2022-2023 Howard

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WillyWonka1 said:
Does anyone know when the admissions office close for the holiday season and resume in January?
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When i applied last year they sent an e-mail out around mid December (and it scared the crap out of me because I thought it was an II :'( ) saying they'd be closed December 17, 2021-January 2, 2022 and that application reviews would be delayed by 4 weeks.

So I think we should expect a similar e-mail sometime this month with the exact time frame.
 
P.B. Anne Jay said:
When i applied last year they sent an e-mail out around mid December (and it scared the crap out of me because I thought it was an II :'( ) saying they'd be closed December 17, 2021-January 2, 2022 and that application reviews would be delayed by 4 weeks.

So I think we should expect a similar e-mail sometime this month with the exact time frame.
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Ok, thanks for the info.
 
Does anyone know where we should send updates? I can't seem to find a place for uploads on the application portal. I've emailed admissions a couple days ago and called admissions today, but no response
 
mangos_yummy said:
Does anyone know where we should send updates? I can't seem to find a place for uploads on the application portal. I've emailed admissions a couple days ago and called admissions today, but no response
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email them. They verified a day after or so that they received my update letter
 
leah_middleton said:
I went! It was good! We had a few presentations and a tour of the school!
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Thanks for the response!
What did the presentations cover? And did they give out any physical stuff, like say flyers, with more info on the school?
I'm asking because there's stuff I want to learn about this school but unfortunately their website as up to date I'd like it to be
 
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P.B. Anne Jay said:
Thanks for the response!
What did the presentations cover? And did they give out any physical stuff, like say flyers, with more info on the school?
I'm asking because there's stuff I want to learn about this school but unfortunately their website as up to date I'd like it to be
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Current student (M3), not on here much thanks to clinical hours, but whatcha trying to know?
 
Aktak said:
Current student (M3), not on here much thanks to clinical hours, but whatcha trying to know?
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Hey, thank you in advance!!

1) Do you guys know anything about the match results for Class of 2022? The website only shows c/o 2021 and even at First Friday, they only share 2021 match data. I know matching is primarily up to ourselves based on how hard we work, but i was just curious

2) With the Honors/Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading scale, did you find it stressful to stay on top of studies back in your preclinical years?

3) How are remediation policies? Do you feel they are fair?

4) Any specific dress codes to follow while attending classes? Like general class dress code, anatomy lab dress code, and clinical rotations dress code

5) I hear a lot good things about this school. But are there any downsides you have that are just like your personal opinions? Like, is there anything you think we should be ready for?
 
I got the "AMCAS Application Reviewed" slightly over a month ago and still received no II/Pre-II R. Is this normal?
 
P.B. Anne Jay said:
Hey, thank you in advance!!

1) Do you guys know anything about the match results for Class of 2022? The website only shows c/o 2021 and even at First Friday, they only share 2021 match data. I know matching is primarily up to ourselves based on how hard we work, but i was just curious

2) With the Honors/Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading scale, did you find it stressful to stay on top of studies back in your preclinical years?

3) How are remediation policies? Do you feel they are fair?

4) Any specific dress codes to follow while attending classes? Like general class dress code, anatomy lab dress code, and clinical rotations dress code

5) I hear a lot good things about this school. But are there any downsides you have that are just like your personal opinions? Like, is there anything you think we should be ready for?
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1. What specifics were you looking to get? I don’t have the match document, but they did share it in a meeting and the match results were very good. Pretty much everyone matched.

2. No. But I’m a low-stress kind of guy. I study my allotted study time, get a good night’s sleep, and take my exams. I accept that I know a lot and that I also don’t know a lot. Some people certainly stress to the max, but that’s not me.

3. More than fair. Remediation policies are generous. Leadership is also very understanding of genuine life events. I’m not talking about wanting to take a week off during exams for your uncle’s best friend’s niece’s wedding, but when legit life events happen, they work with you and support you in getting back in the game.

4. There’s a “dress code.” It isn’t really enforced much, but the gist of it is don’t wear something inappropriate. I’m sure they have that defined, but dress is pretty casual as long as you don’t have a presentation or formal meeting, etc. I just wear scrubs to everything and wore scrubs to class, too.

5. There are definitely some downsides just as there are upsides. The downsides I’ve really noticed are: 1. Lack of resources. Everything is old and a lot of the equipment and stuff is pretty run down compared to other places I have been. 2. Classes for the first year don’t really match and standardized format like some other schools do, so the teaching doesn’t match up easily with third party resources. Exams for the first year all all written in-house. So, there are mistakes. There are questions with ambiguous or poor grammar. There are a number of tested concepts that are important to the institution locally but not to the nationwide standardized curriculum. This puts you at a bit of a disadvantage because you can’t rely on third party resources to give you the info you need for exams even though those resources better prepare you for Step. However, I used the third party resources almost exclusively, and while that cost me tons of points on in-house exams, it made passing Step a breeze.
Of course there are tons of positives and upsides, too! Oh! One of the biggest downsides is actually the cost of living in the area. It is definitely something that should be considered and worked out ahead of time. If you get in, bank some money ahead of time for two month’s rent each semester because we start earlier than the undergrads, but financial aid seems to pay on the undergrad schedule (probably not perfectly aligned, but you get the gist). So, it’s not uncommon to have to pay for two months of everything on your own each semester.

Also, good luck! I like it enough that I plan to apply for residency here, too!
 
Aktak said:
1. What specifics were you looking to get? I don’t have the match document, but they did share it in a meeting and the match results were very good. Pretty much everyone matched.

2. No. But I’m a low-stress kind of guy. I study my allotted study time, get a good night’s sleep, and take my exams. I accept that I know a lot and that I also don’t know a lot. Some people certainly stress to the max, but that’s not me.

3. More than fair. Remediation policies are generous. Leadership is also very understanding of genuine life events. I’m not talking about wanting to take a week off during exams for your uncle’s best friend’s niece’s wedding, but when legit life events happen, they work with you and support you in getting back in the game.

4. There’s a “dress code.” It isn’t really enforced much, but the gist of it is don’t wear something inappropriate. I’m sure they have that defined, but dress is pretty casual as long as you don’t have a presentation or formal meeting, etc. I just wear scrubs to everything and wore scrubs to class, too.

5. There are definitely some downsides just as there are upsides. The downsides I’ve really noticed are: 1. Lack of resources. Everything is old and a lot of the equipment and stuff is pretty run down compared to other places I have been. 2. Classes for the first year don’t really match and standardized format like some other schools do, so the teaching doesn’t match up easily with third party resources. Exams for the first year all all written in-house. So, there are mistakes. There are questions with ambiguous or poor grammar. There are a number of tested concepts that are important to the institution locally but not to the nationwide standardized curriculum. This puts you at a bit of a disadvantage because you can’t rely on third party resources to give you the info you need for exams even though those resources better prepare you for Step. However, I used the third party resources almost exclusively, and while that cost me tons of points on in-house exams, it made passing Step a breeze.
Of course there are tons of positives and upsides, too! Oh! One of the biggest downsides is actually the cost of living in the area. It is definitely something that should be considered and worked out ahead of time. If you get in, bank some money ahead of time for two month’s rent each semester because we start earlier than the undergrads, but financial aid seems to pay on the undergrad schedule (probably not perfectly aligned, but you get the gist). So, it’s not uncommon to have to pay for two months of everything on your own each semester.

Also, good luck! I like it enough that I plan to apply for residency here, too!
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Thank you so much for such a thorough response.

Going back on question 1, I wasn't really looking for anything too specific since i myself am undecided on what specialty I'd want to do. But once we are students, they can provide 2022 data to us, right?

Does Howard's own residency programs act as a really good safety net for it's own students? I was curious if they match many of their own former students
 
luhsagnuh said:
I got the "AMCAS Application Reviewed" slightly over a month ago and still received no II/Pre-II R. Is this normal?
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Just got the same email and was like “okay?! Where’s the II or R?”.
Idk why they do that. If you reviewed that means you made some kind of decision, so just tell me what the heck it is.
 
Howard's interview season is really drawn out. So I think if you don't have an interview so far yet it's fine. Give it until March to freak out about Howard. A lot of current students got accepted to Howard in May so we just have to be patient 🙁

Edit: I've even seen people be accepted June 1st or like the week before orientation with Howard... it's crazy.
 
Happy Holidays everyone 🙂 for those that received the email regarding financial aid/scholarships has anyone tried filling out the HSFAA form? It's giving me a bunch of errors when i try filling it out.
 
lu73 said:
Happy Holidays everyone 🙂 for those that received the email regarding financial aid/scholarships has anyone tried filling out the HSFAA form? It's giving me a bunch of errors when i try filling it out.
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I haven’t tried filling it as yet!
 
lu73 said:
Happy Holidays everyone 🙂 for those that received the email regarding financial aid/scholarships has anyone tried filling out the HSFAA form? It's giving me a bunch of errors when i try filling it out.
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I'm having issues with it as well.

Like you cannot put different incomes for each parent. Any time you change the income in the box for parent 1, it duplicates the same value in the income box for parent 2 and vice versa. I only have one parent's income to report so this is an issue I will have to e-mail their office for before I can fill it out.

Edit: Ok so even with the new link they sent this didn't stop. But I suspected it could be related to my internet browser, so I switched from Firefox to Chrome and it worked!
 
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P.B. Anne Jay said:
I'm having issues with it as well.

Like you cannot put different incomes for each parent. Any time you change the income in the box for parent 1, it duplicates the same value in the income box for parent 2 and vice versa. I only have one parent's income to report so this is an issue I will have to e-mail their office for before I can fill it out.
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New link sent!
 
P.B. Anne Jay said:
I'm having issues with it as well.

Like you cannot put different incomes for each parent. Any time you change the income in the box for parent 1, it duplicates the same value in the income box for parent 2 and vice versa. I only have one parent's income to report so this is an issue I will have to e-mail their office for before I can fill it out.

Edit: Ok so even with the new link they sent this didn't stop. But I suspected it could be related to my internet browser, so I switched from Firefox to Chrome and it worked!
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In the updated link the income issue wasn't happening but when I signed the e-doc my one parent's income duplicated 😭 i just clarified that i am only reporting one in the body of the email and the additional information box lol 🥲
 
lu73 said:
In the updated link the income issue wasn't happening but when I signed the e-doc my one parent's income duplicated i just clarified that i am only reporting one in the body of the email and the additional information box lol 🥲
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Sameeeee. I sent it back and wrote in the email what happened
 
lu73 said:
In the updated link the income issue wasn't happening but when I signed the e-doc my one parent's income duplicated 😭 i just clarified that i am only reporting one in the body of the email and the additional information box lol 🥲
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Jaylife said:
Sameeeee. I sent it back and wrote in the email what happened
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Wow that's crazy... I thought changing browsers fixed it, but I just double checked my submission and it shows the duplicated number on the final submission 🙄

I e-mailed them prior to getting the new link and submitting, so I hopefully I dont need to email them again. Hopefully the financial aid office will address this on Monday.
 
Cupcakeee78 said:
Hoping for an II, Howard is my number #1 choice. Received the application reviewed email on 10/11, complete 09/12 but silence since then.
Anyone who got the reviewed email in mid-October heard back about IIs?
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Bumping this, anyone submit early-mid Sept, and/or get the "application reviewed" email around the same time, and hear back about a II? I have just had silence 🙁 It is starting to get to me... signed up for January's First Friday.
 
Cupcakeee78 said:
Bumping this, anyone submit early-mid Sept, and/or get the "application reviewed" email around the same time, and hear back about a II? I have just had silence 🙁 It is starting to get to me... signed up for January's First Friday.
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Med school is totally closed right now for the holiday break. I think they’ll open back up around Jan 3rd or so. Between now and then, I wouldn’t expect any movement.
 
murilo said:
Just got the email for their winter break. They will be closed from 12/16/22 until 01/03/23. Review of applications received from 11/22 to 01/23 may have an additional 4 weeks delay for review.

I guess I see you guys next year!
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So what happens to the people like me who got the review email in October?
 
chickwithcats said:
Any point to submitting my secondary this late?? I thought I had finished Howard's but it turns out I didn't!
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i feel like it can’t hurt if you really want to go to this school (keep in mind though that there will be a delay in them reviewing your app per the Winter Break email HUCM sent).
 
P.B. Anne Jay said:
Wow that's crazy... I thought changing browsers fixed it, but I just double checked my submission and it shows the duplicated number on the final submission 🙄

I e-mailed them prior to getting the new link and submitting, so I hopefully I dont need to email them again. Hopefully the financial aid office will address this on Monday.
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Dr. Aitcheson just replied asking to resubmit with a revised link...lol. I am pretty sure this is the same revised link they sent the second time. I'm just gonna let her know what i submitted was with the revised one bc this is ode tedious 😭.
 
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