2024-2025 Nebraska

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2024-2025 Nebraska Secondary Essay Prompts

1. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain (N/A if not applicable) (750)
2. If you are a re-applicant to the UNMC College of Medicine, how is your application different this year? (N/A if not applicable) (750)
3. If this is your first application to the UNMC College of Medicine, but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle? (750)
4. What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine, especially if you are not from Nebraska? (1000)
5. Have you had a personal interaction with UNMC faculty or advisors that prompted your application to UNMC College of Medicine (N/A if not applicable) (750)
6. What are you most proud of in your life? (1500)
7. Tell us about a time when you have had to overcome adversity. (1500)
8. How do you know that you want to be a physician? (1500)
9. Tell us something about yourself that will enhance the UNMC College of Medicine. (1500)
10. What have you learned from working with people whose background is different from yours? (1500)


Good luck to all applying!
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[letmein528]

+1 OOS

 

[oreospazzy]

Can someone share prompts?

 

[Grass1]

Here are the secondary prompts for Nebraska! They start off with several Y/N questions about Nebraska residency/history with options to briefly elaborate for some (ie 100 characters). They also ask these for the larger essays (character counts in parantheses):

1. If you have been away from full-time academics for more than two years, please explain (N/A if not applicable) (750)
2. If you are a re-applicant to the UNMC College of Medicine, how is your application different this year? (N/A if not applicable) (750)
3. if this is your first application to the UNMC College of Medicine, but not your first application to medical school, what is your rationale for applying to UNMC this cycle? (750)
4. What is your personal rationale for applying to the UNMC College of Medicine, especially if you are not from Nebraska? (1000)
5. Have you had a personal interaction with UNMC faculty or advisors that prompted your application to UNMC College of Medicine (N/A if not applicable) (750)
6. What are you most proud of in your life? (1500)
7. Tell us about a time when you have had to overcome adversity. (1500)
8. How do you know that you want to be a physician? (1500)
9. Tell us something about yourself that will enhance the UNMC College of Medicine. (1500)
10. What have you learned from working with people whose background is different from yours? (1500)

@wysdoc
@kaczyisspazzy
OOS
(btw there appear to be no MD-PhD specific prompts)

 

[wysdoc]

Thanks @Grass1

In contrast to most schools which don't have a "why us?" essay,
Nebraska reaaaallly wants to know this and questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 are all "Why Nebraska" questions.

They are a smaller population state with only 1 medical school.
They interview almost all their IS applicants (230/262) and matriculated 105 in 2023, with OOS stats about 10% of applicants interviewed and 27 matriculated.

Nebraskans, stake your claim!

 

[starbucksluver]

IS II this morning at 10 AM! Spots open from september 27 all the way to december

 

[trilobites10294814]

Hi all, any MD/PhD applicants and if so are the prompts the same?

 

[Icouldbuildacastle]

OOS II this afternoon!

 

[Hevin Kart]

OOS II today

 

[privatesugar]

Thanks @Grass1

In contrast to most schools which don't have a "why us?" essay,
Nebraska reaaaallly wants to know this and questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 are all "Why Nebraska" questions.

They are a smaller population state with only 1 medical school.
They interview almost all their IS applicants (230/262) and matriculated 105 in 2023, with OOS stats about 10% of applicants interviewed and 27 matriculated.

Nebraskans, stake your claim!

Creighton is also in NE just to be clear. Your points remain true.

 

[wysdoc]

Creighton is also in NE just to be clear. Your points remain true.

True, how did I forget that!

 

[chimmychangooey]

First rejection of the season. LM 69, submitted 7/21/24.

 

[Smiller005]

First rejection of the season. LM 69, submitted 7/21/24.

The right one will come. Was your application ED or RD? Thx

 

[chimmychangooey]

The right one will come. Was your application ED or RD? Thx

RD

 

[Climbing]

OOS II on 09/03. Updating a little late.

 

[medicalbaddie]

OOS II on 9/12, secondary submitted 8/29

 

[Smiller005]

Do you feel it went well?

 

[RedSwinglineStapler]

Do you feel it went well?

I think they mean they received an interview invite on 9/3 and 9/12... 🙂 I think the first interviews coming up for RD applicants is next week. (Or at least that what was the earliest available when I got my interview invite in July).

 

[Smiller005]

I believe they said 10/1. Tuesday.

 

[medicalbaddie]

Do you feel it went well?

Sorry--i received my interview invitation on 9/12. The earliest date I could interview was 10/25

 

[Honey15]

Accepted EDP today!

 

[Grass1]

OOS II for MSTP received on 9/13 Interview on 10/10-11. Does anyone who has already interviewed here have any tips/advice or willing to share some of the things they asked about? Thanks! Wishing everyone the best this cycle, we go this!!!

 

[privatesugar]

OOS II for MSTP received on 9/13 Interview on 10/10-11. Does anyone who has already interviewed here have any tips/advice or willing to share some of the things they asked about? Thanks! Wishing everyone the best this cycle, we go this!!!

Can't speak on MSTP but the regular MD interviews are pretty generic. Good luck!

 

[dogeatdog25]

Has anyone appealed a rejection recently and heard back about it?

 

[medicalbaddie]

OOS II for MSTP received on 9/13 Interview on 10/10-11. Does anyone who has already interviewed here have any tips/advice or willing to share some of the things they asked about? Thanks! Wishing everyone the best this cycle, we go this!!!

How did your interview go? I'd love to hear anything you'd be willing to share about it

 

[Grass1]

How did your interview go? I'd love to hear anything you'd be willing to share about it

I think the PhD portion went really well! I am not sure if you are also applying to the MSTP, but those interviews were quite conversational and everyone was very friendly! The MD interview was much more like a standard formal interview (the basic questions like why medicine, future career goals, etc). I did not feel as good about that one, but its really only because I got super nervous lol. But overall, I would say that there was nothing particularly surprising or unique that they asked. I would say that as long as youre prepared to talk about yourself and your passion for medicine you will be totally fine!!

 

[Climbing]

I think the PhD portion went really well! I am not sure if you are also applying to the MSTP, but those interviews were quite conversational and everyone was very friendly! The MD interview was much more like a standard formal interview (the basic questions like why medicine, future career goals, etc). I did not feel as good about that one, but its really only because I got super nervous lol. But overall, I would say that there was nothing particularly surprising or unique that they asked. I would say that as long as youre prepared to talk about yourself and your passion for medicine you will be totally fine!!

I did a MD interview and have mixed feelings about it. It felt more like a hostile interview than I was expecting. It was fair, just had some challenge to it. If I were giving advice, it would be to practice all of your basics like why medicine and why this school and be prepared for follow-up questions.

 

[medicalbaddie]

Has anyone had any updates?

 

[w0ndermed25]

Has anyone had any updates?

If you're asking about acceptances I believe the earliest they'll send them is Dec. 20th?

 

[dogeatdog25]

Have there been any recent interview invites that have gone out?

 

[deleted1177888]

If you're asking about acceptances I believe the earliest they'll send them is Dec. 20th?

Did they say this on the Interview day?

 

[w0ndermed25]

Did they say this on the Interview day?

Interview day said decisions will be provided Dec-March. MSAR says earliest acceptance is Dec 20th.

 

[runzayumza]

I did a MD interview and have mixed feelings about it. It felt more like a hostile interview than I was expecting. It was fair, just had some challenge to it. If I were giving advice, it would be to practice all of your basics like why medicine and why this school and be prepared for follow-up questions.

Do u remember who the interviewer was? I’ve heard some mixed things about their admin and overall set-up being outdated. I still applied cos its cheap at least but I am iffy because I heard they run their school much like a Caribbean school (ie, a good number of students don’t finish the program/get held back)... I tried to look up some numbers but seems they stopped posting class data a couple years ago

 

[needstotakeanap]

I did a MD interview and have mixed feelings about it. It felt more like a hostile interview than I was expecting. It was fair, just had some challenge to it. If I were giving advice, it would be to practice all of your basics like why medicine and why this school and be prepared for follow-up questions.

I felt similarly - My interviewer really grilled me on why I left Nebraska for undergraduate, which I was expecting, but the tone felt very off. I also seemed to get the vibe that they thought my research experience meant I didn't want to be a physician, despite me having many clinical hours as well. (They worded a lot of their questions as a lose-lose, both answers would feel wrong.) Then the second interviewer told me if I didn't get in I could talk to admissions after the cycle ends- which didn't seem like a good sign. If it was any other interview I would think that my answers were well prepared and good, but I just was a little off put. Trying to keep an open mind

 

[w0ndermed25]

Do u remember who the interviewer was? I’ve heard some mixed things about their admin and overall set-up being outdated. I still applied cos its cheap at least but I am iffy because I heard they run like a Caribbean school where a good number of students don’t finish the program/get held back... I tried to look up some numbers but seems they stopped posting class data a couple years

Are you applying for UNMC or the Caribbean school they possibly run? I've never heard of that and would be curious to know what you've heard.

 

[westernblotter]

If I interviewed in mid October do you think I will hear back by the end of the year?

 

[queenofsheba]

I hope I interviewd on oct 11th and they said they started accepting December 🤷‍♂️

 

[brachial plexus44]

I interviewed 12/6. Is there a chance I'll hear a decision earlier or will it likely be towards the end of the cycle in March?

 

[runzayumza]

Are you applying for UNMC or the Caribbean school they possibly run? I've never heard of that and would be curious to know what you've heard.

I think the wording was confusing, i edited that comment for clarity. I was trying to say that basically I heard from a family friend whos a med student graduating soon that UNMC has bad grad/retention rates...so its mirroring lots of Caribbean med schools where a sizeable # of the students who start M1 doesnt actually finish in 4 years. Basically I called my family friend a few weeks ago and they were estimating the # who finish in their M1 cohort is in the 70's-80's% which is really low... where creighton/michigan are around 95%. I heardwhen it comes to the education admin is kind of toxic and "old school." its not super reassuring that a lot wont even finish their cohort but im going to look more into if anything is going to change later if i really might end up going here¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[NuclearSclerosis]

Do we think we will get start getting decisions this week?

 

[Mcatbro123]

Do we think we will get start getting decisions this week?

My guess would be like end of this week or weekend

 

[w0ndermed25]

Do they release decisions according to interview date?

 

[buffaloWings4lyfe]

Do they release decisions according to interview date?

From the past years posts on SDN it seems to be that they review them in order of interviews unless you’re waitlisted or rejected then you sometimes find out later

 

[w0ndermed25]

Anybody hear anything yet?

 

[Climbing]

Anybody hear anything yet?

Not on my end. I know they send acceptances to some people in December. People must have gotten them and haven't posted here.

 

[westernblotter]

OOS A! First one this cycle! Interviewed 10/11.

 

[potentialMDcandidate]

OOS A!! Interviewed 10/4

 

[meticulousex36]

IS A 🙂 interviewed [emoji239[emoji239]]/2[emoji239]

 

[Mcatbro123]

Did they send yall an email or call?

 

[twinkletwintkle]

IS A!! Interviewed 10/11