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II this afternoon!
Secondary submitted and complete 10/15/13.
I will be there Dec 5th 😀
Did you write the optional essay?
II this afternoon!
Secondary submitted and complete 10/15/13.
I will be there Dec 5th 😀
Did you write the optional essay?
Good question! I wonder the same thing myself. I've heard that they look at date of secondary submission first then stats. I don't know if anyone's entirely sure though. You know how these things go; it's not always an exact science. I always try to remember that there are human beings on the other side of the applicant portal, and if something stands out to a reviewer, you may get an interview sooner than someone else who submitted before you with higher stats. I imagine looking at a large sorted spreadsheet. I probably wouldn't simply go row-by-row making decisions right off the bat; I might scan many rows at a time and then come back and go through them again. But I really don't know how it's done for certain. Anyone else have any insight?In what order does duke review apps? Date, stats, other.
Anyone else going to the sunday pre-interview dinner? My vote was for the sushi place 🙂Anyone know if Duke is receptive to post-submission updates? Just got a journal publication (yay!)--already e-mailed them about this lol, but I was just curious if anyone had any history/success with updates? Thanks, ya'll.
Guys, what's the best way to get to Durham from DC? Any hotel recommendations? Thanks
Email or status page?II just now, complete on 8/21 so there is still hope for some of you guys complete a while ago!
Email.
Can anybody confirm they interview 500-525? Doesn't really matter right now. I'm just curious.
Thank you! I was complete in early August and the earliest date is 11/22.
Congrats! Mind providing your stats? Good luck.Just to confirm, there is no advantage to interviewing earlier because this is a non-rolling school, right? I just got an II (yay!), but have some scheduling concerns with the earlier dates. Don't want to hold off if it will decrease my chances, though.
12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13.
I didn't expect to get an ii, especially after clearly being passed over initially, so there is definitely hope yet.God I want an interview here so bad. Easily my top choice overall, even if it's not very realistic.
I hope so I spent soooo much time on my essays for here, like well over a month and a half prewrote my. And I only just submitted my secondary at the beg of the monthI didn't expect to get an ii, especially after clearly being passed over initially, so there is definitely hope yet.
anyone know if duke is receptive to LOI? This is my absolute dream school. I'm below avg. here stats wise though MCAT wise.. 32/3.95+ do you think it could help or no?
does anyone know what time the interview day ends? does it really end at 4 pm like the email says? that just seems ridiculously long considering we have to be there by 8 - 830...
Email.
Can anybody confirm they interview 500-525? Doesn't really matter right now. I'm just curious.
I am little confused about how to handle each MMI station. I know we have 8 min/station, but are you expected to talk continuously for the whole 8 minutes? That seems pretty difficult unless you ramble. How did anyone who did an MMI do it? I think a 3-4 min response would be sufficient and then wait for follow up questions.
Interesting. I'm not really sure what's going on then. I called them about 3 weeks ago regarding update letters to make sure since not every school will accept pre-interview updates but the woman in the admissions office told me they would definitely accept it and just gave me her address and after I sent it, she emailed me back to inform me that it was added to my file. 😕
I called and was told they weren't accepting updates. I have a publication I want to update them about. Are people just sending in the updates anyway? Not sure why there are differences in responses for different people regarding whether sending an update letter is appropriate or not.
yesDoes a committee letter packet assigned using amcas fulfill the lor requirement?
These data are for the entering class of 2012. For the entering class of 2013, they interviewed just over 500 (I learned this from a current MS1). I was told by this current student that the reduction in interviews from about 750 to about 500 was due to the space/time requirements of the new MMI format of interviews. Since they're continuing the MMI, they will most likely interview about 500 or so this year, just like last year.USNews reports ~750 interviews out of ~4700 applicants
I was complete for this school early September and haven't heard anything... definitely reassuring to know there are people in August still getting II's haha
I've heard this same thing about Duke's MMI. I don't think they'll leave you hanging there in an awkward silence. But you never know. If you encounter a silent interviewer, just relax and have a conversation or dialogue with yourself. They really want to see your thought process. I think 8 minutes will go by faster than you think.I'm not the best person to ask because I'm still waiting for an II from Duke, but from my NYU MMI experience, I've found that it's impossible to talk for the entire 8 minutes. Your MMI interviewer person is human too so they'll generally ask follow up questions and try to have a conversation with you on the question once you stop talking (or they can just interject in the middle). Or you can just talk about random things like I did in one of my stations because the interviewer had no follow up questions (tried to click with her as much as possible).
Thank you! I think January 30th was my earliest date.Congrats Cambover! What is the earliest date available currently?
Hey all, I just wanted to ask you guys about your opinion in regards to a weird issue I have regarding admissions.
First off, I was complete Aug 27 at Duke and haven't heard from them since. I have a 3.8/38 and pretty cookie cutter application otherwise so I did not expect to hear back. This morning (Saturday morning) I received an email with an interview invitation in my school email address. At first I was extremely excited, and checked my application site which gave me the ability to schedule an interview (dates range from Jan 30-February 16).
Ok here is where things get weird. I get an email later today from amcas notifying me for the third time that I never sent my letter of recommendations to Duke. If I remember correctly Duke requests that you send in the letters separately and NOT to send them in until asked. Is this correct? I am asking because I checked on their website and the policy seems to have changed.
I have verified across interfolio and amcas -I have never even attempted to send my letters of recommendation to Duke, but was given an interview anyways. I am slightly worried (as crushing as it is to admit) that I may have been mixed up with somebody else.
Thanks for reading, I really want feedback!
Hey all, I just wanted to ask you guys about your opinion in regards to a weird issue I have regarding admissions.
First off, I was complete Aug 27 at Duke and haven't heard from them since. I have a 3.8/38 and pretty cookie cutter application otherwise so I did not expect to hear back. This morning (Saturday morning) I received an email with an interview invitation in my school email address. At first I was extremely excited, and checked my application site which gave me the ability to schedule an interview (dates range from Jan 30-February 16).
Ok here is where things get weird. I get an email later today from amcas notifying me for the third time that I never sent my letter of recommendations to Duke. If I remember correctly Duke requests that you send in the letters separately and NOT to send them in until asked. Is this correct? I am asking because I checked on their website and the policy seems to have changed.
I have verified across interfolio and amcas -I have never even attempted to send my letters of recommendation to Duke, but was given an interview anyways. I am slightly worried (as crushing as it is to admit) that I may have been mixed up with somebody else.
Thanks for reading, I really want feedback!
Congrats! I may see you there!II this morning!! This definitely made my day/week. Complete first week of August. The dates are all early February...yikes