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Congrats my guy! I also completed my secondary on 7/20 and certainly wouldn't mind a UPitt interview lol
medicine_lyfe
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Thank you! And I’m rooting for you, you got this!! 🫂
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pandapremed
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Woohoo congrats! Similar stats so also hoping for one!
7/10
shortvanilla
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I have similar stats. 504 but very extensive research background. Submitted secondary today! So excited for you, and this lights some hope for me!
aightmanokay
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Ngl this comment just made me add Pitt to my school list even though I got verified a month ago. Might as well shoot my shot with similar stats.
medicine_lyfe
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Thank you guys for all of the support, and I'm wishing everyone the best of luck throughout this!!
OOS Interview Received!
Congrats!!! When were you complete?
I think 7/05
MDwannabe01
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SunshineMD_AD
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last time u said 7/10??
Sorry, the first time was probably right
Probably?[emoji88][emoji23]
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Secondaries came out 7/10 so probably that
Maybe @larynxrhinnorhea commented in the wrong school's chat? They commented II received this past Monday too
II OOS [emoji38]
When was your secondary completed?
I am sorry for all the confusion. My secondary application was submitted 7/13 and I received my interview on the 30th. I am applying to a lot of schools and got it confused, sorry!
Completed 7/15
Careful-Classroom
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Homie must be an absolutely generational writer, that's incredible
AggravatingPlate
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Bro are people just lying? His past sdn posts say he got an interview days ago with a 3.6 and 519
Welcome to the internet! No fact checker, no problem!
And here I was excited for someone else having a huge opportunity ಠ︵ಠ
That's so lousy to do if that's really what they did
Let's goo Patrick!!
IS II Received!! 514, 3.87, secondary completed 7/19
Wait where. All I see is him saying the same 506 stat. he did like a post of someone else getting an II at West Virginia? That might be the confusion
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The person with a 506 is legit, the one with a 498 is not it seems
lol oof. i didn't see it cus i guess he deleted his post LOL
medicine_lyfe
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I honestly don’t think I’m that good of a writer, but thank you 😭 I do feel like I really showed that I wanted to attend UPitt
And if any of the mods want me to verify my stats & my no research EC, I would be glad to. I don’t condone people lying either (like the guy who said he had a 498…)
Has anybody had a problem with the "additional details page" on the secondary? The page will not save my responses and it has prevented me from submitting for several days - Ive called IT to no avail. I have tried different browsers, different devices, networks, and cleared my cookies. Specifically it wont save my answers to question 7 & 8 about military service 🙁
Does anyone know if interviewing earlier is a good sign for this school? I was looking at old threads and saw they waitlist a lot of people so I just want to be prepared for anything. Also any Pitt med students who have advice to give will be greatly appreciated [emoji1783]
Advice I've heard from current students is that Pitt interviews are very conversational and an unexpected (at least to me) point that seems to come up a lot is why you are specifically interested in going to school in Pittsburgh. So be ready to talk about the city, not just the institution. Just what I've heard from other students there
And of course it is a very research focused school so be ready to talk about both the research you've done and the research you want to do there
And of course it is a very research focused school so be ready to talk about both the research you've done and the research you want to do there
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Cool thank you [emoji1783]
Yes! What ended up working for me was just answering 7&8 (don’t put in your SSN, supposedly once you put it in the first time, it saves and then disappears so it’s not a security risk) and then saving! I swear I tried saving that page so many times, but the submission page kept saying just 7&8 was missing, so I tried just answering those two and it worked 😅
additionalrabbit
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Is anyone else unable to access the zoom links for the informational sessions? I am interviewing 9/21 and selected the "curriculum" info session for today, 9/5. When I click the zoom link (in "interview management" under the secondary app) nothing happens.
Careful-Classroom
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This may be kind of a snarky response.... but it's 8/5 not 9/5. Could it be that you're trying to access it a month early before it's open?
additionalrabbit
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oh my god. thank you for replying before I emailed admissions. what can I say, I'm living in the future!!! no wonder I thought I missed my friend's birthday this morning? my brain is mush from secondaries lol
Careful-Classroom
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no worries, don't forget to take care of yourself
For those applying to the PSTP, how much did you write for the faculty member you were interested in? The box is so small so I was thinking only 1-2 sentences, but I could definitely write a lot more reasons for the specific person I chose.
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does anyone know how they consider applicants for the PSTP program? are you considered for MD first then PSTP? and if you get rejected from PSTP do you still get an MD seat?
They say on their website that each program is considered a separate application and reviewed by different people. So if you are rejected from the PSTP program you could still get a MD acceptance and vice versa. I believe you also have the chance to be accepted into both or rejected from both
Careful-Classroom
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I guess I'll start refreshing my email every 10 minutes on weekends as well
I'm not even IS but I'm gonna compulsively do that as well
purplepanda2001
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Did anyone have trouble completing the "Additional Details" page of the secondary? For some reason it is the only portion in which clicking "save" or "save and continue" doesn't save my responses. Not sure why this won't go through despite all of the fields being filled!
