<p>Did anyone receive an e-mail from Union/AMC last Friday so the application is due on 1/3/2014? But the application didn’t work? And when I called in, the counselor said the date is extended to 1/7/2014 (Tuesday). But now the application is not working again…
is anyone else having this problem?</p>
<p>received email from Drexel undergrad school that my application is forwarded to Drexel medical school. Drexel interviews will be mid feb. (according to the email today).</p>
<p>^ditto. and drexel med will be contacting everyone by the end of January it said. To pay the processing fee.</p>
<p>Same here re: Drexel</p>
<p>Thanthan: Union/AMC fixed the problem.</p>
<p>Just received UNION/AMC rejection via email!!!</p>
<p>“Spoke to Union. Interview call likely end Jan. 2013, 400 apps received. 311 sent to AMC, 90 called for AMC interview, 35 offered admission, 15 accepted.”</p>
<p>@istrum123, sorry to hear that. I think Union should not send such a large number of applications to AMC. It should do a more rigorous screening. To be rejected so quickly, after submitting the supplemental, is just so ridiculously unfair, not only incurring unnecessary expenses on the students but also raising false hope.</p>
<p>same here @istrum123</p>
<p>@IMGDAD. Thanks. I totally agree.</p>
<p>I just received a rejection from the RPI/AMC program. It was a reach, but I’m optimistic nevertheless :)</p>
<p>@thejerseygirl, sorry to hear that. I think all these very early rejections (about one week after submission of the supplementals) could have been avoided if the UG schools for AMC do a more rigorous screening. Or, maybe AMC likes it this way so that it receives a lot of revenue just from the supplemental fees that all these high school kids are having to pay!</p>
<p>Received a rejection from Union/AMC as well! Sorry to hear about you guys too</p>
<p>@thejerseygirl- aw I’m sorry! Your stats are phenom so honestly it’s nothing you did. These things are so random!! Good luck with your other programs. </p>
<p>Sorry to hear of so many AMC rejections. The number of applications that were asked to submit supplements doesn’t make sense. Good luck to all with the rest of the programs!</p>
<p>I was just wondering on which BS/MD programs are more competitive in choice. I was reading through the forum and noticed that certain programs are viewed as harder to get into. If someone could please tell me, different BS/md programs out there it would be helpful. I am a sophomore and I just wanted to gear myself correctly. I would appreciate advice from current applicants, parents, and anyone else on how to gain a better opportunity into getting in a BS/md program</p>
<p>@shiv1234- hey! It’s good that you’re starting early! Obviously, the programs are all very competitive. I would say the most competitive ones are probably Brown, Caltech, Northwestern, Rice, and maybe Case Western. There are so many programs that you couldn’t possibly rank them all. There are lists online and on CC that you can look up. My biggest advice to you is to get a lot of experience shadowing, volunteering, and doing research. Also, having good SAT scores helps. Start studying this summer- there are a lot of self-study tools on CC, from Xiggi and Silverturtle among others. I would suggest using these resources if you’re motivated to study on your own! Also get good grades!! For a lot of applicants, this is a given so if you wanna stand out, it’ll be the leadership activities and medical experiences that help your lot. Oh also try to have 1 year each (preferably AP) of chem, bio, and physics and plan to take the SAT IIs in chem and bio cuz a lot of programs specifically ask for those. There’s a lot of helpful info throughout CC that I used in this process, so keep searching. Good luck in the future!</p>
<p>^Note: The Caltech-UCSD program has been discontinued. To the most competitive ones I would add WUSTL and UCSD.</p>
<p>@shiv1234, it very much depends on what you want. If you believe that ALL med schools provide the same level of training (since all are accredited) and whether you end up being a good physicians or not depends very much on what you make of the career and training, then apply to some very competitive ones (e.g. WULST, USCD, Rice/Baylor, Case, Brown), some good medical schools but less well known UG (e.g. UTD/Southwestern, Baylor/Baylor), and some less competitive ones that might also include BS/DO programs. In that case, you widen your options. If you are prestige conscious and only want to go to only highly ranked med schools, then apply only to the very competitive ones but risk not getting into any program. If you are REALLY REALLY prestige conscious, then do not apply to any of the program, except maybe Rice/Baylor, WUSTL, Brown, and Northwestern), but go to the Ivy school for UG and then apply to Med schools after that.</p>
<p>@IMGDAD
That was a perfect way of explaining how one should approach where to apply for BS/MDs. It certainly was how I approached it.</p>
<p>I also got a rejection from RPI/AMC within a week of submitting my supplement…I think RPI/AMC could have done a better job screening the applicants…</p>
<p>@imgdad</p>
<p>while it would be ideal for union to send less applicants, if you think about it from the perspective of union, it’s more advantageous for them to send as many applications as possible because that ultimately increases the chance of getting more students accepted through union, and thus attending union. Remember, most BS/MD applicants and admitted students are usually more academically qualified than most premed students simply attending the undergrad itself. It helps the school to have bright students attending, and it ultimately helps to inflate their med school acceptance rates.</p>
<p>@MrInformed, yes, strategically it is better for the UG colleges but it is just so unfair to the applicants who are all teens full of enthusiasm and optimism. I feel for the students.</p>