2012-2013 Tulane University Application Thread

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Accepted today!!! Interviewed 1/28. Roll Wave!
 
Same- Just accepted! Interviewed 1/14
 
Congrats on all the acceptances hope to see ya'll in the fall! Can any current med students comment on good/ safe places to live? I would prefer a house rental as I have a large dog. Thanks for the help!
 
Just got put on the on the acceptance range a couple days ago. Interviewed in Mid Jan.
 
Ranger001 said:
Congrats on all the acceptances hope to see ya'll in the fall! Can any current med students comment on good/ safe places to live? I would prefer a house rental as I have a large dog. Thanks for the help!
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If you check out the previous page, sazerac posted a lot of helpful info, and if you join the fb page there's some good posts there as well.
 
Put on the Acceptance Range last week -- Ugh. Anybody know what the chances of getting in off the A-range are? And how often do you all think I should contact the admissions office to update/restate my interest in Tulane?
 
BlackCat7 said:
Put on the Acceptance Range last week -- Ugh. Anybody know what the chances of getting in off the A-range are? And how often do you all think I should contact the admissions office to update/restate my interest in Tulane?
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Chances have to be significant. They accept a huge percentage of the people they interview.

Good luck!
 
I was under the impression that the majority of those accepted get in directly, instead of first being waitlisted.

Though, I have no hard evidence to support this impression... 😕

Anybody know what percentage of interviewees end up wait listed?
 
A good friend of mine got her rejection from Tulane today. No interview. Applied very late in the cycle.

You guys seem to love that kind of data, so thought I'd throw y'all something.
 
Just got the MD/MPH application today...can anyone shed light on the different areas of focus for the MPH degree, which is the best, which is most popular, and how you should decide on them?

also if you don't start in the summer before schools (I cannot because I have americorps obligations until July) does that negatively impact studying for Step I
 
This is super early and all, but in case anyone is set on being at Tulane next year-I am a rising T4 looking for a female roommate (June 1st). Please note that I do have a cat :owle: (that's a cat, not an owl, just so you know). Message me if you are interested.
 
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fourhumours said:
Just got the MD/MPH application today...can anyone shed light on the different areas of focus for the MPH degree, which is the best, which is most popular, and how you should decide on them?

also if you don't start in the summer before schools (I cannot because I have americorps obligations until July) does that negatively impact studying for Step I
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Look on the school of Public Health webpage to see what the different concentrations entail. A lot of students do either Epi or Trop Med, but both are more difficult to schedule than other concentrations. Basically you should do a concentration in something that you will use in your career or is really interesting.

You definitely want to start the summer before, but if you can't it's still possible to finish your MPH classes before the final semester before step I, you just really have to take a ton of public health classes during medical school.
 
Do the summer public health classes start in June or July?
 
phranklee said:
Do the summer public health classes start in June or July?
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There is a session that starts in June and a session that starts in July. Additionally there are classes that run through both June and July, and intensive classes that run for one week at the beginning of August and during the last week in May. I would recommend signing up for as many credits as possible.
 
Just got the secondlook email. 4/5-4/7. can't decide if I have the mulah, but I would love to go to it. any current med students have any idea what its gonna be like (i guess its the first one they have done?).

thanks
 
fourhumours said:
Just got the secondlook email. 4/5-4/7. can't decide if I have the mulah, but I would love to go to it. any current med students have any idea what its gonna be like (i guess its the first one they have done?).

thanks
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There is going to be a post-exam party Friday night with the first years, a BBQ Saturday afternoon down by the river, and free time Saturday night to explore all the city has to offer. There's also going to be officious stuff for a couple of hours Saturday and Sunday morning, assuming you aren't too hungover or in jail.

It should be a good time.
 
I wish I could go, but airplane tickets are running 400+ each, and the wife would have to come with me. Seems like it won't happen.
 
fourhumours said:
Just got the MD/MPH application today...can anyone shed light on the different areas of focus for the MPH degree, which is the best, which is most popular, and how you should decide on them?

also if you don't start in the summer before schools (I cannot because I have americorps obligations until July) does that negatively impact studying for Step I
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I just wondered in here to see how things were going for Tulane... 🙂 I'm a current public health student in trop med finishing in August before I matriculate to med school. I don't know much about epi, but trop med seems to be really popular with the med students. There always seems to be several in almost all of my classes. The ID fellows also have the option of taking classes with us.

I can't speak too much to the scheduling, but I do know classes that are specifically for med students seem to be scheduled around their schedules. For instance, I'm in preventive tropical medicine right now, and it's on Friday afternoons. I believe the majority of the class are T1's.
 
ikestoys said:
I wish I could go, but airplane tickets are running 400+ each, and the wife would have to come with me. Seems like it won't happen.
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yeah i really want to go as well but the tickets from nyc are 550! ACK
 
HSUReddie said:
I just wondered in here to see how things were going for Tulane... 🙂 I'm a current public health student in trop med finishing in August before I matriculate to med school. I don't know much about epi, but trop med seems to be really popular with the med students. There always seems to be several in almost all of my classes. The ID fellows also have the option of taking classes with us.

I can't speak too much to the scheduling, but I do know classes that are specifically for med students seem to be scheduled around their schedules. For instance, I'm in preventive tropical medicine right now, and it's on Friday afternoons. I believe the majority of the class are T1's.
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MD/MPH don't take classes for first semester of T1, then the rest of the semesters until T3 you have wednesday and friday afternoons free for MPH classes (electives for everyone else). It's the one part of the TUSOM schedule that's been reliable.
 
People on this thread seem to not be reporting interview results as much as some others, but for those who are interested: interview 3/1, waitlisted 3/7.

Super impressed with the turnaround though! I was advised to wait until interviews were over to reach out to admissions about waitlist movement, FYI.
 
I interviewed on 2/18 but haven't heard anything yet. Today I got a certiphi screening request. I am waiting to hear from 3 schools, so one of them most have requested this. Did anyone else get the background check request without any acceptance/waitlist info?
 
SwissMs said:
I interviewed on 2/18 but haven't heard anything yet. Today I got a certiphi screening request. I am waiting to hear from 3 schools, so one of them most have requested this. Did anyone else get the background check request without any acceptance/waitlist info?
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I didn't get a background check request from tulane until after I got accepted.

You should have heard something from Tulane already regarding your interview... I think. They have fairly quick turn around in general.
 
ikestoys said:
I didn't get a background check request from tulane until after I got accepted.

You should have heard something from Tulane already regarding your interview... I think. They have fairly quick turn around in general.
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed that decisions come out today :xf: .. I interviewed on 2/25
 
Odd...do they perhaps notify by snail mail? I live overseas, so maybe they've sent something and it's just slow. Or lost. Maybe I should call...
 
SwissMs said:
Odd...do they perhaps notify by snail mail? I live overseas, so maybe they've sent something and it's just slow. Or lost. Maybe I should call...
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I got an e-mail, a call and a snail mail. You might be a special case because you live abroad. Might want to call just to see what's up. Good luck.
 
So, I guess they were just a little slow with their email. Accepted!
 
Soooo, how are people going deal with the cost of Tulane? COA is about $80,000 a year. Without family contribution or a scholarship that's $320,000 in loan principal. Taking the yearly interest into account, we're looking at around $375,000 (assuming 100% direct unsubsidized stafford loans) by the time we graduate medical school and about $460,000 by the end of residency (assuming 4 years).

What?! How is this possible to manage?
 
Good question. How do people afford that unless you come from the 1%? Just pray that you'll fall in love with/match at a high paying specialty and hope for the best? Why would anyone go into primary care when they are half a million in debt?
 
phranklee said:
Soooo, how are people going deal with the cost of Tulane? COA is about $80,000 a year. Without family contribution or a scholarship that's $320,000 in loan principal. Taking the yearly interest into account, we're looking at around $375,000 (assuming 100% direct unsubsidized stafford loans) by the time we graduate medical school and about $460,000 by the end of residency (assuming 4 years).

What?! How is this possible to manage?
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yeah, it's terrifying.
 
phranklee said:
Soooo, how are people going deal with the cost of Tulane? COA is about $80,000 a year. Without family contribution or a scholarship that's $320,000 in loan principal. Taking the yearly interest into account, we're looking at around $375,000 (assuming 100% direct unsubsidized stafford loans) by the time we graduate medical school and about $460,000 by the end of residency (assuming 4 years).

What?! How is this possible to manage?
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$80,000 exceeds the annual limit on Stafford loans, so the rest would most likely be taken up by Grad Plus Direct Loans.

Assuming zero undergraduate debt, $40K per year in Staffords and Grad Plus loans, a four year residency, forbearance during residency, a $50K income during residency, a $180K income as an attending, no loan forgiveness, and the extended payment plan, the loan would be ~$480K at the end of residency and the loan payments would be ~$3500 per year as an attending for 25 years, or less than a quarter of your gross monthly income.

There are a tremendous number of variables concerning costs (undergrad debt? scholarship? roommates?), repayment plans (standard? PAYE? graduated? forbearance?), and forgiveness plans (employer? IBR? PSLF? state?) that make each student's situation unique. By far the best and most reliable tool for analyzing your own debt scenario is the AAMC's FIRST MedLoans Calculator. There you can enter your own loan and income projections and see a variety of payment options.

http://services.aamc.org/30/first
 
Accepted in November and just withdrew. Good luck!!
 
So here is an interesting factoid about Tulane. While it obviously doesn't receive the most NIH funding , when considered on a per faculty basis, it is number five in the country, ahead of schools like Johns Hopkins, Wash U and Yale! For those interested in the Debakey research program, I think that is pretty encouraging. Means that individual labs are getting lots of grants (and producing lots of cool stuff!). Tulane would not be a bad place to do some research.

Source:

http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2012/NIH_Awards_2012.htm
 
sazerac said:
$80,000 exceeds the annual limit on Stafford loans, so the rest would most likely be taken up by Grad Plus Direct Loans.

Assuming zero undergraduate debt, $40K per year in Staffords and Grad Plus loans, a four year residency, forbearance during residency, a $50K income during residency, a $180K income as an attending, no loan forgiveness, and the extended payment plan, the loan would be ~$480K at the end of residency and the loan payments would be ~$3500 per year as an attending for 25 years, or less than a quarter of your gross monthly income.

There are a tremendous number of variables concerning costs (undergrad debt? scholarship? roommates?), repayment plans (standard? PAYE? graduated? forbearance?), and forgiveness plans (employer? IBR? PSLF? state?) that make each student's situation unique. By far the best and most reliable tool for analyzing your own debt scenario is the AAMC's FIRST MedLoans Calculator. There you can enter your own loan and income projections and see a variety of payment options.

http://services.aamc.org/30/first
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You are a fountain of useful information. Thanks!
 
have any decisions come out this week? i interviewed 2/18 and i havent heard anything yet :/
 
goldenbear25 said:
have any decisions come out this week? i interviewed 2/18 and i havent heard anything yet :/
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I interviewed the 18th as well and was accepted last Friday. So maybe you'll hear something tomorrow? Good luck!
 
accepted accepted accepted accepted!!!!! :soexcited:


(Interviewed 2/25)
 
ACCEPTED!!! Yay first acceptance! Interviewed 2/18! IM GOING TO BE A DOCTOR!
 
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