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[Pre-med9820]

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R 🙁
Good luck to the rest of you!

Sorry to hear! Complete date?

 

[MedStudent2301]

Sorry to hear! Complete date?

July 17th

 

[egj]

Got the R today, complete on 7/23. Not sure if I was eligible to apply anyway...

 

[yungdoc]

R complete 7/22. I just want to be loved.

 

[OntologicalDamnation]

Got the R today, complete on 7/23. Not sure if I was eligible to apply anyway...

Why wouldn't you be eligible? And damn, they're stilly reviewing July apps... My app is probably not going to get reviewed until November since I submitted around Labor Day.

 

[Auroracat9]

The first R stings :/
Complete 7/22

 

[Listle]

+n R, complete 07/22

 

[rwayne5784]

Oh gosh I was complete 7/23. I’m nervous

 

[egj]

Why wouldn't you be eligible? And damn, they're stilly reviewing July apps... My app is probably not going to get reviewed until November since I submitted around Labor Day.

They have a strict policy about pre-reqs being completed at a US/Canadian university...

 

[sciencegodpod]

rejected about a week ago! I think with the CASPER I was complete 8/1

 

[weebleweeble]

rejected about a week ago! I think with the CASPER I was complete 8/1

Damn 🙁 do you know when u were complete without casper?

 

[sciencegodpod]

Damn 🙁 do you know when u were complete without casper?

7/18!

 

[u_raptor]

Anyone who has interviewed Here this cycle or in the past, was there a lot of behavioral questions? ( Example: Tell me about a time you disAgreed with a supervisor etc etc)

Those are rough for me

From what it seems interview Qs are very dependent on who interviews you. But it was v conversational, very much the typical "tell me about yourself, why med, why BU". I had a certain interviewer who is known to grill applicants on their research (which he did, rip bc he asked about the first project I was on which I was just learning skills through lol). But otherwise he was very nice and chill about the whe thing They also seem to all ask an ethical Q, so be ready for that. Good luck!!

 

[u_raptor]

I actually just had my interview and it went great!! Best of luck to you as well. May the odds be ever in our favor

Were you there today??

I was!

 

[imjustouthere]

anyone complete in August hear back yet?

 

[deleted688779]

They also seem to all ask an ethical Q, so be ready for that. Good luck!!

Would you say the ethical part of the interview is more like "tell me about a time when you..." or they give you a patient scenario "patient with a history of drug abuse wants a new organ but a little kid needs an organ, choose or die, I'll grill you regardless of your choice"

 

[u_raptor]

Would you say the ethical part of the interview is more like "tell me about a time when you..." or they give you a patient scenario "patient with a history of drug abuse wants a new organ but a little kid needs an organ, choose or die, I'll grill you regardless of your choice"

Pt scenario. Mine was almost exactly the one you describe with a few of those details left out

 

[uwutm8]

Does anyone know if the school is receptive to ITA request? Thanks!

 

[ksbxc112]

Would you say the ethical part of the interview is more like "tell me about a time when you..." or they give you a patient scenario "patient with a history of drug abuse wants a new organ but a little kid needs an organ, choose or die, I'll grill you regardless of your choice"

Just want to jump in and say that mine was more of a “tell me about a time you faced an ethical dilemma” so maybe have one of those as well! V dependent on interviewer here

 

[AmaranthMoor]

Indeed🤔

Were you there today??

I was!

LOLLL omg i was there Wednesday too!! Can't believe I encountered SDN people in real life without even knowing 😱

 

[adoconeday]

They seem behind this year compared to previous years. Last year I was complete 8/13 and got an II 9/24. This year, complete a little earlier but no response yet.

 

[khichadi]

They seem behind this year compared to previous years. Last year I was complete 8/13 and got an II 9/24. This year, complete a little earlier but no response yet.

Would you kind sharing your last year's interview experience? Two faculty? MMI? Student interview? difficult questions?

 

[adoconeday]

Would you kind sharing your last year's interview experience? Two faculty? MMI? Student interview? difficult questions?

In short, one faculty member, 45 minutes, lots of great and nonstop conversation.
The waitlist and rejection were no fun, but it was motivation to try again.

 

[deleted853480]

Does anyone know who this school allows to apply to the ed program? The lady on the phone said they only let people they will accept apply ed!

 

[mdloading]

II just now! I'll edit later with dates that are available. I was complete 7/25 so don't lose hope guys! looks like its not strictly in order because I thought I was passed up.

Edit: Dates were first weeks of Dec

 

[emoryundergrad2020]

Anyone with a 7/31 completion date or later heard back yet about II or R?

 

[xlymphocyte]

Anyone with a 7/31 completion date or later heard back yet about II or R?

8/1 and got II 9/24, but haven’t heard of any other August completions hearing back (or just haven’t seen them here). Keep holding onto hope! I don’t think they are going in strict chronological order

 

[the_expert]

any luck with ita here?

 

[emoryundergrad2020]

8/1 and got II 9/24, but haven’t heard of any other August completions hearing back (or just haven’t seen them here). Keep holding onto hope! I don’t think they are going in strict chronological order

Thanks so much. Congrats on your II!

 

[MontanaGirl2020]

my god- take cover

 

[caffeinatedMD8]

Completed 7/23.
Just got the R.

Good luck to everyone else!

 

[classicgirll]

R, this one hurts a little. I'm from MA so it's one of the few local schools ugh

 

[chronicangina]

R, this one hurts a little. I'm from MA so it's one of the few local schools ugh

So sorry to hear! Complete date?

 

[classicgirll]

So sorry to hear! Complete date?

07/24

 

[futuredoctor20202002]

Does anyone know if BU gives app feedback after rejection? Just wondering to prepare for possible reapp

 

[adoconeday]

They provide minor feedback.

 

[brainreducio]

Somehow it feels like BU is never going to get to the August and beyond apps loll

 

[notsobabydoc]

Somehow it feels like BU is never going to get to the August and beyond apps loll

Exactly my thoughts lol They got stuck!

 

[emoryundergrad2020]

Somehow it feels like BU is never going to get to the August and beyond apps loll

Never mind then end of July apps tbh as I wait for a response to my 7/31 completed app

 

[ganginguponthesun2020]

They provide minor feedback.

Is this true for pre-II Rs?

 

[adoconeday]

Is this true for pre-II Rs?

I was never in that situation, I don’t know, sorry

 

[CatDad26]

complete 7/25 and still haven't heard anything... anyone else??

 

[studentdoctornetworque]

complete 7/25 and still haven't heard anything... anyone else??

Me too. You may have jinxed it.

 

[CatDad26]

Me too. You may have jinxed it.

calling it right now we both get II's tomorrow.

 

[MontanaGirl2020]

calling it right now we both get II's tomorrow.

incoming

 

[Pre-med9820]

complete 7/25 and still haven't heard anything... anyone else??

+1

 

[alh123456]

complete 7/25 and still haven't heard anything... anyone else??

+3

 

[the_expert]

+3

+4

 

[ganginguponthesun2020]

It doesn't seem like they hit the 7/24 rejections yet. Only 1 person has report I think? I'm 7/24 and haven't heard anything. This school is definitely a reach so I'm expecting a rejection.

 

[kkweens]

II, complete 7/27.
Available dates were MWF for like the first 3 weeks of December. They got booked very quickly