Thanks 🙂 Its is just for the biology section. Ya it sounds like Friday will be the day as that's when it has typically gone out the past few months.
Just got the acceptance e-mail! Good luck to everyone still waiting.
congratulations!! When did you interview??
Also i am a +1 to the status unchanged email
Congratulations!! When did you interview??
I interviewed recently and it was sort of anticlimactic ... The tour was lack luster and the day all too quick.to get a vibe about this school beyond internet research. What is it about this school i havent seen or heard that makes you guys excited to help me regenerate my enthusiasm.for this school?
Sorry to hear your tour was lackluster. I don't remember mine from interview day (tour was before interview). I'll list some things that make Mizzou med awesome and you may or not have heard all this. In no particular order:
1. Columbia is awesome. It has a great small-town feel but yet isn't a small town and there is plenty to do. If you wish to go to a bigger city on the weekends, STL is 1.5 hrs away and KC is 2 hrs away. Pretty nice. I've been in Columbia five years and still haven't experienced all of it.
2. Short drive to school. Most likely no matter where you live within Columbia, it's going to be a short drive to school (<20). Mine is a three minute drive and many students walk.Traffic usually isn't too heavy and parking is a breeze since parking structure is right next to the med school and we get a pass.
3. Students are normal. This is a plus. Mizzou med people like to go out (often) and have fun on the weekends. It's a college town and there's tons of ways to have fun. Everyone is incredibly smart and works hard but most students seem well-balanced. People generally don't seem too stressed out until week 6 of the block.
4. Lots of "free time." Two guaranteed half-days off a week allows plenty of study time or hang out time if that's your thing. You'll use some of the time to get PBL objectives done but it's so nice to have those afternoons to go home and study w/o interruption.
5. Very supportive professors, administrators and office staff. Haven't had any negative experiences yet and everyone is very friendly and wants to help you succeed. Strong communication between classes and administrators. We have town-hall meetings where we talk w/ the dean about concerns and they implement some of the stuff we suggest sometimes.
6. Undergrad campus next door which has great places to study, coffee shops, food court close by and the awesome rec center.
7. Mizzou football games....always a great time.
8. School is pass/fail. Awesome to me. Takes some pressure off.
9. Very nice anatomy lab and standardized patient rooms.
10. Get your own desk in the PBL labs where you can study
11. Exams every 8 weeks which means no quizzes, regular tests or mid-terms. Essentially exams are finals over all 8 weeks. Awesome.
12. Columbia has a strong apartment/rental house market so you'll be able to find a place to live easily. Lots of choices w/ many very nice places close by.
13. Columbia has low-cost of living and school isn't on the high end of tuition.
Hope that helps! Feel free to ask questions
Sorry to hear your tour was lackluster. I don't remember mine from interview day (tour was before interview). I'll list some things that make Mizzou med awesome and you may or not have heard all this. In no particular order:
1. Columbia is awesome. It has a great small-town feel but yet isn't a small town and there is plenty to do. If you wish to go to a bigger city on the weekends, STL is 1.5 hrs away and KC is 2 hrs away. Pretty nice. I've been in Columbia five years and still haven't experienced all of it.
2. Short drive to school. Most likely no matter where you live within Columbia, it's going to be a short drive to school (<20). Mine is a three minute drive and many students walk.Traffic usually isn't too heavy and parking is a breeze since parking structure is right next to the med school and we get a pass.
3. Students are normal. This is a plus. Mizzou med people like to go out (often) and have fun on the weekends. It's a college town and there's tons of ways to have fun. Everyone is incredibly smart and works hard but most students seem well-balanced. People generally don't seem too stressed out until week 6 of the block.
4. Lots of "free time." Two guaranteed half-days off a week allows plenty of study time or hang out time if that's your thing. You'll use some of the time to get PBL objectives done but it's so nice to have those afternoons to go home and study w/o interruption.
5. Very supportive professors, administrators and office staff. Haven't had any negative experiences yet and everyone is very friendly and wants to help you succeed. Strong communication between classes and administrators. We have town-hall meetings where we talk w/ the dean about concerns and they implement some of the stuff we suggest sometimes.
6. Undergrad campus next door which has great places to study, coffee shops, food court close by and the awesome rec center.
7. Mizzou football games....always a great time.
8. School is pass/fail. Awesome to me. Takes some pressure off.
9. Very nice anatomy lab and standardized patient rooms.
10. Get your own desk in the PBL labs where you can study
11. Exams every 8 weeks which means no quizzes, regular tests or mid-terms. Essentially exams are finals over all 8 weeks. Awesome.
12. Columbia has a strong apartment/rental house market so you'll be able to find a place to live easily. Lots of choices w/ many very nice places close by.
13. Columbia has low-cost of living and school isn't on the high end of tuition.
Hope that helps! Feel free to ask questions
Seeing this makes me incredibly happy/blessed that I just received an interview invite to the school. OOS with stats slightly below average but I do have some ECs that I think make up for it. I look forward for the chance to interview here 🙂🙂
Yay! I'm so excited you got an interview invite 😀
So is there a chance that somebody who interviewed earlier could be accepted randomly anytime in February if they were at the top of the list? Could somebody clarify that for me? Will we still get a "status unchanged" email for Feb, or will they just wait till March?
Yeah, I believe so. Very few students are accepted each month and I imagine if they don't meet the months quota based on interviews from that month they'll look at the rankings from students who interviewed in previous months. So if you're way up at the top you might be one of those people who is accepted in the months earlier interviews. Otherwise, you'll keep getting status-unchanged in February. Come March though, they'll do alot of acceptances once all the potential candidates have interviewed. At that point, you'll get the Accepted, Wait-List or Denial email. It would be difficult to judge if someone was at the top or not. I don't think they tell you that until the waitlist is assembled. They let you know where you stand on that but otherwise you have no idea.
For those who already go to MU or those who are accepted:
How does housing work out? I am an OOS applicant and I was wondering if there is on-campus housing available for medical students? what you recommend I do to ease into moving into Columbia? Also, how about buying a used car?
Thanks for your input,
As always, the insight is appreciated. Not that it matters much at this point... but do you happen to know if any post-interview rejections or waitlist designations are made prior to March? Or does everyone just remain in a "non-accepted" pool?
Quick ?: does it still hold true that oos-ers get in-state tuition after a year? Thanks.
Housing: Tons of apartments in Columbia. You shouldn't have trouble finding a place unless you're accepted in June or July. Slim pickings that late. That said, if you know you're attending school here, I'd try to set up an apartment now.
Good places w/in walking distance: The Ashwood Apartments, Ashley Ridge and Tara Apartments. Ashwood has undergrads, Ashley Ridge is grad-only and Tara is mostly grad-only and university-owned.
Typical college undergrad apartments: Copper Beech, Campus Lodge, The Reserve, Brookside Townhomes, Gateway Apartments and Grindstone Canyon.
Nice/Adult/Grad-only: Deer Valley Apartments, Countryclub Apartments, Katy Place, Kelly's Ridge and the hill.
There's a ton more. Check out www.apartmentfinder.com and search in Columbia.
I don't know of any medical students that live on campus. I don't believe there is any dedicated space for medical students or professionals that I know of. There are dorms almost next door the med school. There is also a dorm for junior/senior undergrads nearby. Definitely call the Mizzou Med Office and ask them for a definite answer. Most people live in apartments, duplexes, some still live at home, some roomate w/ other med students, etc.
As far as moving in to Columbia, get an apartment very soon as soon as you're accepted. Hopefully that's before Mayish. Leasing season is getting geared up here in Columbia. I wouldn't bring much with you coming from out of state. Like furniture and big stuff. There are some furnished apartments here in columbia so that might be a good option. The Links/The Greens apartments come furnished but that's a heck of a drive to school. I think The Reserve has furnished as well and Copper Beech does.
For the car..that's your call and where you end up living. You could live within walking distance to school and walk everyday but there's not really any grocery stores nearby or laundry facilities. A car would definitely be helpful.
My overall advice for moving would be 1. Get an apartment early 2. live close to school 3. dont bring furniture 4. dont worry if it's nice or crappy (you'll be mostly living at the med school come M1 year anyway) 5. when you're accepted, join the FB group and post about roomates if you want one (other people are probably looking for roomates as well) and 6. find a place that includes internet, cable and the like.
That should help...haha. Let me know if you have more questions. I'm obviously full of information.
Yeah, I believe so. Very few students are accepted each month and I imagine if they don't meet the months quota based on interviews from that month they'll look at the rankings from students who interviewed in previous months. So if you're way up at the top you might be one of those people who is accepted in the months earlier interviews. Otherwise, you'll keep getting status-unchanged in February. Come March though, they'll do alot of acceptances once all the potential candidates have interviewed. At that point, you'll get the Accepted, Wait-List or Denial email. It would be difficult to judge if someone was at the top or not. I don't think they tell you that until the waitlist is assembled. They let you know where you stand on that but otherwise you have no idea.
Is it generally early or late march for acceptances/waitlists?
Is it generally early or late march for acceptances/waitlists?
I wonder how much of the class comes from of the wait list. Not to set myself up for failure 🙂 I also noticed that there is no EM residency in columbia. Has anyone heard anything about future plans to start one?
Thanks for your post. Could you elaborate on the pass/fail curriculum? Is it truly pass/fail or does it have some sort of internal ranking? I thought someone told me that it is pass/fail, but they rank you based on percentiles, with the top percentile being in the top 20%, and so on.
Again, thank you!
Thanks Captain, your post was, well, fantastic 😛
Will we be getting our Status Unchanged emails tomorrow?
It'd be sweet to get good news tomorrow
So I know the email said that the admissions committee would "finish up" by late February...when do you think that puts us getting final emails? Mid March?