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Phone interview received today as well. Experience review was completed August 20th
experience review started 8/6 and just finished today! In consideration for a phone interview now.
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I'm hoping they come tomorrow since Monday was a holiday lol
Am I the only one having issues with the secondary portal? I haven't submitted it yet and all I can do is change my password, submit an update, or view my status. Where the hell is the actual secondary?
They must've heard me. Experiences review started this morning!
Anon_medgirl
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Good luck! What day was your secondary marked complete?
Sept 2 was when I got the "complete" email! I finished my online assessment a few days prior. It seems there's about a 2 week gap between complete > experience review and another 2 weeks to complete that. However, it's still early!
Anon_medgirl
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Great! Thank you. My secondary was marked complete on 8/31 and I am still not at experience review, so I am getting a little bit nervous. I am in-state, significant ties to Kalamazoo, Lizzy-M 69 and WARS 77.
ahopefulmed
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I was placed under consideration for a telephone interview 8/24. Does anyone know how long this stage might last? Will they send an R or II?
I’ve been under consideration since 8/21
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ahopefulmed
Full Member
Thank you!! That's good to know.
Just got a phone interview invitation, complete 8/3, experience review started 8/5 and complete 8/6
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PatricktheSponge
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phone II, experiences review started 8/7 complete 8/20!
Not for me, but you’ve just made several hundred SDNers log into their portal to check!
got the phone interview today! experiences review started 8/14 and completed 8/25
Should I reach out to admissions about this or check my portal again tonight to make sure this wasn't a mistake before sending an email?!
Edit: Nevermind! just got the email, experience review complete a few days ago
orthopod19
New Member
Phone II just now!! Experiences review complete 8/24 🙂
Hopeful_MD_Cat_Mom
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Every time I get a notification from this thread I think WMU must've released the first round of actual interview invites and I have a miny heart attack lmaoooo
guessing it's not going to happen today
SAME. I’m going crazy.
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deleted1048149
Guess I got left out this round 
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Guess I got left out this round
Same here! Don't let it get you down! That has started working for me. Nothing hurts my feelings anymore. In fact, I don't feel anything at all anymore. I might just be dead inside.
Who knows, that might work out for you too!
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deleted1048149
I thought they’re questions we’re thought provoking and had obvious connections to medical school and becoming a physician.
Did you find how many phone II they send to OOS on their website?
No not their webiste, but a little data analysis from MSAR, so here's my work. They state on MSAR that they send 800 phone II overall and 420 actual II overall. They invite approximately 66% of the 420 from OOS for their actual II. Overall their matriculations are 66% OOS as well. As such I am guessing that approx 66% of phone II are also OOS. Taking that number and dividing it by the OOS actual II gives you around 50% chance of moving from phone II to actual II.
Anon_medgirl
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Congrats! Do you have any advice for the phone interview?
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deleted1054719
Yes! So I agree with everyone about it being a verbal CASPer or verbal MMI. It's conducted by a third party, so there are no medical questions, "Why medicine," or "Why WMed" or anything like that. It's mostly hypothetical and behavioral questions you'd expect for a job interview. I actually highly recommend looking up practice questions (for CASPer and MMI) and rehearsing a few aloud and recording yourself with your phone. It's so easy to ramble on the phone without visual cues, so it's a good way to practice when to stop talking and be concise. Good luck!
I still recommend coffee, haha! This certainly makes me feel better about my general interview performance.
Anon_medgirl
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I’m convincing myself they’re going in alphabetical order sending them out this morning 😱
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II also! Completed phone interview on 9/3.
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I saw 3 days in October. All on Fridays. Did you email admissions to add more dates?
I did! The only two on my portal were 10/2 and 10/9 so hopefully, they'll get back soon. I know its a hectic time though so I understand the delay
