2015-2016 Temple University Application Thread
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Accepted!!
Interviewed on 9/30
And for those of you that might be interested, now I have an "Accepted" option on TempleMedOnline
I can't even believe it...
Did you get anything in the mail yet from Temple?
Be surprised. we shouldn't be telling you
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seriously? didn't know it was confidential... jeesh.
they actually make you sign a confidentiality agreement before you start! but it's not bad
It's very common for schools to ask students to sign NDA's (non disclosure agreements) prior to any sort of MMI activity. I'm not familiar with exactly what the clinical skills activities entail, but I would imagine there are a limited number of scenarios/questions/etc that have been prepared for this interview season, and they don't want students who interview later to have information that the earlier interviewees did not.
Every school I interviewed at that did MMIs had a similar agreement that I had to sign last year, so it's not all that surprising.
Not really, I even emailed them saying that its been 3 weeks and I haven't received the letter (I was worried that they had some kind of problem since my preferred address is overseas). They immediately responded that the letter was sent the same day I was told that I was accepted. In addition, they sent me the electronic copy of what is in the packet, which I already had since they send it to you the day after you have been accepted.
Pretty nice administrative team I must say, they answered me in the same day!
But I am not that worried about not receiving it since I have the acceptance letter on a pdf 😀
Anyone have an idea when those of us who interviewed early should hear back?
Hopefully next week. They said something like 4-6 weeks on interview day, right?
They did say about 4-6 weeks. It is now week 6 for some of us, I believe, so hopefully soon!
Just curious, when did you interview?
II! complete 8/7
just piggybacking off of this - do we know how often the committee meets to make decisions after interviewing, and how long until they send notice (email or mail)??
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I believe they meet every friday to discuss, but this year they're sending monthly batches of decisions? (I could be totally wrong, I forget the details) but we were told snail mail at our interview!
Does anyone know that if you put St. Luke's as your #1 choice if they don't select you do you get put into the regular Temple admissions pile?
Or is it a one shot deal?
Or is it a one shot deal?
Pretty sure it's a one-shot deal since you have to be dual admitted at Temple main anyways
II yesterday as well, complete 9/1, signed up for Nov. 17th
Okay just wanted to make sure the 2 committees weren't completely isolated. So you can be accepted to temple main but then possibly rejected from St. Luke's?
This is how I understood it: If you interview at St. Luke's, what will happen is that at the end of each month, the St. Luke's committee will meet with the Temple Main admissions committee. People that St. Luke's recommends to be accepted into their program are "presented" at this meeting, so that St. Luke's and Temple Main can have a discussion on whether or not they both agree. This means that if (for some reason) Temple Main vehemently disagrees about a candidate, that person will not get accepted at either Temple or St. Luke's (since St. Luke's is a regional campus of Temple University School of Medicine). They would likely be put in a waitlist position at St. Luke's or potentially rejected outright.
That being said, I could be wrong and perhaps someone with better insight into the process could share their ideas. To answer your question, I don't think that somebody who interviewed at St. Luke's would end up being accepted at Temple Main because each program has fairly similar post-interview acceptance rates.
Ah, I see thank you for taking the time to clarify. Maybe I will shoot the admissions office a call to just double check
I am tempted to call, 6 weeks for me today. Though realistically I don't know what they'd say besides "soon"
Anyone know if there's a particular day of the week they send out decisions?
If you do call let us know 🙂
They said they were planning to send out decisions in batches so they could have a date in mind
Hellooooo, can you hear me? I'm in Philadelphia dreaming about how we could be (inspired by Adele)
but actually haven't seen any interviews lately :/ come through Temple!
but actually haven't seen any interviews lately :/ come through Temple!
So I interviewed here on 10/27 and got a letter today (but dated 11/2) that I have been placed on the continuing candidates list. Did anyone else get this? I was surprised because of how fast it was, and I was also expecting to hear via email. However, my portal still says my application is under review and no decision has been made.
Also, I found on the Temple website: "Some candidates may be placed on the continuing candidate list after interview. An applicant’s placement on the continuing candidate list is confidential and will not be shared with the applicant." Anyone have any thoughts about why I was informed? Has anyone else been told they have been placed on the continuing candidates list?
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Thanks for clarifying! And for other questions, I am in-state and applied to main campus.
Hmm I was also placed on the CCL list, but I interviewed at St. Luke's. I was under the impression that St. Luke's sends out acceptances and stuff separately from the Main campus (though main campus must approve all decisions St. Luke's makes)
The letter is also dated 11/2. Anyone get accepted to St. Luke's? It seems they sent out the wait list before acceptances.
The letter is also dated 11/2. Anyone get accepted to St. Luke's? It seems they sent out the wait list before acceptances.
Anyone have any good tips for the interview? I'm really anxious cause I'm more into patient care than research and temple seems to be focusing on research more......
is this true?
I did not get that impression at all. Temple has a huge emphasis on clinical training early on. They have a clinical skills course, called Doctoring, throughout all four years. They integrate patient skills earlier than many of the schools I have looked at.
Here's a link: http://www.temple.edu/medicine/doctoring_course.htm
I received the letter today, but I'm out of state, albeit a neighboring one. Surprised no one else on SDN has reported hearing back today
I was also put on the continuing candidate list today 🙁
Definitely hurts, as I truly love everything about Temple. But last year had a good amount of CCL movement so I will hope the same for this year. At least it's not over yet ......
For those wondering, I interviewed early October, main campus.
Definitely hurts, as I truly love everything about Temple. But last year had a good amount of CCL movement so I will hope the same for this year. At least it's not over yet ......
For those wondering, I interviewed early October, main campus.
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I got the impression that they are much more focused on primary care and that they are very student centered
Do you know when they start taking people of the CCL?
From a student who emailed the admissions office last year:
"Thank you for your continued interest in TUSM. Information on the CCL is highly confidential. We do not disclose ranking or the process in which candidates are taken off the list. Please note that, while every year is different; our waitlist typically moves in May. Please inform us of your continued interest during the months of March and April. We do track who from the waitlist has continually expressed interest in Temple. Best of luck!"
Judging from the 2014-2015 thread, it seemed like people started being called off the waitlist in April and beyond. Best of luck to everyone
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I haven't gotten a letter yet either. I feel like most (if not all) people who interviewed in late September/ October are due for some information this upcoming week...
When did you interview? I live pretty far away so I'm guessing I would get something this week
September 30th. I usually get stuff from Philly within a day
