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For anyone who’s interviewed, how long should we expect (like is it whole day)? And is it MMI?
 
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greymolerat said:
For anyone who’s interviewed, how long should we expect (like is it whole day)? And is it MMI?
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i haven’t interviewed yet but in the email they said 2 interviews - 1 with faculty open file and 1 with a student closed file and there’s orientation stuff as well as a Q&A so practically a whole day thing
 
greymolerat said:
For anyone who’s interviewed, how long should we expect (like is it whole day)? And is it MMI?
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Depends if you get interviewed in the morning or afternoon. I got interviewed in the morning and was free around 1:30ish. People who had afternoon ones had to stay until later. Interviews were traditional style.
 
if you interviewed late september, should you be expecting to hear back around oct 15th or will it be more november?
 
123e said:
if you interviewed late september, should you be expecting to hear back around oct 15th or will it be more november?
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Last years thread seemed to show that most people waited 2+ months for a decision so my guess would be November or December if you interviewed in September
 
premedgal444 said:
anyone have any insight into the interview if you've completed yours?
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MSAR tells you whether it's MMI or traditional. But really, if you're prepared for both and know your application inside and out, you're solid.
 
premedgal444 said:
anyone have any insight into the interview if you've completed yours?
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1 interview with faculty and a "group interview" with a student and another applicant(s?). Student interview is very chill and they'll likely have some questions for you, which both interviewees in the room will answer. Be ready to answer the typical interview questions!
 
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Does anyone know when we’ll be hearing back from them? According to last year’s thread they were really late and decisions didn’t come out until Mid. November.
 
stinkygirl203 said:
Does anyone know when we’ll be hearing back from them? According to last year’s thread they were really late and decisions didn’t come out until Mid. November.
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I just interviewed there and they said to hear back from them in 8 to 10 or 12 weeks.
 
Any point in submitting a secondary to this school? Mid LM 70s? How do they rate late applicants compared to Temple?
 
Had a question about interview length. Their portal states: "All applicants must be authenticated prior to starting the interview day. Authentication starts at 8:30am with orientation beginning at 9:00am. Authentication requires photo ID. Depending on the day and availability of interviewers, some applicants may be done by 1:30pm while others may need to be available until as late as 4:00pm. You will be provided with a schedule."

Authentication for me will be at 7:30 am (time zone), but I have class later in the day, and I was curious to see if anyone's interview has actually lasted until 1:30 or 4:00.
 
Shamziya said:
Had a question about interview length. Their portal states: "All applicants must be authenticated prior to starting the interview day. Authentication starts at 8:30am with orientation beginning at 9:00am. Authentication requires photo ID. Depending on the day and availability of interviewers, some applicants may be done by 1:30pm while others may need to be available until as late as 4:00pm. You will be provided with a schedule."

Authentication for me will be at 7:30 am (time zone), but I have class later in the day, and I was curious to see if anyone's interview has actually lasted until 1:30 or 4:00.
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It depends on when you are assigned to interview. Some people get earlier times and others get later times, you just have to wait and see what you are assigned. I don't think we can check the time until closer to the interview date
 
Current M3 at the West Reading campus, happy to share my experience especially with the clinical rotation aspect in general at Drexel. Plenty of rotating and year-long Philadelphia campus students spend their third/fourth year at Reading as well! Reading Hospital and its network of Tower Health hospitals are for all intents and purposes, our mainstay "home" programs (the other rotating hospitals too but are not as involved in faculty/teaching as Tower Health) which can play a huge role in our residency application process.

Iirc, there are pre-II rejections but very few out of the total pool of applicants (~16k at Drexel). Maybe a couple hundred? Usually because they aren't a mission fit (most likely non-service oriented) or are significantly on the lower end of the BCPM GPA/MCAT and/or have significant drops in performance on repeat MCAT takes that makes them seem like an academic risk. Usually people self-select enough to not have too many applicants like that, which is probably why there are a ton of pre-II holds and then deferred post-II.
 
veraserah said:
Current M3 at the West Reading campus, happy to share my experience especially with the clinical rotation aspect in general at Drexel. Plenty of rotating and year-long Philadelphia campus students spend their third/fourth year at Reading as well! Reading Hospital and its network of Tower Health hospitals are for all intents and purposes, our mainstay "home" programs (the other rotating hospitals too but are not as involved in faculty/teaching as Tower Health) which can play a huge role in our residency application process.

Iirc, there are pre-II rejections but very few out of the total pool of applicants (~16k at Drexel). Maybe a couple hundred? Usually because they aren't a mission fit (most likely non-service oriented) or are significantly on the lower end of the BCPM GPA/MCAT and/or have significant drops in performance on repeat MCAT takes that makes them seem like an academic risk. Usually people self-select enough to not have too many applicants like that, which is probably why there are a ton of pre-II holds and then deferred post-II.
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do you know how many get deferred vs accepted post II? are most deferred?
 
veraserah said:
Current M3 at the West Reading campus, happy to share my experience especially with the clinical rotation aspect in general at Drexel. Plenty of rotating and year-long Philadelphia campus students spend their third/fourth year at Reading as well! Reading Hospital and its network of Tower Health hospitals are for all intents and purposes, our mainstay "home" programs (the other rotating hospitals too but are not as involved in faculty/teaching as Tower Health) which can play a huge role in our residency application process.

Iirc, there are pre-II rejections but very few out of the total pool of applicants (~16k at Drexel). Maybe a couple hundred? Usually because they aren't a mission fit (most likely non-service oriented) or are significantly on the lower end of the BCPM GPA/MCAT and/or have significant drops in performance on repeat MCAT takes that makes them seem like an academic risk. Usually people self-select enough to not have too many applicants like that, which is probably why there are a ton of pre-II holds and then deferred post-II.
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Hi! I interviewed a month ago and got a bit confused when they talked about the 3rd and 4th years. To my understanding its a lottery to be placed at a site of your choosing?

Do you stay at your site for the entire two years, or shuffle around multiple sites based on the specialty?

What factors went into your choices for the lottery? If someone wanted to stay at one site is that possible? Or sites in 1 region?

Thanks for sharing your experience!
 
premedgal444 said:
do you know how many get deferred vs accepted post II? are most deferred?
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Usually they accept somewhere around 800-1000 by the end of the cycle for the class of 304ish. They offer 1800? interviews a year. You can conceptualize what your % chances are based on the numbers they probably? tell you during the admissions Q&A at the interview. #apps per cycle has been increasing each year for Drexel so the numbers fluctuate! There's always waitlist movement at the end of the cycle/mid-summer and in the past few years there have been a singular person or two who was accepted week before/week of orientation. Rejection post-II is rare, you have to be a pretty big red flag to get one of those but it definitely happens.

gobotrogue said:
Hi! I interviewed a month ago and got a bit confused when they talked about the 3rd and 4th years. To my understanding its a lottery to be placed at a site of your choosing?

Do you stay at your site for the entire two years, or shuffle around multiple sites based on the specialty?

What factors went into your choices for the lottery? If someone wanted to stay at one site is that possible? Or sites in 1 region?

Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Philadelphia students use the lottery in two rounds to determine 1) if they get an all year round site for third year, and then 2a) if you got a year round site, what your rotation order is OR 2b) if you didn't get a year round site, what site+rotation order you are going to be doing as a rotator, which sometimes can get decided in real time during your third year.

You can place a preference for your site order and then it's a lottery to see how far down the rank list you go. Most people get within their top 3 sites, or they're fine with being a rotator because "housing" is provided as to not pay rent for a year. Rotating sites are mostly in PA, mostly in greater Philadelphia, but can be across the state, e.g. we have a presence in Pittsburgh/other smaller cities in PA.

If you are placed at a year round site, you do all 8 of your core rotations there, and to my understanding 4th year is more flexible and you can opt to go wherever there are openings for your required sub-I's and the EM required rotation. You can put your preference to stay at one site/region, but again it's up to the lottery and availability. Sometimes medical/legal reasons for staying in a region/site are valued, but it's quite a strict criteria. We can also try to couples match or friends match as a batch to try to get people together.

West Reading students stay in West Reading for all four years - hospital is a 15 min walk from campus and most people live in the area, within 5-10 min drive to either. A handful of people commute from Philly or King of Prussia or other PA areas to the Reading area as well. Our only "lottery" is what order our rotation preference will be in.

Either way, ALL students are required to have a car by third year because it's a necessity to commute to your clinical sites and its potential satellites (e.g. rotation has outpatient and inpatient services at different sites in the same area).
 
veraserah said:
Usually they accept somewhere around 800-1000 by the end of the cycle for the class of 304ish. They offer 1800? interviews a year. You can conceptualize what your % chances are based on the numbers they probably? tell you during the admissions Q&A at the interview. #apps per cycle has been increasing each year for Drexel so the numbers fluctuate! There's always waitlist movement at the end of the cycle/mid-summer and in the past few years there have been a singular person or two who was accepted week before/week of orientation. Rejection post-II is rare, you have to be a pretty big red flag to get one of those but it definitely happens.


Philadelphia students use the lottery in two rounds to determine 1) if they get an all year round site for third year, and then 2a) if you got a year round site, what your rotation order is OR 2b) if you didn't get a year round site, what site+rotation order you are going to be doing as a rotator, which sometimes can get decided in real time during your third year.

You can place a preference for your site order and then it's a lottery to see how far down the rank list you go. Most people get within their top 3 sites, or they're fine with being a rotator because "housing" is provided as to not pay rent for a year. Rotating sites are mostly in PA, mostly in greater Philadelphia, but can be across the state, e.g. we have a presence in Pittsburgh/other smaller cities in PA.

If you are placed at a year round site, you do all 8 of your core rotations there, and to my understanding 4th year is more flexible and you can opt to go wherever there are openings for your required sub-I's and the EM required rotation. You can put your preference to stay at one site/region, but again it's up to the lottery and availability. Sometimes medical/legal reasons for staying in a region/site are valued, but it's quite a strict criteria. We can also try to couples match or friends match as a batch to try to get people together.

West Reading students stay in West Reading for all four years - hospital is a 15 min walk from campus and most people live in the area, within 5-10 min drive to either. A handful of people commute from Philly or King of Prussia or other PA areas to the Reading area as well. Our only "lottery" is what order our rotation preference will be in.

Either way, ALL students are required to have a car by third year because it's a necessity to commute to your clinical sites and its potential satellites (e.g. rotation has outpatient and inpatient services at different sites in the same area).
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Thanks so much for your help 🙂

Unfortunately just got deferred today
 
I got deferred today as well, I'm so upset because I would love to go here, does anyone have any insight on my chances on admission now?
 
stinkygirl203 said:
Definitely! I'm currently delayed decision at 2 schools and WL at another. Best of luck to you!!
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I feel you, I am on the WL for 2 schools as well 🙁 I assume Drexel emailed you about the deferment? and can I ask when you interviewed?
 
i got deferred so should i send an update letter now or wait a while? i’ve been seeing advice to hold onto update letters for WL schools but i’m wondering if a deferral has a different protocol
 
For those deferred, I'm sorry to hear. Did they also tell you 8-10 weeks for decision? That's what I was told when I interviewed earlier this month.
 
gradientfactor said:
For those deferred, I'm sorry to hear. Did they also tell you 8-10 weeks for decision? That's what I was told when I interviewed earlier this month.
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I interviewed on their first day I think! They said 6-8 weeks for us so I’m surprised I heard back yesterday
 
Fortunate_ said:
Not a single acceptance? Only deferrals? No A's on cycletrack or admit either, I wonder if they are deferring everyone until they interview more people
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I'm not sure... it's definitely weird. Last year it looked like the first wave of decisions didn't go out until mid November and they did acceptance first, then deferred decision. This year they're doing deferred first I guess? I also thought it was strange that I heard back so soon because they said to wait 6-8 weeks and others were told 8-10 weeks.
 
stinkygirl203 said:
I'm not sure... it's definitely weird. Last year it looked like the first wave of decisions didn't go out until mid November and they did acceptance first, then deferred decision. This year they're doing deferred first I guess? I also thought it was strange that I heard back so soon because they said to wait 6-8 weeks and others were told 8-10 weeks.
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Yeah I interviewed on 9/27 and was told to wait 6-8 weeks as well. Our group was also told if we didn’t hear past 8 weeks to email about our app status?? I don’t know anymore 😭
 
In the break between my faculty and student interviews rn lol. I got put with a faculty interviewer who aligned basically perfectly with my interests but i still feel like it didnt go as well as it should have lol
 
greggberhaltermoment said:
In the break between my faculty and student interviews rn lol. I got put with a faculty interviewer who aligned basically perfectly with my interests but i still feel like it didnt go as well as it should have lol
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i’m sure it went well! when did u find out who ur faculty interviewer was? i interview next monday
 
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