than you have received invitations... including at your IS school known for favoring IS. I have noticed that many of the people receiving invites have higher stats (MCAT 36+), but not all of them. This entire process is frustrating, but I suppose we're learning valuable lessons in patience, even if they're a bit bitter to swallow.
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That's what makes me feel even more scurred. My MCAT is higher than the average at most schools, so if that determines the order of review, I'm already screwed. My GPA isn't great, but I didn't think it would hold me back. Maybe my biceps are too big?
 
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