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Adding U of Michigan, Henry Ford, Beaumont Arkansas UAMS: Invited 9/21 Connecticut Hartford Hospital: Invited 9/27 Florida FL Hospital-Orlando: Invited 9/21 (dates: 11/11, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6) Jackson Memorial / University of Miami: Invited 9/21, 10/1 (dates: 11/5,11/12...

I'm a second year hoping to go into radiology. I'm all set to do 3rd year at Henry Ford, but I've been having second thoughts since it seems like it's very difficult to honor there. So now I'm faced with a dilemma: Would switching to Oakwood in hopes of getting better grades/having more...

I need a car now and won't have the cash until my student loan is disbursed (early August). I've run out of ideas of getting money--my chances of winning the lottery are better than getting approved for a car loan--so I'm thinking of buying a used car with a cash advance from my credit cards...

Have any incoming first-years gotten their @med.wayne.edu email addresses yet? I took some classes at Wayne post-bacc so all I've been told so far was to use my @wayne.edu address.

I'm a male future Class of '13 looking for a (preferably male) roommate in Grosse Pointe. I grew up here so I know pretty much everything about it, and rent is cheap: ~$600/month for a 2 BR flat in a safe, quiet neighborhood. I know it's still early, but never to late to start thinking about...

Well, I just found out this morning that my school forgot to make my recs available to BU (and this after them F'ing up the same way with CaseW:mad:), so that might explain why it's been a while for them. It was a good thing I checked my status at BU, too--their rec deadline was Jan 2 but they...

Assuming all As for 21 credits (7 3-credit classes is what I'm thinking), my BCPM GPA tops out at 3.45. Now, that's still lower than all other med schools' science averages, but on the other hand, my overall will increase a bit to 3.62. Seems like a lot of work for small gains, but hey, I'm...

Ha, the ortho one where they remove the biker's wrist pins is definitely interesting.

Thanks for the suggestions--and I agree with everything you said--but, I'm gonna be starting a full-time job Jan 14th and will continue volunteering (as per WSOM's suggestions) this semester. I might be able to knock the job down to 20 hrs/week, but even then, I'm afraid I won't be able to pull...

SO, just had that meeting at the admissions office, and no, I didn't get any chance at another shot this cycle (as I expected, really). According to the counselor I didn't get a secondary b/c my science GPA was too low (3.17 at time of application) and I didn't have quite enough clinical...

Your case shows how the process is more-or-less a mystery. While at first it looks like your pre-secondary rejections can be explained by being a non-resident (unless you went to a CA school?), your interview at UCD trashes that reasoning, I guess. I think the amount of schools you've applied...

Hey man, don't get so impatient just yet--I've been complete since mid-July/early-August and haven't even had an interview yet! The most you can do about it now is call or send them grade updates, etc.

Does anyone have any updates about their status? I've been on a pre-rec hold since 8/14--I just sent them an email update about my fall semester grades and continued interest.

Yeah, I don't get what the deal is either. One theory is that in order to strengthen their residency program, they may be trying to build up a strong med school class that's willing to match with their alma mater. I'm not even sure that makes sense, since it's almost impossible to reliably...

Nope, I've lived in the Detroit area for the last 15 years. My mom works at WSOM, in fact. The main reason why I've decided against doing post-bac right now (other than being late with the application, for which the deadline was Dec 1), is that I'm still waiting for interview from 7 schools...