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Glad to see your persistence pay off Gandalf! Thanks for sharing your stats.
Is there any information packet or e-mail that gets sent out to the prospective interviewers?
Yeah you should get an email a few days before your interview that just tells you the location and some info about the interview itself. I had the interview today and it was super awesome. Really great facilities and everyone was extremely welcoming. Even the MS1s were coming in during the lunch and just talking with us about the school. Certainly changed my view of El Paso for the better.
is the curriculum true p/f ? Also is there aoa at ep?
aoa?
Alpha Omega Alpha.
Its an honor society whose membership is usually offered to the top quartile (maybe top 10%) of med students.
I brought it up because if its a true P/F without internal ranking, then IDK how the AOA thing would work.
For those who have attended interviews, have they ended right at 3 or a little before/after? I'm trying to plan flights with the time required to get back to the airport etc. so I don't pick a bad flight time.
Do you mind share your interview questions? Thanks.
Can someone please answer this question for me.
I was looking through the El Paso secondary, and I started it and clicked save and continue without filling out the essay, I was just checking what else is required. Did that submit my secondary?? just by clicking save and continue?? I didn't pay for the secondary yet either.
Any OOS applicants received II? Merlin says that I have "no status"... 🙁
I picked 9/12 for my interview also. Looking forward to meeting you all there!
I am staying at the Holiday Inn Express and they offer a shuttle to Texas Tech!
Also, anyone (Including current students) willing to give me a rides/split a cab to the social on Wednesday night? Lemme know!!
Do they send out an email about the social? I haven't heard anything yet
Hey Everyone,
Interviewed at El Paso last Thursday and I'll be as thorough as I can to help future interviewees.
1st: Stayed at Holiday Inn and Suites Air Port. Best experience I've ever had, they had a shuttle from Airport to Hotel, Hotel - School, Hotel - Any food in a 3 mile radius Ect. They really hooked it up.
2nd: The Paul Foster curriculum is one of the most amazing in Texas. They have a PBL like structure that will incorporate the sciences with the presentation of a disease which really solidifies learning. Their SIM center with standardized patients is on point as well.
3rd. Interviews were VERY conversational. My first interviewer knew EVERYTHING about me, with written notes in a spiral and blanks underneath her questions to fill in with my answers. They seemed genuinely interested in advocating for many of us in their upcoming class. My second interviewer had made up his mind before I even walked in the room. We just talked about life for a while and he only asked 3 questions. They just wanted to confirm that we were not crazy. It set a great tone for the school
4th. Students were AWESOME. I went to the social the night before and was only amongst 2 other individuals. The students answered all our questions and really sold the school. Despite being in El Paso, everyone seemed pretty happy with things.
If you have any questions, let me know! Best of luck friends 🙂
does anyone else have any feedback on how the interviews and everything went? getting nervous/excited cause this will be my first interview
I interviewed here today. The day started out in a lecture hall and we had orange juice coffee water and cookies available. we had a couple presentations about the school and the curriculum and then we toured the campus. It was a fantastic looking school with very modern teaching tools. It is a true pass/fail system and all of the students said that they loved how that system fostered a collaborative environment. Their integration of clinical applications and basic sciences was very interesting and it seemed like a good method to learn how to be a doctor early on and be ready for the wards come 3rd year. All of the students I talked to seemed very happy to be there and enjoyed the curriculum and the city. The interviews were the most conversational that I have had yet and I enjoyed talking to both of my interviewers. Overall I was very impressed with the school and would be happy to go here.
Now that this was brought up in another thread I'm curious. Does anyone know how many of the total acceptances are given out during prematch? Also I was wondering how many people get acceptance offers out of those that interviewed?
Stats page I posted on the other thread has some of this info
Note to future ll. our student host program is solid. Save money. 🙂
do you mind to share your stats? thanksAlso got a II on Friday. Everything was transmitted 7/18.
My application here recently went from closed to open. Does that mean they're reviewing my app? I know I'm overanalyzing but I'm also curious.
I just checked and mine is open as well. Weird.
mine just reopened today also. Not sure what it means, if anything
Interview invite! 😱
Weehoo! Just got an II for November!
Keep your heads up and stay confident. TTEP is still showing us some love 🙂
Secondary complete early Aug.