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Hi All.
So We had a Rep from UCSF speak at our school very recently. He mentioned a break down that he had on power point. I wish I would have written it down but I didnt.

It was pretty much the break down of the numbers (application, rejections, number of interviews, number of acceptances sent out and number of acceptance accepted by students, wait list size, etc, etc,)

Does anyone know these statistics?

From what I recall, It went like this:

1700 applications
900 Rejected ASAP
About 269 get interviews
177 acceptances are sent out for fill 88 seats or something like that


does that seem right???

Feel free to correct me please.

Thank you
 
The number accepted seems a bit high...but he told you those numbers in person so I am sure you're right.

Did he mention how many out-of-state are interviewed in total and how many of those are accepted? Thanks.
 
Hi All.
So We had a Rep from UCSF speak at our school very recently. He mentioned a break down that he had on power point. I wish I would have written it down but I didnt.

It was pretty much the break down of the numbers (application, rejections, number of interviews, number of acceptances sent out and number of acceptance accepted by students, wait list size, etc, etc,)

Does anyone know these statistics?

From what I recall, It went like this:

1700 applications
900 Rejected ASAP
About 269 get interviews
177 acceptances are sent out for fill 88 seats or something like that


does that seem right???

Feel free to correct me please.

Thank you

I'm a little impressed with the fact that only 50% of accepted students end up attending. I thought it'd be at least 65% since the school is considered as one of the top schools.

I just checked 2008 ADEA official guide and it was 147 : 88 ratio for class of 2007. So, your numbers seem correct.

Edit: Read wrong columns on the handbook.
 
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The number accepted seems a bit high...but he told you those numbers in person so I am sure you're right.

Did he mention how many out-of-state are interviewed in total and how many of those are accepted? Thanks.

It was 72 (interviewed) : 45 (accepted) ratio = 63% for class of 2007.
 
Hey, thanks for checking the ADEA Guide. Can you see the number of people they actually interviewd in TOTAL??

Thanks again
 
Hey, thanks for checking the ADEA Guide. Can you see the number of people they actually interviewd in TOTAL??

Thanks again

It was only 224 that year.

Edit: disregard the previous comment.
 
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Hi All.
1700 applications
900 Rejected ASAP
About 269 get interviews
177 acceptances are sent out for fill 88 seats or something like that

177 seems alittle high am i right? thats 2 times the seats offered. ucsf is not prestige anymore?
 
I had that same admissions presentation at my school... I didn't write down the breakdown though.

All I remember is that the presenter said that getting the interview was the hard part. 🙂
 
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I had that same admissions presentation at my school... I didn't write down the breakdown though.

All I remember is that the presenter said that getting the interview was the hard part. 🙂

Telebeans, its scary how similar our predents.com records are! Same undergrad, same major, almost exactly same DAT, same interviews and at about the same time(yours a little earlier in the cycle). My experience was also with endo and a GP. I hope this gives you good mojo to get into UCSF!

🙂
 
Oh wow! Similar stats to PDizzle??? I'm not worthy! 🙂

I'm hoping for the best cause UCSF is my #1. Thanks for the encouragement! 😀
 
To the UCSF students and/or people familiar with the process:

At UCSF, how much of an advantage is it to interview prior to December 1st? I know with some schools it's huge, but others not.

Thanks in advance.
 
To the UCSF students and/or people familiar with the process:

At UCSF, how much of an advantage is it to interview prior to December 1st? I know with some schools it's huge, but others not.

Thanks in advance.

I believe they give out 60 acceptances on december 1st in hopes of filling up half the class.
 
To the UCSF students and/or people familiar with the process:

At UCSF, how much of an advantage is it to interview prior to December 1st? I know with some schools it's huge, but others not.

Thanks in advance.

From my interview, which was in early Dec but before they accepted anyone, they kinda let us know that we were all THEIR first pick. So,..if you match what they want at the interview, you have a real good chance on getting in. Many of my classmates said they felt they nailed the interview and just knew they got in. Now the question, "What do they want?". Well, from my experience, they want upbeat, happy, funny, charismatic people.

So, to answer your question, it's a pretty good advantage in being in the first cycle of acceptances. The second one, 45 days later is also a good spot because many of the people that interview and get accepted to UCSF pre dec-1st are frign dental stud/etts and usually have multiple acceptances on dec 1st. So, UCSF hopefulls will look at approx Dec1st and will have their, "second shot" on approx Jan 15th.
 
From my interview, which was in early Dec but before they accepted anyone, they kinda let us know that we were all THEIR first pick. So,..if you match what they want at the interview, you have a real good chance on getting in. Many of my classmates said they felt they nailed the interview and just knew they got in. Now the question, "What do they want?". Well, from my experience, they want upbeat, happy, funny, charismatic people.

So, to answer your question, it's a pretty good advantage in being in the first cycle of acceptances. The second one, 45 days later is also a good spot because many of the people that interview and get accepted to UCSF pre dec-1st are frign dental stud/etts and usually have multiple acceptances on dec 1st. So, UCSF hopefulls will look at approx Dec1st and will have their, "second shot" on approx Jan 15th.

Hey PDizzle,

Thanks for the lengthy reply!

So UCSF goes through 2 cycles of acceptances? Does that mean everyone finds out either December 1st or January 15th? If you could clarify that would be great. Thanks.

I am interviewing early January. Based off what you're saying (correct me if I'm wrong), I still hold a decent shot?
 
Hey PDizzle,

Thanks for the lengthy reply!

So UCSF goes through 2 cycles of acceptances? Does that mean everyone finds out either December 1st or January 15th? If you could clarify that would be great. Thanks.

I am interviewing early January. Based off what you're saying (correct me if I'm wrong), I still hold a decent shot?

As of my time interviewing, UCSF does not over accept and simply hope some people do not accept the invite (last year a few schools got into some hot water and over filled their school....doh!).

Having said this I can answer your first question: UCSF goes through as many cycles as they need to in order to fill their class(like all schools, really) but since they don't over accept the cycles are spaced by the time they give you to make your decision(45 days on the first one, 30 days on the second, and I think it goes down from there). If you interview pre-Jan 15th you can make the Jan acceptance round.

Good luck! 👍
 
As of my time interviewing, UCSF does not over accept and simply hope some people do not accept the invite (last year a few schools got into some hot water and over filled their school....doh!).

Having said this I can answer your first question: UCSF goes through as many cycles as they need to in order to fill their class(like all schools, really) but since they don't over accept the cycles are spaced by the time they give you to make your decision(45 days on the first one, 30 days on the second, and I think it goes down from there). If you interview pre-Jan 15th you can make the Jan acceptance round.

Good luck! 👍

Hey PDizzle,

Thanks, that cleared everything up 👍
 
well I wonder how many interviewing days UCSF really has... I have a scheduled interview for the 15th of December.
 
Can anyone tell me approximately how long the UCSF interview is?

My email says the interview starts at 8:45 am... any idea around what time the interview will end?

😍thank you!
 
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Can anyone tell me approximately how long the UCSF interview is?

My email says the interview starts at 8:45 am... any idea around what time the interview will end?

😍thank you!


I think it says 3:00 on the confirmation mail.
 
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So they say, they are giving away almost half the class (a little over) on December 1st...

so if have an interview early Jan, Is it safe to say that im going for the next half?

When do they make the decision on the second half?

Can anyone help a little with where to stay and stuff around the school?


Thanks
 
I think it says 3:00 on the confirmation mail.
Hi, do you remember how long it took for them to send a confirmation email to you? I sent an interview appointment confirmation by replying their interview invitation email last Fri. Should I expect a confirmation email from them shortly?
 
they send a confirmation by snail mail, not email. you should receive it one week later.
 
cool peeps. lets talk about the actual interview itself now. how is it?
 
cool peeps. lets talk about the actual interview itself now. how is it?

Just bring your koon and a "will do anything attitude", you should be set 🙂
 
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