Great! What other programs are you applying to?
I'm applying to Drexel's DPMS and OSU's MEDPATH
Hey, You're not alone. What other programs are you applying to?
I'm still working on mine. I feel so burnt-out.
I do not think they have started sending out interview invite since it is not rolling admission and the deadline is march 31. I turned my app in late January, also applied to Hopkins and Cornell
yea, I received the email somewhere around first week of February.
I got that email.
Got that email as well. But my recommenders already submitted their letters and my app says "complete" so I wouldn't worry. And no, I did not send in official transcript because everything was uploaded via AMCAS.
Hey Medgal,
You write down your professors' email address on the recommender section (must be from .edu and who taught you in a science lecture based course) and they will automatically send a rec letter request to your professor. Then your professor submits his/her letter according to the instruction given by the app.
Not a problem I definitely remember being in your shoes and checking SDN religiously lol. I thought the GEMS program was phenomenal. It helped me learn who I was as a student and gave me the time to figure out what academic adjustments I needed to make in order to be successful. What I specifically mean is I learned that I was not a very good test taker. I learned strategies which I could apply to exams. I also learned what my study style was. Auditory, visual or both and group study versus independently studying. I'm also going to be very honest, the program is tough. You will be taking medical school classes and they are rigorously paced but if you figure out what works for you early on you will be successful. Also the program builds your confidence as a student so when you leave the program you will fill confident that you can handle a medical school curriculum. Also I'm not too sure about when I heard for interviews. Are you local or out of the area?
No Problem. I am wondering, if the interview day is really next monday. The application hasn't closed yet and they still need to review all applications and because they get some many applications they need that time to review them all because they don't do rolling admissions. In short, you still have time.That's awesome! Basically everything you said is why I think this program would be a really great opportunity. But I know it won't be easy! I live in Louisiana. Thanks again for your insight
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Hi! Thank you for coming into SDN to give us insights. Are there students who did GEMS and matriculate into Georgetown SOM who don't have to take the first year classes that they already took? I'm curious how many students actually get "permission" to not repeat those classes, and what is like the required grade you have to get? And up to how many classes are they exempted from? So is it possible for GEMS students who do well actually start as second year medical students? Thanks and congratulations!
Yes you can get exempted from taking the classes that were taken in the GEMS year. Most students do. I'm not sure of the required grade but I assume if it was good enough for you to matriculate in the medical school it has to be good enough for an exemption. There 3 course that you can be exempted from. What do you mean by "start second year"?
Well I guess I'm just ignorant bc I'm not in med school yet, so I assumed that if you get exempted of your first year med school classes, you "move up" a year. haha. I guess if you get exemption of up to 3 classes, you have to either fill them up with electives, or you just have less burden in your first year than your peers?
I wasn't sure what you were asking. Now I do lol. You have less of a burden in your first year when you are exempted. For instance, I used that time to shadow.
