2023-2024 UC San Diego

[deleted1087189]

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I thought interview hold meant you wouldn’t hear back until Feb

I don’t believe so. My friend was placed on an II hold and was notified of their status the day before classes started lmfao

 

[Semsemrocks]

I thought interview hold meant you wouldn’t hear back until Feb

The email said you would be reviewed again for an II BY mid-Feb. so you could hear back earlier

 

[ktoc]

Accepted Friday - Completed secondary 7/24. Interview on 10/19.

Stats: MCAT 26 (2014), 504 (2016) and 510 (2021)

Undergraduate BCPM 3.45, AO 3.42 / Post Bac BCPM: 3.68 AO 3.86 / Graduate 3.6

This was my 2nd application cycle, 1st time application to UCSD. I've long been lurking in these forums, so I wanted to give info and help anyone else. Let me know if I missed something. Also accepted to UCLA on the same day.

 

[ktoc]

If you're comfortable answering are you ORM or URM? Also did you do anything outside of your primary app and secondary application with either school?

Solid middle-class white girl. Parents were federal law enforcement so not medical, but both have BAs. I actually worked for a division of DGSOM for a few years and was a PI on grants for some projects, but they ended my contract before I even finished collecting data on the research projects so it's not that exciting. No ties to UCSD. I didn't send any updates and I didn't send any thank you notes after interviewing. Both schools seemed like they interpreted them as a hassle.

 

[40ngmed]

Wait I went to UCI too! What year did you graduate?

I graduated in December 2021! when did you graduate?

 

[Highhopes!]

For those with complete application dates in mid-late August, do we think we will be hearing back about interviews before Thanksgiving? It seems they send out waves on Fridays per post hx?

 

[Woop99]

For those with complete application dates in mid August, do we think we will be hearing back about interviews before Thanksgiving? It seems they send out waves on Fridays per post hx?

i sure hope so

 

[jblackster]

For those with A's, do you see anything under the "Verify Info" in the "Pre-Matriculation" tab? There is an error message that pops up when I click it and I don't see anything to complete under the tab.

 

[40ngmed]

For those with A's, do you see anything under the "Verify Info" in the "Pre-Matriculation" tab? There is an error message that pops up when I click it and I don't see anything to complete under the tab.

I also see this. This might be an issue on the school's end. I don't believe it's been resolved yet.

 

[BrokenLlamas]

IS II! Complete 8/18

edit: 3 dates available spanning the last week of Nov to the first full week of dec!

 

[lianabanana22]

*gasp* IS II complete 8/3

 

[bluejay09]

IS PRIME HEq II!! Complete 8/3 as well

 

[catlover18]

I graduated in December 2021! when did you graduate?

So did I, omg! What was your major?

 

[sillyhorse]

Are there admitted student group chats for UCSD / med schools in general?

 

[brazzimamma]

Are there admitted student group chats for UCSD / med schools in general?

You're invited to my new group 'UCSD Med Accepted Students Class of 2028' on GroupMe. Click here to join: GroupMe

 

[TheMagicDude]

OOS II.

 

[FutureDrCoochies]

OOS II.

Congrats! When were you complete?

 

[TheMagicDude]

Congrats! When were you complete?

Early October!

 

[deleted1087189]

Early October!

PRIME applicant?

 

[TheMagicDude]

PRIME applicant?

Nope traditional MD.

 

[deleted1087189]

This process is so confusing lmfao imma assume an R or II hold then

 

[6'0 OGFLYERCI]

This process is so confusing lmfao imma assume an R or II hold then

They still haven't gotten to late August lolol. Homies an outlier

 

[deleted1087189]

They still haven't gotten to late August lolol. Homies an outlier

But I’m still crying in da club :’)

 

[kburns]

For anyone who has already interviewed - do they allow you to use a virtual background?

 

[deleted1124957]

IS II, I'm crying rn😭😭😭

 

[futuredoc2478]

IS II, I'm crying rn😭😭😭

Did my undergrad here, been an employee for 4 years, multiple publications, tons of volunteering.

Complete date?

 

[deleted1124957]

Complete date?

End of July

I probably got screened out due to my CARS further back.

 

[deleted1087189]

End of July

I probably got screened out due to my CARS further back.

I thought they screened by the overall score, not by section? And aren’t they stat blind until after interviews?

 

[deleted1124957]

I thought they screened by the overall score, not by section? And aren’t they stat blind until after interviews?

No idea, overall score is low as well.

 

[deleted1087189]

No idea, overall score is low as well.

I don’t think your score is low — average MCAT for matriculants this year was a 513

 

[kburns]

Anyone interviewing 11/30 get the info email/zoom link yet?

 

[musicluvr]

Anyone interviewing 11/30 get the info email/zoom link yet?

Nope!

 

[nosleeponlyschool]

I just realized I forgot to send a ty letter and my interview was two weeks ago... is it too late to send? I had it fully drafted and everything just forgot to upload it :,)

 

[deleted1124957]

I just realized I forgot to send a ty letter and my interview was two weeks ago... is it too late to send? I had it fully drafted and everything just forgot to upload it :,)

It's an MMI, who are you writing a thank you letter for?

I was under the general impression that you do not send thank you notes for MMI's.

 

[6'0 OGFLYERCI]

It's an MMI, who are you writing a thank you letter for?

I was under the general impression that you do not send thank you notes for MMI's.

Well said. A thank you letter is not going to do anything. If anything, I feel like most interviewers don't want them.

 

[nosleeponlyschool]

I see your points! I agree actually. Thank you guys!

 

[2clever4u]

Is it too late to receive a secondary from this school?

 

[Banksyluv89]

Is it too late to receive a secondary from this school?

Got a secondary from UC San Francisco the other day, so don't lose hope

 

[deleted1124957]

Is it too late to receive a secondary from this school?

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AFTER THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE REVIEWS YOUR AMCAS APPLICATION​

• Not initially invited to submit a secondary application. You may not receive notification from the admissions office immediately. All applicants that are not invited to submit a secondary application will be re-evaluated by the admissions committee in January and we may decide to invite additional applicants to submit a secondary application at that time. Applicants not invited to submit a secondary application at that time will be notified by e-mail that they are no longer under consideration.

Looks like some more people might get them in January.

 

[brazzimamma]

It's an MMI, who are you writing a thank you letter for?

I was under the general impression that you do not send thank you notes for MMI's.

I wrote a letter to every single one of my mmi interviewers here 🤷🏻‍♀️

 

[xba]

I wrote a letter to every single one of my mmi interviewers here 🤷🏻‍♀️

Did you upload each of them individually through the secondary portal? I'm interviewing soon and curious about this as well. Thank you!

 

[brazzimamma]

Did you upload each of them individually through the secondary portal? I'm interviewing soon and curious about this as well. Thank you!

Nope I sent them as separate attachments, including one for the admissions team, to the somadmissions email address and asked them to please distribute them 🙂

 

[xba]

Nope I sent them as separate attachments, including one for the admissions team, to the somadmissions email address and asked them to please distribute them 🙂

That makes sense thank you so much for answering!

 

[musicluvr]

Nope I sent them as separate attachments, including one for the admissions team, to the somadmissions email address and asked them to please distribute them 🙂

Omg that's a lot of letters! I think it was mentioned today that they recommended to send a general one to the email address (but someone can correct me if I'm wrong)

 

[nosleeponlyschool]

I wrote a letter to every single one of my mmi interviewers here 🤷🏻‍♀️

omg i'm so sorry for the laughing emoji, i thought you were being sarcastic at first 🤣 but major props to you for writing those letters!

 

[Highhopes!]

I feel like there has been no big wave of interview invitations since before thanksgiving break. Do we think that the last August group might be hearing back tomorrow? 😭

 

[brazzimamma]

omg i'm so sorry for the laughing emoji, i thought you were being sarcastic at first 🤣 but major props to you for writing those letters!

lmaoo no worries!

 

[xxerosx]

How to mentally prepare for tmrw

same i've gone through all the stages of grief

 

[GreatPanda]

I wrote a letter to every single one of my mmi interviewers here 🤷🏻‍♀️

Were these personalized or did you have mostly the same text for each of these letters? How did you find stuff to talk about in your thank yous given the MMI format?

 

[brazzimamma]

Were these personalized or did you have mostly the same text for each of these letters? How did you find stuff to talk about in your thank yous given the MMI format?

Same intro, different body recapping what we talked about that stood out or was interesting, same ending 🙂 I mean we talked for about 8 mins total in each station, there was lots to write about. Ex. I really enjoyed sharing about my journey going through my dog spot having cancer (or "thank you for allowing me to share" as I realize that probably wouldn't be "enjoyable" but you get the point) when discussing how complex end of life topics can be for patients (totally made up lol)