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[rHinO1]

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Shadowed a doc. Gonna work on the PS a bit later. Might go over my EC descriptions.



Nice!!


My transcript, which my email says was sent, has still not been received by AMCAS. I may not be able to submit on the first day like I wanted. But it's okay, first week should be fine.

BTW, do any schools want LORs as part of your primary? I should have them all by May 30, but if you have to wait after Interfolio sends 'em, that'll also take a while. Agh. Stressful process.

It takes a few days for the LOR to show up on amcas after sending from interfolio. I estimate ~2-3 days, but it seems like things are taking longer as they get backed up.

I'd also like to know if there are schools that require LOR with the primary.

 

[rHinO1]

I gave all my writers the option to mail. One mailed on a Saturday and Interfolio had it up by Tuesday. Its pretty quick.

Thanks bro, that is good to know. I decided to have my prof mail his letter direct to AMCAS with the small hope that it arrives by June 1st so I can submit with everything ready to go. I'll probably have to assign my letters after I submit, I figure it will take amcas ~ week to verify transcripts so the schools won't receive anything until that is done anyway.

 

[rHinO1]

I don't think I want a wife like my mother as much as I want to be as big of a bo$$ as my father.

I quoted this again b/c it is probably the funniest thing I've heard Oak say... besides when he said his pops called Howard a p_ssy

 

[bigballer27]

i dont know of any schools that require LOR with the primary


can anyone confirm this?

 

[Appless]

i dont know of any schools that require LOR with the primary


can anyone confirm this?

Schools that screen for secondaries will require your lor with the primary. Schools like gtown and non screenng schools wouldn't care. However to be complete and to gain an interview lors are required

 

[bigballer27]

i hate my LOR writers. i almost regret asking them now. they are the slowest people i have ever met.

its not that hard to use a template you probably already have and add a few lines. i can probably do it all in 12 minutes, sealed and mailed

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

I quoted this again b/c it is probably the funniest thing I've heard Oak say... besides when he said his pops called Howard a p_ssy

both are classic comments

 

[bigballer27]

speaking, where is How? busy handling them ladies i can tell

 

[isasmommy]

Hey Everyone,

you guys seem to be on top of it! Since I'm not taking my MCAT till July I won't be submitting till late june/early July. I have my PS done mostly but have to update it because I wrote it a few months ago... I also have to contact my letter writters because I have not talked to them for a while and should give them a deadline for when to have the letters in to me. Are you guys just having as many people as possible read over your PS? Anyone else with a later MCAT or retake? I feel like my first MCAT is going to bring me down even if I score well this next time around. I guess I will just have to call around and see what each school does with previous MCAT scores.

 

[bigballer27]

Hey Everyone,

you guys seem to be on top of it! Since I'm not taking my MCAT till July I won't be submitting till late june/early July. I have my PS done mostly but have to update it because I wrote it a few months ago... I also have to contact my letter writters because I have not talked to them for a while and should give them a deadline for when to have the letters in to me. Are you guys just having as many people as possible read over your PS? Anyone else with a later MCAT or retake? I feel like my first MCAT is going to bring me down even if I score well this next time around. I guess I will just have to call around and see what each school does with previous MCAT scores.

yeah i might be retaking, depending on my score.

as far as your first MCAT, it depends on the school. Some schools give you a secondary and some dont, it's school specific

 

[Hoody]

can we pretend that airplanes
in the night sky
are like shooting stars
i could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)

 

[Geekchick921]

I 😍 you for this.



That school is really getting out of hand. I think going up there to cutabitch is a good idea.

Amen, but I'm just outside of Philadelphia. The school is in Manhattan. Not a trip I feel like making just to put some rejects in the registrar's office in their place.

What really amazes me is that it's NYU (there, I said it!). They HAVE a freakin' medical school. You'd think, maybe, that they'd understand why I'm getting pissed about this? Doesn't seem that way. And let me tell you, before the hubs got this new job, I probably would have been applying to NYU, among other schools in New York, and after this crap, if it were still on my list I would have cut it.

 

[FlowRate]

i hate my LOR writers. i almost regret asking them now. they are the slowest people i have ever met.

its not that hard to use a template you probably already have and add a few lines. i can probably do it all in 12 minutes, sealed and mailed

One of my LOR writer told me he cranked out a standard, easy one for one of my classmates, but was taking his time to really think for mine. I think that's a good thing. But I agree, this LOR writer has also taken 2 or 3 months... not cool.


For my ladies:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks0P1u6-OUY[/YOUTUBE]
For my duders:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCS-7BjbY0M[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Don Draper]

Hey Everyone,

you guys seem to be on top of it! Since I'm not taking my MCAT till July I won't be submitting till late june/early July. I have my PS done mostly but have to update it because I wrote it a few months ago... I also have to contact my letter writters because I have not talked to them for a while and should give them a deadline for when to have the letters in to me. Are you guys just having as many people as possible read over your PS? Anyone else with a later MCAT or retake? I feel like my first MCAT is going to bring me down even if I score well this next time around. I guess I will just have to call around and see what each school does with previous MCAT scores.

Hey mama,

I take July 8th. I am submitting mid-June.

I will have maybe 3 or 4 people read my PS. Need to finish that thing soon. I got 4 letters already, I gave them a packet with info and a clear deadline of June 1st.

-Don

 

[Don Draper]

For my duders:

Really?

lol.

 

[Kip]

Anyone using any professional editing services?

 

[bigballer27]

Amen, but I'm just outside of Philadelphia. The school is in Manhattan. Not a trip I feel like making just to put some rejects in the registrar's office in their place.

What really amazes me is that it's NYU (there, I said it!). They HAVE a freakin' medical school. You'd think, maybe, that they'd understand why I'm getting pissed about this? Doesn't seem that way. And let me tell you, before the hubs got this new job, I probably would have been applying to NYU, among other schools in New York, and after this crap, if it were still on my list I would have cut it.

wowwww. and thats not the first problem ive heard from NYU. my cousin who went there had some words about it too lol

 

[Hoody]

Anyone using any professional editing services?

<--

 

[Geekchick921]

wowwww. and thats not the first problem ive heard from NYU. my cousin who went there had some words about it too lol

I could also rant about the insultingly small scholarship they offered me fresh out of high school, and how, in retrospect, I should never have applied early decision and gone somewhere that would have given me the full ride I deserved, but I don't want to do that right now. 😉

 

[Don Draper]

What really amazes me is that it's NYU (there, I said it!). They HAVE a freakin' medical school. You'd think, maybe, that they'd understand why I'm getting pissed about this? Doesn't seem that way. And let me tell you, before the hubs got this new job, I probably would have been applying to NYU, among other schools in New York, and after this crap, if it were still on my list I would have cut it.

Wow. I may cut NYU from my list now.

 

[Geekchick921]

Maybe their medical schools knows their arse from a hole in the ground, but I can't say the same for their undergraduate offices.

 

[Hoody]

I've heard its not so good GeekC.


...I'd still go if I didnt cost me $$$$$$$$$$$.$$

 

[Hoody]

I listed my top ten going into the cycle in another thread:

1. Cornell-Qatar
2. Yale
3. Columbia
4. Vandy
5. U of Colorado
6. UTSW
7. U of Toronto
8. U of Hawaii
9. Mayo
10. U of Wash

All extreme reaches. But hey, I'm going all out.

 

[Geekchick921]

Oh, so when I called today, I got the guy I talked to the first time I called (several weeks after my first request for the transcript). He said it was mailed last Wednesday (the last time I called). I never got it. He said he had another copy in his hand and he was mailing it today, and to call again if I didn't have it by Tuesday.

I'd REALLY like to know where the other 3 copies of my transcript are, though. 😡

 

[bigballer27]

Oh, so when I called today, I got the guy I talked to the first time I called (several weeks after my first request for the transcript). He said it was mailed last Wednesday (the last time I called). I never got it. He said he had another copy in his hand and he was mailing it today, and to call again if I didn't have it by Tuesday.

I'd REALLY like to know where the other 3 copies of my transcript are, though. 😡

lol you'll see it in your mailbox in like july or august ahahahah

NYU med is too expensive for me anyways

 

[Geekchick921]

lol you'll see it in your mailbox in like july or august ahahahah

NYU med is too expensive for me anyways

NYU undergrad is no better, dude. When I started there in 2002 (I only stayed the one semester, too), it was $41K a year with room and board. GTFO!

 

[bigballer27]

NYU undergrad is no better, dude. When I started there in 2002 (I only stayed the one semester, too), it was $41K a year with room and board. GTFO!

😱

are you kiddding me? USC is the same over here, but jeeeeez. i know i can't afford that, and i don't know how much debt im willing to take and how much i can get my parents to dish out

 

[Geekchick921]

I WISH I was kidding you, man. And that was 8 years ago. I just looked up the tuition for the area of the school I attended, the rates for the dorm I was staying in, and the meal plan prices.

If I was starting this fall? $57K.

And I mean it when I say that they ripped me off and that plenty of schools would have given me a full-ride, but I was a dingbat and applied ED to NYU. When you apply ED they tell you it gives you first shot at scholarships, but really all it does is remove any ability to haggle you might have, because you're contractually obligated to attend that school if you're accepted.

 

[bigballer27]

I WISH I was kidding you, man. And that was 8 years ago. I just looked up the tuition for the area of the school I attended, the rates for the dorm I was staying in, and the meal plan prices.

If I was starting this fall? $57K.

And I mean it when I say that they ripped me off and that plenty of schools would have given be a full-ride was but I was a dingbat and applied ED to NYU. When you apply ED they tell you it gives you first shot at scholarships, but really all it does is remove any ability to haggle you might have, because you're contractually obligated to attend that school if you're accepted.

damn. i never really knew about all that ED stuff anyways lol, good info


anywaaaays, where is everyone?

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

damn. i never really knew about all that ED stuff anyways lol, good info


anywaaaays, where is everyone?

lurking. quite a bit of stress in this thread (ahem, geekchick)

 

[Geekchick921]

That's just my personal experience with it. They say it gives you a preference for financial aide, but then you can't say, "Well, I really DO want to go here, but West Bumblehump U. gave me twice as much scholarship money so unless you guys have a better offer I'm going to have to go there." KWIM?

I have no idea! But I'm about to ditch you, too. I have to do some dishes then I'm crawling into bed.

 

[BrainBuff]

I listed my top ten going into the cycle in another thread:

1. Cornell-Qatar
2. Yale
3. Columbia
4. Vandy
5. U of Colorado
6. UTSW
7. U of Toronto
8. U of Hawaii
9. Mayo
10. U of Wash

All extreme reaches. But hey, I'm going all out.

Hawaii? Toronto? UTSW? I don't get your list at all...😕

 

[Hoody]

I should just save myself the money, write some rejection letters and mail them to myself in about 8-10 months.



I dont know if anyone watches Biggest Loser, but go Mike. team Italia! Also, Brett Michaels on AI. sooo goood.

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

i've seen biggest loser in previous seasons. not this one though. it's pretty entertaining.

 

[rHinO1]

I'm still at the lab... everyone else has gone home. Damn I'm a nerd haha.

 

[FlowRate]

Three letters are in!

One professor actually provided me with a copy of the letter he wrote (which I didn't expect). I feel super flattered/humbled. With this LOR stuff almost/essentially done, a major source of my recent stress is gone 😀

I went lap swimming for the first time in 8 years today. Boy, that was a hoot!

 

[Longshanks]

NYU undergrad is no better, dude. When I started there in 2002 (I only stayed the one semester, too), it was $41K a year with room and board. GTFO!

Yeah, I could've went to NYU for undergrad, but decided I'd rather go away for college at a SUNY and spend 1/6 of the money than I would to stay home and go to NYU. A teacher of mine in high school who was an alumni told me they basically milk the undergrads for money and didn't recommend it; I hear their grad/professional schools are a lot better though, in the sense of how they treat their students.

 

[Longshanks]

i've seen biggest loser in previous seasons. not this one though. it's pretty entertaining.

Is that the F train in your avatar?

Soooo many memories on that line.

 

[rHinO1]

Schools that screen for secondaries will require your lor with the primary. Schools like gtown and non screenng schools wouldn't care. However to be complete and to gain an interview lors are required

Does that mean we should add schools that screen only after all our letters of rec are ready?

 

[Kip]

Are we suppose to indent paragraphs for our PS?

 

[rHinO1]

Are we suppose to indent paragraphs for our PS?

no, just skip a line between paragraphs

 

[Kip]

no, just skip a line between paragraphs

ty!

 

[rHinO1]

For my duders:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCS-7BjbY0M[/YOUTUBE]

Yeah the chick is hot, but I think she is an acid freak.

 

[isasmommy]

Hey mama,

I take July 8th. I am submitting mid-June.

I will have maybe 3 or 4 people read my PS. Need to finish that thing soon. I got 4 letters already, I gave them a packet with info and a clear deadline of June 1st.

-Don

Hey I thought I remember you signing up for the July 16 date? I am looking for an opening on the JUly 8 date because that is the day I initially wanted but was closed...I think I will burn out if I wait till July 16!🙁

 

[Appless]

Does that mean we should add schools that screen only after all our letters of rec are ready?

add all you schools that you want at the same time. If you dont have your LORs ready when you submit and are verified by amcas, all that means is the school wont even look at your app if they screen for secondaries and therefore you wont get any consideration for a 2ndary until your lors are in. Also some schools that do screen only lightly screen. For example, UW madison i believe only screens to make sure you have a 8 or higher in every mcat section as well as a low gpa like 3.0. If you are above those stats you get a secondary. I dont even think they care if you get your lors for them to get you a secondary.

Like i said though w/o lors you cant get an interview or be "complete."

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

Is that the F train in your avatar?

Soooo many memories on that line.

its the 7.

 

[Don Draper]

Hey I thought I remember you signing up for the July 16 date? I am looking for an opening on the JUly 8 date because that is the day I initially wanted but was closed...I think I will burn out if I wait till July 16!🙁

I just post in random July threads because the 7/8/2010 isn't active. I've always been on the 8th.

 

[Longshanks]

its the 7.

Ah. Close enough. Thought the circle was orange in the image. I don't go on the 7 often, but it is an interesting ride.

 

[MB333999]

wait hoody r u applying to toronto????

 

[Hoody]

yes.