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2017-2018 Tulane University Application
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Looks like IIs have not been sent out for awhile...
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Hey anyone have any advice on the interview or what to expect?
Sorry for the rejection! And thank you for posting these details, it's really helpful to those of us still waiting.
Glad to hear all is good in the hood - hopefully that means other doors are opening for you.
Best wishes on the rest of the cycle!
Acceptance range, 10/6. Received email a few minutes ago. Good luck to everyone else!
Standard Why Tulane and introduction to begin with, a little overview on what they offer at the school (>20 student run clinics) and also what makes New Orleans a great place to live/learn. You realize early on that the interview day truly is a student-run affair, which is pretty neat.
Then you have your patient simulation interview where they film your interaction and the admissions committee reviews it (I've heard that if you get in you're able to watch the video). Then you go onto your faculty interview followed by lunch with your student interviewer in a very informal setting.
After lunch you tour the medical school and walk between buildings for a bit. We weren't taken into the hospital which was kind of disappointing, though we did have a large group. The best part was getting feedback from a myriad of students there who all seemed to love the culture and curriculum and seemed genuinely happy.
Fingers crossed!!!
So the MPH is something you can sign up for if you get accepted. Is the MBA the same way or is that something you need to sign up for when you apply?
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I'm MD/MBA, and I can tell you that you can sign up at any time. Just might end up taking more than 4 years if you don't sacrifice the summer before Med school
Is anyone still waiting to hear from an early October interview? I'm approaching 6 weeks of silence :/
Yep. 10/02 over here!
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Ditto
I had the red exclamation point up until the day before my II. Keep hope alive!
Green checkmark since early August over here
Good to know! They should really just get rid of this red checkmark green checkmark thing, seems to be driving everyone crazy haha
What has been the standard decision turn around time after interviewing this cycle?
Pattern seems to be 5-7 weeks :/
I interviewed on 10/27 and according to this thread, they just finished beginning of October :/
How late did you apply? My app was finished in mid September and my check mark is still red
Dang, those are just about my exact stats too. Feeling bummed for you and pre-bummed for me. :-(
Hope the rest of your cycle is going ok!
how late is late?
I also applied mid september!
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Does anyone know how many ppl they accept each year? (Not matriculants)
According to MSAR they interview ~580 students for ~190 spots. Med schools often give out around 2x the number of acceptances as there are seats. So looking at maybe ~400 acceptances.
Do you know if they over accept people in the beginning? I'm wait listed, so I want know how that normally works so I can better understand my chances. So maybe they'll accept 350 people right after interviews, then as people withdraw, MAYBE another 50 people from the wait list will get called?
Yup
Me too! interviewed 10/6 and haven't heard anything
Well schools are required to have offered acceptances equal in number to the seats of the incoming class by mid-March. So I would say that they offer many more acceptances after that date, and probably some of the first ~200 decline their acceptances before March 15.
This is where I got that information: https://www.aamc.org/download/364264/data/2014trafficrules.pdf
II today! First MD school to offer me one and i’m pretty shocked honestly (OOS, ORM, lower stats, but strong ECs)
Only issue is that the earliest and apparently ONLY interview date left is for March... should I hold out for a potential opening or just take the date? They seem pretty hostile towards rescheduling
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Only issue is that the earliest and apparently ONLY interview date left is for March... should I hold out for a potential opening or just take the date? They seem pretty hostile towards rescheduling
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Take it. I wouldn’t leave it bc that date can get occupied as well and then you’ll be SOL
Lol, you have no idea how fast those dates get filled up. Also how many people do they interview per day?
I didn't count specifically, but it was somewhere around 20.
+1 I think my group was close to this if not more.
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That’s a lot of people! How many times a week do they interview people
Was the patient-physician part a med student acting as a patient or was it a simulation?
I’m not sure :/ maybe someone else can answer this. My guess is once a week because if they interview this many then that makes about a hundred a month and they interview 500-600
The interviewees sign a non-disclosure agreement. If you’ve had patient contact in the past then you should do fine. We just can’t tell you anything about it.
Hm... my student host is also a student interviewer and she said they interview on all days of the week. The week I interviewed, late sept, they had 3 interviews that week
