Howard, where are you?

[Gamble]

so 2 months after mailing my application for Howard (09/27) and not getting a complete confirmation email, I decided to call the admission office and found out my application was somehow misplaced and never entered into the system. It is 01/24 now, and I haven't heard anything. Is there any person I can email, or write to, in order to reiterate my strong interest in Howard? I have already called the office numerous times in vain. Is there any other way to express your interest to Howard?

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[jsnuka]

Go back to the email with the supplemental application instructions in it. Let me see if I can pull it up for you.

 

[jsnuka]

OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS
(PLEASE PRINT AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.)

Thank you for applying to Howard University College of Medicine for the class
entering July 2007.

WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING VIA EMAIL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. IN ORDER TO ENSURE
YOU RECEIVE ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION, YOU MAY WANT TO LOWER THE LEVEL OF YOUR
SPAM FILTERS AND POP-UP BLOCKERS. PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS WEEKLY.

We invite you to submit the following documentation in support of your
application. Secondary applications must be received no later than January 15,
2007.

Required: SECONDARY APPLICATION (DUE DATE 1/15/07)

Please download the secondary application by visiting
http://www.med.howard.edu/. You will see the link to the secondary application
(Acrobat Reader required)) at the bottom of the page. The file posted on the
website is capable of being printed through the Adobe Acrobat program.
Applicants must download the program from the Adobe site for which a link has
been provided next to the link for the application.

PLEASE NOTE: AS YOU PRINT OUT YOUR SECONDARY, THERE MAY BE TWO BLANK PAGES –
PLEASE IGNORE. THESE ARE TO SEPARATE THE SECONDARY FROM THE APPLICATION CONTROL
FEE FORM.

We suggest that you save the secondary application; you may type or print
directly on the document. One additional page may be added if necessary. The
secondary should be mailed to use along with the $45 money order.

If you have problems with the secondary, please email [email protected] and the
secondary will be emailed to you.

We must receive a photo. Staple your photo on the secondary application.

We will acknowledge receipt of your secondary application within 30 business
days of receipt. If you have not received an email confirming that we have
received your secondary and fee within 45 days, you may call us at 202-806-6279
on Monday or Friday afternoons

Required: SECONDARY APPLICATION FEE:

You must submit the fee of $45.00 by MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER'S CHECK with the
secondary application. Howard University does NOT accept the AMCAS waiver. If
you send a personal check, your secondary application will not be reviewed.

Required: LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

You must submit either: a health professions committee letter of evaluation, or
two (2) letters of evaluation from science professors. We encourage the use of
Virtual Evaluations or Interfolio if these options are available to you. Due to
the crush of recommendations, we do not verify receipt of recommendations.
However, we will verify your recommendations have been received, once you have
invited for an interview.

ABOUT HUCOM NTERVIEWS:

We will review application materials and will invite applicants for interviews
by email only. You will be given an option of four dates - usually Tuesdays and
Wednesdays.

Interviews will take place from late September through April 2007 or until the
class is filled.

Your application will “go to committee” when you have completed your interview
and your file is complete.

YOUR FILE IS COMPLETE WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED:

1. Your official AMCAS application (You must confirm with AMCAS that your
application is complete and that has been sent to your designated schools.)
2. Your secondary application form.
3. Your secondary application fee (Money orders or cashier's orders only). No
Personal Checks!
4. (2) Letters of recommendation from science professors or (1) premedical
advisory committee letter.
5. A completed interview.

IN ADDITION:

We will be sending out interim email to all applicants not selected for
interview by April. Final letters are mailed in June.

Your interest in Howard is most appreciated.
We appreciate your patience as we review applications.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing address: Howard University College of Medicine
Office of Admissions, Room 2310
520 W Street, NW
Washington DC 20059

Phone number: (202) 806-6279 (Monday & Fridays 1 – 4 p.m. EST)

STAFF:

Judith M. Walk Director of Admissions [email protected]
Ann Finney Admissions Officer [email protected]
Sandra Humphrey Admissions Secretary [email protected]

Dawn Cannon, M.D. Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs


Good luck!!!!!

Let us know how it goes for you and if you are able to get a solid answer on things.

 

[zookeeper]

I just interviewed at Howard. I was vey impressed. The director of admissions would be a good person to talk too (Ms. Walk). She's cool. But she said that it is best to call Monday or Friday mornings.

 

[sassykru]

This bothers me because everyone always talks about how slow Howard is and in a sense, how careless they are. But its annoying how they're not very responsive to applicant inquiries. I sent in my secondary app a while back and I've not even gotten an e-mail to say that they recieved my app., let alone whether or not it's complete. I called and the lady was like ..."You'll get an e-mail when we have everything." How hard can it be to put an applicant info into a comp and when they call at least you can go in there and say "oh yeah we have you app". This is our future and they're playing with it like it's some sort of a gamble. Ridiculously sad.

 

[jsnuka]

This bothers me because everyone always talks about how slow Howard is and in a sense, how careless they are. But its annoying how they're not very responsive to applicant inquiries. I sent in my secondary app a while back and I've not even gotten an e-mail to say that they recieved my app., let alone whether or not it's complete. I called and the lady was like ..."You'll get an e-mail when we have everything." How hard can it be to put an applicant info into a comp and when they call at least you can go in there and say "oh yeah we have you app". This is our future and they're playing with it like it's some sort of a gamble. Ridiculously sad.

I do not know if this is still true, but facility wise and staff wise, the admissions office is not what it should be and thus the staff that is there is SEVERELY overtaxed. Maybe there are some procedures coming in the future to square away this concern. Hopefully so.