2014-2015 Brown University Application Thread
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Holy crap! 10 hours? A flight from Ohio to San Francisco is only 4 and a half. I guess that's a direct flight though
Yeah, I was including stops cause most flights from me to the east coast have them. It's long.
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Damn. That's worse than mine. I've booked two interview flights for August so far but the furthest two can't be until class starts--maybe 4 hours each.
Wow!!! You have two interviews in August already?! That's awesome! Congratulations!! I have booked one flight, to and fro, and both are ~10 hours 🙁 But I'm so excited. It's gonna be awesome. I just wish I could teleport or something instead, haha!
Nice! And haha yeah teleporting would make all this interview business soooo much easier.
Actually I have four so far but none of them are in my top choices so it's hard to get excited about them. Mostly it'll just be good prep 🙂
Oh my gosh!!! Four?! Wow!! Which schools, if you don't mind me asking? You can PM me if you'd prefer 🙂 that's really impressive!
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I here you brother, still fingers crossed!
It's typos like these that I sometimes find after I submit a secondary. Booo..
Nature of the game. You are not alone.
I'm surely not, and hopefully AdComs get a kick out of them.
You have to go through the email link. You can't bookmark it and use that. At least in my experience.
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You're probably just farther down the list due to your later verification date. I was verified the first week in June, so I received mine early.
Applying here! Relatively easy secondary.
Edit: I spoke too soon, 3rd question...i've got one sentence. ugh.
Edit: I spoke too soon, 3rd question...i've got one sentence. ugh.
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is it okay to talk about a specific area of medicine we are interested in pursuing in the "fast forward 15 years" question?
like, if we have shadowed a number of doctors in that field and use that as examples as to why we are hopefuls for that field?
like, if we have shadowed a number of doctors in that field and use that as examples as to why we are hopefuls for that field?
I did. I think it reflects well since it shows you've though a lot about you future career in medicine (hence the prompt), but make sure you don't say "X OR NOTHING." They like seeing people with an open mind.
thanks! yeah I've heard about people saying that they want to do this profession and then adcom being like well how do you REALLY know? and they're like....derp?
just wanted to make sure i wasn't shooting myself in the foot by saying how i have an interest in one specific area.
Received their view book today. It is freaking awesome! A notable amount of the students featured are PLME though. Man good work, Brown!
Had a laugh at the quote about the student who decided to go to Providence because she wanted to speak Spanish to patients. 🤣
I actually volunteer at one of the free clinics (http://www.aplacetobehealthy.org/) -- and almost all of the patients I see are Spanish-speaking. It's not Texas or California, of course, but there is a sizable Spanish-speaking population here. 🙂
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and portuguese !
I emailed them to inquire yesterday, was told that they never received my verified primary and asked me to call AMCAS. Before I did, I got the secondary...
I JUST GOT MY II!!!! Just stepped out of the shower to find this on my phone. THIS IS MY DREAM SCHOOL!
II just now!!! >3.9, 33. I'm so excited!!!
Do you mind sharing your stats?
Can those with II's please post complete dates? Thanks!
33-35 MCAT, 3.3-3.5 sGPA and cGPA, non-URM. Tons of ECs
What i mean is what day did you receive an email stating you were complete from Brown after you submitted your secondary. Thanks!
I submitted on 7/15/2014 and got the complete email then.
Thank you! I feel this is far more helpful than stats as complete dates allow one to judge how far they are in looking over applications. Of course, i assume they review applicants in the order they are received which could be outrageously wrong.
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I submitted on 7/2... I don't see a complete email in my inbox.
EDIT: Oh, sorry, found it! Complete email sent on 7/7.
EDIT: Oh, sorry, found it! Complete email sent on 7/7.
Without actually seeing the details of your application, it's difficult to gauge for any of us. After all, we are all in the same boat as you are -- praying, with little-to-no certainty, that admissions officers look on our applications favorably. That being said, your MCAT and GPA are both below the median but fall above the 10th percentile (although your MCAT barely scrapes by). Without knowing anything about you besides your numbers, I would recommend that you avoid getting your hopes too high, but don't count yourself out too early either.
Best of luck to you!
I got an II. Complete late July.
