Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.
I could be wrong, but I believe they don't send out any post-II R's until March. If you don't hear by January (end of rolling admission), then you've been placed in the final pool and they rereview all of them and send out the remaining A's or R's in early March.
so if you get an R and interviewed in the fall, they will drag it out until Jan to tell you?
They told us at my interview if they make any decision on your application they will tell you the same day, so if you haven't heard anything you still have a chance.
OOS (bordering state) LM 68 Ivy undergrad
This is not an ok assumption. A large amount of applicants only get into one school and on top of that not everyone considers the coasts a place they want to be. Plus carver is ranked very competitively.
Yes! The nausea has started already. I know I need to relax and that I likely won't hear until the final pool (not super high stats) in March, but still I keep hoping 🤡.
Week 139849348 of maniacally refreshing my email on Tuesdays 🤪 I really don't want to wait till March but its looking like that rip. Good luck yall
Iowa isn't always consistent with the timeframe and seems like they mostly do high-stat A's before final pool (not many R's or WL's). So it's a waiting game every Tues until Jan to see if you get a decision or put into final pool
Do they ever send post-II rejections from now until the final pool announcement in January?
I thought it was right at 3:00, but could be wrong. Weird that no one has commented with an acceptance yet today.
Just a few weeks ago they accepted students on the 17th (Tuesday) and the 18th (Wednesday, obviously).
Interview day here is super fun! Depending on what day of the week you are, you'll either have info and tour first and interview second or flip flopped. Mine was info first (all of the informational people were very kind and helpful, willing to answer questions) and then lunch and tour with M2 students. (wear comfortable shoes, or pack them. I changed into flats from my heels because you walk far) and then back for the interviews. I was CBL first and interview second. The CBL portion is honestly super fun. The two M4s were super chill and wanted us to succeed. My group was also super nice - no know-it-alls trying to show off. On that note - don't be that know it all either. All pre-meds are smart and we all want a chance so make sure everyone gets to talk. There's an hour so you'll have plenty of time to speak up and work with the other students. We managed to solve our case within the time frame so that was great. For the interview portion there is a short structured part at the beginning with three questions they have to ask and can't really respond two, and then it switches to a much more casual portion that is chatty. Have fun and good luck!
Thank you so much everyone! What should I bring to the interview? A laptop? Notepad? Thank you again, really appreciate your help!!! <3
Nothing from late September. However, this is the norm for a lot of applicants. The 6 weeks isn't really a rule unfortunately. The possibilities are: 1) They haven't reviewed your app yet (they aren't ordered chronologically, but by some other metric...) or 2) You have already been put in the final pool. In that case, you'll be notified of this for sure in January.
LM 75: 4.0/517. Also, I'm an OOS student. I hope this helps!
The discrepancy is likely because of in-state vs out of state MCAT medians. MSAR says the median MCAT for in-state students is 514, vs OOS students is 519.
