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I would agree! Linkedin and cold email. But would be cautious asking admissions related questions since they have no say in the process. I asked for interview advice and more about the school after the interview
 
Hey guys! quick question...how long do yall recommend talking to initially answer the MMI question? I know we have 10 mins total but I'm sure that also includes a conversation with the other person, so I'm a bit unsure of what the standard is
 
med400 said:
Hey guys! quick question...how long do yall recommend talking to initially answer the MMI question? I know we have 10 mins total but I'm sure that also includes a conversation with the other person, so I'm a bit unsure of what the standard is
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Try not to take up the whole amount of time. Point of MMI is to demonstrate that you fit in/that you jive well in the group. DON'T go over the allotted time. Try not to check your watch either!!
 
med400 said:
does anybody know what the post-ii acceptance rate is?
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On MSAR Stanford interviewed 12 international student, 8 matriculated and 1 deferred. Given non 100% commit rate, I think you are in a really good position to be interviewed(They interview 2% of intl applicant and ~6% of domestic applicant)! But def still spend lots of time preparing.
 
Blueflower2024 said:
On MSAR Stanford interviewed 12 international student, 8 matriculated and 1 deferred. Given non 100% commit rate, I think you are in a really good position to be interviewed(They interview 2% of intl applicant and ~6% of domestic applicant)! But def still spend lots of time preparing.
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this is very reassuring to hear, thank you!!
 
J_doc1 said:
Try not to take up the whole amount of time. Point of MMI is to demonstrate that you fit in/that you jive well in the group. DON'T go over the allotted time. Try not to check your watch either!!
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that makes sense! i think i have to just not be so stressed out and answer as i normally would LOL
 
RoMan1516 said:
On the portal, there's a tab that says Post Interview Update. I'm guessing that page is the instructions they're referring to?
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mine is gone now lol, I sent my update letter within the timeline they told us of 1 week post-interview lol.
 
vex10 said:
mine is gone now lol, I sent my update letter within the timeline they told us of 1 week post-interview lol.
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in ur update letter, did u mention anything that u already said during the interview? Or did u actually have a significant update in the week post-interview lol
 
anonymooseee said:
in ur update letter, did u mention anything that u already said during the interview? Or did u actually have a significant update in the week post-interview lol
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I kind of just briefly recapped my 2 minute summary and then added some additional things bc I didn’t get to give a full answer during the interview
 
+OOS R, LM 77. Submitted 08/12. Looks like they're getting around to the Aug completes.
 
anonymooseee said:
in ur update letter, did u mention anything that u already said during the interview? Or did u actually have a significant update in the week post-interview lol
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i had like 2 pages worth of updates including pubs so he told me to just send the update letetr with everything, so I made mine a update/interest hybrid letter lol.
 
hihihohohaha84 said:
Does anyone have any advice for PSTP interviews?
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they're so chill. just make sure you have answers prepared for the common "why MD instead of MD/PhD or PhD?" and "why med?" "why research?" while also knowing a lot about your research and ur role in it
 
Does anybody have any advice for the regular MD interviews? They have an MMI & trad component
 
samplam said:
they're so chill. just make sure you have answers prepared for the common "why MD instead of MD/PhD or PhD?" and "why med?" "why research?" while also knowing a lot about your research and ur role in it
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Thank you so much, this is very helpful. Do you mind if I DM you a bit?
 
samplam said:
they're so chill. just make sure you have answers prepared for the common "why MD instead of MD/PhD or PhD?" and "why med?" "why research?" while also knowing a lot about your research and ur role in it
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Yea agree. Also I don't think the school explained too well what PSTP really entailed, had to ask questions during the post interview social and the students there helped clarify a lot.
 
lukadoncic said:
Yea agree. Also I don't think the school explained too well what PSTP really entailed, had to ask questions during the post interview social and the students there helped clarify a lot.
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What time was the post interview social for y’all? Was it right after the interview? Was it mandatory? I have a flight to catch in the evening that day Eastern Time, and I really hope I can make both things.
 
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hihihohohaha84 said:
What time was the post interview social for y’all? Was it right after the interview? Was it mandatory? I have a flight to catch in the evening that day Eastern Time, and I really hope I can make both things.
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Mine is the Monday following my interview. It was pretty casual. the med students there are pretty chill and honest.
 
Hi, everyone! I got an email earlier today from Stanford titled "Stanford Medicine: Erroneous Rejection Notice". The email said "Due to a technical glitch in our system, you may have erroneously received a rejection notice from Stanford Medicine in response to your application to the MD/MSTP/PSTP programs. Please note that your application remains under active consideration. Our sincere apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this must have understandably caused on your end."

Just wondering if anyone else received this or...? I got the pre-interview "rejection" October 24th. Never had anything happen like this so far, lol.
 
babysloth123 said:
Hi, everyone! I got an email earlier today from Stanford titled "Stanford Medicine: Erroneous Rejection Notice". The email said "Due to a technical glitch in our system, you may have erroneously received a rejection notice from Stanford Medicine in response to your application to the MD/MSTP/PSTP programs. Please note that your application remains under active consideration. Our sincere apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this must have understandably caused on your end."

Just wondering if anyone else received this or...? I got the pre-interview "rejection" October 24th. Never had anything happen like this so far, lol.
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this is so wild haha
 
babysloth123 said:
Hi, everyone! I got an email earlier today from Stanford titled "Stanford Medicine: Erroneous Rejection Notice". The email said "Due to a technical glitch in our system, you may have erroneously received a rejection notice from Stanford Medicine in response to your application to the MD/MSTP/PSTP programs. Please note that your application remains under active consideration. Our sincere apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this must have understandably caused on your end."

Just wondering if anyone else received this or...? I got the pre-interview "rejection" October 24th. Never had anything happen like this so far, lol.
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That's shocking, congrats on still being in the running tho!
 
Curious if anyone who got rejected has been able to log into their portal. I got a pre-interview rejection on October 24th but didn't receive the erroneous rejection notice but I am not able to log into my portal to confirm which is weird because for my other schools I can still log into their portal after a pre-II rejection. I know I most likely got a legit pre-II rejection but I'm just curious if this is the case for anyone else lol!
 
seriouslywhatamidoing said:
Curious if anyone who got rejected has been able to log into their portal. I got a pre-interview rejection on October 24th but didn't receive the erroneous rejection notice but I am not able to log into my portal to confirm which is weird because for my other schools I can still log into their portal after a pre-II rejection. I know I most likely got a legit pre-II rejection but I'm just curious if this is the case for anyone else lol!
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i went in to check the same thing lol and was also not able to log in
 
@seriouslywhatamidoing and @noeliejelly
The only way to find out if you were truly rejected or "erroneously rejected" would be to email Stanford admissions.
I'm not sure how you would word this email :shrug:, but make it brief, include the fact that you are locked out of the portal at present, and ask for an email reply to clarify your status.
I know you are probably tempted to call them but I don't think they will answer this on the phone.
There is at least one other California school that will lock you out of the portal if you are rejected or even if you miss their secondary submission deadline 😳
 
I got rejected last Friday and received the erroneous rejection email on Monday.
 
did everyone who got a pre II R lose access to the portal?
 
I could log in to the portal after getting the erroneous rejection email on Monday.
 
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