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    Fencer's corner

    Nothing happened on Sunday 5/12, but from 4/30 to 5/11, there were 66 applicants who received their 1st MD/PhD acceptance (835 - 769).
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    Fencer's corner

    On Wed. 5/8, we had 4 additional applicants who received their 1st MD/PhD acceptance, and Thu., we had 3 more. Currently, 831 of the 1,858 applicants (44.7%) who have received at least one MD/PhD acceptance for the 2024 admissions cycle. Last year (2023 cycle), we ended up at the end of cycle...
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    Fencer's corner

    We had one more applicant accepted over the weekend, and 4 on Monday and 4 on Tuesday, for a total 824 applicants with at least one MD/PhD acceptance, which follows historical timelines.
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    Fencer's corner

    The MD/PhD admission action activity of the past 4 days saw an increase from 769 to 815 applicants with at least one MD/PhD acceptance. That is, 46 applicants received their first MD/PhD acceptance during that brief period of time. As I indicated previously, historical targets at end of cycle...
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    Fencer's corner

    The most important difference is prestige... I try to make sure that every single of my trainees is appointed to the T32 training grant for at least a year during typically the first 2 years of training (during medical school) and during that time, they do have a supplement of training related...
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    Fencer's corner

    In the 2 days after the 4/30 9 am deadline, we had 30 applicants receiving their 1st MD/PhD acceptance! And this overnight sync only captures the day and half (Tue / Wed). I expect that by the Saturday, we would be around 825-830 applicants with at least one MD/PhD acceptance for the cycle.
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    Fencer's corner

    Update as of today: Total - 1,857 MD/PhD applicants (6% international) - 513.0 MCAT, 3.75 cGPA (averages) 1 or more MD/PhD AC - 769 applicants - 517.6, 3.87 cGPA (averages) There will be movement in the waitlists this coming week... Target for cohort of 1 or more MD/PhD AC is about 840-850, so...
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    Fencer's corner

    It depends on the trajectory of the applicant, but it could be enough... additional hours over the year of application could also be described. The most critical aspect for a MD/PhD application is the quality and quantity of research experiences, which should have informed the applicant of the...
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    Fencer's corner

    The system was down this morning, but seems to be resync. There are now around 750 applicants with at least one MD/PhD acceptance. As you can see, the process slows a lot during early April, but as people start making decisions this (and next) week, programs need to refill those last few spots...
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    [JAMA] Demographics in MSTP admissions

    It is part of each program T32 application. NIH does not release that data. As a reviewer and EAB member, I have seen data for about 20 out of the 53 (soon to be 56 MSTPs). One of my collaborators who is a co-author of this paper, has a R01 on studying some aspects of data and at one point was...
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    [JAMA] Demographics in MSTP admissions

    MSTP training grants require an appendix indicating the number (percentage) of applicants, interviewees, accepted and matriculants with classes A, B and C (of NOT-OD-20-031). It does apply to AAMC FAP....
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    [JAMA] Demographics in MSTP admissions

    Imagine there is no cloud R&D (in NIH budget) It's easy if you try More bench R&D Above us, only sky Imagine all the researchers Livin' for today ... I certainly couldn't make a livin' as a songwriter :rolleyes:
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    [JAMA] Demographics in MSTP admissions

    No, they are using the research infrastructure of cloud storage giants like amazon to run their near real-time data-sharing databases.
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    Update Letter Post Waitlist

    Do it...
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    Internal Medicine PSTP vs ABIM Research pathway?

    There are several PSTPs that are funded via NIH R38, R25, or even T32 mechanisms. The real problem is that you have dozens of American Boards of X, Y, or Z, with their respective ACGME Residency Review Committee. Each specialty controls what "research" and "research track" means for the...
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