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just got the email. yeah, 10 days?? that's ridiculous!!!
 
BTW if anyone's taken a glance at the supp, how are you entering AP credits in for the required coursework? AP for the semester hrs, and HS for year taken?
 
congrats to those getting secondary applications from stanford. you guys are da bomb!!!! good luck!!! :clap:
 
Originally posted by Lux Aeterna
BTW if anyone's taken a glance at the supp, how are you entering AP credits in for the required coursework? AP for the semester hrs, and HS for year taken?
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my undergrad awarded credit for APs so I just entered it as that. unfortunately i have to write the 10-line explanation of why my undergrad doesnt give lab credit for AP courses =(
 
you guys all get harvard today also? i just got harvard by snailmail, but i guess everyone gets it anyway so its not very exciting. its quite easy though, no essays provided you aren't applying to one of their special programs.
 
So if im not URM or poor, do I even fill the following essay out? I dont want to cheapen someone elses real life experiences by trying to write on something I know nothing about as an asian from the suburbs.

8. The Committee on Admissions regards the diversity of an entering class as an important factor in serving the educational mission of the school. The Committee on Admissions strongly encourages you to share unique, personally important, and/or challenging factors in your background, such as the quality of your early educational environment, socioeconomic status, culture, race, ethnicity, or life or work experiences. Please discuss how such factors have influenced your goals and preparation for a career in medicine.

(Truncation of your answer will occur if you type more than 25 lines of text and if you cut and paste your answer.)
 
Originally posted by DoctorKevin
I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT ONE
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My feelings exactly...I'm so excited! Even though I know that with an entering class of like 70-something, Stanford can afford to hand-pick a class of Truman scholars and budding cancer researchers.

Gleevec---as far as that essay question goes, I know what you mean about the asian kid/suburb upbringing, and it's going to be hard to come up w/something that doesn't sound to apologetic/patronizing. but i think it's important to say at least SOMETHING...gotta figure out what...of course, i can only tackle this after i finish up vandy (almost done! yay! 😀 )


g'luck y'all....
 
SCOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE!

:clap:
 
Originally posted by Gleevec
my undergrad awarded credit for APs so I just entered it as that. unfortunately i have to write the 10-line explanation of why my undergrad doesnt give lab credit for AP courses =(
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Oh, OK sorry I thought it was kinda like AMCAS you know how no semester hours were entered, just AP credit. I have Chem credits, but my undergrad didnt give lab credit either... but they let us waive the labs thru some process. but no credit--Gleevac did you end up taking your lab or did you get a waiver? if you got a waiver what are you putting... thanks
 
okay, they say that a committee letter will not take the place of all three letters, but does it count as one of them? I have three LORs, but one of them is out of town and won't be back for a week or so. So that leaves me with 2 profs and 1 LOE, will that suffice? And they say they "prefer" it within 10 days...wonder exactly what that means...
 
Does anyone know how many fill out Stanford secondaries? 3000??
 
For those of you getting secondaries from Stanford, how long did it take for you to get the email requesting you to full out the secondary? Also, if you don't mind, what are your stats? Again, congrats on getting the secondary and I look forward to your posts. :clap:
 
And my Premed Committee Letter isn't a packet of letters or anything and it doesn't incorporate other letters. It's just a single letter of evaluation based on an interview. Do I check the first box for Premedical Committee Letter or do I check the second box, since it will arrive as an individual letter, along with the two others? Ack!
 
congrats everyone! yeah...i was a little freaked by the 10 day notice thing....have to get on my writers ASAP. I also found the tone of the essays: "your stuff will be lopped off if you pass this # of lines" a little stern. anyway, i've heard lots of good things about the place so let's all hope we score interviews!!
 
Originally posted by Lux Aeterna
Oh, OK sorry I thought it was kinda like AMCAS you know how no semester hours were entered, just AP credit. I have Chem credits, but my undergrad didnt give lab credit either... but they let us waive the labs thru some process. but no credit--Gleevac did you end up taking your lab or did you get a waiver? if you got a waiver what are you putting... thanks
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I dont know what a waiver is. Do I have to call the school or something? I just explained my schools policy in the 10 lines provided. Should I be doing something else (ie getting the waiver you mentioned). How do I go about getting this waiver? Thanks!
 
Originally posted by Gleevec
I dont know what a waiver is. Do I have to call the school or something? I just explained my schools policy in the 10 lines provided. Should I be doing something else (ie getting the waiver you mentioned). How do I go about getting this waiver? Thanks!
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Sorry Gleev, I think I didn't explain myself correctly. At my school, even if we have AP credit for both semesters of Chem, that doesn't exclude us from lab. If we don't want to take lab, we can apply for a waiver, and if we get it, we are exempt... but do not get the credit. So no semester hours or anything are recorded. There's just a little notation on my transcript that says "Waiver granted."

So my question is... You got credit for Chem, but no credit for lab per your school's requirements. So did you have to take lab or does your school exempt you from it (i.e. waive the labs for you) ? If so, I assume you aren't listing the labs underneath the requirements... you just filled out that little explanation box.-- is this right?
 
So what are you guys doing with that 25 line question... I mean, I too, have not really had too many hard experiences, but I'm sure I can come up with something, although it'll be weak at best.
 
Originally posted by Lux Aeterna
Sorry Gleev, I think I didn't explain myself correctly. At my school, even if we have AP credit for both semesters of Chem, that doesn't exclude us from lab. If we don't want to take lab, we can apply for a waiver, and if we get it, we are exempt... but do not get the credit. So no semester hours or anything are recorded. There's just a little notation on my transcript that says "Waiver granted."

So my question is... You got credit for Chem, but no credit for lab per your school's requirements. So did you have to take lab or does your school exempt you from it (i.e. waive the labs for you) ? If so, I assume you aren't listing the labs underneath the requirements... you just filled out that little explanation box.-- is this right?
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Oh, my school exempts me from lab. I filled out the box explaining I have credit for the lecture, but the school doesnt provide lab designation.
 
Originally posted by Jonkst
So what are you guys doing with that 25 line question... I mean, I too, have not really had too many hard experiences, but I'm sure I can come up with something, although it'll be weak at best.
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It doesn't say it has to be a difficult experience. It says "unique, personally important, and/or challenging factors in your background." So if you don't have any difficult factors, write about something that is unique or personally important.
 
Now I'm confused how they choose people to fill out secondaries ... when people with MUCH higher stats than me got rejection letters ... oh well, I'm still excited. :clap:
 
stanford sounds like the school to judge on a lot more then GPA.. just my general NOT NOT NOT well based impression of them (well, bias, b/c I grew up near stanford).

the kick ass cancer research students will reject stanford and go other places (not that i wont be glad if they accepted me).

ditto the previous poster, it doesn't have to be a really tough /bad experience.. just something unusual.

Ten days is just a suggestion.. right? my pre med commitee wont have it done in ten days... hell, they wont have me interviewed in ten days... gr...

do the want ALL science courses, or just enough to meet the reqs listed in 7a?

Hey, did you notice they said the like spanish OR asian? most schools just say spanish... just found that interesting (granted half the science student population is asian at Bay area colleges)

sonya
 
Originally posted by dara678
Now I'm confused how they choose people to fill out secondaries ... when people with MUCH higher stats than me got rejection letters ... oh well, I'm still excited. :clap:
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Seriously. I thought they had that crazy algorithm and everything. Well, I'm not complaining... although I know getting to the next stage is a @!#@#. So I don't want to get too giddy or anything...

Thanks for your clarification, Gleevac, about the lab stuff!


good luck everyone
 
damn.. you're right.. algorithm. I remembered i had this page that listed stanfords list of priorities for medschool admission (I found it on SDN, ages ago). But, my general impression stays that stanford looks at a lot besides numbers.

sonya
 
Originally posted by Lux Aeterna
Seriously. I thought they had that crazy algorithm and everything.
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Eeny meeny mieny moe...😀
 
congrats to those who got the supp!

do you remember when you sent your AMCAS or when they transmitted your verified version? also, did u get a confirmation of amcas receipt earlier on or just notification of secondary? anyone get rejection already?

anyone else want to share stats, maybe you can PM if u dont want to tell all.

thanks and congrats again.
 
did anyone with less than a 10 on verbal get a secondary? hope you can share; if not with all, maybe you can PM me. thanks sooo much, congrats, and good luck!
 
Hey, a friend of mine got a secondary with an 8 on the verbal (but 11's on both the sciences)...don't give up hope!
 
i think the 10 days deadline is just a suggestion..all apps must be turned in my december...so whenever is cool i think...they just prefer 10 days...

anyway, i'm really happy i got the secondary...i would love to go to stanford...congrats again everyone =)
 
Congrats everyone who got the secondary. I was stoked to come home from a long day at work and find the invite sitting in my email. I got my 1st secondary yesterday and then this one today, so it has been a good 2 days to end the week. For someone who was asking above I submitted AMCAS around July 6 and my stuff was transmitted tot he schools between July 18-27. I was surprised to hear from any schools this quickly since I did not submit immediately in June. And I got notice that my AMCAS was submitted and transmitted a couple of weeks ago. Hope that helps. Good luck everybody 🙂
 
yeah, i got a 9 also and an R on writing
 
I only had a 9 in verbal and a Q writing score, and somehow I got the secondary.
 
I have a low science gpa (PM me if you want the details whoever asked for the stats) and my MCAT isn't that high. However, I poured my soul into the personal statement, and I have some cool activities, which I think is getting me pass the screens at some good schools. Whether I can make it to the end though remains to be seen..!
 
anyone else having a problem submitting because of the application inspector? I need to add my organic lab requirement in 7b. but when I click "no" on "will the above coursework fulfill our pre-medical courses", the app won't submit. But if I click "yes" it will. Should I just go ahead and put "Yes" but leave the organc lab stuff in?
 
I'm having the same problem, I can't submit even though on 7b I clicked "no" and explained my reasoning and why I took the classes I did... so I was going to call them Monday if its still not working....
 
Originally posted by DoctorKevin
I'm having the same problem, I can't submit even though on 7b I clicked "no" and explained my reasoning and why I took the classes I did... so I was going to call them Monday if its still not working....
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Im having the same problem as well. Ill try calling tomorrow just to prod them along =)
 
I also have problem with question 7B, because I have to list more chemistry courses than the space provided....but I think Stanford will correct the problem soon.

Another question that I'm working on is the one about your future career. For those who havn't got the secondary, it asked you to choose from "Private Practice", "Planning Health Policy", "Public Health Officer for gov't", "Research/Teaching", etc., and asked you to explain your qualification in 10 lines.

I personally have interest in both clinical care and public health. However, if I choose "private practice", I'll probably just repeat what I said on my AMCAS. If I choose "Planning Health policy" or "Public Health officer", I'm scared that during interview I'll be asked "Why not Master's in Public Health or Business Administration instead?". I wonder what you guys choose and how you explain it....

BTW, I got 8 for verbal but I still got the secondary, so I think they did more than just looking at numbers for the screening.
 
Can someone please post the URL of Stanford's secondary app? I have mine saved in the original e-mail they sent, but my e-mail is down now. Thanks!
 
Originally posted by raincrew
anyone else having a problem submitting because of the application inspector? I need to add my organic lab requirement in 7b. but when I click "no" on "will the above coursework fulfill our pre-medical courses", the app won't submit. But if I click "yes" it will. Should I just go ahead and put "Yes" but leave the organc lab stuff in?
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Has anyone had this issue regarding 7b and the application inspector resolved? I tried calling Stanford but all I got after talking to the receptionist is the answering machine. I also sent an email earlier, and am waiting for a reply.

I would be extremely grateful for any information. Thanks in advance!

Gleevec
 
Gleevec and others,

I called Stanford as well and haven't receive a response to my message, I'm sure they are swamped with calls by now if everyone is having this problem. So, if anyone hears back let us all know!

Kevin
 
Just heard back, the woman (Patricia?) that I spoke with said to submit the application after clicking YES for 7B instead of NO, and I'm assuming that means the explanation will still be included. If not, I'm going to mail it to them I think.

Kevin
 
Originally posted by DoctorKevin
Just heard back, the woman (Patricia?) that I spoke with said to submit the application after clicking YES for 7B instead of NO, and I'm assuming that means the explanation will still be included. If not, I'm going to mail it to them I think.

Kevin
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Thanks for the info Kevin. I have no received a response from either of the people I called (including Patricia) or from emails I sent out, so your info has been really helpful.

Thanks again!
 
hey y'all, gluck on the app.

i dunno, the "we *strongly recommend* that you return this within 10 days" kinda freaks me out. there's all the run-on about an extended examination of the application if you don't. yikes.
 
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