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platypusrex said:
I think in the past it has always been by email. Also, I called the office and was told that the first decisions should come out on the 19th! They also said that not everyone would receive a response on exactly 2/19, so we still need to be patient.
Good luck to everyone! Feeling both nervous and excited.
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Well that’s upsetting but at least I can calm down now
 
Can anybody briefly describe me the interview day here? for the morning interview- ending time, food, for writing assignment-is it couple of sentences or entire paragraph/essay, any advantage/disadvantage of attending financial aid and residence hall tour thing (when I say ad/disadvantage, I meant- is it likely to affect my decision?) and for the student phone interview- was it like peer-peer conversation or were they also asking standard interview questions?
 
gp321 said:
Can anybody briefly describe me the interview day here? for the morning interview- ending time, food, for writing assignment-is it couple of sentences or entire paragraph/essay, any advantage/disadvantage of attending financial aid and residence hall tour thing (when I say ad/disadvantage, I meant- is it likely to affect my decision?) and for the student phone interview- was it like peer-peer conversation or were they also asking standard interview questions?
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You spend most of the morning with other interviewees in the lobby of the admissions office. That’s when you would have time to write the paragraph (I think it’s 100-200 words). It’s pretty low stakes, it’s a creative writing piece about a picture. The dean comes in for his informal talk around 11-11:30 if I remember correctly, and then 2 med students will pick everybody up for a tour of the school. They have bag lunches (sandwiches) and granola bars in the admissions office. I can’t speak on the financial aid or residential tours because I didn’t go on them.

The peer conversation had some standard questions but for me ended up turning into more of a casual conversation after we got those out of the way. It lasted about an hour and a half over the phone.
 
datastrife said:
You spend most of the morning with other interviewees in the lobby of the admissions office. That’s when you would have time to write the paragraph (I think it’s 100-200 words). It’s pretty low stakes, it’s a creative writing piece about a picture. The dean comes in for his informal talk around 11-11:30 if I remember correctly, and then 2 med students will pick everybody up for a tour of the school. They have bag lunches (sandwiches) and granola bars in the admissions office. I can’t speak on the financial aid or residential tours because I didn’t go on them.

The peer conversation had some standard questions but for me ended up turning into more of a casual conversation after we got those out of the way. It lasted about an hour and a half over the phone.
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Thank you!!
 
datastrife said:
You spend most of the morning with other interviewees in the lobby of the admissions office. That’s when you would have time to write the paragraph (I think it’s 100-200 words). It’s pretty low stakes, it’s a creative writing piece about a picture. The dean comes in for his informal talk around 11-11:30 if I remember correctly, and then 2 med students will pick everybody up for a tour of the school. They have bag lunches (sandwiches) and granola bars in the admissions office. I can’t speak on the financial aid or residential tours because I didn’t go on them.

The peer conversation had some standard questions but for me ended up turning into more of a casual conversation after we got those out of the way. It lasted about an hour and a half over the phone.
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your peer phone convo lasted 1.5 hours?! mine was an awkward 20 minute phone call lol
 
My peer to peer was an hour and half too, with the first 20-30 mins being those awkward scripted questions that they’re required to ask you, but then the rest of it was a lot of casual conversation. It was really easy going and just a good opportunity to talk about whatever i wanted to learn about the school. Everything after the initial 30 minutes was lead by me, and the student didn’t mind either, she was like I could talk about downstate for ever.
 
I'm really debating if I should just bite the bullet and call the admissions office
 
nkrav said:
Can anyone else verify this? I called the admissions office and they told me "once it's ready you'll get it, I can't give you any more information". F.
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someone called them on Friday and this is what the admissions office said

Edit: they said "first decisions" will be released; I don't know if they specified 200. actually, I don't even know where I got that from lol, but someone who contacted admissions def posted that here a while ago so it's not totally made up??
 
nkrav said:
Can anyone else verify this? I called the admissions office and they told me "once it's ready you'll get it, I can't give you any more information". F.
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Based off of last years thread, I wouldnt be surprised if we didnt hear back tomorrow. But who knows
 
catladybutnormal said:
your peer phone convo lasted 1.5 hours?! mine was an awkward 20 minute phone call lol
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I ended up having a lot in common with the student that was assigned to me We ended up talking a lot more about our outlook on medicine/public health and experiences scribing than the interview questions themselves.
 
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has anyone called to see if they are done for admittance emails for today? will there be another wave before April?
 
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