2014-2015 University of Arizona Application Thread

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WannaBeADoc_2019 said:
Do we know why they're behind schedule? Any particular reason? I wish they were as transparent as Downtown Phoenix, it would be handy to know exactly what dates their decisions are sent out, so we have some sort of a timeline.
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Pure speculation, but I have two theories:

1) The Banner merger. All UA health employees in the last couple weeks have been attending "employee orientations" and other such things during their work day, so I'm sure that's thrown a kink into the already difficult task of scheduling meeting times that work for the clinical and research faculty, administrators, students, etc. that make up the committee.

2) More importantly, and from what I remember at my interview day back in September, they have received significantly more applications this year relative to last year, so they could just be having difficulties with the larger volume.

And then there's all the other things we're not privy to. I know that a particular member of the committee was waylaid by a medical issue that arose, so who knows how things like that affect the timing of committee meetings as well.

tl;dr: Could be anything.
 
I attended the pre-second look event today and would like to share my experience. There were four accepted students including myself who attended. We started our day with a 90-minute lecture on non-pharm treatments for musculoskeletal pain, (the first years are in MS block). Three guest lecturers addressed the class on their specialized therapies, Physical Therapy, Psychiatry, and a family medicine doc who does acupuncture as well. This was a mandatory lecture so the classroom was packed. Some students had to sit on the floor.


We then attended a 45-minute session with one of the societies mentors. She gave us a more in depth overview of the four years of medical school and helped us out with time lines and showed us the MEDCATS website that each student will have. All the calendars, class lectures, and anything else deemed important is at your disposal via this site.


We then attended a “real” medical school anatomy lecture where every muscle, nerve, and vessel in the hand was covered in 45-minutes. I guess that is the pace. After lecture admissions treated us to lunch and we ate with a few medical students and further picked their brains. We followed a few of these students to their societies session, which is a four-hour, once a week doctoring course. I observed 6 students with their societies mentor take the history and physical on an “actor” patient with back pain, knee pain, and hand pain. I actually only sat in on the first hour and watched the students work through the history/physical and diagnosis a herniated disc.


These students did an excellent job and I am excited to know that only after 5 months of medical school, as a student, you are developing these skills. Over all I had a good day. I am just reminded the days and long and the pace is faaaaaast.
 
I'm curious, what's the pre-second look as opposed to a second look? I remember staff talking about a second look day, is there a difference?
 
drummermedic said:
I'm curious, what's the pre-second look as opposed to a second look? I remember staff talking about a second look day, is there a difference?
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Pre-second look day is just a visit day for those of us who were accepted earlier in the cycle. I think it's so we don't hold onto acceptances/decide UACOM is the school for us sooner than all the way in April (2nd Look Day). There were only 3 dates, and each date only 5 students could attend.
 
TheLionheart said:
Pure speculation, but I have two theories:

1) The Banner merger. All UA health employees in the last couple weeks have been attending "employee orientations" and other such things during their work day, so I'm sure that's thrown a kink into the already difficult task of scheduling meeting times that work for the clinical and research faculty, administrators, students, etc. that make up the committee..
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Only applies to UAHN staff transitioning to Banner employment, not members of the practice plan (physicians) or UA employees (COM faculty, etc.)
 
hope2b62a said:
Only applies to UAHN staff transitioning to Banner employment, not members of the practice plan (physicians) or UA employees (COM faculty, etc.)
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Hm, I stand corrected. Although I could have sworn some physicians I was with were discussing the orientations.
 
TheLionheart said:
Hm, I stand corrected. Although I could have sworn some physicians I was with were discussing the orientations.
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It's so hard to know. Some people are dual-employed, some are contractors, etc, etc. I wonder how some of the departments even keep it straight after all of the changes the last five years.
 
Ironman2k10 said:
I attended the pre-second look event today and would like to share my experience. There were four accepted students including myself who attended. We started our day with a 90-minute lecture on non-pharm treatments for musculoskeletal pain, (the first years are in MS block). Three guest lecturers addressed the class on their specialized therapies, Physical Therapy, Psychiatry, and a family medicine doc who does acupuncture as well. This was a mandatory lecture so the classroom was packed. Some students had to sit on the floor.


We then attended a 45-minute session with one of the societies mentors. She gave us a more in depth overview of the four years of medical school and helped us out with time lines and showed us the MEDCATS website that each student will have. All the calendars, class lectures, and anything else deemed important is at your disposal via this site.


We then attended a “real” medical school anatomy lecture where every muscle, nerve, and vessel in the hand was covered in 45-minutes. I guess that is the pace. After lecture admissions treated us to lunch and we ate with a few medical students and further picked their brains. We followed a few of these students to their societies session, which is a four-hour, once a week doctoring course. I observed 6 students with their societies mentor take the history and physical on an “actor” patient with back pain, knee pain, and hand pain. I actually only sat in on the first hour and watched the students work through the history/physical and diagnosis a herniated disc.


These students did an excellent job and I am excited to know that only after 5 months of medical school, as a student, you are developing these skills. Over all I had a good day. I am just reminded the days and long and the pace is faaaaaast.
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Did they happen to tell you how many people they have accepted so far?
 
f4reignbeauty said:
Accepted ️
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Congrats!!! Do you know if you'll you be attending UA-TUCSON? I'm just trying to get an idea about how many people who have been accepted will actually be attending UA-TUCSON and how many will be declining their offers to go elsewhere. 🙂
 
For the time being, I have accepted the offer. 🙂 guess we will see what happens!

Btw, every accepted student is not on this forum, so it will be difficult to come up with an estimate regarding the number of seats available. Thank you for the congratulations though! I am super grateful to have been accepted to UA-Tucson ️ had a great experience there.
 
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Did anyone else just get this email:
"
Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your continued interest in UACOM-Tucson. The Admissions Office would like to provide an update regarding the status of your application and our interview selection process. Your application has undergone multiple reviews since you received your initial status update. Your application is considered competitive and we would like to give it a thorough review for a possible interview invite.

The Admissions Office is still conducting interviews for the 2014-2015 application cycle. Our last interview day is scheduled for February 28, 2015. We are currently still offering interview invites. If you are not selected to interview, you may expect to receive a final status during the first week of March following the conclusion of the interview season. If there are any changes to the status of your application, you will be notified via email.

UACOM-Tucson does not accept application updates, letters of intent, or grade updates."
 
reapplicanthelpme2014 said:
Did anyone else just get this email:
"
Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your continued interest in UACOM-Tucson. The Admissions Office would like to provide an update regarding the status of your application and our interview selection process. Your application has undergone multiple reviews since you received your initial status update. Your application is considered competitive and we would like to give it a thorough review for a possible interview invite.

The Admissions Office is still conducting interviews for the 2014-2015 application cycle. Our last interview day is scheduled for February 28, 2015. We are currently still offering interview invites. If you are not selected to interview, you may expect to receive a final status during the first week of March following the conclusion of the interview season. If there are any changes to the status of your application, you will be notified via email.

UACOM-Tucson does not accept application updates, letters of intent, or grade updates."
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Yep, I got the same email. It sounds vaguely positive, but I have no idea if it will actually yield anything. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 2/28 is coming up quick, and getting out to AZ on short notice won't be cheap (from where I am at least) if I were to actually receive an II.
 
JPA178 said:
Yep, I got the same email. It sounds vaguely positive, but I have no idea if it will actually yield anything. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 2/28 is coming up quick, and getting out to AZ on short notice won't be cheap (from where I am at least) if I were to actually receive an II.
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same for me! i have 5 interviews this month so i'm not even sure I can afford it!
 
reapplicanthelpme2014 said:
Did anyone else just get this email:
"
Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your continued interest in UACOM-Tucson. The Admissions Office would like to provide an update regarding the status of your application and our interview selection process. Your application has undergone multiple reviews since you received your initial status update. Your application is considered competitive and we would like to give it a thorough review for a possible interview invite.

The Admissions Office is still conducting interviews for the 2014-2015 application cycle. Our last interview day is scheduled for February 28, 2015. We are currently still offering interview invites. If you are not selected to interview, you may expect to receive a final status during the first week of March following the conclusion of the interview season. If there are any changes to the status of your application, you will be notified via email.

UACOM-Tucson does not accept application updates, letters of intent, or grade updates."
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I got the same email.
 
JPA178 said:
Yep, I got the same email. It sounds vaguely positive, but I have no idea if it will actually yield anything. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 2/28 is coming up quick, and getting out to AZ on short notice won't be cheap (from where I am at least) if I were to actually receive an II.
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+1. It's funny the timing of these emails. I had just got another one 2 minutes before about a second look. I'll take it as a good thing!
 
ConsultantMD said:
+1. It's funny the timing of these emails. I had just got another one 2 minutes before about a second look. I'll take it as a good thing!
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I got the same combo haha... I thought U of A was for sure a rejection tho.. Just playing with my heart
 
reapplicanthelpme2014 said:
Did anyone else just get this email:
"
Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your continued interest in UACOM-Tucson. The Admissions Office would like to provide an update regarding the status of your application and our interview selection process. Your application has undergone multiple reviews since you received your initial status update. Your application is considered competitive and we would like to give it a thorough review for a possible interview invite.

The Admissions Office is still conducting interviews for the 2014-2015 application cycle. Our last interview day is scheduled for February 28, 2015. We are currently still offering interview invites. If you are not selected to interview, you may expect to receive a final status during the first week of March following the conclusion of the interview season. If there are any changes to the status of your application, you will be notified via email.

UACOM-Tucson does not accept application updates, letters of intent, or grade updates."
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Yep I got this one too.
 
I got the hold email on August 22nd, and then today received the "you're still in review" email. I like Arizona, but withdrew from an II at Midwestern COM this morning... U of A you're my only hope, lol
 
I got one of these too sigh! although all of my interviews were in Sep/Oct and I am way out of practice if I did get an interview lol.
 
Got the same email. In fact, I was about to copy+past it here but you (and several others) beat me to it before I could post the "breaking news."

I had palpitations from it. Honestly, I would LOVE the U of A! I'm just curious if this is just a generic response to everyone who is waiting, though, including those who are not competitive at all.
 
@brewdog11 got the same email and wondering the same thing. But i think some people have actually been rejected so maybe this email is not sent to absolutely everyone
 
I also just got this e-mail. I've received several pre-interview hold e-mails from other schools, and none have panned out, so I'll just sit here with the highest of hopes and the lowest of expectations until February 28th.
 
I'm hoping to get a II, myself! It'll be another airplane ticket and hotel on the credit card, but that doesn't matter because I love U of A too much to care! Regardless of the outcome, the hope I just got from that email feels really good...
 
So it looks like everyone else also got the email lol I briefly skimmed through the thread and it doesn't look like there were any pre-interview rejections yet...
 
Just got the email about an hour ago. Here's hoping I'll actually get an II.
 
I also did a quick search and haven't found anyone actually rejected pre-ii. This doesn't mean that no one was rejected but it can suggest that the group of people receiving that email is pretty big.
 
reapplicanthelpme2014 said:
Did anyone else just get this email:
"
Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your continued interest in UACOM-Tucson. The Admissions Office would like to provide an update regarding the status of your application and our interview selection process. Your application has undergone multiple reviews since you received your initial status update. Your application is considered competitive and we would like to give it a thorough review for a possible interview invite.

The Admissions Office is still conducting interviews for the 2014-2015 application cycle. Our last interview day is scheduled for February 28, 2015. We are currently still offering interview invites. If you are not selected to interview, you may expect to receive a final status during the first week of March following the conclusion of the interview season. If there are any changes to the status of your application, you will be notified via email.

UACOM-Tucson does not accept application updates, letters of intent, or grade updates."
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+1.

Does anyone know how many applicants they interview per day. They only have two days left per their website: 2/7 and 2/28.
 
JPA178 said:
Yep, I got the same email. It sounds vaguely positive, but I have no idea if it will actually yield anything. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 2/28 is coming up quick, and getting out to AZ on short notice won't be cheap (from where I am at least) if I were to actually receive an II.
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Are there flights that you can make now and cancel later?
 
Just thinking cost will be high if it's close to the date for flights.
 
NonTradJp said:
Just thinking cost will be high if it's close to the date for flights.
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By the number of people just posting on sdn about this email.. it looks like they probably sent the email out to A LOT of people. Only a small fraction of applicants even use this website, so there are a lot more than what's on here. It would be cool to get an ii, but I think for most of us its doubtful.
 
On another note, I live in AZ and my CEO at the research lab I work at said the U of A medical school recently was sold, but the U of A is still going to manage it. Does anyone know anything about this? I can't find anything on the internet.
 
crossfit4lyfe said:
On another note, I live in AZ and my CEO at the research lab I work at said the U of A medical school recently was sold, but the U of A is still going to manage it. Does anyone know anything about this? I can't find anything on the internet.
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He/she is probably referring to the UAMC purchase/takeover by Banner.
 
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
 
brewdog11 said:
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
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I took one of myself at home wearing a nice shirt - no tie. I'm certainly far from a model and the photo was far from professional. I did crop it to a passport style (I cannot recall what the specific size instructions were but I did that). Hope this 2 cents worth helps.
 
brewdog11 said:
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
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If you have a smartphone you can find free apps that will take pictures from your phone and crop them to a passport size with minimal fuss. Mine was with a buttoned up light blue dress shirt against a beige wall at my parents' house and it went over fine (I hope). I'd venture it is so easy you could probably do it while drinking the aforementioned pitcher of jack and coke, although I'd recommend making them separately to avoid having all that melted ice ruin the drink
 
brewdog11 said:
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
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My boyfriend and I did a photo shoot at his house lol. Just had a nice blouse and hair fixed. I think they are just looking for something semi-professional.
 
brewdog11 said:
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
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I had a friend take a nice photo of me in my suit and tie and she blurred the background to make it look more professional. It only cost some babysitting for her. You might have some luck looking up some physicians on their practice website to get an idea of a nice professional-looking photo.
 
brewdog11 said:
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
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I just got a mirror selfie off of my old myspace page... You know one that shows me flexin and submitted that
 
brewdog11 said:
For those who got interview invites, what pics did y'all submit before scheduling the interview? I know not to submit an image of myself smashed at a college bar with a pitcher of Jack+Coke, but I don't have a professional headshot or anything like that to use. Did any successful applicants simply find a "nice" picture to submit and have it accepted just fine?
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I went to Costco and had passport shots taken in a nice blouse. It was like five bucks 🙂
 
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