Is the "guaranteed interview" for these programs for the very next year?

[Habeed]

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I just got a green light from Tufts, and I expect to hear back from Drexel, Rosalind Franklin, and NYMC soon. All of these programs offer a "guaranteed interview" if you do well in the program : but is that interview for the SAME year or the following year?

Take Tufts, for instance. Suppose I submit my AMCAS application for Tufts for the 2009 entering class, and I start their MBS program this August. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that I totally ace the program and have the highest scores of any student at the medical school. Will I be able to use this information to help make the case when Tufts reviews my application for medical school for the 2009 class? Or will I have to wait until the following year, wasting a year of my life "gliding"?

I am not saying I will do quite that well, just asking if it would get me into the medical school for 2009. (I assume if I finished the MBS program with those kinds of grades, Tufts would pretty much have to accept me)

 

[Habeed]

After doing my research, I know the answer. It is on a school by school basis.

Rosalind Franklin, the interview IS for the next year. A good 1/4 of the class gets accepted to RFU for the next year.

Tufts, the interview is for the FOLLOWING year. So you flush a year of your life down the drain, getting a meaningless degree in Public Health. But, the program is not supposed to be quite as hard, and people on these boards overall think it is better.

NYMC, the interview is also for the next year. I wish they had not rejected me from the program.

Drexel, the interview is for the next year as well, although they accept very few students for the next year.

So, assuming I get into Rosalind Franklin and into Tufts, I have to decide between a chance of going to the #135 medical school the next year, or waiting another year of my life.

 

[bruindoc916]

how did you get rejected from NYMC man? did you have the interview, because i thought you completed your application at the sametime i did.

 

[Habeed]

I don't know why it happened. I called Dr. Levine, and he refused to tell me. He stated that the committee meetings "have to be a secret". I pressed him, asking for at least a vague idea of what the committee didn't like about my application. I got nowhere.

They rejected me out of hand, no interview, no nothing. Yet Tufts accepted me with a similar stroke of a pen, without waitlisting me. Sure is inconsistent...

The NYMC program probably had at least 150-200 applications, maybe more, for about 20 spots. Ultimately, I don't know...sure would be helpful to find out why I was rejected.

I'm waiting to hear back from Rosalind Franklin. My app was complete on June 27, and I called and found my file was currently being reviewed. I was told that I will receive an email by July 4 if I was accepted. UPDATE : ACCEPTED to Rosalind Franklin

RFU is much lower ranked than NYMC, #135 versus #64. So I wish I had gotten into NYMC. On the other hand, RFU has a proven track record of accepting people into their medical school the very next year. The "unofficial guarantee" is that if you score a 3.6 in the BMS program, you get in. Moreover, 1/3 of the total class, or half the survivors, in last year and the year before were accepted into RFU the next year.

As good an offer as I am going to get.

 

[bruindoc916]

wow, it shows how crazy this whole process is, you have amazing stats too. I dont know about your ECs so maybe that was the problem maybe your stats were too high for NYMC.

 

[Yoyomama88]

his stats were definitely too high...he has no business applying to these programs.

 

[danyal1]

I think we can all agree, you have an impressive MCAT and GPA, Habeed. Maybe it was something else lacking. Humility? I've read a few of your posts, and with the greatest amount of respect I can muster: you come off as a little high on your horse. If you plan to make it far in medicine, much less in life, you may want to adjust your attitude.

 

[Habeed]

My "what medical schools see" GPA is 3.4. 3.35 science. That's hardly numbers to sit on a high horse about.

My ACTUAL GPA is 3.7 science and overall, excluding only the first semester of courses I didn't drop.

Perhaps I need to develop some humility, but mostly I'm just frustrated. I know I've earned a spot in medical school, but I still have to fight like a dog for that spot. Dr. Levine told me that the adcom probably saw "red flags" on my application : namely, the classes I dropped and the classes I failed.

Both the drops and the failures happened more than 5 years ago, when I was NOT paying for my education and had no money or resources. While I made some mistakes, a LOT of the reasons this happened was out of my control.

So, I feel very frustrated knowing that things out of my control have cost me, making me fight for my spot.

But I do have a chance via RFU BMS, and I intend to take it.

 

[LittleBigMe]

Can you plz tell me which program is better, in regards to being accepted into medical school ?

 

[Mandanesss]

What about the UC post-bacc programs? Do we apply to med school during the program to gain acceptance the very next year or apply after the program and gain acceptance the following year?

 

[FLDoc]

From my research on UCincy:

-approx. 25-30% of the 20 person class metriculated into UC med school the following fall (2007 and 2006 class)

-This number does not take into account people who were accepted but decided to go elsewhere (notably: 1 went to OSU in 2007, typically takes higher #s than UC; 1 went uniformed services)

-This number does not take into account those who did not apply while in the program

Moral of the story: UC SMP seems to be a feeder program for their MD program as long as you put in the effort.