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For everyone considering applying, here's last cycle's secondary questions:
  • Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school? 350 words.
  • How will you contribute to the diversity of your medical school class and the University of Virginia School of Medicine? 350 words.
  • Describe a situation which you found challenging. How did you manage it? 350 words.
 
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Intro Questions:

Please briefly describe how the pandemic impacted your ability to pursue experiences like clinical work, shadowing, research, or community service.

Please list any and all future activities in clinical work, shadowing, research, or community service that you plan to pursue in the upcoming year.

3 Essays:

Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school?

How will you contribute to the diversity of your medical school class and the University of Virginia School of Medicine?


Describe a situation which you found challenging. How did you manage it?
 
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kokoriko said:
Intro Questions:

Please briefly describe how the pandemic impacted your ability to pursue experiences like clinical work, shadowing, research, or community service.

Please list any and all future activities in clinical work, shadowing, research, or community service that you plan to pursue in the upcoming year.

3 Essays:

Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school?

How will you contribute to the diversity of your medical school class and the University of Virginia School of Medicine?


Describe a situation which you found challenging. How did you manage it?
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What are the word/character counts?
 
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OOS verified 7/1 but still haven't received secondary
 
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Anyone else having an issue with the character counts on essay 4 for MSTP? It shows 350 word limit but I can only enter 340 characters....
 
What did you guys do for the ones without a word limit--the covid question and the future activities question? how long should they be/did you actually list or paragraph your future activities?
 
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What did you guys do for the ones without a word limit--the covid question and the future activities question? how long should they be/did you actually list or paragraph your future activities?
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However long it takes you to communicate it without being too fluffy but also not downplaying the effects. For Covid it asks specifically about how your ECs were affected so don’t talk about other impacts directly. If you have other impacts, try to slyly work them in (“After my grandmother died of COVID-19, attending her funeral made me unable to attend XYZ conference”)
 
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How are you guys submitting the in-state educational privileges form? Is there a specific email or link we should submit that? Can't seem to find specific instructions.
 
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bubble370 said:
How are you guys submitting the in-state educational privileges form? Is there a specific email or link we should submit that? Can't seem to find specific instructions.
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I believe we are to submit it to this email address: vastatus(at)virginia.edu
 
I'm not finding any specifics on LOR requirements, anybody else?
 
larynxlady said:
I'm not finding any specifics on LOR requirements, anybody else?
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Letters of Recommendation - Admissions

Please note that the University of Virginia School of Medicine only accepts letters of evaluation/recommendation through AMCAS. Letters of recommendation may not be mailed directly to the University of Virginia; all letters are required to be submitted to AMCAS. There are several mediums by...
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Has anyone heard anything? Interview invites are supposed to start today
 
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Has anyone heard anything? Interview invites are supposed to start today
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I was literally just coming here to post the same thing!

Keck MSAR said they’d start handing out II’s on 7/12 but none have gone out so far, but West Virginia MSAR said they wouldn’t start until August and they gave out II’s last night. So I wouldn’t hold my breath. (I might anyways though because it gives me something exciting to do!)
 
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As far as I could tell, in previous years, IIs started going out in the very last days of July or August. Fingers crossed... I love this school.
 
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OOS II received! My first one! It's nice to know at least one school doesn't think I'm trash :)
 
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OOS II received! My first one! It's nice to know at least one school doesn't think I'm trash :)
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woot woot go rock it! Are there a range of interview dates to choose from, or were you assigned a particular date?
 
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woot woot go rock it! Are there a range of interview dates to choose from, or were you assigned a particular date?
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A range. It looks like they interview on T/W/R, and their earliest date available is on 9/7.
 
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kokoriko said:
Intro Questions:

Please briefly describe how the pandemic impacted your ability to pursue experiences like clinical work, shadowing, research, or community service.

Please list any and all future activities in clinical work, shadowing, research, or community service that you plan to pursue in the upcoming year.

3 Essays:

Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school?

How will you contribute to the diversity of your medical school class and the University of Virginia School of Medicine?


Describe a situation which you found challenging. How did you manage it?
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How many words is each essay? And could last one be like an adversity essay?
 
I'm unable to log in, what are you supposed to use as your log-in name? My email and AMCAS ID don't work : \
 
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