2015-2016 Quinnipiac University (Netter) Application Thread

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There haven't been many posts by current students about the school. I'd love to hear more about their personal experiences with both preclinical and clinical years so far!
 
Extremely bummed to be rejected pre-interview just now. 🙁 Really liked the mission of this school and was hoping to stay IS
 
Sorry to hear about the rejections. Mind sharing when you were complete? I'm expecting one as I've been complete since late July and haven't heard anything
 
cmo217 said:
Sorry to hear about the rejections. Mind sharing when you were complete? I'm expecting one as I've been complete since late July and haven't heard anything
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around early july

*edit: got confused with time*
 
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sevenblizzards said:
Woke up to an II today!!! Lizzy M ~67. complete mid July as well. Also, I sent three different updates--one LOR, why Netter, and a shadowing update. Unsure if these are ever looked at, but I like to think they help. So excited. Second MD interview of the cycle, and reapplicant. Don't give up 🙂
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+1!! Only January dates were open. I hope to see some of you on Jan. 11!
 
fondofhats said:
Has anyone else from early november interviews heard anything yet? (Sorry, this wait is killing me!)

Congrats to those with IIs! I was definitely impressed with the school and the atmosphere and it was a great interview day! One of my favorite interviews!
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I haven't heard back yet.
 
Anyone know if the wave of rejections will continue today? Or is it over
 
HybridEarth said:
How could anyone possibly know that?
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from how things played out in previous cycles? some schools like GW, Rochester, and Hofstra seem to send out pre-II rejections out in waves all at once on certain days, then there's months of silence...and since it seems there weren't any rejections here (to my knowledge) until yesterday thought they might be also doing that. 🙂
 
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grey_wind said:
from how things played out in previous cycles? some schools like GW, Rochester, and Hofstra seem to send out pre-II rejections out in waves all at once on certain days, then there's months of silence...and since it seems there weren't any rejections here (to my knowledge) until yesterday thought they might be also doing that. 🙂
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Looks like last year at least they had a few days of rejections in November so there may be a wave coming. But I'm sure that rejections have occurred here earlier than yesterday since not everyone is on SDN.
 
fondofhats said:
Has anyone else from early november interviews heard anything yet? (Sorry, this wait is killing me!)

Congrats to those with IIs! I was definitely impressed with the school and the atmosphere and it was a great interview day! One of my favorite interviews!
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Any insight on what to expect? I have one coming up and I'm nervous lol.
 
FreckleFart99 said:
Any insight on what to expect? I have one coming up and I'm nervous lol.
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Interview day was very relaxed. Both interviews are conversational. Faculty interview will be to assess your fit for the school, and student interview will be to assess your fit in the student body, from what I could tell. Tasty lunch with current students (so interviewees can get a better feel for the school) + tour of the facility given by a student from any of the health professions schools. There's also a "group interview" aspect to it where some of the adcoms ask you to expand upon your values and some of your extracurriculars to get to know you a little more. It's nice that the interview day is relatively small because you get to mingle with all of your fellow interviewees, and some of the faculty know your application pretty well from the get-go.
 
MatthewDamon said:
Interview day was very relaxed. Both interviews are conversational. Faculty interview will be to assess your fit for the school, and student interview will be to assess your fit in the student body, from what I could tell. Tasty lunch with current students (so interviewees can get a better feel for the school) + tour of the facility given by a student from any of the health professions schools. There's also a "group interview" aspect to it where some of the adcoms ask you to expand upon your values and some of your extracurriculars to get to know you a little more. It's nice that the interview day is relatively small because you get to mingle with all of your fellow interviewees, and some of the faculty know your application pretty well from the get-go.
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Quick note: not everyone receives one faculty and one student interview. Some interviewees will have two faculty interviews, and others will have one faculty and one practicing clinician. (I had the latter.)
 
Rejected post interview 10/30. My interviews went fine (except the med student one, was a total interrogation. Not "conversational" and he was reading from a script. Not cool Netter!!!). Didn't think I was a good fit regardless, and I'm sure they got that vibe. Good luck you future docs still waiting! 🙂
 
I've interviewed early November and haven't heard back 🙁 should I be worried?

Anyone else left from the early November interviews that hasn't heard back yet?
 
pbrocks15 said:
I've interviewed early November and haven't heard back 🙁 should I be worried?

Anyone else left from the early November interviews that hasn't heard back yet?
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If it makes you feel any better, i interviewed mid Aug and didn't hear back til late Oct.
 
HybridEarth said:
Rejected post interview 10/30. My interviews went fine (except the med student one, was a total interrogation. Not "conversational" and he was reading from a script. Not cool Netter!!!). Didn't think I was a good fit regardless, and I'm sure they got that vibe. Good luck you future docs still waiting! 🙂
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Sorry man, what were your stats?
 
pbrocks15 said:
I've interviewed early November and haven't heard back 🙁 should I be worried?

Anyone else left from the early November interviews that hasn't heard back yet?
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Nah I interviewed 11/9 and haven't heard back either. I called a while back to find out a timeline and the admissions lady said we would most likely hear this week (which has already passed) or the coming week...so hopefully soon!
 
maineiac23 said:
Nah I interviewed 11/9 and haven't heard back either. I called a while back to find out a timeline and the admissions lady said we would most likely hear this week (which has already passed) or the coming week...so hopefully soon!
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Oh, okay cool! It seems like decisions come near the end of the week though, so it's gonna be another week of waiting :/
 
I was complete back in mid August, had new MCAT scores sent to them mid September. Haven't heard anything from them at all; no rejection, no interview, no further communication. Is that a bad sign to have not heard anything?
 
The interview day at Netter consists of an introduction by a staff member during which basics of the schools are covered and students introduce themselves. Then, an associate dean gives an introduction to the curriculum, including the capstone, and the MeSH program. Then there is fin aid prez, lunch with some 1st and 2nd year students followed by two interviews with a short break in between. I interviewed with a basic science faculty member and then a community physician (a surgeon). Then there is a tour.

The interviews are conversational and totally non-confrontational, and the staff and faculty seem extremely dedicated to education. Many of the professors appear to be distinguished academics from very prestigious universities who left their faculty positions to dedicate all their time to education and mentorship as faculty at Netter. The clinical education seems to be very diversified across several hospital sites, and the MeSH program is really innovative and awesome.

The facilities at this school are absolutely stunning. It is like a 5-star hotel. The student lounge has a working fountain, and there's a yoga studio with floor-to-ceiling mirrors. I can't even imagine the cost of building this lavish educational institution. It was really amazing. The things of which I am absolutely sure are that (i) there are more learning resources than one could ever hope to use, and (ii) the faculty will help you realize whatever your goal is.
 
DrFizition said:
There haven't been many posts by current students about the school. I'd love to hear more about their personal experiences with both preclinical and clinical years so far!
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Netter MS 1 here. I would be happy to answer any question about the school (at least from an ms1 perspective). Although I know absolutely nothing about the admissions timeline.

My experience so far has been great. The facilities are obviously excellent, everyone who has interviewed can attest to that. I think our anatomy lab/experience in general is one of the better ones in the country. The lab is situated on the third floor with large windows on one side that provide tons of natural light and a pretty damn good view. The ventilation is excellent. We work in teams of 4 per donor and each table is equipped with 2 touch screen monitors to display pp slides or other helpful material. We do anatomy longitudinally as we go through each body system which is great for a couple reasons I think. First, I think it would really suck to just be completely saturated with anatomy - I like the variety of anatomy mixed in with physiology, histology, and cell biology. Second, its nice to learn muscle and bone physiology and at the same time be in the lab looking at bone and muscle, etc.

MeSH is also very cool. We are all paired with one physician in the community (usually peds, IM or FM but a few people are with specialists like cards or critical care). Once a week we spend 4 hours in clinic with them. We see patients - sometimes by ourselves and sometimes with our preceptor - take vitals, physical exam, do some very basic procedures (flu shots for example). The point is to get some basic communication and physical exam skills under our belt in the first two years so that when we hit year three we can really hit the ground running. Its has definitely been serving that purpose for me.

Pass/Fail exams years 1, 2. Not much to say here except that I think its great. Really helps take pressure off those last few nights of cramming and definitely facilitates collaboration and camaraderie. Even with pass fail though they give you the class average and SD so you can gauge how well you know the material. Oh and on that note, for each exam half of the questions are from the NBME question bank, basically old STEP 1 questions. And they provide you with a breakdown of those questions in terms of how you did on each subject and compared to the rest of the class. This really gives you a good idea of how well you are doing on boards-type questions.

One thing I was worried about going to Netter was research opportunities. We are not your typical research institution and we do not have an academic hospital on campus. I am interested in a number of fields that range from pediatrics to subsurgical specialties so I was concerned about my ability to be competitive for the latter. Let me just say that I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of opportunities for research. First of all, Netter provides you with a database full of hundreds of physicians that are either faculty, clinical faculty, or just physicians in the community that have a specific research project in mind that they would like to complete. They call it the mentor database. It's an amazing resource. In addition, the infrastructure of Yale school of medicine is just 10 min from our campus. In just my first new months here I have shadowed 3 physicians in a subsurgical department at Yale and am in the process of getting involved in clinical research within the department. All the faculty at Yale have been totally receptive to me reaching out to them and expressing interest in their field. They seem to really like that fact that I took the initiative to contact them even though I do not go to Yale. The bottom line. You are not limiting your research opportunities by going to Netter.

The last thing I would like to touch on is just the Netter community. I obviously cant speak to other schools, but I can say that from day 1, our class of 91 has been a close knit, inclusive, fun-loving but dedicated bunch. It makes for a fantastic learning environment. And not only that, but what people have been saying about the dedication of the faculty is true. I can walk into the office of any faculty member and be welcomed in to talk about anything from the day's lecture, to career interests, to stress management, etc.

I look forward to learning more about what our clinical years have in store for us. One thing I have heard is that places like Connecticut children's hospital in Hartford who get med students from UCONN, have said that our 3rd year students are the best prepared MS3's they have ever encountered - a testament to our MeSH program no doubt.

That's all I have for now. Hit me up with any questions you might have.. Good luck with the application cycle; it's a miserable process I remember it well.
 
hey, does anyone who's been accepted know if we should send new transcripts to AMCAS or directly to Netter? I'm just finishing up my semester & the acceptance information says they want grades "promptly" after they become available each semester/trimester/quarter
 
loconoko said:
hey, does anyone who's been accepted know if we should send new transcripts to AMCAS or directly to Netter? I'm just finishing up my semester & the acceptance information says they want grades "promptly" after they become available each semester/trimester/quarter
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I didn't think AMCAS would distribute transcripts you send them after you've been verified. I would send them directly to Netter.
 
nwts said:
I didn't think AMCAS would distribute transcripts you send them after you've been verified. I would send them directly to Netter.
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That was my thinking as well but I wanted to be sure.
 
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