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also are there any students lurking this thread? curious about just how much rochester is truly into the "biopsychosocial" approach
 
Are you guys under the impression that '"complete" includes receipt of CASPer results ?
 
sadboi99 said:
I'm not sure if anyone will have a confident answer to this, but I had a question about the "Have you have ever applied to the University of Rochester School of Medicine?" question. I applied BS/MD in high school and didn't get in, but I never submitted AMCAS or a secondary to Rochester so I want to say no, especially because I don't wanna be considered a reapplicant when I'm not. The next section asks specifically about the BS/MD program and I'm indicating that I applied to that, but I'm just not totally sure how to answer the first question.
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Hey did you ever get an answer from admissions for this? I have the same question
 
erenyeager said:
Anyone know how many lors they accept? Website just says min of 3, is there a max?
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I saw for the MSTP program that they accept a minimum of 3 with up to 4 additional letters. I would think that maybe the regular MD program would also accept up to 7 letters?
 
How are you guys approaching the 4 most significant activities question? 100 words is roughly the amount of space that we got for our 700 character activity descriptions on the primary app. and since the interview is blind, what do you guys think about using those descriptions for Rochester's essays?
 
GameOfZones said:
How are you guys approaching the 4 most significant activities question? 100 words is roughly the amount of space that we got for our 700 character activity descriptions on the primary app. and since the interview is blind, what do you guys think about using those descriptions for Rochester's essays?
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I didn't copy and paste what I wrote on my primary but paraphrased it stating I did x, y, and z.
 
SOS, red alert, sirens!

I am in some doo doo. Was supposed to submit my essays by today. No problems. Finished them. Interviewing on Thursday. Accidentally hit "submit". before I copied them all into the app. Now I can't add the rest. And of course no one is responding because it's labor day weekend and premeds are the only ones who work weekends in this entire process.

How FUBARed am I?
 
Rusino said:
SOS, red alert, sirens!

I am in some doo doo. Was supposed to submit my essays by today. No problems. Finished them. Interviewing on Thursday. Accidentally hit "submit". before I copied them all into the app. Now I can't add the rest. And of course no one is responding because it's labor day weekend and premeds are the only ones who work weekends in this entire process.

How FUBARed am I?
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I think you’ll be fine. Most likely they’ll reopen it for you tomorrow. I can’t imagine they’ll be that harsh about it.
 
For those who interviewed today/are interviewing tomorrow, when did the "Start Interview" button appear for you? I have mine tomorrow and I see no "Start Interview" button. Does it appear on the day of the interview?
 
jojobaking said:
For those who interviewed today/are interviewing tomorrow, when did the "Start Interview" button appear for you? I have mine tomorrow and I see no "Start Interview" button. Does it appear on the day of the interview?
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I'm actually having the same issue - interviewing tomorrow and no button. It was there before but I don't see it any longer... something to email them over?
 
jojobaking said:
For those who interviewed today/are interviewing tomorrow, when did the "Start Interview" button appear for you? I have mine tomorrow and I see no "Start Interview" button. Does it appear on the day of the interview?
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Sounds like a good idea if it specifically disappeared. Also interviewing tomorrow, with no button.
 
I seem to remember it being there earlier too, but not sure. But, if y'all don't see it either, then I'm assuming it's alright? Guessing it will show up tomorrow morning hopefully
 
Hi, im a little confused and was hoping someone could help. Do we have to complete the essays before scheduling an interview? Or can we choose a date now and work on the essays later? Thank you!
 
MollyWeasly said:
Hi, im a little confused and was hoping someone could help. Do we have to complete the essays before scheduling an interview? Or can we choose a date now and work on the essays later? Thank you!
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The essays just need to be done 3 days before your interview. You can schedule now. Make sure to SAVE and not SUBMIT until you have EVERYTHING written for ALL the questions, because it's one click and you're locked in. I messed that up and ended up submitting essays 2 days before my interview. Had no issues.
 
Rusino said:
The essays just need to be done 3 days before your interview. You can schedule now. Make sure to SAVE and not SUBMIT until you have EVERYTHING written for ALL the questions, because it's one click and you're locked in. I messed that up and ended up submitting essays 2 days before my interview. Had no issues.
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Awesome, thank you so much!
 
MollyWeasly said:
Hi, im a little confused and was hoping someone could help. Do we have to complete the essays before scheduling an interview? Or can we choose a date now and work on the essays later? Thank you!
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What are these essays? Could you share prompts?
 
YoloSwagCats said:
What are these essays? Could you share prompts?
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It's your four most meaningful experiences 100 words each. How you've demonstrated a commitment to serve 250 words and what sets you apart from other applicants also 250 words.
 
For those who have had their interviews already, did anyone experience technical issues with the individual interviews? In both of mine, the audio was severely delayed compared to the video, by as much as 8-10 seconds.
 
GameOfZones said:
For those who have had their interviews already, did anyone experience technical issues with the individual interviews? In both of mine, the audio was severely delayed compared to the video, by as much as 8-10 seconds.
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I did! My one interviewer just ended up calling me and the other one sent me their own zoom link so we could just use the app. It sounds like they’ve been having those issues with everyone (according to my interviewer)
 
Buschlite30 said:
I did! My one interviewer just ended up calling me and the other one sent me their own zoom link so we could just use the app. It sounds like they’ve been having those issues with everyone (according to my interviewer)
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I see. Good to know it wasn’t just an issue on my end then
 
Does anyone know how long Rochester takes to process the casper score? I have sent them the score about a week ago, but they still don't have it on my portal
 
Does anyone know whether the regular MD program or the combined MD/MBA program has higher standards to get in? I did not realize they are separate applications, and given the fact that I'm already not a great applicant I would like to give myself the best possible shot hahaha.

Edit: I had already applied to MD/MBA, however just received an email about them being separate applications (and knowing most combined are more competitive, I am hesitant)
 
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Tyler59 said:
Does anyone know whether the regular MD program or the combined MD/MBA program has higher standards to get in? I did not realize they are separate applications, and given the fact that I'm already not a great applicant I would like to give myself the best possible shot hahaha.

Edit: I had already applied to MD/MBA, however just received an email about them being separate applications (and knowing most combined are more competitive, I am hesitant)
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I have the exact same question and concern. Does anyone know?
 
For those that already interviewed here, how did it go? And the group discussion? Kinda wondering how that would work with people talking over each other
 
I saw that LOR are due Nov 22nd at the latest, but does anyone know if UofR will send II if only 2 are submitted so far? I have one LOR that is still being written..
 
SleepingPillow said:
For those that already interviewed here, how did it go? And the group discussion? Kinda wondering how that would work with people talking over each other
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Pretty chill all around. Group discussion fortunately wasn’t very aggressive or cutthroat, people just waited to talk after someone else was finished.

Only problem was some technical issues with the individual interviews, but that might be resolved by now.
 
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