2014-2015 Howard University Application Thread

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iyin0991 said:
Thanks for the encouragement. I contacted Jwalk and all she could tell me was this:

"Thank you for your recent email and your interest in Howard University College of Medicine. Your file has been reviewed.

Should we decide to interview you, we will email you. However, to date we have over 5,000 completed applications for 120 spots.

We will be inviting applicants to review through April.

Final letters will be send to applicants not interviewing beginning in March.."

If my file has been reviewed yet she did not inform me of my status. I have not yet heard of an interview since it was sent to me so i'm assuming its not good news
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Is almost mid March when did you get this email from her ?
 
HaitianDrSoph said:
I know they have had a lot of delays due to the bouts of bad weather in the past couple weeks. So that could be affecting some things
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I hope so! Would a latter of interest make a difference. I'm Canadian and the process of a bit different over here not sure how it works in the U.S...
 
malick1 said:
So they are behind with my rejection letter 🙁 I am looking forward to frame that email !
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The reason I got that emailed from Jwalk was due to the fact I sent her an email the day before wondering what was going on with my file. I may be in the same boat as you...no idea
 
iyin0991 said:
The reason I got that emailed from Jwalk was due to the fact I sent her an email the day before wondering what was going on with my file. I may be in the same boat as you...no idea
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I email her like 12 times no response ever !!
 
malick1 said:
I email her like 12 times no response ever !!
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I know she said she gets A LOT of emails. So if your emails don't have a straight forward title that is easy to find/read, it may get lost in the shuffle...
 
HaitianDrSoph said:
On the letter of acceptance, there's a part that mentions that if we will need financial aid, we have to fill out FAFSA and the Howard University Financial Aid Application. Where do we find the latter? I looked all over the packet and there is no link to it at all...

Am I missing something?
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The office of financial aid will send you the link via email in the next week or two. If you don't get one soon, call and let them know
 
@iyin0991, @malick1 I too thought I was pretty much rejected. I sent a LOI and tried calling multiple times with no success. I then emailed JW who sent me this a few days later inquiring the status of my app and she pretty much sent me the same email @iyin0991 . I was pretty hyped when I got the interview invite a few weeks later.
 
petitchat2006 said:
@iyin0991, @malick1 I too thought I was pretty much rejected. I sent a LOI and tried calling multiple times with no success. I then emailed JW who sent me this a few days later inquiring the status of my app and she pretty much sent me the same email @iyin0991 . I was pretty hyped when I got the interview invite a few weeks later.
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So I should send a will you marry me Howard , email with a ring and everything 🙂 !!! Waiting is the worst torture !!!
 
What time of the day do people usually got their interview invite emails ???
 
ekdoctobe said:
Sorry bout that; there are limits to even my great powers. If it helps I went through one full cycle with no ii's let alone acceptances.
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Is ridiculous! I have a friend McGill in Canada ms1 now, he applied here to 30 US school 4.0 from brown 36MCAT amazing EC and LOR he was rejected everywhere !!'
 
malick1 said:
Is ridiculous! I have a friend McGill in Canada ms1 now, he applied here to 30 US school 4.0 from brown 36MCAT amazing EC and LOR he was rejected everywhere !!'
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Wow.. did your friend bomb his interviews?
 
malick1 said:
Is ridiculous! I have a friend McGill in Canada ms1 now, he applied here to 30 US school 4.0 from brown 36MCAT amazing EC and LOR he was rejected everywhere !!'
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Good Lord. That's just terrible. Guys I must comment on this amazing LOR. Those letters are not shown to the students ; so how do we know they were amazing. I think it's important we think carefully before selecting those who write our LOR.
 
#Blessed said:
Good Lord. That's just terrible. Guys I must comment on this amazing LOR. Those letters are not shown to the students ; so how do we know they were amazing. I think it's important we think carefully before selecting those who write our LOR.
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I see what you mean and understand the point you are making; but sometimes that depends on how close you are with you LOR writer. I know of some that showed the letter to the student.

But for those who don't, I really hope none of them are writing "This person sucks and you should DEFINITELY not accept them in your school" lol..
 
HaitianDrSoph said:
I see what you mean and understand the point you are making; but sometimes that depends on how close you are with you LOR writer. I know of some that showed the letter to the student.

But for those who don't, I really hope none of them are writing "This person sucks and you should DEFINITELY not accept them in your school" lol..
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Lol very true.
 
malick1 said:
Is ridiculous! I have a friend McGill in Canada ms1 now, he applied here to 30 US school 4.0 from brown 36MCAT amazing EC and LOR he was rejected everywhere !!'
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Were his secondaries well-written? What was his school selection?

I do have to say this process is pretty random... hopefully, the odds are in your friend's favor when applying to residency programs!
 
Doc4Underserved said:
Were his secondaries well-written? What was his school selection?

I do have to say this process is pretty random... hopefully, the odds are in your friend's favor when applying to residency programs!
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Those are good points.. So many things go into this process.. Maybe he only chose within the top 20 schools in the US. Maybe he wrote a poor PS, or secondary apps. Or maybe he wasn't too pleasant during his interview...

I don't know the guy, so I'm not judging him. But something must have gone wrong somewhere to get rejected with stats like that!
 
HaitianDrSoph said:
Those are good points.. So many things go into this process.. Maybe he only chose within the top 20 schools in the US. Maybe he wrote a poor PS, or secondary apps. Or maybe he wasn't too pleasant during his interview...

I don't know the guy, so I'm not judging him. But something must have gone wrong somewhere to get rejected with stats like that!
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I agree. Those stats are pretty incredible.

On another note, congrats on your acceptance!
 
Doc4Underserved said:
Were his secondaries well-written? What was his school selection?

I do have to say this process is pretty random... hopefully, the odds are in your friend's favor when applying to residency programs!
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HaitianDrSoph said:
Those are good points.. So many things go into this process.. Maybe he only chose within the top 20 schools in the US. Maybe he wrote a poor PS, or secondary apps. Or maybe he wasn't too pleasant during his interview...

I don't know the guy, so I'm not judging him. But something must have gone wrong somewhere to get rejected with stats like that!
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Doc4Underserved said:
I agree. Those stats are pretty incredible.
On another note, congrats on your acceptance!
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His secondary were excellent he had a well balanced school selection his application was stellar , but is a luck and it connections game !
 
I'm so sorry to hear this 🙁. Do they tell you why? or just a genetic e-mail?
 
malick1 said:
Is almost mid March when did you get this email from her ?
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malick1 said:
Rejected today ! Good luck to everyone
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Hi @malick1
I'm so sorry for Ur news!! But don't lose hope it's not over yet. Not sure if U applied DO also.
I wanted to know if u don't mind can U pm me or something copy of body of the rejection letter. I haven't received one yet but I almost lost hope with them. Should I also be checking my post mail too?
 
medlifecrisis said:
Hi @malick1
I'm so sorry for Ur news!! But don't lose hope it's not over yet. Not sure if U applied DO also.
I wanted to know if u don't mind can U pm me or something copy of body of the rejection letter. I haven't received one yet but I almost lost hope with them. Should I also be checking my post mail too?
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It was email no post , no DO I have no interest in osteopathy !!
 
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