2015-2016 University of Miami (Miller) Application Thread

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"Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. At this time, a final decision has not been reached on your application." ~ "At this time, we are trying to find the right way to reject you."
 
OldManRivers said:
"Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. At this time, a final decision has not been reached on your application." ~ "At this time, we are trying to find the right way to reject you."
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If it makes you feel any better, my status was like that for like 2-3 weeks before an II 🙂
 
Guys, chill. It's only September. There are like 6 more months left in the interview season. I've met tons of classmates who interviewed later in the season. There's no point in worrying about every little status change. So grab a beer/pina colada/margarita/whatever you like to drink, relax, and enjoy the ride.
 
OldManRivers said:
"Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. At this time, a final decision has not been reached on your application." ~ "At this time, we are trying to find the right way to reject you."
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When did you submit?
 
As a borderline applicant, I have been complete for quite a while. I believe 7/25. Are they basically just filling in the people with high stat first because I would rather they just get back to me. Does anyone know if people have been asked for II after 3-4 months or something crazy like that? is it a good thing I haven't been rejected yet?
 
Ace Khalifa said:
Guys, chill. It's only September. There are like 6 more months left in the interview season. I've met tons of classmates who interviewed later in the season. There's no point in worrying about every little status change. So grab a beer/pina colada/margarita/whatever you like to drink, relax, and enjoy the ride.
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Lol, it's like a rollercoaster ride that keeps going up.

In the beginning you're so tense, but once you're at Jupiter you're like "fuggit, don't care".
 
OldManRivers said:
"Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. At this time, a final decision has not been reached on your application." ~ "At this time, we are trying to find the right way to reject you."
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I've been at that status for like a month.
 
leonardodicaprio1992 said:
As a borderline applicant, I have been complete for quite a while. I believe 7/25. Are they basically just filling in the people with high stat first because I would rather they just get back to me. Does anyone know if people have been asked for II after 3-4 months or something crazy like that? is it a good thing I haven't been rejected yet?
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I didn't receive an II until December after being complete in July. They interview by order of most points to least points.
 
Looking at their point system, what is the difference between "life experiences" and "life adversity"? If you've overcome significant life adversity, doesn't that sort of double dip into life experiences? 😕
 
Just a guess, but I'd imagine "life adversity" would be something negative about your life you've overcome. "Life Experiences" is probably more something positive that has made you a better person. I guess they'd probably start to overlap in the middle.

In my mind, one is "I was raised by a single mother in the inner city" versus "I spent my summers volunteering in the inner city helping single mothers" or something like that
 
rachiie01 said:
Looking at their point system, what is the difference between "life experiences" and "life adversity"? If you've overcome significant life adversity, doesn't that sort of double dip into life experiences? 😕
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Life experiences are most likely actual activities you've done that you put on both AMCAS and the secondary. Life adversity is most likely whatever hardships and obstacles you've had to overcome to get to this point, whether it's coming from an underserved area, having a nontraditional family structure, or whatever else made it harder for you throughout your life to compete with others. But like I said, don't worry about it if you've submitted. Just relax and wait.
 
hexane19 said:
For the chronological lists.... did anyone just list their activities or did many of you add in descriptions?
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Yea I forgot too. Real bummer because I spent way too much time on this secondary. Only took them 2-3 weeks to score my app so I'm assuming I got canned.
 
Flaquito said:
Yea I forgot too. Real bummer because I spent way too much time on this secondary. Only took them 2-3 weeks to score my app so I'm assuming I got canned.
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I just listed the activities with no description, was scored in roughly 3 weeks, and received an II about 3 weeks later after. Don't give up hope until you see a rejection 🙂
 
Ace Khalifa said:
I didn't receive an II until December after being complete in July. They interview by order of most points to least points.
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Do you know if each app only has one person judge the point distribution.. or do multiple adcoms do it, then have the points averaged?
 
I think I read somewhere that there are three reviewers... and I think I saw your total possible points is 300. So I could be wrong but I would assume each reviewer scores you out of 100 and the points are totaled?
 
Neuro_Guy said:
I think I read somewhere that there are three reviewers... and I think I saw your total possible points is 300. So I could be wrong but I would assume each reviewer scores you out of 100 and the points are totaled?
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Ah, that would make sense.
 
Ace Khalifa said:
I didn't receive an II until December after being complete in July. They interview by order of most points to least points.
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Ok, but if your application is still "under review," then this means they don't know how many points you have, right? I've been under review for about 2 months now, which is making me think that they may have just put my app in the "not worth the time to thoroughly evaluate" basket.
 
Lord Humongus said:
I've been under review for about 2 months now, which is making me think that they may have just put my app in the "not worth the time to thoroughly evaluate" basket.
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Nah. I was also stuck in "under review" for two months before they scored mine, and I got an II this week. They'll get to you! There is plenty of time left. :luck:
 
Lord Humongus said:
Ok, but if your application is still "under review," then this means they don't know how many points you have, right? I've been under review for about 2 months now, which is making me think that they may have just put my app in the "not worth the time to thoroughly evaluate" basket.
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been stuck at that status for over 2 months now.. hoping they finally get to mine by the end of this week
 
Added this school two weeks ago. Sending in my secondary today. Is there no chance for me?
 
Do they actually share the score with you? I'm going to guess that's a no, but I figured I'd asked since I haven't been scored yet!
 
JHUDJA said:
Do they actually share the score with you? I'm going to guess that's a no, but I figured I'd asked since I haven't been scored yet!
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No they don't. Just be patient and wait.
 
I am being patient haha
No rush for me! I was just wondering.
I'll probably be scored next month I'm guessing.
 
Interview next Monday and Tuesday - when do they tell us on what day the one on one interview is? Or should we just wear our suits to both days regardless?

Please respond if you know! Ever grateful 🙂
 
Do any current med students know how many points interviews are worth? I know the pre-interview score is out of 300, so I'm wondering how much the interview is actually worth after that.
 
App reviewed status update today. Complete 7/23.
 
neuronz said:
Do any current med students know how many points interviews are worth? I know the pre-interview score is out of 300, so I'm wondering how much the interview is actually worth after that.
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Nope, no one knows. You'll just have to try your best during the interview. Y'all really shouldn't be worrying about points - you'll never know exactly what you have, so why worry about it?
 
Looking at MSAR, UM seems to matriculate a much higher percentage of OOS students that interview (113/194) vs IS students that interview (86/318). Any idea why this is?

My two theories are either that they will interview alot of marginal IS candidates but WL/reject them later, or that a high percentage of IS accepted students will end up going to the public florida schools instead because UM is so expensive
 
goldy490 said:
Looking at MSAR, UM seems to matriculate a much higher percentage of OOS students that interview (113/194) vs IS students that interview (86/318). Any idea why this is?

My two theories are either that they will interview alot of marginal IS candidates but WL/reject them later, or that a high percentage of IS accepted students will end up going to the public florida schools instead because UM is so expensive
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UM is not that expensive compared to other private medical schools.
 
SuperSlim said:
sent in secondary + photo yesterday, LOR not received ( tho some schools hav them), and photo no received. However under MD program "Your Application is currently under review by the Admissions Committee at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine."

am I complete or nah?
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Is this different than "Your Application to the UM Miller School of Medicine is complete and is currently being reviewed by the Admissions Committee."?
 
I recently interviewed at U of Miami. (I’ve interviewed at a few schools now). University of Miami was awesome. Miami really stood out to me because all of the faculty/staff were incredibly friendly, they seemed to try to be incredibly transparent, and every medical student I met (Which were many. We also spent over 4 hours with medical students) seemed to be very happy. One of the medical students told us he was accepted to many schools, but chose Miami as that is where students seemed happiest of all the places he interviewed at. There are many opportunities to do international work while a student and work with an international population in Miami/the surrounding area (which I find incredibly appealing). They have a mentorship program and academic societies that foster cooperation between students. They seemed to put a lot of effort into selling their programs and for me it kinda worked. I am not a fan of big cities or partying (aka Miami), but I am now a HUGE fan of this school. If I remember correctly, of their about 600 interviews last year, they accepted 369 of those interviewed. They accept 20 applicants every date they make decisions which is every couple of weeks. Those 20 applicants with the most “points” (and no, I or no one else knows how many points we have), are the ones who are admitted. Those who aren’t accepted during any admittance date are thrown back into the alternate/new interviewee pool and will then have the opportunity to be accepted if their points put them within those top 20 during the following admittance days. I heard mixed views of the actual interview from other applicants. Personally, I thought my interviewer was very nice and fair. I also left more of a fan of the MD/MPH program than their straight MD program. You can get both degrees in in four years which is cool, and they seem to make that very manageable. Living in Miami is expensive. The tuition is relatively inexpensive however as profits from their hospital are used to make the tuition cheaper and provide a variety of opportunities for their students. Buena Suerte!
 
Baikal said:
I recently interviewed at U of Miami. (I’ve interviewed at a few schools now). University of Miami was awesome. Miami really stood out to me because all of the faculty/staff were incredibly friendly, they seemed to try to be incredibly transparent, and every medical student I met (Which were many. We also spent over 4 hours with medical students) seemed to be very happy. One of the medical students told us he was accepted to many schools, but chose Miami as that is where students seemed happiest of all the places he interviewed at. There are many opportunities to do international work while a student and work with an international population in Miami/the surrounding area (which I find incredibly appealing). They have a mentorship program and academic societies that foster cooperation between students. They seemed to put a lot of effort into selling their programs and for me it kinda worked. I am not a fan of big cities or partying (aka Miami), but I am now a HUGE fan of this school. If I remember correctly, of their about 600 interviews last year, they accepted 369 of those interviewed. They accept 20 applicants every date they make decisions which is every couple of weeks. Those 20 applicants with the most “points” (and no, I or no one else knows how many points we have), are the ones who are admitted. Those who aren’t accepted during any admittance date are thrown back into the alternate/new interviewee pool and will then have the opportunity to be accepted if their points put them within those top 20 during the following admittance days. I heard mixed views of the actual interview from other applicants. Personally, I thought my interviewer was very nice and fair. I also left more of a fan of the MD/MPH program than their straight MD program. You can get both degrees in in four years which is cool, and they seem to make that very manageable. Living in Miami is expensive. The tuition is relatively inexpensive however as profits from their hospital are used to make the tuition cheaper and provide a variety of opportunities for their students. Buena Suerte!
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Gracias! Lol. But for real. This was super helpful. I'm really hoping to get an interview here. It's definitely one of my top choice schools. Thanks for the info!
 
Baikal said:
I recently interviewed at U of Miami. (I’ve interviewed at a few schools now). University of Miami was awesome. Miami really stood out to me because all of the faculty/staff were incredibly friendly, they seemed to try to be incredibly transparent, and every medical student I met (Which were many. We also spent over 4 hours with medical students) seemed to be very happy. One of the medical students told us he was accepted to many schools, but chose Miami as that is where students seemed happiest of all the places he interviewed at. There are many opportunities to do international work while a student and work with an international population in Miami/the surrounding area (which I find incredibly appealing). They have a mentorship program and academic societies that foster cooperation between students. They seemed to put a lot of effort into selling their programs and for me it kinda worked. I am not a fan of big cities or partying (aka Miami), but I am now a HUGE fan of this school. If I remember correctly, of their about 600 interviews last year, they accepted 369 of those interviewed. They accept 20 applicants every date they make decisions which is every couple of weeks. Those 20 applicants with the most “points” (and no, I or no one else knows how many points we have), are the ones who are admitted. Those who aren’t accepted during any admittance date are thrown back into the alternate/new interviewee pool and will then have the opportunity to be accepted if their points put them within those top 20 during the following admittance days. I heard mixed views of the actual interview from other applicants. Personally, I thought my interviewer was very nice and fair. I also left more of a fan of the MD/MPH program than their straight MD program. You can get both degrees in in four years which is cool, and they seem to make that very manageable. Living in Miami is expensive. The tuition is relatively inexpensive however as profits from their hospital are used to make the tuition cheaper and provide a variety of opportunities for their students. Buena Suerte!
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I'm also interviewing at U of Miami for the MD/MPH program, and I was wondering how you got from miami to west palm beach since the interview is 2 days and 2 locations. I am OOS and not sure what the best way is to travel between the two. Thanks!
 
leonardodicaprio1992 said:
As a borderline applicant, I have been complete for quite a while. I believe 7/25. Are they basically just filling in the people with high stat first because I would rather they just get back to me. Does anyone know if people have been asked for II after 3-4 months or something crazy like that? is it a good thing I haven't been rejected yet?
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I'll start by being realistic and stating that I'm URM and nontrad but my stats are very borderline and I received a II. I was complete mid July. I say all of this to say that this process is very nebulous and it's best to do just as @Ace Khalifa said which was grab a cold one and relax. Stay off SDN and find ways to occupy your time.
 
greeneyedgal said:
I'm also interviewing at U of Miami for the MD/MPH program, and I was wondering how you got from miami to west palm beach since the interview is 2 days and 2 locations. I am OOS and not sure what the best way is to travel between the two. Thanks!
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I flew in to Miami on Sunday, rented a car, drove to palm beach after the first day was over, then returned the car at palm beach airport!
 
goldy490 said:
Looking at MSAR, UM seems to matriculate a much higher percentage of OOS students that interview (113/194) vs IS students that interview (86/318). Any idea why this is?

My two theories are either that they will interview alot of marginal IS candidates but WL/reject them later, or that a high percentage of IS accepted students will end up going to the public florida schools instead because UM is so expensive
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UM doesn't get public funding. OOS students pay more.
 
Baikal said:
I recently interviewed at U of Miami. (I’ve interviewed at a few schools now). University of Miami was awesome. Miami really stood out to me because all of the faculty/staff were incredibly friendly, they seemed to try to be incredibly transparent, and every medical student I met (Which were many. We also spent over 4 hours with medical students) seemed to be very happy. One of the medical students told us he was accepted to many schools, but chose Miami as that is where students seemed happiest of all the places he interviewed at. There are many opportunities to do international work while a student and work with an international population in Miami/the surrounding area (which I find incredibly appealing). They have a mentorship program and academic societies that foster cooperation between students. They seemed to put a lot of effort into selling their programs and for me it kinda worked. I am not a fan of big cities or partying (aka Miami), but I am now a HUGE fan of this school. If I remember correctly, of their about 600 interviews last year, they accepted 369 of those interviewed. They accept 20 applicants every date they make decisions which is every couple of weeks. Those 20 applicants with the most “points” (and no, I or no one else knows how many points we have), are the ones who are admitted. Those who aren’t accepted during any admittance date are thrown back into the alternate/new interviewee pool and will then have the opportunity to be accepted if their points put them within those top 20 during the following admittance days. I heard mixed views of the actual interview from other applicants. Personally, I thought my interviewer was very nice and fair. I also left more of a fan of the MD/MPH program than their straight MD program. You can get both degrees in in four years which is cool, and they seem to make that very manageable. Living in Miami is expensive. The tuition is relatively inexpensive however as profits from their hospital are used to make the tuition cheaper and provide a variety of opportunities for their students. Buena Suerte!
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Were you also there this last weekend?

Also just to add my experience - my interviewer grilled me with ethics questions. Not at all conversational, which was what I expected. I think it varies depending on the interviewer, though. And if you get an II, your interviewer is one of the 3 ppl that read your application and liked it enough to invite you. So staying positive 🙂

Also all the stats are on the CD that came in the folder they gave us 🙂 the only thing I can't figure out is they have 10 acceptance dates x 20 acceptances - so how are they accepting 369 instead of 200? Are the extra 169 off the wait list?
 
greeneyedgal said:
I'm also interviewing at U of Miami for the MD/MPH program, and I was wondering how you got from miami to west palm beach since the interview is 2 days and 2 locations. I am OOS and not sure what the best way is to travel between the two. Thanks!
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Rent a car and stay near Atlantis FL if you wanna be safe. Public transit from Miami can take like three hours if all goes well.
 
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