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Good to know, thanksIf I recall correctly they told me it would take about 4 to 6 weeks. I interviewed on 1/24
Good to know, thanksIf I recall correctly they told me it would take about 4 to 6 weeks. I interviewed on 1/24
Ya I'm dying over here. Interview on Jan. 16 and haven't heard a word. They didn't say anything on my interview day about time frame for a response, did they mention anything to anyone else?
Hi all, just wanted to see how everyone is feeilng about the school and also get some opinions from the current students.
I interviewed yesterday and I personally feel that the school on paper/website that it promotes itself to be doesn't seem like the one I was presented to.
there are many odd things that I felt was a bit off yesterday during the interview. The first being that orientation felt like it was not very well planned. The dean didn't even give an introduction about temple (whereas other schools I was interviewed with atleast the dean or the associate dean came in and gave a talk) we had this one lady that was a sub-secretary that gave a talk and she was new so she didn't even know what she was really talking about.
on our scheduel it stated certain orientation activities that would happen, one of the important deciding factors for me personally is the financial aid and how much debt I would come out of medical school. The financial aid orientation was supposed to be at 11:30 after the 11:00 welcome orientation, that NEVER happened. the lady just breezed through it and told us to look at the financial aid worksheet that was given to us. when I asked about the debt she said she doesn't know and asked me if it was important to know about the debt...
other factors that I felt was off was during the student guide tours. Usually the students that are giving the tours aren't involved with the interview process for that day. HOWEVER, i believe one or two of the students that gave the tour later on were the student interviewers...so when they say "nothing you say here will affect your interview" before the tour began it was hard to believe.
The collaborative environment of student body felt like it was fake. I could definitely sense clichs forming or formed by looking at the student tour guides. They were so into themselves that it was hard to be included into their conversations ( most of the time they were chatting amongst themselves and making jokes amongst themselves)
The one thing that I was really interested in was the community service aspect of Temple. however upon going to the school and asking students about the community service, it seemed like they stress on community service during application/recruitment, but once you're in community service isn't all that important. this is one of those incidences where I felt like what temple says they are isn't what they say they are.
Overall I felt like we weren't treated very well or wanted during the interview and orientation. I didn't feel welcomed at all and everything was sloppy. a lot of details were missed, and overall just felt like they didn't care as much as other schools did.
I honestly really liked the environment and liked what the school presented about themselves ON THEIR WEBSITE. but in reality it felt really different that what was written on website/paper.
This is just my personal opinion please let me know if you feel otherwise.
I would also like to get opinions of current students would love to have some feed back. and students that interviewed there already.
thanks
Hi all, just wanted to see how everyone is feeilng about the school and also get some opinions from the current students.
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I would also like to get opinions of current students would love to have some feed back. and students that interviewed there already.
thanks
As someone who has been involved with one of their graduate programs and now has a lot of friends at Temple Med, I can say that the Temple Admissions office does not really reflect the school AT ALL. They are notoriously a mess, and they have a lot of older people with health problems in high positions, which means that they are often out and not participating in the orientation activities. If there are things you really like about the school and the disorganization of the interview day put you off, you really should take a second look, because I have heard from many people who felt the same way as you that once you are in medical school Temple is not like that.
I'm really sorry you had such a rough interview day! I interviewed in the fall, but my experience was very different. On my interview day the presentations were all good and the students and staff were all very upbeat and enthusiastic. The student tour guides we had were all very involved in community service and were excited to tell us about all of the opportunities there are to get involved. I didn't get the impression of cliques or fakeness. I did think the student guides being involved in interviews was awkward (and one of them was my interviewer), but in my case the outcome really wasn't affected. I thought the school had a very positive vibe.
That said, I interviewed at another school that I had a very positive impression of going in, and the whole day just felt so off to me. I knew the school was great, but I couldn't picture myself in that environment. Everyone is different, so maybe Temple just isn't right for you. If you are accepted, you can always use the second look day to see if your interview day was just a fluke, or if Temple really just isn't for you. Best of luck with the rest of your application cycle!
Thanks a lot. I just feel like if the admins can't even keep everything together. how can the school. every details matters and if that's the way they treat prospective students near the end of the cycle it doesn't really show how far they would go to make their students be exceptional.
Hi all, just wanted to see how everyone is feeilng about the school and also get some opinions from the current students.
I interviewed yesterday and I personally feel that the school on paper/website that it promotes itself to be doesn't seem like the one I was presented to.
there are many odd things that I felt was a bit off yesterday during the interview. The first being that orientation felt like it was not very well planned. The dean didn't even give an introduction about temple (whereas other schools I was interviewed with atleast the dean or the associate dean came in and gave a talk) we had this one lady that was a sub-secretary that gave a talk and she was new so she didn't even know what she was really talking about.
on our scheduel it stated certain orientation activities that would happen, one of the important deciding factors for me personally is the financial aid and how much debt I would come out of medical school. The financial aid orientation was supposed to be at 11:30 after the 11:00 welcome orientation, that NEVER happened. the lady just breezed through it and told us to look at the financial aid worksheet that was given to us. when I asked about the debt she said she doesn't know and asked me if it was important to know about the debt...
other factors that I felt was off was during the student guide tours. Usually the students that are giving the tours aren't involved with the interview process for that day. HOWEVER, i believe one or two of the students that gave the tour later on were the student interviewers...so when they say "nothing you say here will affect your interview" before the tour began it was hard to believe.
The collaborative environment of student body felt like it was fake. I could definitely sense clichs forming or formed by looking at the student tour guides. They were so into themselves that it was hard to be included into their conversations ( most of the time they were chatting amongst themselves and making jokes amongst themselves)
The one thing that I was really interested in was the community service aspect of Temple. however upon going to the school and asking students about the community service, it seemed like they stress on community service during application/recruitment, but once you're in community service isn't all that important. this is one of those incidences where I felt like what temple says they are isn't what they say they are.
Overall I felt like we weren't treated very well or wanted during the interview and orientation. I didn't feel welcomed at all and everything was sloppy. a lot of details were missed, and overall just felt like they didn't care as much as other schools did.
I honestly really liked the environment and liked what the school presented about themselves ON THEIR WEBSITE. but in reality it felt really different that what was written on website/paper.
This is just my personal opinion please let me know if you feel otherwise.
I would also like to get opinions of current students would love to have some feed back. and students that interviewed there already.
thanks
Hi all, just wanted to see how everyone is feeilng about the school and also get some opinions from the current students.
I interviewed yesterday and I personally feel that the school on paper/website that it promotes itself to be doesn't seem like the one I was presented to.
there are many odd things that I felt was a bit off yesterday during the interview. The first being that orientation felt like it was not very well planned. The dean didn't even give an introduction about temple (whereas other schools I was interviewed with atleast the dean or the associate dean came in and gave a talk) we had this one lady that was a sub-secretary that gave a talk and she was new so she didn't even know what she was really talking about.
on our scheduel it stated certain orientation activities that would happen, one of the important deciding factors for me personally is the financial aid and how much debt I would come out of medical school. The financial aid orientation was supposed to be at 11:30 after the 11:00 welcome orientation, that NEVER happened. the lady just breezed through it and told us to look at the financial aid worksheet that was given to us. when I asked about the debt she said she doesn't know and asked me if it was important to know about the debt...
other factors that I felt was off was during the student guide tours. Usually the students that are giving the tours aren't involved with the interview process for that day. HOWEVER, i believe one or two of the students that gave the tour later on were the student interviewers...so when they say "nothing you say here will affect your interview" before the tour began it was hard to believe.
The collaborative environment of student body felt like it was fake. I could definitely sense clichs forming or formed by looking at the student tour guides. They were so into themselves that it was hard to be included into their conversations ( most of the time they were chatting amongst themselves and making jokes amongst themselves)
The one thing that I was really interested in was the community service aspect of Temple. however upon going to the school and asking students about the community service, it seemed like they stress on community service during application/recruitment, but once you're in community service isn't all that important. this is one of those incidences where I felt like what temple says they are isn't what they say they are.
Overall I felt like we weren't treated very well or wanted during the interview and orientation. I didn't feel welcomed at all and everything was sloppy. a lot of details were missed, and overall just felt like they didn't care as much as other schools did.
I honestly really liked the environment and liked what the school presented about themselves ON THEIR WEBSITE. but in reality it felt really different that what was written on website/paper.
This is just my personal opinion please let me know if you feel otherwise.
I would also like to get opinions of current students would love to have some feed back. and students that interviewed there already.
thanks
I had the opposite experience when talking with the students. I think I talked to maybe, 10 of them total- including the 2 I stayed with, and they all seem chill and relaxed. The two I stayed with even admitted to going partying and clubbing often.
My tour guides did give a sense of complacency (for lack of a better word). They seemed happy with failing quizzes and tests and weren't ambitious and didn't seem like the type to go above and beyond with their schoolwork.
I am getting super-worried.. this thread has been so quite in terms of acceptances/waitlists/rejections... has anyone even been hearing back?
I am getting super-worried.. this thread has been so quite in terms of acceptances/waitlists/rejections... has anyone even been hearing back?
So, they said that we would get an email about our status but I never got one. I got my letter of rejection at my permanent address dated Feb 14th. Guess they didn't want to be my valentine.
So bummed. I wouldn't have mind going here.
that's a bummer. sorry to hear that and keep your chin up.
So, they said that we would get an email about our status but I never got one. I got my letter of rejection at my permanent address dated Feb 14th. Guess they didn't want to be my valentine.
So bummed. I wouldn't have mind going here.
So, they said that we would get an email about our status but I never got one. I got my letter of rejection at my permanent address dated Feb 14th. Guess they didn't want to be my valentine.
So bummed. I wouldn't have mind going here.
Sorry to hear Did your status online change or is it still Interview attended?
Keep your head up man. I interviewed at 4 schools with 2 rejections and 2 wait list. I definitely feel your pain.
So, they said that we would get an email about our status but I never got one. I got my letter of rejection at my permanent address dated Feb 14th. Guess they didn't want to be my valentine.
So bummed. I wouldn't have mind going here.
Just got my "continuing candidates" letter in the mail after interviewing last week of January
Sorry if this has been asked, but is this essentially the same as the waitlist? They mention in the letter that a few candidates will be pulled off before May 15th, but most will have to wait till then to hear back. Is this the WL letter everyone gets?
(also for those curious, my status is still "Interview Complete" online)
Too many people are on the WL.
So...according to MSAR the cost of attendance for this school is $84,000 for OOS students. That's $336000 total to go there. Are we expecting to have to take loans to cover most of that?
For that price that could get four 2013 audi a7s (my favorite premed dream car) will all options.
Maybe that little tidbit will help with waitlist movement for y'all
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lets think about this... would you say 600? they interview 900, outright accept 200, reject about 100?
So...according to MSAR the cost of attendance for this school is $84,000 for OOS students. That's $336000 total to go there. Are we expecting to have to take loans to cover most of that?
For that price that could get four 2013 audi a7s (my favorite premed dream car) will all options.
Maybe that little tidbit will help with waitlist movement for y'all
I got an email acceptance last Friday. I paid the $100 deposit and got the email confirmation, but on TMO, there is no indication that I paid the deposit, and there is still the option to pay the deposit. Is this what everyone experienced too? Thanks
Impossible to tell. They interview about 1000, accept half of those. Some of those are from the WL, most are outright. You can't really make any other inferences from them. Anyone who's invited gets a 50/50 shot of getting accepted.
Not impossible to tell...with enough information it's pretty easy to do. They likely WL around the same # of people each year. I'll take a gander that they WL 500 people, outright accept 250, reject 100. That WL probably dwindles down to 400 after people withdraw. So they could take like 250 out of 400 off that WL (--> 500 acceptances total)
So chances of getting off WL are a little better than 50%? Like 62.5%?
It is a common practice of most medical school to accept more than total spot available. The ratio might up to 2.5: 1 or 3:1. With that in mind, the school might already accept 200-300 students. I am still waiting for ii but I don't think I will be invited since my app was complete really, really late (middle of Nov). I hope I might be wrong.
Not impossible to tell...with enough information it's pretty easy to do. They likely WL around the same # of people each year. I'll take a gander that they WL 500 people, outright accept 250, reject 100. That WL probably dwindles down to 400 after people withdraw. So they could take like 250 out of 400 off that WL (--> 500 acceptances total)
So chances of getting off WL are a little better than 50%? Like 62.5%?
I think you're being pretty liberal with your numbers. I've called and asked, and basically they accept different amounts every year. They could take 30 people off the waitlist, or none, I've even heard 1/3 of the class is accepted off the waitlist. It's impossible to tell. I don't know where you're getting those numbers.
According to this thread http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=590617&page=2 Temple does silent rejections, not sure if it is pre-interview or not.Does anyone know if they silently reject here pre-interview?
Got my WL letter today. Interviewed Jan 11th. Kinda sucks as its my first response from a school.
I'm not sure if that's what everyone experienced. My advice would be to email the admissions office to double check they received your deposit though, no point in taking any chances there. When did you interview?