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Do any of you guys that have already gone through Baylor's interview process have any tips and/or tricks for completing the VITA? Just got the invitation yesterday after I received my II on Wednesday. Also, for practice, did y'all just do the practice VITA online and look over your apps, or did you guys also do something else in addition to this to prepare? Thanks in advance!

Edit: Also @CowBoy98, I'm IS. Sorry, didn't see your question yesterday
 
Tikkitytaalik said:
Do any of you guys that have already gone through Baylor's interview process have any tips and/or tricks for completing the VITA? Just got the invitation yesterday after I received my II on Wednesday. Also, for practice, did y'all just do the practice VITA online and look over your apps, or did you guys also do something else in addition to this to prepare? Thanks in advance!
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Hey! I don't know if this would help but the VITA is based on 5 core competencies: Social Skills, Cultural Competence, Teamwork, Reliability and Dependability
Resilience and Adaptability. These are on their website. So what I did was I wrote my down experiences that reflected those core competencies so I could have stories to back anything that I said and that really helped me when I took it.
 
Med1325 said:
Hey! I don't know if this would help but the VITA is based on 5 core competencies: Social Skills, Cultural Competence, Teamwork, Reliability and Dependability
Resilience and Adaptability. These are on their website. So what I did was I wrote my down experiences that reflected those core competencies so I could have stories to back anything that I said and that really helped me when I took it.
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Super helpful, thanks!
 
I saw a few II's come out a few days ago. Does anyone expect Baylor to send more out in January, or is it about over for this cycle?
 
Baylor accepts post-II LOIs but not updates. Is it okay to sprinkle some updates into the LOI? especially b/c I feel like the updates are relevant to why I want to attend Baylor.
 
Hzreio said:
Baylor accepts post-II LOIs but not updates. Is it okay to sprinkle some updates into the LOI? especially b/c I feel like the updates are relevant to why I want to attend Baylor.
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Yes, some of the most effective LOIs include purposeful updates in addition to stating your intent to enroll if admitted. You can just relate whatever updates you have back to your intent/reasoning for why Baylor is such a strong fit for you which will help it naturally read like a LOI, even though it includes a few updates.
 
coconut_milk said:
They only offered me January 22, I'm guessing someone canceled an interview or something.


I'm IS
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This is not their last date. I was originally offered January 15th, but needed to reschedule, so then was offered January 29th. Historically, Baylor interviews a little later than TMDSAS schools and even they are interviewing into February this year. Anyway, congratulations!
 
Drsecondchance said:
This is not their last date. I was originally offered January 15th, but needed to reschedule, so then was offered January 29th. Historically, Baylor interviews a little later than TMDSAS schools and even they are interviewing into February this year. Anyway, congratulations!
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That makes sense, I'm glad they're doing more. I guess I was just very surprised they gave me an interview at all, lol.
 
I've heard Baylor is preclinical P/F; do they use NBME exams for preclinical years?
 
Hzreio said:
Baylor accepts post-II LOIs but not updates. Is it okay to sprinkle some updates into the LOI? especially b/c I feel like the updates are relevant to why I want to attend Baylor.
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Yes, some of the most effective LOIs include purposeful updates in addition to stating your intent to enroll if admitted. You can just relate whatever updates you have back to your intent/reasoning for why Baylor is such a strong fit for you which will help it naturally read like a LOI, even though it includes a few updates

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Just one opine here from an old geezer Dad (I don't have much of a life, so I sometimes drop by to post here)!

Based on ONE EXPERIENCE (now dated: 2012), it probably cannot hurt to include "purposeful updates."

Our daughter (an OOS applicant) sent TWO LOI's/updates. One noted a truly impressive update: she had been chosen the most accomplished (including academics) sorority girl on campus (among > 1,000) at a prestigious technical school. When she got her offer in early May from the WL, the Admissions caller SAID that he was reading her LOI/update letter as he dialed. My sense has been that BCM likes to be loved, no matter how reflexive that might become. YMMV.

Getting into BCM proved to be IMMENSE...she later SMOKED the STEP's (93rd percentile) which meant that any specialty was open to her (she chose Ortho and LOVES IT), and she was granted interviews at some of the most prestigious residency programs. With the 50% merit scholarship, we concluded that she had saved over $70k over our lone IS PUBLIC medical school, even as an OOS student @ BCM.

Ergo, BCM was not only a top 5 program for competitive entry (average LM's), but also an amazing value/bang for the buck. 🙂👍
 
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II received, two questions.
1. Is there a deadline to complete VITA, besides by interview day?
2. I am a dual citizen to US and India (born in the US), so do I need to upload my Green Card to the pre-interview portal?
 
RobotApplicantBender said:
II received, two questions.
1. Is there a deadline to complete VITA, besides by interview day?
2. I am a dual citizen to US and India (born in the US), so do I need to upload my Green Card to the pre-interview portal?
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I believe baylor asks you to complete your VITA two weeks before your scheduled interview.

www.bcm.edu

AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions

Congratulations! You have been invited by Baylor College of Medicine to complete the AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions (VITA). The AAMC VITA...
www.bcm.edu www.bcm.edu
 
RobotApplicantBender said:
II received, two questions.
1. Is there a deadline to complete VITA, besides by interview day?
2. I am a dual citizen to US and India (born in the US), so do I need to upload my Green Card to the pre-interview portal?
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hbyo said:
I believe baylor asks you to complete your VITA two weeks before your scheduled interview.

www.bcm.edu

AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions

Congratulations! You have been invited by Baylor College of Medicine to complete the AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions (VITA). The AAMC VITA...
www.bcm.edu www.bcm.edu
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If you were born in the US, how do you have a green card?
 
RobotApplicantBender said:
II received, two questions.
1. Is there a deadline to complete VITA, besides by interview day?
2. I am a dual citizen to US and India (born in the US), so do I need to upload my Green Card to the pre-interview portal?
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India and US have dual citizenship? If you were born in US, you are a US citizen with probably an OCI card from India. If you hold an Indian passport, you are an Indian citizen probably on a visa or green card.
 
r2med said:
India and US have dual citizenship? If you were born in US, you are a US citizen with probably an OCI card from India. If you hold an Indian passport, you are an Indian citizen probably on a visa or green card.
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this is correct.

Born in the US means US passport and not a greencard.

If parents moved back with a child as Indians they could have declared him/her an Indian citizen. People obtain OCI cards if they are still in US or moved to India temporarily.
 
r2med said:
India and US have dual citizenship? If you were born in US, you are a US citizen with probably an OCI card from India. If you hold an Indian passport, you are an Indian citizen probably on a visa or green card.
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Yeah sorry got thinks mixed up. I have an OCI card.
 
Hey yall, welcome to the second half of this cycle! When are we predicting the January A wave will be?
 
Friends, I too am waiting anxiously for the next waves of As.

Taking last year's Baylor SDN thread as a frame of reference, I saw that some people got As around Jan 21-22. According to a student that interviewed on Jan 17 that cycle, the interviewer said that "they had lots of spots left". Another wave of As was Feb 13-14, then Apr 20 or so.

Taking the Baylor SDN thread from two years ago as a frame of reference, I saw that some people got As around Jan 29-30, then Feb 28-Mar 1, then Apr 9-10.

My impressions are that Baylor fills up most of their spots through the Jan and Feb A waves. Also, once early Apr hits, releasing of As does not seem as structured, which kind of makes sense I guess.

Hope this is helpful and accurate to some extent. All the best, everyone!
 
Carbonara37 said:
Friends, I too am waiting anxiously for the next waves of As.

Taking last year's Baylor SDN thread as a frame of reference, I saw that some people got As around Jan 21-22. According to a student that interviewed on Jan 17 that cycle, the interviewer said that "they had lots of spots left". Another wave of As was Feb 13-14, then Apr 20 or so.

Taking the Baylor SDN thread from two years ago as a frame of reference, I saw that some people got As around Jan 29-30, then Feb 28-Mar 1, then Apr 9-10.

My impressions are that Baylor fills up most of their spots through the Jan and Feb A waves. Also, once early Apr hits, releasing of As does not seem as structured, which kind of makes sense I guess.

Hope this is helpful and accurate to some extent. All the best, everyone!
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Thank you, you're the best!
 
Can anyone who has interviewed for MD-PhD confirm that the chalk talks are given by current students, rather than applicants/interviewees?
 
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I think I did okay on my VITA, but there was loud sounds on one of my questions that I couldn't control and now I feel terrible. Did someone who didn't do too great on vita, get in? Please make me feel better lmao
 
das2678 said:
I think I did okay on my VITA, but there was loud sounds on one of my questions that I couldn't control and now I feel terrible. Did someone who didn't do too great on vita, get in? Please make me feel better lmao
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+2
 
das2678 said:
I think I did okay on my VITA, but there was loud sounds on one of my questions that I couldn't control and now I feel terrible. Did someone who didn't do too great on vita, get in? Please make me feel better lmao
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I've definitely heard people thinking they've flubbed VITA but got in anyway (not Baylor specific). Schools definitely know uncontrollable things can go wrong and the fact that it's a pretty awkward format anyway. I wouldn't worry about it at all.
 
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