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Where are you finding the R ?

 

[Caterpillar34]

Complete 7/21 and still no word lol

 

[MontanaGirl2020]

8/1 Bracing

 

[cyanotoxin]

Keep checking my spam folder for an R, only to be elated at how many attractive, lonely women are looking for a gentle guy such as myself 😕

+1 except I'm a married straight woman lol.

For real though, I submitted 7/8. I just want to be put out of my misery at this point!

 

[doctor1000]

R. Late aug (followed by boston II lol)

 

[pattysal]

Complete 7/21 and still no word lol

same and completed since 7/17!

 

[lit293875]

Did you all get an email? And what does it say on your portal?

 

[AnnieGranger13]

Anyone complete in July still waiting to hear back...?

 

[Korsakov]

Rejected. Im crushed. I went here for undergrad and this was my dream med school.
Complete 7/25

 

[spontaneous23]

Rejected. Im crushed. I went here for undergrad and this was my dream med school. 🙁
Complete 7/25

Remember, there are great things that made you interested in every med school you applied to! While one specific one may have been a dream, the others are just waiting to become your new dream 🙂

 

[doctor1000]

Did you all get an email? And what does it say on your portal?

I got an email! Nothing changed in my portal

 

[brainreducio]

Did you all get an email? And what does it say on your portal?

I got an email, and then if you check application status in the portal, it says you were not selected for an interview

 

[meek20]

R complete 8/2 w/email for complete and rejection, but got my first interview invite 5 minutes later elsewhere so a huge weight lifted off my shoulder. Good luck to everyone else here! Not even upset right now. Wishin yall the best!!

Edit: got two more interviews within the hour following!

 

[The English American]

Literally sh*tting bricks right now. Complete 8/13. Refreshing the portal and email inbox non-stop.......

Incoming late R? D:

 

[futbol_2019]

I'm baffled how I haven't had a status update...complete 7/19 😕

 

[icecoffee55]

Complete 8/24, R just now via email 🙁 I actually thought I had a fair chance at this school

 

[907914]

Pitt distracted us with this complete email non-sense so they could load up their R bullets and mow us down SMH

TBF, Pitt really didn't do anything. We just latched on to an idea and rolled with it.

 

[adventum]

R complete 8/27 🙁

 

[Marr97]

Caught my first R today, complete at the end of July, no complete email. You hate to see it.

 

[gopackers]

Does Pitt yield protect (not trying to sound like an arrogant jerk, I know there are people with better scores than me, plus my essays could've been s***)? I just thought that with above-average stats and a family connection to the school that I'd have a good chance of getting a II.

 

[907914]

Does Pitt yield protect (not trying to sound like an arrogant jerk, I know there are people with better scores than me, plus my essays could've been s***)? I just thought that with above-average stats and a family connection to the school that I'd have a good chance of getting a II.

As a 521, 3.98 sGPA...I say no

Edit to clarify I have interviewed here

 

[gopackers]

As a 521, 3.98 sGPA...I say no

Haha fair. Alright well time to move on. Good luck everyone!

 

[jollyjumper]

My first R. Submit 8/10, complete on 9/16. R on 10/3.

Good luck to everyone!

 

[Engrailed]

TBF, Pitt really didn't do anything. We just latched on to an idea and rolled with it.

I think @OxenFoxen was joking.. lol

 

[jollyjumper]

sorry 🙁 you submitted your primary or your secondary on 8/10?

Oh sorry. That was my secondary on 8/10. My app was not complete until 9/16 because one of my letter of rec writer did not submit the letter until that day.

 

[Sorensha1065]

Complete 7/6, no complete email and no R, anyone else?

 

[khichadi]

Caught my first R today, complete at the end of July, no complete email. You hate to see it.

Sorry 🙁
Your stats look very impressive but I see only 2 II in signature. Hope you will get some more in coming week.

 

[Marr97]

Sorry 🙁
Your stats look very impressive but I see only 2 II in signature. Hope you will get some more in coming week.

 

[Marr97]

Seriously though, I'm grateful for my IIs. Lots of applicants would happily strangle me for a chance at my interview slots. My stats don't entitle me to anything, and there's far more to an application than numbers.

 

[VaishS]

what do you guys think it means if they "passed over my complete date" (mine was 7/30 and it seems that a lot of 7/29-8/4 heard back today), but I did not get an R? Is it like an internal hold?

 

[ctpremed]

Anyone complete in July still waiting to hear back...?

Yes! i was complete 7/19

 

[Clemson2005]

Complete 7/6, no complete email and no R, anyone else?

complete 7/14 with nothing yet!

 

[Engrailed]

Seriously though, I'm grateful for my IIs. Lots of applicants would happily strangle me for a chance at my interview slots. My stats don't entitle me to anything, and there's far more to an application than numbers.

Positivity is empowering!
This is great

 

[OntologicalDamnation]

My first R. Submit 8/10, complete on 9/16. R on 10/3.

Good luck to everyone!

Why was there a huge delay between your submission and complete date?

 

[Powerup216]

Why was there a huge delay between your submission and complete date?

probably committee letter

 

[Chromium Surfer]

Current MS3 @ Pitt. Happy to answer any/all questions, feel free to DM too

Since the student interview is closed file and the faculty interview is closed for MCAT/GPA, is this one of those schools where interview performance is weighted particularly heavily and MCAT/GPA aren’t as much of factor after getting an interview?

If anyone else has insight about this please let us know 🙂

 

[Geralt of Rivia]

Since the student interview is closed file and the faculty interview is closed for MCAT/GPA, is this one of those schools where interview performance is weighted particularly heavily and MCAT/GPA aren’t as much of factor after getting an interview?

If anyone else has insight about this please let us know 🙂

Interview performance is heavily weighted at Pitt. Anyone who gets an interview is qualified academically. That’s why they have extra group excersises on the interview day for more evaluation points. I’m sure mcat/gpa play some role in acceptance, but the interview is definitely more important.

 

[Chromium Surfer]

Interview performance is heavily weighted at Pitt. Anyone who gets an interview is qualified academically. That’s why they have extra group excersises on the interview day for more evaluation points. I’m sure mcat/gpa play some role in acceptance, but the interview is definitely more important.

Good to know, thanks for the feedback! It seems like their post interview admit rate is about 50% which seems pretty generous!

Not sure if you can and/or allowed to answer this but do you have any general tips for the interviews or the group exercises?

Also did you hear this from other faculty/students or was that just your general impression?

 

[cyanotoxin]

I know updates are typically not appropriate until after being invited to interview, but I'm wondering if I should make one last attempt to make Pitt love me.

I have a 1st author pub that was just accepted. I submitted to Pitt 7/8 and have had silence since (not sure when I was complete because no complete email).

Anyone have experience/insight with this?

 

[neuroresearchguy23]

For what it's worth, I sent meaningful updates (pubs) prior to the II at Pitt, and got an interview. I think that research is very important to update (especially at Pitt) so I would do it. Congrats on the pub!

 

[cyanotoxin]

For what it's worth, I sent meaningful updates (pubs) prior to the II at Pitt, and got an interview. I think that research is very important to update (especially at Pitt) so I would do it. Congrats on the pub!

That's helpful! Thank you!

 

[jollyjumper]

Why was there a huge delay between your submission and complete date?

Oh it was because one of my letter writers did not submit the letter until 9/16.

 

[GarlicCat]

As a 521, 3.98 sGPA...I say no

Edit to clarify I have interviewed here

I also have a 521 and interviewed here so I don’t think they yield protect. I’m just as surprised to see a lot of people I’d have thought very qualified (more qualified than me imo) for an interview be turned down from this school. I’m gonna say I probably got it bc I have several unique/atypical activities in my app. Just goes to show you can never tell what they’re looking for.

 

[deleted996731]

I also have a 521 and interviewed here so I don’t think they yield protect. I’m just as surprised to see a lot of people I’d have thought very qualified (more qualified than me imo) for an interview be turned down from this school. I’m gonna say I probably got it bc I have several unique/atypical activities in my app. Just goes to show you can never tell what they’re looking for.

I also have a 521 but nothing special about me. I doubt a top 20 school would yield protect though.

 

[71650]

R yesterday

 

[GarlicCat]

I also have a 521 but nothing special about me. I doubt a top 20 school would yield protect though.

I think they’re just looking to really round out their class and get a good mix of people with different strengths. I’m sure they saw something in you!

 

[Carlin Jones]

I’m interviewing with a wayyy lower MCAT than you all and I feel like it’s a mistake haha

 

[GarlicCat]

I’m interviewing with a wayyy lower MCAT than you all and I feel like it’s a mistake haha

Aside from a high MCAT, I have less than a year’s worth of research experience, so that’s why I was surprised to get an interview here. Congrats on the II though! There’s definitely a reason for it!!

 

[deleted962973]

Aside from a high MCAT, I have less than a year’s worth of research experience, so that’s why I was surprised to get an interview here. Congrats on the II though! There’s definitely a reason for it!!

Pitt is a really holistic school and they have an extremely diverse class! Although they get tons of NIH money, they don't seem to have an obsession with research in terms of the kinds of students they admit. I felt like I met a lot of people with very creative and unique interests at my interview here last year.

 

[kkweens]

Why do you think do? Don't those applications come later, and this is just mentioning interest? Do you think PTSP people are reviews later? Regretting putting down PTSP now :O

I indicated interest in all of them and got an II very early. I don’t think they’re reviewed separately