2015-2016 University of Central Florida Application Thread

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skifast25 said:
Did you all get e-mails when your status changed?

Also, does anyone know last year's interview rate off of the EFI list? Just curious!
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Stats:
~4875 applied
~3000 EFI
426 interviewed
120 matriculated

From hellanutella's post in this thread
 
Yewnorkk said:
Stats:
~4875 applied
~3000 EFI
426 interviewed
120 matriculated

From hellanutella's post in this thread
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So around 14% of those eligible are actually interviewed, and if interviewed you have a roughly 28% change of matriculation, which means acceptance off interview is probably higher since some of those most likely declined.

If EFI, then about a 4% chance of matriculation.

I should not have done that math, it made me sad 🙁
 
lol I knew it would be some damning number like that
 
So EFI is like "screening presecondary" except... they want your secondary money so... they create a magic extra step for fun lol
 
OwlPower92 said:
So EFI is like "screening presecondary" except... they want your secondary money so... they create a magic extra step for fun lol
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I believe EFI just means, "Yes, you meet the requirements for matriculation." Correct me if I'm wrong, @REL
 
Easonred57 said:
I believe EFI just means, "Yes, you meet the requirements for matriculation." Correct me if I'm wrong, @REL
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Correct. We got your $$ (that whopping $30 fee) $$ to get to the FC point. EFI is well beyond FC.
 
I'm assuming what happens later in the cycle is that students turn down interviews, so don't be so discouraged that only 400 something students interviewed. Why focus on these numbers when there's nothing you can do about them except prepare for the interview?
Glycereine said:
So around 14% of those eligible are actually interviewed, and if interviewed you have a roughly 28% change of matriculation, which means acceptance off interview is probably higher since some of those most likely declined.

If EFI, then about a 4% chance of matriculation.

I should not have done that math, it made me sad 🙁
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Dr.TonySoprano said:
I'm assuming what happens later in the cycle is that students turn down interviews, so don't be so discouraged that only 400 something students interviewed. Why focus on these numbers when there's nothing you can do about them except prepare for the interview?
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True and I didn't mean it negatively. I'm a math person. I calculate what percentage of my run I am done with and have left while I'm working out. Don't judge 🙂


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I live in the Orlando area and love what the UCF school of Medicine is doing. I have plenty of friends who go there and absolutely love it. Applying IS, hoping for the best. Good luck to everyone!
 
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Glycereine said:
So around 14% of those eligible are actually interviewed, and if interviewed you have a roughly 28% change of matriculation, which means acceptance off interview is probably higher since some of those most likely declined.

If EFI, then about a 4% chance of matriculation.

I should not have done that math, it made me sad 🙁
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Ok guys relax! The math here is SLIGHTLY off and here is why: All 426 people interviewed are placed on the waitlist or accepted right out. which means 306 people were placed on the waitlist. Historically... and noticing from previous threads the waitlist goes about halfway through (more or less, however this is no guarantee). So out of the 306, 153 will be accepted. Which brings the total number of those accepted 273. So basically if you are interviewed you have a 64% chance of getting in. So pray for an interview. Also for those who have EFI: there is about a 9% of chance of acceptance. This is not including those who decline an interview.
 
Lol we all knew that acceptance rates at most schools are like 5-7%. Why is everyone freaking out now that they're further along in the process?
 
Even though its more like 100-25o it still feel like this to me. I wish REL would come on and post "It has begun" when the first II's go out.

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Lol we all knew that acceptance rates at most schools are like 5-7%. Why is everyone freaking out now that they're further along in the process?

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I trust that y'all know that your odds of acceptance at some American medical school are ~40% on average. Much of the myriad applications are the same people applying to 12-15 schools, although they can attend only 1.

Another statistical tease: when schools report their Lizzy M averages, those are usually for accepted applicants, not for matriculants. Ergo, those people with 40 MCAT's get counted in "accepted" totals/averages for 5 or more schools. If you look closely at the "student profiles" they will have MCAT averages up to a point lower than the published average for "accepted applicants" at the same school. As Mark Twain said, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Those of you in Florida have FIVE public medical schools now, and only UCF really sets aside spots (still 25%) for OOS candidates. The latter practice helps UCF boost its overall stat averages due to a much bigger applicant pool.
 
Man, I don't know if I'm alone on this but I had a lot of trouble with getting the format of the essay to show up correctly.

Fingers crossed!
 
reticence said:
Man, I don't know if I'm alone on this but I had a lot of trouble with getting the format of the essay to show up correctly.

Fingers crossed!
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Sometimes the pdf version of the essay does not render properly to you. On occasion applicants will call with such a concern and on every occasion the rendering was correct in the committee end of the equation. If you have such a concern you are welcome to call.
 
REL said:
Sometimes the pdf version of the essay does not render properly to you. On occasion applicants will call with such a concern and on every occasion the rendering was correct in the committee end of the equation. If you have such a concern you are welcome to call.
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Ah, I see. I actually had trouble getting the essay to stay within 2 pages as well. Will I be contacted if it's >2 pages or if there was a formatting issue?
 
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I live in the Orlando area and love what the UCF school of Medicine is doing. I have plenty of friends who go there and absolutely love it. Applying IS, hoping for the best. Good luck to everyone!

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am also partly from Winter Park/Orlando...

UCF COM does seem to have come out of the starting blocks very nicely in its first years (est. 2006). They seem REALLY to like research experience, probably because the lady running it believes that research is a way to put them on the map.

REL is also a uniquely positive ambassador for UCF. He is not the prototypical remote elite, unapproachable Director Of Admissions. Sometimes he gets dusted up a bit here for crowing about UCF versus other Florida medical schools, but you cannot fault him for believing in and advocating for his school. Very solid web site.

Finally, their willingness to accept 25% from OOS surely enhances their accepted and matriculated student profiles (UCF calls "College Class Data").

As I recall, UF fought the establishment of UCF COM (and the other newer one down south). My guess is that over time UCF COM will indubitably rival UF COM, and already clearly bests FSU's and USF's medical schools in terms of competitive entry and program.
 
lodestar said:
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I live in the Orlando area and love what the UCF school of Medicine is doing. I have plenty of friends who go there and absolutely love it. Applying IS, hoping for the best. Good luck to everyone!

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am also partly from Winter Park/Orlando...

UCF COM does seem to have come out of the starting blocks very nicely in its first years (est. 2006). They seem REALLY to like research experience, probably because the lady running it believes that research is a way to put them on the map.

REL is also a uniquely positive ambassador for UCF. He is not the prototypical remote elite, unapproachable Director Of Admissions. Sometimes he gets dusted up a bit here for crowing about UCF versus other Florida medical schools, but you cannot fault him for believing in and advocating for his school. Very solid web site.

Finally, their willingness to accept 25% from OOS surely enhances their accepted and matriculated student profiles (UCF calls "College Class Data").

As I recall, UF fought the establishment of UCF COM (and the other newer one down south). My guess is that over time UCF COM will indubitably rival UF COM, and already clearly bests FSU's and USF's medical schools in terms of competitive entry and program.
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Yea, I completely agree that UCFCOM is on a path to becoming one of the best medical schools in Florida, rivaling Miller at University of Miami. It's funny because I've done research at both schools, and the facilities at UCF are much, much better than Miami's, probably due to being newer. UCFCOM is also located in Lake Nona, a part of town that seems destined for rapid growth. Alongside Sanford Burnham medical institute, UCF has great local research and hospital partners.
 
lodestar said:
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I live in the Orlando area and love what the UCF school of Medicine is doing. I have plenty of friends who go there and absolutely love it. Applying IS, hoping for the best. Good luck to everyone!

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am also partly from Winter Park/Orlando...

UCF COM does seem to have come out of the starting blocks very nicely in its first years (est. 2006). They seem REALLY to like research experience, probably because the lady running it believes that research is a way to put them on the map.

REL is also a uniquely positive ambassador for UCF. He is not the prototypical remote elite, unapproachable Director Of Admissions. Sometimes he gets dusted up a bit here for crowing about UCF versus other Florida medical schools, but you cannot fault him for believing in and advocating for his school. Very solid web site.

Finally, their willingness to accept 25% from OOS surely enhances their accepted and matriculated student profiles (UCF calls "College Class Data").

As I recall, UF fought the establishment of UCF COM (and the other newer one down south). My guess is that over time UCF COM will indubitably rival UF COM, and already clearly bests FSU's and USF's medical schools in terms of competitive entry and program.
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I've always been under the impression that FSU and USF have low average MCAT because they prefer non-trads with significant leadership, not necessarily because they can't attract such competitive applicants?
 
Hey guys got a question. Do I necessarily have to upload a passport size photo when I submit? I don't have the funds right now. People who got EFI, did you submit yours? Thanks.
 
ubermevin said:
Hey guys got a question. Do I necessarily have to upload a passport size photo when I submit? I don't have the funds right now. People who got EFI, did you submit yours? Thanks.
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I had a picture. I don't believe I had mine passport size, just passport style (shirt, tie, white background, phone picture), and I think it gets resized when uploaded. I think you can upload a picture later.
 
ubermevin said:
Hey guys got a question. Do I necessarily have to upload a passport size photo when I submit? I don't have the funds right now. People who got EFI, did you submit yours? Thanks.
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I submitted with just a "professional" looking photo that someone took of me. I am not sure if your application is complete without it though
 
If you not eligible for an interview, will it state this by the photo? My application no longer says it is being reviewed but it also says nothing by the photo...
 
maximus_the_1 said:
If you not eligible for an interview, will it state this by the photo? My application no longer says it is being reviewed but it also says nothing by the photo...
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Via an earlier post from @REL :

"You were probably experiencing one of those 2-4 minute periods when the system is doing a sync. this is set to occur every 4 hours at 8am, noon, 4pm, 8pm, etc. During those few minutes the status will not be visable."

Try checking again now.
 
Easonred57 said:
Via an earlier post from @REL :

"You were probably experiencing one of those 2-4 minute periods when the system is doing a sync. this is set to occur every 4 hours at 8am, noon, 4pm, 8pm, etc. During those few minutes the status will not be visable."

Try checking again now.
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oh wow. I didn't realize that. Thanks for the help!
 
Got EFI this morning while still waiting for my July MCAT score to come out.
 
I have a January Mcat score but took it again to try to do better.
 
I also just got EFI and am waiting for a July score... took it in June 1st
 
goldy490 said:
I've always been under the impression that FSU and USF have low average MCAT because they prefer non-trads with significant leadership, not necessarily because they can't attract such competitive applicants?

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This might well be, but as it relates to the overall perception of medical schools, the degree of competitive entry (see average Lizzy M scores of matriculants) DOES matter and generally dovetails/conflates with how residency programs perceive MS4 applicants. Some residency PD's say that they pay relatively little attention to the medical school of the applicant, but there is an element of PC in that...just as in saying that, "Step 1 scores are just one of many factors that we consider." If you have a 230 Step 1 (just above the 50th percentile), you likely cannot even get an interview for Ortho, Derm, Neuro, Plastics, ENT, etc.

Another aside...I find it interesting that MCAT scores have a fairly small correlation (~30% at most) to Step scores several years later. Spooky brilliant types (by definition, the exception among applicant pools-- medical students and later residents) are likely to smoke both, but Step 1 does measure what you soak up in MS1 and MS2, AND how well you can read/interpret myriad wordy questions over a 7 hour exam. As daunting as the MCAT can seem, Step 1 will become the most important/influential single test of a future doctor's life.

Generally, schools with high average Lizzy M scores of their acceptees will also have higher average Step scores and very solid match lists vis-a-vis competitive residency programs. This is why one might prefer to go to UCF versus FSU or USF, e.g...if one has the choice.
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