2014-2015 University of Alabama Application Thread

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Dr. Smith said by Sunday (3/15) they would have accepted 186 people. So I'm assuming more are coming out today. And no that doesn't mean the class is filled because 20 or so people have already withdrawn. Interviewed yesterday.
 
@letmeinanywhere do you think the committee met last night to reviews yesterday's applicants if someone from the most recent interview date other then yesterday (2/12) just got in?
 
Does anyone know if there is an accepted students FB page?
 
I haven't been invited to one. You can try searching, but idk if there is one.
 
Have any out of state applicants who interviewed on February 5th heard anything?
 
aldoctorgirl said:
@letmeinanywhere do you think the committee met last night to reviews yesterday's applicants if someone from the most recent interview date other then yesterday (2/12) just got in?
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he said they would not be reviewing Thursday's applicants that day. So, I would assume they will do that next week. Also he said that Wait List should be out April 1st, although they said that last year and it wasn't until late April when it came out.
 
aldoctorgirl said:
@letmeinanywhere do you think the committee met last night to reviews yesterday's applicants if someone from the most recent interview date other then yesterday (2/12) just got in?
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I also think that they go over applicants more than one time or at least that's what I've heard before. So they may have just gone over people they wanted to accept yesterday and today.
 
Accepted! I interviewed on 2/12 and found out yesterday, 3/13!

My MCAT was a 31 and undergrad GPA was 3.47, science GPA was about the same. Went to UAB and got a M.S in Biotechnology with a 4.0 GPA after being out of undergrad for a year.

I have been applying to medical schools for 4 years now, y'all, so if at first you don't succeed, try and try again! If you want it bad enough, you can do it! Believe in yourself!
 
Accepted early November to the Birmingham campus but I'll be withdrawing now. Hope one of you gets my seat!
 
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So if we interviewed in October (or anytime other than the most recent interview group), is it pretty safe to assume we're waitlisted now?
 
PurkinjeFibers said:
So if we interviewed in October (or anytime other than the most recent interview group), is it pretty safe to assume we're waitlisted now?
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I don't think so. They accept more than the number of seats in the class, so there may still be a chance.
 
FWIW I know someone who got an interview for the 26th. So UAB might still be giving out interview invites. Probably the last one though.
 
I've been on the "Secondary Completed and Under Review" status for few months now. Can I assume I stand no chance for an interview at this point?
 
letmeinanywhere said:
Dr. Smith said by Sunday (3/15) they would have accepted 186 people. So I'm assuming more are coming out today. And no that doesn't mean the class is filled because 20 or so people have already withdrawn. Interviewed yesterday.
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Only based upon the comment above ^^,hard for me to believe that all the spots were filled on that Friday wave of acceptances. I only know of one person here at UAB that got accepted on Friday and only 3 or 4 SDNers. Thoughts?
 
ADizzle3 said:
Only based upon the comment above ^^,hard for me to believe that all the spots were filled on that Friday wave of acceptances. I only know of one person here at UAB that got accepted on Friday and only 3 or 4 SDNers. Thoughts?
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I completely agree, there definitely wasn't a copious amount of acceptances reported, which makes me doubt that 186 people have been accepted. All in all, UAB needs to start going hard in the paint like Flocka Flame and accept more than a few people at a time.
 
UABme said:
I completely agree, there definitely wasn't a copious amount of acceptances reported, which makes me doubt that 186 people have been accepted. All in all, UAB needs to start going hard in the paint like Flocka Flame and accept more than a few people at a time.
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Well if our aforementioned premise of the admissions committee meeting only once a month is correct, I would assume that the next time they meet everyone will have an answer-for better or worse. Then again, the amount of wild speculation on here has always been more than enough to give me an ulcer...
 
@UABme what are the odds, do you think, that the committee will meet this week with it being match week?
 
UABme said:
I completely agree, there definitely wasn't a copious amount of acceptances reported, which makes me doubt that 186 people have been accepted. All in all, UAB needs to start going hard in the paint like Flocka Flame and accept more than a few people at a time.
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@UABme Love the Waka Reference. I feel like we have met before for some reason..... hmmm
 
I just received my campus assignment today for Montgomery (not my first choice). Is there anyone out there that can provide some insight on the pros and cons of Montgomery? I'm a little worried with how new the campus is, and there's basically no information on UAB's website.
 
Bison said:
I just received my campus assignment today for Montgomery (not my first choice). Is there anyone out there that can provide some insight on the pros and cons of Montgomery? I'm a little worried with how new the campus is, and there's basically no information on UAB's website.
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PROS: fewer residents and fellows in Montgomery so med students may get to do more on rotations; more of a community-based an primary care enviroment (could be a con for you) can still do electives in Birmingham; 90 minutes closer to the Gulf Coast;.......Biggest pro: You're going to medical school!!!
CONS: Specialty and subspecialty exposure not nearly as broad as Birmingham; the Montgomery campus has been open < a year, so there is no track record as far as USMLE performance for those students; less to do in Montgomery than in Birmingham.

How soon after your acceptance did you get your campus assignment?
 
ADizzle3 said:
Only based upon the comment above ^^,hard for me to believe that all the spots were filled on that Friday wave of acceptances. I only know of one person here at UAB that got accepted on Friday and only 3 or 4 SDNers. Thoughts?
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I'm just relaying information. Don't shoot the messenger. He said 186 people would have been accepted and 20 had already withdrawn. They accept 260 or so to fill the class. So around another 70-80 would be accepted by those numbers.
 
TigerMD2017 said:
PROS: fewer residents and fellows in Montgomery so med students may get to do more on rotations; more of a community-based an primary care enviroment (could be a con for you) can still do electives in Birmingham; 90 minutes closer to the Gulf Coast;.......Biggest pro: You're going to medical school!!!
CONS: Specialty and subspecialty exposure not nearly as broad as Birmingham; the Montgomery campus has been open < a year, so there is no track record as far as USMLE performance for those students; less to do in Montgomery than in Birmingham.

How soon after your acceptance did you get your campus assignment?
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I saw my campus assignment online by logging onto the secondary app and clicking check status. I haven't gotten it in the mail yet though, but I figured it'd be posted online at the same time they send letters, so I've been checking. Huntsville campus. Kinda bummed, but also a lot of positives, too! Plus, from what I gathered (correct me if I'm wrong) we can do 4th year clinicals in bham if we choose.
 
Zippy92 said:
I saw my campus assignment online by logging onto the secondary app and clicking check status. I haven't gotten it in the mail yet though, but I figured it'd be posted online at the same time they send letters, so I've been checking. Huntsville campus. Kinda bummed, but also a lot of positives, too! Plus, from what I gathered (correct me if I'm wrong) we can do 4th year clinicals in bham if we choose.
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Admissions staff told my group some non-Birmingham students move back to Birmingham for the 4th year and take almost all rotations there. However, if you want to do family medicine then Huntsville or Tuscaloosa are better campus assignments.
 
letmeinanywhere said:
I'm just relaying information. Don't shoot the messenger. He said 186 people would have been accepted and 20 had already withdrawn. They accept 260 or so to fill the class. So around another 70-80 would be accepted by those numbers.
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I don't doubt what you're saying at all. If I can make a guess at what's happening, they accept overall 258 people (last year they did). I would guess that the 72 people or so that withdraw and go elsewhere are out of state. Hopefully, those spots will go to in state people. Considering how difficult it is to get an interview out of state, they (out of staters) are probably the people with the best stats etc. and therefore are accepted first.
 
TigerMD2017 said:
Admissions staff told my group some non-Birmingham students move back to Birmingham for the 4th year and take almost all rotations there. However, if you want to do family medicine then Huntsville or Tuscaloosa are better campus assignments.
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Cool, that's what I thought. So it's not like it's going to hinder us in any way. We can still do competitive residency rotations in Birmingham but we also get more individualized attention and I'm sure a great rec letter or two from being at a smaller branch campus for a year
 
SouBeau7 said:
I don't doubt what you're saying at all. If I can make a guess at what's happening, they accept overall 258 people (last year they did). I would guess that the 72 people or so that withdraw and go elsewhere are out of state. Hopefully, those spots will go to in state people. Considering how difficult it is to get an interview out of state, they (out of staters) are probably the people with the best stats etc. and therefore are accepted first.
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They only accept 10% (<20) OOS, so it's hard to believe there are 72 OOS applicants in the first 186 accepted. I bet they have two internal lists (one instate, one OOS) and try to maintain that 90/10 ratio as they replace applicants that withdraw.
 
TigerMD2017 said:
They only accept 10% (<20) OOS, so it's hard to believe there are 72 OOS applicants in the first 186 accepted. I bet they have two internal lists (one instate, one OOS) and try to maintain that 90/10 ratio as they replace applicants that withdraw.
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According to US News and World Report they accepted 67 out of state applicants, with 19 attending. This is opposed to 191 in state accepted and 167 attending.
 
SouBeau7 said:
According to US News and World Report they accepted 67 out of state applicants, with 19 attending. This is opposed to 191 in state accepted and 167 attending.
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Yes, they ended up sending 67 acceptance letters to get the 10% OOS portion of their class, but they would not have 70+ OOS holding an acceptance letter at the same time and set up the possibility that too many of them stick with UAB and they end up with more than a third of the class being OOS. We can all guess who (OOS vs IS) most of the remaining letters will go to, but the bottom line for everyone waiting is that UAB probably has > 60 more acceptance letters to send out so there is still hope.
 
TigerMD2017 said:
Yes, they ended up sending 67 acceptance letters to get the 10% OOS portion of their class, but they would not have 70+ OOS holding an acceptance letter at the same time and set up the possibility that too many of them stick with UAB and they end up with more than a third of the class being OOS. We can all guess who (OOS vs IS) most of the remaining letters will go to, but the bottom line for everyone waiting is that UAB probably has > 60 more acceptance letters to send out so there is still hope.
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I agree there is hope-but they don't "only accept 10% (<20) OOS"-i.e. hopefully they have to compete for the out of staters more early on relative to the in-staters. Plus looking at the earlier thread, getting into the first/second tier of wait list is a solid chance of getting accepted eventually-what we all gotta hope for
 
One of the med students we had lunch with during my interview talked about the fact that UAB was very strongly considering moving to pass/fail grading for years 1 & 2, eliminating the ranking percentiles. Does anyone know the status of this, if it has been made final or not?
 
lilboozie89 said:
I interviewed in December and they told us that they were considering moving to the P/F system but it would not be for several years.
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That's frustrating. I interviewed in Nov. and the girl said that she was almost positive it would be implemented with the 2015 entering class. I'm going to email admissions to get a solid answer and I'll post what I find out.
 
TigerMD2017 said:
PROS: fewer residents and fellows in Montgomery so med students may get to do more on rotations; more of a community-based an primary care enviroment (could be a con for you) can still do electives in Birmingham; 90 minutes closer to the Gulf Coast;.......Biggest pro: You're going to medical school!!!
CONS: Specialty and subspecialty exposure not nearly as broad as Birmingham; the Montgomery campus has been open < a year, so there is no track record as far as USMLE performance for those students; less to do in Montgomery than in Birmingham.

How soon after your acceptance did you get your campus assignment?
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Thanks for the information! I'm glad that we can still do electives in Birmingham the 4th year, but that's such a pain to move to Montgomery for one year and then move back. It took a little over 6 weeks for me to receive my campus assignment on the portal (I still haven't received my official acceptance letter).
 
UAB, show some love to OOS applicants! Some OOS applicants would be honored to attend med school in Alabama.
 
aspiringdoc01 said:
UAB, show some love to OOS applicants! Some OOS applicants would be honored to attend med school in Alabama.
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Based on the earlier post is sounds like around 70 OOS get a chance to attend UAB...but most don't show UAB the love. Next Thurs (3/26) is the last interview date listed on their website, so if you're still waiting for an II stay on top of your email and VM in case they have a last minute opening.
 
This may be a dumb question.. But how are those people declining their acceptances? Just wondering because I haven't received any official letter or had to send a letter of intent or anything like that. Are they just emailing UAB back?
 
LeeroyJenkins4 said:
This may be a dumb question.. But how are those people declining their acceptances? Just wondering because I haven't received any official letter or had to send a letter of intent or anything like that. Are they just emailing UAB back?
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From AMCAS: "If you receive an offer of acceptance from more than one school or program, choose the school at which you will enroll by April 30. Then, promptly withdraw your application, by written correspondence, from all other schools or programs that have offered you an acceptance."

So it sounds like applicants are supposed to notify schools in writing - and I guess email counts? - that they are withdrawing their application.

With so many applicants up in the air it would be nice if those holding multple acceptances would make a decision long before April 30 so the agonizing wait can end for others.
 
LeeroyJenkins4 said:
This may be a dumb question.. But how are those people declining their acceptances? Just wondering because I haven't received any official letter or had to send a letter of intent or anything like that. Are they just emailing UAB back?
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So you were accepted in November but haven't received your official acceptance letter yet? I was under the impression that they would send that once they made the campus assignment. Have you called admissions? I got my campus assignment through my portal on Monday and I feel like I'll probably start to get paranoid if it's not here in two weeks or so
 
SouBeau7 said:
I agree there is hope-but they don't "only accept 10% (<20) OOS"-i.e. hopefully they have to compete for the out of staters more early on relative to the in-staters. Plus looking at the earlier thread, getting into the first/second tier of wait list is a solid chance of getting accepted eventually-what we all gotta hope for
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Last year's thread had a post saying each tier has 40-45. Since we have heard that 20 of the first 186 have already withdrawn it seems there will be some more acceptances before the waiting list is created in April. If that's the case this year, and it is a typical year for UAB, then based on recent years' stats it seems that Tier 1 is a lock for getting in, Tier 2 is 50/50 or better, and the Tier 3 group is unlikely to get in. The waiting is the worst part, and it's tough to make plans without knowing for sure where (or even if) you will be going to med school.
 
TigerMD2017 said:
Last year's thread had a post saying each tier has 40-45. Since we have heard that 20 of the first 186 have already withdrawn it seems there will be some more acceptances before the waiting list is created in April. If that's the case this year, and it is a typical year for UAB, then based on recent years' stats it seems that Tier 1 is a lock for getting in, Tier 2 is 50/50 or better, and the Tier 3 group is unlikely to get in. The waiting is the worst part, and it's tough to make plans without knowing for sure where (or even if) you will be going to med school.
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I hear ya-I applied back in June/July and foolishly thought I knew where I'd be only eight months later...
 
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