2024-2025 Maryland

[LionManBemo]

30 % is a lot lolol idk why they took it down , again less transparency. but I think half of their interviews they give to out of staters and half in state. I do they they should extend more interviewers invites to their in staters, each school has a certain capacity they can interview. They shouldn’t even be ‘friendly’ I heard they get more tuition lolol for one but we don’t know any of their reasoning unless they are more transparent. But we got this if not UMSOM will we flourish in other states

Yeah, I get that haha, but you have to look at it in proportion to the applicant pool. About 250 interviews are given to the 5,000+ OOS applicants, while another 250 are given to the 1,000 IS applicants. While that is technically "half," it still heavily favors in-state applicants. Even after interviews, IS applicants are much more likely to receive acceptances. Post-interview acceptance rates are like 70% for IS compared to 45% for OOS. I’d like to think they’re working to improve the process. From what I’ve heard from the admissions committee, they do seem to understand how tough this process is. They even increased the class size to around 170–180 this year.

Tbh tho, so much of this application process is luck-based. if someone on the admissions committee had some bad fish the day they came across your application, you might be screwed🤷‍♂️. There needs to be some serious reform to this process nationwide, cus we're in a doctor shortage, but the barrier to entry has only increased🫤

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[tanmbo]

ehhh i mean look the University of Washington School of Medicine. The have an in-state interview rate of ~44% and OOS interview rate of ~4.5%. They accept 269 people in their class according to msar. This is not even considering them having a 2nd MD school in the state that is public. UMSOM needs to be kinder to in-staters until they can increase class size.

Also of those they accept, yes they are great, but the adcoms be rejecting top-notch/stellar applications with no interviews (which can then can fall under the guise of "we do not have room' even tho their adcom review process is not the best). I think the bigger issue is the review process that need nationwide reform. The out of state, in state problem is harder to fix

 

[Yatuna]

dei 🤣


jkjkjkjk

eidt: honestly this problem is complex but need to be fixed.

 

[pink_flamingo]

IS A! 🥹 Interviewed second week of December

 

[lefthandup]

Do Rs going out today give us any insight into how the wait list might move?

 

[HJDubW]

Portal wasn't updated until 2 days later for me

Makes sense, they probably have to add a bunch of new stuff not to mention sending out all the other As and Rs these past 48 hours. My portal still hasn't been updated so these past 2 days I keep checking my phone to remind myself that the call was actually real lol.

Any other admitted ppl know when the Second Look day is going to be, and if there is a group for admitted students? Just so I can plan my schedule for the weeks ahead and figure out travel.

 

[SCOOPEER]

Makes sense, they probably have to add a bunch of new stuff not to mention sending out all the other As and Rs these past 48 hours. My portal still hasn't been updated so these past 2 days I keep checking my phone to remind myself that the call was actually real lol.

Any other admitted ppl know when the Second Look day is going to be, and if there is a group for admitted students? Just so I can plan my schedule for the weeks ahead and figure out travel.

March 7th. Here is the GroupMe link: GroupMe - Join the group for University of Maryland SOM Class of 2029

 

[DrLebron]

When is the last day of interviews for UMD?

 

[zombieboy]

Out-of-state wait list! interviewed in January

 

[The_Happy_Moose]

Pre-II IS rejection today. Was really hoping for better bc I grew up 30 minutes from campus.

 

[msha19]

Pre-II IS rejection today. Was really hoping for better bc I grew up 30 minutes from campus.

same... had multiple pubs with UMSOM and letters of rec from their faculty. pretty upset rn

 

[stirfriedricewithchicken]

Pre-II IS rejection today. Was really hoping for better bc I grew up 30 minutes from campus.

+1

 

[hopefuldoc1122]

Does anyone know anything about when we could expect to see some waitlist movement?

 

[dancingpeaches]

Pre-II IS rejection, also very bummed bc I live 40 mins from campus for my whole life 🙁

 

[BeepBoop1234]

Just curious, have all the interviewees from December heard back yet? I interviewed late January and I am trying to gauge how far along in the review process admissions is

 

[elsie2001]

Did anyone else get an email like this? This is the first I've heard from Maryland since submitting my secondary so I'm not really sure what's going on

 

[averagepremed0101]

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Did anyone else get an email like this? This is the first I've heard from Maryland since submitting my secondary so I'm not really sure what's going on

Nope. Submitted secondary in July and haven’t heard anything. Hmm

 

[IloveJesus123]

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Did anyone else get an email like this? This is the first I've heard from Maryland since submitting my secondary so I'm not really sure what's going on

I got the same email and was waitlisted a couple of weeks ago. Unsure why we got it

 

[dancingpeaches]

I got the same email and was waitlisted a couple of weeks ago. Unsure why we got it

I got same email and got rejected lol

 

[Monroe]

OOS pre-II rejection today

 

[immashark]

OOS Pre-II R, submitted 8/30

 

[averagepremed0101]

OOS pre-II R, submitted 7/11

 

[spillingthetea]

+1 OOS R :/

 

[kobewankenobi66]

+1 OOS R, guess I didn't accurately define what it means to "enter a profession" lol

 

[deleted1199010]

how on time are they with post-II responses? they said 4-6 weeks but it has been 6 weeks today and I don't think anyone on my interview date has heard

 

[Nistua]

+1 OOS waitlist, interviewed 1/8/25, notified via email

 

[penguin3421]

how on time are they with post-II responses? they said 4-6 weeks but it has been 6 weeks today and I don't think anyone on my interview date has heard

They were within that time frame for me, I interviewed 10/30 and got my acceptance call around 1 pm ET on 12/10! Though the secondary portal didn't update until 12/13

 

[psalm46.5]

OOS pre-II R

 

[ButterflySparky]

I still haven't heard anything since submitting my secondary... I am pretty sure they are done interviewing so kind of confused?

 

[glisteningsnow]

I still haven't heard anything since submitting my secondary... I am pretty sure they are done interviewing so kind of confused?

Same and I was complete in September

 

[airquis91]

Same and I was complete in September

Maryland makes no sense I was complete mid October and I got an interview.

 

[deleted1199010]

OOS WL this morning, interviewed early January

 

[dbatyas]

+1 OOS WL, early Jan interview :/

 

[serendipity2147]

+1 OOS WL, Interviewed 1/8/25

 

[airquis91]

Seems like all of the January interviews were for WL spots.

 

[BeepBoop1234]

I don't think we have enough info to assume that necessarily (I interviewed in late Jan and I really need some hope man)

 

[madnessinmedicine]

OOS pre-II R. This one hurt

 

[Nistua]

Sending good vibes to the Jan interviewees who were all waitlisted so far. Looks like we are in this together, so here's to hoping May brings us lots of good news ❤️

 

[pi-astronaut]

+1 IS WL 2/20 via email. Interviewed 1/13/25. Complete 9/18. LM 74.

 

[dayoneofmedicine]

+1 WL last Friday as well

 

[aamc123]

Will there be something similar to a second look day for WL students??? I really wonder if a ton of us get off the waitlist right away once students narrow down their schools to… and Maryland’s second look day will be over by then…

 

[glisteningsnow]

Same and I was complete in September

okay just got the R lol

 

[huskylover123]

+1 OOS pre-II R lol

 

[bannervein]

OOS preII R complete early august

 

[HJDubW]

Have any other accepted students gotten an email from SNMA? Just curious, because I'm not at all considered URM at least according to the AMCAS guidelines (common East Asian ethnicity, not low SES, but from a medically underserved county/city) and I'm wondering if it was a mistake.

 

[serendipity2147]

Do WL ppl see UMD in their CYMS? For some reason it hasn't shown up for me

 

[BioethicsGuy101]

+1 IS A (got the call on 2/20 while out of the country), interviewed 1/13, feeling extremely blessed and grateful

 

[HJDubW]

Anyone hear back about merit scholarships? Are they still sending them out?

I got one about three weeks ago

 

[aamc123]

If we get in from the waitlist in May, are we doomed as far as scholarships?

 

[HJDubW]

Congrats! Are you in-state?

OOS with significant ties