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2013-2014 Creighton University Application Thread
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Same page where you turned in the secondary application.
hey @general987 can you shed some insight on how much time M2s get to study for Step 1? thanks
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Wish I could share but not a student only accepted 🙂 but they did go over during the interview day that they get sometime.
oh lol sorry! I don't remember anything from the interview. Thanks for responding anyway
Depending on when you take it, I believe the earliest date was about 2.5-3wks after the end of courses. The latest was about 6wks after. The last course of M2 is also pretty light and people studied for boards pretty heavily during it. I took it about 3.5 weeks after classes ended and it worked out pretty well.
When do classes end for M2s? Do they let you out a little bit early so you can study?
Does Creighton have a laptop recommendation? Are Macs okay or do I need to get a PC? I know some
schools have recommendations but I don't remember if Creighton has any.
schools have recommendations but I don't remember if Creighton has any.
Macs are good!
Either would work for Creighton. No requirements. If anything ,Macs may be a little more difficult for you to use Panopto for viewing lectures from home. But its do-able, just one extra download. I use mac.
Thank you!
+5 complete early November
Awww got an email, it was not $$ lol
Have they rejected anyone pre-interview? I'm still waiting for mine.
Same happened to me, lol. I was really excited by the big envelope, but nope.
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I've had a similar experience. As Lil Wayne so eloquently explains it, "Imma pick the world up and drop it on yo f*&#ing head." Poetry.
Rejected pre interview.
+1 Never heard a thing from them since I was complete back in Sept. Hope you have had better luck elsewhere! All it takes is 1!
+2.
Wow, this was my safety school in case my real safety schools didn't work out...lesson is I guess there really are no safety schools.
I'm gonna go with it must have been that I was over qualified ;-)
This is why I'm really glad I applied to 45 schools!
+3. Thanks Omaha.
+4. 🙁
Accepted on 3/06.... OOS MCAT-29 GPA-3.88 BCPM-3.95.....Nothing but wonderful things to say about Creighton the interview day was awesome. Good luck to everyone else searching for that acceptance.
Is there a Fbook page for accepted students?
Does anyone know if they've given out the diversity and other scholarships yet? I checked my financial aid and it seems like it's all loans
Edit: I called and they said some had been given out in January, and the rest will be given out at the end of this month
Edit: I called and they said some had been given out in January, and the rest will be given out at the end of this month
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Hi all,
I recently called the office to get information about my application. I was told that I had been put on the alternate list due to weak non medical volunteering experiences. Can anyone provide me with any advice as to what I can do over these next few months to get over the hump and gain an acceptance?
I recently called the office to get information about my application. I was told that I had been put on the alternate list due to weak non medical volunteering experiences. Can anyone provide me with any advice as to what I can do over these next few months to get over the hump and gain an acceptance?
They are ALL ABOUT that non-medical volunteering. I think it's just as important- if not more important- to them than grades and mcats. Get involved in a soup kitchen or a homeless shelter or something. I've been doing a ton of volunteering and extra shadowing since I got placed on their waitlist. I'm doing whatever I can to get accepted.
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Also take advantage of their open hours or whatever it's called on thursdays! I think that's what got me in
Ahh for some reason I feel funny about calling and bothering them. Plus I hear that even though it's "open door" or whatever on Thursdays, you still have to make an appointment to speak with an admissions committee member. But they're going to get a SERIOUS update from me right before May.
I began tutoring English reading and writing to adults through my library right after the interview to add to all the other non med volunteering I've done so I could incessantly update them before they made their decision . Like User12 said, I think they will definitely look past grades and MCAT if you are strong in non med vol'ing. I am a prime example.
Also, if anyone reapplies next year, I strongly suggest sending in updates BEFORE you get accepted/waitlisted. If you are going to be accepted anyway, then it doesn't help you much, but if you were going to be waitlisted, it could put your application from a waitlist to an accept. I am sure that is what happened to me.
I called on two different occasions and spoke to someone right away. this was before I even got an interview though
No stress interview! I love those! Enjoyed my conversations with Dr. Quinn and my fourth year student interviewer. Great staff and students. I also stayed with a student host which was awesome. I highly recommend future 1st time applicants to do their first interview here to take the edges off.
I think they'll email your acceptance first (don't all schools do this now?) before the snail mail.
I think they'll email your acceptance first (don't all schools do this now?) before the snail mail.
Creighton does a lottery system for their M2s to determine when you take step 1. But, if you don't get the date that you want in the lottery, you can either trade with someone or register at a location of your choosing. I'm pretty sure every one in my class ended up getting the date that they wanted. As far as how much time, I think the max dedicated time that you could get would be around 6 weeks. But, as already stated, the last class of the year (which is a couple weeks long) is pretty chill and most people start studying during that time.
This year, our last final is on April 30th, then we have our Basic Science Shelf on May 2nd, and an optional Pathology Shelf on May 6th.
thanks for the info!
Yay.
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Be yourself 🙂 they stress that. Show your passion for Creighton!
I heard about 5 weeks after my interview in early january
looks like studentdoctor is playing a joke and replacing all "I" (eye) with "me" to make us sound dumb haha.
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I heard about my acceptance just 4 weeks after the interview, so it just depends!
Awarded a Dean's Diversity Scholarship today!!Applied in mid-late January I think. This is going to make my decision a lot harder...
Me too!
Awarded a Dean's Diversity Scholarship today!!
'Grats, guys!
