Recent content by calbears84

i submitted my letter of intent to umich school of public health in May but have recently decided to NOT attend the school in August. does anyone know what the rules are for withdrawing my letter of intent to umich? appreciate any help

jmwalker and sacrament, i doubt you guys did well on the verbal....i mean...you can't even read and interpret my original post correctly. i'm asking for recommended reading material....not a useless joke. anyone else have other suggestions? thanks

i've done a search for this and am not satisfy with the results. anyways....i'm looking for suggestions on reading material (outside of mcat materials) that i can read to improve my mcat verbal. I've found magazines such as "Economists" and "New Yorker" quite useful. The "Wallstreet Journal"...

i graduated about a month ago...and since then i've been actively looking for a research position (perferably in a MD lab).... I have sent out at least 50 resumes and have received NO interviews. I live in north cal (bay area) and i have been using internet resources such as "caljobs", "ucsf...

hey mmmkoolaid when did you receive your acceptance to UIC?

thanks...does anyone else know?

does anyone have information regarding the UCSD post bac program? i'm interested in applying to the program but couldn't find a number to call. does anyone know where i can obtain an application to the program?

does anyone know anything about ucsd post bac? i saw on the website that applicants have to be rejected post-interview in order to apply for the program? does that mean...interviewed from ucsd or any med school in teh U.s?

hey guys....i got the "no decision" email from UIC today. just wondering...is there anyone in here (SDN) who was in our situation last year? ie...got interview from uic and got the same "no decision" emails....if so....what happened to them at teh end? did they end up gettin accepted/rejected?

Well...i guess UIC does accept people off the "no decision" list each month....hey anxiousmed...congrats on your acceptance....my mailbox was empty today....oh well...i've pretty much lost hopes for UIC....

thanks for all your replies. the "80K" school is columbia. columbia offered me 30K in unsubsidized loan to cover its 40+K a year expense. another school i'm looking at is umich. it is pretty much the same story for umich...offered 30K in unsubsideized loan to cover its 40+K a year...

I am waitlisted for med school admission and had the plan B of obtaining a MPH degree before reapplying if i don't get into med school this year.....the problem is...the mph program i wanted to attend told me that they will not be offering me financial assistance....that means...i will have to...

thanks for the replies...i'm actually gonna be doing epidemiology... i have narrowed it down to columbia or umich...does anyone know which school has a stronger epid program?

hey BRUINGOLD...don't look at it as a put down.....look at it as a motivation...good luck.

hey....do you guys get much out of the "admission officers" on thursdays? everytime i called....i always get "teh ad com will meet later this month and you should hear shortly after that." one time...i asked him to give me a honest opinion about my chances of getting in....all i got...