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Congrats! Significant volunteering hours?

Thanks! Definitely. Across both healthcare and non-healthcare, especially in the latter (well over 1500).

 

[meepdog]

II today! As a low-stat applicant, I didn't think I stood a chance, but I guess it goes to show you how much Rush cares about fit.

LM ~65-66, OOS.

+1 on all cylinders! I don'k know if I'll be able to make the interview or not, but I really dig what I've seen about the school so it's exciting.

Plus of all the Chicago schools they have what is in my opinion the best color scheme

 

[batpuac]

those curious about post II acceptances:
2017 data:

1001 IS

119 IS II

78 IS A

46 IS mat

4346 OOS

323 OOS II

231 OOS A

90 OOS mat

65.5% IS post-II A

71.5% OOS post-II A

2018 data:

1088 IS

101 IS II

71 IS A

51 IS mat

5096 OOS

348 OOS II

236 OOS A

93 OOS mat

70.3% IS post-II A

67.8% OOS post-II A

source of the # of acceptances?

 

[TheDataKing]

source of the # of acceptances?

US News & World Report

 

[meek20]

source of the # of acceptances?

Don’t have it on me but they gave us this info and I wanna say it was around 65%. Though they also told us a good amount of people will get active consideration/waitlist before an acceptance.

 

[batpuac]

US News & World Report

Thanks! You da real MVP


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[deleted919212]

So I'm guessing October 30 II people should have a decision tomorrow?

 

[meepdog]

Oof I respect the opinion but the one thing I was iffy on was actually their color scheme

I'm a big fan of green

 

[deleted620378]

So I'm guessing October 30 II people should have a decision tomorrow?

Any news yet? I haven’t heard anything today

 

[mde070]

Just received the email! Accepted, so excited.

 

[deleted919212]

Waitlist 🙁 it seems like there was WL movement until end of May looking at last years thread

 

[Diverdude93]

Accepted!!! This is my first acceptance as a reapplicant, and to one of my DREAM schools. This feels truly unreal! Wishing the best of luck to y'all on here as well 🙂

 

[Ivesworth]

Sigh WL.. anybody know when Rush typically sees WL movement if not in April?

 

[SurgProtector]

Waitlisted :/

 

[MDFUTURE123]

Waitlisted :/

Sorry:/ hopefully there is movement for us
Was it waitlist or active consideration? Could you send how the email looked like?

 

[SurgProtector]

Sorry:/ hopefully there is movement for us
Was it waitlist or active consideration? Could you send how the email looked like?

 

[morgz24]

II received today! IS, LM 68.5, secondary complete 7/22. Rush is one of my DREAM schools so you can imagine how excited I am 🙂 interviewing 10/30 so hopefully I'll see some of you there!

accepted today!! still can’t believe it but I’m beyond ecstatic

 

[ClimberOnCoffee]

accepted today!! still can’t believe it but I’m beyond ecstatic

Congrats!!!

 

[emoryundergrad2020]

Anyone get any interviews recently?

 

[l;aksjdf;aljk;f]

accepted and matriculating, love this place

 

[emoryundergrad2020]

Is Rush receptive to Letters of Interest?

 

[medstudentneedshelp]

Is Rush receptive to Letters of Interest?

They have an place in the portal for updates, so I sent one but i dont know how much they care or not. It doesn't seem like something that can really hurt you though

 

[Talldoctor96]

So just to clarify all of those that were placed on the waitlist... that is different than active consideration? And did anyone get active consideration from this round of decisions?

 

[deleted919212]

So just to clarify all of those that were placed on the waitlist... that is different than active consideration? And did anyone get active consideration from this round of decisions?

yes and yea

 

[snickers1212]

So just to clarify all of those that were placed on the waitlist... that is different than active consideration? And did anyone get active consideration from this round of decisions?

Sorry if this was already asked, but I was placed under active consideration today. Interviewed 11/6. What’s the difference between waitlist and AC?

 

[Talldoctor96]

Sorry if this was already asked, but I was placed under active consideration today. Interviewed 11/6. What’s the difference between waitlist and AC?

Waitlist is a final decision — they will not be looked at until March.

Active consideration is a deferral and you will be given a final decision in late December. You could still be waitlisted but a lot of people on active consideration last year were accepted.

 

[grantf12]

Anyone get any interviews recently?

Just got an invite today after being complete since July.

 

[pii314]

Hello! I was wondering how long the interview day took. It says 4pm but I feel like most interviews ended earlier than they said.
Im thinking of booking my flight back at 5:50pm on that day, I wasn't sure if that will be too tight.
Did anyone do the student hosting program?
Also, any tips or feedback from the interview day? Fun, welcoming vibe anyone?! What was the 10min interview like, is it more of casual conversation feel?
Thank you!

 

[ClimberOnCoffee]

Hello! I was wondering how long the interview day took. It says 4pm but I feel like most interviews ended earlier than they said.
Im thinking of booking my flight back at 5:50pm on that day, I wasn't sure if that will be too tight.
Did anyone do the student hosting program?
Also, any tips or feedback from the interview day? Fun, welcoming vibe anyone?! What was the 10min interview like, is it more of casual conversation feel?
Thank you!

I used the student housing option. My host was great and lived super close to school. Even gave me a ride to campus! Highly recommended if you want to save some bucks

 

[batpuac]

My day ended around 3:50-4:00 pm iirc, so pretty much on the dot.

Didn’t do student hosting but ready my earlier comments on this thread on how the vibe was and general comments on it!

Would not do the 5:50 flight. Cuts too close especially with Chicago traffic. Might barely make it if you’re flying out of Midway but doubt it for OHare.


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[batpuac]

Hello! I was wondering how long the interview day took. It says 4pm but I feel like most interviews ended earlier than they said.
Im thinking of booking my flight back at 5:50pm on that day, I wasn't sure if that will be too tight.
Did anyone do the student hosting program?
Also, any tips or feedback from the interview day? Fun, welcoming vibe anyone?! What was the 10min interview like, is it more of casual conversation feel?
Thank you!

See my post above.


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[Talldoctor96]

Hello! I was wondering how long the interview day took. It says 4pm but I feel like most interviews ended earlier than they said.
Im thinking of booking my flight back at 5:50pm on that day, I wasn't sure if that will be too tight.
Did anyone do the student hosting program?
Also, any tips or feedback from the interview day? Fun, welcoming vibe anyone?! What was the 10min interview like, is it more of casual conversation feel?
Thank you!

That’s way too close dude it’s not easy to get to the airport and there will be traffic. My day actually ended more like 430 it was a longgggg day

 

[MDFUTURE123]

So just to clarify all of those that were placed on the waitlist... that is different than active consideration? And did anyone get active consideration from this round of decisions?

Yes, I was placed on active consideration. I am still waiting to hear back (word is news will come before the holidays...) HOPEFULLY GOOD NEWS

 

[blindin1eye]

II last week. app completed late July. got that "update" in September which tells you to sit tight (don't know if that helps anyone).

interview dates in both december and january so they don't schedule too far out. mine scheduled for less than a month from now. I only saw Wednesdays available.

OOS, really excited to visit Chicago!

 

[grantf12]

II last week. app completed late July. got that "update" in September which tells you to sit tight (don't know if that helps anyone).

interview dates in both december and january so they don't schedule too far out. mine scheduled for less than a month from now. I only saw Wednesdays available.

OOS, really excited to visit Chicago!

Exactly the same for me! I declined my interview, though, so hopefully it goes to someone else!

 

[AcceptMePl0X]

Exactly the same for me! I declined my interview, though, so hopefully it goes to someone else!

II last week. app completed late July. got that "update" in September which tells you to sit tight (don't know if that helps anyone).

interview dates in both december and january so they don't schedule too far out. mine scheduled for less than a month from now. I only saw Wednesdays available.

OOS, really excited to visit Chicago!

Did you all send updates after receiving that email?

 

[blindin1eye]

Did you all send updates after receiving that email?

yes, but I didn't get an II until 8 weeks after the update so I really doubt it made a difference. can't hurt, though. 🙂

 

[Polarbare50]

II last week. app completed late July. got that "update" in September which tells you to sit tight (don't know if that helps anyone).

interview dates in both december and january so they don't schedule too far out. mine scheduled for less than a month from now. I only saw Wednesdays available.

OOS, really excited to visit Chicago!

You're going to have a great time- Rush was the most packed interview schedule-wise, but among my favorite interview days. They call it "Recruitment Day" for a reason- they do an amazing job selling Rush, IMO.

 

[ClimberOnCoffee]

You're going to have a great time- Rush was the most packed interview schedule-wise, but among my favorite interview days. They call it "Recruitment Day" for a reason- they do an amazing job selling Rush, IMO.

Deep dish pizza for lunch was also legit 😉

 

[Polarbare50]

Deep dish pizza for lunch was also legit 😉

We didn't have that! We had Italian food (meatballs, pasta, etc.) So good and so much better than the standard sandwich fare.

 

[Ivesworth]

They had the most amazing tacos and churros on my recruitment day. By far the best interview lunch I've had!

 

[weekendwarrior14]

II about an hour ago! Complete 7/14; sent an update a few weeks ago.

 

[CardioEnthusio15]

II about an hour ago! Complete 7/14; sent an update a few weeks ago.

What kind of update did you send? Still windering if I should send them an update when I have been pretty much doing the same activities.

 

[Talldoctor96]

What kind of update did you send? Still windering if I should send them an update when I have been pretty much doing the same activities.

Lmao you can’t update if you don’t have an update!

 

[CardioEnthusio15]

Lmao you can’t update if you don’t have an update!

Haha that’s why I haven’t. The only thing I have is more hours but that’s not gonna make a difference as I have thousands of them already.

 

[Talldoctor96]

Haha that’s why I haven’t. The only thing I have is more hours but that’s not gonna make a difference as I have thousands of them already.

Right — sending a lame update isn’t going to help and could only hurt. I think people don’t realize how turned off a reader can get by what they see as a waste of their time.

 

[weekendwarrior14]

What kind of update did you send? Still windering if I should send them an update when I have been pretty much doing the same activities.

I was hesitant about sending an update too. I mentioned that I'm still doing the same activities, but for my full-time job, I started taking on a new project/role. And I helped plan a huge service event in my community. I talked about that and mentioned a handful of extra shadowing experiences that I didn't have room for in my primary (one of them is still ongoing). I wouldn't say that any of the stuff in my update letter was groundbreaking by any means, but some of the new projects have been (somewhat) significant.

 

[Talldoctor96]

I was hesitant about sending an update too. I mentioned that I'm still doing the same activities, but for my full-time job, I started taking on a new project/role. And I helped plan a huge service event in my community. I talked about that and mentioned a handful of extra shadowing experiences that I didn't have room for in my primary (one of them is still ongoing). I wouldn't say that any of the stuff in my update letter was groundbreaking by any means, but some of the new projects have been (somewhat) significant.

This is definitely worthy of an update. Give yourself more credit that is some cool ****!

 

[weekendwarrior14]

This is definitely worthy of an update. Give yourself more credit that is some cool ****!

Thanks, Tall Doc 😍

 

[MichAAGC]

Anyone have any suggestions on how to improve chances of getting in post-II. I interviewed recently and I am waiting for the 2 week decision but if I get active consideration I definitely want to submit something to help my case. I already submitted one update in october which I am pretty sure helped me get the II in the first place so I am considering submitting another update (I've done a fair amount since october) as well a letter of interest/intent. I've interviewed at 3 other schools and this one is by far my favorite. Absolutely loved my visit.

Do you think it would be too much to submit an update as well as a letter of interest/intent? Or should I just combine the two? Do you think it would be appropriate to submit a letter of intent at this timeframe in the cycle?

Maybe just a handwritten thank you? I feel an update would seem a bit much, but that’s my opinion.