2016-2017 Temple University Application Thread

BU Medical Sciences
This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
Did any accepted student get a email from their admissions faculty interviewer? ? Post acceptance?
 
Couple questions: 1) Does Temple accept In the Area requests? I'll be in Philly for an interview at UPenn in January, and if I could knock out Temple in the same week it would save me a lot of stress.
2) If they do, how far away do you have to be for such a request to be reasonable? I live in CT, so it's a 3-4 hour drive, but by no means is it something as costly and time consuming as a plane flight, and it's in the same-ish general area of the country.
3) I haven't written one of these before–how would you format it?
Thanks!
 
PB&Jam said:
Couple questions: 1) Does Temple accept In the Area requests? I'll be in Philly for an interview at UPenn in January, and if I could knock out Temple in the same week it would save me a lot of stress.
2) If they do, how far away do you have to be for such a request to be reasonable? I live in CT, so it's a 3-4 hour drive, but by no means is it something as costly and time consuming as a plane flight, and it's in the same-ish general area of the country.
3) I haven't written one of these before–how would you format it?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
I don't know whether they're receptive to them or not, but you don't even have to mention how far you live from the school if you send one. I've sent a few, and this is what I said (got this from sdn)

Dear ______ School of Medicine Office of Admissions,

I am currently scheduled to be in the ___ area for an interview during the week of ____ . I understand that you only interview a limited number of qualified applicants, and that many interview spots may be already filled. However, if I am fortunate enough to currently be under consideration for an interview at ______, I was wondering if it would be possible to schedule it in that general time frame to avoid the cost of multiple trips to the area, as well as to minimize time spent away from school.
I realize that this is relatively short notice and if I am not able to interview at this time, if necessary, I would be happy and honored to travel to _____in the future.

Thank you for your help and consideration.

Sincerely,

_____

hope this helps!
 
ek999 said:
I don't know whether they're receptive to them or not, but you don't even have to mention how far you live from the school if you send one. I've sent a few, and this is what I said (got this from sdn)

Dear ______ School of Medicine Office of Admissions,

I am currently scheduled to be in the ___ area for an interview during the week of ____ . I understand that you only interview a limited number of qualified applicants, and that many interview spots may be already filled. However, if I am fortunate enough to currently be under consideration for an interview at ______, I was wondering if it would be possible to schedule it in that general time frame to avoid the cost of multiple trips to the area, as well as to minimize time spent away from school.
I realize that this is relatively short notice and if I am not able to interview at this time, if necessary, I would be happy and honored to travel to _____in the future.

Thank you for your help and consideration.

Sincerely,

_____

hope this helps!
Click to expand...

Did you get any interview offers from doing this? Haha I'd be afraid they'd reject me right away
 
Delco91 said:
Did you get any interview offers from doing this? Haha I'd be afraid they'd reject me right away
Click to expand...
I Have tried this when i had to travel for real. Coming from California so makes sense to want to have ONE trip.

I got one rejection as a result and nothing else.
Dead beat silence.
 
mabuchihunter said:
Received an II today. Complete mid-July. LizzyM 74. Interview days were available in early January.
Click to expand...
You are going to love it. Its a truly amazing school that talks the talk and walk the walk when it comes to serving the undeserved . Their commitment to service really blew me away.
 
DoctressM said:
What does bump mean?
Click to expand...

It stands for "bring up my post". In order to get more attention, online forums sometimes allow users to "bump" threads that have moved to the second page. This brings the post back to the top of the first page. So, essentially:

ek999 said:
basically "yo, I wanna know the answer to this still" when no one has replied to something
Click to expand...
 
Did anyone get the continuing candidate status post-ii? If u did would anyone PM me?
 
What do you mean like educational updates you have to email them directly or through the portal?
 
Currently have an interview at St. Luke's scheduled for January 17 but it's not a convenient date for me so I am thinking of rescheduling. I called admissions and was told that interviewing later would not affect my chances of getting accepted, but I'm a bit skeptical because they do rolling admissions...any advice?
 
egil_skallagrimsson said:
Have you heard back yet?
Click to expand...

I haven't. I actually called admissions and asked about it. They said that they were slow with some people this year and that it was not a reflection of my application. Hope that can provide some peace of mind!
 
Chelsea FC said:
Man I love this school so much. If anyone has any questions about the interview day or on the fence if they should attend the interview hit me up and I will convince you how amazing this school appears
Click to expand...

What are the short exercises in the Clinical Skills Center during the interview like? I've never had an experience like this at my other interviews. Thanks!
 
saubu said:
What are the short exercises in the Clinical Skills Center during the interview like? I've never had an experience like this at my other interviews. Thanks!
Click to expand...
If u had a exam and u skipped a class would u let your professor know why u skipped the class? ? That's start of stupid simple question
 
Are they receptive to updates and when you send them to the admissions email do we put it in the body of the email or as an attachment?
 
surferchikin said:
Does Temple send out rejection emails if they are no longer considering your application? I haven't heard anything back yet so I'm happy I haven't been rejected...but just curious about how they reject applicants who they are not inviting for an interview?
Click to expand...

Stay strong! I thought I had been silently rejected, but I just received an II a week ago so there's always hope!
 
does anyone know if/when Temple usually does second look?
 
Onidenim said:
Stay strong! I thought I had been silently rejected, but I just received an II a week ago so there's always hope!
Click to expand...

Thanks so much! I am staying optimistic but I was curious if they send email rejections or wait until later in the cycle... I figure that if I haven't been a rejected then that must mean they're still considering me. Glad to hear interview invites are still going out. Fingers crossed! Congratulations on your interview and good luck!
 
surferchikin said:
Thanks so much! I am staying optimistic but I was curious if they send email rejections or wait until later in the cycle... I figure that if I haven't been a rejected then that must mean they're still considering me. Glad to hear interview invites are still going out. Fingers crossed! Congratulations on your interview and good luck!
Click to expand...

Thanks!
 
Can anyone who interviewed at St. Luke's tell me what it was like? How many other interviewees were there and what was the day like overall?
 
How did you all update your grades on the portal? Like did you write it in a word document or just upload your new transcript? Thanks!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

wysdoc
2024-2025 Temple
17 18 19 20 21
Replies
1K
Views
260K
madcat5566
madcat5566
wysdoc
2023-2024 Temple
17 18 19 20 21
Replies
1K
Views
274K
premedboul
P
chilly_md
2024-2025 Boston University
21 22 23 24 25
Replies
1K
Views
266K
an2five
A
wysdoc
2024-2025 Saint Louis University
6 7 8 9 10
Replies
498
Views
108K
Sue C
Sue C
wysdoc
2024-2025 University of Washington
10 11 12 13 14
Replies
680
Views
145K
stew_md
S
Top