2014-2015 Quinnipiac University Application Thread

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Ahh, waitlisted yesterday. Disappointing, I thought my interviews went great! Oh well, congrats to those accepted, I hope there is solid movement on the WL!
 
congrats on the acceptances..guess like I have a silent rejection. completed mid july..no news
 
FullmetalDuck said:
I was compete mid September also and am really hopeful for an II here--it's easily my top OOS school. If you don't mind, when are they currently scheduling interviews for?
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As someone posted here earlier with the same scenario of having only three dates, I'm sure there likely are more dates that I can't see. That said, my available dates are in November and December.
 
umbrellaapp said:
II today! Complete 7/31 (so all you July/August people... don't lose hope!) LizzyM ~70
I only had 11/13, 11/14 and 11/21 available, none of which are that great for me. Will call and ask to see if they can give me a December date
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good to hear that..congrats. I was complete 7/24..no news yet
 
FullmetalDuck said:
I was compete mid September also and am really hopeful for an II here--it's easily my top OOS school. If you don't mind, when are they currently scheduling interviews for?
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Looks like they're bouncing around a bit with the dates and some people are on a hold of sorts. I was complete mid august and haven't heard back.

Patience 🙂
 
Did anyone from the 9/29 interview date or earlier NOT hear back yet? I just called this morning and they told me that they haven't met to talk about my application yet, which just seems a little unusual to hear as there are people in here posting later interview dates with decision updates. It might just be that they're going over the applications in a random order every week, but I'm getting nervous this may be some bad news...
 
meatie said:
Did anyone from the 9/29 interview date or earlier NOT hear back yet? I just called this morning and they told me that they haven't met to talk about my application yet, which just seems a little unusual to hear as there are people in here posting later interview dates with decision updates. It might just be that they're going over the applications in a random order every week, but I'm getting nervous this may be some bad news...
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You think they're lying to you?
 
meatie said:
Did anyone from the 9/29 interview date or earlier NOT hear back yet? I just called this morning and they told me that they haven't met to talk about my application yet, which just seems a little unusual to hear as there are people in here posting later interview dates with decision updates. It might just be that they're going over the applications in a random order every week, but I'm getting nervous this may be some bad news...
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On my interview day, they told us that they don't necessarily send out decisions in the order that people were interviewed, because at least one interviewer has to be at the committee meeting to present the candidate. So it is likely that your interviewer wasn't able to make any of the recent meetings which is holding up your decision. Try not to over-analyze it, and try (I know it's hard) to be patient!
 
MrMe123 said:
You think they're lying to you?
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No? I didn't mean to insinuate that they were. I might be letting neuroticism take over.

demystifie said:
On my interview day, they told us that they don't necessarily send out decisions in the order that people were interviewed, because at least one interviewer has to be at the committee meeting to present the candidate. So it is likely that your interviewer wasn't able to make any of the recent meetings which is holding up your decision. Try not to over-analyze it, and try (I know it's hard) to be patient!
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Haha thanks! I'll try!
 
Interviewed recently at this school and was so incredibly impressed. I thought there was a chance that their youth could lead to a sketchy, half-realized program or perhaps an extremely nimble progressive program, adopting the most current models of medical education, without having to turn a massive ship of tradition like at older schools. I think the latter is probably 99.9% of the case after interviewing here. Very cool school with heaps of student support.
 
Gordita said:
I submitted July 8, so I assume somewhere around then (I had my letters already in, etc.). Stats: 30 MCAT, 3.9cGPA, 3.8 sGPA

Can anyone elaborate on this school? I haven't heard much of it but would love to look into it. 🙂
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Their website is one of the best that I've seen. I recommend you explore the site some. Some things I liked about QU are the independent project and the MeSH program.
 
Gordita said:
I submitted July 8, so I assume somewhere around then (I had my letters already in, etc.). Stats: 30 MCAT, 3.9cGPA, 3.8 sGPA

Can anyone elaborate on this school? I haven't heard much of it but would love to look into it. 🙂
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It's new as you likely know, we'd be the 3rd class to attend were you or I to matriculate. I interviewed there the other day. Everyone that spoke to us seemed extremely devoted toward doing everything they can to create doctors for the modern medical milieu, actually some of it reminded me of osteopathy minus the OMT stuff, there was some non-religious mind/body/spirit talk, and they seem to have a devotion to holistic, patient focused medicine, inter-professional co-operation, and medical humanities that is embedded into medical education in a much deeper way than any of there other schools I interviewed at. It seems truly progressive. A lot of the professors came because they really want to teach and many we met, including my interviewer were poached from Yale med school. Students participate in a 3 year long research project with decent funding, but bench/traditional/clinical med research is only one dimension, one student apparently is making a documentary, I heard about projects in medical ethics/law/humanities social medicine, anthro type projects etc. All in all I was really impressed, and honestly went in sort of skeptical.
 
ChubbyFace said:
It's new as you likely know, we'd be the 3rd class to attend were you or I to matriculate. I interviewed there the other day. Everyone that spoke to us seemed extremely devoted toward doing everything they can to create doctors for the modern medical milieu, actually some of it reminded me of osteopathy minus the OMT stuff, there was some non-religious mind/body/spirit talk, and they seem to have a devotion to holistic, patient focused medicine, inter-professional co-operation, and medical humanities that is embedded into medical education in a much deeper way than any of there other schools I interviewed at. It seems truly progressive. A lot of the professors came because they really want to teach and many we met, including my interviewer were poached from Yale med school. Students participate in a 3 year long research project with decent funding, but bench/traditional/clinical med research is only one dimension, one student apparently is making a documentary, I heard about projects in medical ethics/law/humanities social medicine, anthro type projects etc. All in all I was really impressed, and honestly went in sort of skeptical.
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Thank you for that insight! Was there anything else that stood out to you about the school?
 
Gordita said:
Thank you for that insight! Was there anything else that stood out to you about the school?
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It seems like most of the schools I interviewed at and researched have a pretty solid idea of what they need to do to train the doctors of tomorrow, but all the others were old schools and have their internal traditions to deal with so Quinnipiac actually seemed like the way most schools present themselves on their website, regarding what I wrote above. The teachers are primarily teachers and not researchers, so the students seem to get a ton of attention, also the school is extremely interested in the students doing well since these first classes will set the rep of the school, so they buy qbank and kaplan and offer other resources for their students trying to make sure they do well on STEP1. The main thing that stood out to me was that everyone I spoke with had a pretty prestigious rep in the medical field, and all the adcom members that spoke with us seemed really down to earth and had a very philosophical and almost poetic way about speaking about medicine. I found myself shaking my head a lot in a kind of deeper than details way. This is all extremely subjective feelings based I know, but that's what stood out FWIW. They are new though that's the only thing, so it's a risk, but nothing there gave me further pause and much inspired confidence in their new program.
 
I completed my secondary around mid August. I am very interested in this school (one of my very top choices), but I haven't heard back for an interview. Is there a way I could write a letter of interest? Would I submit that to the online application if I did, or would I probably want to contact admissions or even the dean? Thanks!
 
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datbbq said:
I completed my secondary around mid August. I am very interested in this school (one of my very top choices), but I haven't heard back for an interview. Is there a way I could write a letter of interest? Would I submit that to the online application if I did, or would I probably want to contact admissions or even the dean? Thanks!
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Not to be invasive, but why is this school one of your top choices? (Just looking for information on the benefits of this school over others).
 
Gordita said:
Not to be invasive, but why is this school one of your top choices? (Just looking for information on the benefits of this school over others).
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Well it's basically what was mentioned by chubbyface. It's the whole fact that this is such a new school. My undergrad is nearly exactly the same. I will be part of the 3rd graduating class in my institution. The teaching methods here are really very different than at other schools. Much of the teachers here are primarily teachers, and even the PhD professors aren't buried in research and are truly invested in student success. So for me, I think that the academic environment at Quinnipiac is not only something that I am familiar with, but also thrive in.
 
reapplicanthelpme2014 said:
Have people been rejected post-secondary pre-interview?

Also, I just got an email from them about my application still being under review...literally peed myself a little.
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Was that the same email where they said not to contact them?
 
So if I didn't get that email does that mean I'm not still under review.....?

Do they do silent rejections?
 
how common is this email?:

"We understand that you are eager to hear additional information regarding your application to the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine.

Having received more than 7,000 applications for the 2015 entering class, we are working hard to evaluate the applications as expeditiously as possible while ensuring each application is given fair and thorough consideration.

Our interview schedule will continue into March and invitations will continue to be extended accordingly during the coming months. If you have yet to hear from us, please know that your application remains under consideration."

Is this good news??
 
99445 said:
how common is this email?:

"We understand that you are eager to hear additional information regarding your application to the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine.

Having received more than 7,000 applications for the 2015 entering class, we are working hard to evaluate the applications as expeditiously as possible while ensuring each application is given fair and thorough consideration.

Our interview schedule will continue into March and invitations will continue to be extended accordingly during the coming months. If you have yet to hear from us, please know that your application remains under consideration."

Is this good news??
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This is the email that most of us just got. I'd say it's just a cute little status update to say "sup. thanks for waiting and stuff. Ttyl bro."
 
99445 said:
how common is this email?:

"We understand that you are eager to hear additional information regarding your application to the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine.

Having received more than 7,000 applications for the 2015 entering class, we are working hard to evaluate the applications as expeditiously as possible while ensuring each application is given fair and thorough consideration.

Our interview schedule will continue into March and invitations will continue to be extended accordingly during the coming months. If you have yet to hear from us, please know that your application remains under consideration."

Is this good news??
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Read the comments directly above. A few of us received this e-mail. I believe it is implying that they received an unprecedented number of applications this year and they are doing their best to review each application. I'd imagine that people were getting impatient and beginning to contact them regularly about their respective status; this e-mail is probably meant to calm the frustrations.
 
Speak of the devil. As soon as I posted that I hadn't received the email, I get a notification on my phone. Just got the same email. lol At least I'm still in the running.
 
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