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Dr.Ján.ītor_MD said:
UAB definitely favors in state. Because of the doctor shortage in AL, UAB prioritizes IS in hopes they’ll remain in AL to work. They’re pretty open about it.
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Haha yeah I understand. As I said, I didn’t wholly trust what the rep told me in that regard. Still, I’m pretty sure they matriculated like 15% OOS right? I’d venture to say that they probably accepted more too, but that a lot of the OOS accepted students chose to go elsewhere.

Definitely not banking on this school, but I figured I’d apply cause I didn’t mind the secondary or the fee.
 
Kirby Smart said:
Haha yeah I understand. As I said, I didn’t wholly trust what the rep told me in that regard. Still, I’m pretty sure they matriculated like 15% OOS right? I’d venture to say that they probably accepted more too, but that a lot of the OOS accepted students chose to go elsewhere.

Definitely not banking on this school, but I figured I’d apply cause I didn’t mind the secondary or the fee.
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Yeah, but that’s most state schools. The majority of people applying don’t have any ties. So to answer the original question, you have more of a tie to AL than most of the people applying OOS so shoot your shot. I just don’t think anyone can speak to how it will help your app.
 
Dr.Ján.ītor_MD said:
Yeah, but that’s most state schools. The majority of people applying don’t have any ties. So to answer the original question, you have more of a tie to AL than most of the people applying OOS so shoot your shot. I just don’t think anyone can speak to how it will help your app.
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Haha, fair enough. I'm by no means claiming to be some all-knowing SDN advice giver. I just know from threads that have asked what constitutes ties to a state, adcoms have said things like having been raised there. I'm assuming these same adcoms wouldn't see much substance in someone living there until they were two years old...but nonetheless it certainly can't hurt him/her
 
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MD/PhD app still waiting. Since I'm bored I'm gonna ask it: what programs are MD/PhD applicants thinking about? I'm looking at Neuroscience/Computational Bioinformatics 🙂
 
puzzlesmith said:
MD/PhD app still waiting. Since I'm bored I'm gonna ask it: what programs are MD/PhD applicants thinking about? I'm looking at Neuroscience/Computational Bioinformatics 🙂
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They’ve been silent so far this cycle since I submitted my secondary. I also applied neuroscience.

Has anyone that applied MSTP received interview invites here?
 
Just interviewed recently at the school and had an amazing experience at the school. The interviewer was very nice and conversational. All the staff and students make you feel very welcomed and you learn a lot about the school!
 
devarlin23 said:
Just interviewed recently at the school and had an amazing experience at the school. The interviewer was very nice and conversational. All the staff and students make you feel very welcomed and you learn a lot about the school!
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Were there many OOS students interviewing?
 
devarlin23 said:
Just interviewed recently at the school and had an amazing experience at the school. The interviewer was very nice and conversational. All the staff and students make you feel very welcomed and you learn a lot about the school!
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When was your secondary submitted?
 
Could you share some of the questions from your interview, if you did not have to sign a confidentiality agreement, in which case, I understand.
 
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bdawg0426 said:
Could you share some of the questions from your interview, if you did not have to sign a confidentiality agreement, in which case, I understand.
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Signed NDA for MMI but for the traditional interview my interviewer just asked questions about my application and experiences so it turned out being more of a dialogue than an interview. That made it a lot smoother.
 
james_harden13 said:
What did the email say?
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Was just an advertisement haha the subject line is what gave me an arrhythmia

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congrats y'all! anyone who interviewed non-EDP remember when they said they would release decisions? I'm assuming the earliest would be October 15th but is that what they said?
 
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Has anybody applying to MSTP been scheduled for November or December? Under review for three months now...
 
itsleenda said:
Has anybody applying to MSTP been scheduled for November or December? Under review for three months now...
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I was invited 9/25 for their November dates. I submitted secondary on 7/26 if that helps.
 
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