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Just wondering if anybody has filled a secondary from Meharry or if you know anything about how the admission process works there........their website is very.....useless
Wassup with Meharry ???
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I sent my secondary in at the end of August and they still haven't replied as to whether my file is complete, etc. And NOBODY picks up the phone when I called...
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Sent in secondary and fees in August received interview invite last week for this coming Monday...I am a Tennessean in case you wonder not that it will matter much.
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Got secondary a week ago, sent it yesterday, I sent my transcripts to them a week ago, also retook Aug MCAT, so I hope to hear back from them by end of Oct.
Last application cycle, it took them about a month from receiving complete application to let u know if u got an interview or not
Last application cycle, it took them about a month from receiving complete application to let u know if u got an interview or not
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there are many things contributing to this...first, meharry's admissions office is totally understaffed. second, i was told last year that they tend to interview/accept later than most schools because they want applicants that really want to go there.
if you live in the area, go visit the office. i can not stress this enough. it took me...gosh. i think it was 4 months before i got the interview offer. if you want to go there, be persistant with the phone calls, letters, etc. whoever answers the phone may sound annoyed, but it's very important to keep showing your interest.
good luck! when you call the office, ask for deborah davis - she tends to be available more often than allen mosley. she was always very helpful.
if you live in the area, go visit the office. i can not stress this enough. it took me...gosh. i think it was 4 months before i got the interview offer. if you want to go there, be persistant with the phone calls, letters, etc. whoever answers the phone may sound annoyed, but it's very important to keep showing your interest.
good luck! when you call the office, ask for deborah davis - she tends to be available more often than allen mosley. she was always very helpful.
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Are you supposed to send your transcripts with your 2ndary. I didin't maybe that is why i haven't heard. I always thought they asked for that later?
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I got a secondary in July (and turned it in) and notification of an interview this last week for the 13th which I rescheduled for the 10/17. They told me they only interview on mondays and fridays.
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Go Meharry, I called them this morning and I'm impressed at how efficient they have come along over the years. Gone are the days when they used to lose people's applications, or send acceptances b4 sending out notices for interviews 😱
Ms Davis is a nice lady, she was in a rush but was able to let me know that they have received my secondary and my letters and that as soon as AMCAS sends them the Aug scores, they'll send it on to the committee.
Hmm maybe I should give Howard a call, then again after i was manhandled last yr over the phone, I dunno if I can take it again 🙁
Ms Davis is a nice lady, she was in a rush but was able to let me know that they have received my secondary and my letters and that as soon as AMCAS sends them the Aug scores, they'll send it on to the committee.
Hmm maybe I should give Howard a call, then again after i was manhandled last yr over the phone, I dunno if I can take it again 🙁
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It went really well. I was already familiar with Meharry from doing research there for one summer and it is still the nice place (feels like home) that it always has been. The students are happy and the faculty is great. Good luck lotanna! I hope that you get good news from them...
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Hi everyone..I just wanted to share my experience with the Meharry interview and see what y'all thought about it.
It was just a weird experience for me because.....
1) When looking at the first years class...90% are african american (maybe even more) but all 12 of the interviewees that day were NON-African American. I found that odd and especially when the 25 med students came to speak with us...they were all AA and not that I minded at all (since Meharry is a historically black institution) but I found it odd that none of the interviewees were.
2) Also, everyone interviewing seemed to have stellar stats and were from top universities like Brown, Stanford, Hopkins, UCLA and UC Berkeley...so even though the atmosphere was very NON-competitive, I'm sure they were all very qualified to be there. (more obviously actually)
3) The med students (NOT all..some were extremely sweet) but most seemed kinda snooty and not too willing to come up and talk to you.
4) My first faculty interview was with Dr. Motley who was the sweetest lady but who was VERY spacey. She asked me hardly anything about myself (only why I wanted to be a physician). We just talked about random things for 30 mins like the Iraq war, breast implants, weather in Nashville etc...
5) The second interview was with a microbio professor, Dr. Hatcher that FIRST off asked for my stats like GPA and MCAT (although the whole purpose of the interviews being "blind" was so that the interviewers wouldn't have prejudgements on you). He also didn't ask much and kept writing stuff down while I was talking so I didn't feel too comfortable.
6)One interviewee was basically told by her interviewer (who headed the ADCOMs last year) that because she was out of state and white, she would only be waitlisted because if you weren't black then you better have really STELLAR scores to get into Meharry. Upon hearing this I was shocked because then why did they want to interview her in the first place..just to waitlist her? I cannot believe that he would say that to her face. I thought it was very unprofessional and not needed. He basically asked nothing about her..just went on about how bad their physiology department was at Meharry.
7) The facilities were not the best and they didn't even give us a proper tour of the school. And their USMLE 1 pass rate is only a 75% which I thought was not the most impressive.
Anyhoo, I personally felt that I would have a slim chance of getting into Meharry because I am not African American although every activity in my application demonstrates my strong will to work and serve in low income communities, primarily with a minority population
I'm hoping that most of you will have a completely DIFFERENT experience than me but I was really disappointed by the day because I was so excited about visiting Meharry.
Good Luck to y'all interviewing..and remember that if an interviewer starts going off on a tangent, it's important to gear the conversation toward you so that they get to know ABOUT YOU!
It was just a weird experience for me because.....
1) When looking at the first years class...90% are african american (maybe even more) but all 12 of the interviewees that day were NON-African American. I found that odd and especially when the 25 med students came to speak with us...they were all AA and not that I minded at all (since Meharry is a historically black institution) but I found it odd that none of the interviewees were.
2) Also, everyone interviewing seemed to have stellar stats and were from top universities like Brown, Stanford, Hopkins, UCLA and UC Berkeley...so even though the atmosphere was very NON-competitive, I'm sure they were all very qualified to be there. (more obviously actually)
3) The med students (NOT all..some were extremely sweet) but most seemed kinda snooty and not too willing to come up and talk to you.
4) My first faculty interview was with Dr. Motley who was the sweetest lady but who was VERY spacey. She asked me hardly anything about myself (only why I wanted to be a physician). We just talked about random things for 30 mins like the Iraq war, breast implants, weather in Nashville etc...
5) The second interview was with a microbio professor, Dr. Hatcher that FIRST off asked for my stats like GPA and MCAT (although the whole purpose of the interviews being "blind" was so that the interviewers wouldn't have prejudgements on you). He also didn't ask much and kept writing stuff down while I was talking so I didn't feel too comfortable.
6)One interviewee was basically told by her interviewer (who headed the ADCOMs last year) that because she was out of state and white, she would only be waitlisted because if you weren't black then you better have really STELLAR scores to get into Meharry. Upon hearing this I was shocked because then why did they want to interview her in the first place..just to waitlist her? I cannot believe that he would say that to her face. I thought it was very unprofessional and not needed. He basically asked nothing about her..just went on about how bad their physiology department was at Meharry.
7) The facilities were not the best and they didn't even give us a proper tour of the school. And their USMLE 1 pass rate is only a 75% which I thought was not the most impressive.
Anyhoo, I personally felt that I would have a slim chance of getting into Meharry because I am not African American although every activity in my application demonstrates my strong will to work and serve in low income communities, primarily with a minority population
I'm hoping that most of you will have a completely DIFFERENT experience than me but I was really disappointed by the day because I was so excited about visiting Meharry.
Good Luck to y'all interviewing..and remember that if an interviewer starts going off on a tangent, it's important to gear the conversation toward you so that they get to know ABOUT YOU!
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I just stumbled on this thread, but would throw in my 2 cents.
I am a 4th year MS at the other Nashville med school. 🙂 I interviewed at Meharry 4 years ago and had a similar experience as one of the posters above. I interviewed there in Dec. as a non-minority student. On that particular day, all asian/caucasian but no AA/hisp interviewees, most are from Cali except me and a couple other dudes.
I wouldn't say they are "too" qualified though. Some of those cali dudes I talked to were worried because it was Dec and the Meharry interview is one of the 2 or 3 they got so far.
The whole day was sort of awkward because it was pretty poorly planned, and nobody gives us any sort of organized tour. Just have bunch of med students (who are mostly AA's) giving us this big Q/A session and sit down sessions. The dean of admission (female MD) was kind of uptight, I thought, but the director of admissions (who is a PhD or EdD but not MD) was nice though. He was very forthcoming about Meharry having its recent problems, and outlines the steps the school has undertaken to try to address it.
On interviews, I remember I have this microbio prof that asked me my GPA and MCAT's and basically asked me where my first choice would be. I forgot what I told him but it certainly wasn't Meharry, and basically he told me my stats were good enough to go pretty much anywhere. Then second interview we pretty much chatted about sports and stuff. We talked about medical school and my candidacy in about last 10 minutes of the interview, and he pretty much told me that it's a matter of where I want to go for med school and he will be happy to see me there.
In my 3.5 years in Nashville, I had the opportunity to interact with Meharry students on multiple occasions, including time on the wards. Most of them are pretty laid back and nice people (sometimes TOO laidback IMHO for a medical student). There are obviously exceptions, but I have to say that for the most part, many of their students' knowledge and/or clinical skill were a touch below what I expect an average med students to have. Their way of evaluating students during clinical years is very suspect, from the way I was told by some of the Meharry students I rotated with. Their history of USMLE pass rate is nothing to write home about either, although I did hear some improvement in the pass rate after they REQUIRE their marginal students to take Kaplans prep course the summer after their 2nd year. I have not seen their matchlist, but I do suspect many go into FP in rural area or other aspects of primary care, consistent with their mission to serve the underserved.
As far as my application goes: if I remembered correctly, about a month after my interview I received this letter that basically told me that I have been discussed by the committee, they all view my application favorably and I am on a list of their "acceptable candidates." They say if I have further interest in Meharry, I should call them or write them. Because it was January then, and I got my first 2 or 3 acceptances, so I didn't follow-up on that letter and basically just wrote them a letter to withdraw in May.
Ok I babbled enough. I'd be happy to share more of my (somewhat opinionated) 0.02. Just PM me.
I am a 4th year MS at the other Nashville med school. 🙂 I interviewed at Meharry 4 years ago and had a similar experience as one of the posters above. I interviewed there in Dec. as a non-minority student. On that particular day, all asian/caucasian but no AA/hisp interviewees, most are from Cali except me and a couple other dudes.
I wouldn't say they are "too" qualified though. Some of those cali dudes I talked to were worried because it was Dec and the Meharry interview is one of the 2 or 3 they got so far.
The whole day was sort of awkward because it was pretty poorly planned, and nobody gives us any sort of organized tour. Just have bunch of med students (who are mostly AA's) giving us this big Q/A session and sit down sessions. The dean of admission (female MD) was kind of uptight, I thought, but the director of admissions (who is a PhD or EdD but not MD) was nice though. He was very forthcoming about Meharry having its recent problems, and outlines the steps the school has undertaken to try to address it.
On interviews, I remember I have this microbio prof that asked me my GPA and MCAT's and basically asked me where my first choice would be. I forgot what I told him but it certainly wasn't Meharry, and basically he told me my stats were good enough to go pretty much anywhere. Then second interview we pretty much chatted about sports and stuff. We talked about medical school and my candidacy in about last 10 minutes of the interview, and he pretty much told me that it's a matter of where I want to go for med school and he will be happy to see me there.
In my 3.5 years in Nashville, I had the opportunity to interact with Meharry students on multiple occasions, including time on the wards. Most of them are pretty laid back and nice people (sometimes TOO laidback IMHO for a medical student). There are obviously exceptions, but I have to say that for the most part, many of their students' knowledge and/or clinical skill were a touch below what I expect an average med students to have. Their way of evaluating students during clinical years is very suspect, from the way I was told by some of the Meharry students I rotated with. Their history of USMLE pass rate is nothing to write home about either, although I did hear some improvement in the pass rate after they REQUIRE their marginal students to take Kaplans prep course the summer after their 2nd year. I have not seen their matchlist, but I do suspect many go into FP in rural area or other aspects of primary care, consistent with their mission to serve the underserved.
As far as my application goes: if I remembered correctly, about a month after my interview I received this letter that basically told me that I have been discussed by the committee, they all view my application favorably and I am on a list of their "acceptable candidates." They say if I have further interest in Meharry, I should call them or write them. Because it was January then, and I got my first 2 or 3 acceptances, so I didn't follow-up on that letter and basically just wrote them a letter to withdraw in May.
Ok I babbled enough. I'd be happy to share more of my (somewhat opinionated) 0.02. Just PM me.
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Ok they finally downloaded my MCAt score this morning, so now my file there should be complete and on its way to the committee. I should call Ms Davies to verify, but I dont have my MSAR book with me, and wont get home till later tonight, so does anyone have their #?
