Hi guys,
I got accepted into the SMP! But... I'm a bit confused whether I'm totally in or if its tentative. It says I've gotten accepted, but that they need to finalize checking through my credentials or something along those lines and that an official acceptance will be sent a few weeks later. Does this mean I'm in or not?
Thanks, sort of worried.
You are in! Essentially what happens is that first the SMP program admits you, and then the Graduate school itself has to admit you. If you've gotten that e-mail that means that the SMP has accepted you, but you have to wait for the Graduate school to "officially" accept you. Now, if you have above a 3.0, then I've been told the graduate school always accepts you if the SMP says so. If you have below a 3.0 then the SMP has to file a petition on your behalf with the graduate school which I've also heard works all the time, but it isn't a for sure thing since the graduate school could say no.
I'm assuming that if you got in and didn't hear from Dr. Mulroney, that you have above a 3.0 cumulative and you are in! Congratulations!
Also, another question for whoever can answer this. So do the SMP students take 6 medical school courses alongside the med students?
That's what it says in the website, but it doesn't seem logical.
"The SMP will continue to have our students take a major portion of the M1 basic science curriculum with the medical students. "
I really hope that is not the case and instead it is the same class, by the same professor, but at different times.
I just wanted to clarify this once and for all. I was under the impression that the classes were separate but then I could not find anything to confirm that.
I would appreciate it if anyone could answer this question.
You absolutely take the classes sitting right next to the medical students, that is what makes the Georgetown SMP so special, and is why all of the SMPs that have cropped up recently are modeling themselves after Georgetown.
I was just thinking if it was the same class then there is 180 SMP students, 180 med students, 40 gems students = 400 students.
It would be detrimental to the med students who probably wouldn't know about this before going to georgetown because they would get less one on one attention.
Also, if the tuition is 40k I really hope that the classes be for those students alone. If not, what is this money going towards?
Classes that are too big are just not as effective and would probably hurt everyone involved. It wouldn't be that difficult to get 6 professors to teach an extra 3 hours a week.
That's just my opinion and I wanted to verify if georgetown is putting two large programs (medical + smp) in the same classroom.
I know you haven't had graduate school yet, but honestly you really don't have to worry about it. First off, if you are relying on teacher attention in medical school you are in big trouble, as there is just too much material. Secondly, the reason that the SMP is looked at so favorably by medical school admission committees is BECAUSE you sit next to the medical students. If you took the same class later it doesn't carry the same weight. Medical school admissions committees rely on knowing that your grades are as close as possible to what it would be if you were in fact in medical school.
The classes are plenty effective this way, and I promise you won't feel neglected. Unless you can only learn in a class of twenty students, but then there aren't any programs like that. (Some have 25 SMP students, but they also sit with the med students...)
Also, not that it matters, but all 400 students are NEVER there. By the time you subtract the people who never come to class and those who just happen to be gone that day, I'd say there is normally 150 to 200 students in the classroom. Based on the iClicker responses, the most I've ever seen clock in was just under 150, so take that for what its worth!
If there's any other late applicants reading this thread, the deadline has been extended to May 18th (they take supplemental materials after the deadline).
