I have no control over that. I did buy him a brand new suite though.</p>
<p>UVA is a great university and their med school fantastic. My wife went for a 10 day business program (sponsored by her firm) to UVA a couple of months ago and she was thrilled when she heard the news yesterday.</p>
<p>UVA has a 5 Billion endowment, which is larger than that of many Ivy schools and most top 20 schools. They get state funding on top of that (not sure about med school, though). In spite of that, the tuition for their med school is 47k for IS and 57k for OOS (bumped up from 51k). I am not too thrilled about that :D</p>
<p>I was just browsing the UCSF thread over there at the other site and saw a post from elevenelven lamenting a post-secondary rejection. I thought I should post a quick update on the guyâs status - 20 interviews - 2 rejections - 12-13 still pending. I am telling you, the guy is going to break all records in this cycle in spite of UChicago and UCSF :D</p>
<p>Congrats, kal123. UVA is very good, both for the school itself and for its early results.</p>
<p>I do not follow the status of eleveneleven. But usually, unless his EC is particularly good (or is a hooked applicants), I have heard of many cases that an applicant did not fit in some med schoolâs mission (esp. a top 10 one) despite of his/her credential outside of the EC category.</p>
<p>UChicago and UCSF do come out as schools that emphasize their mission, considering the caliber of the med schools and the performance of their studentâs STEP-1 scores (I should say their AVERAGE score as not-so-much-missioned students there may continue to score well.) Also eleveneleven can not be local to both IL and CA, and the locality plays some role here also ( just like real estate!)</p>
<p>Somewhat like in the college application cycle ( except this applies to more med schools now): The only difference between those who are admitted to HYPS colleges and others who are admitted to some other âgoodâ colleges is in the quality of their EC, IMHO.</p>
<p>HmmâŠan interesting thought. I always think that the location of UVA is nicer than most large cities. For examples, DS once mentioned he would never want to go to the city where JHU is (it is not that he could get in. He is just not fond of that city. He seems to have made a similar remark about Penn.) In his own state, he thinks austin or temple/college station are nice.</p>
<p>D was drawn to UVA as soon as she visited. Itâs a great school with a ton of tradition and pride. The town of C-Ville is great, and the campus and surrounding area are breathtaking. Sheâs going to miss it, I know, once she graduates.</p>
<p>DS knew an applicant from CA what had the stats similar to elevenelevenâs. There was another applicant from Baylor U. with the similar stats (the MCAT is 40 for both.) around the year DS applies. Both of them had a lot of IIs, but in the end, the ratio of acceptances vs IIs was not that high. Both seemed to apply to too many schools in âhotâ cities. I believe both are not minorities, likely one is Asian and the other white.</p>
<p>Both are more successful in the schools which are âin the area.â That is the reason I think the region and affiliation play some role.</p>
<p>One of the things I find interesting about the clinical side of being at UVa is that itâs the tertiary care center for a very large geographic area. This could mean more diverse opportunities for real case studies. My parents love it because itâs just a few hours down highway 29 :)</p>
<p>As for your âcricketsâ, itâs still very early.</p>
<p>âOnly thing we know is his stats 3.98/39 and that heâs a CA resident.â</p>
<p>If he is CA resident he should be prepared for a NO from UCLA and UCSD. I heard about someone with 4.0, research 40+ score who went to a certain top 20 Midwest school with merit money but did not get an interview from UCSF. It is pretty tough for CA residents.</p>
<p>I just noticed that the school specific thread at SDN with the least number of posts is that of University of New Mexico SOM. It has all of just 21 posts! Apparently, that schools plays this game entirely differently. They donât even send secondary apps to RD applicants until they are done with the ED applicants. Good to know that there is at least one school that is not front-loading the process.</p>
<p>While UNM doesnât read RD secondaries until EDP candidates have been interviewed/accepted, thereâs a whole big mess of behind-the-scenes political manuveuring going on right now. RD secondaries have been exceptionally delayed. (Usually they go out in mid-August.) It appears that interviews and acceptances are going to be similarly delayed. (Deadlines have already been officially pushed back by at least 2 weeks.)</p>
<p>Howâs everyone doing with their applications? I got another II yesterday and now have IIâs to all 4 of the Manhattan MSTPs! :eek: I also withdrew from a couple of schools since they were low on my wish list. Only one remaining school where Iâm complete and waiting (my IS public). :)</p>
<p>Today has been a great day. Son got interviews from University of Maryland and Vanderbilt University. Vandy is less than a couple hours drive from his place of birth and University of Maryland is literally 15 minutes away from his apartment. </p>
<p>Vandy interview invitation has got to be the most nicely worded, so far. Folks down south do know how to treat you nice. I thought that his chances with Vandy were not that great. Firstly, there is that Physics 2 AP credit he has on his app (Vandy is pretty hard-nosed about AP credit). Secondly, he submitted Vandy secondary 34 days after he received it! Conventional wisdom on late submission of secondary apps is that schools treat that as indication of lack of interest. Mighty glad that Vandy didnât feel that way.</p>
<p>University of Maryland was a late addition (along with UCSF) because his friends are applying there. Its a great school except that their OOS tuition is rather high and unlike Ohio State, the chances of snagging in-state tuition (after the first year) are not good.</p>
<p>I hope tomorrow goes just as well for my Tide against the Aggies. Roll Tide!</p>
<p>Some of them offer subsidized housing and meals may be subsidized in one way or another. My parents have committed to gifting me an annual allowance that combined with my stipend should cover all my needs. So I have no qualms about living in either NYC or Chicago.
The first acceptances usually arrive in late October. A quick acceptance from one of my top choices would really make my life a little easier. :)</p>
<p>I also received an II (my 13th, on Fri. the 13th :eek: ) from Maryland. So thatâs the end of this phase for me. 14 applications, 13 IIs one rejection. The rejection was weird. They basically rejected the MSTP application and offered me an MD II, but if they had read my application, they would have seen that I was clearly not interested in that. :(</p>
<p>Oh well, starting this week itâs at least one interview/week for the next 7 weeks. Lotâs of Amtrak points!</p>
<p>Plum - Glad to hear they offer subsidized housing. I have a friend who did two years of interventional cardiology fellowship about 5 years ago and he said he was paying around 2400 for a studio.</p>
<p>I forgot which one (Mt. Sinai or Columbia, or both) has provided the apartments with a lower rent. But still, it is not as nice as the UG dorm at some college. Sometimes I feel that one of the challenges to transition from the well sheltered kid period to the independent young adult period is to live in a sub par living environment for a few âtransitionâ years. This is especially true for some career which takes a long time to establish. And for the medicine? Add many years of not having many weekends. (DS said in his current one-month long rotation, he has two days off in a month. There appears to be no such thing like having both Saturday and Sunday off anymore. The working hours for these âtrainingâ years may be more like those for typical workers in the third world, I think.)</p>
I did buy him a brand new suite though.</p>
I thought that his chances with Vandy were not that great. Firstly, there is that Physics 2 AP credit he has on his app (Vandy is pretty hard-nosed about AP credit). Secondly, he submitted Vandy secondary 34 days after he received it! Conventional wisdom on late submission of secondary apps is that schools treat that as indication of lack of interest. Mighty glad that Vandy didnât feel that way.</p>