2013-2014 University of Maryland Application Thread

Discover Your Odds of Getting into Medical School
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GoPelicans said:
I got the waitlist snail mail today, interviewed early November. I thought interviews both went pretty well.
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I got waitlist mail today as well but I interview mid-November. I'm OOS so I'm not surprised. Anyone know if UMD is receptive to updates?
 
Syndicate said:
I got waitlist mail today as well but I interview mid-November. I'm OOS so I'm not surprised. Anyone know if UMD is receptive to updates?
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Do you happen to remember your exact interview date?
 
I was recently accepted by my state school (AZ)--should I withdraw my interview offer in January? Is University of Maryland worth skipping?
 
gcrown said:
I was recently accepted by my state school (AZ)--should I withdraw my interview offer in January? Is University of Maryland worth skipping?
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Up to you honestly. If money/time is not an issue to you, I'd say go to the interview
 
Is anyone else having trouble filling this application out? Most of the fields aren't working...
 
gcrown said:
I was recently accepted by my state school (AZ)--should I withdraw my interview offer in January? Is University of Maryland worth skipping?
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They don't interview many candidates (like most state schools) so if you think you would like UMD more than AZ then definitely go. They don't interview for the waitlist. I wish the school was P/F but oh well.
 
Accepted yesterday!!!

For anyone waiting, it took me 8 weeks to receive my decision
 
smuscs said:
Accepted yesterday!!!

For anyone waiting, it took me 8 weeks to receive my decision
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That's awesome! That long of a wait must have been excruciating, but I'm sure the result made it worth it!
 
I still haven't heard a peep since I got put into the regular pool in mid-September after applying early decision... So I'm not on hold or rejected and I haven't been sent an II but it's been 12 weeks. I sent in an update letter after calling the admissions office but they didn't have anything to say about why the long silence. Anyone have any ideas?

I also applied to the MS/MD program so I'm wondering if that's delayed any kind of decision on my application. Any one here apply to the MS/MD program and hear back from UMD with some sort of communication?
 
Any MD/PhD applicants in here? Any idea when they stop sending out interview invites? I was complete a long, long time ago and I haven't heard back at all. Is it a silent rejection at this point?
 
reising1 said:
Any MD/PhD applicants in here? Any idea when they stop sending out interview invites? I was complete a long, long time ago and I haven't heard back at all. Is it a silent rejection at this point?
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I was complete in early Aug. and received an II about four weeks later but I won't be interviewing until mid Jan '14. You might call the office and ask.
 
Hey everyone,

For those who haven't heard anything yet in regards to interviews--I just received my MSTP interview this Monday. Keep your chin up! There is still hope!
Stats: OOS (KY), 31, 4.0, submitted 8/14.

Much love!
 
reising1 said:
Any MD/PhD applicants in here? Any idea when they stop sending out interview invites? I was complete a long, long time ago and I haven't heard back at all. Is it a silent rejection at this point?
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They are still looking at applications. I sent an update and within a week I received an invitation to interview. Best of luck!
 
reising1 said:
Any MD/PhD applicants in here? Any idea when they stop sending out interview invites? I was complete a long, long time ago and I haven't heard back at all. Is it a silent rejection at this point?
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Hi,

I wasn't marked complete until Oct. 11 and received an interview invite on Nov. 19. They (at least for me) assign you an interview date and so I interviewed earlier this month. Either way, I wouldn't take it as a silent rejection because they are still in the middle of reviewing applications.

Good luck!
 
I interviewed back on November 13th and haven't heard back yet. The website says they make every effort to notify within 4-6 weeks. Tomorrow will be exactly 6 weeks but of course I'm sure decisions will not be sent on Christmas day. By chance has anyone here who interviewed around the same date received a decision yet? If so, when and what?

Good luck to all!

Thanks
 
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Has anyone heard anything from Maryland yet? I expect that release of decisions will be slightly delayed due to the holidays, but I interviewed on the first week of December and I'm hoping to hear good news soon 🙂
 
Interviewed mid-November and I haven't heard anything yet. There was a poster who has heard his decision and he said he interviewed around the same time... I guess it's just a waiting game now.
 
For people accepted, have you guys gotten any information or updates since then? Anyway good luck to everyone else, I haven't heard a peep from the school since I got accepted in late Oct./early Nov. so that probably means they still have a long way to go to fill the incoming class.
 
Premed999999999 said:
For people accepted, have you guys gotten any information or updates since then? Anyway good luck to everyone else, I haven't heard a peep from the school since I got accepted in late Oct./early Nov. so that probably means they still have a long way to go to fill the incoming class.
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what kind of stuff do you expect to hear about?
also, on a related note -- did you turn in the medical paperwork? I just realized 8 weeks is quickly approaching...
 
terp720 said:
what kind of stuff do you expect to hear about?
also, on a related note -- did you turn in the medical paperwork? I just realized 8 weeks is quickly approaching...
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medical paperwork? I thought we only had to turn in our acceptance of their offer within 2 weeks?
 
snowys435 said:
medical paperwork? I thought we only had to turn in our acceptance of their offer within 2 weeks?
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I had medical paperwork (immunization and medical history form) in the packet with my acceptance letter that said it needed to be turned in within 8 weeks of receipt, which freaked me out. Seemed a bit early tbh.. I'm going to call tomorrow I think. I'm assuming I'm not the only one who got the health forms?
 
terp720 said:
I had medical paperwork (immunization and medical history form) in the packet with my acceptance letter that said it needed to be turned in within 8 weeks of receipt, which freaked me out. Seemed a bit early tbh.. I'm going to call tomorrow I think. I'm assuming I'm not the only one who got the health forms?
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Let us know what they say! I totally forgot about those forms!
 
terp720 said:
I had medical paperwork (immunization and medical history form) in the packet with my acceptance letter that said it needed to be turned in within 8 weeks of receipt, which freaked me out. Seemed a bit early tbh.. I'm going to call tomorrow I think. I'm assuming I'm not the only one who got the health forms?
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I also got those health forms- but have yet to do the TB testing required. *sigh*
 
Member011 said:
I also got those health forms- but have yet to do the TB testing required. *sigh*
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I thought we didn't have to turn in the medical forms till we were sure we were going there? I accepted the offer but am not a 100% sure if that's where I'll end up...still waiting on a few schools.
 
snowys435 said:
I thought we didn't have to turn in the medical forms till we were sure we were going there? I accepted the offer but am not a 100% sure if that's where I'll end up...still waiting on a few schools.
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Yeah this was my first thought, as well. I'm just going by the bolded/underlined words in the letter though lol. Seems weird that they put a deadline on it rather than just needing paperwork before orientation, or when transcripts are due in July. I'm going to ask today.
 
terp720 said:
Yeah this was my first thought, as well. I'm just going by the bolded/underlined words in the letter though lol. Seems weird that they put a deadline on it rather than just needing paperwork before orientation, or when transcripts are due in July. I'm going to ask today.
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Yea let us all know what they say. I completely forgot about that actually.
 
Well I guess I was expecting to hear about financial aid and such. FAFSA is due in March, right? Anyway, I think that 8 week deadline is a suggestion. I did the medical paperwork, but when I called to check up on it she said they were still verifying paperwork for present students, not incoming students.
 
Premed999999999 said:
Well I guess I was expecting to hear about financial aid and such. FAFSA is due in March, right? Anyway, I think that 8 week deadline is a suggestion. I did the medical paperwork, but when I called to check up on it she said they were still verifying paperwork for present students, not incoming students.
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For the priority deadline, I believe. Found this page with the list of dates: http://www.umaryland.edu/fin/prospective_students/
 
smuscs said:
so any word on the medical paperwork?
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Not yet, called the number in the letter but no one answered. Their answering system says they'll call back, so I left a message..but will call Monday if I don't hear today.
 
terp720 said:
Not yet, called the number in the letter but no one answered. Their answering system says they'll call back, so I left a message..but will call Monday if I don't hear today.
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With the snow and craziness of today I'd be surprised if admissions was actually in the office today. Thanks for calling though!
 
Member011 said:
With the snow and craziness of today I'd be surprised if admissions was actually in the office today. Thanks for calling though!
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Yeah I called the student health office actually. But there is a liberal leave policy today, so I wouldn't be surprised either. I know I didn't want to trek through the snow to work!
 
terp720 said:
Yeah I called the student health office actually. But there is a liberal leave policy today, so I wouldn't be surprised either. I know I didn't want to trek through the snow to work!
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Well thanks for calling though! Hopefully we get an answer on Monday
 
I actually called the admissions office on Friday just to see if they had a voicemail stating their holiday schedule, but it only gave their regular times. Since I can't find anything on the SOM website, I'm hoping that they start up on Monday with the other professional programs at UMB.
 
smuscs said:
Well thanks for calling though! Hopefully we get an answer on Monday
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I asked someone in the admissions office and they said that the medical history form is due 8 weeks from the letter of acceptance, or as soon as we can get it to them.

Looks like I'll be going for a TB test...
 
Member011 said:
I asked someone in the admissions office and they said that the medical history form is due 8 weeks from the letter of acceptance, or as soon as we can get it to them.

Looks like I'll be going for a TB test...
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Thanks! TB test for me too!!
 
Member011 said:
I asked someone in the admissions office and they said that the medical history form is due 8 weeks from the letter of acceptance, or as soon as we can get it to them.

Looks like I'll be going for a TB test...
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Thanks for asking! Ran out of time before having to head to the airport to call again....and now stuck in the airport with a 5 hour delay. yay!
 
guys, you should not freak out about the health forms. I got accepted on oct 16 and still have not turn it in yet. I remember calling them a week after i got accepted and the lady told me that as long as it is turn in before i matriculate, that should suffice. So as it stands now, i have not turn it in and will probably do that weeks before i matriculate, provided i do matriculate.
 
After sending back the reservation form and whatever other form it was in the acceptance packet, has anyone heard anything else from the school?

EDIT: Just scrolled up. But no one else has received any confirmation since then, yes? I'm being paranoid about it being lost in the mail over the holidays haha
 
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pumpkin64112 said:
After sending back the reservation form and whatever other form it was in the acceptance packet, has anyone heard anything else from the school?

EDIT: Just scrolled up. But no one else has received any confirmation since then, yes? I'm being paranoid about it being lost in the mail over the holidays haha
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send an email asking for confirmation that they received it
 
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