2011-2012 University of Colorado Application Thread

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robbieflick said:
I'm a nontrad, and wrote about working with students from underserved communities (my job before deciding to go into medicine) and how it has influenced me to improve health care systems to better serve vulnerable populations. :xf:
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You thief. That is what I am doing :laugh:

We were moving here anyway and made sure we did so and moved over all our documents ASAP at the beginning of the summer so I could be IS. Looking forward to this school.
 
robbieflick said:
I'm a nontrad, and wrote about working with students from underserved communities (my job before deciding to go into medicine) and how it has influenced me to improve health care systems to better serve vulnerable populations. :xf:
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Well, I'm just a normal kid lol
 
Hello all!

So, I noticed a while ago on the Colorado secondary website that "Your status will be available AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2011."

Have you all seen the same note and if so, have your statuses changed yet? I logged in early this morning thinking there would be some exciting (or not so exciting) news, but everything looks the same.

Now I'm even more nervous than before...!

Thanks for your help.
 
I checked this morning thinking the same thing, but nothing has changed on my account either
 
MedicalScribe said:
Hello all!

So, I noticed a while ago on the Colorado secondary website that "Your status will be available AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2011."

Have you all seen the same note and if so, have your statuses changed yet? I logged in early this morning thinking there would be some exciting (or not so exciting) news, but everything looks the same.

Now I'm even more nervous than before...!

Thanks for your help.
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I think that's more of an umbrella date...I wouldn't expect much TODAY necessarily, but this month should be active.
 
Yes, I considered that thought and was afraid that may be the case. I'm deathly afraid that Colorado will just flat out reject me for being out-of-state with "normal" stats, and I guess I was just hoping that there would be a definitive answer today so that I could stop worrying about it.

Sigh. I'll just keep checking their site now and again, but man! This whole waiting period between secondaries and interviews is really tearing me apart!

Hang in there, everyone! :xf:
 
MedicalScribe said:
Hello all!

So, I noticed a while ago on the Colorado secondary website that "Your status will be available AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2011."

Have you all seen the same note and if so, have your statuses changed yet? I logged in early this morning thinking there would be some exciting (or not so exciting) news, but everything looks the same.

Now I'm even more nervous than before...!

Thanks for your help.
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I think what they meant to say was, "You will start seeing changes in your status after 9/1/11."
 
Sounds like CU will be trying out the MMI format for some lucky contestants this year:

"Lots of studies have shown that once a student exceeds a certain (high) level of undergraduate grades and medical college admission test scores, further increments in these so-called objective measures hardly correlate with a physician’s career success.So we look for other not-so-objective qualities among the applicants, qualities like integrity, compassion and flexibility, by putting applicants through two half-hour interviews.
Recognizing how fickle and imperfect the one-on-one conversation is, subject to all the vagaries that make each of us the unique individual we are, the folks at the medical school admissions office will try out a new interview technique on a subset of this year’s wave of applicants.
The method, called “multiple mini interviews (MMI),” has already been employed at eight U.S. and thirteen Canadian medical schools."

Here's the full article: http://kunc.org/post/number-160-and#.TmZSx0RFjZI.email

Has anyone heard any more about this?
 
Interview invite! I was complete 8/7. It still says two half hour interviews and doesn't mention any MMI. Anyone else get one today?
 
Mine was through email. I checked my status on the 2nd or 3rd but there was no change. Also, I'm IS 34/3.7ish.
 
Interview invite! 2, 1-on-1 interviews stated in my email as well. Super excited!

FYI complete on 8/5
 
Seeing the above posts I went online to check my application status.....and to my horror saw that I have misspelled my own first name. I called the admissions office to ask them to change it, but they said "no, it will just have to be on your application that way".

I would hate to think that all the effort put into the application will be all for nothing because I made a mistake.
 
Interview Invite today!
had to request a new date though... I will be there Oct 24th.

Very excited as this is a top choice. Technically Im OOS but lived in colorado a long time.

congrats to everyone who got II's and to those that havn't yet, stay positive they are on their way.:xf:
 
IS II 38Q/3.9ish (depending on if you count high school...higher if not).

Soooo....here's a question: As IS it's not really difficult for me to get to the school, but my job (teaching) is such that with interview season approaching I would rather take the fewest days off. I was hoping not to have to do that for this one, but they scheduled me for the 23rd of this month. The next day I have off would be the 24th of October....is it worth waiting the month for the interview? I guess I'm asking if there's a benefit to interviewing early. Thoughts? Thanks!
 
Whiskey River said:
Interview Invite today!
had to request a new date though... I will be there Oct 24th.

Very excited as this is a top choice. Technically Im OOS but lived in colorado a long time.

congrats to everyone who got II's and to those that havn't yet, stay positive they are on their way.:xf:
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How was the rescheduling process like? Do they give you a new date or do you get to pick?
 
For those of you interested in the CUSOM, I'd like to share with you something that I didn't know about before coming here: there is an awesome tradition of older classes helping out the younger ones. When I say awesome, I mean beyond all my expectations.

I'm an MS1, and today we had our first major anatomy exam. When we entered the lecture hall, the entire front row of lecture hall was covered with care packages, and I'm talking the good stuff. There were microbrews in 6-24 packs, nice bottles of wine, bottles of other libations (top shelf), gift cards for campus restaurants, etc, and as far as I know, everyone got one or more of these things. When I write one of these things, I don't mean one measly bottle, but one box/pack of several. This is just the latest thing our second year buddies (every MS1 is paired with an MS2 buddy at the onset of the year) have done for us.

Other things they've done include loaning us their first year text books and dissection tools, throwing a party for us at the orientation session in Estes Park, hosting an evening out to meet our buddies, setting up a mock/practice anatomy exam in the cadaver lab, making an orientation movie, helping run orientation week, giving all sorts of suggestions, and frequently making helpful announcements before our lectures.

The bottom line is that I get the strong impression that the preceding class really wants to help the following class succeed and have as positive an experience as possible. So far I've found a lot of things that have exceeded my expectations at CU and nothing--at least nothing important--has disappointed me.

Other cool things include: alumni give new students new stethoscopes (not a trivial thing as they cost $150-200), we get trained to conduct exams from week 1 (the exam content dovetails with what we're doing in anatomy), there are tons of really nice study areas on campus (many rooms overlook the quad), the campus is beautiful with nice outdoor spaces to enjoy (for eating lunch, studying or pick-up games), and awesome community physicians volunteer to help run our PBL sessions. I could go on, but this post is long enough.

If you end up here, you can look forward to my class making sure you have a great experience by helping you out.
 
accidentprone said:
For those of you interested in the CUSOM, I'd like to share with you something that I didn't know about before coming here: there is an awesome tradition of older classes helping out the younger ones. When I say awesome, I mean beyond all my expectations.

I'm an MS1, and today we had our first major anatomy exam. When we entered the lecture hall, the entire front row of lecture hall was covered with care packages, and I'm talking the good stuff. There were microbrews in 6-24 packs, nice bottles of wine, bottles of other libations (top shelf), gift cards for campus restaurants, etc, and as far as I know, everyone got one or more of these things. When I write one of these things, I don't mean one measly bottle, but one box/pack of several. This is just the latest thing our second year buddies (every MS1 is paired with an MS2 buddy at the onset of the year) have done for us.

Other things they've done include loaning us their first year text books and dissection tools, throwing a party for us at the orientation session in Estes Park, hosting an evening out to meet our buddies, setting up a mock/practice anatomy exam in the cadaver lab, making an orientation movie, helping run orientation week, giving all sorts of suggestions, and frequently making helpful announcements before our lectures.

The bottom line is that I get the strong impression that the preceding class really wants to help the following class succeed and have as positive an experience as possible. So far I've found a lot of things that have exceeded my expectations at CU and nothing--at least nothing important--has disappointed me.

Other cool things include: alumni give new students new stethoscopes (not a trivial thing as they cost $150-200), we get trained to conduct exams from week 1 (the exam content dovetails with what we're doing in anatomy), there are tons of really nice study areas on campus (many rooms overlook the quad), the campus is beautiful with nice outdoor spaces to enjoy (for eating lunch, studying or pick-up games), and awesome community physicians volunteer to help run our PBL sessions. I could go on, but this post is long enough.

If you end up here, you can look forward to my class making sure you have a great experience by helping you out.
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Sounds really cool! I'm a Colorado resident still waiting to get an interview. 👍
 
accidentprone said:
For those of you interested in the CUSOM, I'd like to share with you something that I didn't know about before coming here: there is an awesome tradition of older classes helping out the younger ones. When I say awesome, I mean beyond all my expectations.

I'm an MS1, and today we had our first major anatomy exam. When we entered the lecture hall, the entire front row of lecture hall was covered with care packages, and I'm talking the good stuff. There were microbrews in 6-24 packs, nice bottles of wine, bottles of other libations (top shelf), gift cards for campus restaurants, etc, and as far as I know, everyone got one or more of these things. When I write one of these things, I don't mean one measly bottle, but one box/pack of several. This is just the latest thing our second year buddies (every MS1 is paired with an MS2 buddy at the onset of the year) have done for us.

Other things they've done include loaning us their first year text books and dissection tools, throwing a party for us at the orientation session in Estes Park, hosting an evening out to meet our buddies, setting up a mock/practice anatomy exam in the cadaver lab, making an orientation movie, helping run orientation week, giving all sorts of suggestions, and frequently making helpful announcements before our lectures.

The bottom line is that I get the strong impression that the preceding class really wants to help the following class succeed and have as positive an experience as possible. So far I've found a lot of things that have exceeded my expectations at CU and nothing--at least nothing important--has disappointed me.

Other cool things include: alumni give new students new stethoscopes (not a trivial thing as they cost $150-200), we get trained to conduct exams from week 1 (the exam content dovetails with what we're doing in anatomy), there are tons of really nice study areas on campus (many rooms overlook the quad), the campus is beautiful with nice outdoor spaces to enjoy (for eating lunch, studying or pick-up games), and awesome community physicians volunteer to help run our PBL sessions. I could go on, but this post is long enough.

If you end up here, you can look forward to my class making sure you have a great experience by helping you out.
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wow sounds awesome! i hope i get an interview 😀 (OOS)
 
Still waiting for that god-forsaken money-grubbing AMCAS to be verified... looks like no interviews here until second half of October anyway though, is that what people are seeing?
 
OS and still waiting to hear about an interview. I had the same problem some people had when trying to pay so I had to call them. My secondary was received 8/3 and my final payment didn't get received till 8/11. Hopefully everything was received properly then...
 
Interview invite! OS scheduled for 10/3. Can't wait to see the campus!
 
OOS interview for 10/14, tried to reschedule since I'm interviewing on the east coast on the 12th, and they shot me back to December for my interview. This is really frustrating. It's not like I blame them at all for this, but wow, 2 month delay is crazy. Not in a good mood now 🙁

Also, just so people know, they interview once every other week.
 
I thought they didn't select most of the class until March, anyways? So interview date doesn't matter as much? Or am I totally wrong?
 
TheUltimate12 said:
Per the pre-med day, there are 15 interview dates this year plus one potential date for a 3rd interview.
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Wow! How many do they interview in a given cycle or per day? (I don't have amsar sorry)

I've just heard so many great things about this school, I just wanted to interview as early as possible.
 
Interview invite today for 9/23. Im IS interviewed here last year... The day seemed a little long, but well structured. The med students seemed very relaxed too
 
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OldMan707 said:
OOS interview for 10/14, tried to reschedule since I'm interviewing on the east coast on the 12th, and they shot me back to December for my interview. This is really frustrating. It's not like I blame them at all for this, but wow, 2 month delay is crazy. Not in a good mood now 🙁

Also, just so people know, they interview once every other week.
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they won't give you the 14th date again?
 
velleityx said:
they won't give you the 14th date again?
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No, I called a 20 mins after my request for a new date and I found out there were no sooner alternate days until December. I then said I might be able to rearrange my flights home to make it for the 14th and she said they awarded that date to another individual. Not exactly what I was hoping for, she seemed kinda annoyed that I couldn't make their original offer date but what are you going to do, it is what it is. On the bright side, a late interview let's me work a bit and save up cash to pay for the flight.
 
masterwolfie said:
I thought they didn't select most of the class until March, anyways? So interview date doesn't matter as much? Or am I totally wrong?
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It is rolling, so while you won't get rejected or wait listed until march, you can get accepted before then. So it behooves you to get an earlier date
 
OldMan707 said:
No, I called a 20 mins after my request for a new date and I found out there were no sooner alternate days until December. I then said I might be able to rearrange my flights home to make it for the 14th and she said they awarded that date to another individual. Not exactly what I was hoping for, she seemed kinda annoyed that I couldn't make their original offer date but what are you going to do, it is what it is. On the bright side, a late interview let's me work a bit and save up cash to pay for the flight.
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So they are already filled until December?
 
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They're not filled until December.

Interview invite today, complete 9/1, OOS, given the date 10/3.
 
Interview invite today! OOS, complete 8/15, given the date of 10/24, but I have to reschedule. Let's see when my new date is...
 
Best of luck to everyone interviewing on Friday 9/23. I think we're the first ones!👍
 
I'm working on my essay for this prompt right now...
I have a couple of options of things to write about, but I feel like there may be a stigma attached to the first in the list and would like to know other's opinions on which of these to use...
1) my father is manic-depressive schizophrenic (I don't want schools to look at this and think, well if he is then there is a genetic probability that she may also be)
2) my sister is/was (they say once an addict always an addict- but she's been clean 3 years) a meth addict
3) my uncle and one of my best friends share the same C-2 vertebral injury that left them both quadriplegic- my uncle is no longer alive, but my friend lives close by

I also have the option to address the fact that I'm not natively English speaking- but I already stated that I grew up in another country on my PS and put down my first language in my primaries- so this would be a bit of a repeat I think...

Could someone tell me which they think would be best to use, or if there would be a stigma attached to the first?

Thanks a lot!
 
sherlocksam said:
I'm working on my essay for this prompt right now...
I have a couple of options of things to write about, but I feel like there may be a stigma attached to the first in the list and would like to know other's opinions on which of these to use...
1) my father is manic-depressive schizophrenic (I don't want schools to look at this and think, well if he is then there is a genetic probability that she may also be)
2) my sister is/was (they say once an addict always an addict- but she's been clean 3 years) a meth addict
3) my uncle and one of my best friends share the same C-2 vertebral injury that left them both quadriplegic- my uncle is no longer alive, but my friend lives close by

I also have the option to address the fact that I'm not natively English speaking- but I already stated that I grew up in another country on my PS and put down my first language in my primaries- so this would be a bit of a repeat I think...

Could someone tell me which they think would be best to use, or if there would be a stigma attached to the first?

Thanks a lot!
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I would use whichever one you think answers the prompt the way you want to answer it. All of those examples seem like good examples.
 
Or I guess I really could write about my own health problems... I have both classic and common migraines. But again, I really don't want them to look at my problem and say "That will get in the way of her schooling"...
Thanks for the reply thus far though!
 
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