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No. I'll let you know when I am submitted. Might give their office a call later today
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Received and submitted secondary today. Primary was sent on July 11th. 3.5 GPA 510+ MCAT. Hoping for some love from Hershey.
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I got an error when I tried to access on my phone. It worked fine on a lap top with Google chrome.
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Still no secondary, was verified beginning of June. 3.8+ GPA 506 MCAT. I know they send secondaries to everyone, but this is kind of making me nervous.
Submitted the secondary last night....my dog Nittany was excited too...
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I shot off an email. Still haven't received one either and I was verified June 1.
For some reason the link to the secondary is no longer loading for me. Anyone else?
Does not work for me either!
Its back up now.
Just got my secondary!
Finally!
When was your amcas verified?
June 8th
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When was your amcas verified?
That was on my birthday! You should receive your secondary by Friday
I was verified on June 1st, still nothing. I emailed them today and they said they're still working on sending out all the secondaries
My friend was verified on June 9th and got her secondary today. I was verified on July 6th and got mine yesterday. I don't know what they are doing but you will be receiving yours anytime soon
They're just back a page if you look
Questions about yourself and some essays:
1. Is there a unique aspect of your application that should be considered by the admissions committee? (Maximum 75 words)
2. Explain why you decided to apply to Penn State College of Medicine. (Maximum 75 words)
3. Please write a short paragraph describing a significant experience you have had working in a team setting. (Maximum 250 words)
3. Briefly describe an experience where you had to navigate a complex system (e.g. personal experience, group activity, or development of a project) to achieve an end. Reflect on the qualities and attributes required by you to achieve success in this experience. (Maximum 250 words)
Thanks bro! Hoping for that secondary soon
Just got the email that my application is complete. LORs received, and that my file will be reviewed in the order it was received.
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Can anyone share a bit more about the University Park program?
I'm not applying, but I know someone who will be there next year and have spoken to a few current students. It's a super new program to spend all four years in State College, but they've had students doing their last two years there for quite a while now. People I've talked to who are in the longer-running two year program appreciate that they have much more hands-on clinical experience and really get to know the attendings, since the program is SO much smaller. Biggest downside for some people is that most very critical/urgent health issues are shuttled out of University Park to bigger medical centers like Hershey or Pittsburg, so you're less likely to see really intense cases than you are at Hershey. University Park is where Penn State is so it's a big college town surrounded by farms, whereas Hershey is, well, the medical center and chocolate near Harrisburg. I can't speak too much about the curriculum differences, unfortunately!
This still helps quite a bit. Thank you! So from what you can tell, the draw of University Park is mainly to have a more intimate and hands-on experience? It's so hard to glean the true goals of the program from the fluff on the website, lol.
Hahaha I told you!!
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Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many students they accept into the accelerated neuro and ortho surg pathways? Is it like 1 student each? Im assuming its crazy limited
If you're interested, apply for it. I'd like to imagine taking an interest in any of the programs they offer will bode better for you in the end since it is a way of showing interest in their school. Besides, you never know. You may get accepted into their accelerated program.
I never imagined I'd complain about essays being too short...yet here I am.
I can't afford to take the (very likely) risk of being committed.
