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For the 6 minute short form interviews, is the whole interaction 6 minutes or are we going to be talking a whole 6 minutes for each answer? trying to figure out how long I should aim for my mmi answers to be
Current M1 who stalked these pages last year, keep in mind the interview season is LONG and truly just getting started. Feel free to DM me with any questions, but best of luck and stay optimistic
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chipotlebae
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Hi! You get 2 mins to prep/read the question and then 6 mins to answer!
Thanks!!! I just had my interview yesterday, hope your cycle is going well!
chipotlebae
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Aww sorry about that. I hope your interview went well! Thanks and likewise 🙂
15 IIs sent out this Monday. Wishing the best for y'all ~
And none for Gretchen Weiner 🙁
Do you mind if I ask if the traditional interview was with 2 faculty or 1 faculty and 1 med student?
It can be any combo of faculty, med student, and alumni.
cofactorcoenzyme
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is this school receptive to pre-II updates/interest letters?
Impression I’ve gotten from past sub was that letters of interest before an II are considered a bit of faux pas. In terms of updates, I think if it’s something substantial (I.e coauthored paper is published, new position in an org, etc), it’s worth updating them on, but I wouldn’t let it turn into an interest letter.
Do people think it’s likely that Umich will scale back on the number of interviews this year? I think it was increased this past cycle but only 15 IIs given this past week?
So a little while back, I went through UMich's admissions Twitter account and found the following info on number of IIs sent out. You can expect to see some fluctuation from week to week.
27 (8/10)
24 (8/17)
31 (8/24)
28 (8/31)
25 (9/8)
13 (9/14)
24 (9/21)
20 (9/28)
16 (10/5)
20 (10/12)
20 (10/19)
21 (10/26)
10 (11/2)
11 (11/9)
14 (11/16)
11 (11/30)
12 (12/7)
12 (12/14)
15 (12/21)
30 (1/4)
10 (1/11)
18 (1/19)
? (1/25)
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Wow…did you write a script or go through all the tweets by hand lol?
For the Monday interview preview, do we have to go to both sessions or just one?
Are you talking about the one 8-9? I thought that this was available to anybody. Is it just for people who have received interviews?
How did you find out about it, or get a link? I'd be shocked if any school made "interview previews" available to everyone, as opposed to general information sessions.
School website. Believe that it was also posted to Twitter.
I just didn’t know if @Dogruffle01 was talking about this or a different info session
Oh! 🙂 You are definitely ahead of me, and here I was thinking that you were complaining while sitting on a Michigan interview! 🙂
What you are talking about is a recruiting thing/general information Q&A. What @Dogruffle01 was asking about is a required thing interviewees attend before their interviews. From their website: "*Sessions will be conducted through Zoom video conferencing and the Attendify virtual event app. Interviewees will be provided with specific instructions at a required session on the Monday before interview day."
These are definitely two different things, and yours is definitely available to everyone (otherwise, they wouldn't be soliciting questions on Twitter!).
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sleepypremed22
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You only have to do one! 🙂
cofactorcoenzyme
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19 IIs sent out today to students from 15 undergrads and 11 states...sigh
based on tracker, a couple have already gone out
There was 1 IS person during my interview day.
For those who interviewed 9/17 and 9/24, when were you told you would hear back?
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Oct 20th from 9/17 interview
Thanks, just trying to see something because I interviewed 9/10, and I was told by October 20th as well.
They prob know within a couple weeks, but are adhering to the amcas rules.
Makes sense, I knew no one would hear before 10/15 due to the traffic rule, but I was wondering how many cohorts of interview days were told by October 20th.
I do also think the trafficking rules are bs cause NYU said that they would say their decision next week.
From the admissions twitter this morning: "15 interview invitations out on this sunny #UMichMedMonday in Ann Arbor to applicants from 14 undergrads and 9 states"
Drinking-coffeeeeee
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Interviewed today & was told we’d be notified of a decision by nov 22 for anyone that is curious. So it seems like they’re probs doing monthly batches?
bummed bc I feel like I did so poorly today, but we’ll see how it goes! Best of luck to everyone for the rest of the app process!
bummed bc I feel like I did so poorly today, but we’ll see how it goes! Best of luck to everyone for the rest of the app process!
Hey can you please comment on what the interview structure was like and questions that they asked ?
So does that mean all October interviews find out on 11/22? I hope I don't have to wait until December lmao
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The last cycle I submitted my secondary kinda late and got an R in late Jan.
You are one of 14 for this Monday. Congrats!! 🙂
Thanks for this!
Based on these numbers, roughly 208 (of a total of 455 interviews, based on 2021 snapshot) were offered at this point last year. Seems we’re approaching the hump.
For further context, 235 interviews have been scheduled for this cycle out of an unknown total, although 5yr avg is 495 invites.
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cofactorcoenzyme
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I wish Michigan would give me some love. This is my absolute dream school.
II this morning! OOS, but I just graduated from UofM undergrad in May.
Complete 6/29
Complete 6/29
ECMOrunner
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According to this link: Timeline
If you scroll down to October it says "With our rolling admissions notifications, applicants are notified of their status by no later than the 20th of the month following the month in which their interview took place beginning in October." So based on past comments on this thread it seems right and is what they are telling applicants on interview day!
Got a II here. For the interview week, it looks like Monday afternoon is an interview preview day.
Is there any word on whether that is a required event or something I can attend in business casual? I will be on travel that week and was not planning on packing a suit. I scheduled the interview day thinking I would be back in time for the interview day Friday.
Is there any word on whether that is a required event or something I can attend in business casual? I will be on travel that week and was not planning on packing a suit. I scheduled the interview day thinking I would be back in time for the interview day Friday.
