2015-2016 Temple University Application Thread

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Benito25 said:
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... :soexcited:
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Did you get anything in the mail yet from Temple?
 
FOCUSandEARNit said:
seriously? didn't know it was confidential... jeesh.
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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.
 
mattman20 said:
Did you get anything in the mail yet from Temple?
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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! :claps: 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?
 
They did say about 4-6 weeks. It is now week 6 for some of us, I believe, so hopefully soon!
 
Is anyone planning on calling to see when we can expect decisions? Especially since it's been 6 weeks for the 9/29 people
 
mattman20 said:
Is anyone planning on calling to see when we can expect decisions? Especially since it's been 6 weeks for the 9/29 people
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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)??
 
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?
 
catie_jane said:
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?
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Pretty sure it's a one-shot deal since you have to be dual admitted at Temple main anyways
 
pillowpet319 said:
Pretty sure it's a one-shot deal since you have to be dual admitted at Temple main anyways
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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?
 
catie_jane said:
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?
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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.
 
pillowpet319 said:
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.
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Ah, I see thank you for taking the time to clarify. Maybe I will shoot the admissions office a call to just double check
 
mattman20 said:
Is anyone planning on calling to see when we can expect decisions? Especially since it's been 6 weeks for the 9/29 people
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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?
 
hyderali91 said:
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?
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They said they were planning to send out decisions in batches so they could have a date in mind
 
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?
 
MM7 said:
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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Sorry about that man! Are you in state?
 
MM7 said:
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.
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Did you apply to St. Luke's or main campus?
 
MM7 said:
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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What that statement means is that they tell you that you are on the waitlist but they won't tell you what number you are.
 
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.
 
A7X said:
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.
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Did you just receive the letter today? Maybe it will take some time to reach applicants depending if they are in-state or out-of-state. I have not heard back yet. I'm sorry to hear about that; I hope there is a lot of waitlist movement this year!
 
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......
 
Silence in ER said:
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......
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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
 
pillowpet319 said:
Did you just receive the letter today? Maybe it will take some time to reach applicants depending if they are in-state or out-of-state. I have not heard back yet. I'm sorry to hear about that; I hope there is a lot of waitlist movement this year!
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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.
 
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fondofhats said:
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.
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Do you know when they start taking people of the CCL?
 
mattman20 said:
Do you know when they start taking people of the CCL?
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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 :happy:
 
I haven't yet, and I definitely live close enough to Philly to have gotten the letter by now if others did.

Can't decide whether no communication is a good thing or a bad thing at this point.
 
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...:nailbiting:
 
hyderali91 said:
I haven't yet, and I definitely live close enough to Philly to have gotten the letter by now if others did.

Can't decide whether no communication is a good thing or a bad thing at this point.
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When did you interview? I live pretty far away so I'm guessing I would get something this week
 
Could anyone give an estimate of what time interview day actually ends? I know they say 330 but I'm hoping it ends slightly earlier as I was only able to book a 515 flight
 
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