2014-2015 University of Arizona - Phoenix Application Thread

[Screekins]

Dr. Cunningham,

I filled out my secondary and listed Cell Physiology as my physiology course, but I was notified that it didn't satisfy the physiology requirement. The course did focus solely on mammalian cells, though admittedly the course description simply says "eukaryotic". Figuring the course would count, I didn't fill out the section in the secondary for a course substitution request. My university actually doesn't offer an undergraduate human physiology course, as our biology department is heavily slanted toward microbiology. There is a mammalian physiology course, but it isn't offered every semester.

Is it still possible to make a course substitution request? Failing that, can I move my application forward by offering my intention to take a physiology class this spring (knowing that if the course isn't offered I will not be eligible for admission)?

I can contact you by email if that is a more appropriate place to have this discussion. Thank you for your time.

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[Phx Med Admissions]

Dr. Cunningham,

I filled out my secondary and listed Cell Physiology as my physiology course, but I was notified that it didn't satisfy the physiology requirement. The course did focus solely on mammalian cells, though admittedly the course description simply says "eukaryotic". Figuring the course would count, I didn't fill out the section in the secondary for a course substitution request. My university actually doesn't offer an undergraduate human physiology course, as our biology department is heavily slanted toward microbiology. There is a mammalian physiology course, but it isn't offered every semester.

Is it still possible to make a course substitution request? Failing that, can I move my application forward by offering my intention to take a physiology class this spring (knowing that if the course isn't offered I will not be eligible for admission)?

I can contact you by email if that is a more appropriate place to have this discussion. Thank you for your time.

Email Wendy Biresch at [email protected] - she's one if our course reviewers and would be happy to explain the process when a course remains outstanding during the application season.



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[Bbroush]

Finally submitted my secondary! Very excited about Phoenix! I couldn't find a pic with a solid background for the life of me. Hope that's not too big of a deal.

 

[exmoderpina]

Interview Invitation Gods of UofA, please accept this offering of a wildcat all cozy on top of a Saguaro.

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[BamaNicole]

Interview Invitation Gods of UofA, please accept this offering of a wildcat all cozy on top of a Saguaro.

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I like your style. haha

 

[exmoderpina]

I like your style. haha

Thank you Are you a MS1 at UAPhx?

 

[BamaNicole]

Thank you Are you an MS1 at UAPhx?

Yes I am

 

[LuckyDoc91]

Yes I am

How do you like it?! This school is at the top of my lists for its curriculum structure, campus, and more. I'm in a state where it has snowed 10 inches in May, definitely would be ready for a change of climate too

 

[BamaNicole]

How do you like it?! This school is at the top of my lists for its curriculum structure, campus, and more. I'm in a state where it has snowed 10 inches in May, definitely would be ready for a change of climate too

With total honesty I can say that applying to and coming here was the best decisions I've ever made.

 

[LuckyDoc91]

With total honesty I can say that applying to and coming here was the best decisions I've ever made.

That's all I needed to know

 

[moonwake]

This is more of a question for financial aid but does anyone know if OOS tuition is locked in when you matriculate or can you reapply for in-state tuition?

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

This is more of a question for financial aid but does anyone know if OOS tuition is locked in when you matriculate or can you reapply for in-state tuition?

Residency classification for tuition purposes is a process outside of the medical school - visit www.arizona.edu and search for the Registrar's Office to review the petition process.


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[moonwake]

thank you!

 

[exmoderpina]

@UA Phoenix Med, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!

I noticed that there is a spiffy new cancer center being built across the street, can you please tell us about any oncology residency/clerkship opportunities that may be there in the future for med students?

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

@UA Phoenix Med, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!

I noticed that there is a spiffy new cancer center being built across the street, can you please tell us about any oncology residency/clerkship opportunities that may be there in the future for med students?

What you see is the Arizona Cancer Center with Dignity Health, an outpatient cancer facility on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. Medical education opportunities include elective (fourth year courses in medical school), scholarly project mentors (our 4-year research program) and post-residency fellowships.

Here's medical education lingo for everyone:

Everything in medical school is considered undergraduate medical education:

First- and second years include blocks and courses, completed with Step 1 national boards.

Entire third year includes Clerkships.

Fourth year starts with Step 2 (part 1 - clinical knowledge) national boards and includes sub-internships and electives. Step 2, part 2 - Clinical Skills occurs before December.

After graduation, you enter graduate medical education. It starts with Residency for 3-7 years depending on your specialty, and additional training beyond required residency is called Fellowship. Step 3 falls anytime after first-year of residency, aka internship year.

Med Ed loves acronyms and our own special language! Part of the transition into medical school is learning a new vernacular!




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[elfman5150]

@UA Phoenix Med Dr. Cunningham, I would very much like to attend University of Arizona, and only recently found that you require physiology. I have taken Anatomy and Physiology I with the lab, where we covered both anatomy and physiology; however, I did not take part II as of now. Would I still be considered eligible for acceptance, or do I need to have both classes? I certainly fulfilled your humanities requirement, as I earned my B.A. degree in philosophy back in 2012.

Thank you, and I hope to see you and everyone else at U of A!

Chris

 

[Taco Time]

@UA Phoenix Med Dr. Cunningham, I would very much like to attend University of Arizona, and only recently found that you require physiology. I have taken Anatomy and Physiology I with the lab, where we covered both anatomy and physiology; however, I did not take part II as of now. Would I still be considered eligible for acceptance, or do I need to have both classes? I certainly fulfilled your humanities requirement, as I earned my B.A. degree in philosophy back in 2012.

Thank you, and I hope to see you and everyone else at U of A!

Chris

Anatomy & Physiology I will suffice the physiology requirement. If I recall correctly, I looked up this question on last year's thread and Dr. Cunningham said it was fine along with some other courses like histology and exercise physiology. Best of luck this application cycle elfman5150

 

[RT14]

Hi Dr. Cunningham,

UA Phoenix - College of Medicine, is one of my top choices for my med school application. However, I completed my Bachelor's outside the U.S and a Ph.D in the U.S. I just received a mail from the Office of Admissions saying that they cannot consider my application further as I satisfy only 47 credits out of the 60 credit requirement (which is from my Ph.D). I am currently enrolled in a 15 credit Graduate Certificate program at ASU that will end in May 2015. With the completion of this course, I will have more than 60 credit hours from a accredited institution in the U.S. Could you please help?

Thanks
Ramya

 

[FutureFACS]

Does anyone else's status say 'not scheduled' in regards to interview? Fingers crossed this may be good news! Probably just how the system works, but here's to positive thinking!

 

[hoihaie]

Does anyone else's status say 'not scheduled' in regards to interview? Fingers crossed this may be good news! Probably just how the system works, but here's to positive thinking!

sorry to burst your bubble of positive thinking, but it's like that for everyone

 

[FutureFACS]

Ah shoot! lol

 

[hope2b62a]

Interview invites started going out in the first week of August last year.

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

We will offer interviews later this year - projected after Aug 18. No specific date and invites are sent daily.

To ensure successful email delivery, be sure to adjust your spam filter to accept messages from our application management system and from our department email address.

[email protected]

The other email address is the same as you received for the supplemental application.


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[moonwake]

We will offer interviews later this year - projected after Aug 18. No specific date and invites are sent daily.

To ensure successful email delivery, be sure to adjust your spam filter to accept messages from our application management system and from our department email address.

[email protected]

The other email address is the same as you received for the supplemental application.


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Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

Hi Dr. Cunningham,

UA Phoenix - College of Medicine, is one of my top choices for my med school application. However, I completed my Bachelor's outside the U.S and a Ph.D in the U.S. I just received a mail from the Office of Admissions saying that they cannot consider my application further as I satisfy only 47 credits out of the 60 credit requirement (which is from my Ph.D). I am currently enrolled in a 15 credit Graduate Certificate program at ASU that will end in May 2015. With the completion of this course, I will have more than 60 credit hours from a accredited institution in the U.S. Could you please help?

Thanks
Ramya

We review based on the Information provided in your verified AMCAS application, which may not include current enrollment and certainly not future enrollment.

Everyone: When contacted by the office with a preliminary review or at any time, consider this a dialogue with our staff wherein you can provide additional information and remember, you are interacting with a professional staff member of our medical school. Remain professional at all times - you are corresponding with the gate keepers of the application process and each has a voice in the process.


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[LAtoDavis]

I'd just like to say thanks for creating the Rural Health Professions Program; that's really smart. Now, if you can just add an early decision program... haha.

 

[Bbroush]

We will offer interviews later this year - projected after Aug 18. No specific date and invites are sent daily.

To ensure successful email delivery, be sure to adjust your spam filter to accept messages from our application management system and from our department email address.

[email protected]

The other email address is the same as you received for the supplemental application.


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Dr. Cunningham,
Thanks for taking the time to let us know! We all really appreciate it and that will help us all not go crazy.

Here's to hoping to visit Phoenix for an interview!

 

[huskydock]

Hi all! I'm a MS-1 at UA-Phoenix and I'd be more than happy to help and answer any questions about the school (as much as possible, since we're only a little more than a month in). I was literally in your shoes a couple months ago and can totally understand how stressful this process is. Good luck everyone! =)

 

[LuckyDoc91]

Hi all! I'm a MS-1 at UA-Phoenix and I'd be more than happy to help and answer any questions about the school (as much as possible, since we're only a little more than a month in). I was literally in your shoes a couple months ago and can totally understand how stressful this process is. Good luck everyone! =)

Thanks huskydock. Maybe you don't as good of an idea as an MS-2, but I was wondering what your thoughts are on study/life balance? Do you feel stressed? Do you feel like the studying is a lot more focused than undergrad? Thank you!

 

[exmoderpina]

I am wondering what your weekly schedule is like so far... is class 5 days a week? Is there a mix of online and in-person classes? Are there any hardcopy books or is it all electronic?

 

[lastdrop]

Another MS-1 here - Husky may have some different opinions so I'll answer these questions from my perspective.

What do you think of the research project?
How much time do you have to put into it?
Between that and classes do you have time for any other extracurricular programs such as outreach or clubs?

When I was interviewing last year, the MS2s said that the scholarly project was fairly stressful. However, it is clear the school has identified this and is addressing the issue. Dr. Mcechron, the scholarly project director, is pretty amazing. He helps every step of the way.

So far, we have not put much time into it. I have met with my potential SP mentor several times already and discussed areas of research that I may be able to do a project in. Our first deadline for the SP is in December, and we only need to have a research question at that time.

The project can be fairly labor intensive, or it can be something as simple as a retrospective analysis. Obviously the former would require a significant amount of time. It is a decision that each student has to make for themselves as far as what they want to get out of it.

There is definitely time for other extracurricular activities. A group of the MS1s play soccer weekly; others play basketball at the YMCA. The clubs are just getting started up for the year so I can't really speak to that, but I can say that as long as you're productive with your study time, there is plenty of time for extracurriculars.

 

[LAtoDavis]

Hi all! I'm a MS-1 at UA-Phoenix and I'd be more than happy to help and answer any questions about the school (as much as possible, since we're only a little more than a month in). I was literally in your shoes a couple months ago and can totally understand how stressful this process is. Good luck everyone! =)

Thanks for the offer. I'm curious if you've heard about the Rural Health Professions Program, and if so, whether there are many students that are interested in it? I'm from a rural area and want to practice rurally (hopefully in Arizona).

 

[lastdrop]

Thanks huskydock. Maybe you don't as good of an idea as an MS-2, but I was wondering what your thoughts are on study/life balance? Do you feel stressed? Do you feel like the studying is a lot more focused than undergrad? Thank you!

This was a big area of concern for me. I'm married and I did not want to have to choose between studying and spending time with my significant other. However, so far it has been completely doable. I am able to go to the gym 5-6 days a week in the mornings, come home, outline previous lectures, watch the current days lectures, keep up with emails, and work on other little things we have to do. Every night I stop studying between 9:00 and 10:00pm and spend an hour with my s.o.

As far as stress, I don't think it is too bad for me. The key for me is staying caught up. If I fall behind a day or two on lectures it is stressful. Aside from that, there is always the usual stress of being very busy, but I've always enjoyed that is a somewhat masochistic way. It is motivating for me.

I'm not completely sure what you mean by 'more focused', but the pace is definitely unparalleled to undergraduate education. I'm sure you've heard this before, but the information itself isn't that difficult; it is the enormous amount of information presented to you in such a short period of time that makes it difficult.

I am wondering what your weekly schedule is like so far... is class 5 days a week? Is there a mix of online and in-person classes? Are there any hardcopy books or is it all electronic?

Right now we are in our Molecular Basis of Life and Disease block. On top of that, we have Doctoring and Cased Based Instruction (CBI) each week. Just to give you an idea of the time requirements for each, I'll tell you the general outline of the schedule this week:
Monday: 1 "Independent Learning Module"(ILM)(prerecorded lecture that you're supposed to watch in the AM), CBI 9:00-10:50AM, lecture 11:00-11:50am, 1:00-2:30pm
Tuesday: 4 lectures between 8 - 11:50am, Doctoring from 1:00-5:30pm
Wednesday: 3 lectures between 9:00-11:50am
Thursday: 3 lectures between 9:00-11:50am
Friday: 1 ILM, CBI 9:00-10:50am, Lecture 11:00-11:50am (Patient panel related to what we're learning in class--very cool), Lecture 1:00-2:45pm

Not all of those lectures require attendance. Only Doctoring, CBI, and patient panels are mandatory. I watch the rest of the lectures at home @ 2x speed.

As far as books, I know a lot of students have electronic copies, but it's really whatever you prefer. For the first block, MBLD, you realistically don't need to purchase any. However, most students have bought Costanzo. I only use the book as a reference for the more dense topics to clarify things. Generally, the lecturers are great and make everything very clear.


I don't feel the need to promote UA COM Phoenix because when you come here to interview, you truly will see for yourself. One talk with Dr. Cunningham and Dean Flynn will give you a very genuine sense of what the school is all about and I think very few students leave the interview day not being blown away. At least this is my (enormously) biased opinion.

 

[huskydock]

Thanks huskydock. Maybe you don't as good of an idea as an MS-2, but I was wondering what your thoughts are on study/life balance? Do you feel stressed? Do you feel like the studying is a lot more focused than undergrad? Thank you!

So far, it has been very manageable. This isn't necessarily unique to our school, but medical school overall can get quite overwhelming and there's tons of material thrown at you in a short period of time (i.e. the "drinking out of a firehose" analogy). That being said, U of A Phoenix is a true pass/fail school with no internal ranking. This helps balance the work/life balance more so than a school that may still have grades and/or ranking. We have block exams every two weeks. We've only done our first exam and I put in about 3-4 hours everyday for about a week and a half, taking one day off on the weekend. There are many resources in the school to help manage your stress: learning specialists, counselors, and an army of MS-2s who are seemingly available all the time to tutor and help us MS-1s ease into the curriculum. The surefire way to elevate your stress is to put off listening to lectures because they will pile up FAST if you don't do a little bit everyday. Talk to me in two weeks when we start anatomy though. That will be rough!

The study is more focused in the sense that you will work way harder than you ever did in undergrad. Just to give you an idea, we covered large swatches of coursework in mo bio, cell bio, immunology, and genetics in a matter of two weeks.

I am wondering what your weekly schedule is like so far... is class 5 days a week? Is there a mix of online and in-person classes? Are there any hardcopy books or is it all electronic?

There are 2-4 lectures generally 4-5 days a week. Most are in-person, some are "Independent Learning Modules" (to watch at home). They are all recorded and mostly non-mandatory. We have about half the class who goes to lecture and half the class who does not. Our week is filled up with many other activities like doctoring (an entire afternoon where you get to learn how to be a doctor, yay!), CCE, and miscellaneous group activities. I suggest you look through the school's webpage to get an idea for what all of the curricular components are. It's a busy week! As for books, all come in either hard or electronic copies. It's your preference. However, I wouldn't worry about that anyway because most students don't buy any of the "required" textbooks.

What do you think of the research project?
How much time do you have to put into it?
Between that and classes do you have time for any other extracurricular programs such as outreach or clubs?

I think it's a great opportunity. I'm a research-focused person myself and this is a guided path to do your own project, obtain a mentor (PhD or MD) with shared interests, and present a poster (maybe get a pub). I don't think I can speak to the time commitment just yet as a MS-1, but I echo what lastdrop says. In sum, the mileage may vary based on what kind of project you choose to take on (basic science vs. clinical).

To answer your last point, I find that I have plenty of time to work out at least 3-4x a week, attend many talks for the free lunch, hang out with friends, and watch Netflix.

Thanks for the offer. I'm curious if you've heard about the Rural Health Professions Program, and if so, whether there are many students that are interested in it? I'm from a rural area and want to practice rurally (hopefully in Arizona).

We've had a few presentations on the RHPP and there is a good number of students interested in the program. You would also have to do your research project regarding a rural health topic. Clinical rotation sites are generally rural, small towns and farming communities throughout Arizona and one in New Mexico I believe. I apologize I don't have any more details, since this is not an interest of mine. However, I hope you get the opportunity to interview here and you can hear much more about it!

 

[joonage]

Wow @lastdrop! I'm blown away just by your post!! Hopefully I can get an interview and see for myself.

 

[huskydock]

Where do most of the students live who go to UA Phx?
How is the commute?
Are these sporting events and gym held near UA Phx or somewhere else?

When I toured UA Phx, the downtown area seems to be business buildings and no residential places and certainly no soccer fields.

Most students live in an apartment complex called Camden, which is just across the street from campus. Others live around the downtown area, clustered around Roosevelt street which is a more "artsy" and "hip" area. The Y and Gold's gym (two of the most popular choices) are less than a mile from campus. We actually have a good group of people who love playing soccer and play every weekend at a nearby park close to downtown. Downtown Phoenix is no metropolitan NYC, Chicago, LA, SF, etc. However, it's developing very fast and it has some great food and drink establishments. They continue to build, build, build. The streets definitely feel emptier than other major cities, but I wouldn't be surprised if that changes in another few years. Also, US Airway Center and Chase Field can be seen down the street from the school area if you are into professional sports.

 

[exmoderpina]

Right now we are in our Molecular Basis of Life and Disease block. On top of that, we have Doctoring and Cased Based Instruction (CBI) each week. Just to give you an idea of the time requirements for each, I'll tell you the general outline of the schedule this week:
Monday: 1 "Independent Learning Module"(ILM)(prerecorded lecture that you're supposed to watch in the AM), CBI 9:00-10:50AM, lecture 11:00-11:50am, 1:00-2:30pm
Tuesday: 4 lectures between 8 - 11:50am, Doctoring from 1:00-5:30pm
Wednesday: 3 lectures between 9:00-11:50am
Thursday: 3 lectures between 9:00-11:50am
Friday: 1 ILM, CBI 9:00-10:50am, Lecture 11:00-11:50am (Patient panel related to what we're learning in class--very cool), Lecture 1:00-2:45pm

Not all of those lectures require attendance. Only Doctoring, CBI, and patient panels are mandatory. I watch the rest of the lectures at home @ 2x speed.

As far as books, I know a lot of students have electronic copies, but it's really whatever you prefer. For the first block, MBLD, you realistically don't need to purchase any. However, most students have bought Costanzo. I only use the book as a reference for the more dense topics to clarify things. Generally, the lecturers are great and make everything very clear.


I don't feel the need to promote UA COM Phoenix because when you come here to interview, you truly will see for yourself. One talk with Dr. Cunningham and Dean Flynn will give you a very genuine sense of what the school is all about and I think very few students leave the interview day not being blown away. At least this is my (enormously) biased opinion.

Thank you for such a detailed response!!!

I am REALLY hoping for an II.

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

Our students are phenomenal ambassadors for our medical school! Thanks to them, you get a better feel of our culture and the "life of a student" without having to be present.


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[LuckyDoc91]

@huskydock @lastdrop @UA Phoenix Med
Thank you all for your input and insight! This definitely helps shape somewhat of an idea what it would be like to attend medical school at UA Phoenix. The descriptions of the area, curriculum, and student life are fantastic!

I would also like to ask either of you about international experiences in medicine. I did some traveling to Syria during the Arab spring and witnessed significant shortage of care during their time of need. This further motivated me to reach out to other areas of the world. Are there any international outreach opportunities possible through UA Phoenix? South America? Africa? Middle East?

 

[AlphaKY1]

As a rural OOS with a strong uptrend (cGPA 3.522) and a 32 MCAT 11/10/11 am I considered competitive?

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

@huskydock @lastdrop @UA Phoenix Med
Thank you all for your input and insight! This definitely helps shape somewhat of an idea what it would be like to attend medical school at UA Phoenix. The descriptions of the area, curriculum, and student life are fantastic!

I would also like to ask either of you about international experiences in medicine. I did some traveling to Syria during the Arab spring and witnessed significant shortage of care during their time of need. This further motivated me to reach out to other areas of the world. Are there any international outreach opportunities possible through UA Phoenix? South America? Africa? Middle East?

It seems you'd be interested in the Global Health Certificate of Distinction, a four-year track (lectures and clinical experiences) that you earn alongside the MD. Think of this as a minor - focused area that is on top of your major.

If this is more than you were looking to do, you still have ample opportunity to participate in international medicine during your four years.

Students have traveled to the DR, India, Africa...


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[Phx Med Admissions]

As a rural OOS with a strong uptrend (cGPA 3.522) and a 32 MCAT 11/10/11 am I considered competitive?

This is very limited information and only information that helps me partially understand 1 of 3 areas we value: academic ability, personal readiness and professional readiness.

I feel comfortable saying your MCAT is strong, but beyond this I cannot answer your question.


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[Bbroush]

As a rural OOS with a strong uptrend (cGPA 3.522) and a 32 MCAT 11/10/11 am I considered competitive?

Not the place for this sort of question. Much more appropriate for the "What are my chances?" thread. Just for future reference.

 

[LuckyDoc91]

It seems you'd be interested in the Global Health Certificate of Distinction, a four-year track (lectures and clinical experiences) that you earn alongside the MD. Think of this as a minor - focused area that is on top of your major.

If this is more than you were looking to do, you still have ample opportunity to participate in international medicine during your four years.

Students have traveled to the DR, India, Africa...


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This is fantastic! Is this something I would apply for once accepted to the MD program? Or shall I call admissions now as I am still in the review process?

 

[lastdrop]

This is fantastic! Is this something I would apply for once accepted to the MD program? Or shall I call admissions now as I am still in the review process?

It is something you apply for during the first few months of MS1. If you're interested in international opportunities, it is a great option. Check out http://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/global-health.

During either second look or orientation, Dr. Beyda, the director of the global health certificate program, told us about an upperclassmen doing a scholarly project on the development of a maternal health education for women in urban areas in an impoverished country where maternal care was lacking. The student was flying out to present the education program to the country's minister of health. If that isn't an awesome scholarly project, I don't know what is.

 

[LuckyDoc91]

It is something you apply for during the first few months of MS1. If you're interested in international opportunities, it is a great option. Check out http://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/global-health.

During either second look or orientation, Dr. Beyda, the director of the global health certificate program, told us about an upperclassmen doing a scholarly project on the development of a maternal health education for women in urban areas in an impoverished country where maternal care was lacking. The student was flying out to present the education program to the country's minister of health. If that isn't an awesome scholarly project, I don't know what is.

Thank you all so much! This is so amazing!! Definitely something I would be interested.

 

[uvrsol]

We will offer interviews later this year - projected after Aug 18. No specific date and invites are sent daily.

To ensure successful email delivery, be sure to adjust your spam filter to accept messages from our application management system and from our department email address.

[email protected]

The other email address is the same as you received for the supplemental application.


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Hi Dr.Cunningham,

Thanks a lot for taking the time answering all our questions! Really appreciate it!
My question: I'm CA resident. I'm complete since 7/17. I know that interview invites will start coming out from august 18th. Would the school first send the invites to IS and then later to OOS applicants? Would I hear a update of my status (hopefully II!) on august 18th? Thanks again!

 

[sike08]

Hi Dr. Cunningham,

I have a question regarding LORs. When I filled out my primary, I had included 5 letters. On the secondary application, it says that 4 of those letters have been received. If the minimum number of letters have been received, will my secondary application be processed or will it be placed on hold until the final 5th letter is received? Thank you again for all of your help on here!

 

[Phx Med Admissions]

Hi Dr.Cunningham,

Thanks a lot for taking the time answering all our questions! Really appreciate it!
My question: I'm CA resident. I'm complete since 7/17. I know that interview invites will start coming out from august 18th. Would the school first send the invites to IS and then later to OOS applicants? Would I hear a update of my status (hopefully II!) on august 18th? Thanks again!

We will offer II to students, regardless of residency status.


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[Phx Med Admissions]

Hi Dr. Cunningham,

I have a question regarding LORs. When I filled out my primary, I had included 5 letters. On the secondary application, it says that 4 of those letters have been received. If the minimum number of letters have been received, will my secondary application be processed or will it be placed on hold until the final 5th letter is received? Thank you again for all of your help on here!

Your application will be reviewed!!


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