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Just now?!?!?
Got the email about 2 hours ago
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Thank you!
I don't believe so? All I did was accept a waitlist position on 5/10, it didn't say anything about high priority.
They have a high priority WL?
My batchmate’s WL letter says highest priority
Accepted today off the waitlist! Congrats to everyone else who waited it out haha
For people who paid the deposit, did it take a while for the portal to update that it was paid?
For people who paid the deposit, did it take a while for the portal to update that it was paid?
How much is the deposit?
From 4/24 and haven't heard a thing...
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A newer change to the curriculum is that there are no regular lectures that you can attend in person. They are recorded.
Same :/
Anyone know what the date is for new students to arrive for first day stuff? Is it mid/late July or August? Thx.
GL all WL’rs.
GL all WL’rs.
So I never got an email for waitlist. It just kinda popped up on a tab? Did anyone else have that happen?
August 6th
Monday’s are dedicated to the material for the week. Tuesday mornings are the case-based sessions, with Tuesday evening being various things throughout the year. Wednesday-Friday is most of the TBL, labs, and other activities.
So how long on average are you in mandatory activities per week?
Just received waitlist email:
Interviewed 3/23
Interviewed 3/23
Waitlisted this morning
Interviewed 4/24
Interviewed 4/24
It honestly varies week to week. But maybe 15 hours? I am not totally sure. I am an MS2 so i had the old curriculum. (And stuff like anatomy lab isn’t mandatory, but it obviously a good idea to go lol)
Can any M1/2 comment on if they like the case based learning sessions? I'm trying to figure out if I want to go here or another comparable school that has normal lecture. I feel like I won't like spending time in so many mandatory sessions. I like to self-study
Yeah, Drexel University College of Medicine Class of 2022
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I was in IFM for first and second year and I did like the few case-based things we had. Nowhere near what PIL and the first years had, though. This is just how you apply some of the self-study stuff. And these only count for two hours a week of your time.
Withdrew my acceptance today. Good luck to all WL'rs!
My biggest fear is resubmitting apps only to be accepted of one of my waitlists like a week later. Bye bye $2000 I don't have. I mean it's still good because med school, but we put ourselves into enough debt trying to get in...
Edit: FYI today is graduation, so we likely won’t hear from admissions today 🙁
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I have that too PLUS my lease is ending the end of july so I dont want to put a deposit and everything down and then break the lease cuz that $$$$. PLUS my partner is moving with me so he kinda needs more than a 2 week notice to move to a completely different state with me. With all that being said, its better than having to reapply altogether.
15 is about right. That includes everything (cbl's, tbl's, gross lab, plus other occasional activities like practicing with standardized patients).
They gave us an email and subject line to email significant updates to them in the waitlist tab on AMP.
Ok awesome. I hope the LOI helps a bit but I know MSAR says they have barely any WL movement which is slightly discouraging.
I've been told that they don't really care about letters of intent, so I'd save that for other WLs you might be on. A letter of interest can't hurt though
Yea, movement seems slow, but they tend to have later waitlist movement. Like I said before, typically they move WL in June/July. Also, in the past it seems like WL movement has favored SMP students since we took their M1 courses and are thus comparable to their med students. But who knows...things could be different this yearBooo. My other WL school doesnt take updates at all (pre II or post II) but they told me my rank. I would 100% take drexel over them tho even tho the school is 20k less a year. And the school has movement late also (June-August cuz they start late august) and Im already working on my new app. Would hate to dump a bunch of money into secondaries and signing a new lease then be accepted and lose all that money.I've been told that they don't really care about letters of intent, so I'd save that for other WLs you might be on. A letter of interest can't hurt though
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Are exams lecture based or are they more NBME style questions? If so, when do you think we should purchase the first aid book?
Lots of NBME style questions based on lecture concepts, and some non-NBME style questions. Don't think that you necessarily need First Aid to study for class exams first year, but I'm sure some students use it. I've heard many people say to wait until summer after 1st year to buy it though because you'll have so many other resources to study. I would recommend getting Lipincott's review books for many of the classes. Those are very helpful, especially for Biochem (one of the biochem profs Dr. Ferrier wrote it).
Current MS1
I will tell you why the case based learning sucks, it is the grading. It feels like whoever you get as a facilitator plays a huge role in the grade you get. Additionally, the independent case based quiz/test sucks because they like to keep grades relatively low on purpose (same as the group part), just to stress everyone out. Other than that, I have had a good time with the students because they can provide thoughts that you would not by yourself, but of course, this also depends on the students you get grouped with.
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