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Rejected from Tulane today
Indiana sent out a big wave recently. I ain't even mad.
rejected from eastern virginia pre-secondary
Stats?
Sorry to hear! When did you submit?
Complete 7/21. Its alright I don't think I fit their mission, and I have a II somewhere else so not too worried.
They both took OOS from CA last cycle.
OOS cGPA 3.3 sGPA 3.35 512 MCAT
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Was also rejected from Tulane. I was really bummed about it. I also did find out from my advisor that our institution (both post-bac and undergrad) has a really poor acceptance rate into Tulane for some odd reason, and that only one pre-med has been accepted to Tulane in the last 5 years haha. So after knowing that, I wasn't too surprised...
A girl tossed a drink in my face last night, but nothing yet on the med school front.
Maybe she didn't believe your username.
Would you really provoke a serial killer though...?
Mind sharing when you completed? People completed after me were getting rejections but no one completed after me got II...so I'm sitting on pins and needles!
Got Mayo pre-LOR rejection super quickly....it's the second time they've done that. Guess they really didn't want me....
You probably got rejected for the only reason a rejection actually can feel good though so its not a "real" rejection lol
Undershooting results in rejections just as effectively as overshooting.
I find it interesting that applicants understand the latter so much better than the former.
Yea, but my point was that I wouldnt feel as bad for getting rejected from a school because my application is so excellent that it would be ridiculous for the school to even consider me.
Thats more of a compliment than it is a "rejection" even though it is labeled a rejection all the same.
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Yes. I understand.
Applicants under-apply almost as much as they over-apply.
I usually don't have to pay $200 for a compliment.
Only from my parents
+1 to the OOS with no ties II at WVU group.. I have no idea how they select people...
I tried to make a joke about you applying to DO instead, but couldn't quite put it together....
A friend from Cali got rejected pre-secondary for not having strong ties to the state.
This sounds pretty arbitrary
Have you been to W VA?
They really can't afford to train folks who are likely to leave.
I can't get my students to leave CA for the Brigham! I'm sure that they would hot-foot it back here as soon as they finished medical school.
Absolutely, but other seem to be getting secondaries and II with no ties to the state...
They must have something that gives W VA hope.
I'm OOS, but WVU is a 3 hour drive from here. I think that is why I got the II. Others may also be from surrounding states
What's considered undershooting? I think overshooting is easy to see (If you're more than 1 point away from median MCAT or .2 gpa). Would the same apply for undershooting?
Yeah no ties to the state but born and raised in Northern VA, and have been in the Appalachian area
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State schools favor the home team because in exchange for the taxpayers supplementing your tuition they expect you to stick around and actually practice in the the state.
Whaaaa? Good problems to have I guess.
My sense is that U WV likes people from neighboring states, and folks from rural areas.
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Silence thus far 😛
Been debating back and forth to add them or not (VA resident)
Are you kidding? >1 from the median MCAT does not equate overshooting. It is about the full application.
Yea, I believe I was told to apply to schools from the MSAR + or - 3 of the median MCAT score of each school
Apparently EVMS automatically screens out OOS applicants with a sub-30 mcat. I probably shouldve looked into that some more before applying, but I at least appreciate the fact that they sent the rejection email quickly.
I'm a NJ resident with an invite there as well with no ties to the state. I live in the suburbs and never mentioned anything about practicing medicine in a rural area in my app. So I still cant quite figure out what they look for in an applicant.
