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Well... at a UC I got a similar email but it was from the financial aid office, and I ended up getting rejected lol. Anything can happen tho!Hopefully it's a good sign.
Well... at a UC I got a similar email but it was from the financial aid office, and I ended up getting rejected lol. Anything can happen tho!Hopefully it's a good sign.
Congrats!Accepted this morning!
Thank you! It was post-II decision.Congrats!
Off the waitlist or a post-interview decision?
Does anyone know the details about the Second Look event ? I got a call of acceptance this morning, but since it is coming up next week, i wanted to arrange my flight and other things asap. I think the office of admissions is closed today, so i need your help! For those of you who are going, what is the schedule like and do they offer accomodation?
Any accepted students receive financial aid yet?
Could anyone hear tell me why Georgetown receives 13,000 applications? This is so high compared to other schools.
If my GPA and MCAT are above the median, will I have a good shot at getting an interview or is it just a crapshoot because there are so many applicants? (I'm asking because I will be applying this upcoming cycle)
Also, is there any bonus for coming from a Jesuit undergrad?
Could anyone hear tell me why Georgetown receives 13,000 applications? This is so high compared to other schools.
If my GPA and MCAT are above the median, will I have a good shot at getting an interview or is it just a crapshoot because there are so many applicants? (I'm asking because I will be applying this upcoming cycle)
Also, is there any bonus for coming from a Jesuit undergrad?
accepted applicants - what did your aid package look like?
Was it straight up $90,000 or whatever in loans?
What kinds (ahem, amounts) of scholarships did you get?
Any grants??
$15,000 Med School Grant
$42,700 Stafford
$33,000 Grad PLUS
What are the terms of the med school grant? Is it renewable, or recalculated on an annual basis?
Hey does anyone know the best way to withdraw from a med school? Do you just send a letter to the admissions email?
rektYa. Put the subject as "Withdraw Acceptance" and then write "After careful review of your offer of admission to, I regret to inform you that you have not been selected as my medical school. I'd like to point out to you that this decision relates to the extreme competition for my recruitment, and my decision to not attend has been made after careful review of your school."
lolol...
One of the doctors I work with suggested calling admissions since I am waitlisted to let them know this is my top school. I have already submitted two letters of intent. Does anyone have an idea of whether this would be helpful for me or not?
They could certainly write and submit an additional LOR, although at this point it might be kind of late.My PI also suggested calling on my behalf. I thought that in decades past this kind of gesture would be effective, but times have changed. I spoke with an admissions counselor at Georgetown to follow up and see if such a call was even possible, and I learned that Georgetown does not accept these kind of recommendations.
The School of Medicine wants to have a transparent application process where favoritism can be controlled. Documentation is the best way to fulfill this goal. I learned that at committee meetings ancillary communication like what my boss and yours suggested is not considered in admissions decisions.
Keep your head up. The long wait continues.
Hey accepted students, where did you find your financial aid awards?
Congrats! How many letters of interest and/or other updates did you submit?just got a call from the dean! WL in october, interviewed 9/19!
I submitted three updates before my initial decision in October (aggressive lol)Congrats! How many letters of interest and/or other updates did you submit?
Haha wow you earned it. Congrats!I submitted three updates before my initial decision in October (aggressive lol)
Then one letter of intent and 3 additional updates! (so four updates of the five!)
I sent in my last update yesterday! The content of my updates were research publications, shadowing, and additional service I did throughout the year!
also for those who got off the waitlist, I got a call from the dean but haven't received any e-mails or portal updates yet! Just wanted to check that was normal; he said i would be getting an email later.
also for those who got off the waitlist, I got a call from the dean but haven't received any e-mails or portal updates yet! Just wanted to check that was normal; he said i would be getting an email later.
I just got off the waitlist today as well!! Interviewed 10/3, WL at the end of November. I sent in one update a month for a total of 4. The last update I sent was on 3/27.
Same thing here, no updates or emails yet but I was told the email was coming soon.
for WL candidates who were waitlisted later on in the cycle- do you think that we should provide more updates than the suggested 1 a month?
The only thing left of Georgetown is its name. When you go on your interview and visit their school, honestly how can you see their facilities as anything more than somewhere in between poor and mediocre at best? Their teaches are not hired because they can teach--I know this from experience--but because they piggybacked off of influential research at some point in their careers. I will say that about half the teachers there are good or better. But the other half of the time you will be listening to the most pretentious people you have ever heard in your life (for example
Carlos A. Suárez-Quian, PhD--literally never in my life have I encountered someone more pretentious than this; it makes it very difficult to listen to. The rest of the poor lot of teachers make the material far more convoluted than necessary and never refer to text in a book bc they like to imagine you need them more than you do (just one example of pretentiousness). You have to listen to every second of their pretentious speech, rather than be able to read a book, and then when they make a mistake they say how difficult it is speaking to people and so on and so forth. Hope you like being herded into an auditorium to take you test, and being given a desk no larger than a binder to hold your computer and writing material for the test on; Georgetown likes to cut costs and maximize profits, and this probably explains their awful teachers, poor facilities, and high tuition. You may go to Georgetown and be able to fool people due to their over-inflated reputation later in career. The truth is though that you will be getting a second rate education, and will be gambling on the school not being exposed for the facade that it is.
The only thing left of Georgetown is its name. When you go on your interview and visit their school, honestly how can you see their facilities as anything more than somewhere in between poor and mediocre at best? Their teaches are not hired because they can teach--I know this from experience--but because they piggybacked off of influential research at some point in their careers. I will say that about half the teachers there are good or better. But the other half of the time you will be listening to the most pretentious people you have ever heard in your life (for example
Carlos A. Suárez-Quian, PhD--literally never in my life have I encountered someone more pretentious than this; it makes it very difficult to listen to. The rest of the poor lot of teachers make the material far more convoluted than necessary and never refer to text in a book bc they like to imagine you need them more than you do (just one example of pretentiousness). You have to listen to every second of their pretentious speech, rather than be able to read a book, and then when they make a mistake they say how difficult it is speaking to people and so on and so forth. Hope you like being herded into an auditorium to take you test, and being given a desk no larger than a binder to hold your computer and writing material for the test on; Georgetown likes to cut costs and maximize profits, and this probably explains their awful teachers, poor facilities, and high tuition. You may go to Georgetown and be able to fool people due to their over-inflated reputation later in career. The truth is though that you will be getting a second rate education, and will be gambling on the school not being exposed for the facade that it is.
The only thing left of Georgetown is its name. When you go on your interview and visit their school, honestly how can you see their facilities as anything more than somewhere in between poor and mediocre at best? Their teaches are not hired because they can teach--I know this from experience--but because they piggybacked off of influential research at some point in their careers. I will say that about half the teachers there are good or better. But the other half of the time you will be listening to the most pretentious people you have ever heard in your life (for example
Carlos A. Suárez-Quian, PhD--literally never in my life have I encountered someone more pretentious than this; it makes it very difficult to listen to. The rest of the poor lot of teachers make the material far more convoluted than necessary and never refer to text in a book bc they like to imagine you need them more than you do (just one example of pretentiousness). You have to listen to every second of their pretentious speech, rather than be able to read a book, and then when they make a mistake they say how difficult it is speaking to people and so on and so forth. Hope you like being herded into an auditorium to take you test, and being given a desk no larger than a binder to hold your computer and writing material for the test on; Georgetown likes to cut costs and maximize profits, and this probably explains their awful teachers, poor facilities, and high tuition. You may go to Georgetown and be able to fool people due to their over-inflated reputation later in career. The truth is though that you will be getting a second rate education, and will be gambling on the school not being exposed for the facade that it is.
Someone doesn't have to be pissed to post negative comments. Especially if, as you said, there is validity to the comments. I suppose you just want to read the marketing posted on the school's website to understand what type of program it is?
Someone doesn't have to be pissed to post negative comments. Especially if, as you said, there is validity to the comments. I suppose you just want to read the marketing posted on the school's website to understand what type of program it is?
You should go to Georgetown. The way you jump to conclusions, you are also pretentious. And then you bs to try to rationalize it. You'd be perfect for that school. "Hot bottom issue". Tell me your background so I make sure you're never my doctor
You should go to Georgetown. The way you jump to conclusions, you are also pretentious. And then you bs to try to rationalize it. You'd be perfect for that school. "Hot bottom issue". Tell me your background so I make sure you're never my doctor
next time say you're homosexual; they like this (maybe have one on the committee) Seriously though. Or just call up say you just came out the closet and thought they should know, if you have the fortitude. Unfortunately It's too late for me to withdraw my acceptance, 2 years in now. Live and learn, but I guess my knowledge can't be passed on to some. Hope they don't get their certification withdrawn before I get my res placement, not that it would matter bc im grandfathered in but it just looks bad, and yes if they (forget what this organization is called) look closely this could really happen to GU
what a nerd, too many posts to be premed; more studying guy, and maybe you will get in
Congrats!! Did they email you beforehand saying to expect a call?! Or just called?Just got the call from one of the deans! Accepted off of the waitlist!
Congratulations!! If you don't mind my asking, how many updates did you send and when??Just got the call from one of the deans! Accepted off of the waitlist!
got a call first followed by an email a hour later, btw does anybody know of the facebook group?