2014-2015 Howard University Application Thread

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yeah mine too! Inorganic 1 and 2 with lab. but I just just just did some research and turns out some med schools use inorganic and gen chem interchangeably. think that's the case here?
 
ScienceBrah said:
yeah mine too! Inorganic 1 and 2 with lab. but I just just just did some research and turns out some med schools use inorganic and gen chem interchangeably. think that's the case here?
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definitely. they're looking for gen chem. don't trip
 
Thank the sweet baby jesus. I may or may not have spent several hours/days searching 3 different states for inorganic 1&2 with lab. nbd. Thank you! And good luck 🙂 hoping all of you crazy kids are third years by the time I get down there.
 
Everytime I get a notification from this thread I feel out that it's people getting iis and I haven't got one lol
 
Tried calling the office yesterday for an in the area notice. Called several times during the given hours, and no response. No response to my email earlier this month either. Been pretty underwhelmed with NTT interactions with Howard so far... Not convinced they even have anybody working in admissions!
 
llamasarefuzzy said:
Tried calling the office yesterday for an in the area notice. Called several times during the given hours, and no response. No response to my email earlier this month either. Been pretty underwhelmed with NTT interactions with Howard so far... Not convinced they even have anybody working in admissions!
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I am not sure what is going on with this school. Its like they just stopped the review process.
 
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling frustrated lol
 
llamasarefuzzy said:
Tried calling the office yesterday for an in the area notice. Called several times during the given hours, and no response. No response to my email earlier this month either. Been pretty underwhelmed with NTT interactions with Howard so far... Not convinced they even have anybody working in admissions!
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Just make sure you are calling during their "calling hours". During interview days, the admissions staff is very involved in making interviewees feel comfortable, are at the right place,etc which means there may not be someone there to answer phones. Hence most of the designated calling times are during non-interviewing periods.
 
Willion1614 said:
Just make sure you are calling during their "calling hours". During interview days, the admissions staff is very involved in making interviewees feel comfortable, are at the right place,etc which means there may not be someone there to answer phones. Hence most of the designated calling times are during non-interviewing periods.
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Yeah I called several times during designated calling hours to get a machine every time. I feel like all admissions offices are busy but they are particularly unresponsive
 
llamasarefuzzy said:
Yeah I called several times during designated calling hours to get a machine every time. I feel like all admissions offices are busy but they are particularly unresponsive
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Are you calling during their calling hours eastern time?? Because I remember having this problem too until I realized I wasn't taking the time difference into account
 
stressingout said:
Are you calling during their calling hours eastern time?? Because I remember having this problem too until I realized I wasn't taking the time difference into account
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Yup. And also on several different days. It just seems like no one is there
 
llamasarefuzzy said:
Yup. And also on several different days. It just seems like no one is there
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I am not sure what but I think some thing is going on at Howard right now. It seemed to happen last year too where Howard just disappeared right when they were about to review the very end of august completed files just to pick it back up around the 18th.
 
They haven't disappeared. They are reviewing applicants, but I'm not sure in what order. I was complete late August and received an email late September stating they are waiting for my fall term grades before a decision is made on whether to offer me an interview. It's a long process and we have no choice but to stay patient and pray we get that elusive II.
 
lemmym said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling frustrated lol
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Yeah it super sucks not being able to tell what is going on. Hey everybody please if you get an interview invite , hold or a rejection please post it on here with the date you were marked complete.
 
ScienceBrah said:
Yo how many shadow hours do you all have?
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About 60-70 hours of actual designated shadowing, 1000+ hours of clinical research where I was in close contact with both patients and physicians, although not actually "shadowing"
 
ScienceBrah said:
Yo how many shadow hours do you all have?
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I have a little over 100, mostly in one specialty but spread across 3 different specialties. I shadowed about 15-20 hours each with 2 different physicuans and the rest was through an internship that I was very lucky to get. Do you ask because you are having trouble finding shadowing or just want to see if you have 'enough'?
 
Interviewing here on Wednesday! Complete 9/3, II 9/8. Super fast turnaround. I'll let you guys know how it goes!
 
Leviosaaa93 said:
Interviewing here on Wednesday! Complete 9/3, II 9/8. Super fast turnaround. I'll let you guys know how it goes!
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Well that's weird that you've heard something back and we're all like ummmm... Lol. What are your stats?
 
Me too... URM LizzyM 66 and legacy. Complete 9/1 and radio silence from admissions despite several attempted in the area notifications. I wouldn't be too worried... Either we are still on the running or everyone between then end of August and now was absolutely terrible and they are only offering 1 interview from the whole bunch!
 
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llamasarefuzzy said:
Me too... URM LizzyM 70+ and legacy. Complete 9/1 and radio silence from admissions despite several attempted in the area notifications. I wouldn't be too worried... Either we are still on the running or everyone between then end of August and now was absolutely terrible and they are only offering 1 interview from the whole bunch!
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Okay. Random question. What is lizzym? I'm a replicant and have been seeing that sooo long but never asked
 
allprayers23 said:
I'm URM and complete almost a month ago so either I didn't make the cut and don't know it or they fell behind.
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Ah okay gotcha, so we might still have a chance. I'm still going to look into professional shoe shining as a backup career though...
 
I would disregard this last II post. It is a part of that old group that got rapid II last month. There is something going on at this school right now that is keeping them so busy they are not reviewing files at the same speed. Last year it picked up again after the 18th so lets see if that continues this year.
 
I received an email saying that they were waiting for my semester grades before they would offer me an II
 
Make Or Break said:
Do you add one point if you are URM? I've always wondered this.
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Not really sure tbh, but the LizzyM score of accepted URM applicants are usually lower than that of accepted non-URM applicants, so maybe that's why you heard of ppl adding the extra point.
 
Ahh this wait is brutal. I have nearly identical stats and was also "complete" (secondary received notice) on 9/3, although I am not URM. Really hope I at least get a chance to interview here!
 
Has anyone that is not URM received an II? I'm wondering if they're reviewing URM applicants first or something
 
nish11 said:
Ahh this wait is brutal. I have nearly identical stats and was also "complete" (secondary received notice) on 9/3, although I am not URM. Really hope I at least get a chance to interview here!
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Quick question, did you get an email saying your application is complete or do you mean the application complete on the application status page?
 
ribdon said:
Quick question, did you get an email saying your application is complete or do you mean the application complete on the application status page?
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Hey, I submitted my secondary on 8/30 and got an email on 9/3 stating my secondary was received and that there should be an "SR" code indicating this on my app somewhere. I have yet to find this SR code, but my status page also says I'm complete so I'm just going with that haha.
 
nish11 said:
Hey, I submitted my secondary on 8/30 and got an email on 9/3 stating my secondary was received and that there should be an "SR" code indicating this on my app somewhere. I have yet to find this SR code, but my status page also says I'm complete so I'm just going with that haha.
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Damn. I submitted on 8/25 and I never got this e-mail.
 
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