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Invited for MD Pathways! Very surreal! Does anybody know what the process is like to be admitted for an MD and transfer into the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program after a couple of years? (specifically about the process)
 
For anyone who has interviewed for both Pathways and HST programs -- do you know if there is a difference between the 'meet and greet' events for each? Like is the 'meet and greet' before the HST interview tailored for the HST program? Or are they pretty much the same. (I.e. would it be productive to go to both lol)
 
zackowacko said:
For anyone who has interviewed for both Pathways and HST programs -- do you know if there is a difference between the 'meet and greet' events for each? Like is the 'meet and greet' before the HST interview tailored for the HST program? Or are they pretty much the same. (I.e. would it be productive to go to both lol)
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Yup - the HST meet and greet is specifically for the HST program. I thought it was worth going for both because there are some pretty major differences between the programs, so it was productive to get both sides from students in each program.
 
bbypingin said:
Yup - the HST meet and greet is specifically for the HST program. I thought it was worth going for both because there are some pretty major differences between the programs, so it was productive to get both sides from students in each program.
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Thank you, that's really helpful to know!
 
SDN has been quiet today so I guess that's a wrap🙂
Good luck to everyone interviewing & congrats to those accepted! Harvard would've been a dream come true but I'm also superrr happy with my other acceptance❤️ It's an emotional rollercoaster so pls remember to take care of yourselves💛
 
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PinkLion said:
SDN has been quiet today so I guess that's a wrap🙂Good luck to everyone interviewing & congrats to those accepted! Harvard would've been a dream come true but I'm also superrr happy with my other acceptance❤️
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Do they not send out any II in Jan🙁
 
impossible_arugula said:
Do they not send out any II in Jan🙁
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the hope is that they do! @Orims mentioned that last day for interviews in 1/19 and the most recent II reported only seeing availability up to week of 1/09. So we can likely expect new II in Jan. when an SDN-er reports availability up to 1/19 (likely within the first week or two of Jan), that's when the race is over for the rest of us.
 
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oatly said:
the hope is that they do! @Orims mentioned that last day for interviews in 1/19 and the most recent II reported only seeing availability up to 1/09. So we can likely expect new II in Jan. when an SDN-er reports availability up to 1/19 (likely within the first week or two of Jan), that's when the race is over for the rest of us.
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At this point, it’s a Hail-Mary. Congratz to everyone who made it this far and those who been accepted/interviewed. It’s been a long journey and we should all be proud of the progress we made over the past years.
 
brocasdaughter22 said:
OOS ii at 12pm EST 😱 I'm freaking out this was totally unexpected. Complete 6/29 sent an update 10/24 LM 75.1
Edit: pathways
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CONGRATS!!!! when are they scheduling for & would you say you have any major EC's that would stand out to HMS? Thanks in advance 🙂
 
impossible_arugula said:
CONGRATS!!!! when are they scheduling for & would you say you have any major EC's that would stand out to HMS? Thanks in advance 🙂
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Not that I can think of, my app is very research heavy with much less clinical exp so I was very very surprised! Happy to give more specifics in dm 🙂 Edit: sorry forgot to answer regarding scheduling, when I first looked they had 1/9, 1/19, and 1/20 available but the 1/9 date quickly disappeared.
 
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brocasdaughter22 said:
Not that I can think of, my app is very research heavy with much less clinical exp so I was very very surprised! Happy to give more specifics in dm 🙂 Edit: sorry forgot to answer regarding scheduling, when I first looked they had 1/9, 1/19, and 1/20 available but the 1/9 date quickly disappeared.
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Congrats again!

I think @Orims mentioned that the last day for interviews was 1/19, so it looks like they might've added one more date...hoping the race isn't over just yet but it looks like it might be 😢
 
gold_craniotomy said:
Invited for MD Pathways! Very surreal! Does anybody know what the process is like to be admitted for an MD and transfer into the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program after a couple of years? (specifically about the process)
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I was told it's pretty common and the majority of people who apply to transfer are accepted. I may be wrong, but I think I remember them saying the application is at the end of first year.
 
Hi! Do any current students at HMS know what the post-II update letter process is like? Should we send in our update letters closer to March before decisions or just send them in as soon as we can post-II (assuming we have a significant update)?
 
Dumplingz said:
Hi! Do any current students at HMS know what the post-II update letter process is like? Should we send in our update letters closer to March before decisions or just send them in as soon as we can post-II (assuming we have a significant update)?
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Not current student but have friends there, send ASAP, they review apps post-interview on a rolling basis.
 
sunshower26 said:
Not current student but have friends there, send ASAP, they review apps post-interview on a rolling basis.
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Thanks for letting me know! Hope I sent my letter in time to be reviewed with my post-interview stuff 🤞
 
For those who have interviewed for HST -- is the interview format more like an MD-PhD, in terms of focusing very heavily on research?
 
for anyone who submitted an update letter, are you all able to see the letter you uploaded in the portal? i’m not sure if i actually attached my letter because i’m not able to see it. thank you!!
 
aliveandkicking said:
for anyone who submitted an update letter, are you all able to see the letter you uploaded in the portal? i’m not sure if i actually attached my letter because i’m not able to see it. thank you!!
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Yes you should be able to see it in your portal under the "Application Updates" tab in "Uploaded Documents"
 
I used my two in-portal updates quite early on in the cycle. Does anyone know if they mind an update email? I have a ton to share and have had radio silence since I submitted in August
 
aliveandkicking said:
the portal shows that i uploaded a document but i can’t actually view or download it. is it the same for you?

thank you!!
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Yeah unfortunately it won't let you actually view it :/ If you think you may have made an error in the letter you uploaded, you can email [email protected] and they can delete the old one and replace it with the right one for you though (had this happen to me after realizing I made a grave error in my first attempt 😳)!
 
Is it bad if you don't have anything significant to write in a post-II update letter?
 
pinkribbon2000 said:
lol I mean does it affect you negatively if you don't get to send one at all because of that
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To my knowledge, post-II updates do not move the needle 99% of the time. If you're worried about demonstrating interest/intent, let me tell you with full certainty that Harvard does not care lol. But obviously you can still send one in if it would make you feel better—you could talk about current projects/updated hours/completed grades idk.
 
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