Previous HPME applicant applying to Northwestern?

[BionicOne]

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Hi guys,
I applied to HPME when I was a senior in high school and got an interview but was rejected. I have reapplied to Feinberg now as a traditional applicant and was wondering if you guys know about how they deal with such candidates? Do I have a better or worse chance of getting into Feinberg having been rejected by HPME?

Thanks

 

[cgscribe]

I have no experience, but I'm guessing they'll view you as new (thus compare your grades/MCAT/etc. with everyone else), but will like that you applied previously.

 

[BionicOne]

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[NovemberWhiskey]

I hear Feinberg hates it's own undergrads because they take so many each year through the HPME program...

 

[modelslashactor]

they won't even consider you applied before. that program has a whole other set of things they are looking for and the standards are ridiculously high. good luck!

 

[UCLAMAN]

Hi guys,
I applied to HPME when I was a senior in high school and got an interview but was rejected. I have reapplied to Feinberg now as a traditional applicant and was wondering if you guys know about how they deal with such candidates? Do I have a better or worse chance of getting into Feinberg having been rejected by HPME?

Thanks

your previous application as an hpme won't do anything to your chances of applying as a regular applicant. we won't know you applied unless you tell us. and if you tell us, i think it would help, since it shows you are still dedicated to a career in medicine 3 or 4 years later.

 

[UCLAMAN]

I hear Feinberg hates it's own undergrads because they take so many each year through the HPME program...

hmm...i don't know if there is any truth to this but as i look at each of the classes, there are indeed less regular admits from northwestern than other places.

 

[BionicOne]

im not a northwestern undergrad. i just applied to hpme, didnt get in.

 

[BionicOne]

your previous application as an hpme won't do anything to your chances of applying as a regular applicant. we won't know you applied unless you tell us. and if you tell us, i think it would help, since it shows you are still dedicated to a career in medicine 3 or 4 years later.

are u on feinberg's adcom?

 

[BionicOne]

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[agr285]

My friend applied to HPME while he was an undergrad at Northwestern. They allow a few sophomores and juniors to apply every year I think. He didn't get in, but then applied again for the regular M.D. program and got accepted. In his case, previously applying definitely didn't hurt him at all.

 

[BionicOne]

thanx to all for ur support.

 

[BionicOne]

do they keep a record of hpme applications from four years ago? if they did, would they go back and read it?

 

[UCLAMAN]

do they keep a record of hpme applications from four years ago? if they did, would they go back and read it?

we have the records...but the hpme admissions process is handled by a completely separate office from the regular MD admissions. there really is no communication between the two offices.