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I just received my UC Davis interview invitation yesterday but im not able to sign up for the interview on my UC postbacc portal. Is anyone else having this issue? I dont see a section dedicated to interviews?
 
Etetteh said:
Just heard back about an interview from Davis yesterday!
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Nice, congrats! I interviewed earlier this month. There should be a tab in your application in the Consortium portal that gives you an option to schedule.
 
I interviewed for the UCSD post bacc on March 5th and haven't heard back, has anyone else?
 
smta.500 said:
Right on - congrats!!

Any tips for interviewing with UCD?
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predmedjm said:
Any tips for the Davis interview?
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Aside from know your basic interview questions (your background, experience, goals, etc.), honestly be yourself. It's as much you interviewing them as it is them interviewing you. Both parties are trying to see if the program is a good fit. Have questions, know your own story, think of it as a conversation vs. a job interview lol. Hope that helps!

Maybe we should get a GroupMe group going for us all
 
ubedaaa said:
Aside from know your basic interview questions (your background, experience, goals, etc.), honestly be yourself. It's as much you interviewing them as it is them interviewing you. Both parties are trying to see if the program is a good fit. Have questions, know your own story, think of it as a conversation vs. a job interview lol. Hope that helps!

Maybe we should get a GroupMe group going for us all
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I'm on board with this GroupMe! I've never used it before, but I can figure it out pretty quickly lol
 
predmedjm said:
Here is the link:
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Oh hey, I made that! haha

I got an email this past Wednesday from UCI about scheduling an interview for next week. They've yet to confirm the date, but they sent over dates and times. Hoping for the best!
 
lorainstorms said:
Oh hey, I made that! haha

I got an email this past Wednesday from UCI about scheduling an interview for next week. They've yet to confirm the date, but they sent over dates and times. Hoping for the best!
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Hahaha thanks! But I think this is different than the consortium — I asked them and they said they are still filtering until 3/24.
 
Myguy1995 said:
Hahaha thanks! But I think this is different than the consortium — I asked them and they said they are still filtering until 3/24.
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hi, can you tell us what they mean in terms of filtering? does it mean that they're going to send out II's after they've filtered out applicants? Sorry by "them," is it the overall consortium or just uci?
 
rethos said:
hi, can you tell us what they mean in terms of filtering? does it mean that they're going to send out II's after they've filtered out applicants? Sorry by "them," is it the overall consortium or just uci?
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Correct. I believe they will send out IIs after the filter. Only UCI. Also, anyone know anything about UCLA?
 
Myguy1995 said:
Correct. I believe they will send out IIs after the filter. Only UCI. Also, anyone know anything about UCLA?
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UCLA has rolling applications and when I talked to a counselor from UCLA back in like September she basically said if you apply your in. Not sure if that helps with timing.

Also, what do you mean by IIs? They emailed me with interview times for the UCI pre med post bacc for Wednesday.
 
lorainstorms said:
UCLA has rolling applications and when I talked to a counselor from UCLA back in like September she basically said if you apply your in. Not sure if that helps with timing.

Also, what do you mean by IIs? They emailed me with interview times for the UCI pre med post bacc for Wednesday.
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Thanks for the information. What UCLA Post- Bacc?
There are multiple post baccs within the schools. This sub isn’t for the pre-med post baccs. This sub is for the UC Consortium
 
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lorainstorms said:
UCLA has rolling applications and when I talked to a counselor from UCLA back in like September she basically said if you apply your in. Not sure if that helps with timing.

Also, what do you mean by IIs? They emailed me with interview times for the UCI pre med post bacc for Wednesday.
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Yeah, I think this might be for the other UCI post-bacc. program and not the one through the UC Postbaccalaureate Consortium.

Myguy1995 said:
Correct. I believe they will send out IIs after the filter. Only UCI. Also, anyone know anything about UCLA?
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Not sure if you're in the GroupMe I made a few posts back on this thread, but somebody in the group said that UCLA RAP told them they're not sending out invites until after their May deadline
 
ubedaaa said:
Yeah, I think this might be for the other UCI post-bacc. program and not the one through the UC Postbaccalaureate Consortium.


Not sure if you're in the GroupMe I made a few posts back on this thread, but somebody in the group said that UCLA RAP told them they're not sending out invites until after their May deadline
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Oh! Thank you! I will add myself into the group me!
 
lorainstorms said:
UCLA has rolling applications and when I talked to a counselor from UCLA back in like September she basically said if you apply your in. Not sure if that helps with timing.

Also, what do you mean by IIs? They emailed me with interview times for the UCI pre med post bacc for Wednesday.
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UCLA has several premedical programs (SHPEP, PREP, RAP) like Myguy1995 said. All three programs seem competitive to me. . . I was in UCLA SHPEP and the acceptance rate was around 7%? It might be easier to take classes for a DIY postbacc in the UCLA extension though, if that's what you mean. For UCLA, only RAP is in the consortium. The consortium mainly focuses on academic enhancers (not career changers), correct me if I'm wrong.

UCI's BioSci PostBacc Program (like Mills' and LMU's postbacc) is meant for career changers but the UCI's consortium is for academic enhancers. Both are for premeds though!

UCD has two programs (the HPA and the consortium) that people could apply to if they want to bump their gpa's or just take more science classes. There're so many programs. . I get confused sometimes too lol.

"II's" is just short for "interview invites" : )
 
Hi guys congrats to all that have already had interviews! I have been reading up on your guys thread and I noticed that you guys speak about a verification this is my first time applying where would I see if my application has been verified. Ex is it an email?
 
Kleach said:
Hi guys congrats to all that have already had interviews! I have been reading up on your guys thread and I noticed that you guys speak about a verification this is my first time applying where would I see if my application has been verified. Ex is it an email?
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do you mean when the app gets marked "complete"? If so, you'd get an email after they have received all of your supplementary materials (transcripts, lors, etc). hope that helps!
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Kleach said:
Hi guys congrats to all that have already had interviews! I have been reading up on your guys thread and I noticed that you guys speak about a verification this is my first time applying where would I see if my application has been verified. Ex is it an email?
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GroupMe

Feel free to join our applicant GroupMe if you're interested!
 
lorainstorms said:
UCLA has rolling applications and when I talked to a counselor from UCLA back in like September she basically said if you apply your in. Not sure if that helps with timing.
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I believe it. I think most UC Consortium applicants are first-time applicants (based on previous cycle threads), so they don't meet the criteria for UCLA. Furthermore, UCLA's class photos have been consistently at 5 students for the last 2 years. My guess, if you have a goal of helping the underserved community without relying on the overused umbrella phrase "helping the underserved community", but rather focusing on specific issues plaguing underserved communities, you're good to go.
 
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has anyone else heard back from uci today? do the rejections usually come in batches?
 
rethos said:
has anyone else heard back from uci today? do the rejections usually come in batches?
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Not sure about rejections, do we even get notified if we're rejected? It's my understanding that all the schools except UCLA are still sending out primary and secondary interviews!
 
ubedaaa said:
Not sure about rejections, do we even get notified if we're rejected? It's my understanding that all the schools except UCLA are still sending out primary and secondary interviews!
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They do email the rejections out. I know someone who applied late feb and got the rejection yesterday, thanking them for applying : (. I applied by late Jan and still haven’t heard any news. . . That’s good that they’re still sending out interview invites! Have you been checking in with them lately?
 
rethos said:
They do email the rejections out. I know someone who applied late feb and got the rejection yesterday, thanking them for applying : (. I applied by late Jan and still haven’t heard any news. . . That’s good that they’re still sending out interview invites! Have you been checking in with them lately?
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was it a UCI rejection?
 
Does anyone know when the UCSD decisions will come out or have they came out?
 
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