MDwannabe01
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There have been reports of August acceptances, just none on my date
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There have been reports of August acceptances, just none on my date
BeagleLover987
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Getting super antsy because it’s officially 20 weeks since I’ve interviewed. I emailed them asking for an updated timeline and they said I should hear by the end of April. Lovely
gotta love this process. hang in there! rooting for you.
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longsocks16
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Do they usually call or just send emails?
howsithangin
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I think they only send emails.
CantDoThisAnymore
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I can't do this anymore.
massachussetts123
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nothing today ? 😭
premed42568
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Are we allowed to take notes during the MMI?
BitofNothin
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Yes, they were super helpful for me
premed42568
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Great, thank you!
How much weight do we think the interview carries? I feel like as an applicant, my red flags from the AdCom (grades, MCAT, etc) are in the quantitative stats but my clinical hours, extracurrics and especially interview (hopefully) are what would bring me up. Do we think once you get an interview and if it hopefully goes well, that carries a lot of weight?
humble_grass12
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If your stats are a big enough red flag, they’re not going to give you an interview. If you get an interview, anything you thought was a “red flag” about your application was likely discussed but deemed not a big enough issue to not consider you as an active member of their medical school.
If you get an interview with low stats, assume it’s not an issue and do your best.
premed42568
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Anyone waiting on Zoom for the Q&A meeting to start today? 🙂
I recommend listening to the UMass episode of the All Access Med School Admissions podcast. It has a lot of really helpful information and definitely helped to relieve my nerves as I was applying. Dr. Kedian gives a lot of really helpful insight into the admissions process, and also mentions that if you receive an interview, you've already been deemed academically fit and from there onwards MCAT/GPA don't carry as much weight--they only treat it as a datapoint in the process.
lobsterroll
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not sure if it was cancelled but I am also having the same issue 🙁
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deleted1149414
For anyone who called admissions, did they tell you anything beneficial, or basically just to wait until April?
CantDoThisAnymore
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They are so respectful of our time and so communicative 😍. Attending UMass must be a breeze.
CantDoThisAnymore
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All they have to say is: Get f***ed.
They wait months after MMIs to discuss applicants, when the hosts of all the MMI stations somehow manage to find a time where all 7 of their schedules align.
If you aren't lucky enough to have interviewers with aligning schedules, than you have to wait months just for a R or WL and your time wasted. I doubt they even thoroughly review all applicants who have interviewed. Place is a convoluted mess with a backwards system.
lobsterroll
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Sorry just for info what is the format of the MMI? 6 or 8 stations? and there's no traditional station right?
No traditional interview. 7 stations but one of them is a rest station!
txpremed1234
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I had 8 stations and no break
txpremed1234
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I bet one of your interviewers was sick or otherwise occupied! there's supposed to be 8 I think 🙂
CantDoThisAnymore
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How on earth can UMass reliably compare applicants with such a wild difference in the amount of stations completed? We aren't talking 8 vs. 7, some applicants literally have almost 40% LESS time to exhibit their skills during MMIs if they only got 5 stations.
Does anyone else think there are major issues with how this school is running their application season? I have serious doubts about this school.
The number of stations is not really a big deal. There is a lot more to your application than an extra 2, largely meaningless questions.
CantDoThisAnymore
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5 is 3 less questions than 8, not 2.
Three 8 minute stations. 24 minutes of speaking lost.
5 is only 1 station more than half of the 8 that some had the chance to complete.
Yes there is more to our applications, but it still is very hard to compare students who completed an extremely varied number of stations.
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lobsterroll
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when did you all interview?
10/26 for regular MD!
I mean I get what you are saying, but what could you possibly do about it at this point of the application cycle? Are you going to call them up and complain about how you read that some people on sdn got more speaking time than you? Every part of the application cycle is unpredictable, and I'm sure they tried to keep it as consistent as possible -- depending on the interviewers' availability and what not. It is frustrating, but you need to learn how to let things go that are not in your control....
That isn’t how it works. MMI interviewers score separately.
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First, I know it’s a stressful process, but you need to chill. Admissions staff aren’t out to get you. Hating the school will just make you unhappy.
At most schools, applications are screened as they are completed, and applicants are invited for interviews based on a lot of factors, from stats to mission fit. Once you have had your interview, the process is more like a visit to the ED than a trip to the deli counter—it’s not first come first served. All the applicants who have been interviewed are in the big waiting room, and are triaged for admission, not based on the time of arrival, but on the strength of their application to that particular school (different schools value different things). The admissions committee meets on a regular basis to review and rank applicants. Periodically, they choose a number of applicants to accept. Most schools don’t accept hundreds of applicants at once, because they need to see who accepts their offer of admission, in order to build a balanced class. If you haven’t received an A or an R, they aren’t deliberately ignoring you; you are still in the waiting room.
At most schools, applications are screened as they are completed, and applicants are invited for interviews based on a lot of factors, from stats to mission fit. Once you have had your interview, the process is more like a visit to the ED than a trip to the deli counter—it’s not first come first served. All the applicants who have been interviewed are in the big waiting room, and are triaged for admission, not based on the time of arrival, but on the strength of their application to that particular school (different schools value different things). The admissions committee meets on a regular basis to review and rank applicants. Periodically, they choose a number of applicants to accept. Most schools don’t accept hundreds of applicants at once, because they need to see who accepts their offer of admission, in order to build a balanced class. If you haven’t received an A or an R, they aren’t deliberately ignoring you; you are still in the waiting room.
CantDoThisAnymore
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Then why did they explicitly state that decision dates depend on the availability of the interviewers?
During my interview, and during others as well, UMass has directly said that they must wait for all interviewers from each MMI date to have aligning schedules so they can meet and discuss applicants.
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Mr_PeanutButter
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iMM_Elysium
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Congrats!! If you don't mind me asking, what date was your MD interview?
Thank you! 1/3
Hi all! Sorry if this question has already been answered but does anyone know if there are separate orientations for LEAD@Lahey and PURCH, and if so, has UMass released the dates of this yet? I remember the admissions team mentioning a separate orientation on my interview day but I’m forgetting the details.
SwellWaterBottle
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Has anyone received an "active consideration" email this year? I noticed that people received them in the previous year's thread.
lobsterroll
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Anyone who has interviewed recently truly know how many stations there are?
EC24hopeful
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hello! I know a lot of us are waiting to hear back after our interviews. Does anyone know the final date that they stop sending post-II A's before moving to the WL?
I have not
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deleted1177695
Wait where did you get this information from? There was one station I thought I bombed at this school and it is stressing me out so hard -- you're positive the lowest one is dropped?
I also recall the admissions officers saying this at my interview
gluggaveður
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Nope, seems like our date has been hard to coordinate lol
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deleted1169403
Yeah they mentioned it during my interview. It’s also generally the policy at all MMI’s to drop the lowest score
Wow that is actually reassuring!! Thanks for the reply. Fingers crossed for us!
docdoc3000
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I'm waiting on 9/22 date 😫
supercooper21
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Could you post or DM me the link? Accepted students page is still showing the Class of 2027 FB page.
