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JimmyPage1969 said:
II 🙂 LM 66. In state! Very grateful....nabbed the first spot I could in January

I applied to the PCSP, though I didn't see a mention of it in the email.
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+1, also IS, stats in bio. Also nabbed the first spot I could which was mid January. Dates in Jan, Feb, Mar
 
Congrats to everyone with their II! Quick question: when you went to schedule your interview on an open slot day in the portal, what did you see in the small calendar day? Trying to figure out if there are different details for the PCSP interviews vs. regular admission interview.
 
II!!! 🙂 Is PRIME the primary care scholars? It didn't mention anything about it in the email but when I went to pick an interview date that's what it said.
 
I too got an II today. Feel grateful that I received one, but its just unfortunate that I have to wait till January :thinking:
 
Anyone complete in July and also not hear anything yet lol.... do they give out any updates?
 
pesto234 said:
Are PRIME interview candidates also eligible for the regular MD program?
Also, PRIME is just the primary care scholars program, right?
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I am also wondering about this. Got an II but when I went to reschedule I saw PRIME interview for the earliest 4 dates I could find.
 
Wazza10 said:
I am also wondering about this. Got an II but when I went to reschedule I saw PRIME interview for the earliest 4 dates I could find.
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Hi everyone, I just emailed admissions, and they confirmed that the PRIME interview is for both regular and primary care scholarships program interview.
 
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II yesterday as well. complete 9/1. Scheduling into feb/march
 
Does anyone have stats on the post-II acceptance rate of this school? I see how many students matriculate out of interview on MSAR. It looks like they heavily favor in-state students for acceptances based on this data.
 
Anyone know around when the earliest interviews are for this cycle? Are they all in 2021 lol
 
Just got an II! Complete ~8/31, IS

EDIT: Btw, I think I signed up for the last open February slot. There were still slots in March but I didn't look to April.
 
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I just got an II. Complete 9/24 and OOS

I had to sign up for a March date since it was the earliest date available.
 
amiekthashuha said:
I'm confused with this too. Does this mean that earlier dates are already taken or are they purposely having interviews this spaced out?
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I got an II yesterday morning, and I was lucky to see one date available in November and I took it, I didn't know that the interviews are being scheduled that far ahead until I saw the comments on here.
 
amiekthashuha said:
I'm confused with this too. Does this mean that earlier dates are already taken or are they purposely having interviews this spaced out?
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I'm losing hope with this school because I was complete early August and the fact that they are filling interviews til March....makes me think that if we didn't get an interview at this point, our apps were passed over 🙁
 
applicant20 said:
I'm losing hope with this school because I was complete early August and the fact that they are filling interviews til March....makes me think that if we didn't get an interview at this point, our apps were passed over 🙁
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probably tbh, complete 7/29
 
Wazza10 said:
What was your impression of the interview?
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It was one of my more stressful interviews certainly. The student interview was extremely friendly and conversational, and I had a lot of time to ask questions. The faculty interview though... painful. It was a lot of grilling, very specific questions, and almost combativeness from the interviewer. Perhaps this was intentional to see if interviewees squirm under pressure; perhaps it was just my interviewer who didn't look kindly on my experiences and responses. Either way, I'd go in prepared for an absolute grilling, and if you make it out better than I did, you'll be relieved! 🙂
 
PoorProspects said:
It was one of my more stressful interviews certainly. The student interview was extremely friendly and conversational, and I had a lot of time to ask questions. The faculty interview though... painful. It was a lot of grilling, very specific questions, and almost combativeness from the interviewer. Perhaps this was intentional to see if interviewees squirm under pressure; perhaps it was just my interviewer who didn't look kindly on my experiences and responses. Either way, I'd go in prepared for an absolute grilling, and if you make it out better than I did, you'll be relieved! 🙂
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Thank you for your input 🙂 And I'm glad the medical student portion was not as stressful for you. I checked the interview feedback here for the school and did see some very specific questions regarding the area where the school is located. Have to do some research now 😀 Good luck to you 😀
 
My interview is not until March 1. I was complete on August 28, URM, Out of state, non traditional. Crazy that they are interviewing so late makes me lose hope 🙁
 
Do you think they would be receptive to asking if you can be notified of earlier slots? Has anyone done this?
 
applicant20 said:
I'm losing hope with this school because I was complete early August and the fact that they are filling interviews til March....makes me think that if we didn't get an interview at this point, our apps were passed over 🙁
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same complete in july and seeing how far out these interviews are is jsjsjdjd lol
 
II yesterday morning! OOS URM Left me absolutely speechless! LM 69.3. Good luck to everyone this cycle!
 
Got an II yesterday. However, I do not see any available dates to sign up for. Anyone have this issue as well? I am confused
 
JayJay268 said:
Got an II yesterday. However, I do not see any available dates to sign up for. Anyone have this issue as well? I am confused
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When I signed up yesterday it looked like March 1st was the only date available in March but wasn’t sure if the other dates in that month were just taken.
 
amiekthashuha said:
When I signed up yesterday it looked like March 1st was the only date available in March but wasn’t sure if the other dates in that month were just taken.
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Unfortunately, I didn't see any dates after March 1st.
JayJay268 said:
Got an II yesterday. However, I do not see any available dates to sign up for. Anyone have this issue as well? I am confused
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You should send them an email
 
amiekthashuha said:
I just got an II. Complete 9/24 and OOS

I had to sign up for a March date since it was the earliest date available.
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MARCH??? Lmao my god. Starting to assume the whole "the AAMC and med schools are aware of this strange cycle and taking things into consideration" was all BS and a money grab since I've seen a handful of schools scheduling into March already.
 
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MARCH??? Lmao my god. Starting to assume the whole "the AAMC and med schools are aware of this strange cycle and taking things into consideration" was all BS and a money grab since I've seen a handful of schools scheduling into March already.
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fr and they say its still early in the cycle like uhhh
 
II this morning!!! First one of the cycle! Complete 9/23, IS, URM, LM 67.5. There were interview dates available in late Jan and throughout Feb when I looked, fyi
 
Got a II today, only date available on my calendar was March 1st. After scheduling, are we able to go back and change our interview date?
 
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