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[MedPR]

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If the interviews are closed file then who looked at your whole file to determine if you get an ii? I had two interviewers today, both actual adcom members.. I always imagined the adcom got together to decide who would get an interview then got together again to decide acceptances.. that cant be how it works in the case of closed file interviews though.

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[phigam]

A smaller group of the adcom made the call for your II. They gave you two interviewers who haven't seen you're app yet. It would be impossible for an entire adcom to meet all together at once multiple times to review apps

 

[sliceofbread136]

It depends. At UTMB I know that a single adcom will look at your file and mark it as ii or reject. If that adcom chose reject, then another adcom will look at it and decide ii or reject, and this time the decision is final.

I'm sure some schools have the round table discussion format, but I doubt the adcom interviewing you remembers your file well enough to make any difference.

 

[MedPR]

A smaller group of the adcom made the call for your II. They gave you two interviewers who haven't seen you're app yet. It would be impossible for an entire adcom to meet all together at once multiple times to review apps

Do they all get together to decide acceptances?

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[sliceofbread136]

Do they all get together to decide acceptances?

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Not necessarily all, but they usually vote on it.

 

[music2doc]

Do they all get together to decide acceptances?

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Varies by school. Most have some sort of "your interviewer presents you to the committee" format in which the committee as a whole assigns a final score and the Dean of Admissions signs off on the decision. At many schools the Dean of Admissions is also Chair of the Committee on Admissions. Recently, they changed the rules here so that our Dean of Admissions no longer has a vote. (I have no idea why that change was instituted, however.) The Dean of Admissions will also be the one to formally "present" you to the Dean of Medicine if and when you matriculate.

 

[wizedw]

This varies. Sometimes the interviewers aren't full ADCOM members. At Pitt and Jefferson they were just doctors who fill out a form and/or present my case to the ADCOM at a later point

 

[MedPR]

Varies by school. Most have some sort of "your interviewer presents you to the committee" format in which the committee as a whole assigns a final score and the Dean of Admissions signs off on the decision. At many schools the Dean of Admissions is also Chair of the Committee on Admissions. Recently, they changed the rules here so that our Dean of Admissions no longer has a vote. (I have no idea why that change was instituted, however.) The Dean of Admissions will also be the one to formally "present" you to the Dean of Medicine if and when you matriculate.

What school are you at?

This varies. Sometimes the interviewers aren't full ADCOM members. At Pitt and Jefferson they were just doctors who fill out a form and/or present my case to the ADCOM at a later point

Both of mine told me theyve been on adcom for x years, but I know what you mean.


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[Warick22]

At a all of my interviews so far this year either my interviewer or someone on the staff literally explained the whole process. So far with my small sample size of experience it seems like a small group, only 2 in one instance, look at your file. And the people to interview you, even if it is open file, weren't one of those people so they do not have a bias on your decision to be interviewed. Also on top of that, they write a report and they don't even present you, someone else reads your file and their report then they present you to the board.

This is only from what I understood from them and my small experiences. But I think this is a great way for them to try and eliminate some sort of bias that 1 adcom member may have.

 

[MedPR]

Ugh I'm so nervous now. I have a very low GPA and a respectable MCAT, but I also have an IA for academic probation my freshman year. I really hope the other members of the ADCOM view my application as favorably as those who decided to invite me for interview despite my initially poor academic record.

 

[Mjolner]

Are you a non trad? Well a "real" non trad, meaning 10+ years since school? I am NOT a med student, but I hear there's less forgiveness for poor GPA if you're just a year or two out of school.
Side note. Calm down man. You've got a DO acceptance in hand. You're going to be Dr. MedPR in five short years no matter what the rest of the cycle gives you. (We haunt many of the same posts)

 

[dmf2682]

Ugh I'm so nervous now. I have a very low GPA and a respectable MCAT, but I also have an IA for academic probation my freshman year. I really hope the other members of the ADCOM view my application as favorably as those who decided to invite me for interview despite my initially poor academic record.

You're fine. You're Hispanic with a 34 on the mcat. What are the stats for people in that position? 95%?

 

[TXKnight]

You're fine. You're Hispanic with a 34 on the mcat. What are the stats for people in that position? 95%?

I always thought MedPR was Native American?

 

[dmf2682]

I always thought MedPR was Native American?

Could be. I assumed the pr stood for Puerto Rico

 

[MedPR]

Are you a non trad? Well a "real" non trad, meaning 10+ years since school? I am NOT a med student, but I hear there's less forgiveness for poor GPA if you're just a year or two out of school.
Side note. Calm down man. You've got a DO acceptance in hand. You're going to be Dr. MedPR in five short years no matter what the rest of the cycle gives you. (We haunt many of the same posts)

Thanks, i know I'm just being greedy now bc i interviewed at my top choice and I really hope it turns into an acceptance. I've only been out of ug for a few years.

You're fine. You're Hispanic with a 34 on the mcat. What are the stats for people in that position? 95%?

33, but not hispanic and with my gpa its only about 64%.

I always thought MedPR was Native American?

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[MedPR]

Could be. I assumed the pr stood for Puerto Rico

You're not the only one 😉

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