Really? Can you elaborate?
I actually didn't see the new MCAT until you said something...I'm not quite sure.
Jalby has a special....erm.... realationship with Georgetown... I would advise you to look up his most popular thread.
? I forgot which admissions staff said that to its applicants
Definitely no correlation between which schools SDN members dislike and which schools remind applicants the internet liesThen again... they're probably just rumors cuz u DEFINITELY can't trust what you read on the internet right
Not 1,500 words lol
Would you care to elaborate what that means? Or might it be an issue of sour grapes? So to all those who have successfully gone through the GEMS Program, should we believe that they have not been treated as human beings?
It says on the website (in the FAQs) that they will be reviewing apps around march 20 and after....so I guess we can expect after that?
I think the negativity arises from folks who have a degree of entitlement. Short of calling them narccissits for I have read that this Program has been in existence for 40+ years. Can we therefore assume that in those 40+ years, all has been abyss? Not really! Does the GEMS Program admit students every year? It surely does. So the logic that the admissions is a mess, is surely an assumption, for how do those admitted students get in? I have faced my own issues during my academic life, and I have blamed anybody whom I can except myself, but when I make a thorough self evaluation, most often times it is me who screwed up. For instance, they'd ask for most current recommendation letters, I was busy submitting a letter from 2-4 years ago. A LOR from your science professor, here I am submitting a letter from a Lab. Tech or a History professor, or a Medical doctor I shadowed, thinking that it'd be more relevant. How does an MD know my cognitive abilities?Has anyone submitted yet? I will probably do so in the next week or so. Some essays were longer than others. I've heard nothing but good things from GEMS students on these forums...so not sure why all the negativity is on this feed! Good luck to you all
I present to you the most current contract for the current GEMS class of 2016-2017 and their academic performance criteria for 2016. I have had enough interaction with the current GEMS and former GEMS student to base my discussion on some kind of inside knowledge; in short, I have done my homework to make and informed decision with facts rather than hearsay, for I was one of those students who used to base my criticism of Programs based on hearsay versus facts. As you can see, in the Program letter of understanding, part 3 doesn't guarantee you of being admitted into the GUSOM, however, statistics and facts do not lie! All the students that I have had time to talk to, told me that passing the three medical school modules with an 80% and above guarantees you admission (as long as you DO NOT screw up in other areas such as professionalism, and on the interview! ) In fact, there are students who have scored in high 70's who have also been admitted to the SOM. Can you kindly present any documented facts that state otherwise?
So I submitted my app this past weekend but I'm still waiting on a LOR. Do you think he/she will still be able to submit it???? Looks like the majority waited to get their LORs before submitting.
Stay on her! I had to contact mine via facebook to get a hold of her.
