2015-2016 Saint Louis University Application Thread

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I've heard different interviewers present on different days. Any truth to this?
 
Alternate list :/... So pretty much the only thing that can change their mind is an interest letter and final semester senior year grades?
 
Ahhhh interviewed early November and still haven't heard back. The wait is killing me....why u gotta do dis SLU
 
Has anyone called and asked when late November decisions will be made? I don't want to be annoying but its been a minute... (I interviewed with Dr. Maxwell)
 
So on SLU medical school's financial aid website, it says to use the FAFSA code for the general university, but when I searched for SLU to add it, there is a separate option for the school of medicine. Anyone know anything about this?
 
Pastamahn said:
So on SLU medical school's financial aid website, it says to use the FAFSA code for the general university, but when I searched for SLU to add it, there is a separate option for the school of medicine. Anyone know anything about this?
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The code they provided to me is
002506!
 
meow+or_never said:
II just now! Pretty shocked. Can anyone give me the hours of interview day? Doesn't seem to say in the email or portal
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When I interviewed there, people had interviews at varying times throughout the day. Mine was 9 am. Most of the interviews were around 9 or 10, some were after lunch/the tour so like 2ish. They should send you an email in a few days with who you will interview with and what time. There wasn't an orientation or anything before the interviews. You literally just show and wait in the conference room.
 
smylee05 said:
does anyone know the average step 1 score for SLU?
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As a student I've heard we are a few points above the national average, but haven't seen numbers for it. In the past few years our scores have been going up as we have adopted a pass-fail curriculum.




This article has a short reference about the curriculum "strategy" of the school somewhere in there... Dr. Slavin is our dean. This might be something worth taking about in your interviews.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/o...or-success-making-our-children-sick.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/o...or-success-making-our-children-sick.html?_r=0

Contrary to a commonly voiced fear that easing pressure will lead to poorer performance, St. Louis medical school students’ scores on the medical boards exams have actually gone up since the stress reduction strategy was put in place.
http:// http://www.nytimes.com/2016...or-success-making-our-children-sick.html?_r=0
 
hydroxyurea said:
As a student I've heard we are a few points above the national average, but haven't seen numbers for it. In the past few years our scores have been going up as we have adopted a pass-fail curriculum.




This article has a short reference about the curriculum "strategy" of the school somewhere in there... Dr. Slavin is our dean. This might be something worth taking about in your interviews.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/o...or-success-making-our-children-sick.html?_r=0

Contrary to a commonly voiced fear that easing pressure will lead to poorer performance, St. Louis medical school students’ scores on the medical boards exams have actually gone up since the stress reduction strategy was put in place.
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Thanks for the reply!

I have a question regarding the curriculum at SLU. On the pamphlet that is provided about the curriculum there seems to be overlap between different blocks. How difficult do you personally find this overlap or is it not really an issue for you?

Also, I'm curious about the clinical rotations as well. Do you happen to know if students get to participate in the H&P, physicals, procedures, etc. early on?
 
Generally during overlapping blocks there is only one substantial class at a time. For example:

In August-September of year 1 we had cell and molecular biology. We also had Epidemiology. Cell and molecular biology was a typical med school block class (everyone varies how much they study, go to class, etc, but I would consider it appropriate) whereas epidemiology you could spend a minimal amount of time and get great grade- epidemiology median score was 94% despite it not requiring much input.

You take applied clinical skills along the path of your first 2 years. You will be palpating the femoral artery, checking blood pressure and generally poking and prodding a pleasant mock patient about a month into medical school, before you've even taken anatomy. You can practice H&P skills and phlebotomy at volunteer clinics we run in the community (Health Resource Center- 100% student managed and funded though of course there is an attending who signs charts and does final evals)- at these events generally year 1 and 2 students do everything except physical exam (though if you are really good you could maybe do it under the supervision of an M4). In year 2 you will see mock patients and have evaluations. When you start doing "actual" clinical rotations in 3rd year you will have had plenty of opportunity to practice (or at least be exposed to) the clinical skills you will be using.

What type of procedures do you want to do? Book a group to go to the simlab and practice airway management. Do a suture lab with the dean on Saturday. Play with the laparoscopic simulator. There are also electives in your 1st and 2nd year (6 weeks at a time- spring and fall, or 12 weeks for both) which might include more in-depth study of any one of those items, ranging from a laparoscopic skills course to managing peripheral artery disease to geriatric med research to teaching kids in the community about sunscreen or the dangers of smoking.

There are more than 70 student run clubs/organizations/chapters on campus, no matter what you want to do, you can find peers.
 
Does anyone know the latest I can expect to be done on interview day? Trying to book a return flight and I see that 11am-1pm is scheduled for non-interview activities. Do they interview all the way through the late afternoon/evening? Which day I book my interview depends on which flights I can book and I can't find out my exact interview time until a book an interview date.
 
Feel kind of silly asking this but does anybody want to give some advice to a South Florida girl on what to wear to an interview in STL in the middle of winter?
 
meow+or_never said:
Feel kind of silly asking this but does anybody want to give some advice to a South Florida girl on what to wear to an interview in STL in the middle of winter?
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I would check the weather a couple of days before. You never know in the Midwest honestly. I would bring a coat just in case. And wear a pant suit if you have one.
 
meow+or_never said:
Feel kind of silly asking this but does anybody want to give some advice to a South Florida girl on what to wear to an interview in STL in the middle of winter?
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You will spend the majority of the day in side. You walk outside for like 1 minute to go between buildings and that is it.
 
Bermie said:
Does anyone know the latest I can expect to be done on interview day? Trying to book a return flight and I see that 11am-1pm is scheduled for non-interview activities. Do they interview all the way through the late afternoon/evening? Which day I book my interview depends on which flights I can book and I can't find out my exact interview time until a book an interview date.
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The majority of people on my day had flights around 4 or 430 and we were all fine. They do schedule some interviews at like 1 130 or 2. But most of them are in the morning.
 
I think it depends on the interview day because I felt like my day had a lot of afternoon interviews. I interviewed at 1 and flew out at 6.
 
Patiently waiting for slu to give me this admission! This school is my top choice! Anyone interviewed in early December and heard back?
 
My interview is at 10 am, but the tour is supposed to start at 10:40, that would mean the interview is quite short right? Or do I just chat with my interviewer until we're done, and then join up with the tour?

Also, does anyone know if we just go directly to our interview, or do we check in with the admissions office first?

thanks 🙂
 
qwertysdn said:
My interview is at 10 am, but the tour is supposed to start at 10:40, that would mean the interview is quite short right? Or do I just chat with my interviewer until we're done, and then join up with the tour?

Also, does anyone know if we just go directly to our interview, or do we check in with the admissions office first?

thanks 🙂
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The interview's pretty short, so you'll be done with time left over by the 10:40 tour.
 
Has anyone interviewed with Dr. Marilyn Maxwell? If so, do you mind sharing how the interview went?
 
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