Kim,
I applied to Western and Touro and I am waitlisted at both. Western's waitlist is unranked (in that they do not tell you your position on the waitlist) and Touro's waitlist has three levels; high, medium, and low (I am on the low waitlist
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My opinion on what it takes to get in to school changes depending on the mood i am in, but in my opinion DO schools do make a strong attempt to consider many aspects of an applicant's file. I know that at both Western and Touro their respective directors of admissions personally read through each and every persons application; I have no clue whether or not they use GPAs and MCAT scores to divide applications into piles which are read in a specific order, but I would be willing to bet that a strong personal statement and significant extra curriculars and experiences will get you that much closer to secondaries.
Congratulations on getting through the MCAT... several of my friends and my sister did the same and that awful test is nothing to sneeze at... At times I too feel that I lack patience, but the application process will quickly humble you in that respect, otherwise you will go crazy! My primary application was done in June, my secondaries were done before July, but I did not interview until January and March... Here we are almost a year later and still I wait... In the omniscient words of Dr. Drew and Adam Corrola...,"Good Times!"
Slickness,
As Ca$h MaNi said, you could see secondaries as quickly as two weeks post application... Unless I am mistaken if you apply to Johns Hopkins you can have your secondary the same day in that it is available online. With respect to Touro and Western, they are really good about being timely with secondaries... It is awesome that you are so on the ball and hopefully you will be rewarded with a nice early pre-christmas acceptance! I thought I read in a previous thread that your top schools of choice are Western, Touro, and AZCOM... I recommend that you research the possibility of early admission... At Western in order to qualify for early admission you must have a 3.3/27, must have your primary completely completed ASAP, have your secondary done shortly afterwards, and be willing to only hold an application with them until September-ish... Quite a number of hoops to jump through, but if you know that Western is your first choice, then why not go gung ho and get a decision from them ASAP?? Best case you are in medical school in September, worst case, your primary is a smidge late to other schools, but most definitely still in the running. Touro's early admit program is basically the same except on fairly major difference... E-mail me if you don't already know what that difference is!
I am back in Northern California from Western's Osteopathic Awareness conference and Susan Hanson couldnt stess enough about the importance of ASAP, so go out and do your damn thing and you all will do fine!!!
Brian Enriquez
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Don't worry, Brian, I'll PM you.
