2020-2021 Kaiser (Tyson)

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bettinananathan said:
While there are a handful or so of students giving up top medical schools to enroll at Kaiser, the larger majority are not. There‘s also a pretty heavy sales pitch to convince admitted students to enroll. Even though it’s tuition free, there are students (even from lower-tiered schools) wary of the school and only accepted after the heavy marketing.
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Definitely more than a handful of current students gave up T10/20 even with half tuition scholarships to attend Kaiser and save additional $250k.
 
joshuamarcus said:
Sorry but your numbers are wayyyyyy off. I have no doubt that Kaiser will be a top school, but 10k + applicant is a huge overestimate. NYU only has in the 8000s and its a way more well-known school.
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Last year, the school projected 10k applicants. That seems like a realistic figure when there are no stats available online, free tuition, and the KP core values behind the school. Low stats folks would apply to KP in hopes of holistic review that would not apply to NYU knowing their metrics wouldn't survive the cycle. Rosy had over 15k last year. 10k at Kaiser is not a stretch of the imagination.
 
According to the SOM website, they planned on sending out interview invites starting July 2020, has anyone heard back?
 
joshuamarcus said:
Sorry but your numbers are wayyyyyy off. I have no doubt that Kaiser will be a top school, but 10k + applicant is a huge overestimate. NYU only has in the 8000s and its a way more well-known school.
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I have heard from admissions at KPSOM that they had more than 10k applicants last year. It is not a huge overestimate.
 
joshuamarcus said:
Sorry but your numbers are wayyyyyy off. I have no doubt that Kaiser will be a top school, but 10k + applicant is a huge overestimate. NYU only has in the 8000s and its a way more well-known school.
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The 10K + applicants is not an estimate, those are facts. The only facts us students have so far
 
dindjarin87 said:
Last year, the school projected 10k applicants. That seems like a realistic figure when there are no stats available online, free tuition, and the KP core values behind the school. Low stats folks would apply to KP in hopes of holistic review that would not apply to NYU knowing their metrics wouldn't survive the cycle. Rosy had over 15k last year. 10k at Kaiser is not a stretch of the imagination.
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oof that makes sense mb.
 
chemtime said:
Not sure if someone posted this already, but matriculant stats are up! 515 median MCAT, 3.85 median GPA. Great stats for an inaugural class, and a lot of diversity in class composition. Very impressive!
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Yup there go my hopes and dreams.
 
skkkkrt said:
we really are! 49 of the coolest people I’ve met tbh. also wanted to add that the school is super LGBTQ+ friendly. I don’t know the exact stats but a significant portion of the class is part of the queer community
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My gay heart is going to be broken if I don't get in here after reading so many accepted student posts about how LGBTQ+-friendly it is.
 
chemtime said:
Not sure if someone posted this already, but matriculant stats are up! 515 median MCAT, 3.85 median GPA. Great stats for an inaugural class, and a lot of diversity in class composition. Very impressive!
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could you post the link to the stats? thanks!
 
nooiPop said:
Do you know if the data will be published on msar? I’d be interested in what the range looks like.
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But ranges are not posted on MSAR, only down to 10th percentile and up to 90th percentile, unfortunately.
 
HappyThankfulDriven said:
They hosted Webinars?
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Yes, but I don't believe they were advertised, and they were very limited attendance. I was fortunate to have a friend who sent me the registration link she got from an advisor. I think there were only like 50 people per information session. Nothing discussed in mine that isn't also posted here or on their website, though.
 
Just wanted to let people know that the admin got student feedback on being more inclusive and transparent with the demographics. If you visit the stats page, they've updated with the percentage of nonbinary (2%) and LGBTQ (30%) students.
 
@CaliforniaAsian does your class have any teachers? I love love love their curriculum, didn’t get an interview last year and was just curious if other educators made it into the inaugural class. I talked about it a ton in my primary / secondary apps
 
applicanttimes2 said:
@CaliforniaAsian does your class have any teachers? I love love love their curriculum, didn’t get an interview last year and was just curious if other educators made it into the inaugural class. I talked about it a ton in my primary / secondary apps
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You mean people who previously taught as a career/full-time job in K-12?
 
got notification of primary being received July 15th...still no secondary. Anyone in the same boat?
 
Eggsoverizzy said:
got notification of primary being received July 15th...still no secondary. Anyone in the same boat?
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mine was received July 10th and I still haven’t received a secondary.

I get my MCAT back next week though and was waiting until that before I send a neurotic email asking for my secondary LOL
 
bellerific said:
mine was received July 10th and I still haven’t received a secondary.

I get my MCAT back next week though and was waiting until that before I send a neurotic email asking for my secondary LOL
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Same I was verified last week though but I haven't recieved my secondary im not sure how they are screening applicants; does anyone know if there is a cut off?
 
Kind of fed up/annoyed that I haven't got a secondary yet.
 
Anyone else still waiting on secondaries? I got their primary email July 10? but I just took the mcat the other day.
 
Does anyone know what the criteria is to receive a secondary? I received one and since the stats came out I'm really not sure if its worth submitting
 
rip still havent gotten mine. I wonder if it's due to that 124 cars subsection score
 
greymanduck said:
Yes! It's right in front of you when you walk in to the building. Also, the ceiling is basically all glass above this walkway so the sun hits the piece just right in the afternoon 😉

No one except the admissions committee knows the yield at this point. Perhaps 95% of students rejected Kaiser before even knowing much about the school. Perhaps all but a few students that were accepted ultimately matriculated. Some anectodal (i.e. unscientific) evidence I can provide:

Of the 43 accepted students on the Facebook page in April (towards the beginning), all but 6 of those people are current Kaiser students!

Some students likely rejected them before being added to the page, and there are a lot of unaccounted for factors of course. But I do think it goes to show that of the students who were undecided with weeks to decide, many chose Kaiser.
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Glass? mmm not a great place to be on a earthquake.
 
Probably going to get roasted but verified 8/10 and secondary received an hour later with 487 MCAT. I can confirm that they are not screening based on my MCAT score. For the people that did not receive secondaries, I would email them just to make sure.
 
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