Question about Duke Interview

[eurozo]

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Does anyone know when the Duke med students go on holiday break this year? I am trying to schedule my interview online, but I wouldn't want to visit at a time when most of the students are gone. I looked around the website, but I couldn't find a specific date for the beginning of vacation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[pagemmapants]

NEVER!

Ha, just kidding. I only know the schedule for the first years. We're off this week but come back on Monday. Try to come before Dec. 11th - we have finals on the 11th, 13th, and 15th and are on break after that. We come back on the 3rd.

Also, we don't have any more exams before then, so don't worry about showing up during an intense study period. We're too fried right now to study anyway - Monday's gross practical was intense. ;D

 

[kirexhana]

yea.. the next few weeks might get kinda ugly. you'll be able to see us at our most stressed out the weekend before the 11th if you wanna know how busy it is. i don't think we'd be that awful during finals, personally, although gemma smells a lil ripe before tests. but, other than that, any week would be the same, i feel.

 

[eurozo]

Thanks very much for the info. It looks like the dates that are available are after you guys go on break, so I guess I will wait until January so that I get a better sense for the school. Do you think I am hurting my chances at all by choosing to wait? I know Duke isn't rolling, but I have this whole "do everything early early early" thing drummed into my head at this point. Thanks again for the input!

 

[SDouglas]

My pre-med advisor says that it doesn't matter for a non-rolling school, but I also have a sneaking suspicion that it does... Maybe I'm just paranoid. 😉

Also, when does the interview day end at Duke? Is a 7:00PM flight out of Raleigh-Durham okay?

 

[eurozo]

My pre-med advisor says that it doesn't matter for a non-rolling school, but I also have a sneaking suspicion that it does... Maybe I'm just paranoid. 😉

Also, when does the interview day end at Duke? Is a 7:00PM flight out of Raleigh-Durham okay?

The email I got says it ends at 3:30 pm, and it says to schedule flights after 6 pm. I think you can get out earlier, based on when the two interviews finish (theoretically as early as 1 pm I think) but either way, based on the email they sent, 7 pm should be fine. That said, I haven't interviewed yet, so I can't say for sure.

 

[Dookter]

My pre-med advisor says that it doesn't matter for a non-rolling school, but I also have a sneaking suspicion that it does... Maybe I'm just paranoid. 😉

Also, when does the interview day end at Duke? Is a 7:00PM flight out of Raleigh-Durham okay?

A flight at 7 should be fine. And do not worry about interviewing late. It seems like a LOT of my classmates did. I interviewed really early and none of the other people from my interview day are students here....so I don't think there is much of an advantage.

 

[pagemmapants]

I also interviewed super early (Halloween, in fact) and nobody from my date (7 other people) are here either. Don't worry about it - come in January, then you'll get to meet us!

 

[MrBurns10]

Meanwhile, I procrastinated like crazy on that secondary, didn't turn it in until a week before the deadline, interviewed on February 14 (during the last week of interviews)...and there are FOUR people from my interview day in our class. So yeah, you should feel just fine waiting until January if you want to have a chance to talk with us.

 

[FemalesCANTDriv]

wait so am i at a disadvantage interviewing nov. 30th???

 

[MrBurns10]

wait so am i at a disadvantage interviewing nov. 30th???

nope, doesn't matter when you interview

 

[pagemmapants]

Hahaha, you interviewed on V-day? You must have met my ex Brad then. Tall blonde dude from UCLA. *giggles* awesome. Who else was there?

 

[eurozo]

Thanks very much for the advice UTpremed, MrBurns, kirexhana and pagemmapants. Best of luck with your exams.🙂

 

[MrBurns10]

Hahaha, you interviewed on V-day? You must have met my ex Brad then. Tall blonde dude from UCLA. *giggles* awesome. Who else was there?

Hmm, I don't remember him...did he get in? Others of note at my interview were Mohamed, Kirill, and your current (pseudo?) boy. Apparently I took him on a quick tour of the undergrad campus because our interviews weren't until later. I didn't remember him at all for some reason until he mentioned that to me at the camping trip. Weird mix of students from that day, I'd say.

Thanks, eurozo. Good luck on your interviews 🙂. Come to duke!

 

[pagemmapants]

I second that. We're fun. :>

 

[kirexhana]

we're def fun, but i think as you can all see, we're hopelessly addicted to SDN. they should have like an SDNers anonymous group or something to help wean us off, after.

 

[MrBurns10]

Speak for yourself! As of a few days ago, I hadn't really been on this site much since before school started. But it's either go on SDN or catch up on all the micro I haven't studied in the last 5 weeks, so SDN it is! Or I suppose I could go to sleep...

You kill my self-esteem, you know that?

 

[pagemmapants]

Nerds. Go do something useful like me. (*currently on her 3rd hour of FFX*).

 

[kirexhana]

FFX is SO passe... i can't wait until i get FFXII, keep up with the times, grandma. 😉