2013-2014 University of South Alabama Application Thread

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Hey guys I just got an interview. Did anyone else get one and would like to carpool from Tuscaloosa?
 
Does anyone who has interviewed today have any updates? For some reason I am thinking they did not send out any letters/postcards from the meeting last Wednesday. Maybe they will send them out after today's meeting? I plan on calling Mrs. Peggy Terrell tomorrow and asking
 
Have any reapplicants gotten interviews yet? I'm a little surprised I have gotten one yet as I interviewed in early November last year.
 
Schrodingers512 said:
Does anyone who has interviewed today have any updates? For some reason I am thinking they did not send out any letters/postcards from the meeting last Wednesday. Maybe they will send them out after today's meeting? I plan on calling Mrs. Peggy Terrell tomorrow and asking
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I received a letter dated November 12th today in the mail.
 
I'm applying round after next. Is there an advantage to doing early decision? Doesn't it tie you up to only South? South is my first choice because I want to stay in Mobile, but I'd like to apply elsewhere too. However I'm not sure I'm understanding the early decision process correctly.
 
I just got accepted but I have a question.

http://imgur.com/cvAs0kO

It says that they need a written acceptance of offer in 2 weeks. Does that mean I have to decide to matriculate in 2 weeks or is it just to hold my place and I can choose to matriculate later.
 
HeyNapkin said:
I just got accepted but I have a question.

http://imgur.com/cvAs0kO

It says that they need a written acceptance of offer in 2 weeks. Does that mean I have to decide to matriculate in 2 weeks or is it just to hold my place and I can choose to matriculate later.
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You hold your place now and we have until to May 15th to make the final decision and withdraw from all other schools
 
Those of you recently accepted. When were you complete and when did you interview?
 
Not sure what date I was complete but I was offered an interview on Oct. 2 and interviewed on Oct. 23rd.
 
One thing Mr. Scott did tell me though....he said when they look at reapplicants, they look to see if they have done a lot since their last application.
 
Nothing here. Have been complete for a month now
 
Funke said:
Thanks! Does the benefit outweigh the sacrifice of only applying to one school until October 1? I'm not sure I really see the benefit at all.
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In my humble opinion, I don't really think the benefit outweighs the cost of delaying your apps to other schools if you don't get in early. If you get your application in as early as possible, it is possible to interview early and find out something from schools post-interview by the time the first letters go out on Oct. 15th. It might not work out that way, but the earlier you submit, the earlier you can get the ball rolling.
 
Application received and under review since Sep 23....havent heard anything from USA and I already interviewed at UAB...hopefully i'll get some form of correspondence in the near future
 
DRgervais said:
Application received and under review since Sep 23....havent heard anything from USA and I already interviewed at UAB...hopefully i'll get some form of correspondence in the near future
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+1
 
Schrodingers512 said:
Well I got a Masters in less than a calendar year, improving my GPA. I also tried to do as much volunteering and hands on patient care as I could. I guess it depends on the ADCOM's feedback from your first application. I was told that I didn't really talk about my shadowing as well as they wanted...and to get involved in more hands on patient care.
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What did you get your masters in?
 
Doctorstudent13 said:
No ii yet either. This is worrisome. When were you complete?
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I've been complete since 8/14. I called Ms. Peggy just to see what was going on and she assured me I would get an interview, it just might be later than last year. She said it doesn't really matter when you interview here, but I have no explaination.
 
Doctorstudent13 said:
What did you get your masters in?
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In Medical Sciences at Mississippi College. It was tough, but I needed to do it to raise my GPA. I took med school level courses as well as upper level bio courses. It requires 33 hours to finish, and I began in August and finished in June.
 
If you all are wondering about y'alls interviews, Mr. Scott updated us on their new grading scale. On a 10 point scale, you now get 2.5 points for GPA, 2.5 points for MCAT, and 5 (wow) for interview. So you can kinda calculate where you stand compared to other applicants pre-interview
 
Schrodingers512 said:
In Medical Sciences at Mississippi College. It was tough, but I needed to do it to raise my GPA. I took med school level courses as well as upper level bio courses. It requires 33 hours to finish, and I began in August and finished in June.
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Thanks! How was your undergraduate gpa, if you don't mind my asking.
 
Any ii recently? I'm kind of getting worried. Last year I applied only to UAB but was offered an interview two weeks after I was complete. I've been complete at south now since October and no word so far. Any advice anyone?
 
Had an Interview here October 9...put on hold 🙁
3.4/31 Considered In State for panhandle florida county
 
UA2013 said:
Any ii recently? I'm kind of getting worried. Last year I applied only to UAB but was offered an interview two weeks after I was complete. I've been complete at south now since October and no word so far. Any advice anyone?
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The same here. No interview yet and complete the first of October.
 
I got an interview invite a week ago. Set up for jan 8. They have me the choice of the 18th of dec but I was busy.
 
I want to apply to USA's Dream Program. Does anyone have any inside information about the DREAM program?
 
Ive been complete since september and still no word
31 MCAT, 3.50 cGPA, 3.62sGPA, instate
 
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South Alabama is usually late for interviewing and choosing students so have no fear yet.
 
Just received an ii here a few days ago. In-state, complete early October-ish. Interview scheduled for January 8. I haven't heard anything from anyone since my last interview on 11/14, so I'm pretty excited at the chance to interview here.
 
Recently received II for south alabama and could not be more excited! One question though: is the only way to confirm your interview simply to respond to the email? There was no link to another site but just wanted to make sure.
 
DRgervais said:
Recently received II for south alabama and could not be more excited! One question though: is the only way to confirm your interview simply to respond to the email? There was no link to another site but just wanted to make sure.
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Yep. They will respond to your email saying they look forward to seeing you etc.
 
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