2011-2012 Mayo Application Thread

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LeoGer said:
I wonder if it's taking a basket to its grandmothers house.

EDIT: Blast! You beat me to it.
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I'm rather impressed that you used "its" and "it's" correctly in the same sentence. You must have done well on your VR and WS.
 
OMG, how have I lived this long without Chemistry Cat?!
 
it is. i resisted the urge to post ALL of the ones i'd found but i enjoy them. they have my nerd stamp of approval.
 
I wouldn't feel too badly guys, a friend of mine with a 4.0 in chem and a 40 on the mcat with plenty of research and leadership experience got rejected from Mayo. It's kind of a crapshoot
 
Is anyone else in a bit of denial that invites might actually come out tonight? More likely tomorrow night, or never. Let's just stay in limbo for a while longer.
 
Snuke said:
Is anyone else in a bit of denial that invites might actually come out tonight? More likely tomorrow night, or never. Let's just stay in limbo for a while longer.
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I know what you mean. Once they start sending out invites, it all becomes real again. Right now, nothing matters. It's pretty enjoyable.
 
Illinois2012 said:
I know what you mean. Once they start sending out invites, it all becomes real again. Right now, nothing matters. It's pretty enjoyable.
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And we can still believe that we can all get in and be one big happy class. :laugh:
 
Snuke said:
UVA is all about getting the interview; if you get it as OOS, it's about 70% acceptance rate, but IS is closer to 95%.
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I believe you are misinformed. Based on this 2008 data, and my guesses on the 2010 data, the acceptance rate for IS after interview is ~70% and the rate for OOS is ~60%.
 
chronicidal said:
I believe you are misinformed. Based on this 2008 data, and my guesses on the 2010 data, the acceptance rate for IS after interview is ~70% and the rate for OOS is ~60%.
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But based on the most recent USNews data, of the 144 IS interviewees, 125 were accepted, which is ~86% (my bad, I was 10% off because I hadn't looked at the numbers in a few weeks), and of the 390 OOS interviewees, 299 were accepted, which is ~77%.
 
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Snuke said:
But based on the most recent USNews data, of the 144 IS interviewees, 125 were accepted, which is ~86% (my bad, I was 10% off because I hadn't looked at the numbers in a few weeks), and of the 390 OOS interviewees, 299 were accepted, which is ~77%.
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Ah I see! I wish I had access to that data set.
 
chronicidal said:
Ah I see! I wish I had access to that data set.
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I paid for it a few weeks ago.

Different years, different sources different data. :shrug: Point still stands, interview at UVA = near acceptance = you have to screw up the interview to not get accepted.

FWIW, here are Mayo's stats. IS = ~40%, OOS = ~20%.
 
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Snuke said:
Yep - and keep in mind, those are acceptance rates, not matriculation. As mad as it seems, some people do turn down Mayo.
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It was probably a -20 degree winter day when they interviewed and didn't think the whole MN winter thing would be so great.
 
TheGloaming said:
You mean to the Mayo brother founders?
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No family that works in the clinic...Probably physicians....If we took a look at the students from Minn, Arizona and Florida it would probably be WAY higher than the other 47 states combined
 
AzDesertDoc said:
No family that works in the clinic...Probably physicians....If we took a look at the students from Minn, Arizona and Florida it would probably be WAY higher than the other 47 states combined
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You're just projecting your hopes. :laugh: Not that I can blame you. But really, in MN alone, 16 matriculated for the 2011 cycle out of 51. That's a substantial portion of the class, so there is some regional bias, and I do wonder if there is regional bias towards the areas with the other Mayo clinics.
 
Debating whether I should go to sleep now or attempt to stay up until the magical 2am time to see if any Mayo emails are sent out...😴
 
snow88 said:
Debating whether I should go to sleep now or attempt to stay up until the magical 2am time to see if any Mayo emails are sent out...😴
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you know you won't be able to fall asleep haha. just stay up!

and if the "pattern" continues (eastern time):

fee request at 2:32 AM
LOR request at 2:33 AM

then the invite should come at 2:34!

haha just sayin
 
Alright guys, it's 1:42am, time to get this thread up and running for the night!!
 
Prateek said:
Alright guys, it's 1:42am, time to get this thread up and running for the night!!
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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEcj2xi9Ctc&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]

25 seconds in is amazing
 
damn all this time i thought it was 10:33

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaT90JVyQkc[/YOUTUBE]
 
Being on the West Coast is really beneficial in this case. All the Mayo stuff comes before midnight here! 😀
 
checking my email and just around prime mayo time, i get an email with the mount sinai secondary. lol. buzzkill
 
*EXHALE*
well that was fun, good night all! maybe tomorrow
 
I can't decide whether to be relieved or disappointed. Woke up randomly at 4:40 and had to check. If Mayo follows the same pattern, it has to come tonight. Back to sleep. 😴
 
I got up at 545 (for work) and couldn't bring myself to check my email (nerves) until I read here that there was no word at all...i guess tonight is the big night. good luck to all!
 
How long ago did some of you get your LOR request? I added Mayo a bit late and only got my LOR request last Friday so I'm just a little curious how far behind I am. Thanks & good luck to everyone!
 
OldMan707 said:
How long ago did some of you get your LOR request? I added Mayo a bit late and only got my LOR request last Friday so I'm just a little curious how far behind I am. Thanks & good luck to everyone!
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The first batch of LOR requests went out 7/1. No one has received confirmation, so maybe they're skipping that this year, but there's no telling if they'll give out invites to only people in the first batch or if everyone who has received them are in the pool.
 
OldMan707 said:
How long ago did some of you get your LOR request? I added Mayo a bit late and only got my LOR request last Friday so I'm just a little curious how far behind I am. Thanks & good luck to everyone!
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You're in a good spot. I got fee received on 7/11, no word on LOR or rejection yet. So hang in there 😀 Have some Indian music with some nonsensical subtitles to help your wait.

EDIT: probably NSFW, so view at own risk. nothing visually offensive, but some of the subtitles could be.

[youtube]sdyC1BrQd6g[/youtube]
 
trypanosomiasis said:
You're in a good spot. I got fee received on 7/11, no word on LOR or rejection yet. So hang in there 😀 Have some Indian music with some nonsensical subtitles to help your wait.

EDIT: probably NSFW, so view at own risk. nothing visually offensive, but some of the subtitles could be.

[YOUTUBE]sdyC1BrQd6g[/YOUTUBE]
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This is amusing on so many levels. The subtitles, the dancing, the everything.
 
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