2016-2017 George Washington University Application Thread

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Apologies if this has been asked already but for the secondary, do you guys know if they want an exact moment or general explanation of my most meaningful clinical/community experience to date?
 
katy524 said:
Apologies if this has been asked already but for the secondary, do you guys know if they want an exact moment or general explanation of my most meaningful clinical/community experience to date?
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I think it can go either way; it's more about HOW you convey it and what you learned from the experience.
 
katy524 said:
Apologies if this has been asked already but for the secondary, do you guys know if they want an exact moment or general explanation of my most meaningful clinical/community experience to date?
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I spoke about a specific moment within one of my most meaningful activities.
 
Missneuro412 said:
Yeah, does anyone know the likelihood of them re-reviewing? Is it pretty much a rejection?


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medicine4958 said:
Wondering the same thing.. Been on hold here a couple of weeks
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It was relatively common last cycle, especially for those complete early on (like you guys). It essentially means that they're still interested in your application but that they want to wait to see later apps before making a decision.
 
mcatjelly said:
It was relatively common last cycle, especially for those complete early on (like you guys). It essentially means that they're still interested in your application but that they want to wait to see later apps before making a decision.
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Have they sent out any rejections or no? If so then that would make me feel a little more confident that they're at least interested in my app instead of just waiting to send a rejection when the time comes.
 
medicine4958 said:
Just got an e-mail from GW asking me to consider their MD program. I submitted this secondary a month ago… You already got me focus on someone else hahhaha
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You just beat me on that...I'm trying to figure out why they're sending out the letters NOW.
 
medicine4958 said:
Just got an e-mail from GW asking me to consider their MD program. I submitted this secondary a month ago… You already got me focus on someone else hahhaha
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I got this, but they said they knew I was interested because of my inquiry into AAMC's Medical Minority Applicant Registry.

I'm a white male, and have never heard of the Medical Minority Applicant Registry...😕
 
Wishfull thinking got me going "Did they mean to send an II?"


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Just got an email to apply here. I wasn't planning on it since they get so many apps and my MCAT is just right at their median, but does anyone know if this email means anything? Also have no idea what the medical minority applicant registry is.
 
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Wolfpack93 said:
Just got an email to apply here. I wasn't planning on it since they get so many apps and my MCAT is just right at their median, but does anyone know if this email means anything? Also have know idea what the medical minority applicant registry is.
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Email means nothing. Seems like everyone got that email.


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I literally started my primary's personal statement with my most meaningful clinical experience ... so ... would you guys recommend picking another meaningful one (even if not MOST meaningful) or would you recommend expanding further on that particular experience?
 
David513 said:
I literally started my primary's personal statement with my most meaningful clinical experience ... so ... would you guys recommend picking another meaningful one (even if not MOST meaningful) or would you recommend expanding further on that particular experience?
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I did the former .
 
David513 said:
I literally started my primary's personal statement with my most meaningful clinical experience ... so ... would you guys recommend picking another meaningful one (even if not MOST meaningful) or would you recommend expanding further on that particular experience?
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I actually used the same one, since it was after all my most meaningful one. I expounded on it more and addressed different aspects of it so as not to sound repetitive. I figured this would show consistency between what was on my primary and secondaries.
 
alpha-GTP said:
I actually used the same one, since it was after all my most meaningful one. I expounded on it more and addressed different aspects of it so as not to sound repetitive. I figured this would show consistency between what was on my primary and secondaries.
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Yes, it makes sense that the most meaningful experience would be the same one. But I had seen people saying not to repeat info from the primary and it would have been hard for me to talk about the same one and not use the same important points. So it was much easier for me to go with a different one which was still very meaningful and had a different flavor to it and would talk more about me. I am sure either approach is fine .
 
ishiningstar said:
Yes, it makes sense that the most meaningful experience would be the same one. But I had seen people saying not to repeat info from the primary and it would have been hard for me to talk about the same one and not use the same important points. So it was much easier for me to go with a different one which was still very meaningful and had a different flavor to it and would talk more about me. I am sure either approach is fine .
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Yeah, I've seen people suggest both, and I think either one is fine. I was just giving my perspective on what I did. If you can communicate well the reason why the activity is meaningful, I think you'll be fine.
 
DocJuan said:
Complete 07/21 and still just complete. Are they debating my app on the senate floor or something?
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+1 here too... am beginning to wonder if one of my letter of recommendations was missing something...
 
From last year's thread, it looks like people were pulled from the hold status mid-August. But it's also SUPER random and hard to predict (thx med school)
 
Oh my god I thought I submitted my secondary back in July but I forgot to pay...I feel so stupid 😡

Received primary back in 6/30...should I even bother to submit now? It's well over a month since I got it sigh
 
LordH said:
Oh my god I thought I submitted my secondary back in July but I forgot to pay...I feel so stupid 😡

Received primary back in 6/30...should I even bother to submit now? It's well over a month since I got it sigh
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There's no hard deadline for the secondary, I see no reason at all not to submit


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LordH said:
Oh my god I thought I submitted my secondary back in July but I forgot to pay...I feel so stupid 😡

Received primary back in 6/30...should I even bother to submit now? It's well over a month since I got it sigh
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Do it. You put in the work to complete it. It just may take a little longer to hear back, but you should be okay.

Sorry that happened. :/ It's an easy mistake to make when you're trying to juggle a bunch of apps.
 
gribear said:
For the most meaningful clinical experience, do people focus on a specific anecdote, or a more general overarching experience? For AMCAS, I talked more generally about my volunteering in the stabilization room. I could easily pick specific anecdotes from within that experience too. But 350 characters is short (even without spaces counted) so I am unsure how to focus this!
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I focused on one longitudinal patient experience. Given the precious number of characters you have to work with, I think it may be more beneficial to discuss an anecdote than to rehash a general medical experience but that's just my $0.02, ultimately it's up to you!
 
katy524 said:
Apologies if this has been asked already but for the secondary, do you guys know if they want an exact moment or general explanation of my most meaningful clinical/community experience to date?
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I took this as a general experience but I'm sure you can make it work either way. I talked about scribing and how I was able to witness clinical decision making first hand and also draw connections between my SMP courses (physiology, etc) and the clinical correlates that I'd witness in the ED.
 
katy524 said:
Apologies if this has been asked already but for the secondary, do you guys know if they want an exact moment or general explanation of my most meaningful clinical/community experience to date?
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I spoke about scribing in a general sense.
 
+1 for "on-hold for re-review" I think I was officially complete on 7/25ish(whenever they received all my letters)
 
LutGholein said:
+1 for "on-hold for re-review" I think I was officially complete on 7/25ish(whenever they received all my letters)
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+2 OOS applicant. According to last year's thread, some people put on hold still received II so I'm not too worried since it's still early :luck:
 
tinyantibody said:
+2 OOS applicant. According to last year's thread, some people put on hold still received II so I'm not too worried since it's still early :luck:
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I like the sunny-side disposition!! I keep telling myself it's also early in the game-- but I keep refreshing and clicking my email like it owes me money.
 
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