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Grading is P/F with no internal ranking (they don't even announce what the average was on an exams - so you really cannot compare yourself to others unless you ask everybody how they did). I don't know the step scores but I assume there is a way to get that information online (?). Living in Hershey is very cheap. If you live on campus, you can get a fairly spacious 2-bedroom apartment for like $550 a month (assuming you have a roommate. Everything is included). You go 5 minutes away off-campus and rent will drop obviously but things will not be included in that payment (electric, internet, etc.). Definitely one of the cheapest/more affordable places I've ever lived in.
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Especially their brand new library 🙂
This is correct. State residence has no effect on either admissions nor tuition. Obviously there are a bunch of PA residents here but only because lots of PA residents apply. I am OOS and it never came up in my interviews, and when I've worked with admissions the past two years it has never come up as a pro or con either.
Congratulations to those of you who have been accepted to PSCOM! The UP admissions team just received our first real batch of PSCOM-accepted students to reach out to this cycle and we are excited to get the process rolling. If you have been accepted and are interested in learning more about the UP program, feel free to ask or PM me. For those of you not yet accepted to PSCOM, know that there have only been a few acceptances thus far with many more to come in the next few months. If you're waiting on a decision post-Hershey-interview, know that there are several (12 I believe?) admissions subgroups which all meet, fortunately or unfortunately, at their convenience which is why some students hear back in four weeks and others in ten. I am excited for you all and look forward to meeting some of you in the coming months.
I can't speak to the exact number but I do have classmates who have been accepted off post-interview hold. It does happen. There are many acceptances yet to come out, and yours could very well be one. Best of luck.
Hold, whatever that means
Mind sharing when you were complete?
Hold. Complete mid July.
Did you get an email or did you just check your portal?
So would this mean that if we haven't heard something after 4 weeks, some kind of decision is "guaranteed" after 10?
Unfortunately not; there are no guarantees in the timing of the decisions. Instead I meant that the amount of time between your interview and your admissions decision is much more likely to be due to a slow-to-meet subgroup than an issue with your application. I wish there were a better answer, but all you can do after your interview is wait.
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hold. i guess my run in this cycle is over. nothing but hold and rejections since 2 IIs in september
Don’t lose faith! Schools are still sending out those IIs.
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Yea I interviewed that day. Nothing yet, trying to patiently wait lol
Hey ya'll, does this school accept pre-II updates? If so, how? Sorry if it was answered earlier.
No they do not
Complete silence. Ahhhhh
Out of curt
If I was a late Sep. Interview and haven't heard anything, should I be worried?
Yeah I had a pretty brutal interview here too. The two of us who interviewed with a particular faculty member experienced extraordinarily militant "conversations." However, I am told that is far from the norm.
I wonder if we had the same interviewer...
Kind of surprising. I have a good friend who attended Penn State, and he has nothing but good things to say about the school when it comes to culture and supportiveness of faculty. I can't speak from personal experience, but I certainly get the impression that your experience is far from the norm as well.
II about an hour ago!! 🙂 OOS, complete 10/11
Congrats! I'm an OOS applicant (though I live in western PA right now) who was complete on 10/03. Hoping to hear back soon as well!
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Best of luck! 🙂
Congrats! Do you mind sharing stats?
It's been, like, 10, since mine...
Sure! URM, 509 MCAT, 3.4 GPA. Graduated almost two years ago and have been working in a neurosurgery research lab since. I have a good amount of undergrad research experience too.
Yes seems like it can go up to 12 weeks but from what I've seen 8 seems to be the average?
Mine was 6. I feel like it really varies here
Do you mind me asking where you got twelve weeks from? And does the wait-time correlate with acceptance/rejection in any way?
From what I've seen in last year's thread and this year's thread the latest I've seen anyone get accepted was around 12 weeks an the earliest was around 6 weeks like the previous guy said.
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I am sitting next to a friend who waited 12 weeks to be accepted, and I waited five weeks to be accepted. In nearly every case, the wait time does not correlate with your eventual admissions decision.
Interview yet? what was it like? open or closed file?
Not the person you quoted, but interviews here are open-file. Not too stressful, just know your application well and prepare for the usual questions.
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II today!! OOS, excited
Congrats! Complete date?
Thanks, any anxiety reduction during finals helps a lot!
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late July!
Is it very uncommon to get interviewed after being placed on hold?
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Mine was. I applied for the Hershey program and not the other one, but both programs were touched upon in the presentation if I remember correctly, so I assume everyone interviews at the Hershey campus?
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