Contacting schools regarding interviews

[Cal_EMT]

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It's been a few months since I submitted most of my secondaries, but still haven't heard about interviews. Would it be a faux pas to call the admissions offices and ask about it?

 

[docycle]

What do you expect them to do for you?

"Hello I was just wondering about my application. Could you possibly speed it up, or just tell them I'm worried about it? You guys are kind of taking a while and I just wanted to make sure everything is going along smoothly and you didn't forget about me. I really like this school a lot, and thought that its *blah blah brown nosing* would really benefit my educational experience as a future physician, so --"
"Ma'am....that was the test. "
"What?"
"That was the test. We just wanted to see how interested you were. And you passed. "
"Wait so....I'm in now?"
"Welcome to medical school."

 

[mathnerd88]

It's been a few months since I submitted most of my secondaries, but still haven't heard about interviews. Would it be a faux pas to call the admissions offices and ask about it?

What were your stats?

 

[Cal_EMT]

What were your stats?

Not great, but techinally good enough to be considered by most of the schools.
I'm somewhat of a non-traditional student, with 10 years of experience in the emergency and non-emergency medical field, so I'm hoping that will help me.

 

[mathnerd88]

Not great, but techinally good enough to be considered by most of the schools.
I'm somewhat of a non-traditional student, with 10 years of experience in the emergency and non-emergency medical field, so I'm hoping that will help me.

I was also a nontraditional student- out of school for 5 years, going on 6 by the time I matriculate. Unfortunately for many schools, stats come first.

Which schools have you applied to?

 

[Cal_EMT]

I was also a nontraditional student- out of school for 5 years, going on 6 by the time I matriculate. Unfortunately for many schools, stats come first.

Which schools have you applied to?

I applied to every DO school that I met the minimum requirements (23 of them, but have been rejected by 7 so far). So basically every school that didn't require biochem. I was a bio major, but biochem wasn't required and I didn't have time to take it. Kicking myself for that now.

 

[mathnerd88]

I applied to every DO school that I met the minimum requirements (23 of them, but have been rejected by 7 so far). So basically every school that didn't require biochem. I was a bio major, but biochem wasn't required and I didn't have time to take it. Kicking myself for that now.

I don't think biochem is your problem...your stats might not be good enough for those schools.

 

[docycle]

I applied to every DO school that I met the minimum requirements (23 of them, but have been rejected by 7 so far). So basically every school that didn't require biochem. I was a bio major, but biochem wasn't required and I didn't have time to take it. Kicking myself for that now.

The funny thing is with the right prof first semester biochem can be a breeze.

 

[Cal_EMT]

I don't think biochem is your problem...your stats might not be good enough for those schools.

Ya the schools I have been rejected by so far were kind of a long shot. So I wasn't terribly surprised. I got murdered by OCHEM and genetics. Really dragged down my science GPA... but then again, anything that isn't an A lowers my GPA....

 

[mathnerd88]

Ya the schools I have been rejected by so far were kind of a long shot. So I wasn't terribly surprised. I got murdered by OCHEM and genetics. Really dragged down my science GPA... but then again, anything that isn't an A lowers my GPA....

That means your GPA is a 4.0 if anything that isn't an A lowers your GPA.

 

[Cal_EMT]

That means your GPA is a 4.0 if anything that isn't an A lowers your GPA.

Not if your prof doesn't use + and - for grading. It's frustrating when you get an 89% in a class, but it's counted as a B instead of a B+.

 

[mathnerd88]

Not if your prof doesn't use + and - for grading. It's frustrating when you get an 89% in a class, but it's counted as a B instead of a B+.

Ahh I feel you. AACOMAS screwed my GPA too because they only count pluses as .30 when my school counts them as .5 (we don't uses minuses)

 

[NoTownPreMed]

Not if your prof doesn't use + and - for grading. It's frustrating when you get an 89% in a class, but it's counted as a B instead of a B+.

I know the frustrations. I've sat on 88% a couple of times and even an 89.4% but ended with a "B".

 

[docycle]

Ahh I feel you. AACOMAS screwed my GPA too because they only count pluses as .30 when my school counts them as .5 (we don't uses minuses)

Didn't even know they counted pluses.

Wooh for me.

 

[Cal_EMT]

Ahh I feel you. AACOMAS screwed my GPA too because they only count pluses as .30 when my school counts them as .5 (we don't uses minuses)

Ugh that sucks. It's nice to not have minuses though.