2019-2020 Eastern Virginia

[PapaGuava]

Secondary prompts:

2000 characters max each
Briefly describe your exposure to medicine:

What do you think you will like best about being a physician?

What do you think you will like least about being a physician?

Describe yourself and your medical career as you see it ten years from now:

Please indicate your reasons for applying to EVMS:

Good luck to everyone applying!

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[bluerock]

I'm thinking about applying. This school looks really great from the website, and I think I'm qualified academically. However, every school has things that are really important to them, such as an interest in rural populations, community service, or an emphasis on research. I'm having a hard time really understanding what those qualities are for EVMS. I was wondering if someone might comment on these less calculable qualifications.

 

[HonorableMedDylan]

Is it worth applying here with 40 hours non-clinical volunteering and 100 hours clinical volunteering?

I know they value community service, and while I'll be founding a club this upcoming semester focused on community service, I know they do pre-secondary rejections so I may not even have a chance to talk about it.

 

[chicagocavalier15]

I'm thinking about applying. This school looks really great from the website, and I think I'm qualified academically. However, every school has things that are really important to them, such as an interest in rural populations, community service, or an emphasis on research. I'm having a hard time really understanding what those qualities are for EVMS. I was wondering if someone might comment on these less calculable qualifications.

I'm from the area and previously interviewed here, and my understanding is that EVMS is very community focused and pretty research focused but not particularly focused on rural medicine.

 

[TFDB79]

Secondary Received!

 

[keanureaves]

Secondary Received!

With someone else's comment regarding pre-secondary rejections, I'm hoping they're staging their secondary invites as I haven't received one :/

 

[keelhaul]

With someone else's comment regarding pre-secondary rejections, I'm hoping they're staging their secondary invites as I haven't received one :/

It seems that most schools send them in waves, not all at once. Fwiw, I haven't gotten one from EVMS yet either, but I know that isn't because I've been screened out bc I'm a reapplicant and I got through their screen last year

 

[Talldoctor96]

Secondary Received!

What are the questions?

 

[Talldoctor96]

How many people have not received the secondary yet?

 

[TFDB79]

What are the questions?

Same as last year's! I hope you all receive your secondary soon; I'm in-state if that makes a difference

 

[Greendale human being]

Secondary received! IS

 

[Talldoctor96]

Spoke to the admissions office ! They said they are working hard to get secondaries out ( they have to do each one manually) and they’ve received over 2400 primaries already. So don’t fret if u don’t have one.

 

[keelhaul]

Spoke to the admissions office ! They said they are working hard to get secondaries out ( they have to do each one manually) and they’ve received over 2400 primaries already. So don’t fret if u don’t have one.

I wonder if that’s more than they would usually get at this point?

 

[Talldoctor96]

No I don't think so. It just takes time, most schools send them in batches.

 

[tbf85]

Did anyone get sent the secondary like four times in a row? They must really want me lol (I wish)

 

[Jeremy Bearimy]

Did anyone get sent the secondary like four times in a row? They must really want me lol (I wish)

Got it three times today. A bit clingy, EVMS.

 

[Talldoctor96]

Got it three times today. A bit clingy, EVMS.

Better than 0 😉

 

[Talldoctor96]

Annnnnd got the secondary, 3 times LOL

 

[rdyotz]

Can someone verify all the prompts are the same as last year? IE:

2018-2019
2000 characters max each
Briefly describe your exposure to medicine:
What do you think you will like best about being a physician?
What do you think you will like least about being a physician?
Describe yourself and your medical career as you see it ten years from now:
Please indicate your reasons for applying to EVMS:

 

[zlogan15]

@rdyotz @PapaGuava Those are still the prompts and they are all 2000 characters maximum!

 

[BASBaseball15]

Am I missing something or can you not save your progress on the application? It seems like it has to be all done at one time.

 

[PapaGuava]

Thank you @rdyotz and @zlogan15 !

 

[Jeremy Bearimy]

Can any current students speak to the capstone project or concentration program? I saw that someone on a previous EVMS thread mentioned a scholarly concentration track of sorts, but haven't been able to find much about it on the website.

 

[snickers1212]

Anyone still waiting?

 

[Tayk33]

Anyone still waiting?

I haven’t gotten a secondary yet if that’s what you mean.

 

[keanureaves]

I haven’t gotten a secondary yet if that’s what you mean.

+2

 

[bigsgr]

+2

+3

 

[alwaysnice]

+3

+4

 

[MonsterSizedQuadriceps]

+4

*Switching from addition to exponentiating*
+16

 

[Jhepp23]

Am I missing something or can you not save your progress on the application? It seems like it has to be all done at one time.

Yeah seems that way to me as well

 

[ballet2md]

Anyone having any problems submitting their application? the "sumbit my responses and pay" button is grey and I can't click it even if I have answered every question

 

[u_raptor]

Anyone having any problems submitting their application? the "sumbit my responses and pay" button is grey and I can't click it even if I have answered every question

Some of the optionals you can't leave blank, you have to write "NA". Did you do that?

 

[ballet2md]

Some of the optionals you can't leave blank, you have to write "NA". Did you do that?

Ah I refreshed the page, tried that, and it worked! Thank you so much

 

[Talldoctor96]

For anyone that has the secondary and has submitted, in years past for instate people a lady emailed you and you had to provide like proof of residency before you were marked complete. Is that happening this year too?

 

[zlogan15]

@Talldoctor96 yes it is, I received the email the day after I submitted.

 

[keelhaul]

Huh, the timing on that IS email must vary because I submitted on 7/10 and haven’t received anything yet.

 

[Iamnumber999]

Are all prompts 2000 characters?

 

[Jhepp23]

Are all prompts 2000 characters?

Yes

 

[Iamnumber999]

Thank you!

Yes

 

[Iamnumber999]

Did people use all 2000 characters? Seems like a lot

 

[Jhepp23]

Did people use all 2000 characters? Seems like a lot

I used close to 2000 for 4 of them but only around 1000 for the other. It really is just a matter of getting across the point you are trying to make succinctly, they definitely won’t look down on an essay solely because you weren’t close to the 2000 mark

 

[2019App]

Any OOS receive secondary?

 

[u_raptor]

Any OOS receive secondary?

I did! Received it the 10th

 

[imanguyener22]

Any OOS receive secondary?

I'm OOS and received mine today!

 

[BASBaseball15]

Did people use all 2000 characters? Seems like a lot

I'm also having trouble with reaching 2,000 characters without adding useless fluff. I am around 1,000-1,300 for all of mine.

 

[orthosurghopeful]

Does anyone know what type of response they are looking for with #4? Specifically, what does "describe yourself" mean?

 

[Talldoctor96]

Does anyone know what type of response they are looking for with #4? Specifically, what does "describe yourself" mean?

They are not looking for a specific answer. It is open ended for a reason! Extremely ambiguous question.

 

[Bigmedicineguy]

IS and submitted verified primary on 7/2 but haven’t heard anything back. Concerning or just neurotic?

 

[chicagocavalier15]

IS and submitted verified primary on 7/2 but haven’t heard anything back. Concerning or just neurotic?

They do screen but I would give it more time before you start to worry. It’s still early

 

[Talldoctor96]

When you all submitted your secondary did you get a confirmation email? Or you will only get an email if you are complete?