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Huh. I'm OOS too. My sGPA is around a 3.4 too and 25 MCAT and I was never deferred, period.
West Virginia (WVSOM) Discussion Thread 2012 - 2013
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Huh. I'm OOS too. My sGPA is around a 3.4 too and 25 MCAT and I was never deferred, period.
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Hi guys I am a new SDNer and I have a interview on January 16th! I cant wait! Has anyone heard how full the class is?
Also, does anyone have any good tips on how to get from the Roanoke or Yeager airports to a hotel? I'm coming from MN and I'm under 25 so car rental wont be possible. I know the Greenbrier airport is very close but flights into it are over $1000 :/
Also, does anyone have any good tips on how to get from the Roanoke or Yeager airports to a hotel? I'm coming from MN and I'm under 25 so car rental wont be possible. I know the Greenbrier airport is very close but flights into it are over $1000 :/
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I think this is a school where it may behoove you to compare ECs rather than raw numbers. People with numbers all over the board seem to have been deferred.
Coolingglasses and I interviewed the same day and we were both accepted, so they are still accepting many of their interviewees. Don't worry. Plus you're interviewing just after 1st deposits are due for everyone accepted first round, so they'll have a good idea of how many seats are filled/open so you should have a good shot at getting accepted still.
Can't help with transportation though, I drove from NY.
Just book your car rental online. I've rented a car when I was 23 or 24. If you can't find a place that will rent a car to you, PM, because I will be driving down from Pittsburgh on Tuesday before the interview. Roanoke is only an hour extra, I might be able to give you a ride.
I am interviewing here this coming Wednesday, I will be flying into the LWB airport Tuesday midday and will have a rental car, if anyone else is interviewing this day and wants to get together the day before shoot me an email...I'll be checking out the area and eating local...staying at the holiday inn express
Hi guys!
So I have an interview next week on December 14th...and it appears there is a meteor shower that is peaking on the night of the 13th...anyone want to get together and watch it the night before? I'm so excited, there's no light pollution there really, it could be pretty amazing.
PM me if anyone else has that date and wants to get together?
So I have an interview next week on December 14th...and it appears there is a meteor shower that is peaking on the night of the 13th...anyone want to get together and watch it the night before? I'm so excited, there's no light pollution there really, it could be pretty amazing.
PM me if anyone else has that date and wants to get together?
I really liked WV when I interviewed. Everyone was so friendly and you could tell that their only goal is to make you a good doctor. Unfortunately, after thinking about what kind of physician I want to be, and the patient population I want to be exposed to, I just decided another school was a better fit. I declined my acceptance yesterday, and hope it goes to one of you. As a reapplicant, I remember being on a waitlist for a school I really wanted to go to last year, I just wanted to leave a spot open to someone who would appreciate it more, and especially before 2013. Good luck and I wish everyone the best of luck!
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I wouldn't worry. It's still early in the cycle and deposits are due at the end of the week, I think, for everyone who found out before November 15th. So after Christmas they'll have a better idea of the number of seats left, and start taking people off the wait-list.
iirc, you're locked into WV for your third year but they have sites in various types of areas around the state. I forget how they arrange the rotations but I remember it looking like a pretty organized process. I think for 4th year you can go outside the state, but you have to arrange it. BUT I was told WVSOM will help you out.
Accepted!!!!!! 😀
Yea.
Withdrawing from here. It was a difficult decision, this was the best looking campus I have interviewed at and it sort of hurts that I am withdrawing but I believe it is for the best. Hopefully this opens up opportunity for someone else! Good luck to everyone!👍
just received an ii. Anyone else gonna be there on Feb 1st?
Yes, the adcom did not get to everyone before the holiday break. They are meeting this Tuesday to catch up.
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Is it hard for a NY student to get in here ?
I seriously doubt it. My interview was filled with OOSers from all over the country.
How are interviews here? Conversational? Open file?
I have an interview here on February 6. Does anyone have an idea of how full the class is? Is the interview conversational and open file only?
Yes. ~30 minutes, 3 interviewers, one session.
Yeah pretty much. They asked me what my hardest class in undergrad was (probably because the only blimp on my transcript is the C+ in orgo 2.) They also asked me to talk about rural medicine, but I grew up in a rural area and want to practice to rural medicine so that's all over my application. Really they just want to get to know you, I felt like. I really don't think I asked enough questions, and that's the one thing I'd change, but in the end it didn't matter.
January 28th anyone?
Does anyone know if they give any preference to in state WV students and how full the 2013 class is already? and how competitive has it been this year?
I know the class size is about 200.
I know the class size is about 200.
Some bias but not as strict as, say, Pikeville.
Thanks for the info. I live about 100 miles from both schools on the WV side and I want to go one of these two schools to stay near home (applied to 9 in total knowing I would certainly attend given the opportunity). Hope its not too late. My application was release today 1/10/13 I've received a secondary from Pikeville but not word on WVSOM yet. 3.1sGPA 3.3cGPA + decent EC working/volunteer/shadow and taking the MCAT in two weeks. What are my chances?
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Because it's late and I don't have an MCAT score to look at, I can't really say.
I got an acceptance with a ~3.1/27 though.
I believe they interview 600 and accept 400 for a class of about 200.
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yes i was decision deferred for about a month before i received an ii
