2023-2024 Yale

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mirymatu said:
Does anyone know if it’s okay to include the names of current med students in my letter of intent/update letter? I wanted to mention the community I’ve grown to have there and why it’s one of the reasons why I want to go to this med school? Is that frowned upon?
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Far from an expert but my gut instinct is that a single general line about community with current students would be better than specifically mentioning names, as I don't think it is likely to have any sway and at worst could come off as an ineffective attempt at name-dropping.
 
SpeakMed said:
Far from an expert but my gut instinct is that a single general line about community with current students would be better than specifically mentioning names, as I don't think it is likely to have any sway and at worst could come off as an ineffective attempt at name-dropping.
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ah you’re right! Thank you!!
 
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Would anyone happen to have an example of a letter of intent or a website that gives a good example? I’ve looked at quite a few different examples but not sure which one is the one I should go off from.
 
SpeakMed said:
Far from an expert but my gut instinct is that a single general line about community with current students would be better than specifically mentioning names, as I don't think it is likely to have any sway and at worst could come off as an ineffective attempt at name-dropping.
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I think it's fine if you have their permission and if you write it in such a way that it feels genuine rather than "name dropping."
 
Has anyone sent an update to Yale's portal? If so, does it let you preview the document after submitting (because my update doesn't for some reason)? I am only asking because other schools' portals allow document previews after submitting.
 
Has anyone uploaded any of the additional documents like CV/resume or abstracts to the portal? I know some schools don’t allow it but I am wondering if it is worth it to upload at all even for schools that do?
 
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mellowyellowkaz said:
Has anyone uploaded any of the additional documents like CV/resume or abstracts to the portal? I know some schools don’t allow it but I am wondering if it is worth it to upload at all even for schools that do?
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use your best discretion. Is your CV a reiteration of your application or is there more meaningful info in there? For instance, I uploaded mine only because I could not include all my publications and grants in my primary and secondary and I thought it would be valuable as an upload. It is up to you.
 
mellowyellowkaz said:
Has anyone uploaded any of the additional documents like CV/resume or abstracts to the portal? I know some schools don’t allow it but I am wondering if it is worth it to upload at all even for schools that do?
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Your primary app in all its detail serves as your resume, that’s why schools don’t ask you for one.
 
mellowyellowkaz said:
Has anyone uploaded any of the additional documents like CV/resume or abstracts to the portal? I know some schools don’t allow it but I am wondering if it is worth it to upload at all even for schools that do?
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I uploaded an update letter that contained the details of some new research accomplishments (poster, publication, etc) and an award for something I do in my free time. Used the rest of the letter to reiterate my interest and thank them for consideration. I don't know if this was the "right" thing to do but oh well.
 
is it okay to send another update letter if it's been a month and a half, and I have a substantial update? I don't know whether I would be annoying them but I also recognize they are sending their last of invites right now?
 
jellybean121 said:
is it okay to send another update letter if it's been a month and a half, and I have a substantial update? I don't know whether I would be annoying them but I also recognize they are sending their last of invites right now?
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How do you know they're sending their last wave right now?
 
jellybean121 said:
is it okay to send another update letter if it's been a month and a half, and I have a substantial update? I don't know whether I would be annoying them but I also recognize they are sending their last of invites right now?
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tbh i would send it (esp if substantial). sure maybe it’s annoying but for peace of mind i’d rather do everything that i can and then it’s up to them to decide to send an ii or not. good luck 🙂
 
Would it make sense to sent post-ii update before the decision or after? Should I wait to see if waitlisted?

The update is for a publication about research which is highly relevant to the kind of research i said i would want to do as a student at yale
 
Lane Jorgensen said:
Would it make sense to sent post-ii update before the decision or after? Should I wait to see if waitlisted?

The update is for a publication about research which is highly relevant to the kind of research i said i would want to do as a student at yale
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I don't think it can hurt to send it now because they consider all aspects and updates of your application whether they will accept you now or waitlist
 
I see on cycle track that there are people already getting rejected from Yale's MSTP program, but I thought Yale doesn't have rolling admissions and only releases rejections at the end of the cycle? Did these people receive an ii for Yale's MD-only program, which is why they knew they were rejected from their MSTP?
 
chinidetou said:
I see on cycle track that there are people already getting rejected from Yale's MSTP program, but I thought Yale doesn't have rolling admissions and only releases rejections at the end of the cycle? Did these people receive an ii for Yale's MD-only program, which is why they knew they were rejected from their MSTP?
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You get get rejected from MSTP without an MD II
 
Holland said:
I can access it fine right now, although over the weekend, I logged in and it had me reset my password for some reason. Maybe it's related to that?
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+1. Was checking my portals today and randomly had to reset my password. I was curious if this happened to anyone else, guess it did.
 
moist_ointment said:
Just heard from someone in admissions that Jan 5th is the last, scheduled day of MD interviews
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Wait do you know if those have been sent out? So after this everyone is rejected?? A bit confused because they said late January would be the end of the interview season so I thought there was more time...
 
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golden wang said:
Wait do you know if those have been sent out? So after this everyone is rejected?? A bit confused because they said late January would be the end of the interview season so I thought there was more time...
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Yeah I was really surprised too, tho I'm not sure if the last II have been sent out. I found out when I was scheduling my interview the other day and admissions let me know that the final day is the 5th.
 
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