2012-2013 Dartmouth Medical School Application Thread

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CholeCystems said:
Anyone know if they are receptive to pre-interview updates? I told them in my plans for the year I had plans for activities. And know I officially have them (job transfer to another state and volunteer at hospital)? I'll probably wait until I have a week or two of experience with them to send a letter...
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Not sure, I'm wondering the same thing...
 
Changed my mind and submitted my secondary here a bit late... Complete on 8/3.

Hope I'm not too late! 😀

I have a good friend who did her undergrad here--she had nothing but good things to say about the school and location!

Good luck everyone!
 
Submitted 8/5

Anyone heard anything back yet or have any idea when interview invites or rejections start coming?
 
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betheltim said:
Changed my mind and submitted my secondary here a bit late... Complete on 8/3.

Hope I'm not too late! 😀

I have a good friend who did her undergrad here--she had nothing but good things to say about the school and location!

Good luck everyone!
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i am doing my undergrad there currently...beautiful school, tight knit community, plenty of outdoor activities
 
Any current Dartmouth students around here? I'm curious about whether or not students have chances to get involved in policy work, as I am currently studying public health policy and want to continue this.
 
betheltim said:
Any current Dartmouth students around here? I'm curious about whether or not students have chances to get involved in policy work, as I am currently studying public health policy and want to continue this.
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I had an Albert Schweitzer fellowship for a year to get med students at Dartmouth involved in state-level health policy. Dartmouth is a great place for this because the NH Legislature is an accessible legislative body. You can also get involved with AMA or AMSA or PHR if you're interested in policy.
 
The first Dartmouth interview invitation went out today last cycle. I wonder if any of us will get good news tomorrow/next week??
 
GooseWing said:
The first Dartmouth interview invitation went out today last cycle. I wonder if any of us will get good news tomorrow/next week??
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Glad I'm not the only one who made it a point to find out when last year's were sent out lol. Here's hoping!!
 
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II - 8/13
Complete - 7/16
34/3.7

And the first date they gave me for Interview was sept 6.
 
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Interview Invite! I'm so shocked! See you guys there! Good luck to the everyone still waiting to hear back!
 
If you're going to contribute the best way to do so is post your GPA/MCAT range and your complete date so other applicants can get a general idea of where they sit.

Thanks from all of us still waiting, and congratulations 🙂

med144 said:
do you also mind saying your stats?
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You can see his story here.

But here are his stats

Type: Nontraditional, Research-heavy
First MCAT: 33M (expired)
Second MCAT: 31O
cGPA: 3.63 (Engineering)
Submitted: 7/19
Complete: 8/2
II: 8/13

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Hell of a job, fox.
 
PreMedOrDead said:
If you're going to contribute the best way to do so is post your GPA/MCAT range and your complete date so other applicants can get a general idea of where they sit.

Thanks from all of us still waiting, and congratulations 🙂



You can see his story here.

But here are his stats

Type: Nontraditional, Research-heavy
First MCAT: 33M (expired)
Second MCAT: 31O
cGPA: 3.63 (Engineering)
Submitted: 7/19
Complete: 8/2
II: 8/13

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Hell of a job, fox.
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Huzzah
 
Another shocked one over here. Got an interview, but not quite sure how! My stats are below their 10th percentile. oh well, I will take it 🙂
 
med144 said:
nice work to you too! can you tell us when you received a complete email
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Complete: 7/13

Stats:

undergrad GPA = below average accepted


MCAT = above average accepted

ECs = a lot

-sorry for being pretty vague due to privacy reasons
 
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grapepopsicle said:
If I'm in school, should I just list my courses in the first essay, and talk about my ECs that I'm doing this year (that aren't on my primary application) in the second essay?
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Probably talk about both courses and ECs in the 1st essay, and write about something else in the 2nd.
 
grapepopsicle said:
OK, one more quick question. Is it OK to refer to the school as Dartmouth? Should I make an effort to say Geisel in the optional essay? I've always thought of it as Dartmouth and prefer that name, but I don't want to offend anyone in the admissions office by not using the new name.
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There is approximately a one in a Googolplex chance they will care.
 
grapepopsicle said:
OK, one more quick question. Is it OK to refer to the school as Dartmouth? Should I make an effort to say Geisel in the optional essay? I've always thought of it as Dartmouth and prefer that name, but I don't want to offend anyone in the admissions office by not using the new name.
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The school was just name Geisel this year so most people probably refer to it as Dartmouth.


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10th percentile is MCAT 31, GPA 3.59 of which I am at or below. All you low stat people out there, there is hope!
 
FD50 said:
10th percentile is MCAT 31, GPA 3.59 of which I am at or below. All you low stat people out there, there is hope!
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I was complete 7/31 but still nothing. My stats are low so trying to listen to you right now..... 🙁

congrats though!!! I know how stressful it is competing amongst the 4.0 and 40s so good luck!!!! I have one interview so far and I hope it works out for us this cycle! 😀
 
CarlHarrison said:
Complete: 7/16

Stats:

undergrad GPA = above average accepted

MCAT = above average accepted

ECs = a lot

-sorry for being pretty vague due to privacy reasons (Thanks for the template!)
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Oh man I was complete 7/16 too! I wish I hadn't read this post hah
 
they dont seem to be going in any order...someone with an 8/3 complete got an ii earlier in the week
 
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