2015-2016 Temple University Application Thread
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Did your status on the portal change?
No, it still says "Interview Complete"
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anyone know whether temple is cool with in the area letters?
The dean of admissions came to Boston yesterday to try to recruit students. She said IIs were delayed because of the Pope's visit. Their interview cycle will run until April, and she said they have only sent out <50% of their IIs.
To answer the most recent post, she said it would be late to apply now, though she would not discourage anyone from applying. (Deadline for AMCAS is Dec. 15 and deadline for supplement is Jan. 15)
Any lurkers from St. Luke's feel like hosting me next Monday night?
Anyone else interview in late October that has not had a status change? I'm five weeks out from my interview and still have yet to hear anything. The anticipation is killing me.
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Any news for you?me too
I did call and they said up to 2 months, but I am about to exceed that
Yeah I got a CCL letter in the mail monday
When did you interview?
November 1oth.
I interviewed October 28th and haven't heard anything
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Why does it seem like so few people have been accepted here?
Mrs. Zimmerman did say at the interview that they're trying to be more mindful about acceptances this year, since so many people accepted their offers last year and the waitlist wasn't really utilized. She said that when they choose someone to be on the CCL, it isn't a decision made lightly.
Interview day consists of a short info session, two interviews (one closed and one open), the clinical skills session, a school tour, and lunch.
When you check in with the admissions office, you will be given a folder with a ton of good information. The information will include the names of your two interviewers, where to meet them, a personalized schedule, and many other great goodies.
Then, there is a short talk about your day and TUSM, and your day begins. All applicants have a different schedule. For instance, I first had my closed interview first, then my open interview, and finally my skills session. They were all back to back, so I was done with the interview process before our school tour. The school tour was led by five or six current med students and consisted of a look at a few lectures halls, classrooms, the anatomy lab, and discussions about curriculum and med school life. After the tour, we had lunch with the students that led the tour. That was a lot of fun. For me, there was supposed to be a meeting with someone from one of the diversity groups, but they were unavailable at the time so I had a phone call with them the following week.
All in all, it was very informative, and I loved my time there. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Does the day really end around 3:30 pm? Or is it done a little earlier/a little later for some? Wondering about what time I should book my flight home, would a flight a 6:15 give me plenty of time, in your opinion?
there's some URM meeting after 3:30 that those invited can stay for. Some people have late afternoon interviews (3PM) whereas others got done with both earlier in the days. So I can't say when your day will end b/c the significant stuff really only goes on in the morning.
just be careful about traffic in the afternoon b/c it was deadly when I left. My flight was also at 6:15, and I had a late interview (ended early though probably only 25 mins), and I hit traffic, so I think you'll be fine, but I don't want to be the reason you miss your flight! lol
oh wow, I definitely didn't realize how variable the day would be, at least the interview email didn't seem to hint at that. Thanks for your help! I'll probably book the 615 flight and I'll pay a little extra to be able to change my flight until the day of, that way I can switch it to a later one if necessary (the next available one isn't until 10PM though so I'm trying to avoid that)
Thanks for your help!
What is a skills session?
I second the traffic issue, I almost missed my flight too
And at this time of year, you're going to have to start worrying about weather impacting flights too. Though so far the weather's been warmer than usual.
We can't tell you anything about the clinical skills activity since we had to sign a non-disclosure agreement, but it's not something you should worry about. Just another way to get to know your preparation to become a physician. Don't sweat it and be natural.
Still "Under review" ... Does anyone know what percentage of interviews have already been offered or if I should count this as a silent rejection?? Really sad I haven't heard from Temple yet.
Same here. Been complete since early August. IS, LizzyM 68-69.
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I had scheduled a flight around 5pm..definitely poor planning on my part. But I made my flight so you should be fine. You can take an uber to the airport for about 30 dollars.
Week 5 post interview... Blah I was hoping it wouldn't be this long 🙁
hoping to get (good) news this week *fingers crossed*
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Hey! I'm interviewing at temple soon and was wondering if the medical school will let me my luggage at their office or something? I am going from the school to the airport directly. Thanks
Yes! Lots of people did this, myself included.
Great, thank you!
Did they say they were going to stick to the 4-6 week timeframe?
But to answer your question, no, not strictly at least.
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I got my email on a Monday or Tuesday, though the official letter was apparently printed on a Friday
I thought the last one was Nov 16?? & I was told the committee meets on Fridays. So hopefully this Monday!!
Its been nine weeks for me. Hopefully I hear back with the group of you guys before Christmas.
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Yup right around then.
Yeah I called and they checked the status of my application and said a decision hadn't been made yet. So its not like the letter got lost in the mail or anything.
I interviewed Nov. 3rd and haven't heard anything
Any news for anyone today??
