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2013-2014 Weill Cornell Medical College Application Thread
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Late, but Secondary submitted today!
Good luck everyone!
Good luck everyone!
Secondary complete! I guess now it is time to sit tight and wait.
I listed an upper-level bio course as well. I did for all my secondaries. I can't remember though - does Cornell ask to list the grade on the secondary itself?
Does anyone know if student hosting is offered? I can't seem to find that information.
When I emailed admissions, they said they would try to find a host. No word yet, but they seemed receptive.
this is a long shot, but would any current students be open to hosting me? i emailed admission about hosting about a month ago but still haven't heard back and my interview is in 2 weeks 🙁
Received an Interview Invite today.
Congrats! When was your application complete if you don't mind?
Do you mind giving out your approximate stats, either by PM or public post?
Hmm, looks like MDApps isn't working anymore. My stats were 40/3.91. Secondary received: 6/28. Application complete: 8/12. :3
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II yesterday!, Complete 8/8
From the 2013 match list: http://library.med.cornell.edu/PDF/MatchList2013.pdf
there were only 79 students matched, are they all students? Where does the rest go?
there were only 79 students matched, are they all students? Where does the rest go?
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Thank you!!!
This is what I heard too during my interview, from a couple of current students.
This would mean that they initially accept 101 out of 821 interviewed? That's doubtful, since 317 total are accepted.
Does anyone know if it's ok to send multiple "in the area" messages? I sent one to coincide with an interview i had in late October, which they didn't respond to, but now I have another NYC interview scheduled in mid-December. You guys think it's worth sending another one? I was complete 9/25.
It has to be at least >200. If they accepted exactly 216 interviewees last year in March, that means that almost the whole class is made of people who came off the waitlist (even if some people don't accept Cornell's acceptance offer after being waitlisted in March), which doesn't make sense (I think Cornell's class size is 101?). I'd say they probably accept around 250-270 outright and accept about 40-50 people off the waitlist.
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Have there been any II's recently? I was complete early July and this is one of my favorites!! 
I don't think so. I think that might be construed as pestering to the adcoms. Cornell is really receptive to in the area emails.
Fair enough. I just figured since my interview was scheduled for only a month after I sent the email they might not have had time to look at my application yet, and that perhaps they might get to it between now and December...
Have there been any II's recently? I was complete early July and this is one of my favorites!!
got an invite here yesterday, interviewing next week.
application complete 8/8, LizzyM 72. full stats are on my MDApps. good luck everyone!
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Congrats! That is a crazy turn around time for an interview. Were there special circumstances or is that just what they offered you?
Thanks, they just offered a couple options next week and a couple other options a few weeks from now. I dunno what they typically offer but it must be pretty easy for them to fill dates on short notice since so many people live within a couple hours of NYC by car or train. At any rate I was glad to schedule it as soon as possible.
Anyone know when they stop interviewing? Late February? I'm trying to figure out my plans for next spring.
Interviewed here today, figured I would share some thoughts. Overall very positive experience and if you get an interview here, you can look forward to a nice low stress day and a very impressive school. Both of my interviews were very friendly and conversational. First interviewer shared my research interests so we just chatted about our work and new ideas for the whole time. Second interviewer was somewhat more formal and had more questions, but still very low pressure conversational environment. Other interviewees reported similar experiences.
- The facilities are beautiful and there is definitely a sense that money is never an issue, including for study abroad experiences and student interest clubs.
- The school does not have a touchy-feely mission along the lines of "tending to the poor and invalid with compassion" like some other schools. More emphasis on "thinking big" to solve problems.
- It's not on their website yet but they are overhauling the curriculum to start clinical rotations halfway through 2nd year and switching the preclinical years to a systems-based approach that teaches abnormal biology at the same time as normal biology. You take Step 1 whenever you want. Basically you schedule a Step 1 study block in place of a clinical rotation.
- I couldn't find information online about an MD/MPH program but they said today that they do offer a 5 year MD/MPH with Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health (a top 5 PH school) which is basically open enrollment for Weill Cornell students.
just got one. complete mid august. dates available were next week- end of December.
Are they for sure switching by next year now? When I was there in September, they said they weren't sure if they were switching or not for next years class.
Mind sharing when you were complete?
Really? They said on our day (in September also) that those changes would most likely be for our class.
At my October interview, it was a definite change for next year.
Ditto. Complete early September
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Yeah they made it seem pretty certain that the changes would be made for next year. It seemed like there were still some details being figured out but the big changes are in place for the next class.
I was complete 9/5/13
Good luck!
have there been any interview invites? or just rejections
Was invited last week, so yes, invites still going out.
