2016-2017 University of California - Los Angeles (Geffen) Application Thread

[RUKittenMe]

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Do you mind sharing when you submitted your secondary?

Late July!

 

[ysquared]

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[zerox117]

II!!!!! This was definitely a reach school for me!

 

[miaprgase0512]

II!!!!! This was definitely a reach school for me!

CONGRATS! Are you IS?


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[zerox117]

CONGRATS! Are you IS?


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Thanks bud! Yes indeed. Complete mid-august

 

[medbunny56]

anyone know if LORs are involved in the screening for a secondary app?

 

[deleted751373]

anyone know if LORs are involved in the screening for a secondary app?

Nope, they only ask for it once you get a secondary. GL bro!


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[Doc.Do]

II this morning as well.

 

[rjkbuny]

If I haven't received a secondary and I have been verified since mid July, should I assume I have been rejected and not prewrite the prompts?

 

[deleted751373]

II this morning as well.

How are the interview dates looking?


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[Anxious Affect]

If I haven't received a secondary and I have been verified since mid July, should I assume I have been rejected and not prewrite the prompts?

+1 🙁 I haven't bothered to prewrite, it isn't looking good

 

[zerox117]

How are the interview dates looking?


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They have you pick days of the week that you'd prefer (mon-Friday), specify dates you aren't available, then you submit that and they get back to you with a date.

 

[deleted751373]

They have you pick days of the week that you'd prefer (mon-Friday), specify dates you aren't available, then you submit that and they get back to you with a date.

They know the SDN trick of gauging interview dates to see how many are left LOL


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[rjkbuny]

+1 🙁 I haven't bothered to prewrite, it isn't looking good

Gah! Starting to get anxious. I hear people who have gotten II's or rejects, but I'm in a vacuum with no communication from anywhere whatsoever.

Best of luck to you!

 

[dioxane]

Hmmm, got the application received email 7/1, still no secondary. OOS applicant LizzyM 73/74... got a secondary from UCSF, so I'm guessing stats aren't an issue? What do y'all think?

same, and i have comparable stats. they hand them out in random increments, so keep refreshing that inbox for months to come until they send it to you 🙂

 

[deleted751373]

I have a friend applying as a disadvantaged student. She was complete by early - mid August. Any one know if any disadvantaged students got II's yet?


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[sammiesings]

I have a friend applying as a disadvantaged student. She was complete by early - mid August. Any one know if any disadvantaged students got II's yet?


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Pretty sure disadvantaged applications are not treated as a stand alone group

 

[deleted751373]

Pretty sure disadvantaged applications are not treated as a stand alone group

They are. They have their own sub-committee

http://medschool.ucla.edu/fec-the-admissions-committee


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[sammiesings]

They are. They have their own sub-committee

http://medschool.ucla.edu/fec-the-admissions-committee


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TIL. Thanks lol

 

[Doc.Do]

I have a friend applying as a disadvantaged student. She was complete by early - mid August. Any one know if any disadvantaged students got II's yet?


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I applied as Disadvantaged to both the UCLA Regular MD and PRIME program, and I received an II. Oddly enough, they did not specify if the interview was for Regular MD or PRIME, so I am assuming it is a Regular MD interview... Which means I am out of the running for PRIME it would seem...? Thoughts?

 

[deleted751373]

I applied as Disadvantaged to both the UCLA Regular MD and PRIME program, and I received an II. Oddly enough, they did not specify if the interview was for Regular MD or PRIME, so I am assuming it is a Regular MD interview... Which means I am out of the running for PRIME it would seem...? Thoughts?

Thanks for the reply! When were you complete?

And I wouldn't know if your out of the running for prime. But reg Geffen is still Gold af.


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[Doc.Do]

Thanks for the reply! When were you complete?

And I wouldn't know if your out of the running for prime. But reg Geffen is still Gold af.


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I submitted August 13 and got my II yesterday. I'm super stoked for this interview and I hope I get in. Would totally go there.

 

[Iwannaknow]

Are the UCs just being super slow? I haven't heard back from a single one and I'm tearing my hair out. I sooooooooo want these.

 

[PsychoSocioBioArtistMD]

Are the UCs just being super slow? I haven't heard back from a single one and I'm tearing my hair out. I sooooooooo want these.

Honest advice: 16 II in your signature, you need to chill. Congrats on your already extraordinary success, please respect it.

 

[Pusheen]

They are. They have their own sub-committee

http://medschool.ucla.edu/fec-the-admissions-committee


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Woah, thats kinda cool. Does that basically mean they get extra consideration or something? I applied as disadvantaged, completed secondary in July, but my committee letter wasn't in until 9/12...hopefully I'll hear something in the next few weeks 🤔

 

[Pusheen]

Anyone know what the status page's "Your online forms are due on: 9/16/2016" means with regard to letters of recommendation being submitted? I assumed from the wording that it just meant the supplemental information secondary itself, which I finished already, but I don't want to make a huge mistake.

If you're still curious, it only refers to the parts you are responsible for, like the secondary and disadvantaged form. My LOR didn't get submitted until well after my deadline, and they said it's ok

 

[zerox117]

Are the UCs just being super slow? I haven't heard back from a single one and I'm tearing my hair out. I sooooooooo want these.

Dude, you're a beast! Im sure you'll get love from a bunch of UC's

 

[gunsandroes]

Question for those who are interviewing - when they ask us to send the official transcripts to them, what address are you guys sending it to? Is by mail or electronically better?

If electronically, to [email protected]? And where if by mail?

Edit: Nevermind, answered!

 

[hughmonstah]

If I haven't received a secondary and I have been verified since mid July, should I assume I have been rejected and not prewrite the prompts?

+1 🙁 I haven't bothered to prewrite, it isn't looking good

I haven't gotten a secondary either :/ Last year I got one really late from UCLA last year too. I submitted to every other UC before I got UCLA's secondary, IIRC.

 

[medbunny56]

I haven't gotten a secondary either :/ Last year I got one really late from UCLA last year too. I submitted to every other UC before I got UCLA's secondary, IIRC.

do you remember when you were verified last year?

 

[hughmonstah]

do you remember when you were verified last year?

Primary was submitted June 29th and processed July 23rd if that's what you meant. Sorry I'm not totally familiar with the terminology 😛

 

[medbunny56]

Primary was submitted June 29th and processed July 23rd if that's what you meant. Sorry I'm not totally familiar with the terminology 😛

oh okay ive been verified since 8/23 so i guess i have a lot of waiting left before getting a secondary

 

[Ebayit]

When you say REALLY late, how late are we talking about?

 

[Doc.Do]

Question for those who are interviewing - when they ask us to send the official transcripts to them, what address are you guys sending it to? Is by mail or electronically better?

If electronically, to [email protected]? And where if by mail?

Edit: Nevermind, answered!

What was the answer!? Lol.

 

[gunsandroes]

What was the answer!? Lol.

Haha good question.

I asked around and I don't think it matters either way, but I had my school mail my official transcript to the address listed on their website:
10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Hope that was the correct method, and hope that helps!

 

[hughmonstah]

When you say REALLY late, how late are we talking about?

Well, it looked like I created the Google Doc to write my prompts on Dec 14th and it was due by January 28th if that means anything. I also remember randomly checking my portal and finding out that I got offered the secondary, so it was likely given to me between November and then.

 

[OnStrings]

I haven't gotten a secondary either :/ Last year I got one really late from UCLA last year too. I submitted to every other UC before I got UCLA's secondary, IIRC.

Yeah tbh it feels like curtains for me without a secondary in sight

 

[Doc.Do]

Haha good question.

I asked around and I don't think it matters either way, but I had my school mail my official transcript to the address listed on their website:
10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Hope that was the correct method, and hope that helps!

Do they want this in addition to the transcript that was already transmitted through AMCAS?

And a general question to people who have had II from here, how long did it take them to schedule your interview after you submitted your availability?

 

[sxullf]

about 10 days in my case.

 

[gunsandroes]

Do they want this in addition to the transcript that was already transmitted through AMCAS?

And a general question to people who have had II from here, how long did it take them to schedule your interview after you submitted your availability?

Yes, and for me within a few hours

 

[RUKittenMe]

I feel like my interview here went well. Interviewers, med students, and Dean Hall were welcoming and super awesome. Hope to hear good news from DGSOM in January because I really want to go here!! 🙂

 

[zerox117]

I feel like my interview here went well. Interviewers, med students, and Dean Hall were welcoming and super awesome. Hope to hear good news from DGSOM in January because I really want to go here!! 🙂

That's good to hear! Glad all went well for you. Any tips?

 

[medbunny56]

any recent secondaries sent out?? been verified since end of august

 

[plzcanibedoctornow]

any recent secondaries sent out?? been verified since end of august

I've been verified since July 27 and haven't heard anything back, rejection or otherwise

 

[kdirnfueu]

I've been verified since July 27 and haven't heard anything back, rejection or otherwise

I've been verified since 6/24 and still nothing LOL

 

[plzcanibedoctornow]

I've been verified since 6/24 and still nothing LOL

We're all in this together

 

[rjkbuny]

I haven't gotten a secondary either :/ Last year I got one really late from UCLA last year too. I submitted to every other UC before I got UCLA's secondary, IIRC.

When did you get it when you say really late? I'm in the same situation right now. I have already received and submitted secondaries for all the other UC's.

 

[unclairvoyance]

II received!

 

[goriku671]

So it says that my online forms are due 9/22/16, does that mean I can submit my secondary anytime on 9/22/16? Or should I submit everything before 9/22/16.

I ask this because I am still working on this beast of a secondary...
Prime applicant here, so there are 4 additional essays on top of the 10 for regular MD.

 

[hughmonstah]

When did you get it when you say really late? I'm in the same situation right now. I have already received and submitted secondaries for all the other UC's.

It was somewhere between November and December. I never got an email from them, so I don't have an exact date.