2011-2012 University of Nebraska Application Thread

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Received an interview invite today (the real Secondary)! I interviewed last year and didn't even bother to wait for the appeals process and just figured to write a letter anyways when I paid the Secondary Application fee. I sent the letter yesterday and got the invite today so the time process should be real quick.
 
robertch8 said:
Received an interview invite today (the real Secondary)! I interviewed last year and didn't even bother to wait for the appeals process and just figured to write a letter anyways when I paid the Secondary Application fee. I sent the letter yesterday and got the invite today so the time process should be real quick.
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Yay thats great. They seem to be understanding when it comes time to appeal.
 
BMEN said:
Yay thats great. They seem to be understanding when it comes time to appeal.
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AHHH, me too! I just got the request to pick interview dates. I'm so happy! I guess they liked my appeal enough, even if it WAS only two paragraphs! :laugh:

How accepting are they of your choices for interview dates? Will I get one of my top 3 choices? When do they let you know? OMG I'm SOOO excited!
😀
 
kansaskid said:
AHHH, me too! I just got the request to pick interview dates. I'm so happy! I guess they liked my appeal enough, even if it WAS only two paragraphs! :laugh:

How accepting are they of your choices for interview dates? Will I get one of my top 3 choices? When do they let you know? OMG I'm SOOO excited!
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I got my first choice
 
Anybody in here from Omaha? I'm going to UNO, starting volunteering at UNMC and am hoping to shadow a couple UNMC doctors. Just wonder what everyone has done and whether you get accepted or not. I have some possible barriers to acceptance and need to make myself look like and angel for the next 2 years (until I apply).
 
MelissaH said:
Anybody in here from Omaha? I'm going to UNO, starting volunteering at UNMC and am hoping to shadow a couple UNMC doctors. Just wonder what everyone has done and whether you get accepted or not. I have some possible barriers to acceptance and need to make myself look like and angel for the next 2 years (until I apply).
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I've lived in ohama for a couple of summers(Family farm near there). Just continuing working hard and getting your EC's in i guess. Omaha is a great place to live and do some volunteer work.
 
Buuump. My photo is finally marked. Mailed it 2 weeks ago.
 
Wow, these people instantly rejected me within 8 hours of getting my money.

What A holes. They make me so :boom:

They are so greedy that I am at a loss for words. Taking money from poor students. They are forever on my **** list.
 
Interviewing on the 14th of October!!!!!!! 😀
 
whatsupdoc49 said:
anybody else interviewing on 10/28?
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I will be interviewing on the 28th too. I'm OOS, but from Nebraska. I'm trying to find tickets tickets for the football game on Saturday in Lincoln to celebrate completion of my first interview.
 
Just got an email for the "real" secondary, which asks me to pick my top interview dates... does this mean I got an interview invite!?
 
Buttermellow said:
Just got an email for the "real" secondary, which asks me to pick my top interview dates... does this mean I got an interview invite!?
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Pick the seventh if you can. Ill be there 😀
 
Buttermellow said:
Ahhhh! This is crazy! I didn't expect to get invites this soon, since I was only verified 2 weeks ago.
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Congrats! Are you IS or OOS? It definitely feels good to get an invite this early in the game!

Anyone interviewing 11/4 by the way?
 
I have my interview this Friday and am starting to research Nebraska's program. There really is not a lot on their website. Does anyone familiar with the program have anything to say about some of the positive aspects of Nebraska?
 
nwoye said:
Interviewing on the 14th of October!!!!!!! 😀
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so how did it go, if you don't mind letting us know? did they happen to talk about financial aid, cuz I heard that they didn't talk about that for some interviews last year and therefore the day ended early...

also (and this question is for anyone who can answer), what type of grading do they have? Is there a sense of closeness and cooperation among the students? I'm just asking because I've heard rumors that the type of grading and evaluation at UNMC fosters competition between students (or if not that, then at least a lack of support and cooperation)...
 
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so how did it go, if you don't mind letting us know? did they happen to talk about financial aid, cuz I heard that they didn't talk about that last year and therefore the day ended early...

also (and this question is for anyone who can answer), what type of grading do they have? Is there a sense of closeness and cooperation among the students? I'm just asking because I've heard rumors that the type of grading and evaluation at UNMC fosters competition between students (or if not that, then at least a lack of support and cooperation)...
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They had a 30 minute financial aid presentation plus we got a bunch of literature on the subject so don't worry about that.
They use statistically calculate the z score so there is a curve. I think this implies competition but I guess a little competitive might help and in the end everyone becomes a doctor. I didn't meet a lot of the students so I can't say much about how the student interaction however the students work in groups during lab and PBL so there must be some cooperation.
That being said I got the sense that the faculty and staff were really there for the students. I usually look for an offical mentoring service but I heard the faculty really go out of their way to get to know the students.
UNMC is a large school with a lot of facilities (like a very rich stimulated clincial) that really try to prepare you for the real world and I really liked that.
 
nwoye said:
They had a 30 minute financial aid presentation plus we got a bunch of literature on the subject so don't worry about that.
They use statistically calculate the z score so there is a curve. I think this implies competition but I guess a little competitive might help and in the end everyone becomes a doctor. I didn't meet a lot of the students so I can't say much about how the student interaction however the students work in groups during lab and PBL so there must be some cooperation.
That being said I got the sense that the faculty and staff were really there for the students. I usually look for an offical mentoring service but I heard the faculty really go out of their way to get to know the students.
UNMC is a large school with a lot of facilities (like a very rich stimulated clincial) that really try to prepare you for the real world and I really liked that.
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Interviewed here last year...looking forward to coming back in a couple of weeks in hopes of a different result :xf:
 
Buttermellow said:
Anyone else interviewing this week?
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I interviewed here a few days ago and was really impressed with everything except the out of state tuition! Gorgeous facilities, awesome teaching and great clinical skills labs. It would be a great option!
 
kansaskid said:
I interviewed here a few days ago and was really impressed with everything except the out of state tuition! Gorgeous facilities, awesome teaching and great clinical skills labs. It would be a great option!
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The tuition thing is a bit of a misnomer though. When i went UNMC said they generally have money to cover the differential tuition for OOS to make them pay IS levels
 
Doesn't seem to be too many SDN members applying to this school. I'll be there on 11/11 though!
 
kansaskid said:
I interviewed here a few days ago and was really impressed with everything except the out of state tuition! Gorgeous facilities, awesome teaching and great clinical skills labs. It would be a great option!
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BMEN said:
The tuition thing is a bit of a misnomer though. When i went UNMC said they generally have money to cover the differential tuition for OOS to make them pay IS levels
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Yeah, Kansaskid, you must have zoned out during the financial aid presentation 😛
 
I'm a student here at UNMC. I just wanted to make sure everyone understood the z-score and it's implications, because they don't explain it during the interview day, the 4th years who give the tours downplay its significance, etc, but it ends up being a big part of your life here. Your first year, the z-score doesn't matter that much because the standard deviation is wide and the averages are generally pretty low. Your second year, the averages on tests will rise to the high-80s and above, with a standard dev of 5-6. This means that you can "marginalize" a class with a score of 78 and fail a class with an average of 75 if the class average is high enough. These go on your transcripts and will be seen by every residency you apply for.

The z-score is the single worst part of life here at UNMC, and it is why I would tell anyone applying here to strongly consider going down the road two miles to Creighton or to another private school that has a P/F system with a set percentage marker that delineates the P/F line (ie, 70% and above is a pass). The UNMC administration is hellbent on the z-score, to the point of it being a fetish, even though it appears that most of the teaching faculty hate it just as much as the students.

I will say that the facilities are great here, fellow students are friendly, and I feel like most of the core directors genuinely care about the students. I firmly believe that no one in the administration does, however; their position seems to be that the more miserable the students are, the better prepared for residency/real-life doctoring they will be. I'm not yet on the other side (one more year), so I can't tell you the truth of that for sure, but believe everyone on SDN who tells you to go to a P/F school and your first two years will be much less miserable.

The only reason I post this is because I felt like no one was up front with me about the z-score when I interviewed, and it's frankly unfair. If you're at the top of the class, then I suppose it's not a big deal. If you're in the middle to bottom 2/3, it sucks.

If you're considering UNMC, I just wanted you to be aware of the z-score. There are some great things about this place, but the z-score cancels most of the positives out. Just wanted to make everyone on this thread aware of that fact.
 
A grading system will never worth $80,000 dollars for me. And to fail at UNMC, your score has to be in the bottom, lets be generous and say, 10% of the class. So all you have to do is be in the top 90% to pass. I'm not saying it's as easy task, but if you put the work in almost everyone passes. All the students around you are in the same boat.
 
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Nebraskastudent said:
I'm a student here at UNMC. I just wanted to make sure everyone understood the z-score and it's implications, because they don't explain it during the interview day, the 4th years who give the tours downplay its significance, etc, but it ends up being a big part of your life here. Your first year, the z-score doesn't matter that much because the standard deviation is wide and the averages are generally pretty low. Your second year, the averages on tests will rise to the high-80s and above, with a standard dev of 5-6. This means that you can "marginalize" a class with a score of 78 and fail a class with an average of 75 if the class average is high enough. These go on your transcripts and will be seen by every residency you apply for.

The z-score is the single worst part of life here at UNMC, and it is why I would tell anyone applying here to strongly consider going down the road two miles to Creighton or to another private school that has a P/F system with a set percentage marker that delineates the P/F line (ie, 70% and above is a pass). The UNMC administration is hellbent on the z-score, to the point of it being a fetish, even though it appears that most of the teaching faculty hate it just as much as the students.

I will say that the facilities are great here, fellow students are friendly, and I feel like most of the core directors genuinely care about the students. I firmly believe that no one in the administration does, however; their position seems to be that the more miserable the students are, the better prepared for residency/real-life doctoring they will be. I'm not yet on the other side (one more year), so I can't tell you the truth of that for sure, but believe everyone on SDN who tells you to go to a P/F school and your first two years will be much less miserable.

The only reason I post this is because I felt like no one was up front with me about the z-score when I interviewed, and it's frankly unfair. If you're at the top of the class, then I suppose it's not a big deal. If you're in the middle to bottom 2/3, it sucks.

If you're considering UNMC, I just wanted you to be aware of the z-score. There are some great things about this place, but the z-score cancels most of the positives out. Just wanted to make everyone on this thread aware of that fact.
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n=1. Seriously, Creighton? I'm from the area and have had physicians tell me that Creighton students are some of the worst people to work with, whereas UNMC students know what they're doing in a clinical setting. I attend this school as well, and frankly I think you are one of the bitter students who doesn't work hard enough to be successful. Don't listen to this garbage.
 
BMEN said:
The tuition thing is a bit of a misnomer though. When i went UNMC said they generally have money to cover the differential tuition for OOS to make them pay IS levels
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Yeah, at the financial aid presentation, they said that it's been at least 15 years since an OOS student did not receive a scholarship that got them to pay IS levels.

Really enjoyed the school a lot during my visit! Very nice facilities!
 
When did they say they are going to start releasing decisions? I remember it being Dec. 15th...does that sound right?
 
indonacious said:
When did they say they are going to start releasing decisions? I remember it being Dec. 15th...does that sound right?
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I remember them saying that they don't even start reviewing files until mid-December.
 
They don't start looking at files until mid-December, and then your file can be looked at anytime between mid-December and March 15th. They also said that the committee may look at your file and decide to hold off on making a final decision on your file until later when they can better compare you to others but you won't get a notification on that.
 
just got back from interview today...awesome facilities, new medical school building and research building(s), and super awesome faculty...my tour guide was also a really cool/funny guy who is infatuated with redbull and wants to go into emergency medicine (go figure!)...only potential downsides are the z-score grading, which actually can be viewed as a positive thing because it makes you work harder and therefore become better prepared for boards/residency, etc. and sometimes it can be to your benefit if the class average is low, as well as some of the non-academic/research facilities, such as the student activities center/gym--no pool, and no mention of intramural sports, such as my favorite sport soccer, or of a student lounge where students can chill and play billiards or foosball or something...okay, maybe not so many people on here care about soccer and billiards, but I do! yes I know, med school is not about fun, it's about studying and stressing and drinking red bull, blah blah blah :laugh: anyways, overall had a good time, and here's to what's gonna be a long agonizing wait for a decision...
 
hello2 said:
just got back from interview today...awesome facilities, new medical school building and research building(s), and super awesome faculty...my tour guide was also a really cool/funny guy who is infatuated with redbull and wants to go into emergency medicine (go figure!)...only potential downsides are the z-score grading, which actually can be viewed as a positive thing because it makes you work harder and therefore become better prepared for boards/residency, etc. and sometimes it can be to your benefit if the class average is low, as well as some of the non-academic/research facilities, such as the student activities center/gym--no pool, and no mention of intramural sports, such as my favorite sport soccer, or of a student lounge where students can chill and play billiards or foosball or something...okay, maybe not so many people on here care about soccer and billiards, but I do! yes I know, med school is not about fun, it's about studying and stressing and drinking red bull, blah blah blah :laugh: anyways, overall had a good time, and here's to what's gonna be a long agonizing wait for a decision...
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I think I had the same Student Ambassador you had for a tour guide; he seemed to know whether all the places had Red Bull or not and if not, what other energy drinks were offered. Personally, as someone who's a former heavy Red Bull drinker that's quit cold turkey, it was kind of annoying haha...
 
Interview invite today, picked 12-9 for first choice. Anybody else going on this day? Anybody care to reflect on their interview - was is more conversational, interrogative, etc.?

Good luck to all!
 
I'm interviewing at UNMC tomorrow! Hm... looks like nobody had any insight on how the interviews are... I would've also liked to know if they were more interrogative or conversational or...? I guess I'll find out tomorrow!
 
When I submitted my secondary application my printer was not working and I couldn’t print out all the information. I figured I would sign back in to the website to get the address of where to send my picture. When I logged back in, this information was not available. Does anyone have the name and address of where to send the picture? I would like to send it out ASAP. THANKS!!!!
 
Candy2016 said:
When I submitted my secondary application my printer was not working and I couldn’t print out all the information. I figured I would sign back in to the website to get the address of where to send my picture. When I logged back in, this information was not available. Does anyone have the name and address of where to send the picture? I would like to send it out ASAP. THANKS!!!!
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Hei I dont know if this helps, but you can also take the passport photos with you. Thats what I did : )
 
Who was your interviewer? Are you in-state?

My interview was very relaxed and although my interview was just some basic questions and my interviewer was not all that enthusiastic, the end result and feedback were great and I felt very relaxed throughout. I have heard out of state ones can be more difficult because they want to find just cause as to why you want to go there if you've never lived in that region - so maybe that was it?
 
sirc87 said:
Who was your interviewer? Are you in-state?

My interview was very relaxed and although my interview was just some basic questions and my interviewer was not all that enthusiastic, the end result and feedback were great and I felt very relaxed throughout. I have heard out of state ones can be more difficult because they want to find just cause as to why you want to go there if you've never lived in that region - so maybe that was it?
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OOS. I won't say who my interviewer was, but he never even asked why I wanted to go to UNMC at all. There were so many awesome reasons why I chose to apply and I was very enthusiastic and honored to receive an interview, but his body language and facial gestures conveyed general apathy. I don't have anything positive to say about the interview, and I proclaim that it was a huge waste of my time. I could have been home studying for finals or something. I am just very disappointed right now so much to the point that I am even offended. UNMC was up there on my list, but I better just cross it off because there's no way I'm getting in after that interview, nor do I feel like I even want to go there anymore. Words cannot convey my frustration right now. I don't know if anyone else had the same experience, but man, this was not a normal interview. It wasn't even a stress interview. It was just a "yeah whatever..."

I know my interview would have gone much better had I had a different person. I know I'm a better applicant who is able to convey messages effectively, but I felt hugely disrespected. I know there are multiple interview styles, and I am familiar with them all, but this was definitely not one of them...
 
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You shouly try and work on guiding the conversation and connecting things you want to say to their questions and move the direction to what you want to talk about
 
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