2015-2016 Saint Louis University Application Thread

[tennnnn]

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Hey there guys. For those who have interviewed, how long do the interviews last? I have a 2pm interview lot but I wanted to know how I should schedule my flight back home (I'm OOS). Thank you!

it should last 45 minutes to an hour. i believe it takes 20-25 minutes to drive to the airport. so assuming you want to get to the airport about an hour before your flight, i wouldn't schedule a flight earlier than 4:30pm.

after my interview day was over, i got to the airport around 3:30pm, and there was a looooonnngg line at the security checkpoint for some reason. the line was long when i got there and it kept getting longer. it took awhile to pass that checkpoint and walk to my gate, so you should give yourself ample time, just in case.

 

[flyinglantern22]

it should last 45 minutes to an hour. i believe it takes 20-25 minutes to drive to the airport. so assuming you want to get to the airport about an hour before your flight, i wouldn't schedule a flight earlier than 4:30pm.

after my interview day was over, i got to the airport around 3:30pm, and there was a looooonnngg line at the security checkpoint for some reason. the line was long when i got there and it kept getting longer. it took awhile to pass that checkpoint and walk to my gate, so you should give yourself ample time, just in case.

Thank you so much for the answer!

May I also ask how everyone got around in the city? I'm not staying with a student host so I'm not sure what to do about transportation. I'm staying in the Drury Plaza hotel and I know SLU offers the shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. But I'm not sure what to do about going from the hotel to SLU's campus, or how to go back to the airport. Did you guys use Uber (I've never used Uber before but I guess I'll learn!) or some other service for transportation?

Thank you so much! Sorry if I sound clueless. I don't travel much unfortunately.

 

[SnakeDoc9497]

Thank you so much for the answer!

May I also ask how everyone got around in the city? I'm not staying with a student host so I'm not sure what to do about transportation. I'm staying in the Drury Plaza hotel and I know SLU offers the shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. But I'm not sure what to do about going from the hotel to SLU's campus, or how to go back to the airport. Did you guys use Uber (I've never used Uber before but I guess I'll learn!) or some other service for transportation?

Thank you so much! Sorry if I sound clueless. I don't travel much unfortunately.

Uber is pretty simple if you use the app. I think your first ride is even free using the app.

 

[edward90]

Thank you so much for the answer!

May I also ask how everyone got around in the city? I'm not staying with a student host so I'm not sure what to do about transportation. I'm staying in the Drury Plaza hotel and I know SLU offers the shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. But I'm not sure what to do about going from the hotel to SLU's campus, or how to go back to the airport. Did you guys use Uber (I've never used Uber before but I guess I'll learn!) or some other service for transportation?

Thank you so much! Sorry if I sound clueless. I don't travel much unfortunately.

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[hydroxyurea]

Thank you so much for the answer!

May I also ask how everyone got around in the city? I'm not staying with a student host so I'm not sure what to do about transportation. I'm staying in the Drury Plaza hotel and I know SLU offers the shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. But I'm not sure what to do about going from the hotel to SLU's campus, or how to go back to the airport. Did you guys use Uber (I've never used Uber before but I guess I'll learn!) or some other service for transportation?

Thank you so much! Sorry if I sound clueless. I don't travel much unfortunately.

The Grand street station essentially bisects the distance between the undergrad and med school campus. From the drury plaza hotel you could walk to the 8th and pine metro stop, take the metro west to the grand station, then walk ~5 blocks to the medical school. Just know in your head that if you cross the river you started in the wrong direction haha.

The metro also goes directly to the airport, it is the last stop on the metro line going West. It's so cheap I recommend it as opposed to a half-hour uber ride to the airport.

 

[RxC8H10N4O2]

Interview scheduled for next week from here. Anyone have any idea whether they are still interviewing for acceptances or just for the waitlist? It seems like they are backed up 8-12 weeks at this point so I fear that they won't give notices back from February interviews until 4/30.

 

[DoaneTiger1953]

Accepted!!!

Edit:
Interviewed on 12/7 and am OOS.

 

[Bermie]

Interview scheduled for next week from here. Anyone have any idea whether they are still interviewing for acceptances or just for the waitlist? It seems like they are backed up 8-12 weeks at this point so I fear that they won't give notices back from February interviews until 4/30.

If it is at all like last year, we won't be interviewing for the waitlist. I have an interview here soon as well.


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[mr.mkitty]

Accepted today, interview 12/01/15.

 

[greenTtheremedy]

II today!

congrats! mind sharing your complete date/stats?

 

[randommedstudent8]

congrats! mind sharing your complete date/stats?

I was complete late August and I have a LizzyM of around 72

 

[HashSlingingSlasher]

Declined admission offer today. I hope a spot opens up for one of you! Good luck!!

 

[Panda Panda]

Accepted today as well. First acceptance. 😀 Interviewed 11/23/15. OOS.

 

[rogergoodell]

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[flyinglantern22]

Congratulations to all the acceptances! 😀 I'm so happy for you all!

For those of you who recently interviewed, would you mind sharing who you interviewed with?

Also, thank you for all of you who answered my question about transportation! @edward90, did you stay at the Residence Inn in St. Louis Downtown? I was just looking through hotels again and saw that this hotel offered a shuttle service, and when I called they said that the shuttle would take me to the medical school, so I switched my hotel reservation to this one instead.

 

[SnakeDoc9497]

Rejected pre-II just now 🙁

 

[futuresmalltowndoc]

Rejected pre-II just now 🙁

+1

 

[allanMED15]

Oh boy. Here they come...
I'll be very surprised if I'm not rejected soon.

 

[spartan25]

Accepted today, interview 12/01/16.

You interviewed from the future?!?

 

[Maester_Dave]

waitlisted today 🙁. does anyone know how much movement there is on the waitlist?

 

[DoaneTiger1953]

I imagine there should be a decent amount since Saint Louis is private and some will deny their acceptance if their state school is cheaper

 

[chonc]

What time did interviewees arrive on interview day? I got the memo from SLU about my interviewer and time, but do we have to show up before for an "about us" spiel or anything like that?

 

[dopedamine]

Anyone interview with Dr. Vidal? I literally went through this entire thread and not a single person mentioned her.

 

[aladinforever]

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[aladinforever]

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[edward90]

Congratulations to all the acceptances! 😀 I'm so happy for you all!

For those of you who recently interviewed, would you mind sharing who you interviewed with?

Also, thank you for all of you who answered my question about transportation! @edward90, did you stay at the Residence Inn in St. Louis Downtown? I was just looking through hotels again and saw that this hotel offered a shuttle service, and when I called they said that the shuttle would take me to the medical school, so I switched my hotel reservation to this one instead.

.

 

[spartan25]

Anyone interview with Dr. Vidal? I literally went through this entire thread and not a single person mentioned her.

I did as well. Didn't feel good about the interview, but ended up accepted.

 

[apex14]

I was messaged by a member of the SLU SOM Orientation Committee who will creating an official Facebook Class of 2020 page soon, and was asked to delete the current one. Just wanted to apologize in case those who joined the group noticed they were no longer a part of it!

 

[MedDoctor92]

Accepted!!!

Edit:
Interviewed on 12/7 and am OOS.

Congrats! Who did you interview with?

 

[MedDoctor92]

Anyone interviewed with Dr Railey and got accepted or rejected yet?

 

[ac909009]

Recently interviewed and fell in love with this school! They said it will take at least 6 weeks before we hear anything back because they are just now going over interviewees from mid-December 🙁

 

[dopedamine]

I did as well. Didn't feel good about the interview, but ended up accepted.

Mind if I PM you?

 

[DoaneTiger1953]

Congrats! Who did you interview with?

Thanks! I interviewed with Dr. Graham.

 

[MedDoctor92]

Thanks! I interviewed with Dr. Graham.

thanks for the reply! Congrats!

 

[cardzkp]

II just now. LizzyM 70 complete 8/1.

 

[DexterDental]

Has anyone interviewed in November and still not heard back?

 

[SkiRocker]

Just rejected pre-II today.

 

[qwertysdn]

So from MSAR it says the interviewed about 860~ oos for 133 spots, that seems like a huge number of interviews for relatively few spots.

Anyone know what percentage of oos interviewees are accepted?

 

[SirSriracha]

So from MSAR it says the interviewed about 860~ oos for 133 spots, that seems like a huge number of interviews for relatively few spots.

Anyone know what percentage of oos interviewees are accepted?

idk about an exact number, but a lot of their students are OOS and they probably have a high turnover rate since they're an expensive private school and not that competitive. So, I'd think they give out a lot more acceptances then they have seats. I'm OOS and was accepted, if that helps!

 

[savethebabies]

So from MSAR it says the interviewed about 860~ oos for 133 spots, that seems like a huge number of interviews for relatively few spots.

Anyone know what percentage of oos interviewees are accepted?

According to USNews:


7267 Total applicants
1034 Interviewed
522 Accepted
173 Enrolled

Out of state:

6788 Total applicants
921 Interviewed
423 Accepted
115 Enrolled


To answer your question, the percentage of OOS interviewees that are accepted seems to be (423/921) *100 = 45.9%

 

[yass2this]

Hey guys! Not sure if this has been answered before, but if I wanted to withdraw my acceptance and get my deposit refunded, how would I go about doing that? Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[Okazaki Frag Grenade]

Hey guys! Not sure if this has been answered before, but if I wanted to withdraw my acceptance and get my deposit refunded, how would I go about doing that? Thanks in advance for the help!

Usually it requires withdrawing in writing. So maybe send an email stating your withdrawal, and then I guess you could ask in the email if that is sufficient or if you need to still send a snail mail letter. This is my uninformed opinion 🙂

 

[gyro45]

According to USNews:


7267 Total applicants
1034 Interviewed
522 Accepted
173 Enrolled

Out of state:

6788 Total applicants
921 Interviewed
423 Accepted
115 Enrolled


To answer your question, the percentage of OOS interviewees that are accepted seems to be (423/921) *100 = 45.9%

Would you guys say this is a good rate of acceptance? Compared to other schools?

 

[Henry101]

Complete since mid August but still no word. Does anyone know if SLU is open to update letters? Does SLU send out pre-II rejections, doesn't seem like it from the past few pages

 

[cardzkp]

Withdrawing application. Hope my interview goes to one of you all!

 

[allanMED15]

Complete since mid August but still no word. Does anyone know if SLU is open to update letters? Does SLU send out pre-II rejections, doesn't seem like it from the past few pages

You actually can update right on the portal!

 

[SnakeDoc9497]

Complete since mid August but still no word. Does anyone know if SLU is open to update letters? Does SLU send out pre-II rejections, doesn't seem like it from the past few pages

They definitely do send out pre-II rejections. 🙁

That's what happens when they get 8000+ apps for ~1200 interviews for ~180 seats

 

[DoaneTiger1953]

Does anyone know when SLU sends out financial aid information? I completed FAFSA for them already, but do they send an email regarding any other forms? And if already accepted, what other forms would we need to send in (immunization, etc.)?

Did you use this year's tax information or last? One of my schools is accepting estimates/last year's information, but I haven't heard from Saint Louis yet on what they will accept.

 

[Henry101]

Does anyone think calling SLU for an application update would be a smart move?

 

[xc_stallion92]

Does anyone think calling SLU for an application update would be a smart move?

You can update your status in the portal.