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Would anyone be able to offer advice on if I should apply to this program?
Asian Male
TX Resident
cGPA: 3.57
sGPA: 3.33
MCAT: 504
Great LOR
400+ shadowing hours including surgery
700+ Volunteering Hours
Employment all throughout undergrad
Tons of leadership awards
Other activities including ER Volunteering, starting non-profit, teaching assistant, resident adviser
Asian Male
TX Resident
cGPA: 3.57
sGPA: 3.33
MCAT: 504
Great LOR
400+ shadowing hours including surgery
700+ Volunteering Hours
Employment all throughout undergrad
Tons of leadership awards
Other activities including ER Volunteering, starting non-profit, teaching assistant, resident adviser
Applied morning of opening, nothing yet.
If I were you, I would go ahead and apply. They don't have minimum cutoffs for GPA and MCAT however they do state that they will be using some kind of threshold for screening primaries. Since they are a new school, they might be more lenient if you can make yourself shine in secondary and interview.
And I was simply implying that a 3.5 is terrible and you should probably consider another career path.....
(oh God, I hope she understands sarcasm)
It won't be available until mid-November, fam.
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Is there such a thing as taking sarcasm too far? I mean, isn’t that the point of sarcasm? Anyway, I think you’ll live.
Applied day 1 and nothing. Apparently won't be available until mid Nov
+1.
However, the secondary will “be available by mid-November” as per their website. This is different than “sent out in mid-November”.
I received a secondary email. Here are the questions:
1. Please provide an example that indicates your ability to function effectively as a productive member of a team working toward a common objective. Elaborate on leadership roles you held in this capacity and how you solved problems that arose. Indicate highlights learned from this experience. (Maximum 4000 characters)
2. Please share some personal examples of problem solving in a team environment and/or leadership experience that would lead to your success in a PBL environment. (Maximum 4000 characters)
3. At NSU CAM, we value the unique perspective that each applicant brings. Identify any traits, life experiences, or interests that a professor or advisor would not normally know about you. (Maximum 4000 characters)
4. How has your academic work beyond the “traditional” pre-medical school requirements (i.e., introductory biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and introductory physics) prepared you for medical school and for a career in medicine? Please highlight any service learning activities that align with humanism in medicine. (Maximum 4000 characters)
5. Is there a time gap between earning your last degree (baccalaureate or other) and the expected time of your medical school matriculation?
If yes, please explain. (Maximum 4000 characters)
6. Were you employed full-time (or part-time) during your undergraduate or graduate years?
If yes, please explain. (Maximum 4000 characters)
7. Do you believe that you are a member of a group that is under-represented in medicine?
If yes, please explain. (Maximum 4000 characters)
8. Have you previously applied to any medical school (M.D., D.O., international)?
If yes, please explain what steps you have taken to improve your overall application profile for this admissions cycle. (Maximum 4000 characters)
9. Are you the first person in your immediate family to earn a baccalaureate degree? (Yes/No)
The Secondary App fee is $50
1. Please provide an example that indicates your ability to function effectively as a productive member of a team working toward a common objective. Elaborate on leadership roles you held in this capacity and how you solved problems that arose. Indicate highlights learned from this experience. (Maximum 4000 characters)
2. Please share some personal examples of problem solving in a team environment and/or leadership experience that would lead to your success in a PBL environment. (Maximum 4000 characters)
3. At NSU CAM, we value the unique perspective that each applicant brings. Identify any traits, life experiences, or interests that a professor or advisor would not normally know about you. (Maximum 4000 characters)
4. How has your academic work beyond the “traditional” pre-medical school requirements (i.e., introductory biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and introductory physics) prepared you for medical school and for a career in medicine? Please highlight any service learning activities that align with humanism in medicine. (Maximum 4000 characters)
5. Is there a time gap between earning your last degree (baccalaureate or other) and the expected time of your medical school matriculation?
If yes, please explain. (Maximum 4000 characters)
6. Were you employed full-time (or part-time) during your undergraduate or graduate years?
If yes, please explain. (Maximum 4000 characters)
7. Do you believe that you are a member of a group that is under-represented in medicine?
If yes, please explain. (Maximum 4000 characters)
8. Have you previously applied to any medical school (M.D., D.O., international)?
If yes, please explain what steps you have taken to improve your overall application profile for this admissions cycle. (Maximum 4000 characters)
9. Are you the first person in your immediate family to earn a baccalaureate degree? (Yes/No)
The Secondary App fee is $50
That looks long AF
I better start now
I better start now
Do they have a FAP waiver?
Not sure, I can't access the fee payment page until I actually submit the secondary. The email and rest of the secondary does not mention anything about FAP Waiver. Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to even begin the secondary until after this weekend and it's a long secondary too (I may not even complete it for this reason). You'll have to wait until someone else finds/posts more info or submits/pays.
You're gonna wait until the end of the month to submit? You know its no FAP November, right?
They do have a FAP waiver......The payment screen mentions, "FAP applicants are not needed to complete payments"
So this curriculum is half PBL? During each block it'll be half lectures and half PBL?
From what I recall, it seems like it's all PBL, unless they released new info since I last looked.
On their website they talk about a PBL hybrid with basic science courses and systems. But they don't explicitly say exactly how the curriculum will be
for #4 on the secondary, can anyone explain to me what a "service learning activity" is?
I wrote about my volunteer activities, could be either healthcare or non-healthcare related.
I feel like its asking about academic work since that what the first part of #4 is about.....how is a volunteer activity a learning activity? I see the service part is being addressed but not the learning part lol
Has everyone gotten the secondary yet? I haven't received it and sent in my application the first day they opened....
Many people received it, go to NOVA specific school thread
Recieved the secondary, wrote it, revised it. Im having someone read over for me right now. Going to do another read over and it and revision if necessary and I want to submit tomorrow so they know Im interested.
Cool story, bro.
what are people projecting the avg. MCAT/GPA of the incoming class will be? Are we talking 510+ here?
Would love to hear someone's opinion on this, especially since there is no financial like U of Illinois is offering
I don’t think anyone knows and any opinions would just be speculation. Just apply and see what happens.
My guess is probably in line with most of the other south Florida schools.
Agreed!!
It probably honestly depends who applies. Hard to know with a new school, but Id say slightly lower than the rest of the FL schools because a lot of the weaker applicants are probably trying to add it as an extra school, thinking it will enhance their chances since it was brand new
Hey y'all just wanted to post here since there's no official nova thread. I got an II today, and the FAP works for the fee
There is an official thread
+1 interview. January 5, who's with me
When did you receive the II? and complete date pleasE?
Can we switch? Lol I have Dec 8th. I received an interview invite yesterday. The problem is that's the date I was planning to go to FIU interview. The only other days I can go to FIU are in the middle of a new week-long Job orientation, which I can't miss. It's looking like I will have to have to hope my interview is rescheduled to a day I can go, even though they say they don't reschedule, or miss out on the only school I applied to early.
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Too late to apply?
