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New SDN Article! Roadmap to a Rewarding Research Year
I have been on a regular basis since I found some secondaries a while back but nada from UCR.
OOS now, but with ties to Socal and the IE. Verified 6/4 so methinks I've been ghosted!
Someone on the UCR thread said that at an info session in June, adcom stated they would not be screening for secondaries this cycle but the secondary invite made it sound like they did? Maybe call to confirm?
+/- a few points on that mcat personally, and no II or R... no news is good news at this point. My guess is Keck's going in order of mcat (at least disregarding any special cases they may/may not have)
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N of 1 here, but I was complete 7/12 with 526 MCAT and have not heard anything yet. Although that could mean I got put in a maybe pile early on and have been waiting there.
no worries dude, last year i was complete around 7/20ish and I got the II mid september
To those who already received interview invites at Keck, what does health equity mean to you?
You from r/premed? Haha
I gave my own brief definition of health equity then talked about how growing up in an underprivileged environment has motivated me to be an inclusive physician capable of providing aid to communities similar to my own.
It is a message board on reddit... basically SDN but with memes. Somebody asked this exact same question this morning there, thought it might have been you haha
Maybe the guy reviewing us 524's is slow xP (it's true that USC reviewers are assigned only one MCAT score each right?)
It’s on the AMCAS website! The link is somewhere earlier in this thread
@thedivider @Enterococcus also 524 still waiting... i sense a conspiracy
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Oh I’m perfectly happy waiting
I was just giving insight to the person whose post I quoted to indicate that they may not be reviewing in order of MCAT scores.Thank you for the encouragement!
PITT ROUND TWO LETS GO
FYI, your profile pic is the Staff of Hermes (or Caduceus) and is not related to medicine. The correct symbol is Rod of Asclepius (with one snake only) Rod of Asclepius - Wikipedia
This symbol is seen also on World Health Organization' logo.
wait what happened at pittsburgh
symbols can change meaning based on how people interpret them. many people take the staff of hermes as a medical symbol, despite its origins
You missed out... it's all about receiving a complete email. Apparently everybody who received IIs either only received a complete email a few hours before the II or never received a complete email. Nobody who received a complete email immediately after secondary submission has reported getting an II.
oh wow ****ing wild m8. no complete email from them yet, so perhaps that's a good omen.
also tfw we're talking about every other med school except keck in here
Actually Pitt is Michigan round 2
Michigan conspiracy theory = SDN activity is inversely proportional to chances of an II
I guess the scope of my knowledge is limited to the schools to which I applied *chuckles*
Complete 07/21. Still haven’t heard back.. anyone with a 519 MCAT hear back yet? If they’re going in order just wondering if I got thrown into a maybe pile.
Yeah, because they mistake Hermes staff for the correct staff and according to wikipedia, it's "a result of documented mistakes, misunderstandings and confusion":
Caduceus as a symbol of medicine - Wikipedia
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Just got an interview!!! Complete 7/13. LM 73 ORM
II IS!!! Complete 7/8 URM... cried in front of a patient
For people who got II today, are November interview dates the only ones available? Does that seem a little late in the cycle?
522 but nothing for me. complete 7/2
does that mean its not even worth doing the secondary if one has low stats?
Sure, 3.65 512.
To all those freaking out with crazy high mcat scores... they’re prolly going in some kind of order based on MCAT... also my app is highly directed at aiding the underserved. Just food for thought.
I remember like 2-3 weeks ago like 6 people in the 517-518 range got IIs at the same time... maybe the reviewer for our scores hasn't submitted to Dr. Arias yet?
That would be my guess too. Haven’t seen anyone in our range report an II yet and they do say one reviewer looks at all applicants with a given MCAT score. I’m definitely not expecting one at this point but it’s fun to speculate.
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“Dr. Raquel D. Arias, associate dean of admissions at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, explains, “In order to give every candidate a fair review of their personal qualities and accomplishments, a single screener evaluates all candidates with a particular MCAT score at our school. This controls for the inevitable influence that this important test has on the process. An admissions officer reads every application submitted to the school.” (There is no automated filter.)”