<p>No.....Feinberg is one of the best med schools in the country......ranked 20 according to US NEWS and 36th highest for research grants from NIH. </p>
<p>The only "heart" we can take is that now we may possibly have a chance to get into a better medical school, however slim that chance may be, or perhaps use this drive to do something crazy or awesome in our undergrad years. I've learned that a lot of BA/MD kids use their "free ride" in the undergrad years to goof offf......and hence they become bad, inexperienced doctors. This is what happened at the University of Michigan so they cancelled their BA/MD program. Just use this rejection as a means to fight back and get further.........then, 4 years from now when u get that letter from Harvard or Stanford or Michigan or when u discover an aids vaccine mail it to Feinberg with a letter saying "look what you missed out on"</p>
<p>I dunno maybe im just "copping" out of a rejection....but dont give up......u can still become a great Doctor.</p>
<p>I just had my interview yesterday (the 24th) and I thought it went pretty well... The student that interviewed me was really really nice, and my second interview was with the Associate Dean of Medicine and the Director of HPME (which was terrifying) but I thought it wasn't bad... Except I think I may have called it the PLME program once on accident. Damn you Brown.</p>
<p>And what was cool is I met some fellow applicants there :) Exciting.</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that we'll hear back March 15? Is that true? Not going to get my hopes up, if I don't get in I still have the most amazing "backup" school ever, and I won't have to make a tough decision :)</p>
<p>is there any big secret to getting into one of those top ivies like harvard and yale? Did you guys have some big, impressive extracurricular or national recognition for something? I was just curious because I am a junior and will be applying to HPME and a bunch of other big places next year.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if it's a "big secret" but yes, you don't exactly get into ivies for being...normal. Impressive extracurriculars/research or national recognition (or both) is important for standing out from the crowd. However, everything must still be solidly supported by good grades from the toughest courses your high school has to offer.</p>
<p>Actually acemaster, I have no idea. If there's some big secret, I still don't know. I don't know about arpesh, but personally, I have absolutely nothing that is national, and no big extracurricular.. But I do do a huge variety of things and am very into the things i do. For example: editor of the paper, write for local paper, listening for a suicide hotline (and a couple other positions in the staff there), president of a couple clubs, music competitions. But definitely not anything HUGE like discovering a cure for cancer, not even Intel or anything cool like that.</p>
<p>Several things:
-has anyone been able to confirm the rumors that they're cutting the class down to 20? When I was visiting, I also heard that they might up the GPA requirement for us too. Any truth to that? I'm a lot more concerned about them cutting the class down, but I'm not too fond of a higher GPA requirement either.
-Is anyone having as much trouble as I am waiting until the end of the month? Whenver I'm in class or basically anywhere, I constantly think of HPME and fervently hope I'm going to get in. It can't be healthy and I'm not sure how I will survive the rest of the month.<br>
-Do you think NU will send our mid year reports to HPME? I received my first B ever (it was in a college course), and I was just curious if HPME would see it</p>
<p>Several Things:
1. Who cares about GPA requirement, getting in is first and it's easy to maintain a pretty high GPA in trimester system.
2. You'll get in if you believe. And if you don't, you'll still get in. It's all a matter of luck. Enjoy the last few months of high school...college is a lot different.
3. Yes they do send mid reports to HPME.
4. You can goof off as much as possible in undergrad, everything changes in med school. So enjoy it.
5. Ivy leagues and top school are name only. Ranking 'x' on the US News means nothing. Good, yes. Better, possibly not. It's what you make of it.
6. College is +++++expensive++++++, especially med school. After you have finished you will find that all that matters is your residency (which is not really dependent on where you went to schooling). So going to Stanford or Northwestern or even Maryland makes no difference on your salary and position after medical school. So, consider how much debt you will be in and whether it is worth (remember, take inflation into account).
6. No matter where you go you will do well. If you like Northwestern, go there because you like the school and not the prestige.
7. Best of luck on your application and make sure you visit the schools you get into before making a decision (you'll be there for 4+ years!)</p>
<p>During my interview, I asked the admissions officer about the cutting down of the class size this year. He told me that eventually they are going to cut down to 25, but they're only going to decrease by 5 per year...so, this year probably 35 people will be accepted?</p>