2015-2016 University of Colorado Application Thread

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johnlee2014 said:
I wonder if they mean offers are acceptances?

Info from last year:
21% acceptance rate for IS applicants versus 3.2% OOS.
IS: 686 applied, 144 accepted.
OOS: 5309 applied, 168 accepted.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...f-colorado-application-thread.1074076/page-15
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I think by offers they just mean offers of acceptance. From the data you put, last year it looked like 312 offers of acceptance were made to fill their class of 184 (or whatever that exact number is). meaning 128 of the accepted students chose to go elsewhere. I suspect the 312 offers includes offers of acceptance to those who were originally placed on the wait-list, so that is something that needs to be kept in mind.

For those who are trying to stay optimistic despite the silence from CU after an interview, the acceptance rates post-interview (instead of out of the total applicants) may make you feel better. For example, MSAR says they typically interview around 300 IS applicants, and from the numbers you gave, if 144 are accepted from that group, it would seem like the chances of getting an acceptance offer post-interview is closer to 48% for IS applicants! Similarly, if they give around 375 OOS applicants interviews (MSAR), and offer acceptances to 168 of those, then the rate for OOS students post-interview is around 45%. Which does support what CU says, as they have said that the chances of getting an acceptance after interviewing is not dependent on your residency status, and that there is no preference in offering acceptances to IS and OOS after interviewing.
 
Thanks! I am really excited/happy, it's such a great school.
 
ZorkDork1 said:
Accepted! (Today)

Interviewed: December 18

Good luck everyone! I am 99% certain I am coming here, hope to see you next year!
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Congrats!! Random question: was the number that called you blocked? I've had two missed calls from an unknown number Friday and today, and now I'm really paranoid that it's from Colorado... Damn the poor reception in my office!!

Also, did you check to see if your status changed immediately in the portal?

Thanks 🙂 And congrats again!
 
fortheloveofbob said:
Congrats!! Random question: was the number that called you blocked? I've had two missed calls from an unknown number Friday and today, and now I'm really paranoid that it's from Colorado... Damn the poor reception in my office!!

Also, did you check to see if your status changed immediately in the portal?

Thanks 🙂 And congrats again!
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Thanks!

The number was not blocked, it was a 303 number.
And i checked my portal, and it was NOT updated. But i haven't gotten any emails or anything either, but she said that'll happen later today or later.

I hope you get your good news soon! 🙂
 
ZorkDork1 said:
Thanks!

The number was not blocked, it was a 303 number.
And i checked my portal, and it was NOT updated. But i haven't gotten any emails or anything either, but she said that'll happen later today or later.

I hope you get your good news soon! 🙂
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I knew I was being paranoid 😛 Thanks!
 
Does anyone know anything about MSTP acceptances? I interviewed Dec.10-11 and still haven't heard anything!
 
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suavecito said:
Interesting. I wonder if anyone who interviewed on the 11th heard anything yet.
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I interviewed on the 11th and it's been dead silence since. It's starting to freak me out a little bit since people are getting acceptances that interviewed on the 18th. Just wish I had some info about whats happening.
 
disnerd said:
I interviewed on the 11th and it's been dead silence since. It's starting to freak me out a little bit since people are getting acceptances that interviewed on the 18th. Just wish I had some info about whats happening.
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I interviewed on the 18th and haven't heard back if that makes you feel any better. It probably doesn't, haha. But I need to commiserate.

Does anyone know if historically it takes a few days to call everyone who was accepted during one committee meeting?
 
Bookish said:
I interviewed on the 18th and haven't heard back if that makes you feel any better. It probably doesn't, haha. But I need to commiserate.

Does anyone know if historically it takes a few days to call everyone who was accepted during one committee meeting?
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Haha not really but always good to commiserate with someone! I hope you're right about it taking more than one day to call everyone because it's not looking good for us if we don't hear back sometime this week.
 
Bookish said:
I interviewed on the 18th and haven't heard back if that makes you feel any better. It probably doesn't, haha. But I need to commiserate.

Does anyone know if historically it takes a few days to call everyone who was accepted during one committee meeting?
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I think typically they make acceptance calls on one day. Don't necessarily take my word for it, but that's what it seems like
 
I took everyone's advice and got myself a suit (7 bucks at the thrift store). I need some more advice on the interview questions, though. Can anyone share what types of questions they asked you? I literally have no idea what to expect as far as questions go.
 
Also interviewed on the 18th, also have heard nothing. I thought my interview went really well and had my heart set on coming here 🙁
To the people who were just accepted, did you get an email yet?
 
So any more word for those who interviewed on the 11th? I did and it's tough to not get disheartened since I haven't heard anything. :/ But serious congrats to those that got accepted!!
 
Where do most students live? Sorry to hijack the thread, but I'm moving to Denver for my clinical rotations.
 
disnerd said:
I interviewed on the 11th and it's been dead silence since. It's starting to freak me out a little bit since people are getting acceptances that interviewed on the 18th. Just wish I had some info about whats happening.
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I think they review all candidates from the 11th and 18th together. If you don't hear back don't be disheartened. I think it means wait-list and lots of people accepted probably hold spots at multiple schools. After the end of March more offers will probably be made!
 
kitesandstars94 said:
Also interviewed on the 18th, also have heard nothing. I thought my interview went really well and had my heart set on coming here 🙁
To the people who were just accepted, did you get an email yet?
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Got called on Monday and got a formal email today.
 
So I interviewed mid-october and have heard absolutely nothing. Does this mean that I'm definitively not accepted at this point? Or definitively waitlisted? Does Colorado update your status to waitlist if that's what they decide, or just leave you in 'no contact' land indefinitely? I'm in state if that helps. First ever sdn post...this has me nervous enough that I just had to ask
 
Hey all. First post. Want to contribute to those asking about emails and status updates. I am an in-state and very non-traditional applicant. I interviewed on the 18th of December and It was my first and so far my only interview. I live in Guatemala so I did not receive a call, but was very excited to receive an acceptance email today from adcom. I checked and no updates were made to my applicant portal, still says "Interview Scheduled." Acceptance email contains information on next steps, deposit for the chair, etc. I really hope that all those waiting nervously for a response will get it! Best of luck to you all!! For those asking about interview questions, during my two interviews I was asked: tell me about yourself, why medicine, (applying to CU-UNITE program, so was asked about that), what did I think of the idea of reducing hours residents are allowed to work, what was my view on Obamacare, etc. My two interviews were fairly laid back, and to be honest I was absolutely terrified going in! For prep, I looked up CU's list of 100 frequently asked interview prep questions and made flashcards for each question. I was well versed on all programs, and I attended the pre-interview student event night which helped me to further show my knowledge of the school. Finally, practiced with family members and friends and got really comfortable answering the "Why Medicine" question. Umm, if I can offer any more in terms of my prep or stats or whatever please let me know. Good luck to all!!!!!
 
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jamestdonato said:
Hey all. First post. Want to contribute to those asking about emails and status updates. I am an in-state and very non-traditional applicant. I interviewed on the 18th of December and It was my first and so far my only interview. I live in Guatemala so I did not receive a call, but was very excited to receive an acceptance email today from adcom. I checked and no updates were made to my applicant portal, still says "Interview Scheduled." Acceptance email contains information on next steps, deposit for the chair, etc. I really hope that all those waiting nervously for a response will get it! Best of luck to you all!! For those asking about interview questions, during my two interviews I was asked: tell me about yourself, why medicine, (applying to CU-UNITE program, so was asked about that), what did I think of the idea of reducing hours residents are allowed to work, what was my view on Obamacare, etc. My two interviews were fairly laid back, and to be honest I was absolutely terrified going in! For prep, I looked up CU's list of 100 frequently asked interview prep questions and made flashcards for each question. I was well versed on all programs, and I attended the pre-interview student event night which helped me to further show my knowledge of the school. Finally, practiced with family members and friends and got really comfortable answering the "Why Medicine" question. Umm, if I can offer any more in terms of my prep or stats or whatever please let me know. Good luck to all!!!!!
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Thank you so much for the information. This will help a lot
 
hpful1684 said:
So I interviewed mid-october and have heard absolutely nothing. Does this mean that I'm definitively not accepted at this point? Or definitively waitlisted? Does Colorado update your status to waitlist if that's what they decide, or just leave you in 'no contact' land indefinitely? I'm in state if that helps. First ever sdn post...this has me nervous enough that I just had to ask
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Last yr I interviewed early like you and didnt hear anything until I was waitlisted like March 30th. This year interviewed early and havent heard so probably same thing lol
 
jamestdonato said:
Hey all. First post. Want to contribute to those asking about emails and status updates. I am an in-state and very non-traditional applicant. I interviewed on the 18th of December and It was my first and so far my only interview. I live in Guatemala so I did not receive a call, but was very excited to receive an acceptance email today from adcom. I checked and no updates were made to my applicant portal, still says "Interview Scheduled." Acceptance email contains information on next steps, deposit for the chair, etc. I really hope that all those waiting nervously for a response will get it! Best of luck to you all!! For those asking about interview questions, during my two interviews I was asked: tell me about yourself, why medicine, (applying to CU-UNITE program, so was asked about that), what did I think of the idea of reducing hours residents are allowed to work, what was my view on Obamacare, etc. My two interviews were fairly laid back, and to be honest I was absolutely terrified going in! For prep, I looked up CU's list of 100 frequently asked interview prep questions and made flashcards for each question. I was well versed on all programs, and I attended the pre-interview student event night which helped me to further show my knowledge of the school. Finally, practiced with family members and friends and got really comfortable answering the "Why Medicine" question. Umm, if I can offer any more in terms of my prep or stats or whatever please let me know. Good luck to all!!!!!
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alkaline01 said:
Sorry about this post. For some reason, SDN/my computer will not let me see what I am typing. Even this post isn't showing up.
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Just for the record, definitely call it the ACA in the medical setting and definitely in interviews.
 
Barry'sAneurysm said:
Didn't someone say that people from Fall interview groups would know their status (accepted/WL/rejected) by December/January? Does anyone know if this is true?
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That's what Dean Zehnder said. But that was in September so that may not be accurate.
 
Do they do silent rejections here or do they let you know as soon as they review your file? Are they pretty much done handing out interview invitations?
 
223sarahsmith said:
Do they do silent rejections here or do they let you know as soon as they review your file? Are they pretty much done handing out interview invitations?
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No. The review is constant so until you are rejected you have a shot. However, right now the odds aren't great. Most interviews will have already occurred.
 
Consider me uninformed, but I've never heard of the "pre-interview student event night" that @jamestdonato mentioned attending in his post.

Does anyone have information or a point of contact for this?

I'm interviewing on 1/22, but I'd like to attend this informational session if they're having it this week.
 
gshocked said:
Consider me uninformed, but I've never heard of the "pre-interview student event night" that @jamestdonato mentioned attending in his post.

Does anyone have information or a point of contact for this?

I'm interviewing on 1/22, but I'd like to attend this informational session if they're having it this week.
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There will be one on Thursday January 21 from 7-8 at the SpringHill Suites Hotel across from the school. Food will be provided by Cedar Creek. If you need more info PM me and I can give you the emails of those who run it.
 
Yikes! The person in charge of sending out rejections this morning messed up.

~180 applicants, including myself, just got 180 duplicates of the rejection message including our first and last name, amcas ID, home city, zip code, and email address.

A recall email was sent pretty quickly after that, but our personal information is now at the discretion of whoever received the email.
 
Mr Magpie said:
Yikes! The person in charge of sending out rejections this morning messed up.

~180 applicants, including myself, just got 180 duplicates of the rejection message including our first and last name, amcas ID, home city, zip code, and email address.

A recall email was sent pretty quickly after that, but our personal information is now at the discretion of whoever received the email.
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Maybe for an II I'll be happy to let bygones be bygones
 
I can't even with this school... Did my post bacc at UCD, worked at UCH for several years as a social worker, volunteer in a AMC lab, was on the high priority wait list last year and got dropped right before classes started, and NO II THIS YEAR. And the latest was that awesome giant rejection email Mercedes sent. Nice work. I want to go here because it's IS, but screw their admissions BS. I'm seriously so angry at this school.
 
Mr Magpie said:
Yikes! The person in charge of sending out rejections this morning messed up.

~180 applicants, including myself, just got 180 duplicates of the rejection message including our first and last name, amcas ID, home city, zip code, and email address.

A recall email was sent pretty quickly after that, but our personal information is now at the discretion of whoever received the email.
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Wowza. Is this a post-interview rejection or pre-interview?
 
I'm confused. This rejection email, did they mean to send it as individual emails, or did they not mean to send it at all?
 
I'm confused why they mention the class of 2019?
 
Lannister said:
I'm confused. This rejection email, did they mean to send it as individual emails, or did they not mean to send it at all?
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I think they were somehow preparing to send it out to each of us individually but then screwed up, although if that were the case you'd think we would have gotten individual emails as soon as they recalled the screwed up one. Who knows with this place... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Jlove2 said:
I'm confused why they mention the class of 2019?
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All of the emails we got last year had the wrong class year on them. If you go look at the thread from last year, you'll see a bunch of people like "My email was dated 2014... Is this an error?" and people asking about this weird email about transcript discrepancies while we were still wait listed and everyone speculating if that meant we were accepted. Basically they send out form letters constantly without updating the dates and information in them, or explaining why they are sending it. And I have friends who are MS4s who say it was just as bad when they were applying. Generally poor communication and lack of proofreading.

Okay I'm going to stop complaining and get excited about relocating to a beautiful new city and starting a program that wants me. Sending good luck to those still being considered here and elsewhere, supportive energy to all of you in that rejection email (I could list us all since CU just released all our names to each other, but I respect privacy...), and good vibes to those of you pursuing other options. Rock on! :horns:
 
Also got the massive rejection email pre-interview, but I'm not heartbroken as I already have a few acceptances under my belt. For those of you who plan on going here, I hope this is just contained to the admissions department and that the rest of the faculty is helpful and competent. For those of you on the list that was emailed out, hope you get into some other great schools!
 
Oh good, Dr. Zehnder sent out an apology email. Problem solved.:boom:

Am I still rejected??
 
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