blizzah Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 I haven't posted in quite a while but Aug. 9th I got an interview invite to Hawaii, in case anybody else has one there Haha congrats. I had one last year but didn't end up going. Try to book it around Christmas if you can, it should make for a nice vacation. They seem to love Canadians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychila Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Haha congrats. I had one last year but didn't end up going. Try to book it around Christmas if you can, it should make for a nice vacation. They seem to love Canadians Does Hawaii actually like Canadians? I thought that as internationals, you needed strong ties to the state - did you guys have any? I might consider applying there as well then... that would make a really nice 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzah Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Does Hawaii actually like Canadians? I thought that as internationals, you needed strong ties to the state - did you guys have any? I might consider applying there as well then... that would make a really nice 4 years. No ties, just a secondary that emphasized working with undeserved and ethnically diverse populations. Tuition of 65k+ is not appealing plus an extra strong emphasis on PBL and primary care doesn't help either. I personally know two Canadians who interviewed there and were accepted. Weather must be nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee88 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 No ties, just a secondary that emphasized working with undeserved and ethnically diverse populations. Tuition of 65k+ is not appealing plus an extra strong emphasis on PBL and primary care doesn't help either. I personally know two Canadians who interviewed there and were accepted. Weather must be nice though. The admissions people were actually really nice, I scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend so it didn't interfere with finals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiallstar Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Has anyone had experience with the Kentucky interview in the past / provide some insight on what to expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureDrWho Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 II at St. Louis University received today My first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottawamed.90 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 II's at Wayne State and Georgetown. Rejected pre-interview for both programs at Case Western. Still nothing back from the other 10ish schools I applied to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Rejected pre-interview - UChicago, cGPA 3.46, 33S, PhD candidate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackintosh Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Rejected pre-interview - UChicago, cGPA 3.46, 33S, PhD candidate. Oh man, I just replied to your other thread about school choices. I guess my reply was too late since you already have decisions. Which schools did you end up applying to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Oh man, I just replied to your other thread about school choices. I guess my reply was too late since you already have decisions. Which schools did you end up applying to? I ended up applying to 18 total (most are fiercely competitive and Ivy League, so I'm not holding out my hopes, but I did apply here in Canada also): Albert Einstein, Baylor, BostonU, Case Western (working on secondary), Columbia, Dartmouth, Emory, Feinberg/Northwestern, Harvard, Jefferson, Johns Hopkins (working on secondary), Mount Sinai, Stanford, UChicago (only one I've heard from), UCLA (no secondary yet), UCSF (no secondary yet), UPenn, Yale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maketheturn Posted September 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 has any canadian heard back/offered interview from the following? vanderbilt, northwestern, case western? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Rejected - BostonU (PhD Candidate, cGPA 3.46, 33S) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esus Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 has any canadian heard back/offered interview from the following?vanderbilt, northwestern, case western? I got a secondary for Vandy, but haven't heard back since then, or from any other of the 8 US schools I applied to for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychila Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Rejected PRE-secondary from Wayne State... Seeing the number of Canadians that are accepted each year, Wayne had been my back-up, but there goes my safety... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedSchoolAspirant81991 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 So far, I have submitted secondaries for: 1) Uof Chicago 2) NYMC 3) Penn State (hopefully will get the fourth ref letter in by next week). 4) Michigan State 5) Rosalind Franlin 6) George Washington University. Also applied to Wayne State, Albany, UKY, Keck School of medicine (Canadians = US apparently according to their website?), Georgetown (0 foreign acceptances, had been one of my top choices before I saw that in their manual), Howard, Case Western, SUNY Upstate and Baylor. GPA is about a 3.60, and MCAT 33R (13 PS 10 VR R 10 BS) currently doing a research project, about 150+ hours of volunteering at Sick Kids, worked as a volunteer for a community organization providing information on street drugs, volunteered at buskerfest to raise money for epilepsy research and tutored in high school. Does anyone know how friendly these schools are towards Canadians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychila Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 So far, I have submitted secondaries for: 1) Uof Chicago 2) NYMC 3) Penn State (hopefully will get the fourth ref letter in by next week). 4) Michigan State 5) Rosalind Franlin 6) George Washington University. Also applied to Wayne State, Albany, UKY, Keck School of medicine (Canadians = US apparently according to their website?), Georgetown (0 foreign acceptances, had been one of my top choices before I saw that in their manual), Howard, Case Western, SUNY Upstate and Baylor. GPA is about a 3.60, and MCAT 33R (13 PS 10 VR R 10 BS) currently doing a research project, about 150+ hours of volunteering at Sick Kids, worked as a volunteer for a community organization providing information on street drugs, volunteered at buskerfest to raise money for epilepsy research and tutored in high school. Does anyone know how friendly these schools are towards Canadians? U Chicago would be very challenging even for a 3.9/36 American. Keck would be near-impossible for Canadians. You'd have to be a under-represented minority for Howard. Your stats/late application will make Case/Baylor a steep uphill battle. Your application is a little late, but you should be fine for the other schools, and by all means do apply to a few reaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 U Chicago would be very challenging even for a 3.9/36 American. Keck would be near-impossible for Canadians. You'd have to be a under-represented minority for Howard. Your stats/late application will make Case/Baylor a steep uphill battle. Your application is a little late, but you should be fine for the other schools, and by all means do apply to a few reaches. UChicago rejected me -- I asked why and haven't received a response. BostonU rejected me also, when asked why they basically just explained how they have way too many good applications and that there was "no single fatal flaw" in my application.. partially good news i guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychila Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 UChicago rejected me -- I asked why and haven't received a response. BostonU rejected me also, when asked why they basically just explained how they have way too many good applications and that there was "no single fatal flaw" in my application.. partially good news i guess! Have you received interviews anywhere yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Have you received interviews anywhere yet? No -- I'm still waiting to hear from 14 schools..and from UCSF and UCLA pre-secondary stage still. I was verified 9/6.. so it might be a bit early still.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedSchoolAspirant81991 Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 U Chicago would be very challenging even for a 3.9/36 American. Keck would be near-impossible for Canadians. You'd have to be a under-represented minority for Howard. Your stats/late application will make Case/Baylor a steep uphill battle. Your application is a little late, but you should be fine for the other schools, and by all means do apply to a few reaches. A bunch of people on SDN recommended I apply for Boston U, not sure how competitive that school is and how friendly they are towards Canadians. Anyone here have a favourite so far? I'm banking on Michigan State University seeing how they see Canadian applicants as OOS US applicants and they said 3.5 and 30 MCAT is competitive so I'm hoping for the best. Kentucky seems interesting too. Also submitted Kentucky, Keck (for the hell of it, they probably won't accept me), and Baylor (if I get into Baylor but get rejected from Chicago, Baylor becomes my top choice) today, so officially have 9 secondaries in so far. Hope to get Wayne SUNY upstate II next week but I have a midterm (CHM220, for anyone from UofT) and CASPer to prepare for. Sigh busy busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writergirl333 Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 BU is one of the most applied to schools - over ten thousand applicants, so its hard to know what they screen for - what about u pitt? they like canadians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 BU is one of the most applied to schools - over ten thousand applicants, so its hard to know what they screen for - what about u pitt? they like canadians! I second this sentiment.. Unless you have something unique and are well within their GPA/MCAT range, I'm not sure BU is a great option. seems like they've rejected lots of people. on the other hand, at least the turnaround time was quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzah Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 So far, I have submitted secondaries for: 1) Uof Chicago 2) NYMC 3) Penn State (hopefully will get the fourth ref letter in by next week). 4) Michigan State 5) Rosalind Franlin 6) George Washington University. Also applied to Wayne State, Albany, UKY, Keck School of medicine (Canadians = US apparently according to their website?), Georgetown (0 foreign acceptances, had been one of my top choices before I saw that in their manual), Howard, Case Western, SUNY Upstate and Baylor. GPA is about a 3.60, and MCAT 33R (13 PS 10 VR R 10 BS) currently doing a research project, about 150+ hours of volunteering at Sick Kids, worked as a volunteer for a community organization providing information on street drugs, volunteered at buskerfest to raise money for epilepsy research and tutored in high school. Does anyone know how friendly these schools are towards Canadians? I got in off WL last year at Georgetown. I would definitely add SLU to your list. Accepts many Canadians, and no secondary to write Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadows16 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 okay i figured i would update on my situation: Got rejected from Brown last week (to be expected though) and received II from Wayne State today (yay! first one). all my secondaries were complete ~Sept 10 (it took a while for my last reference letter to get in). good luck to everybody! i'd be happy to have WS people PM me after I do the interview. if anyone has any reactions to wayne state/detroit, etc. let me know! i've never been to Detroit (or Windsor) before which I feel is a bit of a lack for Wayne State but hopefully I'll be able to explore at least a little bit when I'm down there for the interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 The wayne state secondary is nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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