DREXEL DPMS 2021-2022

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Hey everyone! Current DPMSer here for any questions you might have. Just because I remember the timeline being the most painful part of the process last year, here is a little rundown of how it went for me:
-I submitted my application sometime around the end of January (many people did not submit until March or later though)
-I received an interview invite the second week of April.
-I interviewed the last week of April.
-I received my acceptance during their first round of acceptances during the first week of June.

The timeline varies a lot because they have to have a lot of discussion about how long to keep applications open, how many students they plan to interview and how many to accept. They also have to collaborate and coordinate with the medical school on all this and the acceptance decisions. So I know it is easier said than done but it requires a lot of patience and just trusting the process.
 
Sanjeev229 said:
Hey everyone! Current DPMSer here for any questions you might have. Just because I remember the timeline being the most painful part of the process last year, here is a little rundown of how it went for me:
-I submitted my application sometime around the end of January (many people did not submit until March or later though)
-I received an interview invite the second week of April.
-I interviewed the last week of April.
-I received my acceptance during their first round of acceptances during the first week of June.

The timeline varies a lot because they have to have a lot of discussion about how long to keep applications open, how many students they plan to interview and how many to accept. They also have to collaborate and coordinate with the medical school on all this and the acceptance decisions. So I know it is easier said than done but it requires a lot of patience and just trusting the process.
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How has the experience been due to COVID?
 
Sanjeev229 said:
Hey everyone! Current DPMSer here for any questions you might have. Just because I remember the timeline being the most painful part of the process last year, here is a little rundown of how it went for me:
-I submitted my application sometime around the end of January (many people did not submit until March or later though)
-I received an interview invite the second week of April.
-I interviewed the last week of April.
-I received my acceptance during their first round of acceptances during the first week of June.

The timeline varies a lot because they have to have a lot of discussion about how long to keep applications open, how many students they plan to interview and how many to accept. They also have to collaborate and coordinate with the medical school on all this and the acceptance decisions. So I know it is easier said than done but it requires a lot of patience and just trusting the process.
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How is the program? Is it actually realistic to keep a 3.2? thats what I am worried about😭 Also if you don't mind answering, what were your stats applying to the program?
Thanks!
 
FutureBlackDerm said:
How is the program? Is it actually realistic to keep a 3.2? thats what I am worried about😭 Also if you don't mind answering, what were your stats applying to the program?
Thanks!
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Yes I'm interested in knowing this as well. Like for those who have to take the additional classes if they score more than a 499
 
Sanjeev229 said:
Hey everyone! Current DPMSer here for any questions you might have. Just because I remember the timeline being the most painful part of the process last year, here is a little rundown of how it went for me:
-I submitted my application sometime around the end of January (many people did not submit until March or later though)
-I received an interview invite the second week of April.
-I interviewed the last week of April.
-I received my acceptance during their first round of acceptances during the first week of June.

The timeline varies a lot because they have to have a lot of discussion about how long to keep applications open, how many students they plan to interview and how many to accept. They also have to collaborate and coordinate with the medical school on all this and the acceptance decisions. So I know it is easier said than done but it requires a lot of patience and just trusting the process.
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Do you have any tips for the interview?
 
cantoine1 said:
How has the experience been due to COVID?
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I am not gonna lie it has been pretty rough. It's difficult to not really be able to interact with your fellow classmates and to have to spend so much time studying in your apartment. Sometimes it would get to the point that I forgot I lived in a real city and that people and things existed outside of my apartment haha and so that can make it pretty hard to find the motivation and/or self-discipline to keep on pushing through the material. Everyone (faculty, TAs, past DPMSers) has praised this class in particular for managing to keep up with the rigor of this program despite our circumstances though and everyone has also been so helpful in ensuring our success. They truly want us to do well and thrive.
 
FutureBlackDerm said:
How is the program? Is it actually realistic to keep a 3.2? thats what I am worried about😭 Also if you don't mind answering, what were your stats applying to the program?
Thanks!
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It has its ups and downs! As I wrote, the worst part has been due to COVID and not being able to have those bonding and destressing moments with our peers but eventually we found ways to destress with others. And I am not gonna lie the material can be super dense and overwhelming but it is definitely manageable. The key is, find your footing early on and figure out how to best study for you and just do what works best for you. Everyone learns in their own way and sometimes we feel like we have to do things in a similar way but if you know how best you learn and how best to maintain a schedule for yourself then you will be fine.

It is completely realistic to make the GPA requirement. Like I said everyone is really pushing for your success so there are always opportunities for help and ensuring that you make contract!

I always forget my actual statistics as far as GPA goes because it was some combination of my undergraduate work and my postbacc work. My overall undergraduate GPA was a 2.33 and my graduate GPA was a 3.86 and cumulative was somewhere around a 2.8. My MCAT score was a 506. So I didn't necessarily fit their numbers listed on the website but I still gave it a shot and I made it so don't let things like that discourage you.
 
nattinaughty said:
Yes I'm interested in knowing this as well. Like for those who have to take the additional classes if they score more than a 499
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So actually the additional classes taken by the non-MCAT track are all pass/fail and don't factor into the GPA but as I said making a 3.2 is definitely manageable.
 
They're going to start looking at applications soon, right? Hoping for the best for all of us :')!
 
Sorry for the double post, but if you were accepted into any of the other masters programs, are you automatically disqualified from being offered an interview to DPMS?
 
yellowhello said:
Do you have any tips for the interview?
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All I can really say is that the interviews have been very different for everyone I have talked too. Personally I didn't think that mine had gone well just because my interviewer was fairly short and straight forward about his questions and I had gotten the impression that it wasn't anything great to him, but here I am! I also know people who ended up having very personable and more emotional interviews with some of the interviewers. The questions asked seemed pretty typical and straightforward to me: tell me about yourself, why medicine, what other interests do you have. Really just be yourself and give honest answers to the questions, don't worry about giving the best answer just about showing them your most authentic self.
 
paul30 said:
Sorry for the double post, but if you were accepted into any of the other masters programs, are you automatically disqualified from being offered an interview to DPMS?
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Getting accepted into the other programs does not automatically disqualify you from being offered an interview.
 
Sanjeev229 said:
So actually the additional classes taken by the non-MCAT track are all pass/fail and don't factor into the GPA but as I said making a 3.2 is definitely manageable.
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Sanjeev229 said:
So actually the additional classes taken by the non-MCAT track are all pass/fail and don't factor into the GPA but as I said making a 3.2 is definitely manageable.
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Could you tell us more about the new campus opening in the fall of 2021? The Redding campus. It says first year med students for 2021 will start there which I think might be your class? How is that going to work
 
nattinaughty said:
Could you tell us more about the new campus opening in the fall of 2021? The Redding campus. It says first year med students for 2021 will start there which I think might be your class? How is that going to work
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So as far as I know the Reading campus is an option that first year med students can pick. They are not just randomly assigning students there. There are only 28 slots at that campus for this first med student class. We are having a meeting soon to discuss this because we will only receive our acceptances sometime in May. Therefore those slots are already or will be filled and a couple students from our program would have liked to go there.
 
From someone who took the MCAT after voiding it and giving herself the HARDEST TIME:

This exam does not determine your worth or reflect your academic ability. It is simply a test that tests your ability to take a test. Whatever the outcome, you are capable and will be an excellent physician.

Good luck, y’all
 
premed1000097 said:
From someone who took the MCAT after voiding it and giving herself the HARDEST TIME:

This exam does not determine your worth or reflect your academic ability. It is simply a test that tests your ability to take a test. Whatever the outcome, you are capable and will be an excellent physician.

Good luck, y’all
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Thank you for this! I keep having to remind myself of this as my test is approaching.
 
I scored a 509 on the MCAT. I highly recommend using Course Saver to study. It's dated (pre-2015) but the instruction for physical sciences, body systems, and metabolism is FANTASTIC. They do not provide a CARS or Psych/Soc Section. It is $50/month and 100% worth it. My only complaint is that I did not learn about it sooner.
 
so question! just took my mcat this morning (thank God thats over) and I was wondering how do i Go about sending my scores to make sure i get them in by the April 30th deadline? Thats the last part of my application that I need to complete and I talked to admissions and they told em as long as I took it by today I should be fine. Do i have to wait till they are officially released in about a month or can I already have AAMC send them to Drexel automatically?

thanks guys!!
 
FutureBlackDerm said:
so question! just took my mcat this morning (thank God thats over) and I was wondering how do i Go about sending my scores to make sure i get them in by the April 30th deadline? Thats the last part of my application that I need to complete and I talked to admissions and they told em as long as I took it by today I should be fine. Do i have to wait till they are officially released in about a month or can I already have AAMC send them to Drexel automatically?

thanks guys!!
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  • Official MCAT score (GRE not accepted). There are no minimum MCAT requirements for the program, but we look for a score in the 25th percentile or better overall and in each section. Please go to MCAT Score Reporting System and release an official copy of your MCAT scores to our program "Drexel Medical Science Program."
 
Allyssa411 said:
  • Official MCAT score (GRE not accepted). There are no minimum MCAT requirements for the program, but we look for a score in the 25th percentile or better overall and in each section. Please go to MCAT Score Reporting System and release an official copy of your MCAT scores to our program "Drexel Medical Science Program."
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It might let you release the score based on the date, even if a score isn't available. I'm not sure. I would at least try. But either way, as long as your test date is within the deadline then you don't have anything to worry about.
 
nattinaughty said:
Im frantically waiting for people to post if they have received interview invitations or been told to consider other programs. Personally, I have not received either notification.
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Literally same :/
 
Does anyone know if we can submit our application without an MCAT score if we have taken it and are awaiting our score?
 
FutureBlackDerm said:
No problem! I am currently in the same boat lol they send me emails to send my score like every day lmao but I gotta wait till they are released in April!
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April can not come fast enough lol I thought we got our scores in two weeks like the January test dates but that was not the case😅
 
nattinaughty said:
FORREAL ugghh the MCAT is just a scam to take more money(excuse my radical ideas)
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Uh... no excusing radical ideas here. I assume everybody applying to DPMS checks the box for URM or low SES and it’s totally our job to break down barriers for future applicants and call out BS in medicine. The MCAT has always served as a barrier to access; they didn’t cancel the test in the middle of a pandemic where the economy literally collapsed. It’s a money grab for AMCAS and every test company- the proof (if people need more) is in Khan Academy, the only good and FREE test prep tool, taking down all MCAT material this year.

Call out BS as you see it and never apologize for it. If medicine has a problem with it, medicine doesn’t deserve you.
 
premed1000097 said:
Uh... no excusing radical ideas here. I assume everybody applying to DPMS checks the box for URM or low SES and it’s totally our job to break down barriers for future applicants and call out BS in medicine. The MCAT has always served as a barrier to access; they didn’t cancel the test in the middle of a pandemic where the economy literally collapsed. It’s a money grab for AMCAS and every test company- the proof (if people need more) is in Khan Academy, the only good and FREE test prep tool, taking down all MCAT material this year.

Call out BS as you see it and never apologize for it. If medicine has a problem with it, medicine doesn’t deserve you.
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This speaks VOLUMES! THANK YOU, this is literally exactly how I feel but was just too scared to bring this up because I didn't wanna get cancelled. but you right- we mostly identify as the minority in some way. So I guess it really is time to start calling out medicine.

And is that literally why Khan Academy is going down??! How could AMCAS do that??
 
Hey everyone! I want to chime in with my thanks to the alumni, current students, and applicants who've provided a wealth of info!

From the looks of it, we're probably going to be waiting awhile before we see movement in the decisions. How are people going about other programs they've applied to? Has anyone had success with asking programs from which they've received acceptances to push their deadlines (to accept a seat in their programs)? I'm kinda stressing :/
 
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