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premed324 said:
I just realized that I didn't send my CASPer score to penn state. submitted my secondary july 30th and just added penn state to my CASPer distribution list. how long does it usually take for schools to receive the score?
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I added a school to my CASPer list late and it only took about a day or two for the school to mark it as received!
 
do you have to be accepted to the college of medicine before being considered for the university park program?
 
crazypremed1234 said:
do you have to be accepted to the college of medicine before being considered for the university park program?
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The University Park Program page says: NOTE: Your answer to this question will have no bearing on your acceptance to College of Medicine. Furthermore, If you are accepted, you are under no obligation to participate nor are you necessarily guaranteed to participate as a Regional Campus student.
Which seems like you have to be admitted in general first, and then will be considered for specific programs. But that's just my interpretation!
 
does anyone know anything about university park program? i feel like people keep asking Qs about this but no one answers/really knows?
 
sc972810 said:
does anyone know anything about university park program? i feel like people keep asking Qs about this but no one answers/really knows?
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I talked to a friend who just graduated from PSUCOM (he did the Hershey curriculum). I don't 100% know but he said that they go into clerkship earlier than other programs and return back to the classroom after clerkship is over. He says it's still early in development. That's all I know though!
 
I've been submitted for 2 weeks. LOR have still not been received by Penn State despite my letters being in months ago when I was first verified. Anyone else having issues having their app read "complete"?
 
galliumspork said:
Heads up to nontrads that the LOR requirements are set in stone. They don’t make any waivers regarding the non science faculty letter. Fortunately every other school I applied to with this requirement waived it for me. Waste of $41 lol.
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is this even if you have a committee letter?
 
How long did it take to receive secondary? Added them to verified primary 8/10
 
Is anybody marked as complete by Penn State? Submitted my secondary about 3 weeks ago and it still says my application is incomplete. But all of the other required materials say they are received/completed
 
capt34500 said:
Is anybody marked as complete by Penn State? Submitted my secondary about 3 weeks ago and it still says my application is incomplete. But all of the other required materials say they are received/completed
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I got a complete email
 
for those of you who have submitted already, did you write something for each of the competencies? I'm confused about this portion of the app.
 
for the university park program, is it just the 3rd and 4th clinical years that are different? Or is this a whole separate application program . sorry a lil confused ik some questions were asked on this before.
 
en_al_zo said:
I've been submitted for 2 weeks. LOR have still not been received by Penn State despite my letters being in months ago when I was first verified. Anyone else having issues having their app read "complete"?
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I have the same problem but on the document status page, it shows that my letters were submitted 7/20/2020/
 
capt34500 said:
Is anybody marked as complete by Penn State? Submitted my secondary about 3 weeks ago and it still says my application is incomplete. But all of the other required materials say they are received/completed
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+1
 
pea4 said:
I have the same problem but on the document status page, it shows that my letters were submitted 7/20/2020/
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Mine said the same thing and when I emailed them, they said it wasn't automatic but my app still isn't considered complete
 
pea4 said:
Mine said the same thing and when I emailed them, they said it wasn't automatic but my app still isn't considered complete
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Same thing happened to me and I also emailed. They said they have to mark as complete manually so I'm guessing they just do that as they review applications but we're good.
 
galliumspork said:
Heads up to nontrads that the LOR requirements are set in stone. They don’t make any waivers regarding the non science faculty letter. Fortunately every other school I applied to with this requirement waived it for me. Waste of $41 lol.
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Just to clarify, you absolutely need the non-science LOR? Damn, wish I would have seen this before I finished writing their secondary lol. I was hoping my 2 science and 2 MD letters would suffice ): (graduated in 2019, so no excuse for me not having a non-science LOR).
 
en_al_zo said:
I've been submitted for 2 weeks. LOR have still not been received by Penn State despite my letters being in months ago when I was first verified. Anyone else having issues having their app read "complete"?
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Nope i submitted 4 days ago and mine says complete
 
Emailed PSU because I'm still waiting on secondary and received this:

"Thank you for your email. We are working on fixing an issue with the secondary application so once the issue is fixed we will start sending out secondary applications again. Thank you for your interest in Penn State College of Medicine."
 
lagunabeach26 said:
Emailed PSU because I'm still waiting on secondary and received this:

"Thank you for your email. We are working on fixing an issue with the secondary application so once the issue is fixed we will start sending out secondary applications again. Thank you for your interest in Penn State College of Medicine."
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Ok thats great to know. Thank you! 🙂
 
galliumspork said:
Heads up to nontrads that the LOR requirements are set in stone. They don’t make any waivers regarding the non science faculty letter. Fortunately every other school I applied to with this requirement waived it for me. Waste of $41 lol.
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**** me, I wasted money on the secondary as well. Thanks for the heads-up, anyways.
 
galliumspork said:
You might actually email them! Apparently someone I talked to on another forum was allowed the substitution. I guess it depends on who answers your email. I’m not sure if I should try again lol. This reminds me that I should edit that post.
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I will definitely try this since there's really nothing to lose in my case! Thankyouthankyou for your help!
 
for LOR requirements, does anyone know if you have a committee letter, do these add'l letters still apply:
  • You have multiple degrees.If this is true, you must submit one letter from each of the institutions that has granted you any of the following degrees:
    • Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
  • You have one or more years of graduate study or full-time employment at the time of application. If this is true, you are required to submit one additional letter of recommendation from a member of the graduate faculty or work supervisor.

is grad faculty referring to a grad advisor or grad professor? also, do they mean literal supervisor or would the physician I worked with for a year count?

being a non-trad is *thumbs down* sometimes. more letters, more essays blehhh lol
 
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madamedoctor said:
for LOR requirements, does anyone know if you have a committee letter, do these add'l letters still apply:
  • You have multiple degrees.If this is true, you must submit one letter from each of the institutions that has granted you any of the following degrees:
    • Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
  • You have one or more years of graduate study or full-time employment at the time of application. If this is true, you are required to submit one additional letter of recommendation from a member of the graduate faculty or work supervisor.

is grad faculty referring to a grad advisor or grad professor? also, do they mean literal supervisor or would the physician I worked with for a year count?

being a non-trad is *thumbs down* sometimes. more letters, more essays blehhh lol
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Regarding your "do these still apply" question - I believe so. My employer submitted a letter to my committee and it is included in my committee's letter packet so I emailed to ask if I needed to submit the letter again since they make you verify that on the secondary. They responded: "As long as YOU had it sent to through the Committee letter packet then we are good to go" So I think it is still a requirement that you can submit within or in addition to the committee letter.
 
rach4048 said:
Regarding your "do these still apply" question - I believe so. My employer submitted a letter to my committee and it is included in my committee's letter packet so I emailed to ask if I needed to submit the letter again since they make you verify that on the secondary. They responded: "As long as YOU had it sent to through the Committee letter packet then we are good to go" So I think it is still a requirement that you can submit within or in addition to the committee letter.
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when you say your employer, do you mean like the person you directly worked with or some other official? I have a science letter from my grad prof so I think that should cover that part, but I'm wondering if the physician I worked with will count for employer. she wasn't my employer/supervisor per se but I worked with her directly. I'll prob call tomorrow to clarify as well.
 
madamedoctor said:
when you say your employer, do you mean like the person you directly worked with or some other official? I have a science letter from my grad prof so I think that should cover that part, but I'm wondering if the physician I worked with will count for employer. she wasn't my employer/supervisor per se but I worked with her directly. I'll prob call tomorrow to clarify as well.
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It says member of graduate faculty or work supervisor, so I think your letter from your prof should do. For mine, I got a letter from my PI. No harm in calling though!
 
For the secondary questions:
1b. Please indicate the entering first-year class year(s) to which you applied, and explain how your qualifications have changed since your previous application. (No more than 75 words)
2a. Please indicate the entering first-year class year(s) to which you applied, and (if not indicated in 1b above) explain how your qualifications have changed since your previous application. (No more than 75 words)

Did you just copy the same answer on both?
 
My primary application was verified in June, but I still haven’t received a secondary. That said, my recommendation letters did not get in until a couple weeks ago, and I’m out of state. They say they send them to everyone?
 
poptarts5921 said:
My primary application was verified in June, but I still haven’t received a secondary. That said, my recommendation letters did not get in until a couple weeks ago, and I’m out of state. They say they send them to everyone?
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I was verified 08/18 and haven’t received on as well. One of the last schools I’m waiting for!!
 
en_al_zo said:
I've been submitted for 2 weeks. LOR have still not been received by Penn State despite my letters being in months ago when I was first verified. Anyone else having issues having their app read "complete"?
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Have they marked your letters as received yet? I submitted 8/19 and they already had my letters packet through amcas but it’s still not checked off on the portal.
 
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