Hey guys, I'm so excited to see that their strong interest in the BRAND NEW University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine!! In fact, I just had my third and final interview with JABSOM yesterday afternoon, go figure. Now I just sit and wait... patiently but anxiously. If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me. You can also check out my MDapps profile to see the general timeline of things for me and UH.
Someone also mentioned that it's nearly impossible for OOS applicants to get into JABSOM. That is partly true. Considering that the entering class ONLY has 52 spots (it's 62 total, but 10 spots automatically go to successful graduates of the post-bacc program). In general, only about 3-4 are from OOS. Anyway, on the third "interview" with the Dean, you get the point breakdown of how you were offered an interview. Let me try to summarize it here as best as I can...
First Cut: Residency (5pts max)
Hawaii Resident (1pt)
Parents Hawaii Residents (1pt)
Hawaii HS (1pt)
Hawaii College (1pt)
Something else (1pt)
Second Cut: Academics & ECs (~17pts max)
Cum GPA (2pts)
Fr-Soph/Jun-Sen GPA Change (0-1pt)
MCAT PS (-2 to 2 pts)
MCAT VR (-2 to 2 pts)
MCAT BS (-2 to 2 pts)
MCAT WS (-2 to 2 pt, i think)
Research (0 to 2 pts)
ECs (-2 to 2 pts)
Leadership (-2 to 2 pts)
Work (-1 to 1 pt)
Roughly, that's the general scheme of things. To get an interview, applicants must meet a certain total point cutoff as follows:
Residents Reg MD: 8pts
Residents EDP: 10pts
Non-Residents Reg MD: 14pts (which means, that without all the points carried over from the resident cutoff, you must have a stellar academic/EC profile)
