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hellowalnut said:
Congrats!! What dates are available for interviews?
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Thanks! I can't see the calendar anymore, but at the time and from what I remember:
11/29, 11/30, 12/4, 12/5, 12/6, 12/13, 12/14, 12/15. I did not see any more in December offered. I don't think I looked into January, February, and March, but if I did, there were no dates offered for those months yet.
 
tomatocarrot said:
Thanks! I can't see the calendar anymore, but at the time and from what I remember:
11/29, 11/30, 12/4, 12/5, 12/6, 12/13, 12/14, 12/15. I did not see any more in December offered. I don't think I looked into January, February, and March, but if I did, there were no dates offered for those months yet.
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They have that many interview dates???
 
Rejected about an hour ago. Complete 8/3, LM 71, ORM, OOS, ties to the area. Good luck to everyone else still in the running!
 
shockdoc said:
omg congrats again! I completed a few days after you, pray for me. It looks like georgetown might be in their second review of late july apps!
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Yea it looks that way! I thought I had been overlooked by this school but it looks like this school (and I’m sure many others) are still reviewing and re-reviewing applications from a spectrum of complete dates.
 
aaaannnd Rejected pre-II complete mid august OOS
 
Rejected Pre-II. Complete 8/3. OOS, ORM, LGBT, LM 67. Buddy goes there and looked over my app and said I would be a great fit.
 
Would anyone know where there would be a list of interviewers? I remember what my interviewers name sounds like but can't seem to find his actual name or the correct spelling of it online...
 
lizzymcguire said:
Would anyone know where there would be a list of interviewers? I remember what my interviewers name sounds like but can't seem to find his actual name or the correct spelling of it online...
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Go to the portal > interview tab > "Thank You Note" on the left > "For your reference, you interviewed with: ...."

That's there in mine, at least
 
did anyone with an II have the option of signing up for the optional class visit when scheduling the interview? if so how did it come up and what did it look like? i just wanted to make sure i didn't miss the option somewhere!

also to those who interviewed:
1) where do we meet the morning of the interview? I might have missed it on the packet/email somewhere, but I can't seem to find the exact place on campus the interview takes place other than "the applicant lounge"
2) confirming this -- it's just 1 individual interview with either a faculty, physician, or student, correct?
 
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tomatocarrot said:
did anyone with an II have the option of signing up for the optional class visit when scheduling the interview? if so how did it come up and what did it look like? i just wanted to make sure i didn't miss the option somewhere!

also to those who interviewed:
1) where do we meet the morning of the interview? I might have missed it on the packet/email somewhere, but I can't seem to find the exact place on campus the interview takes place other than "the applicant lounge"
2) confirming this -- it's just 1 individual interview with either a faculty, physician, or student, correct?
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I never actually received any sign-up link to the optional class visit. So, I showed up really early to the interview (@8)! Anyone, who was there around the designated time (@8:45 I believe) for the class visit, was invited to go.

On the morning of the interview, you go to the main School of Medicine building. There is an atrium with a seating area. I waited there in the morning and an admissions committee member led me to the applicant lounge room (which is pretty much to the left of the entrance/atrium).

And yes, you will have one individual interview with either a faculty, physician or student! Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
 
eksaplam said:
Has anyone attended an interview and can generally share what that day is like?
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i interviewed here October 27! At the beginning you meet a medical student and all the other students interviewing, and then we went to an optional lecture! After the lecture we met the dean and there was a few lectures by financial aid and diversity office, and then we went to lunch with students and had our interviews right after! We finished around 3 pm, and it was really relaxed !
 
debbie8 said:
i interviewed here October 27! At the beginning you meet a medical student and all the other students interviewing, and then we went to an optional lecture! After the lecture we met the dean and there was a few lectures by financial aid and diversity office, and then we went to lunch with students and had our interviews right after! We finished around 3 pm, and it was really relaxed !
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Aww thank you! I already interviewed here, but I appreciate you taking the time to respond because your post is going to help future interviewees 🙂
 
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eksaplam said:
I never actually received any sign-up link to the optional class visit. So, I showed up really early to the interview (@8)! Anyone, who was there around the designated time (@8:45 I believe) for the class visit, was invited to go.

On the morning of the interview, you go to the main School of Medicine building. There is an atrium with a seating area. I waited there in the morning and an admissions committee member led me to the applicant lounge room (which is pretty much to the left of the entrance/atrium).

And yes, you will have one individual interview with either a faculty, physician or student! Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
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Thank you SO much!!! Your answers really help, I'll def PM you 🙂 It does say on the interview packet that even if you don't RSVP to the visit, you can show up and go, but I might not want to go if there's a possibility of no class visit that day due to confidential patient information being featured. I might just call or email to confirm if there's a visit that day.
 
Any complete in July still waiting?


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Waitlisted today :depressed: Pretty bummed I didn't get in right off the bat, this is in my personal top 3 and I thought my interview went very well. I know it ain't over yet... Thus begins the long haul of writing update letters and hopefully getting in eventually! Good luck everyone else :xf:
 
predictions on when the waitlist will actually move?
Also... they seem to really stress the "commit to the military to pay for med school" here... which may not be the best reason to commit ...
 
doctorwhoami said:
predictions on when the waitlist will actually move?
Also... they seem to really stress the "commit to the military to pay for med school" here... which may not be the best reason to commit ...
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Normally WL movement doesn't occur until very late in the season (see April/May). I was accepted off the WL last year on May 2nd.

I think you might have misunderstood Dean McCann (30 years in the Navy). Georgetown brags about its historic ties to the HPSP program and is consistently the school with the most students pursuing military medicine--the proximity to DC helps. Whether or not you decide on HPSP that statistic probably will not change because they purposely accept those on the HPSP track every year. Dean McCann is fantastic about talking students into and out of (I fall in the later category) the HPSP program. He has the personal experience and has done this long enough to know when the fit is right and when it is not.

If you are thinking HPSP it should not be for the money, I repeat, HPSP is a terrible financial decision FOR MOST. It should be because you want to be involved in military medicine, want to travel, and/or have a personal or family history of service.

That's not saying the finances do not make sense for anybody, certain people (e.g. mostly those with families, non-trad applicants, those with previous service commitments from ROTC in undergrad, or those who see themselves in family medicine in the future) benefit greatly financially from the program as opposed to having to take out person loans on top of school loans and further digging the hole...

If you have any more questions feel free to PM me.
 
1suomynona said:
Normally WL movement doesn't occur until very late in the season (see April/May). I was accepted off the WL last year on May 2nd.

I think you might have misunderstood Dean McCann (30 years in the Navy). Georgetown brags about its historic ties to the HPSP program and is consistently the school with the most students pursuing military medicine--the proximity to DC helps. Whether or not you decide on HPSP that statistic probably will not change because they purposely accept those on the HPSP track every year. Dean McCann is fantastic about talking students into and out of (I fall in the later category) the HPSP program. He has the personal experience and has done this long enough to know when the fit is right and when it is not.

If you are thinking HPSP it should not be for the money, I repeat, HPSP is a terrible financial decision FOR MOST. It should be because you want to be involved in military medicine, want to travel, and/or have a personal or family history of service.

That's not saying the finances do not make sense for anybody, certain people (e.g. mostly those with families, non-trad applicants, those with previous service commitments from ROTC in undergrad, or those who see themselves in family medicine in the future) benefit greatly financially from the program as opposed to having to take out person loans on top of school loans and further digging the hole...

If you have any more questions feel free to PM me.
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Not Dean McCann! He's awesome! Someone else on the adcom though.... that individual was pushing it way too hard onto the applicants that day.
 
Complete since 8/16 and still no update... does Georgetown also do a huge rejection wave like some schools?
 
Just to double-check, there is just one ~45 minute traditional, open-file interview (no GPA/MCAT info available), correct? Want to make absolutely sure and be as prepared as possible.
 
Pharaoh95 said:
Just to double-check, there is just one ~45 minute traditional, open-file interview (no GPA/MCAT info available), correct? Want to make absolutely sure and be as prepared as possible.
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Yup, that is correct. Know your secondary essays, be able to talk about anything on your AMCAS app, and have some questions prepared for you interviewer. Otherwise, it's a conversational and frankly enjoyable interview, or at least it was from my experience. Good luck!
 
Pharaoh95 said:
Just to double-check, there is just one ~45 minute traditional, open-file interview (no GPA/MCAT info available), correct? Want to make absolutely sure and be as prepared as possible.
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Prepare for both an open file and a closed file interview.

Interviewers have access to your file. My interviewer didn't get a chance to read my file before my interview and told me he'd be reading it after.
 
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