2023-2024 Vermont

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Can anyone sum up the difference between Vermont and Connecticut campuses?
I am OOS with no ties to either. Interested in continuing research through school.
While it is early to say, I will probably end up pursuing a "competitive" specialty, possibly ENT.
Thoughts?
 
SuperSecret said:
Can anyone sum up the difference between Vermont and Connecticut campuses?
I am OOS with no ties to either. Interested in continuing research through school.
While it is early to say, I will probably end up pursuing a "competitive" specialty, possibly ENT.
Thoughts?
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As someone who went to UVM undergrad and knows a bunch of people at Larner, do VT campus if you have no ties to CT. In one of the student Q&As, someone asked about applying to competitive specialties from CT. The CT student said “I think I heard of someone matching ophthalmology last year…”

From my experience this cycle it seems like main campus is always better than regional, despite what schools will tell you
 
Im thinking I should not have fessed up to my speeding ticket in their secondary 😆 I wish VT gave me some love. I'm guessing they are done with their interviews?
 
ClashRoyaleKing said:
Im thinking I should not have fessed up to my speeding ticket in their secondary 😆 I wish VT gave me some love. I'm guessing they are done with their interviews?
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Oop yeah I think they only need you to disclose stuff other than traffic violations, good on you for being honest though! Shows character!!
 
chazzamd said:
Oop yeah I think they only need you to disclose stuff other than traffic violations, good on you for being honest though! Shows character!!
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I honestly don’t remember what I put, I just remember this being something funny from secondary season. Lololol
 
chazzamd said:
Oop yeah I think they only need you to disclose stuff other than traffic violations, good on you for being honest though! Shows character!!
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This reminded me, I meant to say this for people submitting apps next year. I disclosed a speeding ticket to UVM and a few other schools that asked and got interviews at 2 of those schools, so for next year's class of nervous applicants, I really don't think it matters or affects interview chances. I think they just want to make sure you don't have like 10 speeding tickets or anything crazy lol.
I wasn't apologetic in my explanation either, I was kind of annoyed they asked as I didn't feel like it should be a disqualifier for my ability to be a dr, so I may have even been slightly flippant in my explanation and I still got interviews.
 
Does anyone know if it is advisable to send in a letter of intent/continued interest while on DD status? For info I interviewed early October and have been on DD since December.
 
boulderbro12 said:
Does anyone know if it is advisable to send in a letter of intent/continued interest while on DD status? For info I interviewed early October and have been on DD since December.
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Yes, I think it's totally fine! They said in the email we can keep them updated on our activities so you can build it as an update letter as well.
 
boulderbro12 said:
Unfortunately I don't have any meaningful update to provide 🙃
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What even counts as a meaningful update, I have a letter of intent/update that I’ve written that just has one ‘meaningful’ update, but what does that even mean to these people. Venting a bit because frustrated but ya know
 
chazzamd said:
What even counts as a meaningful update, I have a letter of intent/update that I’ve written that just has one ‘meaningful’ update, but what does that even mean to these people. Venting a bit because frustrated but ya know
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I think the point of updates leters and interest letters are to let a school know you are still interested and care enough to share ongoing things with them. I think very few people have updates so impactful that they move the needle on their app.
 
Bropro said:
I think the point of updates leters and interest letters are to let a school know you are still interested and care enough to share ongoing things with them. I think very few people have updates so impactful that they move the needle on their app.
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How spaced apart do we think update letters/letter of intent should be to be most effective? I'm sure there are a lot of us on DD who are willing to send a letter of intent. When do we think is the most effective time to send one? Part of me wants to keep the letter of intent in my back pocket for if I get WL because I feel like a LOI would have more effect for WL movement than DD movement but i'm flying blind with how this DD movement works. seems like a lot of people get an A without even sending anything.
 
I just got waitlisted at another school that I thought would reject me outright, which my parents really want me to go to over Vermont if possible. I was DD on January 18, UVM is where I did my pre med and I have a letter locked and loaded to send but I’m getting pressure to alter it to a letter of strong interest instead. I’m so torn. I guess there’s nothing stopping me from sending a letter of interest and then a letter of intent later? I’m in existential agony lol
 
cutie3141592 said:
How spaced apart do we think update letters/letter of intent should be to be most effective? I'm sure there are a lot of us on DD who are willing to send a letter of intent. When do we think is the most effective time to send one? Part of me wants to keep the letter of intent in my back pocket for if I get WL because I feel like a LOI would have more effect for WL movement than DD movement but i'm flying blind with how this DD movement works. seems like a lot of people get an A without even sending anything.
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I think if you are on the WL for a while then a letter of intent/interest may help, but I can't imagine it would be much different than sending it now while on DD.

I do not think letters of interest/intent carry as much weight as we would like them to. As you said, most people on DD could be sending in letters of intent (and nothing is stopping them from doing that). Nobody except people on the admissions team knows the right answer, so I think the best thing you can do is advocate for yourself and hope for the best.
 
chazzamd said:
What even counts as a meaningful update, I have a letter of intent/update that I’ve written that just has one ‘meaningful’ update, but what does that even mean to these people. Venting a bit because frustrated but ya know
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I’ve been involved in the same two positions I was in when I submitted my primary. So for me, a meaningful update would be if I had a new activity, publication, or recognition etc
 
Do we expect post-II decision movement today/tomorrow since the March 15 deadline is approaching or is that wishful thinking?

I'm at a mere 7 weeks post interview so buckling up to wait a lot longer
 
hopefulapplicant! said:
Do we expect post-II decision movement today/tomorrow since the March 15 deadline is approaching or is that wishful thinking?

I'm at a mere 7 weeks post interview so buckling up to wait a lot longer
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I'm on week 13 and admissions told me they already made a decision so i'm really hoping it's today :')
 
Bropro said:
Yeah I asked about it because 12/13 was skipped in the last wave and they told me i would hear in march/april lol. But they only meet once a month so it could be the next two weeks also :|
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Such a bizarre process. I interviewed early Jan so I’m hoping to hear back by end of the month too
 
cuddlycactus said:
Such a bizarre process. I interviewed early Jan so I’m hoping to hear back by end of the month too
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Interviewed in February so probably won't hear til April lol. But I'm holding out hope it'll be early April and not late April.
 
When do we think the next decision wave will be? Interviewed in December and am DD
 
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