I read in of the threads that UW was interviewing til March 15th? Is this right? Can someone confirm this? I received their secondary about a month ago, and they gave me until late february to submit my application. Can an adcom review a file in less than two weeks to determine if someone should get an interview/rejection? I find that kind of hard to believe...
University of Washington still interviewing?
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Dr. Don - UW interviews almost zero applicant from out of state. The only exceptions are outstanding MD/PhD applicants and highly qualified outstanding URMs. So keep this in your mind and don't get too discouraged...
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How did you pick the schools you applied to? It seems like they are all top of the line schools? Knowing your stats, it's hard to feel sorry for you getting rejections from a lot of the schools. I just hope next time you will apply to schools that you have a better chance with. Look at USnews and the MSAR to see what their average GPA's and MCAT are.
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Jalbrekt:
•How did you pick the schools you applied to? It seems like they are all top of the line schools? Knowing your stats, it's hard to feel sorry for you getting rejections from a lot of the schools. I just hope next time you will apply to schools that you have a better chance with. Look at USnews and the MSAR to see what their average GPA's and MCAT are.•••••when did I ever ask you to feel sorry for me?! as far as how I chose the schools I applied to, I sent in my AMCAS application before I took the august MCAT, so I was hoping to rock the MCAT so that I will have at least have a chance at the schools I applied to, as you can see from my stats, it didn't go so well, so I guess you could say that I gambled and lost! I know I am not a "strong applicant", but I was hoping that other parts of my application will shine and get me over the hump so that I can at least interview somewhere. It seems like it is the numbers that are killing me here, because trust me, I have experienced many things that have changed my life dramatically and I know medicine is the right path for me. Like I said before, all I need is an interview, I can handle the rest....
•How did you pick the schools you applied to? It seems like they are all top of the line schools? Knowing your stats, it's hard to feel sorry for you getting rejections from a lot of the schools. I just hope next time you will apply to schools that you have a better chance with. Look at USnews and the MSAR to see what their average GPA's and MCAT are.•••••when did I ever ask you to feel sorry for me?! as far as how I chose the schools I applied to, I sent in my AMCAS application before I took the august MCAT, so I was hoping to rock the MCAT so that I will have at least have a chance at the schools I applied to, as you can see from my stats, it didn't go so well, so I guess you could say that I gambled and lost! I know I am not a "strong applicant", but I was hoping that other parts of my application will shine and get me over the hump so that I can at least interview somewhere. It seems like it is the numbers that are killing me here, because trust me, I have experienced many things that have changed my life dramatically and I know medicine is the right path for me. Like I said before, all I need is an interview, I can handle the rest....
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by Jalbrekt:
•How did you pick the schools you applied to? It seems like they are all top of the line schools? Knowing your stats, it's hard to feel sorry for you getting rejections from a lot of the schools. I just hope next time you will apply to schools that you have a better chance with. Look at USnews and the MSAR to see what their average GPA's and MCAT are.•••••I don't think anyone on this forum wants you to feel sorry for them, including Dr. Don. Maybe you can offer advice after knowing the whole story, as Don mentioned he took the MCAT in august and selected his schools prior. By the way, how did you choose your schools the first time around? I understand this is your second application.
•How did you pick the schools you applied to? It seems like they are all top of the line schools? Knowing your stats, it's hard to feel sorry for you getting rejections from a lot of the schools. I just hope next time you will apply to schools that you have a better chance with. Look at USnews and the MSAR to see what their average GPA's and MCAT are.•••••I don't think anyone on this forum wants you to feel sorry for them, including Dr. Don. Maybe you can offer advice after knowing the whole story, as Don mentioned he took the MCAT in august and selected his schools prior. By the way, how did you choose your schools the first time around? I understand this is your second application.
actually Joe, this is my first time applying. I chose the schools based on the Princeton Review's Med School HandBook they give you when you enroll in their class. I decided to go by their averages GPA/MCAT and also by their location (big city/strong latino population/schools with programs designed to helping the underserved, etc). I thought I did my research right, but I guess not. I have heard of other great schools like Michigan State, Emory, Howard, that I did not apply to. But I definitely will next year if I have to reapply...I still have 5 other schools that I am waiting to hear from, so hopefully one of them will hook it up with an interview! wish me luck...
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by jmejia1:
I don't think anyone on this forum wants you to feel sorry for them, including Dr. Don. Maybe you can offer advice after knowing the whole story, as Don mentioned he took the MCAT in august and selected his schools prior. By the way, how did you choose your schools the first time around? I understand this is your second application.[/QB]••••I don't know, sometimes I think he does want people to feel sorry for him. I actually did know that he selected his schools before taking the MCAT, but he also knew his GPA at that time. The schools he ended up applying to on average are better than the ones I chose. I wouldn't want people to feel sorry for me when I get rejected from Penn, Harvard, and Yale, because I have no real chance of getting into those schools. It's just every other week I see a new post asking for sympathy, and A. Caveman inspired me to speak my mind.
As to how I choose my schools the first time, I choose them knowing that I could fix my GPA over the next year and apply a year later (which turned into 2). So I applied much to the same schools as Don, but I just knew that I could reapply if I didn't get in. (Course I didn't know I wouldn't get a single interview) I just think Don should take a serious look at his stats before applying again, and figure out if he should apply to lower ranked school or wait a few years.
I don't think anyone on this forum wants you to feel sorry for them, including Dr. Don. Maybe you can offer advice after knowing the whole story, as Don mentioned he took the MCAT in august and selected his schools prior. By the way, how did you choose your schools the first time around? I understand this is your second application.[/QB]••••I don't know, sometimes I think he does want people to feel sorry for him. I actually did know that he selected his schools before taking the MCAT, but he also knew his GPA at that time. The schools he ended up applying to on average are better than the ones I chose. I wouldn't want people to feel sorry for me when I get rejected from Penn, Harvard, and Yale, because I have no real chance of getting into those schools. It's just every other week I see a new post asking for sympathy, and A. Caveman inspired me to speak my mind.
As to how I choose my schools the first time, I choose them knowing that I could fix my GPA over the next year and apply a year later (which turned into 2). So I applied much to the same schools as Don, but I just knew that I could reapply if I didn't get in. (Course I didn't know I wouldn't get a single interview) I just think Don should take a serious look at his stats before applying again, and figure out if he should apply to lower ranked school or wait a few years.
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Jalbrekt:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by jmejia1:
I don't think anyone on this forum wants you to feel sorry for them, including Dr. Don. Maybe you can offer advice after knowing the whole story, as Don mentioned he took the MCAT in august and selected his schools prior. By the way, how did you choose your schools the first time around? I understand this is your second application.•••••I don't know, sometimes I think he does want people to feel sorry for him. I actually did know that he selected his schools before taking the MCAT, but he also knew his GPA at that time. The schools he ended up applying to on average are better than the ones I chose. I wouldn't want people to feel sorry for me when I get rejected from Penn, Harvard, and Yale, because I have no real chance of getting into those schools. It's just every other week I see a new post asking for sympathy, and A. Caveman inspired me to speak my mind.
As to how I choose my schools the first time, I choose them knowing that I could fix my GPA over the next year and apply a year later (which turned into 2). So I applied much to the same schools as Don, but I just knew that I could reapply if I didn't get in. (Course I didn't know I wouldn't get a single interview) I just think Don should take a serious look at his stats before applying again, and figure out if he should apply to lower ranked school or wait a few years.[/QB]••••jalbrekt, really bro, I do not want you to feel sorry for me or anyone! If I don't get in this year, then there's always next year, and if I don't get in next year, then I'll try again, until I do get in. You don't know me, so your comments are just based on what you read from my posts. Some of my posts are positive, some are negative. I know I'm not the only that is worried about not getting in this year. It's just that I might be the only one with the balls to say, HEY I'M NOT GETTING ANY LOVE HERE! you don't even know how many PMs I have from people that tell me that they're in the same situation as me, but they just don't want to post them in the forum...There are some applicants out there who have great numbers, but little ECs, how do they know that they really want to be doctors? Is it because daddy told them to? I have read a lot of posts here, where people get in with 37 MCATs, 3.8 GPAs, but little clinical volunteering, little research...pretty much no social life...yet they get in. My ex-roomate is a 4th year medical student at UCLA and he's on the admissions committee, and he tells me the Bull **** that he has to put up with during evaluation time, because he would rather admit someone with average numbers (or maybe even a little below average numbers) and great clinical volunteering, research, ECs, future leaders of our community etc, yet the administrators won't even take him seriously. He doesn't even go to their meetings anymore, because he's tired of it! THIS IS THE TRUTH...so everytime I get those infamous "We are sorry to inform you...." I just say **** YOU....it's your lost...
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by jmejia1:
I don't think anyone on this forum wants you to feel sorry for them, including Dr. Don. Maybe you can offer advice after knowing the whole story, as Don mentioned he took the MCAT in august and selected his schools prior. By the way, how did you choose your schools the first time around? I understand this is your second application.•••••I don't know, sometimes I think he does want people to feel sorry for him. I actually did know that he selected his schools before taking the MCAT, but he also knew his GPA at that time. The schools he ended up applying to on average are better than the ones I chose. I wouldn't want people to feel sorry for me when I get rejected from Penn, Harvard, and Yale, because I have no real chance of getting into those schools. It's just every other week I see a new post asking for sympathy, and A. Caveman inspired me to speak my mind.
As to how I choose my schools the first time, I choose them knowing that I could fix my GPA over the next year and apply a year later (which turned into 2). So I applied much to the same schools as Don, but I just knew that I could reapply if I didn't get in. (Course I didn't know I wouldn't get a single interview) I just think Don should take a serious look at his stats before applying again, and figure out if he should apply to lower ranked school or wait a few years.[/QB]••••jalbrekt, really bro, I do not want you to feel sorry for me or anyone! If I don't get in this year, then there's always next year, and if I don't get in next year, then I'll try again, until I do get in. You don't know me, so your comments are just based on what you read from my posts. Some of my posts are positive, some are negative. I know I'm not the only that is worried about not getting in this year. It's just that I might be the only one with the balls to say, HEY I'M NOT GETTING ANY LOVE HERE! you don't even know how many PMs I have from people that tell me that they're in the same situation as me, but they just don't want to post them in the forum...There are some applicants out there who have great numbers, but little ECs, how do they know that they really want to be doctors? Is it because daddy told them to? I have read a lot of posts here, where people get in with 37 MCATs, 3.8 GPAs, but little clinical volunteering, little research...pretty much no social life...yet they get in. My ex-roomate is a 4th year medical student at UCLA and he's on the admissions committee, and he tells me the Bull **** that he has to put up with during evaluation time, because he would rather admit someone with average numbers (or maybe even a little below average numbers) and great clinical volunteering, research, ECs, future leaders of our community etc, yet the administrators won't even take him seriously. He doesn't even go to their meetings anymore, because he's tired of it! THIS IS THE TRUTH...so everytime I get those infamous "We are sorry to inform you...." I just say **** YOU....it's your lost...
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