Fate of BU MAMS students

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Anybody know how the BU committee deals with BU Master students in the MAMS after interviews? What is usually their fate? Waitlist/ Accepted/ rejected??
Anybody hear of any GMS student being rejected after interviews? I am a former GMS student and interview in the second round of interviews this year.

And does anyone know how many get admitted per year into their medical school?

 

[osin83]

I had no idea you even needed to interview at all

 

[Vista04]

Anybody know how the BU committee deals with BU Master students in the MAMS after interviews? What is usually their fate? Waitlist/ Accepted/ rejected??
Anybody hear of any GMS student being rejected after interviews? I am a former GMS student and interview in the second round of interviews this year.

And does anyone know how many get admitted per year into their medical school?

in the past around 30 MAMS students have been accepted into BU each year (20-25 students who have fully completed MAMS or are in their second year and a handful of students still in their first year of MAMS). it varies from year to year though.

this year a separate committee of gms faculty met to discuss all the MAMS students separately to make recommendations to the main admissions committee about who gets in and who doesn't. although this has always occurred in some form, i get the feeling it is more formal this year than it has been in the past. this committee met on friday 3/17. i don't know if it was their last meeting though.

as far as the fate of MAMS students after their interview, in the past quite a few of the 30 MAMS students ultimately got accepted into BU off of the waitlist very late in the process, but there has been rumor that they are altering this practice a little this year by accepting more right away and less off of the wait list.

i hope this helps and that you hear good news soon.

 

[NRAI2001]

How long is the BU MAMS program?? 1 or 2 years?

 

[jebus]

It can be completed in one year but they recommend 1.5.
It looks like a very attractive program and, if accepted, I'll have a hard time choosing between BU and Georgetown.

 

[Vista04]

How long is the BU MAMS program?? 1 or 2 years?

you can complete it in one year. students who are in the med school application cycle and get accepted somewhere while in the program always finish it in one year so that they can start med school the following fall.

many students not in this group choose to take some extra time to complete the thesis requirement though (which can be as big or as little of a project as you make it) some make it a two year program by taking more classes. others make it a year in a half program by slowly finishing a thesis in their spare time while working somewhere in boston the fall after their formal classes end.

it is really up to you.

 

[madonna]

it the thesis mandatory?
i've never done any research so excume the ignorance of this question, but how is it graded? is it pass/ no pass and how hard is it to complete everything in one year

 

[howui3]

it the thesis mandatory?
i've never done any research so excume the ignorance of this question, but how is it graded? is it pass/ no pass and how hard is it to complete everything in one year

yes a thesis is madatory. you can do a library thesis (a review of current literature about your subject) which has a page req of 50 pages without bibliography or a research thesis which has no limitations.

you have 2 readers and as long as they approve you're cool. the thesis does not get published, unless you do it yourself as part of your research. the library gets Pass credit for reseach units while research thesis can be approved for letter grades (usually given A's).


if you think of a subject or question to explore (ex. novel cancere treatment, or advances in flu vaccinations) while you are doing your first year, then you have the whole summer to write it up and submit it.

 

[Vista04]

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howui3 beat me to the answer.

 

[howui3]

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howui3 beat me to the answer.

🙂

 

[madonna]

thanx for your replies.
would the library thesis (seems like less work, is it?) count as research experience?
is it possible to work on a lab project durring school year and still finish the prog in one year?

 

[howui3]

thanx for your replies.
would the library thesis (seems like less work, is it?) count as research experience?
is it possible to work on a lab project durring school year and still finish the prog in one year?

depends on how motivated you are and how early you find a research project.

if you find the right lab, most of the experiments might already be done for you, so all you have to do is write it up. in other places you might not be so luck and you have to do all the work yourself.

both require work and both are possible to do and graduate in one year. but since the library thesis is not contingent on results and experimental outcomes there is less of a chance of encountering a problem.

 

[SaturdayDwarf]

depends on how motivated you are and how early you find a research project.

if you find the right lab, most of the experiments might already be done for you, so all you have to do is write it up. in other places you might not be so luck and you have to do all the work yourself.

both require work and both are possible to do and graduate in one year. but since the library thesis is not contingent on results and experimental outcomes there is less of a chance of encountering a problem.

Do students have time to do research during the academic year?

Also, so you have to do thesis research with a BU faculty member? I am interested in psychiatry, and would really like to do clinical research at McLean Hospital during the year.

 

[howui3]

Do students have time to do research during the academic year?

Also, so you have to do thesis research with a BU faculty member? I am interested in psychiatry, and would really like to do clinical research at McLean Hospital during the year.

You do not have to do your research with a BU faculty, but they do want your first reader to be a BU faculty and the second if not part of BU has to fill out a form to get temporary BU status. In fact, if you had a research project going on before you start the program you can write it up and turn it in as your thesis and once you start taking classes you can find a faculty to be one of the readers. They are very very flexible with the material, content, etc.

In fact I know of a few friends that moved to California after taking all the course work to work on their thesis and then emailed/mailed it to a BU professor for approval.

I'm sure some people found and did research during the year. You have to learn to prioritize and budget your time, because you will be learning a lot and wanting to go out with friends. The best suggestion I can give is find a lab that is already in the middle of running the experiment.

good luck