I interviewed mid-Oct and have been placed on hold starting at the end of November. I just receive another hold email this morning. Is anyone else in this position? and does anyone think it would be helpful to submit a Letter of intent or update my information? I don't actually have that many significant things to update though....just that I started to volunteer at the hospital again...-__-
This is driving me crazy because I'd really love to attend the school.
I've been looking at the previous years' threads for this school and in four years there hasn't been any invitations in the month of January---only holds (probably the same sent from the month before) and small pools. On the brighter side of things, it looks like they start sending them out earlier in the month of Feb. If someone did receive an invite/acceptance do tell
Just received my II today! Good luck to everybody!
No the II will probably be for the month of Feb. Still no acceptances
You're absolutely correct. The II was for Feb. I hope you all receive one too!No the II will probably be for the month of Feb. Still no acceptances
Usually the month of January is pretty busy with BMS'ers (Masters of Biomedical Science) interviewing. That may be why you guys haven't heard anything lately.
Also, for the poster who asked about updates/LOI. Are you still taking courses? Updated transcripts should be welcome, I would think.
does anybody have any recommendations on which hotel was the best to stay at for the interview?? i was looking at the list they gave us. though days inn is the closest, it had the worst ratings. did anybody have any good/bad experiences at any particular hotel?
Ramada waukegan was good. Just hard to get to from the airport. I took the commuter train n got off at Lake Bluff thinking that I will be able to get a cab easily since it is after all a train station.
But lo behold, it was a truly suburban station. I had to google a few local cab companies before anyone came n picked me up and dropped me to the hotel. The cab fare set me back bout 20 bucks I think
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Yeah, the school is hard to get to from either of Chicago's major airports. I took the commuter train to get there as well. I lucked out because there was taxi waiting for another train passenger that was heading towards the VA. If you're planning on getting to North Chicago via the commuter train and getting off the Lake Bluff stop, I highly recommend jotting down the number of a couple of local taxi companies.
It might also help to consider that it will cost you roughly 20 dollars to take the taxi from the stop to the hotel(as kindly mentioned by Docforthepeeps) and another 6 dollars to take the commuter train to North Chicago(not to mention the public transit fee to get to the train station in Chicago). That comes out to roughly $30 while some taxi companies will charge you a flat rate of $40 to take you from the main Chicago airports to North Chicago. Just something to consider when making your plans!
Thanks so much!! You have been extremely helpful throughout this process =)
The hotel should have a shuttle to pick you up at the train station, as well as drop you off at the school. CMS itself also has shuttles from the train station to the school in the morning, so if any of you are not staying at a hotel, but arriving in the morning, keep that in mind.
It can be pretty confusing how to take the different trains to get to way up here from the airports (I had never ridden on subways or trains like that before) so don't hesitate to ask the information people in the airport or in the different train stations.
Does anyone happen to have the US News statistics on % of IS and OOS accepted post-interview for RF?
Total:
6434 applied
684 interviewed
474 accepted
190 envrolled
79 IS enrolled
96 OOS enrolled
interview invite
Congrats! What dates are still available?
Congrats! What dates are still available?
yep, I picked February 29th. Does anybody know the type of questions that are asked?
yep, I picked February 29th. Does anybody know the type of questions that are asked?
Congrats to those of you with invites, what are your small pool dates?
Man, I've been small-pooled since 10/6
Man, I've been small-pooled since 10/6
Could be worse. I was smalled pooled 08/31.
Could be worse. I was smalled pooled 08/31.
It could be really worse. I've been rockin in the small pool since 8/26
It could be really worse. I've been rockin in the small pool since 8/26
Could be worse. I was smalled pooled 08/31.
You guys win.
Could be worse. I was smalled pooled 08/31.