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my unfortunate hypothesis is that those of us who interviewed 2-3 months ago have not heard back because we are in an invisible waitlist. which is fine, but i wish there was more transparency so we can make other arrangements if need be.I just think is odd that no one has been rejected, and there is only 1 person in the thread waitlisted.
For me its been 3 months of complete silence.
yes they did! finished their first year too
I feel as though it would be wrong to still use grades and metrics to make decisions.. that should have been the weed out factor in the first place for interviews. An interview is essentially saying “ you meet the standard now lets see how you interview” believe it or not many people arent good at interviewing, they may not know how to communicate, may not connect with the one who is interviewing them, arent friendly, or dont know how to answer the question . Your metrics they wanted already got you halfway there, interviewing is the second part
Well hopefully everything works out. Your past doesnt define you, and you did your best on the interview
Typically, Adcom scores your entire application based on grades, letter of rec, and other factors, and then you get another score based on your interview. These two scores are then added, and this is how you are placed on the waitlist and recommended for admission. At the end of the day, any decision they make has to be objective and is something that can be "measured".
Yeah. An interview is one factor among many for the final decision.
what is your source regarding that? for instance, are you in admissions? Because to me that doesn’t make sense. People have lower stats than others if that was the case that means they are already set up to fail why give an interview anyway if the peoples stats are lower than others . If they scored well on the interview it still wouldnt mean anything if their stats were lower. You see what i mean?Msar for this school showed mcat scores as low as 485 and gpas as low as 2.78 .
I doubt undergrad gpa is considered for MSMS considering they know many students in the program may not have done well in undergrad, and probably not even considered for regular applicants who did a masters elsewhere. They do look at msms Students differently. They look at your stats in the program Including your NBME scores. One of the dean of msms program said a 3.0 is “good”
This is very unlikely. I’m not on admissions or anything just an applicant, but I do know that undergraduate gpa is considered at every medical school, even if you have a masters or postbac. It will always be a consideration.
Mizzou adcom said otherwise during their information session. i guess you can call and confirm.
They look at the NBME? Was that the final exam of the program? I presume that everybody passed that gauntlet or else you couldn’t get your degree..
Oh interesting I didn’t know. Didn’t apply there
NBME was different than the qualifying comprehensive exam. The NBME were the final exams we took that was a percentage of our final grade in our classes it also indicates how well you would do for STEP. I believe the requirement to be considered for MSMS students was at least a 65 percent. They also wanted msms students to have at least a 490 mcat. Thing is that is subjective because there was some clause that said its at the discretion of the admissions committee to consider someone with lower stats than that. Which is why on msar you may see it showed below mcat of 490s and low gpa scores .
Wasn’t that institution specific? I think I had to do that (could’ve done better -_-), but it was supposedly only for my school…not the program overall.
I’m planning on picking Ponce over DO if I get in. Tbh I don’t want to take two sets of standardized exams that’s the biggest factor for me
uh correct think it was only ponce-stl i think. Correct though. They know we may not know it all also because md students take a little longer to study for those NBME
Oh! Okay! I didn’t do the program directly through Ponce - I went through a branch campus.
I have spoken to various adcoms and students who are on these committees. They look at your entire application and give you points/a score. Your low GPA and MCAT can be balanced out by a good set of volunteer experiences, personal statement, disadvantaged background, and letters of rec etc.. It is probably the most fair method. The fact that you got an interview means they like you and might be a good fit for the school. An acceptance is not guaranteed. Unfortunately, anyone with lower stats is always at a disadvantage compare to those who are more competitive. But again, you can make it up if the other parts of your application are strong.
you may get "bonus points" for completing the MSMS (it depends on the school; many schools do not care if you have a master's). However, because of licensing, all students must be considered equally. I presume that if two students have similar applications, they will take those who participated in the MSMS. The only way this would be different is if ponce has a direct linkage with their MSMS program but they probably won't do it until they are accredited.
Ponce is accredited
Ponce does have a direct linkage with their MSMS program. Its found on their website: Master's with Linkage to Medical School | MSMS | PHSU St. Louis.
I don't understand this process either, every school I interviewed at either accept me or placed me on a waitlist. But Ponce prefers to give the silence treatment, at this point I would rather know if is an R and move on.
I don't understand this process either, every school I interviewed at either accept me or placed me on a waitlist. But Ponce prefers to give the silence treatment, at this point I would rather know if is an R and move on.
Yes I just saw this. It seems they have accreditation based on the school in Puerto Rico.
Yeah with most direct entry programs, you don't even have to interview as long as you meet the requirements.
Thats odd because msms alumni normally are interviewed mid april.
Yep like I said just a guess based off when this person joined! I hope you all get in! The more MSMS students the easier first year will be for everyone since you guys have kind of done first already! Team first mentality is what the school seems to preach so adding experience to the team would make the most sense!
How were they accepted? Email? Portal? Phone call?
nothing yet 🥲 how did they hear? I just checked my email and portal and saw nothing.
+1?
I too haven't received anything.
Oh okay, i probably haven’t either . I haven’t chrcked
So true
