Good luck to all of my fellow prospective students!!!
I'm also working on my personal statement and anxiously watching the program websites for more information... Good luck to you all as well! What careers/fields are you all transitioning out of?Seems like we're all on the same page working on the personal statement and waiting for programs to put out more info! I'm transitioning out of the film and television industry - what about you guys? Excited for the next steps!!Hello! I've been scouring the page for weeks waiting for someone to make one
I'm transitioning out of education, what about you?Hello! I've been scouring the page for weeks waiting for someone to make one
I'm transitioning out of education, what about you?
@filmtomd, that's very unique! Sounds like a cool x-factor
That is awesome, seriously! What made you decide to take this leap?
I don’t know if I have the advice you’re looking for, but I can share my experience
since I’m many years removed from my undergrad, I asked my clinical volunteer coordinator, a VP from my college, and a former supervisor. From the clinical recommender, I asked if they could speak on my clinical responsibilities, my work ethic, and what they observe about my character. I asked the college faculty member to talk about my specific academic achievements that they were directly involved in, and how I was able to juggle academics, athletics, leadership, and extracurriculars. As for the former supervisor, I asked them to consider qualities about me as an educator that they think would translate well to a field in healthcare. To all three of them, I emphasized that these programs are likely looking for a well-rounded individual (though if I had two professors who wrote about my academic strengths, that might’ve been even better, but I didn’t have that available to me). I hope this helps!I'm also considering transitioning out of education into medicine! Still have my student teaching year left but after that, I am going to sit down and really think about it. I feel like I would be fulfilling my desire to teach people through practicing as a physician because there is definitely an aspect of education within medicine (whether that's teaching med students during residency or educating patients about their conditions, etc.).I'm transitioning out of education, what about you?
@filmtomd, that's very unique! Sounds like a cool x-factor
Are you talking about the one asking "What influenced you to apply to Bryn Mawr" or the additional info essay?
The additional info essay
I'm talking about the 5300 character Additional Essay for Bryn Mawr (the one they call "Personal Statement" in their Documents section). It took me a while and a few different ideas, too, but I ended up writing about a sport that was a huge part of my experiences (student athlete, former job, leadership). I ultimately landed on this topic because it was/is a big part of my identity that I didn't get to flesh out in my PS and I went on to explain, through anecdotes, how it changed the trajectory of my life, taught me valuable lessons, and was overall impactful.
Yeah I'm also talking about the "Personal statement" with the prompt "Please write an essay that describes anything that would provide further insight about you to the admissions committee as we review your application (maximum of 5,300 characters with spaces)." Currently working on fine tuning my other personal statement and then am going to move on to this one. If anyone else has other examples, that would be super helpful! Thanks for all the responses already
I've always been interested in it and prepared in high school with all AP science and math classes. When I got to college, I pursued other interests and got a degree in history. I got a job working in politics and realized that while I liked it, I wanted to have a more direct impact on people. I did TFA in the MS Delta and ended up with a plethora of experiences in education that have pointed me to medicine. Once I became a mom, I had a wide range of personal experiences as a patient and parent that confirmed this is the next direction I want to go with my career. This May, I caught a melanoma and luckily it had not spread, but that really kicked me into gear that life is short and I cannot just wait for the right time to pursue medicine--I need to just do it.
Hi everyone, glad to be part of this community. I'm have a Bachelor's & Master degree in music therapy, piano performance, and psychology. Does anyone know how to check whether an institution has received transcripts through PostBacCAS? Do we contact them directly?Hello! I've been scouring the page for weeks waiting for someone to make one
Do you have any ideas so far about what you'd like to write about? Here are some guiding questions that might help...
Wow, thank you! This is actually super helpfulDo you have any ideas so far about what you'd like to write about? Here are some guiding questions that might help...
I think it's totally fine if there is any sort of repetition with your general PS, like if you mentioned something in there that you'd like to talk about further. Of course I'm no expert, but I feel like you can't go wrong with your gut/heart
- Do you have any red flags in your application (bad grades, gap in school, IA) that might be worth explaining?
- Do you have any extracurriculars that is not related to medicine in your app that you didn't get to talk about much? Like a sport, hobby, or even a former job?
- Which aspects of your former/current career (in your case, film) could you see overlapping/translating into your future career as a physician? Any cool transferrable skills?
- Do you have any specific qualities about yourself that you'd like to highlight that you feel like would make you be a great candidate for BM's PBPM and all others?
- Do you have any life-changing events, or situations that have taught you a lesson, and what did you learn from it, how did you adapt or overcome?
- Might be similar to the above, but is there anything about your upbringing that is unique to you that helps explain why you are the individual you are now? (i.e. family illnesses, poverty, moving from place to place)
Aw I’m glad to help! You got this! 💪🏼👊🏼Wow, thank you! This is actually super helpful
My college transcripts were received. You should be able to see your transcript request status under "My Application" > "Academic History" > "Colleges Attended". Mine says, "Received [Date] [Time]".
I’m curious if anybody knows, too. It’s the only school I haven’t heard confirmation from that they received my app and/or it is under review.
On their website, it says they will start reviewing applications in October for this cycle.
“Please be aware that the admissions committee will start reviewing completed files in October and will continue on a rolling basis. We will accept applications for regular admission through mid-February.”
Thank you, good to know! I just got an email confirmation from them that my app has entered their review process, so I'm glad to have heard something“Please be aware that the admissions committee will start reviewing completed files in October and will continue on a rolling basis. We will accept applications for regular admission through mid-February.”
verbatim from the website
Congrats on getting yours in! I'm 90% done but dragging my feet on those short answer questions... got to push through.Thank you, good to know! I just got an email confirmation from them that my app has entered their review process, so I'm glad to have heard something
Congrats! How long did it take for your PostBac application to go from 'Received' to 'Verified'?Thank you, good to know! I just got an email confirmation from them that my app has entered their review process, so I'm glad to have heard something
Thank you! You are almost there, keep going! You have until 10/4 for early action admission for BM so that's still plenty of time
Thanks!! It took five days for me! What about you?
I’ve just submitted today, so still waitingThank you! You are almost there, keep going! You have until 10/4 for early action admission for BM so that's still plenty of time
Thanks!! It took five days for me! What about you?
I've read on other forums that it's approximately 3 weeks
May I ask how long it took between interviewing @Goucher and receiving their admissions decision? Wishing you the best for other applications!
Can't speak to their experience but I didn't get an interview at all.
Just heard back from UVA today. Submitted my application on the 12th I think?
I don't think it's required, but make sure you consider it a lot before you do skip it! I thought I didn't have much and planned to skip it-- but when I looked at my experiences and decisions from 2020, there were a lot of ways COVID factored into them. Don't feel like they have to be unique challenges- maybe you just had unique solutions/approaches! Or maybe you specifically didn't have unique approaches because of how unusual everything was. You might find something worth writing about.
Does UVA do interviews?
Yes, they do.
I felt the same! Don't worry, that's exactly what these programs are for. You've got one acceptance, and I'm sure you'll get more. 21 schools is a lot! I applied to 9.
Congratulations on your acceptance! That’s huge!
I applied to GWU as well! And wow, that’s a huge list— best of luck! I’m curious to know if you’ll apply to a few at a time and stop once you get your top choice or if you’re going all out at once?
For me it’s Goucher, BM, Scripps, UVA, CU Boulder, UC San Diego, Temple, UMich, UVM. So far I've only really heard from Goucher and UVA, though the rest have officially acknowledged receipt of my complete application.
