foregoneconclusion Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Congratulations Gitanjali! You were worrying for nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcd Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Baylor: Rach (c: 8/04, ii: 9/10) Boston U: c17h (c: 7/16, ii: 9/3, i: 10/26); rmitch8 (c: 7/27, ii: 9/15) Case Western: MSB (c: 7/21, ii: 7/27); rmitch8 (c: 7/23, ii: 8/10, i:10/5); deeman101 (c: 7/30, ii: 8/20) CMS (Rosalind Franklin): Illuminis (c: 8/10, ii: 9/22, i: 11/3), trickybox (c: 8/28, ii: 9/23), c17h (c: 9/9, ii: 10/7), FOREGONECONCLUSION (c: 9/3, ii: 10/8 i: 11/9) EVMS: wrighm6 (c: 7/20, ii: 8/31, i: 10/2) FIU: musicaldna (c:8/18, ii:9/17, i: 10/26); trickybox (c:9/15, ii:9/17, i:10/26) Georgetown: c17h (c: 7/21, ii: 8/3); wrighm6 (c: 7/15, ii: 8/3, i: 9/1); trickybox (c: 7/30, ii: 8/28, i: 9/28) GWU: trickybox (c: 7/26; ii:7/29) Indiana University: Rach (c:8/3; ii: 8:26) Jefferson: c17h (c: 7/4, ii: 7/31, i: 9/30); Rach (c:8/4, ii: 8/13); rmitch8 (c: 7/20, ii: 8/13, i: 10/21) U Minnesota: emcd (c: 4/9, ii: 1/10, i: 5/11), Rach (c:9/10, ii: 10/8) Mount Sinai: rmitch8 (c: 8/10, ii: 9/9, i:10/12) NYMC: wrighm6 (c: 7/29, ii: 9/8, i: 10/8), c17h (c: 7/29, ii: 9/8, i: 10/22), rmitch8 (c: 8/13, ii: 9/17), emcd (c: 20/8 ii: 7/10, i: 15/12) NYU: rmitch8 (c:7/29, ii: 10/2) Ohio State: ChicoMaki (c: 8/25, ii: 9/4, i: 11/9 [will probably request earlier]) St. Louis: trickybox (c: 8/3, ii: 9/9), Rach (c:mid aug, ii: 9/22), GITANJALI (c: 9/20 i: 10/9) SUNY Upstate: rmitch8 (c: 7/31, ii: 9/4), Rach (c: 8/11, ii: 9/15), JC5 (c: 8/13, ii: 9/15) U Kentucky: Rach (c: 9/6, ii: 9/24) Vanderbilt: rmitch8 (c: 7/14, ii: 8/6, i: 9/11); deeman101 (c: 7/3, ii: 8/18); emcd (c: 7/30, ii: 9/2, i: 11/12); JC5 (c:7/30, ii:9/2); maelstrom (c:8/4, ii: 9/2), mystery_chick (c: 8/25, II 9/14) Virginia Commonwealth: rmitch8 (c: 8/19, ii: 8/27, i: 12/3) Wash U: emcd (c: 8/8, ii: 8/10, i: 17/11) Wayne State: c17h (c: 8/3, ii: ??, i: 9/21); VTeight7 (c: 8/4, ii: 9/17, i: 10/9); wrighm6 (c: 7/22, ii: 9/17, i: 10/20) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitanjali Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Congratulations Gitanjali! You were worrying for nothing! Thanks foregoneconclusion...yea I guess that whole eposode of panic attack was in vain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 In St Louis right now. Bored and exhausted after my trip from Baylor. Have to say that Baylor is the most bad-ass school! It's pretty amazing how huge the Texas Medical Center is. It looks like the downtown area of most medium-sized cities except that all the sky-scrapers are hospitals! Walked by WashU a few minutes ago, weird mix of nice street blocks and shady ones. ETA: Congrats Gitanjali! When are you coming to St Louis? ETA2.0: emcd, I haven't confirmed my Minnesota interview date but I've asked for a date out of the 29, 30th of october, or the 5th of Nov. Maybe I'll see you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitanjali Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hey Rach! Thanks! Im scheduled for 3rd Nov - there were a couple of dates for oct too but I need to get all my secondaries done first... Have u interviewed at St .Louis already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hey Rach! Thanks! Im scheduled for 3rd Nov - there were a couple of dates for oct too but I need to get all my secondaries done first... Have u interviewed at St .Louis already? My interview is on monday. Will just relax today and see if I feel up to reviewing my application tomorrow. The Baylor interview day wore me out so I'm not feeling too motivated right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery_chick Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 You guys are using the sdn questions database to prep right? a lot of those questions can be repeated! err... could you link us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 err... could you link us? http://more.studentdoctor.net/schoollist.php?type=2 I haven't had the time to really "practice" using these questions but luckily none of them came up in my first 2 interviews. Did anyone get a hold from Connecticut? They put me on hold before I had even sent in my secondary and I haven't heard anything since (not even a "complete" email). Is that normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 http://more.studentdoctor.net/schoollist.php?type=2 I haven't had the time to really "practice" using these questions but luckily none of them came up in my first 2 interviews. Did anyone get a hold from Connecticut? They put me on hold before I had even sent in my secondary and I haven't heard anything since (not even a "complete" email). Is that normal? They sent me a complete + hold email right after receiving my secondary. It's weird that you were put on hold even before receiving the secondary. Are all your LORs in? Maybe it's because something is missing to mark you complete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 They sent me a complete + hold email right after receiving my secondary. It's weird that you were put on hold even before receiving the secondary. Are all your LORs in? Maybe it's because something is missing to mark you complete? Well the LORs should be there, but there's no status page so it's hard to know if they downloaded them. I just remembered that I actually didn't send in my secondary within the 1 month limit (my hotmail wasn't working for a few weeks) so perhaps they are punishing me for being a slacker. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Well the LORs should be there, but there's no status page so it's hard to know if they downloaded them. I just remembered that I actually didn't send in my secondary within the 1 month limit (my hotmail wasn't working for a few weeks) so perhaps they are punishing me for being a slacker. haha I actually sent in mine like a couple of days late as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I actually sent in mine like a couple of days later as well... Oh. Mine was about a week late. I guess I'll just have to be patient for a while. I hate bugging schools with application status questions! ETA: someone, come to the chatroom! I'm sitting in my hotel lobby waiting for them to get a room ready and I have nothing to do. OK fine, I'll do like c17h and tell you my funny story of the week. So friday was my Baylor interview. The day was to start at noon, so I show up for my hotel shuttle to the med center at 10:45 and it's supposed to leave at 11am. More than enough time to get to the TMC (10 minutes away). 11:20 and I'm getting nervous about time but the shuttle finally arrives. We have to drop off 2 people and pick up one before my stop. By the time it's my turn, it's 11:45. Oh and my driver only now decides to tell me he doesn't know exactly where the building is. I'm running in and out of the shuttle at random medical centers asking if anyone knows where this particular baylor building is. Finally find it at 12:20. I'm peeing my pants at this point. Run into the building and head to the room number. Swing open the door and realize that I just walked into the front of an auditorium style room, and the Dean and various doctors are standing right there giving a welcome speech to 50 or so applicants. lol! Amazing first impression I'm sure. Learned my lesson. 1 hour and 15 minutes is simply not good planning for a 10 minute trip. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery_chick Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Oh. Mine was about a week late. I guess I'll just have to be patient for a while. I hate bugging schools with application status questions! ETA: someone, come to the chatroom! I'm sitting in my hotel lobby waiting for them to get a room ready and I have nothing to do. OK fine, I'll do like c17h and tell you my funny story of the week. So friday was my Baylor interview. The day was to start at noon, so I show up for my hotel shuttle to the med center at 10:45 and it's supposed to leave at 11am. More than enough time to get to the TMC (10 minutes away). 11:20 and I'm getting nervous about time but the shuttle finally arrives. We have to drop off 2 people and pick up one before my stop. By the time it's my turn, it's 11:45. Oh and my driver only now decides to tell me he doesn't know exactly where the building is. I'm running in and out of the shuttle at random medical centers asking if anyone knows where this particular baylor building is. Finally find it at 12:20. I'm peeing my pants at this point. Run into the building and head to the room number. Swing open the door and realize that I just walked into the front of an auditorium style room, and the Dean and various doctors are standing right there giving a welcome speech to 50 or so applicants. lol! Amazing first impression I'm sure. Learned my lesson. 1 hour and 15 minutes is simply not good planning for a 10 minute trip. :mad: wow, that sounds like some trip Rach! I would've never had the patience to wait that long for a shuttle haha I would just say eff! and walked it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 wow, that sounds like some trip Rach! I would've never had the patience to wait that long for a shuttle haha I would just say eff! and walked it haha well the drive should have been ten minutes. So more like 45 minutes of walking... and it was raining really hard so I figured that aimlessly walking around would have been a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickybox Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Congrats foregoneconclusion and ecmd!! Good luck! How are you getting there? Are you flying into O'Hare, then driving over...? I'm interviewing on November 9, so about three weeks after you. I'll be flying in to O'Hare, I heard that it's cheaper to rent a car, but because of traffic and my horrible sense of direction I'll probably just taxi to the hotel. Btw guys, for those of you staying with student hosts, did you bring a gift? I was just planning on treating mine to dinner. And Rach, I'll be flying into St. Louis tmw afternoon, too bad you'll be gone by then And finally, congrats on all the latest interviews! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c17h Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Rach, sorry to hear about that interview experience To be honest, I don't think it'll affect your performance that much, because these sorts of things are bound to happen...I think the admissions committee is used to seeing it! As long as you aced the interview, I'm sure you'll have a great shot at getting in! If it makes you feel better... when I was interviewing at Jefferson, we were interviewing in a boardroom with 30 students sitting around a large meeting table. One student came 30 minutes late, in the middle of the speech by the dean of admissions, and literally stumbled into the room (I think he tripped on the carpet or something)... I think he was really embarrassed I'll be flying in to O'Hare, I heard that it's cheaper to rent a car, but because of traffic and my horrible sense of direction I'll probably just taxi to the hotel. Btw guys, for those of you staying with student hosts, did you bring a gift? I was just planning on treating mine to dinner. And Rach, I'll be flying into St. Louis tmw afternoon, too bad you'll be gone by then And finally, congrats on all the latest interviews! When I stayed with a student host on a Tuesday night, he was busy studying for a test for Friday that week... I bought him a thank you card and a gift certificate to Starbucks. It's hard to know what their schedules are going to be like, so you may want to prepare something ahead of time...he/she may not have the time to go out to dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Btw guys, for those of you staying with student hosts, did you bring a gift? I was just planning on treating mine to dinner. And Rach, I'll be flying into St. Louis tmw afternoon, too bad you'll be gone by then I'll be leaving around 4pm... will probably just miss you! Good luck on your interview. Mine is with the Assistant dean of admissions so that's a little scary. Oh and I hope for your sake that you're not staying at the SLU hotel (Water Tower Inn), it's terrible! Oh and I usually wait to get to town, then buy a gift card to a coffee shop in the neighborhood. Rach, sorry to hear about that interview experience To be honest, I don't think it'll affect your performance that much, because these sorts of things are bound to happen...I think the admissions committee is used to seeing it! As long as you aced the interview, I'm sure you'll have a great shot at getting in! If it makes you feel better... when I was interviewing at Jefferson, we were interviewing in a boardroom with 30 students sitting around a large meeting table. One student came 30 minutes late, in the middle of the speech by the dean of admissions, and literally stumbled into the room (I think he tripped on the carpet or something)... I think he was really embarrassed lol Well at least I didn't stumble, but it was kind of out of a movie. I literally ran into the spot where they were all standing giving their speeches. haha I apologized to the dean and she was so nice about it. I think I aced the interviews (I realize this means nothing acceptance-wise since I'm sure everyone there did well) so I'm not too worried about the lateness. One of the interviewers said she was "so excited to meet me" after reading my essays. I was kind of stunned by how much she praised my experiences and essays. ETA: I realize the last part sounds really obnoxious, sorry. I guess I'm just excited for Baylor news and am happy with how things went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c17h Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Trickybox, sorry, I should re-phrase my last statement. Don't prepare something ahead of time. You can't buy a starbucks gift card in Canada and give it to someone in the US...at least, I don't think you can... but have an idea of what you want to prepare ahead of time... just in case the dinner thing doesn't work out! lol Well at least I didn't stumble, but it was kind of out of a movie. I literally ran into the spot where they were all standing giving their speeches. haha I apologized to the dean and she was so nice about it. I think I aced the interviews (I realize this means nothing acceptance-wise since I'm sure everyone there did well) so I'm not too worried about the lateness. One of the interviewers said she was "so excited to meet me" after reading my essays. I was kind of stunned by how much she praised my experiences and essays. ETA: I realize the last part sounds really obnoxious, sorry. I guess I'm just excited for Baylor news and am happy with how things went. It doesn't sound obnoxious! I'm glad to hear it went well, despite the transportation problem. I hope you get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickybox Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Ahaha no worries c17h, I got the gist of your msg. Good luck at your SLU interview tmw Rach. In fact, it might be great that you're interviewing such an important figure. I would think that they have a ton of pull ie. better at persuading other adcom members to accept you if you interviewed very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitanjali Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hey Rach! Just wanna say Best of luck tomm!! Youve interviewed twice before, so Im sure your epxerience and confidence will be really good for this one!! Let us know how it goes:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmitch8 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'm in NY at a student host's right now for my interview at Mt. Sinai tomorrow morning. Since I'm bored and it's story time, I thought I'd add something that happened to me at Case last week. I was sitting around the interview room after lunch waiting for my student interviewer to come pick me up. I was drinking a water and chatting with another interviewee. My interviewer finally came to pick me up and went to shake my hand. I guess I was flustered or something, because I raised my hand holding the water cup way too quickly and spilt water all over myself. It was mega embarrassing and added to my flustered-ness, but I made a joke of it and got a laugh from the interviewer so I think it blew over alright. Embarrassing still, I'm glad it wasn't coffee, and I'm really glad I didn't spill it on the interviewer. Good luck with your interview tomorrow rach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitanjali Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'm in NY at a student host's right now for my interview at Mt. Sinai tomorrow morning. Since I'm bored and it's story time, I thought I'd add something that happened to me at Case last week. I was sitting around the interview room after lunch waiting for my student interviewer to come pick me up. I was drinking a water and chatting with another interviewee. My interviewer finally came to pick me up and went to shake my hand. I guess I was flustered or something, because I raised my hand holding the water cup way too quickly and spilt water all over myself. It was mega embarrassing and added to my flustered-ness, but I made a joke of it and got a laugh from the interviewer so I think it blew over alright. Embarrassing still, I'm glad it wasn't coffee, and I'm really glad I didn't spill it on the interviewer. Good luck with your interview tomorrow rach! Hilarious rmitch! I can totally imagining myself doing that too!!.. I think one can pull off the most embarassing acts with dignity by being able to laugh at it. It must be awfuly tiring but reassuring to have so many interviews under your belt....I hope I get half as many as you:p But all the best with Mnt Sinai tomm!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery_chick Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Good luck tomorrow rmitch and Rach! Lots of positive thoughts coming your way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara21 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 GOOD LUCK to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest viscous Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Baylor: Rach (c: 8/04, ii: 9/10) Boston U: c17h (c: 7/16, ii: 9/3, i: 10/26); rmitch8 (c: 7/27, ii: 9/15) Case Western: MSB (c: 7/21, ii: 7/27); rmitch8 (c: 7/23, ii: 8/10, i:10/5); deeman101 (c: 7/30, ii: 8/20) CMS (Rosalind Franklin): Illuminis (c: 8/10, ii: 9/22, i: 11/3), trickybox (c: 8/28, ii: 9/23), c17h (c: 9/9, ii: 10/7), FOREGONECONCLUSION (c: 9/3, ii: 10/8 i: 11/9) EVMS: wrighm6 (c: 7/20, ii: 8/31, i: 10/2) FIU: musicaldna (c:8/18, ii:9/17, i: 10/26); trickybox (c:9/15, ii:9/17, i:10/26) Georgetown: c17h (c: 7/21, ii: 8/3); wrighm6 (c: 7/15, ii: 8/3, i: 9/1); trickybox (c: 7/30, ii: 8/28, i: 9/28) GWU: trickybox (c: 7/26; ii:7/29) Indiana University: Rach (c:8/3; ii: 8:26) Jefferson: c17h (c: 7/4, ii: 7/31, i: 9/30); Rach (c:8/4, ii: 8/13); rmitch8 (c: 7/20, ii: 8/13, i: 10/21) U Minnesota: emcd (c: 4/9, ii: 1/10, i: 5/11), Rach (c:9/10, ii: 10/8) Mount Sinai: rmitch8 (c: 8/10, ii: 9/9, i:10/12) NYMC: wrighm6 (c: 7/29, ii: 9/8, i: 10/8), c17h (c: 7/29, ii: 9/8, i: 10/22), rmitch8 (c: 8/13, ii: 9/17), emcd (c: 20/8 ii: 7/10, i: 15/12) NYU: rmitch8 (c:7/29, ii: 10/2) Ohio State: ChicoMaki (c: 8/25, ii: 9/4, i: 11/9 [will probably request earlier]) St. Louis: trickybox (c: 8/3, ii: 9/9), Rach (c:mid aug, ii: 9/22), GITANJALI (c: 9/20 i: 10/9) SUNY Upstate: rmitch8 (c: 7/31, ii: 9/4), Rach (c: 8/11, ii: 9/15), JC5 (c: 8/13, ii: 9/15) U Kentucky: Rach (c: 9/6, ii: 9/24) Vanderbilt: rmitch8 (c: 7/14, ii: 8/6, i: 9/11); deeman101 (c: 7/3, ii: 8/18); emcd (c: 7/30, ii: 9/2, i: 11/12); JC5 (c:7/30, ii:9/2); maelstrom (c:8/4, ii: 9/2), mystery_chick (c: 8/25, II 9/14) Virginia Commonwealth: rmitch8 (c: 8/19, ii: 8/27, i: 12/3) Wash U: emcd (c: 8/8, ii: 8/10, i: 17/11) Wayne State: c17h (c: 8/3, ii: ??, i: 9/21); VTeight7 (c: 8/4, ii: 9/17, i: 10/9); wrighm6 (c: 7/22, ii: 9/17, i: 10/20) I was complete at st louis one day after gitanjali and have not heard from them. Must then wait for a rejection email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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