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The AECOM application is already available on their website but I haven't received a notification about their secondary. Is it alright to send it in, without receiving notification?
 
narc said:
Berkeley grad, in state. Telling you my stats wont make a damn difference in the world whether or not you will get a secondary. So I will keep them to myself. I would consider myself an avg applicant.

I have received every UC secondary. If you ask me why I couldn't tell you. There is nothing that stands out in my mind about my application; EC's, grades, MCAT, etc
Be patient.

cool bro, no worries, and congrats on your progress thats baller status
 
gonzo9 said:
cool bro, no worries, and congrats on your progress thats baller status


hey gonzo i got uc sAN FRAN too......im in -state.......but my scores arent that high.,...i have a 26S BCPM 4.0 AO 4.0...nothinng special in the EC....im surprised i got past their secondary...weird 😴
 
gonzo9 said:
cool bro, no worries, and congrats on your progress thats baller status


Thank you sir. I am confident UCSF looks at the whole person when deciding who gets the secondary and who doesn't.

I know people who have had great stats only to be rejected pre-sec from UCSF.
I can't honestly tell you why they picked me to get a secondary. 😕
 
narc said:
Thank you sir. I am confident UCSF looks at the whole person when deciding who gets the secondary and who doesn't.

I know people who have had great stats only to be rejected pre-sec from UCSF.
I can't honestly tell you why they picked me to get a secondary. 😕


Yeah I am sure they do and I know people who have had really sub par stats and gotten interviews there. Its all just a waiting game plus spending lots of money
 
zach1201 said:
The AECOM application is already available on their website but I haven't received a notification about their secondary. Is it alright to send it in, without receiving notification?

i don't think they screen...it should be alright. You might as well call and ask about it. It's a quick app, especially if you are still in school.
 
Johnny_one_eye said:
As I posted in the other thread, for those of you looking into the Rosalind Franklin University (CMS) the following link may be helpful to you:
http://www.lifeindiscovery.com/lifeindiscovery/index.html

thank god for google 🙂
What's the deal with the Rosalind Franklin Essay? Are we going to become doctors or philosophers? Maybe I'm just becoming disgruntled through this secondary process. Another thing... do they really want us to write it all out?

Here are my feelings:
They want to know about life in discovery. I think being involved in discovery allows us to develop new technology, like te internet, for example. Okay, so the internet (made possible through computers) is an amazing tool that we shoudl use. WHY ARE WE SUBMITTING HAND WRITTEN PHILOSOPHY QUESTIONS/APPLICATIONS VIA SNAIL MAIL????
 
jstuds_66 said:
What's the deal with the Rosalind Franklin Essay? Are we going to become doctors or philosophers? Maybe I'm just becoming disgruntled through this secondary process. Another thing... do they really want us to write it all out?

Here are my feelings:
They want to know about life in discovery. I think being involved in discovery allows us to develop new technology, like te internet, for example. Okay, so the internet (made possible through computers) is an amazing tool that we shoudl use. WHY ARE WE SUBMITTING HAND WRITTEN PHILOSOPHY QUESTIONS/APPLICATIONS VIA SNAIL MAIL????

Well if you look closely, that site I linked to is a Rosalind Franklin site. So it's not telling you to write that site. I posted it so you could get a better idea of what they meant by 'Life in Discovery'. They mean what they talk about on that site (the University's mission statement). So in your essay, you should probably refer to some/all of the 'four pillars' they talk about on the site: Education, Clinical Practice, Research and Community Service
 
Johnny_one_eye said:
Well if you look closely, that site I linked to is a Rosalind Franklin site. So it's not telling you to write that site. I posted it so you could get a better idea of what they meant by 'Life in Discovery'. They mean what they talk about on that site (the University's mission statement). So in your essay, you should probably refer to some/all of the 'four pillars' they talk about on the site: Education, Clinical Practice, Research and Community Service

u just totally saved my ass i was writing about discovering my inner self n crap like that lol
 
Congrats all on UCSF! 👍

I hope to be able to join you guys in the secondary party too.
 
Robizzle said:
u just totally saved my ass i was writing about discovering my inner self n crap like that lol
Damn it you better not take my interview spot! 😛 :luck: :luck:
 
Everyone else at UCSF: does your status say that they did not receive your AMCAS?
 
E-mail invites to secondary: :hardy:
AECOM (Albert Einstein)
Baylor
Boston University
Brown (also via snail mail)
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell Weill School of Medicine
East Carolina University
East Virginia Medical School (A Screener)
Georgetown
George Washington
Harvard
Jefferson
Loma Linda University
Louisana State University (LSU)
Mayo Medical School ($75--and they'll review you.)
Medical College of Georgia (MCG)
Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) [No Essays]
Meharry Medical College
Morehouse School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Medical College [No Essays]
New York University
Northwestern
Ohio State University (OSU)
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Rosalind Franklin University
Robert Wood Johnson (UMDNJ-RWJ)
Rush Medical College (RMS)
Saint Louis University
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Stonybrook
SUNY Upstate
Temple University
Tufts
Uniformed Services University (USUHS)
University of Arkansas (UAMS)
University of California, Davis (A Screener)
University of California, Irvine (A Screener)
University of California, San Diego (A Screener, OOS'ers getting it too!)
University of California, San Francisco (A screener)
University of Southern California (Keck)
University of Cincinnati
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
University of Florida
University of Illinois (UIC)
University of Iowa (screens. Regular mail w/password, etc)
University of Kansas
University of Louisville (A Screener, getting through as of 7/17)
University of Maryland
University of Miami (A Screener but as of 6/30, SDN'ers getting through!)
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota--Duluth
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
University of Nebraska
University of New Mexico (do we have confirmation?)
University of North Carolina (A Screener. People screening through 7/27)
University of Oklahoma (no real secondary. just an invite to send $$$)
University of Pennsylvania [no essays!]
University of Pittsburgh
University of Kentucky
University of South Florida
University of Tennessee-Memphis
University of Vermont (acknowledgment but now offering secondary)
University of Virginia
UMDNJ-NJMS
University of Washington (A Screener but as of 6-30, SDN'ers getting through!)
University of Wisconsin (Screens, but sending as of 7-11, *called them 7-25, OOS secondary's not sent yet*)
VCU (A Screener but as of 7-1, SDN'ers getting through!)
Wake Forest (A screener)
Washington University (St. Louis)
Wright State University (Boonshoft) [No Essays]
Yale

Snail Mail Invites to Secondary: 😀
Johns Hopkins (In addition to the fact you can log on and do it)
Loyola University Chicago (A Screener)
Dartmouth (also can print from their website)
University of Arizona (A Screener--only AZ res) [no essays]
University of Connecticut
University of Rochester
University of South Alabama (a screener, postmarked 25 Jul)
University of Virginia (In addition to the email)
Wayne State (screener--first one postmarked 7-25)

Secondaries available for viewing on Med School's website: 👍
AECOM (Albert Einstein)
Baylor
Creighton
EVMS (East Virginia)
Jefferson
Johns Hopkins (Can log in with AMCAS ID and Apply Yourself ID)
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Stony Brook
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Tulane
University of Cincinnati
University of California, Los Angeles (Go to site & Log in!)
University of Rochester
UT Southwestern
Washington University (St. Louis)
Yale
Medical University of South Carolina

Acknowledgements of Application/Screening via Email,
(But not a secondary invite, yet)
:luck:
Boston University (BU)
Emory (Acknowledgement-won't be out until 8/15)
Indiana University (Send out a postcard)
Southern Illinois University (SIU-A screener, only IL Res)
University of California, Irvine (A Screener)
University of California, San Diego (sending out invites 7-18)
University of California, San Francisco (3-10 weeks for secondaries)
University of Florida
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin (sending out invites 7-11)
University of Miami (Sent out Invites 6-30, see above)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
University of North Carolina (If instate, only interviewed applicants get secondaries; if OOS, then qualified applicants get secondary which will be reviewed before deciding on interview)
University of Rochester (Secondary available July 17)
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
University of Utah (2ndarys going out in August)
University of Vermont (Acknowledgement only)
Vanderbilt (Acknowledgement via email)
VCU (People started passing screens 7-1)
Wake Forest (Emails out 7-21)

Need Secondary Questions? Have Secondary Questions?
Got Interviews? Got Rejection Letters? Just Curious?
Dude, Where's my Verification?
Can I get a status check, pretty please?
 
Robizzle said:
u just totally saved my ass i was writing about discovering my inner self n crap like that lol

:laugh: I knew someone would totally put that. Awesome.
 
musiclink213 said:
Thanks, I was really surprised actually. My AMCAS was verified around 7/17 I think, if that's any help to you. I'm an OOS, and I took the MCAT 3x, but I have no clue how they view multiple scores. Although I think my GPA is above what they had listed as an average.

Does anyone know about how many people they interview out of those they invite for a secondary?

That is very helpful, thanks! My AMCAS was verified on 7/20, so hopefully I will hear something soon. 🙂
 
braluk said:
the question is:
At Rosalind Franklin University, we celebrate and support a Life in Discovery. Briefly describe what a
Life in Discovery means to you.

Ill post it in that thread also.



On a side note, VCU has received my preliminary. How long does it take for them to upstate your status? Anyone know?

VCU took 2 days to invite me to submit their secondary after they sent my acknowledgement of receipt of the preliminary.
 
haha thanks. dont praise me yet, im still getting some messages from a person here and there about small errors about the essay field, and how the characters (towards the middle of the essay field) will be cut off by the lines that the school provided. Ill have a couple of other various running versions by tonight. let me know if there are any other pdfs where major pdf work needs to be done and ill see what i can do.
 
braluk said:
haha thanks. dont praise me yet, im still getting some messages from a person here and there about small errors about the essay field, and how the characters (towards the middle of the essay field) will be cut off by the lines that the school provided. Ill have a couple of other various running versions by tonight. let me know if there are any other pdfs where major pdf work needs to be done and ill see what i can do.
*blink blink* people.brandeis.edu...? My my my another Brandeisian. Best of luck to you. I graduated in 2004. Best of luck to you and thanks for reformatting the PDF. Its a major time saver and I don't have to search for a typewriter.
 
how bout that heat wave hema? only 101 feels like 110 today. not bad at all!

p.s., Rush applicants: they cashed my check yesterday so i think they're starting to look at our apps 😀
 
Robizzle said:
how bout that heat wave hema? only 101 feels like 110 today. not bad at all!

p.s., Rush applicants: they cashed my check yesterday so i think they're starting to look at our apps 😀
Rob where in boston do you live? Im in manhattan now, but lived in waltham for 4 years.
 
braluk said:
Rob where in boston do you live? Im in manhattan now, but lived in waltham for 4 years.

cool! Waltham is like 30 min away i think? i'm actually from NY (queens) but i'm at BU for college so I live in Allston.. 😀
 
Robizzle said:
how bout that heat wave hema? only 101 feels like 110 today. not bad at all!

p.s., Rush applicants: they cashed my check yesterday so i think they're starting to look at our apps 😀
Yeah, Rob, its been a "scorcha" (my makeshift Boston accent). I'm working by the state house. I'm sort of hoping the electricity goes out so I can go home and sweat over my apps. Fun huh.

To Braluk...I didn't think Waltham was that great, but I loved Brandeis. I'm a hop skip and a jump away from it though in lowly Newton.
 
anyone know anything about uvm? I'm eager to get that one done. I can log into the applicant center, but the message there hasn't changed in weeks... "we'll be sending you instructions to our secondary in a few weeks" people who have recieved it, is there any way I can find it online? if not, what are the essays?
 
Robizzle said:
cool! Waltham is like 30 min away i think? i'm actually from NY (queens) but i'm at BU for college so I live in Allston.. 😀
Queens...lucky you werent there when it got slammed with the poweroutages haha
 
laurenem said:
anyone know anything about uvm? I'm eager to get that one done. I can log into the applicant center, but the message there hasn't changed in weeks... "we'll be sending you instructions to our secondary in a few weeks" people who have recieved it, is there any way I can find it online? if not, what are the essays?
Essay questions are:

University of Vermont

1000 Character max each

Residency History

[1] Please list the cities and town in which you have lived from birth to the present. Please include the present approximate population of each.
Example:
Ages- Birth to 15 – Los Angeles, CA, population 1.2 million
Ages 15 – 18 – Montpelier, VT, population 8,300
Ages 18 – 22 – Burlington, VT, population 42,000

[2] Additional Information
Please list any additional information that you feel the admissions committee should be aware of during the application evaluation process.
 
laurenem said:
anyone know anything about uvm? I'm eager to get that one done. I can log into the applicant center, but the message there hasn't changed in weeks... "we'll be sending you instructions to our secondary in a few weeks" people who have recieved it, is there any way I can find it online? if not, what are the essays?
How's the nail polish? I've avoided that by doing them online instead of the green, yellow, and purple applications. With the sweltering heat, the nail polish will make me nauseus. lol.

UVM is being sent slowly. I received mine a couple of days ago. They ask the standard questions, a thorough section on your coursework, and an an openended "optional" essay asking about what else you want the adcoms to know about you.

Get away from the fumes!
 
HemaOncoDoc said:
How's the nail polish? I've avoided that by doing them online instead of the green, yellow, and purple applications. With the sweltering heat, the nail polish will make me nauseus. lol.

UVM is being sent slowly. I received mine a couple of days ago. They ask the standard questions, a thorough section on your coursework, and an an openended "optional" essay asking about what else you want the adcoms to know about you.

Get away from the fumes!
ive actually never met anyone who used the nail polish thing (am i correct in that premeds use it as "white out" or whatever)
 
Are there any schools that require transcripts now? I looked at SUNY Upstate's and there is a slot under the requirements for college and high school transcripts. But, their website doesn't say anything. Does anyone know?
 
braluk said:
ive actually never met anyone who used the nail polish thing (am i correct in that premeds use it as "white out" or whatever)
lol, its been a running joke between lauren and I. We talked about how some of the paper applications were different colors and we couldn't use white out. Instead, we would go to CVS with the application and match colors.

And I think people have actually taken that suggestion. Premeds 🙂
 
HemaOncoDoc said:
And I think people have actually taken that suggestion. Premeds 🙂

hahahahah 🙂 oh no...

thanks for the help on uvm guys... hey maybe that app will be green and I can finally try the nailpolish trick... :idea:
 
Ok i got one, more like trivia, but....

on the school im thinking about...

On the front page, in big blue letters are..
"Resource for Life"

Ill even release another clue,

this school was under investigation for misappropriation of funding.
 
braluk said:
Ok i got one, more like trivia, but....

on the school im thinking about...

On the front page, in big blue letters are..
"Resource for Life"

Ill even release another clue,

this school was under investigation for misappropriation of funding.

lol dude did u mean to post this under Dr. Tobias's thread?
but hmmmm this will take some research. time to start googling
 
Woo Umdnj!!!! 😀 ! What do i win???
 
another clue, the state that this school is located in, the original governor had resigned becuase of a personal issue (not going to explain what issue). The governor who took over got himself into a bit of trouble with his residents, and the media slammed him for raising taxes
 
umdnjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj governor jim mcgreevy =)
 
Robizzle said:
Woo Umdnj!!!! 😀 ! What do i win???
lol. What have we resorted to? If you're bored braluk, you can do my applications for me. 🙂
 
you got it!!!!

You win a personal invitation from me to personalize one PDF file (like i did for the RFU) and add in form fields, etc. etc.

Congrats!
 
beanpole3 said:
Are there any schools that require transcripts now? I looked at SUNY Upstate's and there is a slot under the requirements for college and high school transcripts. But, their website doesn't say anything. Does anyone know?

i am wondering this too, i think i asked it somewhere, but don't remember where, so now i don't know if i have an answer 🙄
 
C.P. Jones said:
i am wondering this too, i think i asked it somewhere, but don't remember where, so now i don't know if i have an answer 🙄

WOW you have an mcat score like mine! 🙂
 
C.P. Jones said:
i am wondering this too, i think i asked it somewhere, but don't remember where, so now i don't know if i have an answer 🙄


i just looked at my SUNY Upstate status. they finally have my letters (YAY!) but under requirements "Verified AMCAS application" is blank. anyone else's like that?? also, mine doesn't have a space for transcripts....maybe because they claim not to have my primary????
 
I got the Boston secondary via email today. But Marshall University sent me a physical packet to fill out [by HAND] 😡 for their secondary, what gives? 😕 They could be nice and have it online like all the cool kids. Out of curiosity does Boston screen pre-secondary?
 
UtProsim said:
I got the Boston secondary via email today. But Marshall University sent me a physical packet to fill out [by HAND] 😡 for their secondary, what gives? 😕 They could be nice and have it online like all the cool kids. Out of curiosity does Boston screen pre-secondary?

negatory on the screenage
 
I find it ironic that 3/4 of my top choice schools are screeners. I am still waiting to here about secondaries from 2 of them.
 
Where the heck has Jackie MD been? 😕
 
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