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Sorry for the long post. I've been stressing out all winter break about this. 🙁
So my school's pre-health office is relatively helpful, as long as you take their advice with a grain of salt. If you go through the process they'll give you a committee interview by a "member of the pre-health committee" which is usually a science professor, then I suppose the professor reports back to the pre-health advisor. If all goes well, the advisor compiles your 3 LORS from your dentist and two professors and write a cover letter committee letter with strongly recommend/recommend/recommend with reservations after you go through the process of making a portfolio.
Well, I had my interview and went TERRIBLY. I couldn't articulate anything I wanted to say. Honestly, it's my fault for not preparing enough. My interviewer gave me lots of feedback to help me prepare and gave me an encouraging story of a brilliant student she had that was similarly awful at articulating what they wanted to say. She pretty much coached him and he passed his interviews with flying colors. She strongly recommended me to come back to do more mock interviews, which I'm going to do.. and she also mentioned that the committee advisor won't release my files unless they think I'm ready (grade-wise or whatnot).
Not sure what I'm asking.. I'm just worried that they'll recommend me with reservation. The rest of my app is not bad.. I'm a music major/bio minor, 3.7/3.45 oGPA/sGPA and I'm taking the DAT soon, planning on a 20AA+, 50+ hours shadowing, and I'm already set to volunteer at a community clinic in the spring.. I'd be crushed if I got screwed by the committee. My other 3 letters should be strong as well. The thing is, I had them sent to the pre-health office to be held already and I'd have to ask my professors for the letters again, leading to the question of why I'm not using the committee.
I mean, logically, if I went back and showed improvement in my interview, they should recommend me without reservation. Why would they even release my file if they're going to recommend me with reservations..? What should I do? Should I try and patch things up or just forget the committee? I'm going to ask my interviewer about it when I see her this week, but let me know what you guys think..
So my school's pre-health office is relatively helpful, as long as you take their advice with a grain of salt. If you go through the process they'll give you a committee interview by a "member of the pre-health committee" which is usually a science professor, then I suppose the professor reports back to the pre-health advisor. If all goes well, the advisor compiles your 3 LORS from your dentist and two professors and write a cover letter committee letter with strongly recommend/recommend/recommend with reservations after you go through the process of making a portfolio.
Well, I had my interview and went TERRIBLY. I couldn't articulate anything I wanted to say. Honestly, it's my fault for not preparing enough. My interviewer gave me lots of feedback to help me prepare and gave me an encouraging story of a brilliant student she had that was similarly awful at articulating what they wanted to say. She pretty much coached him and he passed his interviews with flying colors. She strongly recommended me to come back to do more mock interviews, which I'm going to do.. and she also mentioned that the committee advisor won't release my files unless they think I'm ready (grade-wise or whatnot).
Not sure what I'm asking.. I'm just worried that they'll recommend me with reservation. The rest of my app is not bad.. I'm a music major/bio minor, 3.7/3.45 oGPA/sGPA and I'm taking the DAT soon, planning on a 20AA+, 50+ hours shadowing, and I'm already set to volunteer at a community clinic in the spring.. I'd be crushed if I got screwed by the committee. My other 3 letters should be strong as well. The thing is, I had them sent to the pre-health office to be held already and I'd have to ask my professors for the letters again, leading to the question of why I'm not using the committee.
I mean, logically, if I went back and showed improvement in my interview, they should recommend me without reservation. Why would they even release my file if they're going to recommend me with reservations..? What should I do? Should I try and patch things up or just forget the committee? I'm going to ask my interviewer about it when I see her this week, but let me know what you guys think..