That's the issue they never gave me the opportunity to interview
This is my problem too. I also felt qualified to receive an interview here and it was very frustrating seeing OOS students with lower stats interview here. I know its not all about the stats but still...not even an interview from my home state school?
Unfortunately you can never really know why a single school rejected you unless they provide app feedback at the end of the cycle (not sure if CU does or not). Last year I had a friend get accepted into Harvard but rejected by her low-ranked state school. Personally I've been fortunate enough to be accepted to a few T20's against oos bias, but never even got an interview to some low ranked privates. This stuff doesn't make sense to me but there's nothing we can do but move on, and if leaving the cycle empty handed, address the problem there looking at your app as a whole. Worrying about a single school just isn't going to bring any answers unfortunately.I am IS Colorado and didn't get an interview too. I felt like I was somewhat competitive stats wise etc. Graduating with my Ph.D. this May too working in cardiovascular regenerative medicine. Im honestly not sure what school's these days are looking for! It's easy to be discouraged but I know that we will all find the school we are meant to be at
That's the issue they never gave me the opportunity to interview
This is my problem too. I also felt qualified to receive an interview here and it was very frustrating seeing OOS students with lower stats interview here. I know its not all about the stats but still...not even an interview from my home state school?
I am IS Colorado and didn't get an interview too. I felt like I was somewhat competitive stats wise etc. Graduating with my Ph.D. this May too working in cardiovascular regenerative medicine. Im honestly not sure what school's these days are looking for! It's easy to be discouraged but I know that we will all find the school we are meant to be at
Pre-II Rejection email today as well. IS, Colorado Native. Completed secondary early August.
Has me wondering if I bombed the CASPer haha.
Accepted to OOS allopathic med school, but CU was top choice
Unfortunately you can never really know why a single school rejected you unless they provide app feedback at the end of the cycle (not sure if CU does or not). Last year I had a friend get accepted into Harvard but rejected by her low-ranked state school. Personally I've been fortunate enough to be accepted to a few T20's against oos bias, but never even got an interview to some low ranked privates. This stuff doesn't make sense to me but there's nothing we can do but move on, and if leaving the cycle empty handed, address the problem there looking at your app as a whole. Worrying about a single school just isn't going to bring any answers unfortunately.
P.s. +1 on the pre-interview R
The fact that CU sent me the rejection on my birthday after 7 months of silence certainly didn’t help ease the pain. This one is going to take a bit to shake off.
That is heartbreaking! I just want to give you a hug through the Internet. I'm sure you are going great places though at whatever school you end up at!
The only interview day left is 2/22If there are, it is just a few. At this point, it looks like the rest of us are just waiting for our turn to get an R email.
The system seems broken if this applicant has to reapply. I'm not being an entitled millennial, stats and experience like that should not go unrewarded.I feel all of your pain. I am also IS, 99th percentile MCAT, 3.98 sgpa, 3.46 cgpa (a few bad grades freshman year followed by 4 years @4.0), hundreds of hours of research, multiple honors/awards, clinical and non-clinical volunteering, great LOR’s, great feedback on my PS/essays from multiple reviewers (including physicians), etc. I was very disappointed to not receive an interview here and am truly at a loss as to the reason why I wasn’t given the opportunity to do so.
Side note - The fact that CU sent me the rejection on my birthday after 7 months of silence certainly didn’t help ease the pain. This one is going to take a bit to shake off.
Anyway, congrats to those of you accepted and good luck to those still in the running!
Granted, we don't know this person's school list. The randomness of this process does suck, but we also all have to play the game wisely--even the "strongest" of candidates. If he/she didn't apply to enough schools, for example, the system isn't necessarily "broken"The system seems broken if this applicant has to reapply. I'm not being an entitled millennial, stats and experience like that should not go unrewarded.
Granted, we don't know this person's school list. The randomness of this process does suck, but we also all have to play the game wisely--even the "strongest" of candidates. If he/she didn't apply to enough schools, for example, the system isn't necessarily "broken"
Yep. And the crazy thing is, even if an applicant does all of that right, it still doesn't even guarantee success, which is what I feel like frustrates people the most. But that's what makes this such a competitive/unpredictable process. Kudos to everybody that survives this!Agreed. I think the way you portray yourself in your essays and your school lists are as important, if not more, than your stats and experiences. I think a huge mistake applicants commit is not knowing how to explain/talk about activities.
At the end of the day, as meritocratic as medicine is nowadays, there is always a luck factor unfortunatelyYep. And the crazy thing is, even if an applicant does all of that right, it still doesn't even guarantee success, which is what I feel like frustrates people the most. But that's what makes this such a competitive/unpredictable process. Kudos to everybody that survives this!
Anyone else still in pre-II silence?
They told us 1-2 months at our early January interview.Has anyone from the early January interviews heard back? We've hit 1 month now, I'm getting nervous...
Thanks!They told us 1-2 months at our early January interview.
Are we just waiting for our pre-II R or is there some hope that we may miraculously get invited for the last interview date??
Are we just waiting for our pre-II R or is there some hope that we may miraculously get invited for the last interview date??
I interviewed on 1/11, still waiting to hear back!Has anybody who interviewed in January heard back yet? On 1/25 they said "4-6 weeks, hopefully earlier"
Dibs!!!Withdrawing my acceptance here today due to other offers. Here’s hoping it goes to one of you still anxiously waiting!
+1 got the call as well! Loved EVERYTHING about the school...except the COA. This will be a hard decision.Just got the call from Dr. Zehnder this morning, accepted!! Interviewed 1/11, I’m so excited !!!
Anyone know when the white coat ceremony is?
Congrats, how did your UVM interview go? You got interview invites from cool schools.Got the acceptance call today! I am still grinning and in disbelief.
+1R pre-II
I think they email us in April and group us into priority rankings by tiers (tier 1, tier 2, tier 3; not individual rankings [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,etc.]). I talked to a doc I used to scribe for who used to be on the adcom, he said the top tier of the WL was a virtual guarantee when he worked there. He doesn't know if this is still the case.Hey all, waitlisted a week ago. Interviewed 1/11. Does anyone know how the waitlist works, how many people are pulled from it, etc? Thanks!
I heard back within 3 weeks of my interviewWhat is the timeline for hearing back for MSTP?
I heard back within 3 weeks of my interview
If you don’t mind me asking, what month/time did you interview?