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Has anyone been admitted through PARP yet?
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Howard literally takes January Mcats, July is not late for Howard. Even for most other schools July is not bad as long as your score is good, if it ends up being unideal then it can be problematic bc there’s limited retake time and spots.
cleansweep
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You can still apply as early as you want, but your file will be placed in a "hold" category until your results are received by them
I sent one a little over a week ago and they acknowledged it in 2 days! So I would say go for it.
I figured that, thanks for the response. I was just unsure if it was still “worth it” to apply at all.
rsandadrprincess_xo
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Same. Sent one Monday and it was acknowledged already.
medbaddieee
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i think when people start ranking their schools on AMCAS there’ll be some movement, i forgot what the exact thing is called but yea. i’m trying to stay hopeful bc ms. fowlkes had said a majority of the class of 29 are people that got off the waitlist!
Onyearirio1
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Does anyone know if they sent out any interview invites in February? I looked through this thread and it appears they send out a wave each month.
. Apparently they received over 9000 applications this year, so for anyone else waiting this may be why! Will continue keeping my hopes up and will try to be patient lolololJuly is not late i think it’s still worth. I took a September mcat (they didn’t get my score until October) and was accepted in December.
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saybeyonceeee0423
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when did you complete secondary?
xuksukky
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Very late, the day it was due
saybeyonceeee0423
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same!
anonymous2025
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Hi everyone! Hope yalls cycle is going well! So I submitted my primary and secondary around mid August and got an email end of Sept about both being fully reviewed then just got an email this morning about updates I sent in October loll and like someone said i know they received 9000 apps but just wondering if anyone knows if they have lots of IIs still left to give? or if there's a big wave of Rs coming? not sure if they've given out a lot of Rs yet
Literally ran to this thread soon as I saw the headline, hopefully its nothing too major I think Meharry had this same problem once but it was over like accessibility to technology or something like that I believe but they have 2 years to fix whatever is wrong so I hope they just keep on interviewing chile lol
Brimed2026
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Looks like Morehouse is the only HBCU that has their shi! together. SMH. And don't get me started on meharry their communication is so horrible, my interviewer never showed up to my interview so I had to reschedule a whole month later.
They said they interview through April, so still chances.
this just happened to me with meharry!!
anonymous2025
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I did and just emailed a pdf version to them in the fall and only heard back a couple days ago because they said they received 9000 apps and were backed up
Not sure if they invite updates/LOIs. Hopefully that didn’t hurt me
Someone please give updates after the last First Friday today!!
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Onyearirio1
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So far it's mostly the same information. The only thing I saw that was different is that they apparently are sending interview invites until "April of May" and can extend further if they deem necessary At least for me, I was under the impression the deadline was "early April"
Same. I agree thought it was early april. But they said april or may. They said the class has been full since January so now they are interviewing for waitlist spots.
They did say, for the most recent classes they've had, that about 80% of the matriculated students were from the waitlist.
I have another question. On the HUCM website they state that the MCAT minimum is a 494 and that the cGPA and sGPA must at least 3.0. I thought the minimum was only for cumulative. The MSAR seems to show sGPAs below 3.0, is this a new requirement?
Edit: I see that the MCAT minimum was increased to a 497. I assume that a sGPA of 3.0 is the new requirement, it used to be cGPA 3.0.
Edit: I see that the MCAT minimum was increased to a 497. I assume that a sGPA of 3.0 is the new requirement, it used to be cGPA 3.0.
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Happy Monday!! I hope this week is the week for more IIs!
chillstill
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I am hoping I can get an interview here but I assume the odds are crazy low atp
Same. Also sent an update letter and still nothing 🙁
A colleague of mine who was accepted told me they told his interview group they don't really look at update letters. I had already sent mine too
Wait so why do they accept them then?
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deleted906592
they also mentioned on a first Friday 2 cycles ago that an update letter doesn’t even really mean anything. I think it’s really for those that already got interviews and were waitlisted..if that.
that's my question too. Like wtf I didn't need to put in that effort
At the end of the day it really comes down to MCAT and GPA. This whole idea of a holistic review is a misconception, including update letters.
Not to discourage you or anything, but I’m on the waitlist and I feel the odds of me getting in aren’t particularly high either. 🫤 But you never really know what could happen so don’t give up hope!
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This gives me hope even though I haven't even been offered an interview. Mostly I got good vibes from the students at First Friday which made me want to attend even more
I see they sent interviews yesterday on admit, from past forums Howard sends their last batch of II now. I’m hoping they extend it 🤞🏾
chillstill
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Dang didn’t recieve an interview, hoping they extend it fr
saybeyonceeee0423
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hey beyhive!!!
Has anyone spoke to admissions if they are extending interview?
