Thank you for your reply Traumahawk. Just to hope for the best now
Interview invite by phone today. My first one. Beyond excited and nervous. Someone cancelled so I'm interviewing Friday
Instate
Complete first week of sept
under review 12/14
review complete like 5 days ago
and fyi I did do casper back in sept
The portal has updated but unsure when it updated. I think i got a call because the turn around for the day I interview is so soon. Im in state so I guess they figured I could forsure get there with not too much hassle. Like getting a last min flight etc.
thank you!Congratulations! you're gonna nail it
I'll be checking into my hotel tomorrow so nervous
I'll be checking into my hotel tomorrow so nervous
current M2 at CMED. i don't know the details of other scholarships off the top of my head, but i can provide one example based on my own experience. i received a small "mission-based scholarship" that was based solely on my application.
Thank you
Thank you
If I may ask was it something that came with you acceptance package? or something you got after matriculation
I remember wondering the same thing last year for my interview... I've worked closely with one of my current profs who interviewed me way back then... and asked him if he knew of my scores before I came in for the interview day. He confirmed that the interviewers are blinded to those scores, and said he felt the reasoning was to help create a more un-biased interview. (see the person, not the numbers) That was last year's cycle, though I can't confirm this year's methods, I don't see any reason why they'd change that.
I hope everyone had a great day yesterday, please feel free to ask if you have any more questions!
-Green Team tour lead.
You're reading it too literally. They mean once you've passed their minimum standards for gpa/MCAT, it no longer factors into whether you get an interview or not
What does it have in it ?
That's the same position I am in at the moment. I am waiting on an Interview Invite but I am just waiting it out rather than having it make me go crazy. I wonder if the fact that I am a Canadian will alter the perception in any way. I think I read somewhere that all students are treated at the same level regardless of their citizenship is that correct?
Hey, I met a dude at my interview that is Canadian, and he got accepted too. So I don't think that is a big issue at CMED.
Thanks Drbee, that gives me some hope.
It will be interesting to see where the first graduating class matches to this coming March!
Hi @Traumahawk! Just wanted to say thank you for the tour and for answering all of my questions on Friday! You seem very passionate about this school and I wish you the best of luck on your Emergency Medicine endeavors.
The interview day here was very relaxed and everyone was completely open and honest about the school and living in Mount Pleasant. It is a small town but it sounds like there is always something going on! I definitely felt more comfortable there than at other places I have interviewed at. I would like to share some of my perspectives for reference... Everything they have there is new and tailored especially for a medical student's needs. Small details I learned: all of their books for classes are online, so they don't have to buy textbooks and don't necessarily have a medical library, but they do have a medical librarian who can help you find books if needed. They have plenty of small study rooms for group work or individual study, and have state of the art simulation dummies for the students to learn or practice on as well. Cadavers are prosected, but there are summer opportunities to dissect them with faculty. The faculty are also all required to do research and will take on interested medical students for their projects. I am curious to learn more about the clinical skills they teach during the M1 and M2 years, besides basic histories and physicals. I believe they also learn to do injections? I know Wayne teaches students how to do ultrasounds very early on, which I thought was pretty cool... Does CMED do something like this as well?
I wish I could have heard more from the current M3 and M4s about their experiences during rotations. Many of them do their rotations in a hospital in Saginaw, although I am not sure exactly which one (Covenant?). According to a student we talked to during lunch, it seems like those that had chosen to go to Detroit for their rotations were looked down upon in the hospitals they were at as they had to compete with Wayne and UofM students. From the way it was explained, it seemed like those students had to work harder to prove themselves and be picked for things such as assisting in procedures. I hope this changes as CMED becomes better acquainted with those hospitals! What I did like was that because Mount Pleasant and the surrounding area is rural, most of the physicians there are happy and eager to have you in their clinics and to be able to teach medical students, as this is not a common occurrence. A later presentation showed us a map of the many locations where they do a sort of community based rotations... I will not speak much on this part as it left me a little confused but I believe we spend a long time in one area rotating between the hospital and surrounding clinic so we can see patients over a period of time throughout their care. Their curriculum is also geared on group based learning, which is what MSUCHM switched their curriculum to be and that U of M is already doing.
Please note, this was my first time on campus and in the area, and if any of the current students want to chime in, correct, or add on to what I said please do so! I am really liking what this school has to offer and hope to be able to join the next class.
States in the status section next to "Application Review Complete": Your supplemental application review is complete but an interview decision is pending. While we make every effort to provide application decisions in a timely manner, it is possible that an applicant could remain without an interview decision until February.
Right. But I haven't seen any pre-II rejections? Or have I just missed them?
I saw one back at the beginning of December earlier in the thread. Seems most people just wait around if they're not selected for a II.
Just like the acceptance letters and booklet with most of the information talked about in the interview presentations, as well as fafsa information and information to set up your cmed email!
I don't think there is anything wrong with doing so especially if you haven't emailed them about a status update recently/ever. I'd prefer to call though since sometimes emails can get lost in the far reaches of the internet!
