2019-2020 Albert Einstein

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alh123456 said:
Does Einstein not accept update letters?
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According to the Med students, Einstein's admissions office actually loves update letters, especially if you're on the waitlist post-interview. Sending an update letter that also reaffirms your interest in the school has been known to bump you up the waitlist and sometimes even get an acceptance shortly after
 
Does anyone who's interviewed remember the layout of interview day? 🙂
 
iKumquat said:
Does anyone who's interviewed remember the layout of interview day? 🙂
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Yes! You check in in the morning and either have a morning or afternoon interview. Lunch is after you meet with current students who give you a tour of the campus and sit with you to see if you have any follow up questions. I believe there was also a presentation by one of the faculties before the tour.
 
iluvmedicine528 said:
Yes! You check in in the morning and either have a morning or afternoon interview. Lunch is after you meet with current students who give you a tour of the campus and sit with you to see if you have any follow up questions. I believe there was also a presentation by one of the faculties before the tour.
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Thank you so much!! About how many hours would you say it was in total?
 
UnknownObi said:
Seemed like it. Felt unimpressed with the school. But the staff were super nice though. Also felt like fellow interviewees didn’t talk to each other
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+1 feeling unimpressed. the facilities especially seemed super old, and I was asked more often at this school than any other why my grades were so low (lol). left a bad taste in my mouth
 
Is there any correlation between lacklusterness of interview day and quality of time as a student at the school?
 
empp12 said:
According to the Med students, Einstein's admissions office actually loves update letters, especially if you're on the waitlist post-interview. Sending an update letter that also reaffirms your interest in the school has been known to bump you up the waitlist and sometimes even get an acceptance shortly after
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What about pre-II update letters?
 
CRISPR_Queen said:
Did they reschedule you yet?!
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Not yet, I feel like they'll contact us very early tomorrow morning since I got cancelled at like 7pm on Friday and then didn't expect anything over the weekend.
 
For the cancelled 12/2 interviews, I just got rescheduled.
 
iluvmedicine528 said:
They accept those as well!
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Would it be crazy of me to "update" them about an upcoming update??
That "completion" email got me stressing and I want to let them know I will have some great grades to share in the next couple weeks, but I can see how it would be annoying to do two letter uploads.

Best just to wait to send my grades or let them know now they'll be coming soon?
 
Acm8989 said:
Would it be crazy of me to "update" them about an upcoming update??
That "completion" email got me stressing and I want to let them know I will have some great grades to share in the next couple weeks, but I can see how it would be annoying to do two letter uploads.

Best just to wait to send my grades or let them know now they'll be coming soon?
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Yes definitely wait until you received your grades before sending them an update! The only time I sent an "update" telling a school about an upcoming update was i.e I received an acceptance to present research at a conference.
 
Hey everyone!

I am interviewing at Einstein this week and was curious if anyone with an MCAT score around a 510 got accepted post-interview/wait-list. Based on the MSAR MCAT distribution for Einstein, I did really well on the science sections, about average on P/S and performed poorly on the CARS section(~125) (English is also my second language). As a result, the CARS section really brought my overall score down.

If I got accepted to Einstein, there is no question that it would be my number one school. At this point, however, I am curious if there are current students who had similar drawbacks in their application, either in the form of a poor MCAT section or low GPA that ended up getting accepted. Any advice on things I can do/say to the school to make up for the low CARS score. My GPA is well above Einstein's average on MSAR and my extra-curricular activities are great too. The only draw back I feel insecure about in my application is my CARS score. I am worried that this section could prevent me from getting an acceptance, even if my interview goes amazingly well and everything else on my application checks out in their eyes.

Thanks for your input!
 
gravity96 said:
Hey everyone!

I am interviewing at Einstein this week and was curious if anyone with an MCAT score around a 510 got accepted post-interview/wait-list. Based on the MSAR MCAT distribution for Einstein, I did really well on the science sections, about average on P/S and performed poorly on the CARS section(~125) (English is also my second language). As a result, the CARS section really brought my overall score down.

If I got accepted to Einstein, there is no question that it would be my number one school. At this point, however, I am curious if there are current students who had similar drawbacks in their application, either in the form of a poor MCAT section or low GPA that ended up getting accepted. Any advice on things I can do/say to the school to make up for the low CARS score. My GPA is well above Einstein's average on MSAR and my extra-curricular activities are great too. The only draw back I feel insecure about in my application is my CARS score. I am worried that this section could prevent me from getting an acceptance, even if my interview goes amazingly well and everything else on my application checks out in their eyes.

Thanks for your input!
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If they invited you for an interview, it means academically you've done well enough for them. At this point, they probably just want to know you as a person.
 
I sent one yesterday without asking because I had seen somewhere that they accept them? But honestly I'm not even complete there yet so who even cares, lol.
 
tessellations said:
I sent one yesterday without asking because I had seen somewhere that they accept them? But honestly I'm not even complete there yet so who even cares, lol.
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+1. At this point, they don't even know who I am or that I applied. At this rate, I'll get my complete email in 2025!
 
I interviewed here this past September, and was wondering if i can submit a new LOR from my gap year job? And will the school see the new LOR when the committee reviews my file after my interview? I plan on submitting this letter as well as sending in an update letter about what ive been doing at work
 
gravity96 said:
Hey everyone!

I am interviewing at Einstein this week and was curious if anyone with an MCAT score around a 510 got accepted post-interview/wait-list. Based on the MSAR MCAT distribution for Einstein, I did really well on the science sections, about average on P/S and performed poorly on the CARS section(~125) (English is also my second language). As a result, the CARS section really brought my overall score down.

If I got accepted to Einstein, there is no question that it would be my number one school. At this point, however, I am curious if there are current students who had similar drawbacks in their application, either in the form of a poor MCAT section or low GPA that ended up getting accepted. Any advice on things I can do/say to the school to make up for the low CARS score. My GPA is well above Einstein's average on MSAR and my extra-curricular activities are great too. The only draw back I feel insecure about in my application is my CARS score. I am worried that this section could prevent me from getting an acceptance, even if my interview goes amazingly well and everything else on my application checks out in their eyes.

Thanks for your input!
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My friend last year got accepted with a 503 for MSTP
 
surtur1997 said:
I interviewed here this past September, and was wondering if i can submit a new LOR from my gap year job? And will the school see the new LOR when the committee reviews my file after my interview? I plan on submitting this letter as well as sending in an update letter about what ive been doing at work
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Yup! That's exactly what I did.
 
Can someone please message me the link for the portal? My spreadsheet with all my portal links got corrupted. Really appreciate it
 
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