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Does anyone know if attending First Friday can increase your odds of getting an II?
When did you submit? Trying to see something...
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MermaidDoc
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August 16th
hopefuldoc_123
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Not sure. I did not attend First Friday and received an interview. I don't think there is any way to tell unfortunately.
MD.Loading
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I am!
godsgirly4320
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they mentioned during the first friday session in August that they do look at First Friday attendance for people who attend first fridays
JustOneAcceptancePls
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Not me immediately sprinting to their website to sign up after reading this lol
According to my WARS score I shouldn't have even applied to MD programs but have 3 MD II's lol. Take it with a grain of salt.
How long does First Fridays typically last?
MD.Loading
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Hey everyone, so it's kind of a last minute idea but I'm thinking of applying to some 1 year biomedical science programs to have an option should this cycle not go according to plan lol. Does anyone know of some decent institutions that have something like this?
UAB (Univ. AL Birmingham) I just finished an 11 month biomedical and health sciences masters program/smp there.
Search SDN, I’m sure there are some threads on that.
It’s smart to have a back up plan, but I sure hope you get ints
godsgirly4320
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I went in August, and I believe it was at around 3.5 hours, but was supposed to be scheduled for 2 hours, but not everyone stayed the entire time
Tulane SOM Masters of Anatomy. There’s a lot of SMP’s at Tulane but I think Anatomy has the edge bc we took medical school courses alongside the first years. PM me if you want details!
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On another note, did y’all vote? 🤔
I voted early!
Chels1017
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Sure did. We gotta get orange Satan out the Oval Office. I’m going to sleep and waking up to a new President hopefully.
Same!
haha yes!!! Anyone else exited for med school because of the hope of escaping their red state? ♀️
Same
Meeeee! Alabama has really showed its’ behind. I’ve gotta goooo!
They will probably send a link later! Not sure though. People who have attended First Friday, when was the link provided?
godsgirly4320
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i received it about 4 days before!
My state almost flipped!!
Anyone have an inkling of how far into December schools will interview? First week of Dec latest? Second week? Or, after November, should we be expecting II's with 2021 dates?
Expect most, if not all schools to hand out II's until March, but there will probably be fewer II's being given out as we get closer and closer to March.
at the last first Friday Howard said they would have interviews till first week of April!
I ask because aren't schools going on holiday break??
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Do med schools ever really take a break?
They certainly don’t take a 4-6 week winter break like colleges do!
They do, some of them even email when they are going on a break
Do we all get separate links? If not do you mind sharing yours?
Yeah I haven’t gotten my link either, I think I’m gonna call them about it.
So I just called, they said links should be sent between this evening and tomorrow morning
Thanks for calling them!
Hi guys, I am over the two week mark for sending the secondary- can I still submit it to them?
Also did anyone get II with sub 500 mcat score?
MD.Loading
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You can submit as long as the deadline hasn't passed but most people recommend 2 weeks as the MAX turnaround for making a good impression and streamlining your app. Personally I completed all mine in 1 week but at this point just send it in. Good luck!
Finally got the link for First Friday!
I thought it was an interview invite lol
Hello! Since you’ve attended last Friday, I was wondering if being on camera and speaking is a requirement?
I understand they put that in the etiquette but I will be at work and really wanted to attend but I’m not sure how much I will be able to speak.
+1
Not sure if I'll be able to participate either. How long is it?
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Funny story. I'm a birth doula and my client went into labor this morning. No First Friday for me is what it's looking like. We got a baby on the way!!
I believe I read someone say that it was 2-3 hours.
I was still planning to join and see. I don't see how everyone would be able to participate since they're all Friday's at 12PM :/
Stuck as well
elrm257
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Ive been here for 10 min lol
