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[silverfox14]

Congratulations!! When was your interview?

late September

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[packerfan5]

Is today the day we plan the pool party fellas?

 

[bananaboat10]

God I hope so

Is today the day we plan the pool party fellas?

 

[Malignwine]

Does anyone know when they start passing out the Floaties?

 

[CRISPR-Cas-yourmom]

any MSTP december interviewees heard back yet?

 

[cerebralforks]

OOS final pool

 

[bananaboat10]

I’m invited to the pool party!!

 

[AnAccount]

+1 OOS final pool. Interviewed mid November.

 

[iambarrabas]

IS Pool Party

 

[WitchyCat]

Just received my invite to the pool party. OOS 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️

 

[TheCerebralAssassin]

OOS Final Pool

 

[youmatter:)]

Pool OOS interviewed mid November

 

[premedbunny]

OOS final pool!

 

[BullShooter]

+1 IS Pool Party 🏖️

 

[greymolerat]

OOS Does anyone know how common getting final pool is?

 

[disciplinethemind]

+1 OOS Final Pool. Does everyone else’s email say they’ve been reviewed and will be reviewed again? I was under the assumption a lot of FP people were not yet reviewed and would be in February.

 

[Willybsknees]

OOS final pool

 

[youmatter:)]

+1 OOS Final Pool. Does everyone else’s email say they’ve been reviewed and will be reviewed again? I was under the assumption a lot of FP people were not yet reviewed and would be in February.

Mine says it’s been reviewed and will be reviewed again. Based on the email, you can’t send accept updates anymore during final pool?

 

[deleted1208873]

+1 IS pool. Anybody have some goggles I could borrow?

 

[IncredibleRatatouille]

+1 IS final pool, interviewed mid-late September.

 

[packerfan5]

Invited to the pool party!! Interviewed early December, I’ll bring tequila and limes 😅

 

[pmfromiowa]

IS pool interviewed early Sept

 

[mudbugbranchblock]

OOS coming to the pool party, interviewed in October I think?

 

[ethandmax]

OOS pool

 

[SpunkyDLuffy]

OOS hoping the water is warm

 

[slimypeanut]

OOS swimmer alert

 

[AnEndlessSourceofLove]

OOS at the pool 🏖️🐬🦑🪼🐠🐙🦀🐳
Folks, how are we feeling about being at the pool party? Do we have any reliable information about how likely the pool party turns into an A party? 😬🙏

 

[Malignwine]

OOS at the pool 🏖️🐬🦑🪼🐠🐙🦀🐳
Folks, how are we feeling about being at the pool party? Do we have any reliable information about how likely the pool party turns into an A party? 😬🙏

Would love to know this— currently stressing, wondering if it’s time to seriously start prepping to reapply right now.

 

[pinkdino]

Congratulations! Approximately when did you interview?

Sorry for the late response but second week of December

 

[deleted1208873]

OOS at the pool 🏖️🐬🦑🪼🐠🐙🦀🐳
Folks, how are we feeling about being at the pool party? Do we have any reliable information about how likely the pool party turns into an A party? 😬🙏

From digging through past threads, in-state approx ~30 are accepted, ~50 waitlisted, ~60 rejected (then ~20-30 get off the waitlist). OOS I can't find as much info for. The waitlist is is bigger, about 100 spots, with much more variable movement (up to ~50 acceptances from OOS WL in past years). Unfortunately I have no clue as to how many OOS applicants are straight up accepted or rejected after final pool. I think about half the class comes from the pool however so we all still have a fair shot.

 

[smithy3]

Does anyone know how many IS people get final pooled in total? I am pretty nervous about this

 

[Devereux_]

OOS Pre-II R on 1/14

 

[deleted1208873]

Does anyone know how many IS people get final pooled in total? I am pretty nervous about this

Around 150

 

[BullShooter]

+1 IS pool. Anybody have some goggles I could borrow?

No goggles, but I got some high SPF 😎

 

[sunflower_phoenix]

Does anyone know if final pool applicants are not eligible to apply to Iowa's summer research fellowships for pre-M1s? I saw on their website the deadline to apply for pre-M1s was Feb 28 but final pool decisions don't happen until March. It's fine if we're not but I just wanted to clarify if this was an option or not

 

[AnEndlessSourceofLove]

Does anyone know if final pool applicants are not eligible to apply to Iowa's summer research fellowships for pre-M1s? I saw on their website the deadline to apply for pre-M1s was Feb 28 but final pool decisions don't happen until March. It's fine if we're not but I just wanted to clarify if this was an option or not

Unfortunately As after Feb 28 are not eligible 🙁

 

[poopydoops]

Does anyone know details of how they review applicants in the final pool?

 

[Metaphysical Kestrel]

OOS R, interviewed 11/22.

Bummer, I really enjoyed my visit. Good luck to everybody else in the running!

I also interviewed on 11/22, it was a pleasure meeeting you!

 

[packerfan5]

Does anybody have any historical data on final pool numbers; how many students are typically final pooled IS vs. OOS, how many students are typically accepted from final pool, what percentage of the class may be from final pool, etc.? Thank you in advance!!

 

[spamfam]

just wanted to say that I really enjoyed my interview day because they gave us a lot of time to chat with the other interviewees. everyone was so cool. wishing ya'll the best!

 

[AnEndlessSourceofLove]

the way I think about this school every day 💭🥲 praying final pool treats us well 🙏

 

[pmfromiowa]

About a week out. How is everyone feeling in the pool party?

 

[shinymagikarp]

About a week out. How is everyone feeling in the pool party?

Is that confirmed? I thought they said by March 15th but never got an estimated actual date.

 

[pmfromiowa]

Historically it’s been around next week!

 

[deleted1208873]

About a week out. How is everyone feeling in the pool party?

Excited for an A or R, dreading a potential WL. It's been five months and I just want the pain to end 😭

 

[ducknik]

I've heard historically it's been the week before the residency match, which would be 2nd week of March this year (match day is March 21st). Not sure if that is planned or just coincidental though.

 

[bananaboat10]

Based on prior year threads (thank you to our ancestors for this information):

2015: Tuesday, March 3rd
2016: Tuesday, March 8th
2017: Wednesday, March 8th
2018: Tuesday, March 6th
2019: Tuesday, March 5th
2020: Wednesday, March 11th
2021: Wednesday, March 10th
2022: Wednesday, March 9th
2023: Wednesday, March 8th
2024: Wednesday, March 6th

So using these, we could expect tomorrow, March 5th, or combining this information with the trend of final pool decisions coming the week prior to residency match (which always falls on the 3rd week in March), it is more likely next Wednesday, March 12th. Either way, sending everyone best wishes 🙂

 

[MoveUp221]

Quick question about the curriculum at Iowa. I know it's graded preclinicals, but are the exams in-house or NBME?

 

[bananaboat10]

Quick question about the curriculum at Iowa. I know it's graded preclinicals, but are the exams in-house or NBME?

My understanding is that pre-clinical uses in-house exams but that in the clinical curriculum, NBME shelf exams are used for core rotations. This was a few years ago though I’m not sure if that has changed!

 

[premedbunny]

Admit.org says they use in-house exams but I'm not sure!