my bad...got a little mixed up
anyone receive calls?
anyone receive calls?
my bad...got a little mixed-up
anyone got a call?
Yes - same here. Interviewed in Savannah this month and they told us that the adcom may not get to our files for review this month. But, it's strange that no one has heard anything.Just wanted to be another voice on here; I have not received a call either. I interviewed at the Savannah Campus. Anyone else in the same boat?
Hi Everybody,
I have my interview at Mercer (Macon) coming up in about two weeks. I have searched this thread and haven't found anything that really tells me what I should expect at the interview. Would anybody care to share their experience interviewing here? Thanks!
Two weeks ago they told a friend of mine that there were only 20 slots left and that they accepted to many people during early decision :/No one get a call yet? Surprising; but mostly disheartening. 🙁
Anyone know when the next adcom meeting is or how many slots are left?
Two weeks ago they told a friend of mine that there were only 20 slots left and that they accepted to many people during early decision :/
Just called Mrs. Pedrick in Savannah and she confirmed that they have about 16-18 spots left 🙁
They will have two more meetings--one in February and one in March. Also they will be interviewing until the first week in March.
. You also eat lunch with some med students and that is a great time to ask about the curriculum and everything. I also heard that they are listening to everything you say and could possibly write an evaluation on it.
As it comes down to the wire, just wanted to remind everyone both silently and actively following this post that life is about perseverance. If you feel strongly called to be a physician and don't get in this time around...don't give up. God has a plan for us all and that plan is timed perfectly for those who obediently hunger for Him. This is my second time applying, and can assure you I will be reapplying for a third time if the decision does not go in my favor. Hope to see some of you next Fall and if not...may God bless your earnest efforts.
I still think the medical school faculty members are posting on threads pretending to be medical students from their school / applicants to their school as a marketing ploy for their wonderful schools.
Thats my story and I'm sticking to it!! 😎 😎 😎
tomorrow is ad com meeting..lets hope we get some good news...sit tight everyone... GOOD NEWS is in the air..i can feel it......
😍While you guys are mulling over your application to med school and specifically to Mercer I want to give you all a couple more things to think about. Some of you inevitably will find yourself where I found myself (twice) - rejected or wait-listed. It takes guts to stick it out, get on with life, and re-apply, but I can tell you now it's worth it. Mercer trains EXCELLENT physicians - just look at our match list year after year. If you want to be at Mercer, do NOT give up. I always recommend calling the admissions office, asking for ways to improve your file - they will tell you honestly. Persistence is crucial.
One thing I always forget to talk about as a HUGE strength of Mercer is our clinical years. There is NO way to express how awesome it is to have MCCG (in Macon), or Memorial (in Savannah). When I started my 4th year sub-Is I quickly realized how much more competent I was clinically than students from other schools. I rotated with guys who were FAR more intelligent then me, but clinically, I was way ahead. Why is this? Several reasons. First, you will work HARD in your 3rd year at Mercer. We took call with the interns from every service we were on. I rotated as a 4th year with med students from other programs who had never even taken call! Not only did I learn a lot (and get to do a lot), but I had the opportunity to hang out in the ED when I wasn't busy and snap up simple procedures (suturing, central lines, chest tubes, etc).
Why is this possible at Mercer? A couple reasons. Both MCCG and Memorial are Level 1 trauma centers, yet the only students are from Mercer and the only residencies are in primary care (except for radiology in Savannah). That means there is PLENTY of trauma with nobody to pawn it off on - neither program have residencies in ortho, ER, plastic surgery, ENT, etc. You'll be treated like an intern more than a medical student - especially if you work hard and are proactive. Plus, it's really nice to complete all of your third year at ONE hospital instead of being farmed out to other places.
I know this is a stressful time, but I can promise Mercer is worth it. Good luck.
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I'm all :bartscottcan'twait: about making it to the clinical years. I saw that you're an ortho pgy-1, and it's definitely encouraging that MUSM matched a solid number of ortho residents last year considering that's what I want to do.
I'm interested in ortho as well and, yes, the amount of debt I'm going to be in scares the crap out of me but I know it'll be worth it in the end.
Speaking of ortho, about 10% of Mercer's class last year placed in an ortho residency which is remarkable. I spent some time a month ago crunching some numbers comparing Mercer and MCG in terms of 2011 residency placements. Take a look at the *percent of Mercer students that go into certain fields! (see attached). All the data was from the 2011 match list which can be found here: http://medapps.mercer.edu/index.php...mednet/news/2011/&file_name=MatchData2011.pdf
Some interesting facts:
19% of the class did Emergency Med
16% did Internal Med (14% for MCG)
MCG actually had a higher percentage of students go into family medicine (~6% vs 3%)
11% did general surgery
I'm wondering how many people they have interviewed this year.
Yeah - don't expect Mercer to brag about those numbers! They're very supportive of us, and in fact the mission has changed to encourage students to pursue whatever specialty they like. However, there are still the old hold-outs who will show obvious favortism to those wishing to enter primary care.
Match Day last year was funny - our class did VERY well - 7/8 matched into ortho, we had one person do ENT, one person do rad-onc, and a whole host of radiology, anesthesiology, Gen Surg, EM, etc. Only ONE person did Family Med - and I doubt the school was too happy about that.
Don't worry about loans. Despite falling reimbursements it still won't take that long to pay off your loans on a physician's salary. Do the math - if you net even $240,000 a year (low for most specialties) that's $20,000 per month. How much do you live on now? I have a wife and two kids and I support them on $3,000 per month. I could put $10,000 a month towards loans, live on $10,000 a month, and pay off my loans in 2.5 years. That's not bad.
Isint that salary a bit high of an estimate?
Not for ortho-surgery. But for most other specialties, probably at the high end.
I had my interview today. I was told about 300 people.