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cheeezcake said:
Woke up at 5:00am today to finish and submit, instant complete email, -$100 ....
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Sorry to hear, pal.

I have to really appreciate the conviction with which we hold our theory that "instant complete email" prompts a depressed sigh. it's like a Pavlovian response at this point
 
All these sad faces are surprisingly making me feel better. SDN support is unmatched (at times)
 
peanuttbuttah said:
Sorry to hear, pal.

I have to really appreciate the conviction with which we hold our theory that "instant complete email" prompts a depressed sigh. it's like a Pavlovian response at this point
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proudofmykids said:
Received instant Complete email weeks ago. Crickets. LM84
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Alternatively, it could just mean that you're going to get considered later and still get interviews 🙂
 
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Me @ all the early naysayers
 
dwu12 said:
1. Tell us about a challenging problem you faced and how you resolved it. -> would tackling a major effort at work to improve patient care be an example? or is it best for something personal like family illness?
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I would say use whichever example you can speak to more of how you made the best of a tough situation or how it changed you personally
 
dwu12 said:
1. Tell us about a challenging problem you faced and how you resolved it. -> would tackling a major effort at work to improve patient care be an example? or is it best for something personal like family illness?
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I talked about stopping and handling a coworker’s Suicide attempt...So...tackling a major effort at work that is also patient care related? I say go for it.
 
Does anybody know Pitt's feelings about updates? Is there a way to update our application with stuff we've done?
 
determined293 said:
Does anybody know Pitt's feelings about updates? Is there a way to update our application with stuff we've done?
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You can email admissions. All emails are attached to your application. For example, I sent over some syllabi to clarify my biochemistry pre-req.

Unfortunately, I got a complete email about 24 hours later... haha
 
heeatherdough said:
I'm sure it was just coincidental that you received the complete email after sending that. In my opinion, they just glance at things and decide if they're important to them or not. Doesn't make sense to turn someone away for sending something they don't particularly care for! Don't think about it too much 🙂 Just be positive!
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Agree that the complete email was probably unrelated, but in general do not provide excessive unsolicited application materials.
 
u_raptor said:
It's harsh but he's right imo. You don't want to annoy adcoms by uploading docs they didn't request, that they will now have to look at. It only serves to hurt. While it was well intentioned, we should be careful not to provide extraneous info
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In retrospect, I wish I would have thought it through more and just explained my biochem coursework, without attaching syllabi. I can see how syllabi could be a nuisance. I doubt it’s a huge deal though. Thanks everyone for your replies.
 
heeatherdough said:
I'm sure it was just coincidental that you received the complete email after sending that. In my opinion, they just glance at things and decide if they're important to them or not. Doesn't make sense to turn someone away for sending something they don't particularly care for! Don't think about it too much 🙂 Just be positive!
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EmbryonalCarcinoma said:
Agree that the complete email was probably unrelated, but in general do not provide excessive unsolicited application materials.
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u_raptor said:
It's harsh but he's right imo. You don't want to annoy adcoms by uploading docs they didn't request, that they will now have to look at. It only serves to hurt. While it was well intentioned, we should be careful not to provide extraneous info
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I’ve uploaded my CV and research abstracts for all the schools that allow them.
Why would someone’s job it is to evaluate applicants based on their complete applications (adcom member) be “annoyed” by this information? I mean, it takes maybe 2 minutes at the most to review...
Of course, I have only 5 IIs, not 22 like raptorman so he’s probably right.
 
RJ McReady said:
I’ve uploaded my CV and research abstracts for all the schools that allow them.
Why would someone’s job it is to evaluate applicants based on their complete applications (adcom member) be “annoyed” by this information? I mean, it takes maybe 2 minutes at the most to review...
Of course, I have only 5 IIs, not 22 like raptorman so he’s probably right.
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I feel like CV and abstracts are a bit different then uploading a syllabus though. Or no?
 
heeatherdough said:
Does anyone know a good format to send research publication updates? What all should it include? The article title, journal name, authors, current status (1 has been submitted and 2 are still in the writing stage), and a description of my contributions? Or should I not include a description of my contributions? Or is an abstract better?
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I sent a simple pdf of my abstracts. I don’t think anyone cares about your actual contribution to the paper if you’re published. If they do, they will ask you when they interview you.
 
heeatherdough said:
Better question: Since some people uploaded CVs, would it just be better to include the research publications on a CV and upload the CV?
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For those schools that allowed an uploaded CV, my reasearch was obviously a part of my CV, on which I summarized my papers in one or two sentences.
 
heeatherdough said:
Okay so what about title and all that? Idk if they care about which number author you are. I'm like nervous to send 3 PDFs or 1 PDF with all 3 publications in it. Maybe I should space them out?
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I only submitted PDFs of the abstracts, not the entire publication. I have only 3 publications, and the abstracts are only 2-3 sentences each. I wouldn’t send the entire pub as a pdf, if they want that they can find it from your abstract, which includes title, authors, journal, etc.

tldr; if you’re not comfortable doing it or you think it will hurt, don’t submit them.
I thought it would help my application and maybe separate me from similar candidates, so I chose to include them.
 
heeatherdough said:
Does anyone know a good format to send research publication updates? What all should it include? The article title, journal name, authors, current status (1 has been submitted and 2 are still in the writing stage), and a description of my contributions? Or should I not include a description of my contributions? Or is an abstract better?
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If the status is only submitted or in writing stage, my understanding is that this is not significant enough for an update. Only if accepted and pending publication or already published. And then you provide the pubmed link.
 
jmtfcs said:
Sorry to break the discussion about complete emails (fwiw I have an interview but no complete email) but can anyone who already interviewed provide some insight into the 'group discussion' part of interview day?
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