2020-2021 Meharry

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With less than a 24 hour notice, Meharry's administration sends out an email expecting to test the thousands of students at the school. All in one day and while maintaining social distancing?
 

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almostinder said:
They don't say, but according to MSAR, 10% of their student body (10-11 students) scored below a 498. So try to get as close to that score as possible, and obviously higher if you can.
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oh oh! I think I've been misinterpreting MSAR. I thought Meharry's acceptance data on MSAR meant that 10% of the students scored no less then 498. Am I misunderstanding it?
 
EngineerToDrBae said:
oh oh! I think I've been misinterpreting MSAR. I thought Meharry's acceptance data on MSAR meant that 10% of the students scored no less then 498. Am I misunderstanding it?
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No that's not the correct interpretation. Basically if you have a 499, you scored better than only 10% of their accepted applicants so if say 100 were accepted there were only 10 people accepted with that score or lower so basically you want to be well above that so you are well within the range of most of their students.

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TLDR: Basically 90% scored higher and 10% scored that or lower
 
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MD_or_not_MD said:
No that's not the correct interpretation. Basically if you have a 499, you scored better than only 10% of their accepted applicants so if say 100 were accepted there were only 10 people accepted with that score so basically you want to be well above that so you are well within the range of most of their students.
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10 people were accepted with that score *or lower.* But I agree, you obviously want to be well above the 10th percentile, but the way I view it is that if the rest of your app is really good, then you still have a solid chance and should apply.
 
Does anyone understand what exactly zanki is? Is it a pre made deck in anki? Is it a plug in? Is it free? I keep hearing people talking about it but I'm not clear on all the details of what it is, how you use it and how you gain access to it.
 
MD_or_not_MD said:
Does anyone understand what exactly zanki is? Is it a pre made deck in anki? Is it a plug in? Is it free? I keep hearing people talking about it but I'm not clear on all the details of what it is, how you use it and how you gain access to it.
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I think it's anki decks specifically made for USMLE studying.
 
MD_or_not_MD said:
But like where do you get it? Is it free? Do you use it straight through anki?
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let's try to keep it on-topic here 🙂 (It's the AnKing deck that you can download for free for Anki - which is also free. Don't worry about that now. An upperclassman will help you out when you get to med school)
 
Current student at Meharry trying to procrastinate studying for exams. Lmk if y'all have burning questions about the school or the curriculum, I'll be in and out for the next two weeks! I will say this, though. Meharry has a pretty messed up admissions cycle, timing-wise. Not making excuses, but the school is understaffed and that's become a glaring issue as large numbers of the staff started working the COVID testing sites around Nashville and spending less time in the office. Once you get here (and you will if you're meant to!), the professors and upperclassmen and YOUR class are truly like a family. The administration is... vague. But I don't regret choosing this school for a second. I really feel like it's my home away from home and the people around me truly want me to succeed. (Definitely not a competitive atmosphere at all here!)

Good luck this cycle!
 
Apollos_Void said:
Current student at Meharry trying to procrastinate studying for exams. Lmk if y'all have burning questions about the school or the curriculum, I'll be in and out for the next two weeks! I will say this, though. Meharry has a pretty messed up admissions cycle, timing-wise. Not making excuses, but the school is understaffed and that's become a glaring issue as large numbers of the staff started working the COVID testing sites around Nashville and spending less time in the office. Once you get here (and you will if you're meant to!), the professors and upperclassmen and YOUR class are truly like a family. The administration is... vague. But I don't regret choosing this school for a second. I really feel like it's my home away from home and the people around me truly want me to succeed. (Definitely not a competitive atmosphere at all here!)

Good luck this cycle!
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how do you feel about the required lecture attendance policy (in person pre-covid)? Do you feel like people just show up to show up or are they actually engaged in the lecture?

Also, can you tell me about some of the community outreach programs? The website is very bare lol.
 
Apollos_Void said:
Current student at Meharry trying to procrastinate studying for exams. Lmk if y'all have burning questions about the school or the curriculum, I'll be in and out for the next two weeks! I will say this, though. Meharry has a pretty messed up admissions cycle, timing-wise. Not making excuses, but the school is understaffed and that's become a glaring issue as large numbers of the staff started working the COVID testing sites around Nashville and spending less time in the office. Once you get here (and you will if you're meant to!), the professors and upperclassmen and YOUR class are truly like a family. The administration is... vague. But I don't regret choosing this school for a second. I really feel like it's my home away from home and the people around me truly want me to succeed. (Definitely not a competitive atmosphere at all here!)

Good luck this cycle!
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Thanks for making yourself available! I'm curious about the facilities. There is little to no info online or videos of campus tours but I did find one and in that video it looked like many of the buildings were a bit old and outdated. This isn't a deal breaker but I am curious about the condition of the facilities and technology. Also the mandatory lectures a little bit of a determining factor for me. I know myself. Undergrad definitely taught me I can't learn in live lectures because my mind gets to processing something that was said and then professors move on and I miss something. So attending a lecture would almost be of no benefit to me. I learn with recorded lectures that I can pause and rewind, etc. Do you know if they plan to make a permanent change to how their curriculum is offered? Maybe making recordings available? It would be great to be able to use that lecture time doing something that will actually help me learn as opposed to 3-4 hours sitting not really absorbing anything and then have to turn around and try to learn the material when I get home ya know?
 
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kpeezy24 said:
how do you feel about the required lecture attendance policy (in person pre-covid)? Do you feel like people just show up to show up or are they actually engaged in the lecture?

Also, can you tell me about some of the community outreach programs? The website is very bare lol.
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I'm not sure how up to date the website is but I've found several pages that discuss some of their outreach programs. Here's some I've come across.




 
kpeezy24 said:
how do you feel about the required lecture attendance policy (in person pre-covid)? Do you feel like people just show up to show up or are they actually engaged in the lecture?

Also, can you tell me about some of the community outreach programs? The website is very bare lol.
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We don't have an explicit lecture attendance policy. We take several classes at once, and the lectures you're thinking of are not mandatory. We have a class called colloquium that meets once a week for about an hour and that's mandatory, as is our patient exam class. Our science and biostatistics/public health lectures are not mandatory and there is no attendance requirement. About people showing up, if they like lectures they'll go. Otherwise they just watch recordings or self-study.

As for community outreach, most of it is done through the Salt Wagon Clinic, Meharry's outreach clinic. You can volunteer there or volunteer at the many events they do (like flu drives), and currently most of our outreach is staffing the COVID testing sites or processing that paperwork. But there are other forms of outreach. Meharry is currently trying to start a mission trip program and there is a Street Medicine outreach group (where you take physicians and med students to homeless camps around Nashville and provide them with care).
 
MD_or_not_MD said:
Thanks for making yourself available! I'm curious about the facilities. There is little to no info online or videos of campus tours but I did find one and in that video it looked like many of the buildings were a bit old and outdated. This isn't a deal breaker but I am curious about the condition of the facilities and technology. Also the mandatory lectures a little bit of a determining factor for me. I know myself. Undergrad definitely taught me I can't learn in live lectures because my mind gets to processing something that was said and then professors move on and I miss something. So attending a lecture would almost be of no benefit to me. I learn with recorded lectures that I can pause and rewind, etc. Do you know if they plan to make a permanent change to how their curriculum is offered? Maybe making recordings available? It would be great to be able to use that lecture time doing something that will actually help me learn as opposed to 3-4 hours sitting not really absorbing anything and then have to turn around and try to learn the material when I get home ya know?
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I really don't know where y'all are getting this mandatory lectures thing, but our syllabi say only some are mandatory (and it basically means labs, pre-lab lectures, and student presentations). They don't take attendance and lectures are recorded. As for the buildings, they're either recently renovated or currently under construction. We just overhauled the SOM lecture space (it's pretty lol) and our lab spaces have been pretty good for a while. The gym is teeny tiny though, but you get free membership at the YMCA so that balances out. The campus looks kind of old from the outside, but they've been really working for the past few years to catch up with amenities for students.
 
Apollos_Void said:
I really don't know where y'all are getting this mandatory lectures thing, but our syllabi say only some are mandatory (and it basically means labs, pre-lab lectures, and student presentations). They don't take attendance and lectures are recorded. As for the buildings, they're either recently renovated or currently under construction. We just overhauled the SOM lecture space (it's pretty lol) and our lab spaces have been pretty good for a while. The gym is teeny tiny though, but you get free membership at the YMCA so that balances out. The campus looks kind of old from the outside, but they've been really working for the past few years to catch up with amenities for students.
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Ok well my thinking was if lectures are not recorded, you'll have to be there....so do you know if they plan to have recorded lectures moving forward (post covid)
 
MD_or_not_MD said:
I'm not sure how up to date the website is but I've found several pages that discuss some of their outreach programs. Here's some I've come across.




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oh great thank you! i knew about the salt wagon clinic but i had not seen anything else. so thanks for this!
 
Apollos_Void said:
I really don't know where y'all are getting this mandatory lectures thing, but our syllabi say only some are mandatory (and it basically means labs, pre-lab lectures, and student presentations). They don't take attendance and lectures are recorded. As for the buildings, they're either recently renovated or currently under construction. We just overhauled the SOM lecture space (it's pretty lol) and our lab spaces have been pretty good for a while. The gym is teeny tiny though, but you get free membership at the YMCA so that balances out. The campus looks kind of old from the outside, but they've been really working for the past few years to catch up with amenities for students.
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I asked my faculty interviewer outright and he told me yes, there is required lecture attendance.
 
Apollos_Void said:
We don't have an explicit lecture attendance policy. We take several classes at once, and the lectures you're thinking of are not mandatory. We have a class called colloquium that meets once a week for about an hour and that's mandatory, as is our patient exam class. Our science and biostatistics/public health lectures are not mandatory and there is no attendance requirement. About people showing up, if they like lectures they'll go. Otherwise they just watch recordings or self-study.

As for community outreach, most of it is done through the Salt Wagon Clinic, Meharry's outreach clinic. You can volunteer there or volunteer at the many events they do (like flu drives), and currently most of our outreach is staffing the COVID testing sites or processing that paperwork. But there are other forms of outreach. Meharry is currently trying to start a mission trip program and there is a Street Medicine outreach group (where you take physicians and med students to homeless camps around Nashville and provide them with care).
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thanks for your response! meharry is my top choice but the required lectures were concerning me. so now I'm a little more confused b/c you and my interviewer are giving two different answers.
 
Has anyone with lower stats actually received IIs from Meharry this cycle? or does Meharry wait to interview lower stats at the very end of the cycle?
 
EngineerToDrBae said:
Has anyone with lower stats actually received IIs from Meharry this cycle? or does Meharry wait to interview lower stats at the very end of the cycle?
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Tbh it seems like they sent a handful of II weeks ago and just stopped....even some high stats people haven't yet received IIs
 
MD_or_not_MD said:
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?
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UAB Great program! I finished this year. They said that some spots from the program now have a direct route into the medical school!
 
Agreed. Haven’t even gotten a secondary from Meharry and my stats are good. Just retaking the MCAT in January, which they take. It sucks because the deadline is December 15. At this point I’m charging it to the game. As much as I love the mission and vision of Meharry, If the PWI schools admit me, I’m going where I get in
 
I know that this school does not accept updates but does anyone know anything about if they would accept a letter of interest? This is my top choice program. Is there anything I could/should do to express that beyond my secondary? My stats are good and secondary has been submitted. I am slightly concerned I haven't heard back from them, but sounds like not many interview invites have been sent out. I just want to make sure that I have a decent shot here.

URM
Out of State
MCAT: 502
sGPA: 4.0
Grad GPA: 4.0
Overall GPA: 3.5
 
codyrocha said:
I know that this school does not accept updates but does anyone know anything about if they would accept a letter of interest? This is my top choice program. Is there anything I could/should do to express that beyond my secondary? My stats are good and secondary has been submitted. I am slightly concerned I haven't heard back from them, but sounds like not many interview invites have been sent out. I just want to make sure that I have a decent shot here.

URM
Out of State
MCAT: 502
sGPA: 4.0
Grad GPA: 4.0
Overall GPA: 3.5
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When did you complete?
 
kpeezy24 said:
I asked my faculty interviewer outright and he told me yes, there is required lecture attendance.
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they always say that but there's no attendance unless it's student presentations (one day a week) or lab and pre-lab (one day a week)
 
Apollos_Void said:
yes, lectures are recorded even post covid
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Are they pre-recorded or live recorded? I spoke to a current 3rd year and she said during her first 2 years they were neither pre-recorded nor live recorded so she said she had to still show up to make her own recordings. If this has changed that's very good to hear!
 
Apollos_Void said:
Current student at Meharry trying to procrastinate studying for exams. Lmk if y'all have burning questions about the school or the curriculum, I'll be in and out for the next two weeks! I will say this, though. Meharry has a pretty messed up admissions cycle, timing-wise. Not making excuses, but the school is understaffed and that's become a glaring issue as large numbers of the staff started working the COVID testing sites around Nashville and spending less time in the office. Once you get here (and you will if you're meant to!), the professors and upperclassmen and YOUR class are truly like a family. The administration is... vague. But I don't regret choosing this school for a second. I really feel like it's my home away from home and the people around me truly want me to succeed. (Definitely not a competitive atmosphere at all here!)

Good luck this cycle!
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Thank you for taking the time to answer some of our questions! Meharry is my top choice program. My only concern is how religious/conservative is the environment on campus? How tolerant are students/faculty to queer students? I have seen some LGBTQ+ student groups on campus, which gave me some relief, but I wanted to see what your perspective was as a current student. I recognize that the community and the state itself is largely conservative. I grew up in a rural, religious community so am comfortable navigating those interactions, but I do not want to have to feel like I have to hide my sexuality with colleagues on campus. Any tips/insight you can provide, I would appreciate!
 
jbn91 said:
Agreed. Haven’t even gotten a secondary from Meharry and my stats are good. Just retaking the MCAT in January, which they take. It sucks because the deadline is December 15. At this point I’m charging it to the game. As much as I love the mission and vision of Meharry, If the PWI schools admit me, I’m going where I get in
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When did meharry say their taking the January mcat?
 
codyrocha said:
Thank you for taking the time to answer some of our questions! Meharry is my top choice program. My only concern is how religious/conservative is the environment on campus? How tolerant are students/faculty to queer students? I have seen some LGBTQ+ student groups on campus, which gave me some relief, but I wanted to see what your perspective was as a current student. I recognize that the community and the state itself is largely conservative. I grew up in a rural, religious community so am comfortable navigating those interactions, but I do not want to have to feel like I have to hide my sexuality with colleagues on campus. Any tips/insight you can provide, I would appreciate!
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I don't know if this helps, but back when I was researching schools, I only applied to the ones where I felt I could be comfortable being me. (Still a hard thing to decide definitively without experiencing the environment myself, but I tried.) I took various accounts from students, chatted with adcoms when available, and looked at specific groups (like you saw) and if the school made me feel comfortable on this surface level, I "bolded" their name on my spreadsheet.

I regret not keeping thorough notes on every school, since I could have forwarded that to you (like specific student/adcom names/contact info), but it was an overwhelming time and I just wanted to use a simple code (like bolding the name) to narrow down my choices. 😩
 
MD_or_not_MD said:
Are they pre-recorded or live recorded? I spoke to a current 3rd year and she said during her first 2 years they were neither pre-recorded nor live recorded so she said she had to still show up to make her own recordings. If this has changed that's very good to hear!
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they're currently recorded live. I can almost guarantee that if you don't like live lectures and they (unexpectedly) stop recording live (this would cause serious backlash and my class would fight for c/o 2025), someone would record for you, even if it's someone in c/o 2024. I meant it when I said we're a family, we will take care of y'all
 
codyrocha said:
Thank you for taking the time to answer some of our questions! Meharry is my top choice program. My only concern is how religious/conservative is the environment on campus? How tolerant are students/faculty to queer students? I have seen some LGBTQ+ student groups on campus, which gave me some relief, but I wanted to see what your perspective was as a current student. I recognize that the community and the state itself is largely conservative. I grew up in a rural, religious community so am comfortable navigating those interactions, but I do not want to have to feel like I have to hide my sexuality with colleagues on campus. Any tips/insight you can provide, I would appreciate!
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Nashville is super liberal as a city (our tourists may not be though). On campus, there's a presence of religion since Meharry is Methodist, but I'm bi and don't feel ashamed or scared or at all weary of being myself. No one here hides our sexuality or our beliefs at all, not even professors, so you can feel free to be yourself without fear of backlash or any negativity

Edit: I shouldn't say super liberal, but it's liberal BECAUSE it's a city so you won't really feel like you're in the backwoods south. There's not a lot of hate here and I haven't been discriminated against because of my sexuality since moving here
 
Apollos_Void said:
they're currently recorded live. I can almost guarantee that if you don't like live lectures and they (unexpectedly) stop recording live (this would cause serious backlash and my class would fight for c/o 2025), someone would record for you, even if it's someone in c/o 2024. I meant it when I said we're a family, we will take care of y'all
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That's awesome! I really do hope I get in there. It has been my first choice for a while now. 🤞🏽
 
Greetings Colleagues,

Is anyone having issues with "applyweb" when verifying the status of the application post-secondary? I have emailed, called and use the help section on the application portal and have not been successful. Any advice?
 
Apollos_Void said:
they're currently recorded live. I can almost guarantee that if you don't like live lectures and they (unexpectedly) stop recording live (this would cause serious backlash and my class would fight for c/o 2025), someone would record for you, even if it's someone in c/o 2024. I meant it when I said we're a family, we will take care of y'all
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I love this! You said, one thing about Meharry, we gon take care of our own! 😂🙏🏾
 
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