2015-2016 University of Minnesota Application Thread

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throwawaymed said:
For MD applicants, does anyone not have a green arrow next to their Letters of Recommendation on the application status table even though all of their letters have been submitted and it shows "1/1"?
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Mine shows 6/6 with no green check mark.. Individual letters.
 
My app was complete 7/21 and still havent received a secondary. Im beginning to lose interest in applying here...
 
Duluth Secondary received 7.08, completed 7.13 interview invite 8.18
Twin Cities Secondary received 7.23 completed 7.26 interview invite 7.28
IS applicant, 3.7 BCPM 3.7 cumulative 30 MCAT

Last time applying I was rejected w/o an interview at UMNTC, although I submitted secondaries in mid august. I think applying early and patience are key for this school.
 
umnpremed said:
Duluth Secondary received 7.08, completed 7.13 interview invite 8.18
Twin Cities Secondary received 7.23 completed 7.26 interview invite 7.28
IS applicant, 3.7 BCPM 3.7 cumulative 30 MCAT

Last time applying I was rejected w/o an interview at UMNTC, although I submitted secondaries in mid august. I think applying early and patience are key for this school.
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That was a super fast II! I received my secondary the same day and submitted the 25th and nothing so far. But then I'm OOS and my GPA is not as hot as yours.
Best wishes on your interview
 
throwawaymed said:
For MD applicants, does anyone not have a green arrow next to their Letters of Recommendation on the application status table even though all of their letters have been submitted and it shows "1/1"?
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Does anyone who has gotten an II have the green check???
 
udynani said:
That was a super fast II! I received my secondary the same day and submitted the 25th and nothing so far. But then I'm OOS and my GPA is not as hot as yours.
Best wishes on your interview
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Oops, for the Twin Cities campus I meant that the interview invite was on 8.11, so a little further away haha. Thanks, I'm looking forward to it!
 
ski-u-mah said:
were your interviews on those dates, or was that when you received the invites?
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That is when I received the invites. I will be interviewing in the Twin Cities and Duluth on August 31st and September 1st, respectively.
 
My letters still say 0/0 but I've sent 5 to UMN and they were listed on the secondary app I submitted, how long does it take for letter status to change and have a green check??
 
My letters of recommendation has 1/1 but there is not a green check mark and I have not received a complete email. Did the people who received interviews have this same issues?
 
Nigmizole said:
My letters of recommendation has 1/1 but there is not a green check mark and I have not received a complete email. Did the people who received interviews have this same issues?
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II here... yep, same issue! I don't think that anybody gets green check marks by the letters of recommendation. The notation that all letters have been received (i.e., 1/1) is the confirmation that that part of your application is complete. 🙂
 
Nigmizole said:
My letters of recommendation has 1/1 but there is not a green check mark and I have not received a complete email. Did the people who received interviews have this same issues?
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Yeah I'm interested in knowing that as well, mine says 3/3 but there's no check mark.
 
nudibranch17 said:
My letters still say 0/0 but I've sent 5 to UMN and they were listed on the secondary app I submitted, how long does it take for letter status to change and have a green check??
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I emailed Dimple and she says nobody will get a green check next to letters. The status will just be #/#
 
umnpremed said:
That is when I received the invites. I will be interviewing in the Twin Cities and Duluth on August 31st and September 1st, respectively.
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Congrats! do you know if those are the first interview days?
 
Does anyone know what the interview/acceptance ratio is here? I've seen posts in some of the other school threads that have this number but I don't know where people are getting it from.

MSAR says they interview ~700 and ~200 matriculate, but any ideas on how many they accept?
 
Did any MSTP applicants get another email stating that they had their letters received? It seems odd this late to get a complete email when all my stuff was transmitted the first day it possibly could be.
 
ADW1994 said:
Did any MSTP applicants get another email stating that they had their letters received? It seems odd this late to get a complete email when all my stuff was transmitted the first day it possibly could be.
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I got my confirmation 8/10 and my committee letter was submitted to AMCAS 7/28.
 
inky said:
I got my confirmation 8/10 and my committee letter was submitted to AMCAS 7/28.
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Overall, did you get two emails? One saying they received your AMCAS and another saying they got your letters?
 
ADW1994 said:
Overall, did you get two emails? One saying they received your AMCAS and another saying they got your letters?
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I got two emails. First one was on 7/28 saying my MSTP application was received and another one on 8/4 saying they received my letters.
 
My MCAT score was released on the 21st of July but i didn't get my secondary until yesterday! Just completed my secondary (soo many questions!) and am hoping for a positive response. OOS but with strong family ties to the state. Think it's a bit odd that it apparently takes up to 72 hours for the system to realize that you made your payment; after waiting more than a month for my secondary i feel like every additional day i wait is another mark against me.

I also have the problem with them showing 0/0 for my letters even though the last page of my secondary indicated that they reviewed all my individual letters. Hoping that doesn't delay me further.

Good luck everyone!
 
timsk said:
My MCAT score was released on the 21st of July but i didn't get my secondary until yesterday! Just completed my secondary (soo many questions!) and am hoping for a positive response. OOS but with strong family ties to the state. Think it's a bit odd that it apparently takes up to 72 hours for the system to realize that you made your payment; after waiting more than a month for my secondary i feel like every additional day i wait is another mark against me.

I also have the problem with them showing 0/0 for my letters even though the last page of my secondary indicated that they reviewed all my individual letters. Hoping that doesn't delay me further.

Good luck everyone!
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My payment actually went through overnight. I submitted around 3PM on a Thursday and by the time I woke up Friday morning there was a green checkmark next to payment. So you might be complete sooner than you thought 🙂
 
Is anyone else still waiting on a secondary??
 
timsk said:
My MCAT score was released on the 21st of July but i didn't get my secondary until yesterday! Just completed my secondary (soo many questions!) and am hoping for a positive response. OOS but with strong family ties to the state. Think it's a bit odd that it apparently takes up to 72 hours for the system to realize that you made your payment; after waiting more than a month for my secondary i feel like every additional day i wait is another mark against me.

I also have the problem with them showing 0/0 for my letters even though the last page of my secondary indicated that they reviewed all my individual letters. Hoping that doesn't delay me further.

Good luck everyone!
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I have the same issue with my letters still showing 0/0. Please let me know if yours change!
 
Just called the school and before i could even finish asking my question the woman let me know that they have a glitch in their system, causing the portal to show 0/0. She said to not worry as they do have our letters.

How is it that so many schools have such glitchy portals??

Oh well, happy to finally have my application for this school complete. Good luck everyone!
 
Did anyone write something significant for the "anything else you want us to know" question? There were so many questions that I pretty much captured everything in my primary + secondary so I don't feel like there's anything additional to write. But the question has a 1char minimum count.
 
TwitchBeGone said:
Did anyone write something significant for the "anything else you want us to know" question? There were so many questions that I pretty much captured everything in my primary + secondary so I don't feel like there's anything additional to write. But the question has a 1char minimum count.
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I just put "N/A"
They asked SO MANY QUESTIONS xD
 
Monster_Cat said:
Can anyone talk about the interview format at twin cities? are they open or closed file? advice?
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It's two 45 minute interviews and you will either get a faculty member that has read your file or an MS4 that only knows your name.
 
Interview invite this morning as well! IS, average-ish stats, and complete on 8/3. Pretty excited about the U!
 
Still haven't gotten a secondary. Every time I call they give me a longer "typical wait time." Safe to say TC has rejected me.
Primary apps went out 7/29/15
OOS, mcat 29, gpa 3.5, publications 8
 
bioboi33 said:
Still haven't gotten a secondary. Every time I call they give me a longer "typical wait time." Safe to say TC has rejected me.
Primary apps went out 7/29/15
OOS, mcat 29, gpa 3.5, publications 8
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TC takes a while to get out 2dary. Last year it was 3 weeks from verification. I'm also still waiting on it; 7/16 AMCAS sub, 8/22 verified. No reason to panic/assume rejection just yet. Besides, keep in mind that every school wants to get many secondary submissions (cuz $$$$).
 
midwestisbest said:
TC takes a while to get out 2dary. Last year it was 3 weeks from verification. I'm also still waiting on it; 7/16 AMCAS sub, 8/22 verified. No reason to panic/assume rejection just yet. Besides, keep in mind that every school wants to get many secondary submissions (cuz $$$$).
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Let me know if/when you get your secondary so I can confidently freak out.

Also, my fiance is M1 at TC right now. Anybody think it'd help to mention that in my secondary? I'm OOS
 
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