<p>I got the notice to attend. Is anyone going? Too cold.</p>
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<p>i would go, really make yourself stand out</p>
<p>what method did they use to notify you? i’m kinda waiting on my rejection hahah</p>
<p>^they call you. but apparently they don’t send you a rejection letter until april which sucks. if you dont get contacted by late february id assume its a rejection.</p>
<p>I went last week to interview and it was SO. COLD. I actually slipped on the snow and landed in the street in front of the current SMED students, so that was cool.</p>
<p>@enter</p>
<p>When were you notified of the interview? I’m afraid I missed the call.</p>
<p>they called me two weeks ago. i think it was the 8th or something.</p>
<p>Do you know when they stop giving out interview notifications?</p>
<p>dang satacer you’re getting interview notifications left and right!</p>
<p>Hey Mangofan,</p>
<p>I have applied for too many programs, I guess. 
Good luck to you buddy. How many schools did you apply?</p>
<p>I went Tuesday the 25th for my interviews. Yes, there’s two. One with an MD from the med school and the other with a professor from the science department most likely; mine was a cool archaeologist. It was frigging cold and I drove up from New York City at 4 am and got there at 10 something and was actually late for my first one. They really go in depth with your interviews. Both interviewers have read your file NUMEROUS NUMEROUS times (the cardiologist actually quoted my Common App personal statement without having it in front of her O<em>O) So don’t bulls</em>__ them on the spot and make stuff up or exaggerate. They know it ALL.</p>
<p>In terms of the questions, which is what all of you who are reading this are probably here for, it’s the usual stuff. Extracurricular activities, personal qualities, why you want to be a doctor, etc. I didn’t really get asked many questions because I just went on and on whenever they asked me something and I elaborated beyond what was required. I also made each interviewer laugh at least 10 times (whether or not that’s good remains to be seen -shrugs-)</p>
<p>The SMED student they arrange for you to speak with told me the curriculum is grueling and you get less credit for more work. For example you learn Quantum Mechanics & Physical Chemistry together and only get 6 credits, whereas separately in CAS you would get 8. Go figure. Also grade deflation is a large part too. Expect to wind up with a 2.9-3.3 GPA by your 3rd year. But everyone at BU knows what it means to be a “SMED” (nerdy, smart, and taking the worst BU can throw at you). The student said it’s become somewhat of an honor tag at BU, which I guess is a kinda cool.</p>
<p>Overall it was okay (besides the snowy weather, but I’m used to it anyways) and I was done by 3 pm and got back to NYC by 11 something at night (stopped on the way to eat and rest to drive again).</p>
<p>The campus was okay too, and everyone was nice…but don’t think I’m going even if I get in (I was told by the archaeologist (one of the program developers that ~70-80 get interviews, ~40 get in, so if you got an interview it’s about a 50% chance of acceptance). I only went 'cause I still respect the school and it was a fun road trip. Yale EA acceptance helped me wrap up my college plans very early :D</p>
<p>But good luck to everyone else who’s going to interview. For the faint of heart from the sun belt states, it’s going to be pretty cold if you’re not used to northeastern USA weather.</p>
<p>Cheers & godspeed.</p>
<p>Anyone going to Boston 7year BS/MD interview? I will be there on 2/11. Let me know who is going to be there next week. Let us talk</p>
<p>Hi Inycepoo,</p>
<p>Did you apply elsewhere? Which BS/MD you will join? Or you sold on Yale?</p>
<p>Just to throw this out there. The notion that you are going to end up with a 2.9-3.3 by the end of your junior year…is not true haha. Depending on who you talk to of course, some people may say the course-load is tough, but if you took a tough course load and excelled in high school, you should be absolutely fine at BU. Personally, I found myself having a ton of free time to have fun and not a whole lot of trouble with classes, but that really depends on you as a person. </p>
<p>I’m a third year student in the program and both I and plenty of my fellow classmates that I know have 3.7+ GPAs. </p>
<p>I know most people in this program turned down HYPS or similar schools top 20 schools to be in this program, and personally I think its a no brainer if you know you want to be a physician to go to a program such as BU/USC/NW/Rice/Case if you get in. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>I don’t know, really. I’m 80% Yale for now. It just seems too great a deal to turn down. Even if I get into the BS/MD at BU, Rochester, UConn, NW, or Brown, I’d probably still go to Yale.</p>
<p>And kill the MCAT. Simple. Standardized tests ain’t got nothing on me.</p>
<p>I just called BU today and they said they are sending out interview notifications until March.</p>
<p>got the interview call today! :)</p>
<p>UPDATE: I still have not heard back from BU.</p>
<p>does it mean anything if you hear from them earlier or later? because i know people who received interview notifications in january</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: CAS & 7-Year Accelerated Medical Program</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR 740, M 800, W 760, Essay 12) one sitting
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 36, R 34, Sci 35, Essay 10, Eng&Writing 33) one sitting
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 800, Physics 800, Math II 800, Chinese 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (96.xx out of 100.00)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 101.67 (out of 100.00)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/837
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), BC Calc (5), AB subscore (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5), World (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Eng Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Comp Sci A
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think like 5 or so, but they’re all rank 30 and below with lower objective stats.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]Science Olympiad medals (9 regionals, 2 states), Rochester University Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, NYC Metro Math Fair Bronze Medal, USABO semi-finalist, USNCO semi-finalist, 14th ranked fastest Rubik’s Speedcuber in New York State</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Engineering & Biology Group Leader), Columbia University Medical Center research internship (helped publish a scientific paper), Rubik’s Cube Club at school (founder & president), Calculus Challenge Team (2nd in country last year), Calculus Tutoring (all tutees got a 5), Jazz Band (lead alto saxophone & president), Webmaster of SciOly and Sci Dept website.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Columbia University internship for one year (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics professional laboratory work)
Surgical Center (observed and helped with >200 surgeries)
Library
Senior Center</p>
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<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App: Rubik’s cube & how it impacted my personality and way I approach and solve problems; original & creative; 10+[/li][</em>] How I Became Interested: Read a medical school professor’s paper, talked with students; 8
[<em>] Supplement: Ideology about what college is supposed to be about, Quantitative Biology major, start Rubik’s cube club; 7
[</em>] Why I Want to be a Doctor: Establish intimate relations with patients and personalize care - contrary to what is being done now; 9
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 5 pages. SHE LOVES ME. from AP Bio teacher <3. basically tells almost everything about me through my activities (likes and dislikes, sense of humor, maturity (O_O), etc.) 10+[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 1 page. AP World teacher, like a mom to me. Rec is pretty run-of-the-mill, though. 7?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Saw afterwards, sort of a laundry list. 5
[</em>] Additional Rec: Wrote it myself and got AP English teacher to sign it. Attests to outstanding writing talent and insight to reading literature (mostly true). 9
[<em>] Interview: Had to drive up to boston for SMED interview. It was pretty in-depth. Both the MD and PhD I interviewed with really read my essays and knew about what I did in lots of detail. Fun stuff.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]
NO. there are more than enough people out there more talented than I am at violin, piano, and alto sax, combined. I am in jazz band though :)</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 3-4 days before deadline? O_O
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (NEW YORK CITY HOLLAHHH!)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: LARGE PUBLIC (4000+ students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (â– â– â– )
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: not important here.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Rubik’s cube - 15 second solves; sent a video of a 13.76-sec solve on a CD with my counselor’s rec and transcript and such. Hope they had fun with it 
Great essay writing (?) I’ve been told I have a way with words, apparently HAHAHAS.</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades (spanish aside), rank, SAT IIs (I BEASTED ALL OF THEM YO!), Rubik’s cube! >:) MUAHAHAHA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian, public school isn’t magnet or specialized (quite the opposite actually…), but doesn’t downright suck, either. It’s pretty moderate in terms of grades and smartness of people in general.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rubik’s cube? O_O I don’t know how many applicants have sub-15 averages -shrugs- SAT II grades were definitely a plus (haven’t seen another CCer with 5 800s yet :p)
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
not much, really. maybe I should’ve paid more attention in my Spanish classes so my grades wouldn’t have been too terrible there HAHAHAS. might’ve gotten valedictorian too LOL :p</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m probably still going to Yale through EA but at least I have another option open for myself now. :)</p>
<p>@inycepoo
did you get into any other accelerated med program?</p>