2013-2014 University of Miami (Miller) Application Thread

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Yankee Bean,

Thank you so much for such an elaborate description of the interview day. It is ridiculously helpful 🙂. I hope they liked you as much as you liked them, and you get an acceptance come October 15th. Good luck with the rest of your cycle!

+1

I'll be there 28 October. This definitely gave me great insight. Thanks
 
Can you post the accepted stats? my MSAR expired and I don't have a subscription to USNWR..

Thank's for the helpful breakdown of the interview day. According to the MSAR, there is an 84/194 OOS matriculant/interview rate. That is certainly much less than they accept though.
 
Any current students or folks that recently interviewed able to answer these questions?

Can anyone provide info on how many MD & MD/MPH co-applicants get admitted to both or only one? For example, are you likely to get into the MD/MPH program but not the MD program? I realize data may not be available. Anecdotal is fine, esp from current Miami students. Thanks.

I don't have any numerical data to back this up, but from previous years threads it appears that it is possible to get into the MD/MPH program and not get into the MD program.
 
After submitting your top 4 interview dates online, how long did it take UMiami to get back to you and confirm a date?

Thanks
 
I don't have any numerical data to back this up, but from previous years threads it appears that it is possible to get into the MD/MPH program and not get into the MD program.

I know someone who did this, although it is anecdotal so I don't know how much it's worth. She was accepted of the waitlist in june and accepted to the MD/MPH program, but not the MD program.


Has anybody that was "under review" for over a month had a status change recently? Some people were posting about being stuck at "under review" since July, and it would be good to see what happened to their applications.
 
Has anybody that was "under review" for over a month had a status change recently? Some people were posting about being stuck at "under review" since July, and it would be good to see what happened to their applications.

Nope. I've been "under review" for nearly 8 weeks now...
 
Has anybody that was "under review" for over a month had a status change recently? Some people were posting about being stuck at "under review" since July, and it would be good to see what happened to their applications.
My status changed from under review to has been reviewed and scored last Friday. See my above post for more info.
 
After submitting your top 4 interview dates online, how long did it take UMiami to get back to you and confirm a date?

Thanks
Others said within 2 days, but I waited 3-4 days and still heard nothing. I called them to see if anything was wrong, and I found out that the website somehow had a glitch and didn't register my dates correctly (it registered the date on which I made the selection as my interview date.... the admin staff asked if I had already been interviewed and seemed confused).

So my advice is to call them if you are not hearing back within a couple days?
 
Just interviewed today, absolutely AMAZING day. UM MSOM is truly an amazing place! Just for those who are interested these are some facts they shared with us:

Jackson Memorial Hospital has 1550 beds and as such is the second largest academic hospital in the nation. Pretty impressive. It has one of the busiest ER rooms in the nation with 234,191 visits a year.

UHealth has just over 60 ACGME residencies.

They have physicians that participate in rotations in over 100 specialties.

Last year they interviewed 497 students and accepted 337

Step 1 pass rate is 97%
Step 2 is 99%

Their average indebtedness of graduating students is $172,400

Hope that helps 🙂
 
Thanks guys! I think it went well, but not sure if it went well enough...I guess I'll find out in 4-6 weeks.



Can you post the accepted stats? my MSAR expired and I don't have a subscription to USNWR..



The interview day was truly wonderful; I didn't think I could be any more in love with UMiami than I already was, but the interview day really sold me on the school....now the question remains....did I sell them on me lol.

There were about 15 interviewees or so, and they provided coffee, juice, and breakfast pastries in the AM, so skip out on breakfast and save yourself some time in the AM, because it will be there for you!

You have an open file interview, about one hour long. I interviewed with an alumni/retired member of the faculty and a 4th year medical student together, very nice people. Do not overprepare for your interview, because it will be time wasted - reading through the website, knowing the hell out of your secondaty application - I was not asked "Why UMiami" or "Why Medicine," because they already had a sense for the answers to those questions from my AMCAS and secondary. Seriously, the interview was not at all what I was expecting - it was very relaxed, and the air that the interviewers created had me relaxed within 10 minutes of the interview.

The 15 applicants are split up into groups, some interview at 10AM, some interview at 11AM, and some Interview at 1PM. MS1's - MS4's will come around during different parts of the day, either to lead you on a tour, hang out, have lunch with you, welcome you, answer questions. There is some mutual disdain between Gator fans and 'Canes fans, but it's really all in good fun. Everyone is so outgoing and cheerful though, and you could tell it wasn't an act put on by the students, because it was so scattered throughout the campus - people just walking to the gym or from their apartments were high-fiving people giving our tour, it seems like a really great place to live and study. Lunch was from 12:00-1:00, and the food was pretty good. The Dean (Dr. Weisman) was very friendly and very reassuring that applicants invited for an interview have already made their mark as an acceptable candidate, and that our interviewers were not going to grill us so much as they would probe us to learn about us better so that they could be our advocates to the admissions committee. I liked my interviewer - he had many, many positive things to say - very humbling comments, and I actually had to choke back a tear at some of the things they said, because it was so wonderful to hear that all of my efforts and experiences and the challenges I have endured have been recognized by complete strangers that want to see me succeed.

I genuinely hope they consider me for acceptance, because I'd definately matriculate here.

Thank you for this! I was really nervous about this interview, and you really made me feel so much better. I'm super excited now 🙂
 
My status says: "A final decision has been reached by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine on your application. Contact the admissions ofice 305-243-3234 or [email protected] if you do not receive a telephone call, an e-mail or a letter within seven days."

Wish we could be notified sooner ahhhh 😛
 
Woop! II today! OOS/3.89/4.0/36

Complete 8/1, II 9/24

I was under review the entire time.

I'm excited to find out what date I'll get from my top 4 choices. For those curious, the earliest available date for interview was 11/15.

Time to via a miami!
 
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My status says: "A final decision has been reached by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine on your application. Contact the admissions ofice 305-243-3234 or [email protected] if you do not receive a telephone call, an e-mail or a letter within seven days."

Wish we could be notified sooner ahhhh 😛

Mine says that too!! AHH so excited! Wish we could find out before Oct 15!
 
The dean gave us those numbers Yankee. I was surprised, that means the acceptance rate after interviewing is 67%
 
II this morning! ~3.7 GPA, 35.
I am so excited! This is a surprise because I was complete only a few days ago.
 
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FYI: At the interview, they said that the earliest decisions will go out on Oct 23, not Oct 15.
 
Does anybody know what days of the week UM typically interviews? I'm interviewing at FIU on Oct 14th, and am thinking of sending an in the area email to UM.
 
II! MA resident, 3.8 GPA, 33

It looks like they only interview on Mondays and Fridays
 
Has anyone else been stuck at "Your Application to the UM Miller School of Medicine is complete and is currently being reviewed by the Admissions Committee." for over a month?
 
don't lose hope if your application is stuck on that status! Mine was for well over a month and I received an II last week!
 
Has anyone else been stuck at "Your Application to the UM Miller School of Medicine is complete and is currently being reviewed by the Admissions Committee." for over a month?

Yea, it'll be a month for me tomorrow. And I (foolishly) looked at my secondary last night and found a typo. Doh!
 
Has anyone else been stuck at "Your Application to the UM Miller School of Medicine is complete and is currently being reviewed by the Admissions Committee." for over a month?

Yes. I've had that status for atleast 6 weeks now.
 
I have been on this status for a few weeks is it considered a hold?? Has anyone went from this to II??:

"Your Application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Applicants will be invited to interview based upon their point total from the Admissions Committee review. Applicants who have been reviewed and scored by the Admissions Committee may be notified that they have been selected for an interview between September and April."

🙁

.
A lot of ppl with IIs here had this status. There was a post before where someone with this status called the school and the status was explained to them, just look over previous posts. I do not think it's a hold; no reason to be sad. 🙂
 
How long has it taken them to receive y'all's picture? I emailed mine a week ago and it's still not showing they received it...
 
How long has it taken them to receive y'all's picture? I emailed mine a week ago and it's still not showing they received it...

For me it took just over one week. This was back in June.
 
How long has it taken them to receive y'all's picture? I emailed mine a week ago and it's still not showing they received it...

It took me about a week as well. I even emailed it twice because I was getting worried.

Now I'm getting worried about my interview dates. I really need my first date, and it's been 4 days since I chose the dates. Just need to be patient...
 
FYI: At the interview, they said that the earliest decisions will go out on Oct 23, not Oct 15.

FYI that is for your interview date I believe, for others who interviewed the first and second date Oct 16 is the day they can let us know.
 
So I just want to re-state something somebody else posted because it caused me a great deal of frustration today:

even if you get your interview invite and you choose your 4 dates, don't count on them actually getting this information. I waited 5 days to hear back from them and finally called them today: they never received the information, so from their perspective it was as if I never responded to the invitation. I am so glad I called, but unfortunately they are booked until January. I was so excited to visit in the next month or two!

I highly recommend that you CALL them and ask specifically about your application if you get an interview and haven't had your date confirmed within two days.
 
FYI that is for your interview date I believe, for others who interviewed the first and second date Oct 16 is the day they can let us know.

I had also understood October 23. It's because that's one of the days that the admissions committee meets, and phonecalls are made afterwards. If you check the hubspring app thing, it says "dates acceptances will be made" and the first one is October 23. I hope it's lying and they will let us know before haha.
 
So I just want to re-state something somebody else posted because it caused me a great deal of frustration today:

even if you get your interview invite and you choose your 4 dates, don't count on them actually getting this information. I waited 5 days to hear back from them and finally called them today: they never received the information, so from their perspective it was as if I never responded to the invitation. I am so glad I called, but unfortunately they are booked until January. I was so excited to visit in the next month or two!

I highly recommend that you CALL them and ask specifically about your application if you get an interview and haven't had your date confirmed within two days.

Does anybody know until when UM interviews?
 
The interview day was truly wonderful; I didn't think I could be any more in love with UMiami than I already was, but the interview day really sold me on the school....now the question remains....did I sell them on me lol.

There were about 15 interviewees or so, and they provided coffee, juice, and breakfast pastries in the AM, so skip out on breakfast and save yourself some time in the AM, because it will be there for you!

You have an open file interview, about one hour long. I interviewed with an alumni/retired member of the faculty and a 4th year medical student together, very nice people. Do not overprepare for your interview, because it will be time wasted - reading through the website, knowing the hell out of your secondaty application - I was not asked "Why UMiami" or "Why Medicine," because they already had a sense for the answers to those questions from my AMCAS and secondary. Seriously, the interview was not at all what I was expecting - it was very relaxed, and the air that the interviewers created had me relaxed within 10 minutes of the interview.

The 15 applicants are split up into groups, some interview at 10AM, some interview at 11AM, and some Interview at 1PM. MS1's - MS4's will come around during different parts of the day, either to lead you on a tour, hang out, have lunch with you, welcome you, answer questions. There is some mutual disdain between Gator fans and 'Canes fans, but it's really all in good fun. Everyone is so outgoing and cheerful though, and you could tell it wasn't an act put on by the students, because it was so scattered throughout the campus - people just walking to the gym or from their apartments were high-fiving people giving our tour, it seems like a really great place to live and study. Lunch was from 12:00-1:00, and the food was pretty good. The Dean (Dr. Weisman) was very friendly and very reassuring that applicants invited for an interview have already made their mark as an acceptable candidate, and that our interviewers were not going to grill us so much as they would probe us to learn about us better so that they could be our advocates to the admissions committee. I liked my interviewer - he had many, many positive things to say - very humbling comments, and I actually had to choke back a tear at some of the things they said, because it was so wonderful to hear that all of my efforts and experiences and the challenges I have endured have been recognized by complete strangers that want to see me succeed.

I genuinely hope they consider me for acceptance, because I'd definately matriculate here.

Great post! I hope you get in! Go Canes!
 
I had also understood October 23. It's because that's one of the days that the admissions committee meets, and phonecalls are made afterwards. If you check the hubspring app thing, it says "dates acceptances will be made" and the first one is October 23. I hope it's lying and they will let us know before haha.

The 23rd just doesnt make sense though, cause my status says a decision has already been made... so the adcom has already met and made a decision, why would they wait till the 23rd to tell me after another meeting if my file has already been decided on. - thats my logic at least
 
Does anyone know how receptive Miami is to in the area emails? Also where are they on available interview dates?
 
The 23rd just doesnt make sense though, cause my status says a decision has already been made... so the adcom has already met and made a decision, why would they wait till the 23rd to tell me after another meeting if my file has already been decided on. - thats my logic at least

Yeah, I'm in the same situation too. I hope they do it as soon as possible haha
 
do they have a 2 week deadline for the secondary? i saw it on the webpage but not on the instructions they sent
 
Does anyone know how receptive Miami is to in the area emails? Also where are they on available interview dates?

interview dates are already filling up quick for this year
 
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So we haven't heard anything back from UM, if we still have a chance of an interview, it wont be until January?
 
Only one way to find out - wait more than 2 weeks to submit it haha
it's been almost 3 weeks! i don't want to put in all the effort in those silly essays to just get rejected cause of the deadline haha
 
it's been almost 3 weeks! i don't want to put in all the effort in those silly essays to just get rejected cause of the deadline haha

I submitted my secondary 20 days after I received it and got an OOS interview invite. You'll be fine. It's clearly not a hard deadline. Focus your efforts on making your responses awesome.

I have been on this status for a few weeks is it considered a hold?? Has anyone went from this to II??:

"Your Application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Applicants will be invited to interview based upon their point total from the Admissions Committee review. Applicants who have been reviewed and scored by the Admissions Committee may be notified that they have been selected for an interview between September and April."

🙁

.

Also, I had this status for a while before getting the II, so it's not necessarily a hold. I was complete for nearly two months before getting invited for an interview so be patient people. Easier said than done, I know, but there's no way to make sense of this process so you might as well accept it for what it is.
 
Just had my interview yesterday. As previously mentioned, this school is great. It pretty much has it all.

Quick tip. I was a bit worried since I hadn't had any emails or reminders from Miami since August, and the "interview information" tab on the website/app they send you only lists a building with room number, parking and hotel information, while another tab simply says it starts at 8:30. I just showed up at 8 to that building and my name was on their list. No one else really seemed to have any trouble finding where to go, but maybe this information will be a source of some comfort for those of you who have yet to interview.

Another tip, most people say interviews here are very laid back. Generally speaking, I believe this is true. However, as in my case, don't expect yours to be easy. My interviewer was very kind, and did not make me feel uncomfortable at all, but she did ask me all the pointed questions you might find by googling "med school interview questions". The kind of questions you need to be prepared for, which for the most part I was. But no matter how I tried I could not transition this interview into an actual conversation.

Last pointers, when the interview is ending ask your most important question first. These doctors are working while interviewing you and might not give you time to ask more than one. Be prepared to run into them on your way out of the interview as they're running to some other appointment, basic stuff like "Good morning, Dr. X".



And now to the waiting game.
 
uh oh

not a reapplicant, but i checked and saved no under "Have you applied previously for admission to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine?" by accident since I didn't see it said Reapplicants over it.

Am I alright to just leave that as is and just submit?
 
uh oh

not a reapplicant, but i checked and saved no under "Have you applied previously for admission to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine?" by accident since I didn't see it said Reapplicants over it.

Am I alright to just leave that as is and just submit?
It shouldn't be a problem, I think. But if you're really worried, just call the admissions office and ask. They are very helpful 🙂
 
I reviewed last year's thread and it seems like Miami is going to offer acceptances on fewer dates this year. I think last year that they accepted about 20 each time. Any insight into how many might be offered each time now? For example, according to interview hub site, only three acceptance dates in 2013. Oct, Nov, Dec. Rest in 2014. Hope this makes sense. Good luck to all.
 
if i don't have research experience, is that a big red flag at this school? not sure how to answer that "please describe your research experience" when it's not optional :/
 
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