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FriedLemon said:
I don't know if there is an exact age anywhere, but looks to be between 24 and 29 if you mean for the first year class.
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Thanks! Yeah I was looking at msar and it looked like it had some type of age data but it was behind the paywall.
 
M&L said:
Hi everyone, I am a current student (just finished M1 year). Ask me anything.
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Can you explain the care forward curriculum and what do you love about The school. I'm researching to find reasons for "why this school " Any invite as to why you chose would be helpful
 
PremedWanderer said:
Just got accepted top 1/3 OOS off waitlist. I can't believe this is happening, I feel incredibly lucky (stopped hyperventilating finally after an hour). Waitlist is still moving it seems thanks so much to everyone on this thread.
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Are there any M1s I can ask questions going into medical school, I've never been to viriginia so this will be a new experience XD
 
After seeing all these waves of WL movement and being top tier OOS ORM, at this point, I just don't think it's happening at all. 😔
 
Is it possible that as the waitlist shrinks (as more people are accepted), that our original position on the waitlist could change? Or will we remain in our original tiers even as the waitlist shrinks?
 
ewlsn said:
Is it possible that as the waitlist shrinks (as more people are accepted), that our original position on the waitlist could change? Or will we remain in our original tiers even as the waitlist shrinks?
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Based on the waitlist email, I would guess no. 😢
 
FriedLemon said:
What waitlist e-mail?
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The email that tells you, you're on the waitlist. "This is not a rolling waitlist. Applicants receive a composite score which places them within a tier on the waitlist, as listed above, and do not change position on the waitlist at any time. "
 
AmIJinxed said:
The email that tells you, you're on the waitlist. "This is not a rolling waitlist. Applicants receive a composite score which places them within a tier on the waitlist, as listed above, and do not change position on the waitlist at any time. "
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Interesting. My waitlist e-mail didn't use the same words as what you quoted. Lol.
 
Hi all,
Currently waitlisted to EVMS (am in-state, and when I called a few months ago they mentioned I was middle tier). Interviewed on Feb 17th, sent a letter of intent on Apr 12th. To thicken the plot, I fortunately was accepted to Wayne State SOM this cycle and their commit to enroll deadline is coming up Jun 14th. I've been holding off on committing to attend until now just in case I might hear back from EVMS (insert clown emoji here: 🤡)... but I just wanted to get a sense of whether making an additional contact with EVMS to follow-up is worth/okay to do? I don't have any significant updates otherwise, at least nothing new from my letter sent in April. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Many thanks.
 
ambivalentbruh said:
Hi all,
Currently waitlisted to EVMS (am in-state, and when I called a few months ago they mentioned I was middle tier). Interviewed on Feb 17th, sent a letter of intent on Apr 12th. To thicken the plot, I fortunately was accepted to Wayne State SOM this cycle and their commit to enroll deadline is coming up Jun 14th. I've been holding off on committing to attend until now just in case I might hear back from EVMS (insert clown emoji here: 🤡)... but I just wanted to get a sense of whether making an additional contact with EVMS to follow-up is worth/okay to do? I don't have any significant updates otherwise, at least nothing new from my letter sent in April. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Many thanks.
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If your CTE date is soon, you should tell EVMS this. No need to say where you are currently accepted to but do tell them the June 14th date. And for all reading, notify your waitlist schools 2 weeks prior to your CTE date if you intend to enroll there if accepted. If they hoped to accept you as seats became available, they may move up the timeline so as to not lose you.
 
reizh said:
If your CTE date is soon, you should tell EVMS this. No need to say where you are currently accepted to but do tell them the June 14th date. And for all reading, notify your waitlist schools 2 weeks prior to your CTE date if you intend to enroll there if accepted. If they hoped to accept you as seats became available, they may move up the timeline so as to not lose you.
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Awesome thanks for the advice/reply!
 
ambivalentbruh said:
Hi all,
Currently waitlisted to EVMS (am in-state, and when I called a few months ago they mentioned I was middle tier). Interviewed on Feb 17th, sent a letter of intent on Apr 12th. To thicken the plot, I fortunately was accepted to Wayne State SOM this cycle and their commit to enroll deadline is coming up Jun 14th. I've been holding off on committing to attend until now just in case I might hear back from EVMS (insert clown emoji here: 🤡)... but I just wanted to get a sense of whether making an additional contact with EVMS to follow-up is worth/okay to do? I don't have any significant updates otherwise, at least nothing new from my letter sent in April. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Many thanks.
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Definitely agree with the post above. Looks like you’re going to be an MD either way, congratulations!!
 
Hey guys applying here this cycle and was wondering if anyone can tell me what they think one should put for what they think they would like least about being a physician? I think I'll put when you advise a patient to do something and they ignore you and their health suffers but I don't know if that will be too cliche
 
Proudfather94 said:
Hey guys applying here this cycle and was wondering if anyone can tell me what they think one should put for what they think they would like least about being a physician? I think I'll put when you advise a patient to do something and they ignore you and their health suffers but I don't know if that will be too cliche
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Telling people they are likely going to die. Or informing family members of a loss. Or coming face to face with the limitations of medicine and science despite the large advances over the years. Be honest and don't worry about being cliche- ask yourself "what will I actually like least about this job?"
 
NotTheButtons said:
Telling people they are likely going to die. Or informing family members of a loss. Or coming face to face with the limitations of medicine and science despite the large advances over the years. Be honest and don't worry about being cliche- ask yourself "what will I actually like least about this job?"
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Thanks! I think I'll stick to interacting with pts that don't follow medical advice and continue to become sick because I deal with that at work and I know it will agitate me a lot when I'm a doctor
 
Proudfather94 said:
Thanks! I think I'll stick to interacting with pts that don't follow medical advice and continue to become sick because I deal with that at work and I know it will agitate me a lot when I'm a doctor
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Sorry for the late reply but I'd make sure to write about this topic carefully/tactfully, so it doesn't come off as paternalistic. No one is making themselves ill for no reason, even if that's all you can see it as -- schools respect humility immensely. Will it be frustrating to have the "solution" to someone's problems, but it's unaffordable, unaccessible, etc? Of course, and that's a great topic. But working with patients who won't accept your guidance is part of the job and, in the end, it's their own life and health. Quickly writing someone off as "non-compliant" makes it hard to work with them and get to the root of why the medical advice is being resisted.

A lot of community-oriented programs like EVMS are really interested in students who exercise that humility and willingness to work alongside patients. They really emphasize that empathetic patient-provider relationship. I encourage you to have some fresh eyes proofread your essay to make sure it doesn't come off negatively! You could make it work.

I was interviewed (top-tier WL, withdrew) as an OOS applicant this year and wrote about working within a system that is not optimally designed to prevent medical errors, and the idea that even if I am doing my best I could unintentionally cause harm (as could even the best physicians).
 
TabbyTuxy said:
Sorry for the late reply but I'd make sure to write about this topic carefully/tactfully, so it doesn't come off as paternalistic. No one is making themselves ill for no reason, even if that's all you can see it as -- schools respect humility immensely. Will it be frustrating to have the "solution" to someone's problems, but it's unaffordable, unaccessible, etc? Of course, and that's a great topic. But working with patients who won't accept your guidance is part of the job and, in the end, it's their own life and health. Quickly writing someone off as "non-compliant" makes it hard to work with them and get to the root of why the medical advice is being resisted.

A lot of community-oriented programs like EVMS are really interested in students who exercise that humility and willingness to work alongside patients. They really emphasize that empathetic patient-provider relationship. I encourage you to have some fresh eyes proofread your essay to make sure it doesn't come off negatively! You could make it work.

I was interviewed (top-tier WL, withdrew) as an OOS applicant this year and wrote about working within a system that is not optimally designed to prevent medical errors, and the idea that even if I am doing my best I could unintentionally cause harm (as could even the best physicians).
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Thanks I'm thinking of framing as being a frustrating situation without being frustrated at the person. It's tough because you get patients that have preventable diseases and issues that refuse to change their habits but somehow expect the hospital to fix the problems. A lot of patients don't realize that alot of medicine is mitigating the effects of damage that's already done and that it is impossible to reverse things like heart failure.
 
Proudfather94 said:
Thanks I'm thinking of framing as being a frustrating situation without being frustrated at the person. It's tough because you get patients that have preventable diseases and issues that refuse to change their habits but somehow expect the hospital to fix the problems. A lot of patients don't realize that alot of medicine is mitigating the effects of damage that's already done and that it is impossible to reverse things like heart failure.
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For sure. I could see how you could pull in ideas of inaccessibility of some resources and also how it can be challenging to communicate with people with really different levels of understanding of their health. Thanks for elaborating, could make for a good essay! I think we worry it's cliche, but those problems are cliche because they're big issues that everyone struggles with. So own your personal experience and perspective!
 
Hi! Q about the curriculum. Does every EVMS student pick one community engaged learning or can students do more than 1?
 
siloaddict said:
Hi! Q about the curriculum. Does every EVMS student pick one community engaged learning or can students do more than 1?
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You are required to pick only one "officially," but you are allowed to volunteer for as many of the other ones as you want (which most students do). They just won't count towards your CEL requirement, if that makes sense.
 
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