Recent content by kathleeya

no, i didn't get a packet with a specific itinerary - and am anxious for the info to come up on the website. the survival guide on rmstudents.com was pretty helpful, though, and gives a small taste of what to expect during orientation! alright - so far, we've got a pre-orientation orientation...

just got the orientation letter - seeing as how everything starts in the middle of the week, would any of you be interested in meeting up one night before it all begins?? a sort of pre-orientation orientation?! ;) maybe i'm getting a little too excited, but i figured it couldn't hurt to throw...

:clap: :clap: :clap: count me in! i was originally choosing between Rush and UIC, but for reasons similar to many others, decided that Rush was a better fit for me. anyway, hope you all had a great summer and i'm really looking forward to meeting everyone - see you in a couple weeks!

Just found out today that I got into the Chicago campus at U of I! [B]Case Western Reserve University mws99 relatively prime KBCoch Columbia University College of Physcians and Surgeons SistaKaren Entei Dartmouth Medical School sophRI Drexel University College of Medicine...

hey calbears - congrats on the acceptances! we spoke on this issue a while ago, but as i approach graduation (only 1 more week!!), i might be able to give a more substantiated opinion on my experience at michigan. i agree with mef007 - it does depend on what area you are going into. i'm in...

once again, i have consulted the PR Big Book on Medical Schools. For Loyola it says,

some schools actually take the AVERAGE of all MCATs you sit for. it really varies.

hey guys although this information may be helpful in giving you a ballpark estimate of your chances, the entire process is very unpredictable... we all have heard of people with high numbers who get rejected and those with incredibly low numbers who make it into some amazing schools. try not...

loyola screens for "minimum requirements" - what that means, i'm not sure search for the thread "What schools screen?" there I posted the list of all schools that screen, along with the percentage of applicants who receive the 2ndaries (if that info was available). if the listing...

if you're interested in having all this information at your fingertips, i suggest getting the Princeton Review's Big Book on Medical Schools...

not yet... but it did finally show up on my AMCAS app online that it was transmitted to Albany on 8/20 (i submitted 6/10)

try the starbucks chai tea with soy milk YUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM :D

ditto on doepug's comments... if you check out the interview feedback section, you'll be able to see the open- or closed-file interview status of many of the schools.

rather than requiring you to write a long response, i think it just means that they want you to write no more than one page ... in other words, i am reading the instructions as "it's really up to you, whether or not you want to write just a small paragraph or to fill up the whole page. just...