2014-2015 University of Colorado Application Thread

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FutureFACS said:
I will, I am anxious to hear as I love CU!
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I just emailed them and told them I submitted an abridged version of my essay just in case the 2500 characters is the true limit. I asked them to reset the prompt if it's actually supposed to be 2000 words as I also had a longer written essay.
 
ScrubsLover9319 said:
I just emailed them and told them I submitted an abridged version of my essay just in case the 2500 characters is the true limit. I asked them to reset the prompt if it's actually supposed to be 2000 words as I also had a longer written essay.
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That's smart, I am sure they will be accommodating if it really is a mistake with the system!
 
Hi All!
Question: how are your transitions from Part A to Part B? My "story/element of diversity" doesn't lend itself to smooth transitions into "I'm interested in this program, and so-and-so's research on such-and-such and you guys are looking for xyz and I have zyx so we were obviously made to be together." Do any of you have similar feelings? If so, how are you dealing with it?
 
wolverine2015grad said:
Hi All!
Question: how are your transitions from Part A to Part B? My "story/element of diversity" doesn't lend itself to smooth transitions into "I'm interested in this program, and so-and-so's research on such-and-such and you guys are looking for xyz and I have zyx so we were obviously made to be together." Do any of you have similar feelings? If so, how are you dealing with it?
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Yeah, my transition is rough... I don't really know how to go about it smoothly lol
 
wolverine2015grad said:
Hi All!
Question: how are your transitions from Part A to Part B? My "story/element of diversity" doesn't lend itself to smooth transitions into "I'm interested in this program, and so-and-so's research on such-and-such and you guys are looking for xyz and I have zyx so we were obviously made to be together." Do any of you have similar feelings? If so, how are you dealing with it?
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I transitioned with something along the lines of "Practicing as a physician in X community I know that I will meet patients with similar backgrounds as mine and CU School of Medicine can help me achieve that goal by ABC." Then I briefly explained ABC.
 
wolverine2015grad said:
Hi All!
Question: how are your transitions from Part A to Part B? My "story/element of diversity" doesn't lend itself to smooth transitions into "I'm interested in this program, and so-and-so's research on such-and-such and you guys are looking for xyz and I have zyx so we were obviously made to be together." Do any of you have similar feelings? If so, how are you dealing with it?
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I incorporated it throughout i.e. I talked about how different aspects of my diversity/uniqueness/interests align with their mission.
 
Does anyone know if its possible to get classified as IS for tuition purposes after the 1st year at CU? I've been on their website and it's not clear to me if you can change, but I know I can't be the only OOSer freaking at $82k COA.
 
I can put my 1400 worder (not going to be that long in the end) in the essay text box. Is it cutting you all off at 2500 characters before of after you submit? Maybe they have fixed the problem by now and are indeed allowing for 2000 words. Which is cray. Not trying to write a behemoth secondary to later find out there was an application error.
 
Also, website says earliest filing date for 2ndary is 8/1 so no rush amigos. Unless, thats just a trap for the lazy folk...
 
Senor Pez said:
I can put my 1400 worder (not going to be that long in the end) in the essay text box. Is it cutting you all off at 2500 characters before of after you submit? Maybe they have fixed the problem by now and are indeed allowing for 2000 words. Which is cray. Not trying to write a behemoth secondary to later find out there was an application error.
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When you click the campus selection button after the essay it alerts you that you are over. It's not like others where you can't paste the whole thing
 
it says that CU's secondaries goes out to 'selected' applicants. Do we know how they select them, or what the percentage of applicants get secondaries? (100?)
 
snowman.33 said:
it says that CU's secondaries goes out to 'selected' applicants. Do we know how they select them, or what the percentage of applicants get secondaries? (100?)
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I'm OOS and my cGPA is 3.6-3.65, MCAT is a 27 and I got one...so....um....interpret that as you will. :laugh:

EDIT: I called and they do pre-screen for secondaries. So that put me in a cheery mood. 🙂
 
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coloradocreed said:
I just got off the phone with admissions. They are having "technical difficulties." He said that the essay is indeed 2000 words. Good luck everyone.
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I just received an email back from them saying the limit is 2000 characters. Clearly lots of confusion. Has anyone else heard anything?
 
Jeez, this is a complete cluster (insert famous four letter word). I was told the issue would be resolved this afternoon on the website. I guess by then we will all know.
 
I got an email from them saying that IT is looking into resetting the system, which is helpful for those who may have already submitted a condensed version!
 
coloradocreed said:
I just got off the phone with admissions. They are having "technical difficulties." He said that the essay is indeed 2000 words. Good luck everyone.
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I called as well before seeing this post and they confirmed 2000 WORDS. He also said they were having "technical difficulties." Glad we figured this out!
 
Oh no! I already submitted and limited it to 2500 characters. Do you think they will know this happened? Should I call? I wonder for all the non-sdn people out there - they would have not known.
 
akhart said:
Oh no! I already submitted and limited it to 2500 characters. Do you think they will know this happened? Should I call? I wonder for all the non-sdn people out there - they would have not known.
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When I emailed them I told them I had submitted a condensed version of my essay as I wanted to be on top of things. I also asked if they could reset the prompt so I could submit a longer essay with more substance. Vidal Dickerson emailed me back and said he would give me the green light when IT had the problem fixed.
 
Why are people submitting their secondary essays? I thought the earliest filing date was the first of august?
 
It's outdated. If they send you the secondary it's because you can submit it. Although if you want to submit a longer essay than what is allowed you need to wait until the word count is fixed. But the two are unrelated.
 
slopes23 said:
It's outdated. If they send you the secondary it's because you can submit it. Although if you want to submit a longer essay than what is allowed you need to wait until the word count is fixed. But the two are unrelated.
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Good to know
 
Are you guys writing about one experience or like, your whole life? 2000 words is a lot! Ah!
 
It works now! I'm able to enter 2000 words.
 
This is so lame. I had my truncated 2500 character essay in within a couple hours of receiving it. Now I feel like I'm at a disadvantage for being on top of it.
 
Hidahl said:
This is so lame. I had my truncated 2500 character essay in within a couple hours of receiving it. Now I feel like I'm at a disadvantage for being on top of it.
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If it helps 2000 words is definitely overkill.
 
Hidahl said:
This is so lame. I had my truncated 2500 character essay in within a couple hours of receiving it. Now I feel like I'm at a disadvantage for being on top of it.
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Hopefully Vidal will reset the prompt so you can expand at least a little bit! I submitted mine too at the 2500 limit 😕
 
Hey guys, while I see a lot of talk about essay length (or lack thereof), I would like to put out a reminder that the 2000 word limit is, in fact, a LIMIT, not a minimum. There is something to be said about a person's ability to be concise, yet the school, by giving you such a generous limit, is allowing you to fully express yourself. Don't feel bad about not reaching that limit. All that matters is that you've given the admissions committee an accurate glimpse at you, "the person", to go along with you, "the MCAT score and GPA". Rambling just to reach 2000 words is never recommended. Just a friendly reminder 🙂

Good luck to you all! Hope to meet some of you some day!
 
Submitted. I struggled a bit with this essay... There are many reasons why I really like University of Colorado, but I only put a few of them in order for it to tie in with my diversity section and function as a cohesive essay. Hopefully that's okay!
 
I did not explicitly state my fit, but rather I used my experiences to highlight things that they state in their mission statement and institutional objectives. I only mentioned fit explicitly once.

Anyone try submitting with a fee waiver? My fee waiver doesn't show up.
 
IL Pre Med said:
Question about this school:

I'm considering applying here but to my knowledge they interview VERY few OOS people that are not located in adjacent states. Most people that go here are CO residents and residents of neighboring states that don't have an instate medical school. Do OOSers from the midwest have a chance here or is my secondary fee just a donation? If it helps I have family in Colorado and have been visiting there all my life, just have never been a resident. Not sure if that would give me "ties to the state."
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Anyone have more insight into this? How inflated are Colorado's OOS stats due to residents of surrounding western states?
 
The stat you want to pay attention to is
Have you lived in Colorado prior to medical school
111 Yes
28 No

The where are you from question means where were you born, where do you hail, not what state are you currently a resident of. Case in point, I am not from Colorado, but I am currently a Colorado resident.
 
IS applicant! One of my top choices, best of luck to everyone!
 
For the people that just submitted - did they fix the text box so that essays could be 2000 words? I submitted with 2500 characters and might try to get them to reset it for me. If everybody writes long essays and mine is only 350 words it might look bad.
 
akhart said:
For the people that just submitted - did they fix the text box so that essays could be 2000 words? I submitted with 2500 characters and might try to get them to reset it for me. If everybody writes long essays and mine is only 350 words it might look bad.
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I would contact them, no harm in asking. Also, if you cant change it I am sure they will notice that you completed it before the 2500 character limit was fixed- and thus not hold it against you.
 
FutureFACS said:
I would contact them, no harm in asking. Also, if you cant change it I am sure they will notice that you completed it before the 2500 character limit was fixed- and thus not hold it against you.
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I talked to Vidal and he seemed unaware of the issue and said that others had all submitted 2000 word essays. He was not sure if he could reset mine. Downside to submitting so quickly! Hope my condensed version will be enough
 
akhart said:
I talked to Vidal and he seemed unaware of the issue and said that others had all submitted 2000 word essays. He was not sure if he could reset mine. Downside to submitting so quickly! Hope my condensed version will be enough
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Let me know if that situation changes! I'm in the same boat.
 
Did anyone not get a payment confirmation email? I got taken to the receipt page at the end, but never got an email.
 
So the limit is definitely 2,000 words?
Are yalls actually that long?
 
peytcram said:
So the limit is definitely 2,000 words?
Are yalls actually that long?
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Yes, that is the limit. Mine was about 1,400 words. I felt like I had thoroughly answered the question, and I think they'll have enough reading to do; I didn't feel the need to ramble for 600 more words.
 
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