UTAH Acceptance?!?

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chinamazing said:
Congrats on all those with acceptances!
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s there anyone that received a rejection letter yet though? I hope to hear news for good or for bad so I can make the best, most informed plan for this spring.

Those that were accepted were you state residents? What were your major EC (research, service, tons of clinical, etc) that set you appart?
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I'm from Utah. I did lots of research, service and not quite as much clinical, but it was still above average (at least above the average they give on their secondary).
 
my numbers weren't too hot, but i had lots of research, clinical experiences and community service. in my interviews, almost everything they asked me was about my research experience, so if you have enough to talk about for 45 minutes, you should be fine 🙂
 
Has anyone else received acceptances or rejections in the last few days? Good luck to all those waiting for some news from them😀
 
We had a pre-med meeting on Thursday with Dr. Samuelson and he said they are getting ready to start sending some rejection letters soon....good luck to all....what ever "soon" means I am unsure.
 
tyemoe said:
We had a pre-med meeting on Thursday with Dr. Samuelson and he said they are getting ready to start sending some rejection letters soon....good luck to all....what ever "soon" means I am unsure.
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Now are these for those who were not given an interview, or for those who have already interviewed, or both? Btw, does anyone know how late UT's interview season runs until?
 
sassy24673 said:
Now are these for those who were not given an interview, or for those who have already interviewed, or both? Btw, does anyone know how late UT's interview season runs until?
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a guy I work with is interviewing mid February, so I know they at least interview until then. Also, I'm guessing the rejections are for both (although I could be wrong on that)
 
Hey Zena,

Just curious, but do you attend UPENN?
 
zenaforever said:
my numbers weren't too hot, but i had lots of research, clinical experiences and community service. in my interviews, almost everything they asked me was about my research experience, so if you have enough to talk about for 45 minutes, you should be fine 🙂
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hey zena,

which university do you attend? and MCAT wise, were you sub- or super- 30?

Thankss
 
johnbeck said:
I got a thin envelope in the mail today from the dean of admissions at the U!?! Usually a thin envelope is not good news, but it was! Last year they accepted 50 applicants before March. Who knows if it will be a similar number this year, but you can bet that they will give out the bulk of their acceptances in March.

I'm a senior at BYU (if you couldn't tell by my SDN ID 🙂 ). MCAT 31. GPA 3.95. I don't think stats at the U are extremely important once you reach their baseline for consideration...at least that's the impression I got from talking to multiple med students and faculty members there.

Good luck to the rest of you. May we all be part of the 2008 entering class next fall.
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Hey JBECk, my name is ALEX SMITH :laugh:,

Any way congratz on admission! I wanted to know when you interviewed at the U?

Thanks
 
KittyDoc said:
v. excited! got the mail today! thank you God. this is the only school i've been accepted to too. Good luck to all of you on this thread. I can't wait to meet you guys!
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Hey KITTy CONGRATZ,

Could you tell us your Stats? and when you interviewed?

Thanks so much,

Alex smith
 
Anybody received an acceptance (or rejection) after the last round?
 
inaminute said:
I'd also like to know if you get an acceptance and are Mormon/BYU undergrad.

Seriously. Just to put to rest the complaining about the U hating Mormons/BYU people.
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I think there were 27 BYU applicants that matriculated into the entering class of 2007 at Utah last year (out of 250 applicants). I don't know how many of those were IS or OOS. If I'm not mistaken, I think there were more applicants accepted from BYU than from any other university in the state last year.

That being said, I think there were more applicants applying to Utah from BYU than from any other university in the state. I don't know percentage wise how well BYU did during last year's admissions cycle...I'm sure it was pretty similar to both Utah State and Utah.
 
I just got the rejection from the U. I can't believe my own state school won't take me. 33 MCAT and 3.97 GPA. I know that is not all that they look at, but in all their other fields I had plenty of experience...BYU, white, male ,student....should have known.
 
so they are sending rejections already? i hope mine isn't in the mail..:luck:
 
tyemoe said:
I just got the rejection from the U. I can't believe my own state school won't take me. 33 MCAT and 3.97 GPA. I know that is not all that they look at, but in all their other fields I had plenty of experience...BYU, white, male ,student....should have known.
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Yes, I'm sure that's why you were rejected, especially after it was just shown that BYU had the highest number of accepted applicants in the state (~1/3 of the class). I'm also sure it had nothing to do with the fact that the majority of students who apply are white males, so more get rejected. 🙄
 
tyemoe said:
I just got the rejection from the U. I can't believe my own state school won't take me. 33 MCAT and 3.97 GPA. I know that is not all that they look at, but in all their other fields I had plenty of experience...BYU, white, male ,student....should have known.
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When did you interview?
 
tyemoe said:
I just got the rejection from the U. I can't believe my own state school won't take me. 33 MCAT and 3.97 GPA. I know that is not all that they look at, but in all their other fields I had plenty of experience...BYU, white, male ,student....should have known.
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That's too bad....I was hoping that we would be in the same class. Rochester will be good to you. I've heard great things from a good friend of mine that is in school out there right now.
 
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tyemoe said:
I just got the rejection from the U. I can't believe my own state school won't take me. 33 MCAT and 3.97 GPA. I know that is not all that they look at, but in all their other fields I had plenty of experience...BYU, white, male ,student....should have known.
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It seems like stats are a non-factor at the U. Does anyone have a definite picture of what they are looking for? As a U undergrad i know plenty of people with well-balanced apps and mcats= 38+ who are rejected. Doesn't make sense to me
 
veaselhaufen said:
It seems like stats are a non-factor at the U. Does anyone have a definite picture of what they are looking for? As a U undergrad i know plenty of people with well-balanced apps and mcats= 38+ who are rejected. Doesn't make sense to me
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I think there is some truth to that - stats really aren't the most important factor for admissions at the U. They seem to like applicants with a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. Most of my classmates also make a really good first impression - bright, articulate, friendly, easy-going. I'd also like to confirm that there really doesn't appear to be an anti-LDS bias. In my class I'd estimate that 1/2 the students are practicing LDS, and maybe another 20% are not but have some LDS history (e.g., grew up Mormon but left the church as a teenager). There is little if any animosity between the LDS and non-LDS populations, and in fact most of the time religion is irrelevant (as it should be in the practice of medicine).
 
veaselhaufen said:
It seems like stats are a non-factor at the U. Does anyone have a definite picture of what they are looking for? As a U undergrad i know plenty of people with well-balanced apps and mcats= 38+ who are rejected. Doesn't make sense to me
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If I remember right, Utah only uses MCAT/grades for 10%-15% of the final decision each, so around 20%-30% total. Most of the decision comes from your EC's, Personal Statements, and Interview. Thank god, gives stoopid peeple like me a chance.

humuhumu said:
I think there is some truth to that - stats really aren't the most important factor for admissions at the U. They seem to like applicants with a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. Most of my classmates also make a really good first impression - bright, articulate, friendly, easy-going. I'd also like to confirm that there really doesn't appear to be an anti-LDS bias. In my class I'd estimate that 1/2 the students are practicing LDS, and maybe another 20% are not but have some LDS history (e.g., grew up Mormon but left the church as a teenager). There is little if any animosity between the LDS and non-LDS populations, and in fact most of the time religion is irrelevant (as it should be in the practice of medicine).
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This is always reassuring to hear. There really shouldn't be a bias when we're all going to be future colleagues.
 
So. As I finished up some financial aid stuff for some other schools I had an epiphany.

Utah notifies most applicants around the end of March, beginning of April at the latest.

Then you fill out your financial aid packet for them or whatever…and I am sure before they offer you that package, May 15th comes along and on blind faith you have to either accept whatever they are going to give you or choose one of your other schools who have already put it all on the table.

Sweet! Gotta love the extended application timeline.

still waiting....
 
elderjack21 said:
So. As I finished up some financial aid stuff for some other schools I had an epiphany.

Utah notifies most applicants around the end of March, beginning of April at the latest.

Then you fill out your financial aid packet for them or whatever…and I am sure before they offer you that package, May 15th comes along and on blind faith you have to either accept whatever they are going to give you or choose one of your other schools who have already put it all on the table.

Sweet! Gotta love the extended application timeline.

still waiting....
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Is this a theory? or is there some evidence to your statement? I would think that this would be pretty underhanded on their part.

Idaho, would you mind sharing your stats? (and I know - this has been beaten to death - that UT doesn't care much for stats)
 
inaminute said:
hey, I don't baptize dead people :laugh:
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Wow, you got me there. I think I am going to just get into the fetal position and cry for the rest of the day. Seriously, there is no need for bashing on someone's religion, even if you do not agree with it and think it is ridiculous. This thread (and SDN) in general are for helping each other through the application process. When you make snide remarks like that it completely ruins the the helpful and cooperative atmosphere that we are all trying to create here. So please take your immature attacks somewhere else.
 
sc71football said:
Wow, you got me there. I think I am going to just get into the fetal position and cry for the rest of the day. Seriously, there is no need for bashing on someone's religion, even if you do not agree with it and think it is ridiculous. This thread (and SDN) in general are for helping each other through the application process. When you make snide remarks like that it completely ruins the the helpful and cooperative atmosphere that we are all trying to create here. So please take your immature attacks somewhere else.
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No joke.. I'm not even Mormon, but seriously - how do you know what you believe is true? Everytime I check the thread, I hope to hear/see something regarding others' current application status. Instead, it's constant bashing/talk about LDS and the Y.. why don't we stick to the purpose of the thread and why it was created in the first place?
 
So back to the main topic..🙂...
What kind of stats do the people who were accepted (or not) have? I am not in the running, but it would be great to know what it will take in the future....Anyone else from Idaho get any news, or is it mainly in state letters so far?
 
Hello Everyone-
Just wanted to let you know that I'll be starting a Utah Class of 2012 thread so that those who will for sure be attending can introduce themselves! Go Utes!
 
inaminute said:
well, as an LDS applicant you should be used to accepting stuff on blind faith by now :laugh:
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Yup, I am an LDS applicant. Although I don't think that this forum really needs to have anything about religion on it, so I will leave it at that.

Have you been accepted yet?
 
inaminute said:
no thanks :laugh:

btw, whyn't you slap the fella who whined about being discriminated against because he's a white male Mormon? was that helpful and cooperative? noooooooooooo 😛

and I still don't baptize dead people, so there you go
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If I knew him, then I would. Whenever I hear people complaining about how they are discriminated like that I think the same as you....that it is stupid and useless. The audit showed that the school does not discriminate against white mormon males, but I guess they have to blame it on something. All I am asking is that we just concentrate on the real reason for this thread instead of reverting to childish antics. That is all I am going to say on this matter and I hope that you would have the maturity and respect for everyone else (mormon and non) on this forum to just stop with the mormon bashing.
 
Hey, speaking of religion, any of you know where I can pick up one of those missionary badge things? I'd like to have one made with my name on it. Not to ridicule mormonism, I just think they're darn nifty.
 
Hey sc71football, are you really interested in being accepted to Utah? Haven't you been accepted to Mayo already? I'll trade you acceptances...you get utah and i'll go to mayo...
 
johnbeck said:
Hey sc71football, are you really interested in being accepted to Utah? Haven't you been accepted to Mayo already? I'll trade you acceptances...you get utah and i'll go to mayo...
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Not quite. I will be going to Mayo but I am still interested in who gets into Utah because I am from here and I have a bunch of friends who really want to get in here.
 
I am going to ask that everyone try to avoid any kind of religious debate/controversy here and discuss the topic of Utah acceptances. If that isn't possible this thread will be closed and I will ask users to refer to the various "accepted" threads and other resources for this information.

Thank you,
DP
 
DoctorPardi said:
I am going to ask that everyone try to avoid any kind of religious debate/controversy here and discuss the topic of Utah acceptances. If that isn't possible this thread will be closed and I will ask users to refer to the various "accepted" threads and other resources for this information.

Thank you,
DP
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Sounds like a good deal
 
moe_4eva said:
Hey, speaking of religion, any of you know where I can pick up one of those missionary badge things? I'd like to have one made with my name on it. Not to ridicule mormonism, I just think they're darn nifty.
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The badge is earned...and not to be taken lightly...
 
ScutMonkey08 said:
The badge is earned...and not to be taken lightly...
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Hmmm...well, I have a number of comments to make about that, but for the sake of the future of the thread, I'll leave it at "okay."
 
humuhumu said:
I think there is some truth to that - stats really aren't the most important factor for admissions at the U. They seem to like applicants with a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. Most of my classmates also make a really good first impression - bright, articulate, friendly, easy-going. I'd also like to confirm that there really doesn't appear to be an anti-LDS bias. In my class I'd estimate that 1/2 the students are practicing LDS, and maybe another 20% are not but have some LDS history (e.g., grew up Mormon but left the church as a teenager). There is little if any animosity between the LDS and non-LDS populations, and in fact most of the time religion is irrelevant (as it should be in the practice of medicine).
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By my high-tech, scientific calculation, 100% of applicants from BYU are active LDS and >50% from the U. So let's say 80% of their in-state and ID applicants are LDS. With 84 spots for these people, 67 people should be LDS - about 2/3 of the class, not 1/2. With a large number of out-of-state applicants having ties to the state (i.e. likely some more LDS in this pool), this number should be even higher considering no bias.
 
patzan said:
By my high-tech, scientific calculation, 100% of applicants from BYU are active LDS and >50% from the U. So let's say 80% of their in-state and ID applicants are LDS. With 84 spots for these people, 67 people should be LDS - about 2/3 of the class, not 1/2. With a large number of out-of-state applicants having ties to the state (i.e. likely some more LDS in this pool), this number should be even higher considering no bias.
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Why use the applicant pool as your baseline for comparison? It might make more sense to look at the numbers in Utah as a whole, since the U is a state school. According to 2004 church records, only about 62% of Utah is LDS, and of those maybe only half are practicing the faith (see http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2886596 for more info).

Either way, I doubt the admissions committee takes religion into consideration. It's not a relevant factor. The real problem (in my opinion) is the low number of women applicants to the U....
 
The interconnection between religiosity and education may indeed be a concern for certain applicants. Interesting how Mormonism strikes so many chords: I've yet to see students worried about attending Creighton because of its Jesuit affiliation or Albert Einstein for its affiliation with a Jewish university?! The U is a public institution and does not look at religion as a determining factor for admissions. Nonetheless, like previous people have said, Utah is indeed a predominantly Mormon state. If you have some sort of problem or concern with being in a state whose predominant religion is Mormonism, then I would HIGHLY suggest that you reevaluate your choice to attend a medical school such as The U. On the other hand, if you are open minded and able to work with a diverse group of people (students and patients)--Salt Lake city is very diverse in terms of religions, demographics, and political affiliation-- then you will be more than fine at The U. At the medical school you will find many students from different backgrounds: Some are religious others not, some are democrats, others don't care about politics; some are extremely wealthy, others come from humble backgrounds. Regardless, like any other medical school, you will see a bit of everything; this should be an attractive and not deferring factor! (FYI: I'm not Mormon myself.)
 
humuhumu said:
Why use the applicant pool as your baseline for comparison? It might make more sense to look at the numbers in Utah as a whole, since the U is a state school. According to 2004 church records, only about 62% of Utah is LDS, and of those maybe only half are practicing the faith (see http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2886596 for more info).

Either way, I doubt the admissions committee takes religion into consideration. It's not a relevant factor. The real problem (in my opinion) is the low number of women applicants to the U....
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Why not the State of Utah stats? Because that's not who's applying. So you're telling me if 900 Mormons and 100 non-Mormons applied for 100 spots, 62 Mormons and 38 non- should get the spots? 7% chance vs. 38% chance?

The trib article is irrelevant because the people applying from BYU are more like 100% active and the U population is more likely to be the 41% quoted in the article....so drop my estimate from 80 to 75 and redo the math.

Then you point to the fact that your problem is the low # of women (with which I agree). The U, by your plan, should accept 50% women (that's what is in the state, I presume), even though something like 28% of the applicants are women? Just because they're women?

You're right about the low number of women applicants. That's not the University's problem (if it even is a problem). Culturally in Utah, women are less likely to be willing to dedicate the number of years and money required to become a doctor and thus less applicants.

Not to distract...congrats to those who have been accepted. I hope you will go into primary care and live and work in Utah, where you are needed, no matter where you come from or what beliefs you adhere to.
 
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