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MSU-COM Discussion Thread 2012-2013
Started by Sunnydidi
Im applying too guys! Cgpa 3.64 Sgpa 3.94 waiting on my mcat score. My EC's are solid as are my LOR's. Hope we all get accepted. Does anybody know how MSU conducts their interviews?
They don't interview (weird I know lol). Even though I've heard they interview those they're on the fence about (idk if that's actually true). After your secondary is in, you're either accepted, rejected, wait listed or high wait listed.
Whoa.....
MSUCOM does not interview. But they do interview people whose application is on the borderline. Or they interview when the admission staffs have a question on the application. IMO I think there is no way to get to know someone in an hour of interviewing. So I personally don't think interview is effective. YOU SHOULD KNOW that MSUCOM's secondary is very very long. Think of it as an interview. 😉
It's a great school. And they choose great students w/o interview. Tell me I'm biased. But I like here very much
It's a great school. And they choose great students w/o interview. Tell me I'm biased. But I like here very much
Anybody have the prompt for the MSU secondary? That would be most appreciated!
Quick question (sorry if this is a stupid question). It is regarding the 3 sites of MSUCOM (detroit medical centre, macomb university centre, east lansing).
If we get accepted, and choose our preferred location, and we get it, does that mean all of our education will be at that site? If I pick DMC, will all of my training be done there?
That would be awesome, because then I can live in Canada and literally drive 25 minutes to the campus (assuming it was DMC), which would save living expenses and make up for the crazy tuition.
If we get accepted, and choose our preferred location, and we get it, does that mean all of our education will be at that site? If I pick DMC, will all of my training be done there?
That would be awesome, because then I can live in Canada and literally drive 25 minutes to the campus (assuming it was DMC), which would save living expenses and make up for the crazy tuition.
If you are assigned at DMC, only your preclinical years are guaranteed there (1+2). You may end up staying in the area for clinicals (3+4) but this is not guaranteed because people all choose clinical sites from the same pool (EL+Macomb+DMC) thus a popular clinical site often goes to lottery and you do not always get your first choice.
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I see. Thanks for the heads up. Also, online it says the "special tuition rate" for Canadians has not been decided. Do you know anything about this? I thought it was 20k/year off of the 80k, so it is 60k/year.
Also, is the reduction in tuition guaranteed as a Canadian?
As far as I know, the tuition reduction is guaranteed for Canadian students (based on many posts by others either from primary or secondary sources). Search last year's school-specific thread if your interested. Cheers and good luck!
Yes! Also, for those of you that have been to MSU, how 'hard' is it to get your first choice?
LOL this vid is great...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-uocLNWbd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-uocLNWbd8
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Does MSU have an in state preference
You should check w/ admission office.
They will start reviewing your application as soon as they receive your secondary. But I know for sure you can update them w/ additional course grades, EC, volunteers, etc. I did.
80% instate I believe.
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Pulled from an old post
"The new class of 2015 had an average gpa of 3.6, 26.5 MCAT. 15% OOS students, about 3900 applicants for 316 seats"
Primary source is unknown but it gives an idea. In state preference ~85%.
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Do you mind letting us know the word/character limit?
I actually just used the prompt from last year to get started - I haven't actually received a secondary yet.
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Thanks! Better get started soon. Any idea that the reference forms look like?
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I'd be very grateful if you send the forms to [email protected]
Nope 🙁
I'm having trouble getting the number of hours together from high school. I played every sport possible throughout high school and now they ask they total hours for each sport. How the heck am I supposed to regurgitate that? 😕
The adcom doesn't have an in-state preference - it's actually about 50/50 at the start of the cycle and the offers just go to who has the best application. However, it's clear from the tuition rates (you would be crazy to take on the OOS debt), MSUCOM prefers students who are likely to stick around after graduation and residency. The large skew towards in-state students is more or less self-selection.
COM doesn't interview the vast majority of people because the secondary is a beast. Interviews are usually people with career changes, non-trads or some sort of red-flag.
Get your secondaries in before August. This gives you a huge advantage. If you turn it in late (say late October-Nov) and your numbers are subpar, you're guaranteed to hear nothing the entire cycle. 99% of rejections are not sent out until the very end of the cycle in June... This pisses a lot of people off. Also the "low wait list" is essentially a slim chance of getting in - a handful of people are accepted off of this, might as well call it a rejection with how competitive things are now.
Don't under-estimate your volunteer, work, etc hours. The magic number is about 850 hours total. If you're under this, it hurts you big time.
COM doesn't interview the vast majority of people because the secondary is a beast. Interviews are usually people with career changes, non-trads or some sort of red-flag.
Get your secondaries in before August. This gives you a huge advantage. If you turn it in late (say late October-Nov) and your numbers are subpar, you're guaranteed to hear nothing the entire cycle. 99% of rejections are not sent out until the very end of the cycle in June... This pisses a lot of people off. Also the "low wait list" is essentially a slim chance of getting in - a handful of people are accepted off of this, might as well call it a rejection with how competitive things are now.
Don't under-estimate your volunteer, work, etc hours. The magic number is about 850 hours total. If you're under this, it hurts you big time.
I find it helpful to think in terms of ~hrs/week multiplied by the ~weeks of sports season (or maybe you play all year round). It's much better than trying to think about 4 hours here, 3.75 hours there. Just a suggestion 🙂
So for the description of the activity, do you put down what you've learned from the experience or just simply what you did?
Yeah I ended up doing that. I never thought my high school sports would actually benefit me for med school applications lol... um I just put "player on hockey/soccer/whatever team". That's all I did. No need to put what you learned.
So 850 is TOTAL volunteer/work/EC's from high school and college? Because that would be awesome then...I'm way above that woot!!!
Applying here as an OOS. Looks like a great program. Really excited to get this application cycle started.
Yes. It's a pretty small number but many people shoot themselves in the foot by underestimating. 850 hrs or more + ~par grades/mcat + good secondary = fast acceptance.
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Would work hours count into that? I worked a fulltime job while doing my undergrad so I don't have as many EC and volunteer hours as a result
Another question for anyone else that knows: On the "Non-Academic Worksheet" where all of our hours go, what if you run out of room under a section? Can you complete the form on a separate piece of paper? Should it be typed or can it be written?
Thanks!
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I'd split it into two.
Thanks doc! U Canadian right? i heard we get like 20k discount on tuition, but no mention on their website, u know if that's true?
Also for this volunteer stuff they count High School???
I have way more HS stuff than college, will that look bad?
I thought they noone cares about high school. If they do then i had a service seal award and asb, leadership and like 2000 hrs of stuff just from HS. But i don't want it to overshadow my college stuff.
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Yea I am, UWO! And I spoke to someone from admissions and Canadians tuition is 59k/year. And yes they look at everything from high school. I would put everything you did. I hear that they rank people based on the number of hours from high school and university (and GPA/MCAT) so put it all down, otherwise you may be kicking yourself in the ass down the road.
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