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Tennis Guy said:
Understood, and thank you so much for the information! Do you know, where I can find the AAMC VITA practice questions or a link to them?
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You're welcome! Here's a link to the AAMC VITA website: Practice AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions. You can sign up for a free practice VITA interview there. They've got some general tips on VITA on that AAMC site. I'd generally just prepare for questions that could address any of the AAMC medical school competencies.
 
ok i might just be having a brain fart moment but is anyone else confused when the "From applicant to empathetic scholar" part of the interview is because it says "This session will take place the Monday after your scheduled interview day. It will start promptly at 12pm CT. To access the session, please click here:" which makes it sound like the following Monday?
 
chippers17 said:
ok i might just be having a brain fart moment but is anyone else confused when the "From applicant to empathetic scholar" part of the interview is because it says "This session will take place the Monday after your scheduled interview day. It will start promptly at 12pm CT. To access the session, please click here:" which makes it sound like the following Monday?
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Yep, it's essentially a big med student/professor/administrator panel, where applicants get to ask questions. Informal dress, too.

Takes place the Monday after your interview.
 
chippers17 said:
ok i might just be having a brain fart moment but is anyone else confused when the "From applicant to empathetic scholar" part of the interview is because it says "This session will take place the Monday after your scheduled interview day. It will start promptly at 12pm CT. To access the session, please click here:" which makes it sound like the following Monday?
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Just did it for our interview day. It is the following day. Not bad at all. Med students and faculty are ridiculously friendly and seemed genuinely excited to answer our questions. Definitely worth watching the videos beforehand and attending with questions ready to go.
 
GGBMed2021 said:
Just did it for our interview day. It is the following day. Not bad at all. Med students and faculty are ridiculously friendly and seemed genuinely excited to answer our questions. Definitely worth watching the videos beforehand and attending with questions ready to go.
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Wait its the following day and not the following Monday??
 
rep_the_don said:
You're welcome! Here's a link to the AAMC VITA website: Practice AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions. You can sign up for a free practice VITA interview there. They've got some general tips on VITA on that AAMC site. I'd generally just prepare for questions that could address any of the AAMC medical school competencies.
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Thank you so much again..... I REALLY appreciate all of your help my man!!!!! ..... 🙂 👍
 
For those of you guys who got an interview here, did you feel like you did great on the audio responses or thought u didn't do that well but it ended up working out?
 
futuredoctorinshallah2024 said:
For those of you guys who got an interview here, did you feel like you did great on the audio responses or thought u didn't do that well but it ended up working out?
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From looking in past years' threads, the way I see the audio secondary is more of it can help you but shouldn't really hurt you. It allows the people that need to make an impression to make one but doesn't prevent you from receiving an interview if you don't do well, as long as your application speaks for itself.
 
I finally got around to doing the audio secondary... god i hate my voice :hungover:. I lost a little track on the first question but I was able to finish on time and tripped a couple words bc i tried to use SAT words lmfao. Hope I don't get booted because of my voice and the bad pronunciation.
 
Should we expect more IIs soon? Seems like its been pretty quiet here
 
type1fiber said:
Should we expect more IIs soon? Seems like its been pretty quiet here
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I hope so. An article on their website said that the number of apps to their school tripled since 2018 but that shouldn't change the number of interviews

Application submissions at the Fort Worth M.D. school have almost tripled in less than two years | Burnett School of Medicine at TCU | Fort Worth, Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (July 21, 2020) – The 60 students who officially became the Class of 2024 recently at the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine competed with more than 4,300 candidates to win those prized spots. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, applications for the third class already are exceeding...
mdschool.tcu.edu mdschool.tcu.edu
 
type1fiber said:
Should we expect more IIs soon? Seems like its been pretty quiet here
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I got an II on September 23rd and my interview is going to be on December 21st. From looking at past threads, this is farther out than previous years. Seems like they filled slots rather quickly.

Maybe they’re waiting a little bit before they start sending more interviews for the new year? Maybe they’re trying to gauge if people who get early/Fall A’s to other schools will withdraw and use that to calibrate their next round of II’s for the Winter/Spring?

Maybe people just aren’t reporting new II’s as this thread is pretty quiet? Who knows 🙂 a lot about admissions is such a mystery....
 
DoctorOrdinary said:
I hope so. An article on their website said that the number of apps to their school tripled since 2018 but that shouldn't change the number of interviews

Application submissions at the Fort Worth M.D. school have almost tripled in less than two years | Burnett School of Medicine at TCU | Fort Worth, Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (July 21, 2020) – The 60 students who officially became the Class of 2024 recently at the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine competed with more than 4,300 candidates to win those prized spots. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, applications for the third class already are exceeding...
mdschool.tcu.edu mdschool.tcu.edu
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sos-sos said:
I got an II on September 23rd and my interview is going to be on December 21st. From looking at past threads, this is farther out than previous years. Seems like they filled slots rather quickly.

Maybe they’re waiting a little bit before they start sending more interviews for the new year? Maybe they’re trying to gauge if people who get early/Fall A’s to other schools will withdraw and use that to calibrate their next round of II’s for the Winter/Spring?

Maybe people just aren’t reporting new II’s as this thread is pretty quiet? Who knows 🙂 a lot about admissions is such a mystery....
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im starting to think this is the most competitive cycle in recent history, and that all this "delayed cycle" stuff is a hoax. sounds to me like schools are moving at the same pace, if not faster than most cycles when it comes to filling seats and granting interviews. yet, when it came to sending paper transcripts, getting to actually sit for the mcat, etc, it was the most delayed it has ever been. ? anybody else think so, or am i just up too late and getting conspiratorial haha.
 
NoEyeEyeGuy said:
im starting to think this is the most competitive cycle in recent history, and that all this "delayed cycle" stuff is a hoax. sounds to me like schools are moving at the same pace, if not faster than most cycles when it comes to filling seats and granting interviews. yet, when it came to sending paper transcripts, getting to actually sit for the mcat, etc, it was the most delayed it has ever been. ? anybody else think so, or am i just up too late and getting conspiratorial haha.
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I think you're onto something here...
 
NoEyeEyeGuy said:
im starting to think this is the most competitive cycle in recent history, and that all this "delayed cycle" stuff is a hoax. sounds to me like schools are moving at the same pace, if not faster than most cycles when it comes to filling seats and granting interviews. yet, when it came to sending paper transcripts, getting to actually sit for the mcat, etc, it was the most delayed it has ever been. ? anybody else think so, or am i just up too late and getting conspiratorial haha.
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definitely onto something. Like last year, it was October II’s for November seats but this year, it’s late Sep II’s for late December seats?? That’s a huge difference!
 
Has anyone who submitted their secondary application during late September received an II?
 
We are. I currently have no finger nails left. Love this school and the interview. Itching for some good news.
 
GGBMed2021 said:
So continued consideration is after your interview they will let you know if you are accepted, rejected or continued consideration. Basically I wait two more weeks to hear another response.
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Continued consideration here too, I’m just so grateful I didn’t get cut today. I’m in love with this school, so I’m happy I’m still in the running. This is good news for us both! I doubt they gave out many (if any) acceptances today.
 
chippers17 said:
Does their MMI include personal questions or just ethical/role play/teamwork ones? plz someone answer lol
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All schools with MMI ask that applicants do not share the exact content of the interview questions.
 
chippers17 said:
Does their MMI include personal questions or just ethical/role play/teamwork ones? plz someone answer lol
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Both!

Every MMI I have been a part of has a combo of AMCAS application questions, ethical scenarios, and role play.

TCU follows a similar format. They just have more stations.

Obviously not going to reveal any details.
 
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