2016-2017 University of California - San Diego Application Thread

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Mine went from "yes" to "--", and just became "yes" again today.
 
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OH YEAH
JUST GOT A TALKING TO ABOUT NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH FOR ANYWHERE AND JUST GOT A UCSD II
 
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Capt. Zissou said:
Congratulations to those who just received interview invitations. I am curious, what was your experience with the whole "yes"/"--" debacle...not to drag that out or anything.
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My "Invited for Interview" is still "--". If this is what you are referring to.
 
Capt. Zissou said:
Some of us were having an issue where our "Application forwarded to committee for review:" went from a "yes" back to a "--" for a few days.
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Oooooh. I haven't been monitoring my portal much, but at the moment it is a "Yes". No idea if that particular issue occurred for me at all.
 
II today! OOS, LM 74, complete July 10th maybe? But not forwarded to the committee until early August.


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How does the pre-secondary screening work here? Based on numbers, or holistically with your EC and PS and mission-fit?
 
CardioEnthusio15 said:
^ For me, after I have input my SSN into the portal, I received an Email the next day asking me to create an account. Once that is all done, the committee will review your application to see if they will grant you a secondary. Well, that was the message that I got from them. I got the secondary 1-2 day following that. Hope this helps.
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just got the email asking me to create an account, hoping this leads to a secondary within the next few days!
 
when it says dont repeat your amcas personal statement for the autobiography, is it okay if we talk about the same activities but written in a different light on how it contributed to my growth?
 
medbunny56 said:
when it says dont repeat your amcas personal statement for the autobiography, is it okay if we talk about the same activities but written in a different light on how it contributed to my growth?
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I talked about my upbringing and other struggles I went through and how it also lead me to medicine.
 
zerox117 said:
I talked about my upbringing and other struggles I went through and how it also lead me to medicine.
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I did the same. I focused on other topics (mainly my life pre college) that that I didn't mention in my PS. Same goes for my motivations for a career in medicine. Almost everything was new.
 
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do you guys think if we passed the screening for a secondary that means our stats are good enough for admission? not sure how selective their screening is
 
medbunny56 said:
do you guys think if we passed the screening for a secondary that means our stats are good enough for admission? not sure how selective their screening is
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Well maybe this puts things in perspective for you, they receive about 7500 applications, they give secondaries to a little less than half. Lets just say 3000. Out of those 3000 they give about 500-600 interview invites. Then they give about 200-250 admission offers for a class of 125.

So if you received a secondary its a good sign but it definitely doesn't guarantee anything.
 
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soysizle said:
Well maybe this puts things in perspective for you, they receive about 7500 applications, they give secondaries to a little less than half. Lets just say 3000. Out of those 3000 they give about 500-600 interview invites. Then they give about 200-250 admission offers for a class of 125.

So if you received a secondary its a good sign but it definitely doesn't guarantee anything.
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Wow thanks! So it's about a little less than 50% chance at admission post interview. Pretty good!
 
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Just got my secondary! Finished UCR now just waiting for the rest of the UCs though :/ I hope passing UCSD's screening correlates with passing the others (ucsf, Ucla)
 
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medbunny56 said:
Just got my secondary! Finished UCR now just waiting for the rest of the UCs though :/ I hope passing UCSD's screening correlates with passing the others (ucsf, Ucla)
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UCSD was really fast for me, and then UCSF came a month later. Still waiting on UCLA. I think it's difficult to predict.
 
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Anyone know if they accept additional LORs after we complete the secondary? I know they don't accept actual updates but I wanted to send another LOR next month on top of the 3 minimum letters
 
wildcat2015az said:
UCSD was really fast for me, and then UCSF came a month later. Still waiting on UCLA. I think it's difficult to predict.
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Agreed.

I got UCLA almost immediately after my MCAT scores came in, UCSF ~ week after, and UCSD 8days.




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medbunny56 said:
Just got my secondary! Finished UCR now just waiting for the rest of the UCs though :/ I hope passing UCSD's screening correlates with passing the others (ucsf, Ucla)
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Are you IS? I'm OOS and not sure if to apply to other UCs, the $$$ is holding me back. Only did UCLA, UCSF, and UCSD


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WhittyPsyche said:
Are you IS? I'm OOS and not sure if to apply to other UCs, the $$$ is holding me back. Only did UCLA, UCSF, and UCSD


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Yeah I'm IS, I thought I'd get Davis and Irvine by now but no word from them which is surprising since I heard they favor IS applicants
 
soysizle said:
Well maybe this puts things in perspective for you, they receive about 7500 applications, they give secondaries to a little less than half. Lets just say 3000. Out of those 3000 they give about 500-600 interview invites. Then they give about 200-250 admission offers for a class of 125.

So if you received a secondary its a good sign but it definitely doesn't guarantee anything.
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Wondering where you got this info? Last year, was told secondaries go out to around 2/3 of applicants when I had asked over the phone
 
WhittyPsyche said:
Are you IS? I'm OOS and not sure if to apply to other UCs, the $$$ is holding me back. Only did UCLA, UCSF, and UCSD
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I believe the other UC's have strong in-state bias, so it might not be worth your money to apply.
 
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