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Docdocwhoisthere said:
Anyone who has interviewed already care to share their experience?
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It was a very laid back interview for me. My interviewer let me start off the interview and we spoke for the whole 45 minutes. You only have one interview by someone on the admissions committee. Mine was in the morning so after financial aid I was able to leave. A group tour starts at 11am and its lead by 4th year students. If you wear heels your feet will hurt (for the ladies!) due to walking up many flights of steps and to buildings down the street. Then we toured the simulation lab and the anatomy lab. After the tour you eat lunch with year 2 students. Then financial aid. Finally, you leave or stay depending on your interview time. St. Louis was very welcoming and everyone is nice! They have your name and school on tv screens everywhere in the building so they make you feel special lol
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joschar said:
I was reading through a lot of threads from last year about SLU, typically SLU vs School X threads, and nearly every thread seemed to mention that a con of attending SLU was that they lack research opportunities for students. Is this true? I mean my interview was held in a 9 story reasearch building 100 yards from the school. They even required my drivers license at the front desk because they are one of the few institutions doing vaccine research for the government and have live cultures of anthrax and Ebola.

Can any current or previous students speak to the validity of those comments about research opportunities at SLU?

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Pretty much what @You're My Boy Blue said. There's research opportunities available pretty much everywhere if you're willing to reach out to people. And a lot of residents, academic clinicians, etc. are sitting on a bunch of things they've been wanting to publish or research but haven't had time to get around to doing it. Asking to help out can easily land you research, pubs, or presentations.

In addition, the Dean has been pushing for a heavier research focus in the school as well as part of the changes in remediating the probation. So if you decide to matriculate at this school, you will most likely be getting a high emphasis on integrating research into the program.
 
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drsoapbox said:
Pretty much what @You're My Boy Blue said. There's research opportunities available pretty much everywhere if you're willing to reach out to people. And a lot of residents, academic clinicians, etc. are sitting on a bunch of things they've been wanting to publish or research but haven't had time to get around to doing it. Asking to help out can easily land you research, pubs, or presentations.

In addition, the Dean has been pushing for a heavier research focus in the school as well as part of the changes in remediating the probation. So if you decide to matriculate at this school, you will most likely be getting a high emphasis on integrating research into the program.
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Why would a higher emphasis on research aid in the remediation of probation? The citations that SLUSOM received from the LCME were largely administrative issues. The only change in curriculum that I've even noticed so far is that evaluations for courses are now mandatory.
 
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How serious is this probation? What would happen to the students if the school ends up not fixing its problems? I’m wondering if interviewing there is worth the time and effort anymore because of their probation
 
gmianosi said:
How serious is this probation? What would happen to the students if the school ends up not fixing its problems? I’m wondering if interviewing there is worth the time and effort anymore because of their probation
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A school hasn't lost their accreditation since the 60s if I remember correctly , usually its fixed in the allotted time especially since this is only a few administrative issues
 
Im curious as to why I havent heard back from SLU yet.... I am a SLU student with a 512 MCAT and 3.75 science and regular GPA and finished my app on 7/24/17. I got a committee letter from SLU, but I decided to add 2 extra letters of reccomendation as well which were submitted on September 15th. Do you think that they simply haven't gotten around to my app yet because I added those extra letters of reccomendation? or was I silently rejected?
 
Hadstuff said:
Im curious as to why I havent heard back from SLU yet....
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I was complete 7/1 and haven't heard anything. Schools are just very busy atm. Don't consider it a rejection until the last interview date passes.
 
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sss1219 said:
I was complete 7/1 and haven't heard anything. Schools are just very busy atm. Don't consider it a rejection until the last interview date passes.
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lol why does medical school have to do this to us. Is being a doctor with 200k in debt so much to ask? I've been wanting to pull my hair out every week I dont get an interview
 
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Hadstuff said:
lol why does medical school have to do this to us. Is being a doctor with 200k in debt so much to ask? I've been wanting to pull my hair out every week I dont get an interview
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With a LM of 70 I'm sure you have other interviews. Focus on those and I'm sure this school will get back to you at some point. Also, its not too late to add some schools too
 
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If we have already interviewed here will we hear a final decision on Monday or within a week or two of Monday? I remember being told both at the interview.
 
If we interviewed here on Tuesday 9/12, will we find out the decision on Monday 10/16? Are rejections/waitlist sent out the same day as well?
 
joschar said:
If we have already interviewed here will we hear a final decision on Monday or within a week or two of Monday? I remember being told both at the interview.
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I remember that too!
 
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Anyone know when 9/25 interviews should hear back?
 
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Hopefully we hear a decision today for the 9/12 interview group. They told us in person and on the website we will hear back October 15th but I don't think they realized that was a Sunday.
 
Accepted at 8:37 this morning!!! First acceptance. Interviewed on 9/18
 
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Accepted by email this morning, interviewed 9/19
 
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What if you don't hear anything...does that mean a rejection?
 
Hau5MD said:
+2 for 19th. I wonder if they're doing a staggered release of decisions.
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Ya, I interviewed on the 12th and just worried what it means if we don't hear anything...
 
smily6 said:
Ya, I interviewed on the 12th and just worried what it means if we don't hear anything...
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This is all speculation but I imagine if they reviewed our app and planned to reject us, they would've done so immediately. If anything, I reckon our apps either haven't been reviewed or they are sitting to be re-reviewed . Last year, some people recieved decisions later as their interviewers couldn't make it to earlier admissions meetings.
 
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Ya, I interviewed on the 12th and just worried what it means if we don't hear anything...
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Interviewed on the 12th as well and have not heard anything. Any 9/12ers heard anything?
 
Hau5MD said:
This is all speculation but I imagine if they reviewed our app and planned to reject us, they would've done so immediately. If anything, I reckon our apps either haven't been reviewed or they are sitting to be re-reviewed . Last year, some people recieved decisions later as their interviewers couldn't make it to earlier admissions meetings.
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I hope so haha..
 
cdimza said:
9/12, I've heard nothing. I'm not sure, but I might be dying.
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From last year, it looks like interviewees either found on Monday or Friday of the opening week for decisions.
 
Accepted just now!!!!! Interviewed 9/12, beyond thankful!
 
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So if we don't hear anything and interviewed on 9/12 ...does that mean a rejection?
 
smily6 said:
So if we don't hear anything and interviewed on 9/12 ...does that mean a rejection?
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I was accepted at SLU last year. Just because you interview on the same day as someone else doesn't mean you will receive your decision on the same day. Last year, I interviewed with 3 people from my school on the same day in mid-October. We were all accepted, but received our answers a week apart. It primarily has to do with when your interviewer presents their candidates to the committee. Now if you are a close call, maybe you are held over for further discussion - I don't know.
 
ACCEPTED 3:30pm!!! Interviewed sep 19th
 
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Cancelled my interview and withdrew today! Hope it goes to one of you peeps
 
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Confirmed secondary application on 8/24 and still nothing
 
my god I loved this school at the interview. Really hope they stick to the whole 3-4 weeks timeline :). Anyone from october interviews get accepted yet
 
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Waitlisted. Interviewed 9/18, LM 67-69 non-URM OOS re-applicant.
 
Accepted!!! :soexcited: I loved this school at the interview. Good luck everyone!!
 
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Accepted today!!! SO HAPPY :soexcited::soexcited:
 
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