2016-2017 Temple University Application Thread

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sav5716 said:
I had to submit an IA letter. Mine only had one spot under documents received. I would call them first thing in the morning, it seems like an error on their part.
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Weird. It also shows two spots for LORs. Everything is doubled on my portal actually...each optional misc. item slot is listed twice? e.g. I have two lines for optional misc. item 01, two for misc. item 02, etc.

I called them twice today and both times it rang for a while and then went to VM. I sent them an email with the screenshots and asked what was going on.
 
How seriously is everyone taking the character limit? Most schools seem to have a 250 word limit which puts most secondary essays around 1300 characters.

And on top of that essay #4 feels like it's supposed to be very short.
 
freak7 said:
How seriously is everyone taking the character limit? Most schools seem to have a 250 word limit which puts most secondary essays around 1300 characters.

And on top of that essay #4 feels like it's supposed to be very short.
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Well most schools won't let you submit if you're over characters/words. So very seriously lol
 
freak7 said:
I was referring to under the limit.
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Well if I understand correctly, you're asking if you want to have a smaller essay? Just write an essay that is clear, expressive, and concise. If you need to maximize the words for it, then so be it. Otherwise, you can always be shorting it still gets the message across. Just don't write a 100 word essay for a 200 word limit.


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yellowbottlesippin said:
Well if I understand correctly, you're asking if you want to have a smaller essay? Just write an essay that is clear, expressive, and concise. If you need to maximize the words for it, then so be it. Otherwise, you can always be shorting it still gets the message across. Just don't write a 100 word essay for a 200 word limit.


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Right but essay 4 asks what you plan to do until matriculation. My answer is "continue working full time and shadowing". I can expand that to maybe 4 sentences but I can't see it getting anywhere near 2000 characters.
 
freak7 said:
Right but essay 4 asks what you plan to do until matriculation. My answer is "continue working full time and shadowing". I can expand that to maybe 4 sentences but I can't see it getting anywhere near 2000 characters.
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not exactly sure what kind of answer you're looking for here. if that's all you have to say, then that's all you have to say. personally, i would expand on both those things as much as i could. i could easily write 2000 characters on my full-time research alone, but that's just me. maybe expand on what's cool about your job, or your shadowing; how it applies to your future medical career etc etc.

but if its just 4 sentences, i'm sure its fine. never add characters just to add characters. for some people 250 words is more than enough; others it wouldn't come close. its all about succinct, meaningful answers.
 
sammiesings said:
not exactly sure what kind of answer you're looking for here. if that's all you have to say, then that's all you have to say. personally, i would expand on both those things as much as i could. i could easily write 2000 characters on my full-time research alone, but that's just me. maybe expand on what's cool about your job, or your shadowing; how it applies to your future medical career etc etc.

but if its just 4 sentences, i'm sure its fine. never add characters just to add characters. for some people 250 words is more than enough; others it wouldn't come close. its all about succinct, meaningful answers.
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The thing is I've covered what makes my job cool and what I've learned from shadowing in my PS and I don't want to be redundant. I'll just call it good with what I have. Thanks for your help.
 
I checked my app on the portal and noticed that my paragraphs are gone, everything appears as one mass of text (for each question). Anyone else have that problem as well?
 
Hello everyone. Current first year here. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me here or send me a private message. I'm not sure how helpful I can be for certain questions because the semester started literally 10 days ago. But good luck to all of you!
 
Anyone who's application modified date changed get any news??
 
My modified date changed to 8/23 but I haven't gotten any emails from them.
 
Can a current medical school student talk about some of Temple's unique or special programs? What excites you about the school, and likewise what downsides do you see with this school? I am OOS applicant from California and would love to get a feel for student life and opportunities at Temple. Thanks!
 
two (2) letters must be from professors with whom you completed course work from the AMCAS course classification of Biology, Chemistry, or Physics.

has anyone gotten away with fulfilling this requirement using an LOR from a math professor?
 
do you guys think its okay to use "Temple" instead of "Lewis Katz School of Medicine" in the 1st secondary essay? trying to save room for the character limit
 
Missneuro412 said:
That's what I did, I think they understand its lengthy and repetitive


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Do you think I could do the same when talking about their community service programs? (I.e. Using HERO instead of Helping to Energize and Rebuild Ourselves)
 
medbunny56 said:
Do you think I could do the same when talking about their community service programs? (I.e. Using HERO instead of Helping to Energize and Rebuild Ourselves)
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I would stray away from that because I am sure adcom may not know the acronyms for all the programs on campus.
 
MDrocker said:
Can a current medical school student talk about some of Temple's unique or special programs? What excites you about the school, and likewise what downsides do you see with this school? I am OOS applicant from California and would love to get a feel for student life and opportunities at Temple. Thanks!
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As someone who went to Temple and am hoping to move to Cali, I feel obliged to help! Although I'm not a medical school student, I did do research at the Urban Bioethics Center which is located in the medical school. First off, the building is BEAUTIFUL. Pretty new. Bad part is the area it's located in; it's right in the middle of North Philadelphia, and not the prettiest campus. BUT, the area it's in is also it's greatest strength, since Temple really emphasizes giving back to the community. Plus, it's a great classroom if you're interested in Urban Bioethics. If you want, I can get you into contact with the program director who I worked with. Philadelphia is an amazing city, and Temple is a great university. You'll have an amazing time here.

EDIT: Forgot to mention: Urban Bioethics is a one of a kind program offered at Temple. A fantastic program if you're interested in ethics.
 
I tried logging into my secondary portal just now and it says my account is locked, and to contact my system administrator...has anyone else had this issue? if so, how did you go about fixing it..
 
Seems like I can still login just fine
 
Ebayit said:
Seems like I can still login just fine
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yeah idk, i had issues when I was creating my account with this portal too. I tried calling admissions office, and they are closed. So looks like I gotta wait it out till tomorrow!
 
Status recently updated to 'Completed'...is this the end of the road?
 
dottorone said:
Status recently updated to 'Completed'...is this the end of the road?
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I doubt it, completed certainly doesn't sound like a rejection 🙂 What did your status say before it said 'completed'?
 
Hmm mine also says Completed and last modified on the 20th. Not sure to expect good news or bad news
 
Perhaps they have scoring and ranking system ... And evaluation has been "completed"... Interviews given based on amount available and relative score throughout cycle ... Idk just a conjecture
 
Does anyone (especially current students) know if there are small group sessions and case review sessions?
 
So what's the general consensus on the meaning of the dates changing under the "modified on" section? Does it mean they're currently looking at my file since it says it was modified last today?

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I also show as modified today, but I was complete 8/8.

Hope this means that II is coming.
 
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