How are people calculating their LizzyM score? 10*gpa+mcat + 1 or - 1 or just 10*gpa+mcat
that's awesome! When were u complete?
How are people calculating their LizzyM score? 10*gpa+mcat + 1 or - 1 or just 10*gpa+mcat
Hey mmmcdowe, or any other med student at columbia - do you find from your class makeup that undergrad prestige is a important factor in admissions at columbia?
sincerely, non-prestigous undergrad
we only switched to digital applications only a year or so ago, i doubt mmi will make it here... ever
Can any current Columbia's focus on community service? Is medical service to Washington Heights, etc. heavily emphasized? What kind of programming is available and how frequently is it actually taken advantage of by students?
Washington Heights is certainly a prime place to be in terms of diversity of patients and conditions, but I am wondering how much Columbia emphasizes service to this community in practice.
Thank you!
Can any current students comment on Columbia's focus on community service? Is medical service to Washington Heights, etc. heavily emphasized? What kind of programming is available and how frequently is it actually taken advantage of by students?
Washington Heights is certainly a prime place to be in terms of diversity of patients and conditions, but I am wondering how much Columbia emphasizes service to this community in practice.
Thank you!
Can any current students comment on Columbia's focus on community service? Is medical service to Washington Heights, etc. heavily emphasized? What kind of programming is available and how frequently is it actually taken advantage of by students?
Washington Heights is certainly a prime place to be in terms of diversity of patients and conditions, but I am wondering how much Columbia emphasizes service to this community in practice.
Thank you!
Does anyone have experience/insights about P&S and in-area emails? Also, which days are interviews conducted? THanks!
Does anyone have experience/insights about P&S and in-area emails? Also, which days are interviews conducted? THanks!
as there are other competing interests for your time.
Interviews are conducted Monday through Thursday.
I sent an in the area email early August and received an interview invitation on the first day of IIs. I think I've read elsewhere they are fairly receptive to them.
This is a really general question, but when you guys say your application is "complete", did you get an email from Columbia saying that, or it just when you submitted the secondary/LoR's?
Just to confirm, for those in the first batch of IIs, the latest dates available were the first week of October, right?
Right now, the latest date is 10/7. But I just talked to someone in Admissions, and she said it's fine to sit on your II and watch the calendar until later dates open up!
I'm still trying to decide whether doing my 3 NY interviews back-to-back is a good/bad idea. I'm only a 4 hour bus ride from NYC, but the trip is still annoying. Any thoughts?
Right now, the latest date is 10/7. But I just talked to someone in Admissions, and she said it's fine to sit on your II and watch the calendar until later dates open up!
I'm still trying to decide whether doing my 3 NY interviews back-to-back is a good/bad idea. I'm only a 4 hour bus ride from NYC, but the trip is still annoying. Any thoughts?
Is there a lot of patient exposure during the first year? In a typical MS1 week how often would you interact with real and/or standardized patients?
Is there a lot of patient exposure during the first year? In a typical MS1 week how often would you interact with real and/or standardized patients?
"In what collegiate extracurriculars did you engage?"
is this really a 300 character limit??
It just wants titles 🙂
So basically just list all the activities/experiences I have?
Can any current students comment on Columbia's focus on community service? Is medical service to Washington Heights, etc. heavily emphasized? What kind of programming is available and how frequently is it actually taken advantage of by students?
Washington Heights is certainly a prime place to be in terms of diversity of patients and conditions, but I am wondering how much Columbia emphasizes service to this community in practice.
Thank you!
As far as I understand, as a non-rolling school, it doesn't send rejections until mid-March. I will consider myself rejected if I don't hear from them by the end of the year, as the probability of getting an interview in January-February is vanishingly small.does columbia send rejections?
So um, sounds silly I know. At the end of one of my essays, I accidentally deleted a period before submitting secondary. I just saw it...
Is it ok to make one small grammar error? Idk if they will look at it and go "wow this person doesn't pay any attention to detail, how are we going to trust them with someone's life?"
So um, sounds silly I know. At the end of one of my essays, I accidentally deleted a period before submitting secondary. I just saw it...
Is it ok to make one small grammar error? Idk if they will look at it and go "wow this person doesn't pay any attention to detail, how are we going to trust them with someone's life?"
So um, sounds silly I know. At the end of one of my essays, I accidentally deleted a period before submitting secondary. I just saw it...
Is it ok to make one small grammar error? Idk if they will look at it and go "wow this person doesn't pay any attention to detail, how are we going to trust them with someone's life?"
Brown secondary: "Majoring in English major..."
Clearly I learned a lot "As an English major" or "Majoring in English."
im sorry but....BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel your pain man. This process brings out the neuroticism in all of us. If you get rejected (and I certainly hope you don't!), I guarantee it won't be because of that lmao. You're fine dude. 😎
There is definitely patient exposure first year. We have "patient as professor" sessions where patients come and talk about their experiences in a large lecture setting and soon our first year clerkships will start up and we go out and follow various medical professionals about once a week. We will also start working with standardized patients this year not sure exactly when. We start learning history taking and other talking-to-patients skills in "Foundations of Clinical Medicine" and have a little exam practice interview thing by the end of first semester to get feedback on how we are doing with that. 🙂
1-2 times a week once the year gets rolling for real, ramping up to 2-4 times as the clinical year approaches. as a general rule i wouldn't put a lot of stock in patient exposure in the first year regardless of what school you are considering.
As far as I understand, as a non-rolling school, it doesn't send rejections until mid-March. I will consider myself rejected if I don't hear from them by the end of the year, as the probability of getting an interview in January-February is vanishingly small.
invited!!! SWEEEEEEEEEEETTTT!!!!!