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This is why I’m confused. The language in both emails implies very different things
The active status notification was vague. Based on previous cycles on SDN, the wording from todays email is accurate. The active status becomes a ranked waitlist and VG4 will be voted on this waitlist and subsequently considered for April admissions.
Business casual, and the interview day is mostly indoors. Hope this helps!
New to this thread here but how exactly does this work? Wouldn't it make sense for them to email you first instead of calling? Seems unusual for a school to offer an ad hoc interview like that and expect applicants to be available.
I imagine their mindset is if you want the spot, you'll figure out how to get there
To be honest, I haven't heard of a school calling randomly for an interview unless they emailed you prior and haven't heard back, but are trying to confirm...
Today perhaps! +1 OOS II
when did you apply?
Funny story. I wrote my secondary and forgot to send submit in July. They sent a reminder in October and then I submitted 10/22.
I would email them and see if you can do it virtually. I believe they have one interview weekend a month.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but what is the "active status pool" I haven't gotten any emails but I also submitted my secondary kind of late. What did the email say?
I interviewed back in august and attended the mingle session. Don’t bring your bf, this is a connection event for applicants.
Given the nature of the event, being there myself, I would not bring him to the Friday reception. Everyone has to check in and they give out pre-made name tags, I just think it would be a little out of place!
I recommend getting there when it starts, time passes very quickly. I did not see people leaving early other than staff/medical students. Take the opportunity to get to know the students and staff. I met a wonderful group of applicants who I had breakfast and lunch with the next day! It's natural to be nervous and anxious at first. Don't worry, I'm sure the bf can entertain himself for a couple of hours lol
I don't know where you got that, but I wouldn't pay any attention to it. Every year changes with a different pool of applicants, and at a school like VT where there are only 50 students per class, I would say that the sample size is too low to give this any weight.
I think this post is for all matriculants to all schools. Not sure why this person posted it here though or how we're supposed to know it's true...
Looking at the website, it looks like it's an overall composite number, and I believe the AAMC posted data on scores and GPA by race. To your point, no idea why it was posted here. It looks like they posted this on several different threads. Pretty odd
1. On average, how much time do you spend doing required classes/PBL sessions per day?
Thanks for offering to answer our questions! Do you have any general advice for the interview? (Obviously, understand can't discuss particulars due to NDA, but any general advice would be much appreciated!)
1. About 3-4 hours required attendance per day M-Th. Sounds long but is apparently much shorter than the old curriculum had, plus it goes by quick. PBL is 2 hours but we're usually done early. Fridays are only 3 hours and usually chill, the leader brings breakfast and we spend ~ 10 mins. finishing up the week's PBL case, ~ 30 mins. going over content, and then however long we want doing a review game we made (usually ~ 30-60 mins.). Friday PBL is followed by a "wrap-up" where a real patient with the case's disease / a similar disease comes and tells us their story and answers our questions. We're done by/before 12 every day besides Tuesdays, on Tuesdays class is flipped so it's 1-4ish (depends what we have that day).
My general advice for the interview is to be yourself! At this point you've proven you are academically fit to attend a medical school, and now they want to see what makes you different from all the other equally qualified applicants. I recommend going to the welcome event the night before if possible - it calmed my nerves and is a great way to meet students, faculty, and potential future classmates, and to get questions answered without the stress of interview day distracting you. Before each interview I attended (regardless of MMI or not), I brushed up on University of Washington's "ethics in medicine" page, and also searched online for some practice MMI scenarios. No way of knowing what you'll be asked, but I found it helpful to practice answering questions under time, how to organize my ideas, etc. Be fair, be open-minded, and be you.
Awesome, thanks so much!!
I think on interview day they said around 30%
+1 IS Pre II R, the email stated they are done with interviews for this cycle
Same, man. I'm trying not to lose hope since a lot of my other schools I'm still waiting on IIs. Good luck to us.
