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flip26 said:
Yeah, I am not concerned, either, and I have no decisions to make without more acceptances. Just a strange feeling...wasn't sure what to expect, but it is interesting that some of you are experiencing the same thing.

Actually, life is very good right now. Once you get an acceptance, the game really changes. And the stress level goes WAY down...

Hard to believe that none of this has to be finalized for almost 7 months (May 15), and for lots of people it will drag into the summer...this whole med school admissions process is the biggest "hurry up and wait" thing I have ever experienced - I would NOT want to go through this again.
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True that.
 
flip26 said:
This is the hardest part of the whole thing - it is a bit of a "black box" process, and it is a little different at every school.

And because of it, one needs to apply to a lot of schools, and to apply to a range of schools, too...I did 14 secondaries, and that is pretty close to the national average IIRC...and the other key is to apply EARLY. These people who are still submitting secondaries - whoo - I would not want to be them.
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Well apparently submitting early doesnt really matter if put on hold or alt list, by comparing with all later interviewees...kinda takes out the early factor. Guess good applicants can apply late and get in anyway
 
osumc2014 said:
Well apparently submitting early doesnt really matter if put on hold or alt list, by comparing with all later interviewees...kinda takes out the early factor. Guess good applicants can apply late and get in anyway
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Well, I have an acceptance in hand that I would not have if I had not applied early...and the stress relief of having that acceptance in hand in October trumps not hearing from schools for months from now, even if those result in acceptances, too.

There is so much agony and uncertainty built in to this process (rolling vs non-rolling, etc), and I guess what I am saying is that it is crazy to add to the agony by being a late applicant.
 
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osumc2014 said:
Well apparently submitting early doesnt really matter if put on hold or alt list, by comparing with all later interviewees...kinda takes out the early factor. Guess good applicants can apply late and get in anyway
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Actually, not true. If they're really really late, unless they apply to non-rolling schools and they are significantly amazing applicants, they can possibly not get in.

I heard of many high GPA/MCAT students being waitlisted and not getting in because they applied late. At the same time, I can't say I know exactly all there is to know about their ECs and Research...etc...
 
Luun said:
Actually, not true. If they're really really late, unless they apply to non-rolling schools and they are significantly amazing applicants, they can possibly not get in.

I heard of many high GPA/MCAT students being waitlisted and not getting in because they applied late. At the same time, I can't say I know exactly all there is to know about their ECs and Research...etc...
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I agree with this.

Even if admissions decisions are "non-rolling" the granting of interviews is more or less "rolling" and the later applicants face a dwindling supply of interview slots. Pritzker does a very interesting podcast presentation on the odds of getting an interview for an early versus a late applicant - it is a staggering difference, on the magnitude of 10 times harder for the late applicant.
 
Luun said:
Actually, not true. If they're really really late, unless they apply to non-rolling schools and they are significantly amazing applicants, they can possibly not get in.

I heard of many high GPA/MCAT students being waitlisted and not getting in because they applied late. At the same time, I can't say I know exactly all there is to know about their ECs and Research...etc...
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QFT. My friend told me of someone at her school who applied late with a 3.9/40+ MCAT, and got nothing. A year later, he applied early with essentially the same application, and he's at Hopkins. The importance of applying early can't be overemphasized.
 
flip26 said:
To anyone who has had multiple interviews:

With the passage of time (since interviewing), anybody experiencing what I am, namely that some of the schools "improve" in your mind without any new information, while some slip, even if at the time of the interview you felt good about all of them?

I know I am being a little vague here, but some schools have really faded in my mind even though on the day of the interview, and in the days that immediately followed, I ranked them highly...what makes it kind of strange is that its not like I have learned anything new about any of the schools in the meantime.

Also - I am experiencing a LOT of indifference towards the schools I have not received interview invites from, schools that I was very enthusiastic about when I applied...maybe that will all change with an interview invite, but I am not feeling it at all right now.

Ooh ooh: 3s are wild...3333
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I feel the same way, but in reverse. Some of the schools have risen in my mind after I left.

And the indifference toward the non-interviewed schools, I know exactly where you're at. I applied to all of these schools thinking I could see myself going there, but once you go on interviews and see places you start thinking about stuff and picturing yourself places.
 
Yeah I applied late last cycle and didn't get in anywhere... I applied with the same stats this year and got 4 interviews already, just goes to show what applying early will do for you
 
anyone know what would happen if you had a tertiary alcohol in basic solution along with a ketone on a ring? anything?
 
anyone know what would happen if you had a tertiary alcohol in basic solution along with a ketone on a ring? anything?
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I was really bad at orgo, but I don't think anything would happen.
 
CielloStelatto said:
anyone know what would happen if you had a tertiary alcohol in basic solution along with a ketone on a ring? anything?
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I didn't do very well in orgo, but I would think nothing would happen also... First I thought maybe the alcohol would be deprotonated and then would attack the carbonyl carbon, but since it's a tertiary alcohol and a ketone, there's a lot of steric hinderance...
 
It's nice here. It rained yesterday, but definitely not as much as was expected.

It's also Friday though...don't forget about that. 🙂
 
CielloStelatto said:
I think the rain all week is getting to me. Or else it's just blah. Word of the day.
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Agreed. Very blah.

Now I have absolutely no idea what classes I'm going to take next semester, and I schedule on Sunday. :scared:

I'm normally extremely prepared and would already have 3 or 4 various schedules planned out by now.
 
metallica81788 said:
Agreed. Very blah.

Now I have absolutely no idea what classes I'm going to take next semester, and I schedule on Sunday. :scared:

I'm normally extremely prepared and would already have 3 or 4 various schedules planned out by now.
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Wow. I have a problem of wanting to take too many classes, but I obviously can't fit them all on my schedule. :\
 
Luun said:
Wow. I have a problem of wanting to take too many classes, but I obviously can't fit them all on my schedule. :\
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I have 2 problems. First, I need to take some physio/molecular bio class and I'm very picky about which one and they're all crap next semester.

Second, it's my last semester so I'm trying to arrange a schedule that works for me. A lot of the classes I want to take are at the same time, too.
 
metallica81788 said:
Oh, sorry Luun and ksmi congrats about the Tulane acceptances!

Just curious, Luun, did you like Tulane better than LSU-NO?
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Thanks. I didn't like Tulane better than LSU-NO, nor did I like LSU-NO better. I feel like they're pretty equal in terms of resources, at least with the factors I was looking at. The only thing that I thing separates them (to me) are price and composition. The price thing is obvious, but when it comes to classmates, going to Tulane matches you up with a lot of people from all over.... at LSU it's obviously just LA residents...you know?

I'm sure there's more (like I love how LSU does its ped rotation at Children's) but they're generally similar to me. Have you interviewed there? Did you think one was better than the other?

Zona Pellucida said:
Congrats on Tulane 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂

And Congrats Ksmi! I said it in the school-spef. thread, but you prob didn't see it. 🙂
 
Luun said:
Thanks. I didn't like Tulane better than LSU-NO, nor did I like LSU-NO better. I feel like they're pretty equal in terms of resources, at least with the factors I was looking at. The only thing that I thing separates them (to me) are price and composition. The price thing is obvious, but when it comes to classmates, going to Tulane matches you up with a lot of people from all over.... at LSU it's obviously just LA residents...you know?

I'm sure there's more (like I love how LSU does its ped rotation at Children's) but they're generally similar to me. Have you interviewed there? Did you think one was better than the other?
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I didn't apply to Tulane, because it was too expensive and they basically have the same resources, like you said.

You mentioned the whole LSU-just-LA residents thing, and that's one of the main reasons why I'd like to leave if given the option. It would be like having various college classes over again with the same people that I wasn't really a fan of. I also just want to be somewhere new and different for a while.
 
metallica81788 said:
I didn't apply to Tulane, because it was too expensive and they basically have the same resources, like you said.

You mentioned the whole LSU-just-LA residents thing, and that's one of the main reasons why I'd like to leave if given the option. It would be like having various college classes over again with the same people that I wasn't really a fan of. I also just want to be somewhere new and different for a while.
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Agree with the LA thing. I feel like it'll be the same ppl from undergrad. I'm not so sure about that.
 
GoSpursGo said:
And congrats ksmi and Luun on Tulane, and anyone I missed 🙂

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Thanks.

metallica81788 said:
Yeah, and that would be a refreshing change from the people I'm used to having class with. Ugh, those people.

And I haven't taken many classes with ksmi, so this isn't an insult to her. She knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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Can someone PM what you're talking about. I mean... I am actually seriously considering LSU as a possible choice....
 
Luun said:
Can someone PM what you're talking about. I mean... I am actually seriously considering LSU as a possible choice....
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I think it wouldn't be that bad. I think me and metallica have been around these kids for 4 years and have some preconceived notions. They were a bit annoying as freshmen but I'm sure if I actually talked to them now, we could get along. I just want to meet new people from different places, ya know?
 
Luun said:
Can someone PM what you're talking about. I mean... I am actually seriously considering LSU as a possible choice....
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Probably a matter of "familiarity breeds contempt" that would not be limited to LSU but to any other state med school that doesn't allow OOS folks in.

Going OOS, though, can carry a pretty hefty price tag.
 
flip26 said:
Probably a matter of "familiarity breeds contempt" that would not be limited to LSU but to any other state med school that doesn't allow OOS folks in.

Going OOS, though, can carry a pretty hefty price tag.
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ksmi117 said:
I think it wouldn't be that bad. I think me and metallica have been around these kids for 4 years and have some preconceived notions. They were a bit annoying as freshmen but I'm sure if I actually talked to them now, we could get along. I just want to meet new people from different places, ya know?
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Yeah, makes sense. I guess I didn't have that problem since most of my school is actually from OOS.
 
ksmi117 said:
I think it wouldn't be that bad. I think me and metallica have been around these kids for 4 years and have some preconceived notions. They were a bit annoying as freshmen but I'm sure if I actually talked to them now, we could get along. I just want to meet new people from different places, ya know?
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Like, say, Virginia 😍

One of the best features of UVA Med School is that instate matriculants are capped and half the class is OOS - I think that greatly enriches the student body.

If I lived in LA, I would be inclined to get the hell out, too.
 
flip26 said:
Like, say, Virginia 😍

One of the best features of UVA Med School is that instate matriculants are capped and half the class is OOS - I think that greatly enriches the student body.

If I lived in LA, I would be inclined to get the hell out, too.
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But that sounds like you don't like LA to begin with. 😛
 
Wow, is it just me, or has this week flown by?? I don't feel like it should be Friday again.
 
flip, i have to say that you have an amazing way with words. i bet youre a pretty interesting person (says the random stranger on annonymous online forums)

are you xx or xy? just curious
 
Luun said:
But that sounds like you don't like LA to begin with. 😛
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No, I actually love LA - one of my favorite places to visit - but I don't want to live there, or be there, for an extended period of time.

Louisiana, especially south Louisiana, is quite provincial. There are people in New Orleans who have never left the city limits - you may know people like that, too.

I know someone in admissions at LSU-S med. He said some of the south LA applicants who come interview had never been north of Baton Rouge, and worse than that, were some of the least traveled people they ever see...he said some of them walked around Shreveport as if they were on another planet.
 
sdguy2008 said:
flip, i have to say that you have an amazing way with words. i bet youre a pretty interesting person (says the random stranger on annonymous online forums)

are you xx or xy? just curious
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Funny, I assume that everyone assumes I am a guy...and they might be wrong.

My strong suit is writing. I have a lib arts background, speak several languages, have lived abroad...not your typical premed...and I think my background, and my ability to express myself well in writing (like the PS), have really helped me stand out in this process.
 
flip26 said:
No, I actually love LA - one of my favorite places to visit - but I don't want to live there, or be there, for an extended period of time.

Louisiana, especially south Louisiana, is quite provincial. There are people in New Orleans who have never left the city limits - you may know people like that, too.

I know someone in admissions at LSU-S med. He said some of the south LA applicants who come interview had never been north of Baton Rouge, and worse than that, were some of the least traveled people they ever see...he said some of them walked around Shreveport as if they were on another planet.
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Trust me, that is not just Louisiana. Many parts of Georgia, and I am sure other states as well, are like that.
 
lstone13 said:
Trust me, that is not just Louisiana. Many parts of Georgia, and I am sure other states as well, are like that.
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I know you are right about that...it is true here in Virginia, too.

Having spent some time in Kentucky and West Virginia, I have no doubts about it.
 
flip26 said:
Funny, I assume that everyone assumes I am a guy...and they might be wrong.

My strong suit is writing. I have a lib arts background, speak several languages, have lived abroad...not your typical premed...and I think my background, and my ability to express myself well in writing (like the PS), have really helped me stand out in this process.
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very cool. i speak 3 myself, but i would love to be fluent in more languages, especially because i love to travel.

where did you live when you were abroad?
 
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