2012-2013 Drexel University Application Thread

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Where did you see confirmation in "the supplemental material section" when you sent them an update? I sent one a month ago and they never responded. So i just assumed that they don't take updates.
 
My status finally changed for the first time post-interview!! 13 weeks post-interview... -_-

"Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly."

I'm just glad to know they didn't lose my application.
 
fox916 said:
My status finally changed for the first time post-interview!! 13 weeks post-interview... -_-

"Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly."

I'm just glad to know they didn't lose my application.
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I've had that status for almost two months now! I still don't have a decision and I interviewed October 3. 🙁
 
virtuoso735 said:
I've had that status for almost two months now! I still don't have a decision and I interviewed October 3. 🙁
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I think there is at least one other SDNer besides us who interviewed that week and hasn't heard back. I think this week is THE week. Hoping for the 'final decision' status by end of the week! :xf:
 
I sent an update letter a while back and it has yet to be indicated on my application summary?

Can anyone tell me where to look and if this definitely happens to everyone? Thanks.
 
medschooljunky said:
I sent an update letter a while back and it has yet to be indicated on my application summary?

Can anyone tell me where to look and if this definitely happens to everyone? Thanks.
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I just called the office a week after emailing mine in. They fished it out while I was on the phone and placed it in my file then. Nothing showed up in my summary.
 
fox916 said:
I think there is at least one other SDNer besides us who interviewed that week and hasn't heard back. I think this week is THE week. Hoping for the 'final decision' status by end of the week! :xf:
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I hope so, but this long wait has put a bad taste in my mouth regarding Drexel.

Isn't there also one more status update after the one we have now before the decision update?
 
virtuoso735 said:
I hope so, but this long wait has put a bad taste in my mouth regarding Drexel.

Isn't there also one more status update after the one we have now before the decision update?
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Yeah... unfortunately. And when you finally get the "final decision" status, it'll probably take just under two weeks before you actually get it in the mail.
 
Hey guys.. I know everyone's talking about how long it takes after an interview to get a decision.. but I interviewed this Monday (Jan 7th) and today my status changed to ""Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly."

After this status..usually how long does it take to get to the decision status?
Has anyone gotten a positive response after sending out a Letter of Intent?
 
depress said:
Hey guys.. I know everyone's talking about how long it takes after an interview to get a decision.. but I interviewed this Monday (Jan 7th) and today my status changed to ""Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly."

After this status..usually how long does it take to get to the decision status?
Has anyone gotten a positive response after sending out a Letter of Intent?
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Edit: Oops misread your status! Read the post below me

Also 1-2 more weeks waiting for the snail mail.
 
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depress said:
Hey guys.. I know everyone's talking about how long it takes after an interview to get a decision.. but I interviewed this Monday (Jan 7th) and today my status changed to ""Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly."

After this status..usually how long does it take to get to the decision status?
Has anyone gotten a positive response after sending out a Letter of Intent?
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I got that status the day after my interview. It switched to under review by the committee two weeks before Xmas. Still no decision and its been 10 weeks post interview (not too long considering some people who interviewed a month before me haven't heard back!)

To answer your question, it'll take a while before you get a decision. Most probably 12+ weeks to get the status change and a couple more to get the letter...
 
Did you get an e-mail for the change or did you just check online to find that?
 
Ohh wow thats a long time... well thank you for the information 😀
 
Would you guys think that if a person from the admissions department interviewed us.. it will be a little faster? Cause I know people who get interviewed by the physicians take a little longer?
 
depress said:
Ohh wow thats a long time... well thank you for the information 😀
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If it makes you feel better it took ~9 weeks from interviewing to getting my acceptance in the mail so hopefully yours won't end up past 12 weeks! :luck:
 
Hey..one more question.. so after the "Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly." status.. there is going to be one more status change? to what? or two more status changes?
 
depress said:
Hey..one more question.. so after the "Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly." status.. there is going to be one more status change? to what? or two more status changes?
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One more status to go until you get the decision or final decision message. It'll read: "Your file is currently under review by the admissions committee. No decision has yet been made regarding your admission status to Drexel of University."

depress said:
Would you guys think that if a person from the admissions department interviewed us.. it will be a little faster? Cause I know people who get interviewed by the physicians take a little longer?
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I dont think that matters. My interviewer was a physician. I think my interviewers probably handed mine in the day of the interview because my status changed the day after.
 
ive had the "currently under review by hte admissions committee" status for 4-5 weeks now. been waiting a total of 9 weeks
 
I interviewed early November, so I haven't waited as long as some people, but waiting 2 months has not been fun either.
 
Has anyone gotten the "a decision has been reached" status and have been accepted or is it a definite waitlist?
 
austin2192 said:
Has anyone gotten the "a decision has been reached" status and have been accepted or is it a definite waitlist?
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Unfortunately it is a definite waitlist. Though, I have seen SDNers with status changing back and forth between "a decision" and "a final decision". But that rarely happens.
 
Descision has been reached 🙁

When do they start pulling off the waitlist??
 
6th week, status changed to : "Your file is currently under review by the admissions committee. No decision has yet been made regarding your admission status to Drexel of University." >. < anxious/excited/happy
 
This program has NOT hit the med school library. But it does sound kind of cool.

Right now we're giving feedback on whether they should create a tablet program at school - y'know, give people iPads or some such. Any thoughts?
 
courtnes said:
This program has NOT hit the med school library. But it does sound kind of cool.

Right now we're giving feedback on whether they should create a tablet program at school - y'know, give people iPads or some such. Any thoughts?
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Awesome! How do you feel about the grading scheme btw? Thats one of the things I'm most concerned about 🙁
 
Goobs said:
Awesome! How do you feel about the grading scheme btw? Thats one of the things I'm most concerned about 🙁
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It's not something to be concerned about. The most important thing is to pass all your classes, HS and H are icing on the cake. The reason I say this is we may receive grades, but there is no internal ranking. That and preclinical grades are low on the priority list of residency programs when considering how to rank potential residents according to the Charting Outcomes.
 
Goobs said:
Awesome! How do you feel about the grading scheme btw? Thats one of the things I'm most concerned about 🙁
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I think it is fine. They don't typically grade on a curve, though some courses might adjust the cut offs for honors or high satisfactory depending on how the class did. They may also adjust the minimum passing score, usually lower, never higher. But, the most they've ever lowered the minimum score is 2 points. The minimum passing score is almost always 70. Highly satisfactory is usually 88-90 and honors is usually >90. Some of the easier courses may adjust it to be 90-92 for highly satisfactory.

And, as previously mentioned, most residencies don't really care much about pre-clinical courses. Step I and comments from evaluators in year 3 are much much more important.
 
I know this has probably been mentioned in the thread... but post-interview statues: Does a "final" decision automatically mean acceptance? Or does that also include rejection? Also, how many people get pulled off the waitlist?
 
courtnes said:
It's not something to be concerned about. The most important thing is to pass all your classes, HS and H are icing on the cake. The reason I say this is we may receive grades, but there is no internal ranking. That and preclinical grades are low on the priority list of residency programs when considering how to rank potential residents according to the Charting Outcomes.
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medicsb said:
I think it is fine. They don't typically grade on a curve, though some courses might adjust the cut offs for honors or high satisfactory depending on how the class did. They may also adjust the minimum passing score, usually lower, never higher. But, the most they've ever lowered the minimum score is 2 points. The minimum passing score is almost always 70. Highly satisfactory is usually 88-90 and honors is usually >90. Some of the easier courses may adjust it to be 90-92 for highly satisfactory.

And, as previously mentioned, most residencies don't really care much about pre-clinical courses. Step I and comments from evaluators in year 3 are much much more important.
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Thanks! 🙂

depress said:
I know this has probably been mentioned in the thread... but post-interview statues: Does a "final" decision automatically mean acceptance? Or does that also include rejection? Also, how many people get pulled off the waitlist?
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It also includes rejection, and I'm not sure how many people are pulled off the WL.
 
Also, has anyone bombed the interview here and still been accepted?
 
depress said:
I know this has probably been mentioned in the thread... but post-interview statues: Does a "final" decision automatically mean acceptance? Or does that also include rejection? Also, how many people get pulled off the waitlist?
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Could also be a rejection.

Not sure about the answer to your second question.
 
depress said:
Also, has anyone bombed the interview here and still been accepted?
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People have been accepted even though they thought they bombed the interview. Not sure if there's an example like that for this particular school though. I know there's someone a few pages back who got a rejection even though he thought he performed well on the interview. So I guess you can't really know until you get the letter.
 
depress said:
Also, has anyone bombed the interview here and still been accepted?
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Theres at least two of us who have had extremely short interviews (~10 minutes) but have been accepted.
 
Final decision status... finally, have been waiting since first week of October

3.4/35 for anyone interested. Will in all likelihood withdraw due to in-state acceptances.

Best of luck to all those waiting!
 
Goobs said:
Theres at least two of us who have had extremely short interviews (~10 minutes) but have been accepted.
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The message I've been getting from others who interviewed here and from my own experience (I also had 10ish minutes and was accepted) is that the faculty are hard to read during the interview. I know I was kind of shaky on how well I could have come across in just 10 minutes, but hey, they must know what they're looking for and it worked out!
 
gbc2013 said:
The message I've been getting from others who interviewed here and from my own experience (I also had 10ish minutes and was accepted) is that the faculty are hard to read during the interview. I know I was kind of shaky on how well I could have come across in just 10 minutes, but hey, they must know what they're looking for and it worked out!
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I also had a 10 min interview, but I got wait listed 🙁
 
Haven't checked in a while, and it's been 14+ weeks, but final decision reached!
 
wow. I've been waiting on 13 weeks, and I thought I was waiting long. Maybe I should stop checking my status every other day..
 
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