Florida schools application thread part 2

[gujuDoc]

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I was a little torn at first, due to some family issues, but I loved USF and liked FSU...so I'm 99.9% sure I'll be going to USF in the fall, unless something drastic changes between now and April.

Well good luck with your decision.

 

[75969]

To 1-accept away,

If he said June then you are either at the bottom of top tier or the top of middle tier waitlist positions.

You are not necessarily bottom 1st tier or top 2nd tier...

When I got the call, I was told 'top of top tier' and he is saying mid-summer/ late june....so he might be telling everyone this same time frame...or using this as the starting point of the time frame (in order to not under guess the time frame when you may be accepted). Also, the January MCAT might be allowing them to interview later? G'luck to everyone else waiting for a call!

 

[BrownianMotion]

anyone know the email addy for miami or dr hinkly?

 

[purometal]

Does anyone know if U miami sends out pre-interview rejections? I have been complete for several months and haven't heard a word

 

[greg1184]

Does anyone know if U miami sends out pre-interview rejections? I have been complete for several months and haven't heard a word

CALL THEM and find out your status. Sitting there and waiting will not help you. From what someone told me, now there are two piles. Ones that will be rejected, and ones that may get an interview. I am not 100% sure. I interviewed in Feb 5 and I find out on the 21st if I am accepted.

 

[purometal]

I called them and someone told me that the committee reviewed my application and put me on "hold." But I would like to know if people actually have been getting rejections lately or they just wait until april or so to send them.

 

[gujuDoc]

You are not necessarily bottom 1st tier or top 2nd tier...

When I got the call, I was told 'top of top tier' and he is saying mid-summer/ late june....so he might be telling everyone this same time frame...or using this as the starting point of the time frame (in order to not under guess the time frame when you may be accepted). Also, the January MCAT might be allowing them to interview later? G'luck to everyone else waiting for a call!

Not necessarily always true. Depending on when people drop multiple acceptances, sometimes the earliest as early as late March or April. Mid May is however near the top. That's correct because multiple acceptance drop date is May 15th on the dot. So that makes sense. Late June however is usually a sign that you are not at the top of the list but yet not in a position of being SOL either. That's what I saw with past applicants anyways. I guess it just depends.

 

[gujuDoc]

You are not necessarily bottom 1st tier or top 2nd tier...

When I got the call, I was told 'top of top tier' and he is saying mid-summer/ late june....so he might be telling everyone this same time frame...or using this as the starting point of the time frame (in order to not under guess the time frame when you may be accepted). Also, the January MCAT might be allowing them to interview later? G'luck to everyone else waiting for a call!

Also if you read carefully, you'd see the other person said mid summer/late June. That's not defined as Mid May.

Mid May is the beginning of the summer season. When they said late June, I figured they could have meant like the very end of June coming towards July. And when they said mi summer I was assuming June to July not May because May is beginning of summer.

That said, the poster who I was responding to talked to me in PM and I won't say anything here because they requested. Just know they clarified more since that intial post. But the above paragraph explains what I was assuming they meant by mid summer and late june.

 

[QofQuimica]

Wow, I've missed an awful lot of the goings-on in the FL thread. Lifetime, WTG with the interviews! I'm really happy for you! I saw where you'd said that you were worried that mentioning your partner would be perceived as a negative, and if that's true, it's incredibly ridiculous. You have been in your relationship far longer than many marriages last. Not that I'd know anything about that. 😳

Anyway, best of luck with your interviews, and I'm pulling for you to get in this year.

Hope all of the rest of your FL thread folks are doing well. I'll have to remember to stop by here more often. 😛

 

[DrZeke]

anyone know the email addy for miami or dr hinkly?

[email protected]

is where I was sending emails and getting replies from. Good luck to you! I know Hinkley is really busy right now, but I'm just if it's important he or Agnes will get back to you 🙂

 

[75969]

Also if you read carefully, you'd see the other person said mid summer/late June. That's not defined as Mid May.

Mid May is the beginning of the summer season. When they said late June, I figured they could have meant like the very end of June coming towards July. And when they said mi summer I was assuming June to July not May because May is beginning of summer.

That said, the poster who I was responding to talked to me in PM and I won't say anything here because they requested. Just know they clarified more since that intial post. But the above paragraph explains what I was assuming they meant by mid summer and late june.

It wasnt an attack on you my dear 🙂 Just an effort to clarify incase my info could have helped anyone in their thought process.

 

[greg1184]

[email protected]

is where I was sending emails and getting replies from. Good luck to you! I know Hinkley is really busy right now, but I'm just if it's important he or Agnes will get back to you 🙂

Agnes is awesome. Such a nice person! Dr. Hinkley is great too. How many schools do you have med students hanging out in the admissions office talking to Hinkley and company?

 

[McMD]

Agnes is awesome. Such a nice person! Dr. Hinkley is great too. How many schools do you have med students hanging out in the admissions office talking to Hinkley and company?

On Wednesday, I hung out in the admissions office and was asked if I was a "student ambassador"....haha..NO...we are there for the donuts!!...kidding, we all love talking to interviewees and telling you guys about the school, and Dr. H is THE MAN!..he's so funny. I'm pretty positiive that more students would stop by or have lunch with the interviewees if it were advertised to us...we are actually there on our own will, no-one emails us to tell us the interview dates or anything, we just stop in to see if there are interviews that day.

I do love UMiami, and the comraderie here is probably unparalleled. Groups of people are always doing something and always inviting everyone-so there is plenty of opportunity to hang out away from school. Also, I feel like our student population is a really diverse group and everyone is extremely accepting of you...I'm young and married and obviously in the minority, but I feel that everyone in the class is very accepting, always asking about my husband and how he's doing, etc...and I still party with everyone else and feel like I "fit-in," we also have young, single mothers who everyone is accepting of (we had a "Kids and Cocktails" party for one little girl's birthday), and we have people in same-sex relationships who bring their partners out and everyone is extremely accepting of them. Anyways, I love the students at UMiami probably the most...I didn't mean to "stereotype" people above, I just wanted to emphasize my point on everyone being extremely accepting of different backgrounds. 🙂

 

[DrZeke]

On Wednesday, I hung out in the admissions office and was asked if I was a "student ambassador"....haha..NO...we are there for the donuts!!...kidding, we all love talking to interviewees and telling you guys about the school, and Dr. H is THE MAN!..he's so funny. I'm pretty positiive that more students would stop by or have lunch with the interviewees if it were advertised to us...we are actually there on our own will, no-one emails us to tell us the interview dates or anything, we just stop in to see if there are interviews that day.

I do love UMiami, and the comraderie here is probably unparalleled. Groups of people are always doing something and always inviting everyone-so there is plenty of opportunity to hang out away from school. Also, I feel like our student population is a really diverse group and everyone is extremely accepting of you...I'm young and married and obviously in the minority, but I feel that everyone in the class is very accepting, always asking about my husband and how he's doing, etc...and I still party with everyone else and feel like I "fit-in," we also have young, single mothers who everyone is accepting of (we had a "Kids and Cocktails" party for one little girl's birthday), and we have people in same-sex relationships who bring their partners out and everyone is extremely accepting of them. Anyways, I love the students at UMiami probably the most...I didn't mean to "stereotype" people above, I just wanted to emphasize my point on everyone being extremely accepting of different backgrounds. 🙂

Stop it...I'm drooling 🙁

 

[McMD]

DrZeke, if I worked in the admissions office, I'd probably hand-give you your admission cuz I'd be so excited FOR you! haha.

 

[karmega5]

I feel kinda evil posting info, but I talked to someone at FSU that said they've only offered about 70 acceptances so far, and they expect a good chunk of those to accept elsewhere. The person kept saying that there are a lot of interviews and acceptances left, so it isn't panic time yet. Their adcom meets Wednesday nights, and acceptances get a call the next day, wait-listers and rejections get an e-mail.
Hope this helps someone.

 

[DrZeke]

DrZeke, if I worked in the admissions office, I'd probably hand-give you your admission cuz I'd be so excited FOR you! haha.

Sweet. If I get an acceptance you should call me on conference with Dr. Hinkley !! 🙂

 

[lost cause]

Just wondering did anybody get into all the florida schools? And how were you deciding on which school to attend? And if not, how would you decide if you faced this decision?

 

[docG2383]

are they call email or snail???thanks

 

[facewait]

UF is call, Miami is email, not sure about the others bc they hate on me

 

[Soccer885]

are they call email or snail???thanks

FSU and USF both call for invites.

 

[Jack Swift]

I called them and someone told me that the committee reviewed my application and put me on "hold." But I would like to know if people actually have been getting rejections lately or they just wait until april or so to send them.

I havent got a rejection yet, but I remember calling them a few weeks ago and specifically asking them if they continuously send rejections or wait until the end to send rejections. They told me they continuously send out rejections. I dont want to get your (or my) hopes up but not getting a rejection in the mail yet is a good thing I guess. You have to wait around and scratch your ass until April. good luck

 

[bball25]

Hey guys!! Just got my acceptance from FSU😀 . I hear from USF and UF this week also so I'm keeping all of my fingers crossed😛 . Not sure exacly where I wanna go yet though. Good luck to all of those still waiting to hear back from the adcoms

 

[karmega5]

Just got call for first interview...at FSU! Can't...stop...jumping! Anyone else interviewing there soon?

 

[DReject]

Congrats on the FSU interview!!

 

[karmega5]

Thanks! I just finished going through all the interview feedback stuff- now I need to go figure out what to wear! I'm such a girl!

 

[DReject]

just out of curiosity, when were you complete?

 

[karmega5]

Complete in (Yikes) January.....

 

[McMD]

Congrats to everyone with acceptances and invites...looks like the FSU ball is rolling this week. FSU is my alma-mater, I absolutely LOVEEEEDDDD it there!! I interviewed/accepted there last year and I had the absolute hardest time turning down the acceptance, I thought the school was nothing short of amazing.

Facewait, looks like I'll be seeing you next year. Let me know if you have any questions like..."who do I call to get my name on a waiting list for a parking pass for next year?"...haha...I had a million of these questions! 😳)

 

[LifetimeDoc]

[email protected]

is where I was sending emails and getting replies from. Good luck to you! I know Hinkley is really busy right now, but I'm just if it's important he or Agnes will get back to you 🙂

I sent an email to that address, and was told my application was still with the committee. Any hope for an interview?

 

[DrZeke]

I sent an email to that address, and was told my application was still with the committee. Any hope for an interview?

Hmm...I was at the admissions office the other day and I could tell that they are still scheduling interviews, but who knows how they are doing it. Maybe one of the current miami students could offer some insight...

McMD, I keep expecting to run into you on campus.

 

[McMD]

Hmm...I was at the admissions office the other day and I could tell that they are still scheduling interviews, but who knows how they are doing it. Maybe one of the current miami students could offer some insight...

McMD, I keep expecting to run into you on campus.

DrZeke, I've been skipping school these days...some of our lecturers currently are either slow, so I watch them with enounce online at 2ce the speed (and save LOTS of time doing that), or some of them basically give us all the info we need on their handouts, which they then "read to us" during the lecture, so if I skip the lecture and read it myself, I save time and a painfully boring lecture in doing so. You quickly learn your best method of studying and around exams, sometimes it's more efficient to skip school to study than it is to actually go. I'm here today and tomorrow...probably some days next week as well though!

 

[DrZeke]

DrZeke, I've been skipping school these days...some of our lecturers currently are either slow, so I watch them with enounce online at 2ce the speed (and save LOTS of time doing that), or some of them basically give us all the info we need on their handouts, which they then "read to us" during the lecture, so if I skip the lecture and read it myself, I save time and a painfully boring lecture in doing so. You quickly learn your best method of studying and around exams, sometimes it's more efficient to skip school to study than it is to actually go. I'm here today and tomorrow...probably some days next week as well though!

I'm there tomorrow too...hmmm...P-A-R-T-Y?! Because I gotta!!!! LOL

I feel you on the skippage, I totally did that during undergrad. And voila, I became an A- student...looks like sometimes you are better off learning it on your own time. Class is for sleeping.

 

[gujuDoc]

Hey guys!! Just got my acceptance from FSU😀 . I hear from USF and UF this week also so I'm keeping all of my fingers crossed😛 . Not sure exacly where I wanna go yet though. Good luck to all of those still waiting to hear back from the adcoms

Did you end up finding out about USF or UF???

 

[karmega5]

Hey guys!! Just got my acceptance from FSU😀 . I hear from USF and UF this week also so I'm keeping all of my fingers crossed😛 . Not sure exacly where I wanna go yet though. Good luck to all of those still waiting to hear back from the adcoms

What an eventful week. I don't think my poor little heart could take it. Best of luck, tho!

 

[McMD]

I feel like that was from "Night of the Roxbury"...maybe not (your quote). Tomorrow, you can find me in the parking garage, next to my broken down pathetic car because it broke on me today and is now stranded in the garage. 🙁 I think the battery is dead-someone from class is changing it tomorrow. See the comraderie from our class??...haha.

 

[bball25]

Did you end up finding out about USF or UF???

I got a call from REL basically saying that I'm at the top of the waitlist and should have no prob getting in once it starts moving 😳 ...which in my opinion sucks because I felt my day went great there. I find out about UF tomorrow 👍 I loved this school so I really hope I get in!!😍 Well as always goodluck everyone.

 

[heathen]

UF Acceptance 😍

I'm done!!! (for the next 6 months...)

 

[bball25]

UF Acceptance 😍

I'm done!!! (for the next 6 months...)

How did you find out?

 

[heathen]

How did you find out?

One of my interviewers emailed me on Wednesday. The official acceptance is coming by snail mail and as of Thursday I still haven't received it. I'll take his word though 🙂

 

[DrZeke]

I feel like that was from "Night of the Roxbury"...maybe not (your quote). Tomorrow, you can find me in the parking garage, next to my broken down pathetic car because it broke on me today and is now stranded in the garage. 🙁 I think the battery is dead-someone from class is changing it tomorrow. See the comraderie from our class??...haha.

Which one? I park under the gym. Trying to lose a few thousand lbs.

Sorry to hear about your car 🙁

 

[gadiel]

I have read many of the posts regarding interviews and waitlists... However I am curious about the interview/acceptance rate for USF. I have an interview on March 19, and I am assuming that must be one of the last interview Mondays. 🙁

 

[DrZeke]

I have read many of the posts regarding interviews and waitlists... However I am curious about the interview/acceptance rate for USF. I have an interview on March 19, and I am assuming that must be one of the last interview Mondays. 🙁

If you look back a few pages, I believe that GujuDoc addressed some of these concerns. In summary, even if you interview the last day at USF, you are still interviewing for an outright (no waitlist) seat in the class. This has happened to people who interviewed last year, so no worries.

Also, I believe their acceptance rate is AT LEAST 50% (I remember hearing 60%) once you get an interview. This includes people taken from the waitlist too.

Good luck at your interview. Just prepare and have a good time 🙂

 

[deuist]

I feel like that was from "Night of the Roxbury"...maybe not (your quote). Tomorrow, you can find me in the parking garage, next to my broken down pathetic car because it broke on me today and is now stranded in the garage. I think the battery is dead-someone from class is changing it tomorrow. See the comraderie from our class??...haha.

When I interviewed at Miami, my car also broke down in the garage. While I was waiting for AAA to arrive, I started walking around the campus to see what was in the area. Since I was in a suit, several patients (or their family members) stopped me to ask for directions to various clinics. Naturally, they were all Hispanic and spoke no English. I don't speak Spanish and couldn't communicate to them that I didn't know where each building is located. Eventually I would point into the distance and the patient would happily begin walking in that direction. I then ran away back to my car to await the mechanic's arrival.

 

[Soccer885]

If you look back a few pages, I believe that GujuDoc addressed some of these concerns. In summary, even if you interview the last day at USF, you are still interviewing for an outright (no waitlist) seat in the class. This has happened to people who interviewed last year, so no worries.

Also, I believe their acceptance rate is AT LEAST 50% (I remember hearing 60%) once you get an interview. This includes people taken from the waitlist too.

Good luck at your interview. Just prepare and have a good time 🙂

Is that true? I have an interview Monday at USF and am extremely nervous. I would love to go there. The percentages seem really high, but I would love it if it were true. Can anyone back this up?

 

[LifetimeDoc]

Just got back from my first interview, at FSU. I love the school and program, and hope to have it as a option for 2007. I was really nervous during the interviews, but hopefully the interviewer understood. The other interviewees seemed nice as well as the 1st and 2nd year med students we spoke to.

I'm hoping to be more relaxed and confident at the USF interview on Monday to allow me to open up more and get across my passion for medicine.

Good luck to everyone this season!

 

[McMD]

When I interviewed at Miami, my car also broke down in the garage. While I was waiting for AAA to arrive, I started walking around the campus to see what was in the area. Since I was in a suit, several patients (or their family members) stopped me to ask for directions to various clinics. Naturally, they were all Hispanic and spoke no English. I don't speak Spanish and couldn't communicate to them that I didn't know where each building is located. Eventually I would point into the distance and the patient would happily begin walking in that direction. I then ran away back to my car to await the mechanic's arrival.

....I was waiting for the..."and this is furthermore why I decided to go to Boca" either bc of the language barrier or because you didn't want to see these misguided patients for a few more years. haha. Too Funny!!! Good news-my car is fixed...amazing!! I'm not stuck on campus any longer...thank goodness!!!

P.S. Dr. Zeke, I park at the McDonald's parking lot...I was going to switch garages, but I figured even if I parked there, I would still not be motivated enough to get my fat-ass to the gym. haha. (I use "fat ass" loosely)....also, you have to cross a scary/busy street, and I've always been afraid of that, especially in Miami-and this is the reason, I live directly on the other side of A1A from the Beach and have only been once, bc I don't like crossing streets!!

 

[McMD]

Just got back from my first interview, at FSU. I love the school and program, and here to have it as a option for 2007. I was really nervous during the interviews, but hopefully the interviewer understood. The other interviewees seemed nice as well as the 1st and 2nd year med students we spoke to.

I'm hoping to be more relaxed and confident at the USF interview on Monday to allow me to open up more and get across my passion for medicine.

Good luck to everyone this season!

Was this your first interview? (sorry, haven't kept track of everyone)....if so, it's completely normal to be nervous on your first and them calm down more for your 2nd (ie. USF on Monday)....so don't fret. I was strangely nervous for FSU's interview (my first, and also my alma mater)-and then strangely laidback (probably TOO laidback) for subsequent interviews...but I think the adcoms completely understand your anxiety-so don't worry...plus Tallahassee and FSUCOM in particular is full of laid-back, down to earth "folks" who see past all of that. 🙂 I heart FSU. :😍:

 

[McMD]

Was this your first interview? (sorry, haven't kept track of everyone)....if so, it's completely normal to be nervous on your first and them calm down more for your 2nd (ie. USF on Monday)....so don't fret. I was strangely nervous for FSU's interview (my first, and also my alma mater)-and then strangely laidback (probably TOO laidback) for subsequent interviews...but I think the adcoms completely understand your anxiety-so don't worry...plus Tallahassee and FSUCOM in particular is full of laid-back, down to earth "folks" who see past all of that. 🙂 I heart FSU. :😍:

Deuist...I'm pretty stoked that you'll be in Miami next year, perhaps I'll meet you, you're kinda famous. 🙂

 

[gujuDoc]

Is that true? I have an interview Monday at USF and am extremely nervous. I would love to go there. The percentages seem really high, but I would love it if it were true. Can anyone back this up?

I don't know much about the calculations of overall percentages, but it could make sense based on the following:

As per Mr. Larkin's own words: 50% of the class at USF COM is taken off a waitlist each year for the most part. That means almost each year nearly 60 students are taken off a waitlist. This happen because of he numberof people with multipe acceptances who choose to go to a more ranked school or a school that gives them money (i.e. scholarships) or another school in general-whatever that reason may be.

Also, USF rarely out right rejects an interviewee. Thy wil put them on the waitlist if they don't know whether they want to accept them flat out right away. So don't sweat it. Don't be nervous. Good luck!!!