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SoFlaKnight said:
USF and Miami told me yesterday that they are currently going through a large bundle of packets as we speak and that a buddy of mine and myself are in that bundle, so I think up till next Friday is gonna be good to those of us who were complete in this last month or so:luck:
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Oh ok. This is good news because I was complete at both schools at the end of September and still haven't heard anything. But I guess I will hear something next week.
 
pandulce321 said:
Alternate list at Miami ... what a bummer 🙁
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Don't let that be a bad omen for you. The stats for the waiting list are very positive in terms of getting off the list when May 15 comes. You have to be patient, and in the meantime go to your other interviews. Don't give up on Miami because you got on the alternate list!!! Same with the other FL schools. If you need any other help feel free to pm me (or if you have facebook, that would be equally good.. pm me if you have it).

Good luck with your other schools.
 
Does anyone know the format of the interviews at UM Boca. Is it one for an hour or 2 for 30 minutes? Do they ask the same questions as at the Miami campus? Thanks!
 
I called Miami this Monday; apparently I'm still "up for review" I hope that translates to "Maybe we'll toss you an invite". USF emailed me a while back (september 7th or sometime around then) telling me my file was complete and an interview would be scheduled for competitive applicants.
For those who have been interviewed at Miami or USF, was the earliest interview date you were given around 2-3 weeks after the invitation? I'm just trying to gague where I stand. Since, if I get an invite sometime in the beginning of Nov. I'll be looking at late Nov./Early Dec. for the actual interview. Thanks!
 
Yeah, I called Miami today and they said I was still up for review.

Actually, I have not heard from any Florida school since I was complete. But I just find it interesting that the Florida schools were the first schools I applied to in middle to late August, and I already have interviews for schools that I applied for in mid to late September. I am assuming that the FL schools are just swamped with more applications than they had predicted they would recieve when the MCAT changed.
 
i just had my usf interview monday and i think they called me about two and a half weeks before that for the invite.. my buddy just got the call for a usf interview today, and it is scheduled for nov 19... so i guess thats where they are at now. As far as miami goes, I called yesterday and was told I am "under review for an interview", which was different from the preivous ten times ive called and theyve said Im "under review". Im sure they mean the same thing, but who knows. Agnes also said they are meeting this week and I should recieve a response via email sometime soon.
 
Team Zissou said:
i just had my usf interview monday and i think they called me about two and a half weeks before that for the invite.. my buddy just got the call for a usf interview today, and it is scheduled for nov 19... so i guess thats where they are at now. As far as miami goes, I called yesterday and was told I am "under review for an interview", which was different from the preivous ten times ive called and theyve said Im "under review". Im sure they mean the same thing, but who knows. Agnes also said they are meeting this week and I should recieve a response via email sometime soon.
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When I called Miami today, the person on the line said the same thing "under review for an interview," but like you, I only heard either "In committee for review" or I would hear "under review." So there very well might be something significant with the review for "interview."
 
ufgrad00 said:
When I called Miami today, the person on the line said the same thing "under review for an interview," but like you, I only heard either "In committee for review" or I would hear "under review." So there very well might be something significant with the review for "interview."
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Same thing happened to me yesterday - "under review for an interview" and told me to keep checking my email. So I definitely hope it's a hint =) and not meaning the same "you're under review".
 
Does anyone know if USF sends a wave of interview invites in one day or over the following few days...Ex.) They review packets Tuesday and call those that they're interested in the next day (Wednesday) or do they call those selected over the subsequent few days...I ask this because a buddy of mine who was complete a few days before me received an interview today and we were both told we were in the "to be reviewed for an interview" pile. Am I being overlooked for better candidates/packet swirling down the drain or am I likely just a little deeper in the stack and haven't been looked at yet (see also: have to wait another week or more)...
 
SoFlaKnight said:
Does anyone know if USF sends a wave of interview invites in one day or over the following few days...Ex.) They review packets Tuesday and call those that they're interested in the next day (Wednesday) or do they call those selected over the subsequent few days...I ask this because a buddy of mine who was complete a few days before me received an interview today and we were both told we were in the "to be reviewed for an interview" pile. Am I being overlooked for better candidates/packet swirling down the drain or am I likely just a little deeper in the stack and haven't been looked at yet (see also: have to wait another week or more)...
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I am concerned about USF for one thing.
I work from 9 am to about 4 to 5 pm Mon-Thurs and it is a fear of mine that they may have tried to called my house, or will call while I am away. Also my cell doesn't work a lot while I am at work. So I am obsessively checking my voicemail while at work. Does anyone know what they do if they cannot contact you by phone? Will they keep calling, leave a message, or email you?
 
ufgrad00 said:
I am concerned about USF for one thing.
I work from 9 am to about 4 to 5 pm Mon-Thurs and it is a fear of mine that they may have tried to called my house, or will call while I am away. Also my cell doesn't work a lot while I am at work. So I am obsessively checking my voicemail while at work. Does anyone know what they do if they cannot contact you by phone? Will they keep calling, leave a message, or email you?
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They will leave a voicemail and send you an email around the same time letting you know they want to interview you and asking to call them back. USF admissions office is very hands-on and efficient. 👍
 
pandulce321 said:
Does anyone know the format of the interviews at UM Boca. Is it one for an hour or 2 for 30 minutes? Do they ask the same questions as at the Miami campus? Thanks!
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Abbreviated from the itinerary sent by Agnes:

8:30 – 9:00 Meet w/Student Ambassadors
Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:50 Overview and Curriculum Presentation

10:00 – 11:00 Interview

11:00 – 12:00 Tours

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch & Tour
Boca Raton Community Hospital

1:45 Conclusion of Program/Questions & Answers
Interview Day Evaluation
 
Has anyone had a recent interview at UF, and if so how is it set up?
 
bball86 said:
Has anyone had a recent interview at UF, and if so how is it set up?
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a friend just got an interview invite today for mid nov. I don't know if it was email or phone call but I've heard Robyn usually calls people so perhaps that was the method.

I woke up to a text message from her so the call or email or whatever must have come this morning cuz just last night she was talking about not having heard from schools.

Good luck!
 
SoFlaKnight said:
Does anyone know if USF sends a wave of interview invites in one day or over the following few days...Ex.) They review packets Tuesday and call those that they're interested in the next day (Wednesday) or do they call those selected over the subsequent few days...I ask this because a buddy of mine who was complete a few days before me received an interview today and we were both told we were in the "to be reviewed for an interview" pile. Am I being overlooked for better candidates/packet swirling down the drain or am I likely just a little deeper in the stack and haven't been looked at yet (see also: have to wait another week or more)...
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When REL was director of admissions he used to call every week on a certain day of the week and offer interviews for people for the upcoming week or something like that if I recall.

I believe calls were always made on Wed. or Mon. can't remember which day but it would be for the following week or something like that.
 
mikedc813 said:
I don't think it can hurt you to do so. Keep in mind, a letter of intent means you are serious about accepting that school if you get admitted. You can't send a letter of intent to multiple schools. Schools take this seriously so don't just go sending a letter of intent to anyone just hoping you'll get in.
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Ok, so I was complete at USF and UM 10/17 and UF 10/24... still waiting on being labeled complete at FSU. So, no interview invites yet.

USF is 100% my first choice (I am from the area and really like the way their curriculum is set up), so the idea of a letter of intent really intrigues me... anyone have any advice on how I should go about doing that?? 🙂🙂
 
i wouldnt be worried about writing a letter of intent just yet.. it usually takes a couple of weeks before you hear back from a school, and youve only been complete a few days.
 
Anyone familiar with adcom voting procedures? I'm sure it more than likely varies among schools. Does one need a 2/3 majority vote for an acceptance? Do they all collectively decide upon a waitlist? I remember someone on here saying USF assigns a number to applicants on a waiting list. Just curious how the entire committee reaches conclusions for hundreds of applicants within a limited amount of time.
 
medguy83 said:
Anyone familiar with adcom voting procedures? I'm sure it more than likely varies among schools. Does one need a 2/3 majority vote for an acceptance? Do they all collectively decide upon a waitlist? I remember someone on here saying USF assigns a number to applicants on a waiting list. Just curious how the entire committee reaches conclusions for hundreds of applicants within a limited amount of time.
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Applicants who interview at USF are voted on the following Tuesday. Each applicant is presented one at a time, which as you can imagine takes several hours. Each applicant has 2 reviewers who present the applicant to the committee. They go through all aspects of the file from MCAT to letters of rec. Each committee member votes on each applicant, assigning a score of 0-5. The average score is then calculated. Thus no one vote has more value than another. There is a threshold, and if you score above that threshold you are admitted immediately. If you fall below the threshold you are waitlisted. I'm not sure if there is a minimum below which you are essentially rejected immediately. I hope this clarifies things from the USF standpoint.
 
Mike,

As long as you are on. Could you clarify how far in advance they call people for interviews? Also is this the way it was done before REL left or is this new? I'm asking because I somehow I remember that it used to be that people were called weekly for interviews where they'd be called the week before an interview but it seems to have changed this year.

If you can comment that would be great. Just asking to clarify for those who were wondering on here earlier.
 
gujuDoc said:
Mike,

As long as you are on. Could you clarify how far in advance they call people for interviews? Also is this the way it was done before REL left or is this new? I'm asking because I somehow I remember that it used to be that people were called weekly for interviews where they'd be called the week before an interview but it seems to have changed this year.

If you can comment that would be great. Just asking to clarify for those who were wondering on here earlier.
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I have no experience with the actual selection or notification of applicants of interviews, so I can't help you there. I wouldn't be surprised if things are done differently now since REL is no longer there and things are under new direction.
 
mikedc813 said:
I have no experience with the actual selection or notification of applicants of interviews, so I can't help you there. I wouldn't be surprised if things are done differently now since REL is no longer there and things are under new direction.
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Thanks for your response. 🙂
 
I'm a current graduate student at USF and also did my undergraduate there and am currently applying to USF.

So here's what happened to me:

I finished my application early but after waiting a few weeks for any news I decided to send an email to ensure that my application was complete and everything. I got an email response saying that the email was invalid ([email protected]) so I called. What do you get when you call about the status of your file, an automated telephone message telling you to email. Fortunately, in this case the email address is correct ([email protected]) and tells you to put Status in your subject line. I did email this but after two weeks never got a response.

Finally, I decided to walk to the medical campus. When I got down there and was able to talk with an admissions official I was told that my file wasn't complete. The reason being is that they did not know what category to put my five letters of recommendation. And once I explained to them what categories they go in they wanted to argue about one of them. The argument was that the professor I do research for and have been working with for 3 years is not qualified to write me a letter of recommendation as a science faculty member because I never had him teach me in a formal class. I would argue that, especially at USF where you're lucky to get any one on one time with your professor, that this professor who I've worked with on a daily basis for three years is more qualified to write a letter of recommendation than any of my formal class lecturers would be.

I was finally able to make a deal with him that if he put my file through as complete I would get another letter of recommendation. I got an email saying it was complete two days latter but have yet to get an interview.

SO, I would highly recommend having USF as a last resort because USF is full of bad communication like this, and it reaches far beyond the medical school. A school that can't even handle its admissions with skill will probably be a big frustration for the next four years.
 
I'm going to read that as "everybody withdraw from USF, I would kill to go there but I'll settle for trying to tweak everyone's nerves" 😛

Sorry that any of that happened to you, but basing your opinion of the medical school on an admissions experience is foolhardy. USF has an excellent medical school.
 
Read into that however you want. If USF is your top choice I wish you the best of luck. I personally just want to get out of Florida. USF is currently my second to last choice, last choice being UW-Madison because I was flat out rejected there. In any event, try to stay out of the University area for housing, I moved there and two months later my house was robbed.

As for USF being a good medical school. Watch out, as the budget there has been tweaked significantly. Reason being is that USF as a whole misplaced quite a lot of money. You can verify this by checking out recent articles of the USF newspaper, "the Oracle", one point in case is that they are only able to have 4 police officer's on duty at any one time (this is for one of the biggest colleges in the US). They can't keep more than that because they don't have the budget to take officer's away from working for the city of Tampa.
 
Rotinaj1985 said:
Read into that however you want. If USF is your top choice I wish you the best of luck. I personally just want to get out of Florida. USF is currently my second to last choice, last choice being UW-Madison because I was flat out rejected there. In any event, try to stay out of the University area for housing, I moved there and two months later my house was robbed.

As for USF being a good medical school. Watch out, as the budget there has been tweaked significantly. Reason being is that USF as a whole misplaced quite a lot of money. You can verify this by checking out recent articles of the USF newspaper, "the Oracle", one point in case is that they are only able to have 4 police officer's on duty at any one time (this is for one of the biggest colleges in the US). They can't keep more than that because they don't have the budget to take officer's away from working for the city of Tampa.
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Wow someone sounds bitter.

Dude get off your high horse. i can tell you of a number of other schools that ls have problems across the country. You act like USF is the only school that has a problem. However, most students I know who go there do not find such problems an love it out here.

I can understand if you like another school better then another school for a legit reason, i.e. the student body was more fitted to your personality, they were more research focused, had match lists that showed more people in your field of interest, were in a bigger more diverse city like NYC.

But to me it sounds like you hold a grudge that you didn't have a LOR requirement under their terms. Fact of the matter is if you were unsure what the rules were for LORs you should have been able to call and find out.

The email didn't work because they need to change it to remove the word lyris from it.

However, I've stated on here numerous times the number to the admissions office. If your email didn't go through perhaps you could have called or if in Tampa seen them in person. There are also a number of other people you could have talked to and emailed i.e. Dr. Stephen specter the admissions dean whose email is listed online, Dr. Williams, Dr. Koehler, Dr. Gonzalez, etc. Hell there are people on here like Mike who could have directed you into the right direction.

Things are kinda less organized at USF this year because there is a new admissions director but I highly doubt that classifies the whole medical school or even the entirety of the adcom staff.

I personally thought it has been a long known fact taht Principle investigators from research projects do not count as science letters and don't know why you thought otherwise. The point of the science faculty letter is not to say you can do research well or talk about your character but to talk about your ability to grasp tough scientific intellectual concepts in a science course. The purpose of a character letter is to talk about your research capabilities so I'm with USF and other schools that feel that way. Now a days USF undergrad has a committee anyways so that shouldn't be a big deal if you just get the big committee letter.


What does the medical school have to do with the budget of th USF police dept which is run through the main campus??

You are rather bitter about something and your post saying that Wisconsin is last choice only because they rejected you goes to show that point. Grow up some and you might get in somewhere.
 
gujuDoc said:
I personally thought it has been a long known fact taht Principle investigators from research projects do not count as science letters and don't know why you thought otherwise. The point of the science faculty letter is not to say you can do research well or talk about your character but to talk about your ability to grasp tough scientific intellectual concepts in a science course. The purpose of a character letter is to talk about your research capabilities so I'm with USF and other schools that feel that way. Now a days USF undergrad has a committee anyways so that shouldn't be a big deal if you just get the big committee letter.
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You're very defensive about USF, so I hope you get in there. Apparently I came across as very negative, what I was trying to do was give some basic facts that aren't apparent for people off campus. Now, calling on the phone was something I did, and there were problems with that too. As for the budget: the main campus' budget decides the budget for the medical school as well. You should know that. Finally, like I pointed out, someone who has known me for three years will be better able to comment on my ability to grasp "tough scientific intellectual concepts" better than someone who may or may not have noticed me out of the three hundred students in any given class at USF that met a few times a week.

Anyway, USF is going to have some problems, being able to pay their faculty as much as they could get elsewhere, building improvements to their teaching labs etc.

Finally, to comment on the communications aspect. Maybe I have high standards, but I'm not impressed with them sitting on their hands when something lands on their desk that isn't perfect. Northwestern and Harvard each had problems with a letter of recommendation that was sent to them (it wasn't on USF letterhead) but they both emailed me immediately and let me know so I can fix the problem.

Also graduate students don't get pre-medical advissory committee letters.
 
Rotinaj1985 said:
You're very defensive about USF, so I hope you get in there. Apparently I came across as very negative, what I was trying to do was give some basic facts that aren't apparent for people off campus. Now, calling on the phone was something I did, and there were problems with that too. As for the budget: the main campus' budget decides the budget for the medical school as well. You should know that. Finally, like I pointed out, someone who has known me for three years will be better able to comment on my ability to grasp "tough scientific intellectual concepts" better than someone who may or may not have noticed me out of the three hundred students in any given class at USF that met a few times a week.

Anyway, USF is going to have some problems, being able to pay their faculty as much as they could get elsewhere, building improvements to their teaching labs etc.

Finally, to comment on the communications aspect. Maybe I have high standards, but I'm not impressed with them sitting on their hands when something lands on their desk that isn't perfect. Northwestern and Harvard each had problems with a letter of recommendation that was sent to them (it wasn't on USF letterhead) but they both emailed me immediately and let me know so I can fix the problem.

Also graduate students don't get pre-medical advissory committee letters.
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I wasn't aware of that. I figured if you were a USF student you could do the whole committee thing. I'll have to look into that. If hat's the cas I'm sorry they didn't do that for you. As per the medical school, there is no doubt that there ar schools out there with far greater budgets and that there are definitely negative points about USF like there is with any other school, i.e. their lack of libraries which are open longer, their lack of student study spots compared to FSU's learning communities which are kickass, hospitals that are far away, etc.

My only point about why I got pissed with you was because a pointed out by SMT it sounded like you were saying every single person there should drop their application there because of your one or two bad experiences.

I think the major problem with why there is such bad communication this year has to do with the fact that REL left USF.

When REL was the admissions director communication was very efficient. He was the kind of person who would once said he got the secondary to someone within 6 min. of their request, and he was the kind of person who'd be calling people every week for interview invites for the following week and calling on time for acceptance notification/waitlist notification. He was also the kind of person who was very frank and transparent for 99% of the time. There was one situation where someone got royally screwed over last year but not due to him, but rather due to people on the voting portion of the committee. I think when you change administrators things like this where there are massive problems always occur.

It was the same deal for me when I was volunteering at the VA and shadowing over there. The old coordinator was really really friendly like REL and bent his back backwards and forwards to help people but then some bad politics caused him to resign and the new lady was unhelpful and changed everything around completely that I left there. I think that's the same thing that's happening right now with USF.

As per USF and me, well I like the school but if I got into Miami main campus or UCF when I apply next year then it would have to be a very hard decision as Miami is kickass and my brother will be moving back down there in March so I'd have him around and UCF looks very promising too especially with ORMC and Fl. hospital system being already established as I always mention on here, plus the fact that i have friends who live in the area and can visit their families if I were to go there. Not sure what to make of FIU'snew school. Don't think i'd have a shot at UF but my friend loves it up there and also have conflicting views about UF because they tend to have a lot higher budget yet they don't do much in the way of trying to make it easier on students through updated technology in the form of videostreaming for the kind who might get more done on their own time or need to go back to see the lecture if they missed something in class. Hell they don't even have white boards. There are just little things that conflict me about that school and freak me out esp whe I saw a friend who was so enthusiastic about it 2 years ago and is now implying a negative impression of the school after having an insiders point of view. Who knows. I guess where UF is concerned depends on the student. for my friend who went there I think it was a good choice for her but I think i'd feel out of place there. FSU I'd like with all its technological advances, friendly atmosphere, etc. if it didn't require students to go so far away for clinicals and not have a real clue where they'd be going for their clinical years since its on lottery system which I don't like. but I like their learning communities, the fact that they seem more about working together, and I kinda like how they separate out the Anat from other courses. I just wish there were better ideas towards clinicals and where one would be in 3rd and 4th year rather then random lottery system of deciding where one goes.
 
gujuDoc said:
... I just wish there were better ideas towards clinicals and where one would be in 3rd and 4th year rather then random lottery system of deciding where one goes.
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Yeah, I agree that the way they implement thier clinical years is kind of inconvenient. However, when I interviewed there a while back they told me they'll be doing away with the lottery system and students can choose where they want to attend. I think the lottery thing was used more for the first few classes due to the fact that many were married and had families. However, I still think there are only a limited number of spots for each area. I could deal with the relocation issue, it's the away rotations that would get to me. Having to traipse across the state and fight for certain rotations just to be competitive enough for residency would be a hassle.
 
medguy83 said:
Yeah, I agree that the way they implement thier clinical years is kind of inconvenient. However, when I interviewed there a while back they told me they'll be doing away with the lottery system and students can choose where they want to attend. I think the lottery thing was used more for the first few classes due to the fact that many were married and had families. However, I still think there are only a limited number of spots for each area. I could deal with the relocation issue, it's the away rotations that would get to me. Having to traipse across the state and fight for certain rotations just to be competitive enough for residency would be a hassle.
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I've yet to visit them, but it seems the only beef people have with them is the 'deportation' of their 3rd and 4th year students...other than that I hear great things...
 
Rotinaj1985 said:
Anyway, USF is going to have some problems, being able to pay their faculty as much as they could get elsewhere, building improvements to their teaching labs etc.
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I wouldn't worry too much about making improvements to USF. Take a look at the MANY new buildings going up both at TGH and at the main campus itself. We also just got a brand new student computer lab, health sciences gym, and new lounge with large flat screen tv, fridge, and leather couches. USF also plans to be the main supporter of a new hospital in Wesley Chapel.
 
mikedc813 said:
I wouldn't worry too much about making improvements to USF. Take a look at the MANY new buildings going up both at TGH and at the main campus itself. We also just got a brand new student computer lab, health sciences gym, and new lounge with large flat screen tv, fridge, and leather couches. USF also plans to be the main supporter of a new hospital in Wesley Chapel.
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Don't forget the new South Tampa Center on Davis Island and New Alzheimer's Research Center. And within the library they also renovated with new furniture and flooring on the first floor.

I think with USF their biggest down side is that TGH is on the othe side of town.
 
medguy83 said:
Yeah, I agree that the way they implement thier clinical years is kind of inconvenient. However, when I interviewed there a while back they told me they'll be doing away with the lottery system and students can choose where they want to attend. I think the lottery thing was used more for the first few classes due to the fact that many were married and had families. However, I still think there are only a limited number of spots for each area. I could deal with the relocation issue, it's the away rotations that would get to me. Having to traipse across the state and fight for certain rotations just to be competitive enough for residency would be a hassle.
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yeah that is why it sucks that not everyone can do stuff at ORMC. And now especially everyone won't be able to do ORMC due to UCF next year and years beyond. Oh well but definitely I get the impression people like FSU except for the fact that they stress primary care and the issue of where clinicals will be. But on point number one I can understand why they stress primary care as that is the reason they did start a medical school in the first place. Sadly, though, no one really wants to do primary care either cuz they find it boring or because of the pay or they do go into the fields but don't want to live in a rural area where people are without healthcare access
 
gujuDoc said:
I wasn't aware of that. I figured if you were a
I think the major problem with why there is such bad communication this year has to do with the fact that REL left USF. When REL was the admissions director communication was very efficient. He was the kind of person who would once said he got the secondary to someone within 6 min. of their request, and he was the kind of person who'd be calling people every week for interview invites for the following week and calling on time for acceptance notification/waitlist notification. He was also the kind of person who was very frank and transparent for 99% of the time. There was one situation where someone got royally screwed over last year but not due to him, but rather due to people on the voting portion of the committee. I think when you change administrators things like this where there are massive problems always occur.

Does anyone know why REL left USF?
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take the shot said:
Does anyone know why REL left USF?
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I'm sure he'll answer that at some point on here...my guess is he wanted to bring his skills to Orlando and do a just as good if not a better job at UCF's new med school...either that or UCF knew it would be a great idea to have him on board and Dr. German "made him an offer he couldn't refuse"🙂
 
SoFlaKnight said:
I'm sure he'll answer that at some point on here...my guess is he wanted to bring his skills to Orlando and do a just as good if not a better job at UCF's new med school...either that or UCF knew it would be a great idea to have him on board and Dr. German "made him an offer he couldn't refuse"🙂
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I'm going to have to assume the above to be true.
 
Will someone please post on this topic. I have been compulsively reading this thread since the beginning of the thread. I now have too much free time to ponder about my one interview and lack of responses from the majority of schools.
 
Here's a bit of news that those interested in UM might want to keep in mind: UM buys neighboring Cedars Medical Center. Technically not purchased, but they got BoT approval, which was the last major hurdle....the rest is small stuff.

Link:
http://www.med.miami.edu/news/view.asp?id=838

For those coming for an interview, this would obviously be a good topic to have some background knowledge of -- and no doubt some questions.
 
take the shot said:
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I'm with SoFlaKnight on this one. Since USF and UCF have a pretty close relationship, I'm sure UCF wanted an experienced admissions director they knew could handle the stresses of a new program. For everyone familiar with USF COM from years past, it's a given that REL was known to be the best.
 
Has anybody heard anything from UF, rejections, acceptances, or invites. I hope to be invited, but from seeing the experiences of some friends of mine, I personally am not expecting to hear anything till next year.
 
anyone waiting to hear from usf on wednesday?? it's all i can think about...😕
 
Does anyone know if USF and UM are swamped with applications or something? I was complete at UF, USF, and UM around Sept. 25th, heard from UF within 2 weeks, but still have not heard from either USF or UM. Anyone know what's going on there?
 
CGuy07 said:
Does anyone know if USF and UM are swamped with applications or something? I was complete at UF, USF, and UM around Sept. 25th, heard from UF within 2 weeks, but still have not heard from either USF or UM. Anyone know what's going on there?
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I have the same issue. I called UM last week and was told my app was complete and is still in line for future review, or something along that line. I didn't contact USF, but got an email a month or so ago telling me I was complete. I think USF is swamped with apps and is trying to get through the pile as quickly as possible; which might be a bit difficult since REL left. All I know is USF has been giving invites 2 1/2 - 3 weeks ahead of the actual interview date, so I'm chomping at the bit to hear something from them this wednesday.
Good luck to Team Zissou!:luck: Tuesday will probably inch by.
 
yea tommorow will be a long day, but luckily my class was cancelled so ill just try to sleep and make time go faster..

about UM... i havent heard nething either, maybe this week though, maybe..
 
ufgrad00 said:
Has anybody heard anything from UF, rejections, acceptances, or invites. I hope to be invited, but from seeing the experiences of some friends of mine, I personally am not expecting to hear anything till next year.
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Greetings. I have a close friend who was recently rejected pre-interview (post-secondary) from UF, so they are moving along with their applications. I have had an interview earlier this cycle, and they told us that they hold off on most decisions until December and April to make sure they give fair consideration to those who submitted their application later in the cycle (i.e. November as opposed to August). They just try to be as fair as possible, just like most other schools, although they do give some acceptances (I have heard 15-20 as the number from the past) on October 15/16. But I was incredibly impressed with everything at the school, and have nothing but good things to say. I hope this helps you out ufgrad00, and to all those who are anxiously waiting. And good luck!
 
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