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Not to beat a dead horse, but has anyone who has gotten an A not have their portal status change from "under review" to "interviewed" beforehand? Mine hasn't updated in almost 2 months and the panic is fully setting in
 
InvaderZ1m said:
Not to beat a dead horse, but has anyone who has gotten an A not have their portal status change from "under review" to "interviewed" beforehand? Mine hasn't updated in almost 2 months and the panic is fully setting in
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Not sure if this helps with the panic but mine changed to interviewed pretty soon after my interview, and I saw on here that someone who interviewed the same day as me already got an A
 
Has anyone else who completed a VITA back in November heard back yet? Sitting on dead silence at the moment. Completed 11/11 for me.
 
12/9 interview, just got the A, after 12/23 AC, good news does come on Fridays folks. I'm IS, absolute dream school

For everyone else who interviewed and is waiting, you all deserve this as much as anyone else, don't let the hope fade.
 
Oh my gosh, just panic checked the portal answered my own question - just got the A!! So insanely excited, has been a dream school for so long. 12/1 interview, AC email 12/23, IS, and LM 73. And to echo@4runner2004, I was completely out of hope this week and was about to start writing my PS for next cycle. This whole process is so much more emotionally taxing than I thought it'd be, and you're all incredible for going through it. Just hang in there!
 
AC email today, interviewed on 1/5. It looks like at this point they're making decisions about a month after the interview at this point, or is there no real trend?
 
MOB202 said:
I interviewed 11/18 and haven’t heard yet. People from my interview date have gotten As and Rs, and same with people even from interview dates later than me. Can’t discern much of a pattern.
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Yeah I went back and figured as much. Did you also get the AC email? Also small thing that I know probably is arbitrary but some people said their portal changed to "interview complete" but mine still says "under review" has yours been changed?
 
Yes, I relieved the AC email 5 days after my interview, and my status on the portal changed to interviewed the day after my interview. Unfortunately it looks like those aren’t any sort of predicting factor either ):
 
celtic6643 said:
Yeah I went back and figured as much. Did you also get the AC email? Also small thing that I know probably is arbitrary but some people said their portal changed to "interview complete" but mine still says "under review" has yours been changed?
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Don't worry about the portal stuff. My portal never changed to "interview complete" and I didn't get an AC email before I was accepted.
 
immunoguy23 said:
Don't worry about the portal stuff. My portal never changed to "interview complete" and I didn't get an AC email before I was accepted.
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Congrats! And thanks so much, lol that will definitely help my paranoia a bit!
 
celtic6643 said:
Congrats! And thanks so much, lol that will definitely help my paranoia a bit!
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To add to the confusion, but hopefully alleviate some stress: I got my II in November, Interview early dec, an AC email a couple weeks after my interview, despite that my portal had absolutely no changes until my acceptance last week. I can't tell you to not worry about the minutia because I was in the same position, and I felt the same exact way, but I honestly don't think it's really reflective of anything. The entire Umass website doesn't look like it's been updated since 1999 anyway.
 
4runner2004 said:
To add to the confusion, but hopefully alleviate some stress: I got my II in November, Interview early dec, an AC email a couple weeks after my interview, despite that my portal had absolutely no changes until my acceptance last week. I can't tell you to not worry about the minutia because I was in the same position, and I felt the same exact way, but I honestly don't think it's really reflective of anything. The entire Umass website doesn't look like it's been updated since 1999 anyway
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This was very appreciated 😂 I think you’re right I’m going to try and stay sane and not read into it too much!
 
I'm interviewing soon and would love to know more about the MMI (it's my first interview ever and definitely first MMI style) Were there are a lot of ethical and situational questions? Is the structure 2 min prep 6 min talking? Is it generally advised to not talk the whole time so they can ask follow up questions?

If anyone also has insight into the MD/PhD interviews I would also really appreciate it! Thanks so much for any insight
 
dustnstars said:
I'm interviewing soon and would love to know more about the MMI (it's my first interview ever and definitely first MMI style) Were there are a lot of ethical and situational questions? Is the structure 2 min prep 6 min talking? Is it generally advised to not talk the whole time so they can ask follow up questions?

If anyone also has insight into the MD/PhD interviews I would also really appreciate it! Thanks so much for any insight
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If memory serves me right, it was 2 minutes prep (you can take notes if you want) and 6 minutes of talking. Don't be stressed if you can't fill up 6 minutes, they'll ask follow-up questions if there's a lull!
 
dustnstars said:
I'm interviewing soon and would love to know more about the MMI (it's my first interview ever and definitely first MMI style) Were there are a lot of ethical and situational questions? Is the structure 2 min prep 6 min talking? Is it generally advised to not talk the whole time so they can ask follow up questions?

If anyone also has insight into the MD/PhD interviews I would also really appreciate it! Thanks so much for any insight
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The best piece of advice I ever received was to practice an uncomfortable amount. Find friends to simply read you a prompt and be a set of ears to hear it. They don't even need to be medical people, just someone to present you a prompt, and for you to practice the act of answering back to back MMI questions. Though it's even better if it's a fellow applicant or current med student, faculty member, etc. While they are assessing you, what they're assessing is YOU, the way you think for sure, but also the way you interact with other people. Don't worry about timing, because if you truly explain the way you think through one of these scenarios, there's no way to time is an issue because it will either take up a lot of the time, or something you say will trigger a follow-up question. Just practice timing yourself and your answers. Regarding the distribution of types of questions (ethical vs situational, etc), it's the same as any other interview: be prepared for any kind of question (while scary, it's what you would do to prepare for a non-MMI interview anyway).

In part of the pre-interview messaging, they send out they say they want to know what it's like to sit with you. I took this as perform as best you can, but also be yourself. I found myself cracking jokes, and connecting with my interviewers way more than I thought I would. I also definitely BOMBED the first couple, but I was able to explain my thinking and I think rebound by owning up to my mistake.

TLDR: Practice not to be perfect, but to be able to be yourself in a high-stress scenario (though their interview isn't high stress).

This article was helpful, but ignore their MMI interview prep ads: MMI Interview: The Ultimate Guide (100 Sample Questions Included) — Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Lmk if you want to talk more about this, happy to.
 
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dustnstars said:
I'm interviewing soon and would love to know more about the MMI (it's my first interview ever and definitely first MMI style) Were there are a lot of ethical and situational questions? Is the structure 2 min prep 6 min talking? Is it generally advised to not talk the whole time so they can ask follow up questions?

If anyone also has insight into the MD/PhD interviews I would also really appreciate it! Thanks so much for any insight
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The MMIs were fairly straight forward and the time flies by. The MD/PhD interviews were like all the other MD/PhD interviews i've had. Three 30 min interviews with researchers. They were generally in the same field as me, but not all of them worked on the same kind of stuff as me so I found myself going into more detail with some of them than others. It was really low-stress though. I got the A a couple weeks later. Feel free to PM me if you have questions.
 
Any idea of how many A's they've given out already? I interviewed in early October and have just been hanging out waiting for something to happen
 
futuredoc4634 said:
Any idea of how many A's they've given out already? I interviewed in early October and have just been hanging out waiting for something to happen
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This isn't super accurate but there's 71 people in the accepted students FB, including 13 M1 admins. I imagine not everyone joins the group and a good number who have gotten an A will decide to go elsewhere though, so don't give up hope on the A by any means!
 
immunoguy23 said:
This isn't super accurate but there's 71 people in the accepted students FB, including 13 M1 admins. I imagine not everyone joins the group and a good number who have gotten an A will decide to go elsewhere though, so don't give up hope on the A by any means!
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That’s useful info, thanks! Wow admitted students Facebook pages, would love to be a part of one someday😂
 
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