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My MCAT breakdown is 9, 9, 9. I was complete on 10/20. I thought I might be an underdog because of my MCAT, since UAB's average was a 30.
My MCAT breakdown is 9, 9, 9. I was complete on 10/20. I thought I might be an underdog because of my MCAT, since UAB's average was a 30.
Is there an average posted anywhere for OOS acceptees? I've been looking but haven't found one...Their web site states 29.2-30.2 which means it is slightly below 30. You have a very balanced score so don't worry and perform well at the interview. You will be fine and rest is luck.
Is there an average posted anywhere for OOS acceptees? I've been looking but haven't found one...
Thank you so much, that was very informative.I have not seen it but AMCAS has matriculants in AL as 253, median 30 and SD 4. It would be safe to say as an out of state student you should be median +. Once again you may bring something to the table which others don't have so short answer, who knows. I was told once (no proof) that day classes start most of the state schools in south are closer to 29 than 30, UAB might be slightly higher because of lot of great oos students and MD/PHD types and some of those the students are 1 sd above median. Good luck!
Thank you so much, that was very informative.
Accepted! Wow, really didn't expect to hear until March. So excited!
Thanks, I really hope the committee sees it that way, too. I've visited the MD/PhD program and dean and loved everything they had to offer. Thanks for the well wishes and congrats on my acceptance; it definitely assuages the process. 🙂You are welcome. I looked at your profile and it seems you do bring a lot to the table kind of mature candidates schools love. BTW congratulations on your MD acceptance.
Accepted yesterday--very excited! Interviewed 10/11. IS, 34 and 4.0Congratulations to everyone accepted. For the people who were most recently accepted, when were your interviews and what are your stats?
Congratulations to everyone accepted. For the people who were most recently accepted, when were your interviews and what are your stats?
Accepted yesterday--very excited! Interviewed 10/11. IS, 34 and 4.0
Was accepted Friday. Interviewed 10/25, IS 4.0 31
that's awesome, congrats!! were you accepted last friday, also would you mind sharing your stats?
No i didn't receive the acceptance email until today. I'll PM you my stats.
I am an OOS applicant with the status "Secondary Complete and Under Review" since early September. Should I have heard something from UAB at this point?
Space reserved for prompt.
Please PM the essays or lack thereof to me when the secondary is available and I will update this.
Good luck to everyone applying!![]()
Congratulations to everyone getting accepted. To those waiting.... be patient, it is still early in the process. If anyone has any question please feel free to ask, I am a MS1 at UASOM.
Accepted! Interviewed 15 Nov for regular MD program. I am an OOS applicant and I have to admit UAB blew me away!
Which other schools?For anyone considering UAB, I would take note of the fact that they have a mandatory attendance requirement for lectures. If you miss more than say, 15 or 20 lectures, you lose 2% off of your grade. That sounds like a lot of lectures, but that can be as little as 4 days out of a 9 week module.
That also doesn't sound like a big deduction, but when everyone is so close in performance, that can cause a huge drop in class rank.
I and many of my classmates are independent learners, and I want to learn what is going to be on step 1, not the random experiments some phd thinks are important. I guess they feel that stroking the lecturers' egos is more important than their students' quality of life or choices.
I will say that a lot of UASOM's administration seems to treat the students and their education as an afterthought, and are constantly asking us for our feedback but never seem to act on it.
To everyone here, I hope you get accepted. I would just try to weigh my options, and I may have given other schools a closer look if I had known what I know now.
For anyone considering UAB, I would take note of the fact that they have a mandatory attendance requirement for lectures. If you miss more than say, 15 or 20 lectures, you lose 2% off of your grade. That sounds like a lot of lectures, but that can be as little as 4 days out of a 9 week module.
That also doesn't sound like a big deduction, but when everyone is so close in performance, that can cause a huge drop in class rank.
I and many of my classmates are independent learners, and I want to learn what is going to be on step 1, not the random experiments some phd thinks are important. I guess they feel that stroking the lecturers' egos is more important than their students' quality of life or choices.
I will say that a lot of UASOM's administration seems to treat the students and their education as an afterthought, and are constantly asking us for our feedback but never seem to act on it.
To everyone here, I hope you get accepted. I would just try to weigh my options, and I may have given other schools a closer look if I had known what I know now.
Am I sunk getting an" application wait listed". Gpa 3.4 mcat 31
Thanks. That puts it into perspective. I figured there were probably more people out there like yourself.I've had this status since I was complete early sept
I'm oos and applied mstp. sent in the mstp secondary on 9/16. Haven't received any correspondence since :-\
In that case, I think you're still in the running. They got back to me pretty swiftly with a rejection.
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Thanks. That puts it into perspective. I figured there were probably more people out there like yourself.
Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that 🙁
Did you get a confirmation email from UAB that they received your mstp secondary before the decision came?
Thanks mate. I hate this waiting game.Same here! Complete since 9/16, still "complete & under review"
I was complete 9/5 and got the "remain under consideration for interview" on about 9/10 or so. I just got an II this afternoon.