MDapp..what is this?

[csx]

what is it? what purpose does it serve? do you need it? etc I've only just started hearing about it..

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[ERMAHGERD]

Just a reference for those who are curious on how past applicants fared in their application cycle. There are some incredibly detailed and useful profiles out there that detail every step of their application/interview trail.

No one needs mdapps, it's just a useful website.

 

[BABSstudent]

what is it? what purpose does it serve? do you need it? etc I've only just started hearing about it..

It's mostly to help future applicants out to see what people did to get interviews, acceptances, rejections, etc.

Some are more detailed and some are just bare bones.

 

[chaperonin]

It helps you organize your school list, keep track of application statuses, and it allows future applicants to see past acceptances and rejections.

 

[DrEnderW]

It's a way to circumvent stating your acceptances and stats on SDN but having a way for everyone to know it.

It serves no practical purpose above what the MSAR can tell you. It's kind of a weird thing IMO (but that's just me).

 

[BABSstudent]

It's a way to circumvent stating your acceptances and stats on SDN but having a way for everyone to know it.

It serves no practical purpose above what the MSAR can tell you. It's kind of a weird thing IMO (but that's just me).

MSAR doesn't state the stats of interviewed students or wait listed students, so it does have things the MSAR lacks.

 

[sinombre]

Also, since no one has posted the url:

http://mdapplicants.com/

 

[somethingdeep]

It's a way to circumvent stating your acceptances and stats on SDN but having a way for everyone to know it.

It serves no practical purpose above what the MSAR can tell you. It's kind of a weird thing IMO (but that's just me).

It provides FAR more detailed information than MSAR. It just lacks for sample size. But if you find it enlightening to pore over the application profiles of individual applicants, mdapps is your best friend.

 

[ZeaL6]

Here lies the greatest tool known to man

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+MDapps?

 

[DrEnderW]

MSAR doesn't state the stats of interviewed students or wait listed students, so it does have things the MSAR lacks.

I guess that is something I would want to know?

I would want to know the accepted stats (MSAR)... not the stats of people that get interviewed and wait listed or rejected. People that are reading all these details and ECs of people that are getting interviews are seriously neurotic. The MSAR has info about research, which is the only meaningful EC you going to get with such a small sample size.

It's the worst part of SDN culture amplified... people obsessing over everyone's details neurotically. It's such a stereotypical young, pre-med thing.

 

[Josh7]

Here lies the greatest tool known to man

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+MDapps?

Interesting website, I'll have to check it out later if I have time.

 

[Slickyfats]

I guess that is something I would want to know?

I would want to know the accepted stats (MSAR)... not the stats of people that get interviewed and wait listed or rejected. People that are reading all these details and ECs of people that are getting interviews are seriously neurotic. The MSAR has info about research, which is the only meaningful EC you going to get with such a small sample size.

It's the worst part of SDN culture amplified... people obsessing over everyone's details neurotically. It's such a stereotypical young, pre-med thing.

I hope this is the answer OP was asking for. A philosophical answer to the philosophical question of "what is MDApps" and what is it's purpose rather than an easily solvable question which could have easily been answered via google and/or actually exploring the website.

 

[DrEnderW]

I hope this is the answer OP was asking for. A philosophical answer to the philosophical question of "what is MDApps" and what is it's purpose rather than an easily solvable question which could have easily been answered via google and/or actually exploring the website.

Liberal arts education...

You have to look past the question 😉

 

[TheShaker]

It's also useful for establishing a timeline of the application cycle as people post the dates of completion, interviews, decisions, and waitlist decisions.

 

[BABSstudent]

I guess that is something I would want to know?

I would want to know the accepted stats (MSAR)... not the stats of people that get interviewed and wait listed or rejected. People that are reading all these details and ECs of people that are getting interviews are seriously neurotic. The MSAR has info about research, which is the only meaningful EC you going to get with such a small sample size.

It's the worst part of SDN culture amplified... people obsessing over everyone's details neurotically. It's such a stereotypical young, pre-med thing.

You just said it had no purpose and I named a few. I wasn't trying to be neurotic.

Plus, you can see when people submitted and how it affected them in terms of when they got interviews/acceptances.

If you don't want to use it then thats fine. I know looking at mdapps really helped me in terms of what medical students that had multiple acceptances looked like. That being said, the super detailed mdapps helped me a ton and that's why mine is now super detailed.

 

[NickNaylor]

I guess that is something I would want to know?

I would want to know the accepted stats (MSAR)... not the stats of people that get interviewed and wait listed or rejected. People that are reading all these details and ECs of people that are getting interviews are seriously neurotic. The MSAR has info about research, which is the only meaningful EC you going to get with such a small sample size.

It's the worst part of SDN culture amplified... people obsessing over everyone's details neurotically. It's such a stereotypical young, pre-med thing.

Sure, it's neuortic, yet many people find it useful and informative. Obviously following a MDApp because someone claims to have been accepted to every school would be foolish. However, I think it has value when it comes to looking at the general caliber of applicants and how they fare.

You seem to have ascended to the land of righteous non-neuroticism, so don't forget that there are other ways of viewing things while you're up there.

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