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Profx-07 said:
I have heard that Rush calculated a service score based on your app, they are likely going in service score order
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To be clear I don’t have any special insight into how rush decides who to interview, but I imagine it is more complicated than simply service score. I know this process is super nebulous, expensive and anxiety producing— having just gone through it myself. If you’ve already submitted you’ve done the hard part, there is nothing really else you can do at this point. My unsolicited advice As a med student that is busy studying everyday, trust me you will miss this time before med school. Try to go enjoy this time as much as possible.
 
Basalganglia4life said:
To be clear I don’t have any special insight into how rush decides who to interview, but I imagine it is more complicated than simply service score. I know this process is super nebulous, expensive and anxiety producing— having just gone through it myself. If you’ve already submitted you’ve done the hard part, there is nothing really else you can do at this point. My unsolicited advice As a med student that is busy studying everyday, trust me you will miss this time before med school. Try to go enjoy this time as much as possible.
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Yeah I didn't mean to imply that was all it was, I just meant that there's at least one another factor beyond just submission date that's influencing how they're reviewing apps. But I wanted to echo everything here, just keep busy for now. It's not over till it's over.
 
Profx-07 said:
I have heard that Rush calculated a service score based on your app, they are likely going in service score order
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I could see this being a thing to a degree. They are a strong service school, and this falls under mission fit. For example, I got the "you've been forwarded for interview consideration" email a week and a half ago. I submitted my secondary and completed my app 9/4/25, with a uGPA of 2.65, SMP GPA of 3.906 and an MCAT of 503, barely meeting their screening threshold due to my SMP GPA. Last year it took them a week to send me a secondary after I was verified in Mid August, whereas this year I received one almost instantly upon verification in Late July.

I have talked to a few people regarding the "15,000 applicant" vs the "interview consideration" letters and many people who got the "15,000 " letter applied several weeks before I did. Only thing I got for me is my 1600 hours as an volunteer EMT, being an Eagle scout, 80 hours of non-clinical volunteering as a reading tutor for disadvantaged individuals in my community through my library.

Am I likely to get an interview? No, if I'm being realistic, due to my MCAT, but if you can get past the secondary screening barrier, I imagine they are more holistic.
 
mathwiz1697 said:
I could see this being a thing to a degree. They are a strong service school, and this falls under mission fit. For example, I got the "you've been forwarded for interview consideration" email a week and a half ago. I submitted my secondary and completed my app 9/4/25, with a uGPA of 2.65, SMP GPA of 3.906 and an MCAT of 503, barely meeting their screening threshold due to my SMP GPA. Last year it took them a week to send me a secondary after I was verified in Mid August, whereas this year I received one almost instantly upon verification in Late July.

I have talked to a few people regarding the "15,000 applicant" vs the "interview consideration" letters and many people who got the "15,000 " letter applied several weeks before I did. Only thing I got for me is my 1600 hours as an volunteer EMT, being an Eagle scout, 80 hours of non-clinical volunteering as a reading tutor for disadvantaged individuals in my community through my library.

Am I likely to get an interview? No, if I'm being realistic, due to my MCAT, but if you can get past the secondary screening barrier, I imagine they are more holistic.
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sooo many students have gotten accepted with 503, as non trads.
 
HSim87 said:
sooo many students have gotten accepted with 503, as non trads.
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I got the next stage email with 515 MCAT 3.4 GPA, 1k+ volunteering and 2k+ clinical (majority in a primary care clinic with a majority underserved patient pop) but no II yet you think there’s a chance?
 
FutureDoc1014 said:
I got the next stage email with 515 MCAT 3.4 GPA, 1k+ volunteering and 2k+ clinical (majority in a primary care clinic with a majority underserved patient pop) but no II yet you think there’s a chance?
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I’m not sure. They might calculate some sort of “service score” based upon on your app. I think the volunteering hours are good though and your MCAT is also good
 
not_houseMD said:
I’m not sure. They might calculate some sort of “service score” based upon on your app. I think the volunteering hours are good though and your MCAT is also good
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worried about my GPA sadly
 
Profx-07 said:
I have heard that Rush calculated a service score based on your app, they are likely going in service score order
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I received the "passed on to another reviewer for consideration for an interview" email but have a little over a hundred hours of community service. If they do give applicants a service score, I'm not sure why they'd send me that email, since I have a lower amount of community service compared to other Rush applicants. However, I do have nearly 4000 hours of clinical work, a few hundred hours of research, and some leadership. Maybe that's playing a role in why they're still considering me?
 
vssmedapp said:
I received the "passed on to another reviewer for consideration for an interview" email but have a little over a hundred hours of community service. If they do give applicants a service score, I'm not sure why they'd send me that email, since I have a lower amount of community service compared to other Rush applicants. However, I do have nearly 4000 hours of clinical work, a few hundred hours of research, and some leadership. Maybe that's playing a role in why they're still considering me?
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Its possible. I have 6750 hours of clinical experience (5150 if you take my EMT out of the equation) along with 2500 hours of research and counting, among other things. its impossible to say. We will just have to wait and see!
 
not_houseMD said:
Do you have an upward trend? Schools love an upward trend
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Yea not a crazy one but I do. Mainly a dip in sophomore year but there were some extenuating circumstances that are explained in my application. Otherwise Senior > Junior > Freshman > Sophomore
 
is tomorrow the day?
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99008309 said:
+1 II OOS just now LM 65
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Did you get the "under consideration for interview" email . i got that a few weeks ago and calculated that If i was going to get an interview invite, it would be Monday . I am now very stressed
 
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Hope they continue to send more IIs. I sent an update letter the day I got that email where I moved past the initial screening. Hopefully, new LoRs can move the needle for a lower stat applicant like me
 
sixsevennn said:
Hope they continue to send more IIs. I sent an update letter the day I got that email where I moved past the initial screening. Hopefully, new LoRs can move the needle for a lower stat applicant like me
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What do you mean new LOR’s? Are you saying you’re gonna submit another LOR after your secondary is already complete? I didn’t know you could do that
 
I cannot recall, are LoRs universally read after an interview, or is that a school specific thing? I have no new LoRs as I already have 4 but I'm just curious how much weight it has on getting an II
 
Anyone know where I can find Rush's match list over the last couple of years?
 
Logicyoung said:
Anyone know where I can find Rush's match list over the last couple of years?
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I don't think rush publishes them externally anymore. I am not sure why the change, the 2025 match list was really great
 
sixsevennn said:
Yea you can thru AMCAS
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should I do that? for an update? I don’t have anyone who would write me a letter but I could ask my store manager if they could write something for me as an update. do you think this would be a good move?
 
not_houseMD said:
should I do that? for an update? I don’t have anyone who would write me a letter but I could ask my store manager if they could write something for me as an update. do you think this would be a good move?
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For sure. I had a new (but pretty significant) job and wrote all about it on my update letter. I figured having 1-2 LoRs from my new workplace could verify the validity of my update letter, since I never wrote about that job on my primary or secondary app
 
How can yall submit update LoR's? I thought they only accepted 3 based off their website? Won't just a regular update letter suffice?
 
for ppl that have interviewed here, would you say the interview is a difficult one? I've heard mixed reviews abt being grilled on specifics of your application
 
keviv.27 said:
How can yall submit update LoR's? I thought they only accepted 3 based off their website? Won't just a regular update letter suffice?
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If you have a letter packet, they also accept that. I had more than 3
 
Any advice for the interview? Anything unexpected or interesting about it?
 
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