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ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each)
1. Please tell us why you are specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – MN even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?

2. Please tell us how you would contribute to the diversity of your medical school class at Mayo?



Good luck to everyone applying!

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Heres to another year of no essays! Best of luck to everyone applying.
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Hey all, I'm a current Mayo med student (Rochester, MN campus) and I'm happy to answer any questions about my experience as a student here, the application process, etc. I posted something similar in the thread from last year and thought it would be helpful to share it in the current thread for those applying this cycle. I've edited some stuff out that's no longer relevant. Good luck to everyone applying!

Relevant resources you might find helpful/enjoy:

Meet Mayo Med (Student-run blog) - New Yorkers move to Rochester, Minnesota
Student Review of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Student Review: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Prospective Doctor
Med school's instagram account - Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (@mayoclinicsom) • Instagram photos and videos
Info on Selectives (unique aspect of Mayo's curriculum):
Selectives - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
Student Reflections on Selectives - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
another Mayo med student blog (with more posts about selectives) - All blog posts
Sharing Mayo Clinic blog - The Liver Transplant a Hurricane Couldn't Stop

I would also like to add that in my experience Mayo’s admissions process is very holistic. If the Mayo Clinic’s mission and values resonate with you (see: Mayo Clinic Value Statements - About Us - Mayo Clinic) and if you think you’d be a good fit, then you should apply. Try not to be discouraged if you don’t have a 3.9 GPA. Mayo was my dream school for years, yet I almost didn’t apply because I thought it was too much of a “reach school”. As I found, Mayo looks at so much more than just numbers. They are truly looking at the entire package to see if you will be a good fit.

Also keep in mind that although the class size is small, Mayo has expanded and you can now apply to the Minnesota campus and/or the Arizona campus.

More details here: Campus Locations - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic

This information was originally compiled and posted by earf in the 2014 thread and I found it very helpful!

Hey everyone, just wanted to check in here. I'll be attending Mayo Medical School as an MS1 this upcoming year and wanted to wish you all good luck on this application cycle. Mayo definitely had the most exciting interview and I was blown away by how amazing this institution is, the abundance of resources, and the unmatched level of friendliness of everyone I met here. I know there are a few seasoned students following this thread, so feel free to ask any questions related to how you can better prepare yourself in this application process to Mayo.


Also, I wanted to insert some helpful information here that was compiled from other threads in years past so that you can have a better prepare yourself (and get excited!!) with applying here. I take no credit for this information as I'm just transferring it from last year to here for easier access and before this thread becomes too large.


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Quoted from: forsparta


Compilation of information from last year's Mayo thread. I do not state I wrote any of this (main authors: Snuke, Nerday Shortay Icanhazcheeseburger [sp], Wisco1, ect.) and do not guarantee accuracy of any statements. The views expressed are not in association with the Mayo Medical School (MMS) and can not be used as factual evidence.


However, I believe it is useful


Mayo does not have a secondary, unless they change from past years. You send in your primary, Mayo reviews it, and determines whether to request LOR's from you. Once they have requested your LOR's and you send them, you are reviewed again for an interview spot.


I'll leave the other questions about the small class size, Rochester, etc., for current students who would be more qualified to answer. I will say that from what I've learned through the interview process and second look weekend that Mayo is as awesome as it sounds on paper. Financial aid is great, opportunities are unlimited practically, curriculum is great with integrated "off" time between course blocks....could go on and on.

I'm not sure about a pre-sceen, but I do know that Mayo looks at MUCH more than MCAT and GPA. The second of half of your post is not exactly accurate. Everyone who applies gets a request for money, but this means nothing about your chances of interview. Once they receive your money, they begin to review your application (primarily activities) in deciding whether to request letters from you (you should not automatically send letters to them when you pay). Here's some numbers that have been posted in previous years' threads:


4000 apply

800 get LOR requests

250-300 get interviews

~72 are offered acceptances (including from alternate list)


personal statement is not read until after LORs are received.


42 MD-only spots available.

There's a minimum screen (LizzyM score of 60 = GPA * 10 + MCAT) to get the application looked at by Mayo. I assume that if you get the LOR request, you've passed that screen.

M1 schedule consists of morning lecture/lab from 8AM-noon. Then we have "Basic Doctoring" (physical exam skills and history taking, etc) 1-2 days per week in the afternoons from 1-5. The majority of the afternoons are free.


M2 year is reversed with daily lecture/lab in the afternoons.

Over the course of the first two calendar years, you have a total of 30 weeks of time alotted for selective. 18 of those weeks have to be spent doing a selective (=20 hours/wk of professional enrichment) and 12 of them are "free time". You can go home and do a shadowing experience if you want. Do your 20 hours of shadowing in the week and the rest of the time you can spend with family or do whatever you want.


I have only been in Rochester for a month now but I am not worried about it. Everyone here is very close knit and we hang out alot together. There is plenty to do in Rochester, and if you get bored, the Twin Cities are less than 90 minutes away.

Oh man, where to start. Really, I just had an amazing incredible experience.


The interview day is long, but it seriously feels short. Everyone is incredibly nice, from admin people to MDs to students to random people on the street. All the students are blissfully happy (not just my hosts or the people running the tours. I think we met almost half the class, and not a single one - when pressed - could think of a major shortcoming to the school), and many of them turned down big names to go to Mayo. Amongst them: Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, UCSF, Wash U.


The interview day starts in the student center/admissions office. It's a small building across from the Gonda, rather out of place with the rest of the Mayo buildings because it's a renovated library. Very handsome inside, too. Gina is incredibly nice, and she did the orientation, which was largely the same video posted earlier and on the website. Then we met with the assistant dean of Academic and Student Affairs, then the Director of the Office of Diversity. Each of the talks were pretty short, which was nice. Then half of us had a 30 minute interview, the other half 30 minutes of down-time, then we switched. The ice was pretty much broken already because we'd met with our student hosts the night before to have dinner (and some of us helped the Birthday Baking Committee bake cupcakes!).


Then we had a tour of the Medical School. The Plummer building (library) is gorgeous, and we traipsed through the pedestrian subway, which is also very nice, and visited a few floors of the Gonda building. The Gonda building/Mayo Clinic is really quite majestic on the inside - marble and comfortable chairs everywhere, and someone was usually playing the grand piano. The peds floor is amazing - almost makes me want to be a pediatrician - and is designed for kids and to be very kid-friendly with curves and colors and low furniture everywhere.


Then lunch, then another interview/break, in which a few of us walked to the gym (which is a-MAZING and humongous) and had a tour (you get free membership your first two years). Then it was a short meeting with The Associate dean of Academic Affairs and a Dr. on the Admissions Committee chair.


Overall, in every possible aspect, it was incredible. Like I said, everyone is blissfully happy. One of my student hosts compared Mayo to a utopia, and it truly is of a kind. They make their own little world here, and they run it immaculately. Everything is literally for the patient.


And that's the key. Mayo-wear (what they call professional suit attire for when with patients) is to reduce the boundaries between patient and doctor. Everything is set up to make the patient more comfortable/for the patient's benefit.


The class size is, well, intimate. Everyone knows everyone and everyone's business, so if you aren't comfortable with that, that could be a problem. The small size, however, allows for opportunities that you can't have otherwise. In gross anatomy, they have a radiologist (because they CT the cadavers first), two surgeons expert in the field of whatever you're dissecting, and enough TAs to cover the rest of the tables. If you want to shadow someone, all you do is email them and set it up. There are a few set selectives, but people make up their own based on their interests, or if they want to travel somewhere, they do the hours of serving the underserved the first week and enjoy themselves the second week.




The interviews are really really low stress. The only stress is what you put on yourself. Both of my interviews started with 'tell me about yourself,' and you get to pretty much direct it from there. They are anticipating 4000 applications for the 42 MD spots. They will give out 1200-1300 LOR, 250-280+ interviews, and 60-70 acceptances.



I had one good interviewer, and one amazing, but pretty much everyone was very happy with who interviewed them. From what Gina was saying, some people fight to be scheduled to do interviews - especially the Director of Diversity, even though he has so much to do anyway, apparently.


And really, I just had this experience as I was eating out with my hosts - their friends would come up, see that we were prospectives, and the first thing out of their mouth was, 'you know, they treat us so well here.' It's delightfully amazing. Mayo will only send LOR requests if you move on to that step. That you have not received that email means only that: you have not moved on. If your primary is verified and your LORs sent out on the 30th, you have several weeks before you start to worry about if you're rejected, and even then - I know LeoGer waited 7 weeks between LOR request and interview.


Earlier, about 2-3 weeks was normal between fee request and LOR request. Now, later in the season, it might take even longer, as they have just started interviewing.


So yes, you will get a LOR request if Mayo wants to see them. Until they send that email, they're just looking at your stats and ECs, not even your PS. Some are emergency medicine, pediatrics, medical clowning, two medical mission trips to Honduras, LGBT/HIV medicine in South Beach, Florida, psychiatry, research (x2), music therapy (upcoming), infectious disease. Mine are mostly medical, but the music therapy one is self-designed and mainly aimed at improving my repertoire/technique on the ukulele (no joke). I do play music every week in the main lobby at Mayo, but the school has nothing to do with this and it isn't technically medical in any way. I know other students have done writing selectives, volunteering selectives (not necessarily with medical organizations). You just have to explain what the selective will do for your career - bettering yourself as a person, even in non-medical ways, will ultimately make you a better doctor. They know that.


Mayo ranks each person following their interviews, then sends an email informing each applicant that they've been ranked. You don't know what rank you are (1-5, 1 being best), but I'm not sure how stringently they follow it, since they can pull a 2 in front of a 1 from the waitlist (leading people to believe that Mayo is comprising its class of people with certain characteristics, i.e. # athletes, # muscians, etc.)


To share an I love Mayo moment with you: I spent yesterday afternoon working with a professional actor on improv comedy skills...the idea being that extremely active listening (as is necessary for improv and scene handoffs) leads to a more successful first 20-30 seconds of entering a patient room. Several of my classmates are camping tonight to prep for a mass-casualty wilderness survival experience, another is delivering babies in rural Arizona, and one is on his way to a wedding this weekend. And, if it all works out, we'll come together next Monday to play another kickball game. What an absolutely fantastic way to study medicine...if you are going to learn 46,000 new words and phrases during the first two years of school you might as well have some fun along the way!
Today during pediatric selective:


- Wake up, have coffee until 805am(others in the class doing this selective are out shadowing today in anything from gen peds to peds derm/ED/surg/etc.

- Meet Senior Sage (longitudinal geriatrics program) mentor for breakfast, interview and writeup afterwards--unrelated to selective but i had the morning free

- Lunch with peds residency director

- Neonatal resuscitation and umbilical line placement lab in simulator center from 1300-1530


...selective schedules vary widely though...so a more typical class day:


1st year:

8-12 a.m. is lecture/lab/group time. Some days we're out earlier.

12-1: Lunch/Free...usually time for interest group meetings, mentor meetings, attending grand rounds, interviewee lunches, etc.

1-5: Occasional afternoon activities (doctoring coursework, longitudinal development curriculum, volunteer programs, history taking skills, etc.)---on average over the year probably 2-3 afternoons a week have afternoons booked.


2nd year: essentially the reverse of above


3rd and 4th year: as with any medical school, mostly dedicated to time out on the wards so you could have days that are 24-36 hours long and others that are a basic outpatient clinic. Highly variable. Maybe. You might make it into the first ranking meeting after your interview, but if both of your interviewers are not present, you will not be discussed and you will not be ranked. This happened to me.


In addition, there might be a separate acceptance committee that meets at a different time than the ranking (like if they rank on Friday but accept on Thursday). Or they rank and accept at the same one. I have no clue about that, but it's a possibility.


Bottom line: you must be ranked before you can get a decision, and there's no telling when that will happen, could be a week, could be more. If you interview on the 7th, you'll definitely hear something before the end of the month, but it is possible that you'll miss the initial acceptances/decisions on the 17th. There's no way to tell at this point.


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And here's a post from a Mayo graduate who is now a resident. Quoted from wannadoctor


This is from the perspective of someone who attended Mayo Medical School and is now a resident at one of the residency programs often cited as "the big 4 (UCSF/MGH/BWH/JHU)" on these boards.


Reasons why Mayo is fantastic for medical school:

1) Tuition: The most you could pay for tuition was approximately $8,000 a year (many people received full rides). There were two years when they emailed the medical school and informed us everyone would be receiving a full scholarship. Average debt approximately $60,000.

- Once you're a resident and realize how much interest accumulates on even the "average medical student debt of a $160,000," you appreciate this even more. Many of my colleagues are making career decisions based on finances.


2) Selectives: Mayo's first two years are structured such that you have a "block" of 6 weeks where you focus on a topic (i.e. in second year cardiovascular system, GI system), and then have two weeks for "selectives" You receive a $5,000 travel budget to use during selecties.

- This was amazing. It made medical school so painless. Essentially, you work hard for six weeks and then have 2 weeks of selective to do research casually, travel and work abroad. Selectives can be as structured as you want them to be. But honestly, they're essentially a break for you to do what you love, enhance your resume, or just rest.

- The majority of students had done clinical work (and sometimes non-clinical) in at least 1-2 countries courtesy of this by the end of second year (work in Haiti, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, India etc...).


3) Teaching: I honestly think this is what really makes Mayo unique. The classes are extremely clinically oriented. There are no PhD's or MD/PhD research gurus who come in and lecture you on the nuances of their research. Our faculty goes through a huge screening process as many clinicians at Mayo want to be involved in education. Evaluations of faculty are used to screen out "bad apples." Thus, you end up with professors who are teaching because they want to, love to, and excel at it. In addition to this, the faculty that teach various blocks discuss and integrate their curriculum. This avoids redundancy and minutia from being taught.

- The medical students who I work with now (from a "top 5 medical school") often comment on how frustrating it is to have "famous research faculty" come in and lecture for an hour about something not relevant. At the end of the day, I believe the reason Mayo is NOT like this is because 1) The institution as a whole is clinically oriented (and clinical research oriented) and not as basic science oriented as top NE places (which can be a con depending on what you want to do).


4) Research: Whether it be clinical or basic science (though basic science not as strong), it is easy to do research. Mayo DOES have a 3 month research requirement built into third year (which is an AMAZING break). The year I graduated, out of the approximately 40 of us, >than half had more than 2 published papers (not counting abstracts, presentations etc..). There were a few of us that had published >10 papers by the end of medical school, and most in respected, high impact journals. At the end of the day, because there are so few Mayo medical students and Mayo provides incentives for faculty to publish papers with medical students (faster track to professorship), research and publishing is very accessible.


4) The system at Mayo is amazing. It's seamless. It is truly cost effective, efficient, and patient-oriented. You REALLY appreciate this as a 3rd year, 4th year, but most importantly as a patient. While I LOVE the institution that I currently am at for completely different reasons (again a "big 4" residency), I remember being dumbfounded my intern year by how inefficient, slow, and difficult the system at this "top hospital" was... more importantly, how these inefficiencies often led to patient errors.


5) Other random perks: Can do an MD/JD at ASU in 2 years. Mayo will pay for it, you don't have to take the LSAT. Mayo will also give you $10,000 if you pursue another degree (MPH etc...) at any other institution (people have left to do MBA's, MPH's, Master's at Oxford/Cambridge, Master's in fashion design, Master's in Journalism). At the end of a six week block, faculty will take you out or invite the class over to their place for dinners/drinks. The student body is MUCH MORE diverse in terms of where Mayo pulls students from (i.e. it is not IVY league undergrad heavy).

I know Rochester doesn't always get a lot of love, but I moved here from a major metropolitan area and I truly love living here. Although, I haven't gotten through a winter yet, so I'll have to report back after that happens and let you all know if the hype is justified.

Rochester recently made livability's top 100 best places to live 2016 rankings. It is ranked as #1!

http://www.livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2016

Rochester has been growing a lot and there are some really great cafes, restaurants and bars here. I was talking to a fellow at Mayo and he told me that since he's been living here there have been a ton of new businesses opening up and that the city has grown a lot in the short time he's been here. There's also a lot more nature than I'm used to here, which is a really nice change for me. It's also pretty close to the twin cities. IMO the drive is actually really quick because I'm used to sitting in obscene traffic and there is hardly any traffic driving there. I drove to Minneapolis yesterday during the "rush hour" and it wasn't bad at all. Rochester is also SO affordable compared to where I was living before. My friends back home are pretty jealous and can't even believe what I'm paying to live here. I can't believe what I was paying before!

Just wanted to share some love for Rochester, as someone who is used to living in a much bigger city and had some initial fears about moving here.

There is also a Professor at Mayo who takes beautiful photos of Rochester that are worth viewing - https://www.instagram.com/rochester_mn
 
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Hey all, I'm a current Mayo med student (Rochester, MN campus) and I'm happy to answer any questions about my experience as a student here, the application process, etc. I posted something similar in the thread from last year and thought it would be helpful to share it in the current thread for those applying this cycle. I've edited some stuff out that's no longer relevant. Good luck to everyone applying!

Relevant resources you might find helpful/enjoy:

Meet Mayo Med (Student-run blog) - New Yorkers move to Rochester, Minnesota
Student Review of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Student Review: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Prospective Doctor
Med school's instagram account - Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (@mayoclinicsom) • Instagram photos and videos
Info on Selectives (unique aspect of Mayo's curriculum):
Selectives - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
Student Reflections on Selectives - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
another Mayo med student blog (with more posts about selectives) - All blog posts
Sharing Mayo Clinic blog - The Liver Transplant a Hurricane Couldn't Stop

I would also like to add that in my experience Mayo’s admissions process is very holistic. If the Mayo Clinic’s mission and values resonate with you (see: Mayo Clinic Value Statements - About Us - Mayo Clinic) and if you think you’d be a good fit, then you should apply. Try not to be discouraged if you don’t have a 3.9 GPA. Mayo was my dream school for years, yet I almost didn’t apply because I thought it was too much of a “reach school”. As I found, Mayo looks at so much more than just numbers. They are truly looking at the entire package to see if you will be a good fit.

Also keep in mind that although the class size is small, Mayo has expanded and you can now apply to the Minnesota campus and/or the Arizona campus.

More details here: Campus Locations - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic

This information was originally compiled and posted by earf in the 2014 thread and I found it very helpful!

This is good to know. Do you have any other tips for applying here? I live in Rochester now and work in the ED here, and I truly enjoy everything that Mayo is about here. A big portion of my cover letter was about how I resonate with the mission statements, however, my GPA is not the greatest at all. I haven't taken my MCAT yet, but I know that getting in touch with the admissions team for any school early on is a good step to give them an idea of how interested and determined you are. Do you have any tips?
 
Will this serve thread serve for both campuses? It seems they were split last year...
 
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There's a thread for the Scottsdale campus. Good luck to everyone!

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The Class of 2020 presents... "Planet Mayo"
= a funny video some Mayo students made

 
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Just submitted! Oh my goodness, I love Mayo - I have been going to the Jacksonville campus for a few years. I'll have questions when I get a moment to breathe!


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Hey all, I'm a current Mayo med student (Rochester, MN campus) and I'm happy to answer any questions about my experience as a student here, the application process, etc. I posted something similar in the thread from last year and thought it would be helpful to share it in the current thread for those applying this cycle. I've edited some stuff out that's no longer relevant. Good luck to everyone applying!

Relevant resources you might find helpful/enjoy:

Meet Mayo Med (Student-run blog) - New Yorkers move to Rochester, Minnesota
Student Review of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Student Review: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Prospective Doctor
Med school's instagram account - Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (@mayoclinicsom) • Instagram photos and videos
Info on Selectives (unique aspect of Mayo's curriculum):
Selectives - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
Student Reflections on Selectives - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
another Mayo med student blog (with more posts about selectives) - All blog posts
Sharing Mayo Clinic blog - The Liver Transplant a Hurricane Couldn't Stop

I would also like to add that in my experience Mayo’s admissions process is very holistic. If the Mayo Clinic’s mission and values resonate with you (see: Mayo Clinic Value Statements - About Us - Mayo Clinic) and if you think you’d be a good fit, then you should apply. Try not to be discouraged if you don’t have a 3.9 GPA. Mayo was my dream school for years, yet I almost didn’t apply because I thought it was too much of a “reach school”. As I found, Mayo looks at so much more than just numbers. They are truly looking at the entire package to see if you will be a good fit.

Also keep in mind that although the class size is small, Mayo has expanded and you can now apply to the Minnesota campus and/or the Arizona campus.

More details here: Campus Locations - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic
Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona - M.D. Program - Mayo Clinic

This information was originally compiled and posted by earf in the 2014 thread and I found it very helpful!

What would you say is the lowest possible stats that a URM should apply to Mayo with? Given that EC's are great and research is decent. Thanks!
 
In state and consider Mayo a "Reach School" with a 3.95GPA and 502 MCAT but love the area and campus. Anyone get a secondary yet???
 
In state and consider Mayo a "Reach School" with a 3.95GPA and 502 MCAT but love the area and campus. Anyone get a secondary yet???

Last I heard they don't have a true secondary. Pretty sure we just have to pay the fee and we're good but they could've changed it
 
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Yep I believe they screen secondaries but then really it's just a fee, no essay or anything.
 
Hi @thenucleusaccumbens, do you know around when Mayo will be sending their secondaries? I know they screen before a request, I'm just curious!

edit: ...I guess I could look at last year's thread:rolleyes:
 
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Hi @thenucleusaccumbens, do you know around when Mayo will be sending their secondaries? I know they screen before a request, I'm just curious!

edit: ...I guess I could look at last year's thread:rolleyes:

There is a screen so not everyone will get the fee request, which I think is kind of nice because it is expensive and some schools will request secondaries from everyone who applies even if they have no chance. Anyway, they usually start sending them in late June/early July, but it can vary. I remember I actually didn't get it right away.
 
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I can't wait for this secondary... especially since there are apparently no essays :claps:!
 
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So if you apply to MD-PhD, is it true that you still do not get prompts for secondary?
 
So any word of secondaries for Mayo? Has it traditionally been that Mayo doesn't have a secondary?
 
So any word of secondaries for Mayo? Has it traditionally been that Mayo doesn't have a secondary?
I believe Mayo sends a "secondary" if you are invited to interview

Edit: you will be asked a few short essay questions if you are selected for an interview. Seems from other people's posts that there is also a fee request that may have a few personal information questions that could be considered a secondary
 
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Does anyone know what the metric is for their secondary screen?
 
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Nothing yet from super bowl mvp Aaron Rodgers

edit: super bowl mvp aaron rodgers got a secondary! 7/13/2017
 
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Just received a secondary. Unfortunately there are essays.:dead:

ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each)
1. Please tell us why you are specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – MN even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?

2. Please tell us how you would contribute to the diversity of your medical school class at Mayo?

@Lucca
 
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I put this in the Mayo AZ thread as well - I just received a secondary from them. Do they send secondaries for only one campus when you have applied to both?
 
I put this in the Mayo AZ thread as well - I just received a secondary from them. Do they send secondaries for only one campus when you have applied to both?
No they have separate ones. I just got both of them
 
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No they have separate ones. I just got both of them

Awesome! I'm really hoping I get one from MN, but waiting patiently. Got one from AZ already - was thinking I would hear from them later as I added them a few weeks later.
 
Feeling lonely here without the secondary. </3
 
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Super confused. I got a secondary from Mayo Mn but it has a Why Mayo and a Diversity essay. I thought Mayo in Minnesota didn't have any secondary questions. Am I thinking of the right campus?

Edit: Just read the rest of the forum, and yeah, seems like they added essays this go around :/
 
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Applied to the AZ Campus, but debating on whether to apply here. Just posted this to get in on the action
 
Aaron Rodgers, 1x Super Bowl MVP and future Hall of Famer, has not gotten a secondary yet. Pls love me.
 
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And so it begins....

Just received a secondary. Unfortunately there are essays.:dead:

ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each)
1. Please tell us why you are specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – MN even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?
2. Please tell us how you would contribute to the diversity of your medical school class at Mayo?
@Lucca

Did they send this email notoriously at 2:31am???
 
This is me refreshing my email every 5 minutes to see if my secondary will magically appear ...
 
Got the secondary a few hours ago...good luck y'all
 
Got a secondary this afternoon. Bummer about the essays, I was looking forward to just handing over my money :D
 
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Anyone have any facts about how many applicants get a secondary? It was interesting to see that kind of thing for the UC schools, wondering if it's available for Mayo as well
 
Just received a secondary. Unfortunately there are essays.:dead:

ESSAYS: Submit answers to the following questions (500 words or less each)
1. Please tell us why you are specifically interested in pursuing your medical education at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – MN even if you gain acceptances to other highly ranked medical schools?

2. Please tell us how you would contribute to the diversity of your medical school class at Mayo?

@Lucca

Are you god damn kidding me? Half the reason I applied to this school was the fact they had no essays
 
Anyone have any facts about how many applicants get a secondary? It was interesting to see that kind of thing for the UC schools, wondering if it's available for Mayo as well

I think from looking at past threads is that they screen pretty heavily, but not on a defined scale.

"There were people with LizzyM's in the high 70s and low 80s that get screened out last year. It's not a straight stats game, even pre-Lor request. I'm not really sure how they do it. But it's an amazing place, awesome place to interview and they have great financial aid so good luck to everybody."

2015-2016 Mayo Medical School Application Thread

Upon further inspection in the thread you will find this golden nugget.

Referencing the 2013-2014 thread...

"Here's some numbers that have been posted in previous years' threads:

4000 apply
800 get LOR requests
250-300 get interviews
~72 are offered acceptances (including from alternate list)"


With that, Mayo's last application cycle had about 4700 applicants with 94 acceptances. Seeing as how the ratios seem to stay consistent, I'd bet on about 20% of applicants get LOR requests."
 
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I think from looking at past threads is that they screen pretty heavily, but not on a defined scale.

"There were people with LizzyM's in the high 70s and low 80s that get screened out last year. It's not a straight stats game, even pre-Lor request. I'm not really sure how they do it. But it's an amazing place, awesome place to interview and they have great financial aid so good luck to everybody."

2015-2016 Mayo Medical School Application Thread

Upon further inspection in the thread you will find this golden nugget.

Referencing the 2013-2014 thread...

"Here's some numbers that have been posted in previous years' threads:

4000 apply
800 get LOR requests
250-300 get interviews
~72 are offered acceptances (including from alternate list)"


With that, Mayo's last application cycle had about 4700 applicants with 94 acceptances. Seeing as how the ratios seem to stay consistent, I'd bet on about 20% of applicants get LOR requests."
Wow, thank you for digging that up! My thread-stalking abilities must not be up to par.
 
Does anyone know if they send out secondaries in batches? Wondering why I haven't gotten one yet...
 
-Insert Tom Brady-

Brady is the result of a system set for success, anyone (especially me of course) would be GOAT under Bill Belichick. :)
Does anyone know if they send out secondaries in batches? Wondering why I haven't gotten one yet...

haven't gotten one yet, would like to know the same thing, although I'm sure every school does it in batches in order to avoid having their emails be considered spam
 
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Does Mayo send secondaries to applicants who do not have all their letters submitted?
 
Does Mayo send secondaries to applicants who do not have all their letters submitted?

I got one from Mayo AZ today and I haven't submitted my letters, yet.

The wait to see if I get something from MN is killing me.


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