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silent for me too, i'm taking the SJT at the end of the month. but i thought it was recommended not required
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deleted1091661
I got an interview here, and I didn't take it lol
Dr. Baby_Keem
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Pre-II R, OOS, Complete 8/20
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I called and they said it should appear a few days before your actual interview. My apologies that "few" is not a precise number of days.
yes and i think i got like the 5th percentile so maybe thats why i got an II deferral, woopsies
Interview Hold received today. Anyone know if this is a soft R or if there's actually a realistic shot of getting an interview here? This is a school I'm very excited about.
No, you are speaking with live individuals.
It was a while ago so I don’t remember the specific breakdown, but it was normal MMI style timing.
siloaddict
Full Member
Any more feedback from those who already interviewed?
Any guesses on when Geisinger is going to release their first batch of acceptances? MSAR says Oct 17th but last year’s thread showed they released on Oct 15th. Oct 17th is a Sunday this year btw.
On my interview day, they said 6-8 weeks. So I’m hoping for an October 15th call, but realistically I’m not expecting anything until early November.
Are they having any in-person events this year?
No, they canceled them a few weeks ago
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siloaddict
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Just want to say, that interview platform sucks
Wait are they not using zoom? What platform are they using instead to conduct the MMI? Is it hard to "rotate" stations?
I actually liked the interview platform. It's well suited for MMI, and much more streamlined than my zoom-based MMIs have been.
Interviewed this morning! Was a great program. One concern I had was being asked follow-ups wth only a few seconds left in the station? lol. They should keep track of time too if the candidate does. All in all great though. Anyone know how long after the intervie wthey will make their decision?
Glad you had a good morning! I interviewed 9/15 and they told us we would hear in 6-8 weeks.
Anyone who interviewed? Did you guys write thank you letters? if so, who did you address them to since it was MMI?
braingeek0409
Full Member
I wasn't planning on writing one. Is it recommended?
applesandoranges2199
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R this morning! Complete 9/15
siloaddict
Full Member
I'm just a hater lmaoo but I hated that platform I wish they would have just done normal Zoom rooms because one of my interviewers came late
I agree, I also hate that I didn't even get the opportunity to tell them why I wanted to go to their school.
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deleted1076108
+1, I also found it odd that all of my interviewers were students... I'm not really sure how an objective evaluation can come from that. Regardless, make your complaints known to the school because from my experience they are very receptive to feedback.
Mine were actually faculty as well as physicians??? It seemed very day-dependent. I had two students, a faculty member and the rest were either physicians/NPs I don’t remember.
So, I can see we shouldn’t be preparing a “why us” question, are we also not going to be asked “why medicine”? I understand we should have those answers in our back pockets but I am just gauging how much time to allocate to that practice. Interview next week!
Please disregard if you feel this violates the MMI NDA!
Please disregard if you feel this violates the MMI NDA!
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The MMI interviewing is done by volunteers (often from the community), and we all get the same MMI questions. That’s the whole point of MMI. I’m not sure why you guys are concerned about who your particular interviewers were? It doesn’t make a difference.
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deleted1076108
I believe we're aware of this.
Ideally differences among particular interviewers in an MMI are irrelevant (although CASPer states their graders are "extensively trained and vetted" on their website to account for subjectivity, and MMIs are often CASPer 2.0), but that was certainly not the case during my particular interview. A few of my interviewers followed along with the same structure of previous MMIs I've done, others jumped directly into their follow-up questions without letting me respond to the original prompt. It was clear that the expectations for the interviewers were not as consistent or clear as they could have been, and that variation could very well have been a result of volunteer discrepancy. Who knows? Regardless, it'd be shortsighted of me to let this experience take away from the program and what it stands for.
Mine also directly jumped into questions, although the prompt indicated I should have responded first. I have to believe that was an error on their part as the interview ended up getting done 2 minutes early with no other things to talk about after they finished their questions. I think that virtual MMIs are challenging because of the structure itself. Many times it took interviewers too long to start the zoom and therefore resulted in time being shortened. I just think there was not a lot of consistency.
Chillymorning
Full Member
I got a deferral.
Being granted a deferral means you were both given an acceptance and your petition to attend the school the following matriculation year (2023) due to catastrophic circumstances has been granted. Is this the status update you received?
Red_Thorne
Full Member
Just got my first acceptance here!
Am I understanding this right, if you get a deferral throughout the application cycle they will continue to reevaluate you and you may be granted an acceptance or you can wait a year and get into the next year's class?
Chillymorning
Full Member
No a deferral on a decision. They will continue to reevaluate my application at each committee meeting with no further updates unless a decision is made.
Rejected
Done, you are no longer being considered
Accepted
Done, you can matriculate this cycle as intended
Interview Waitlist
You have not been rejected but you are placed on a list for interview consideration
Post-Interview Waitlist
You have interviewed and have not been rejected, however you have not yet been accepted. You may eventually receive an acceptance for this cycle and thus be removed from the waitlist.
Deferral
You have been accepted AND your petition to the school for matriculating the following year has been granted. This is very very rare.
That makes sense. Saying you received a deferral on its own implies something different than 'deferral on decision'.
Congratulations! Did they call or email?
Normally yes, I knew all of this however it seems Geisinger does it differently. Here is the thread from last year where many people were deferred and later accepted/WL in the cycle.
Red_Thorne
Full Member
Thank you! 😁 And just an email
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Not so patiently waiting for my fate over here
Are decisions just on the secondary portal? I don't see anything resembling a decisions tab, so I'm not even sure where I would get decision information lol.
Red_Thorne
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Mine was September 10th!
