I never made those claims about prestige or speciality/field or whatever.
How is your C doing by the way in traditional route thus far? Any publications, patents and such?
It is too early for C to decide what he/she would want to do 4 years from now after med school.
We are fine with whatever decision and not going to influence in any way. It is for the C to explore and decide what is in his/her best interest (money has never been in C’s or our radar in choosing this track of medicine)
My S is doing perfectly fine and expecting multiple publications by the time he graduates (and he already has a publication for his HS research). His PI thinks he is the best UG student he ever had in his career and pushing him to go for MD/Ph.D. Thanks for asking.
Again most medical schools don’t expect publications since depending on the research topic publications take years.
You are not going to influence your D, but wants to influence all BSMD applicants with stories of MCAT 100 percentile failures? 
Again, no need to bring our kids into this level of discussion here but you keep bringing how your kid is doing at BU in this thread when we have another thread for that!
Did anyone other than @peebu2024 hear from NJMS after getting the email from Rutgers on Jan 22nd (saying the application has been forwarded to NJMS)?
@peebu2024 Did the invite from NJMS originate from njmsadmiss@njms.rutgers.edu? The way gmail works, looks like we have to keep an on eye on spam too! 
It’s surprising that NJMS processed the application in less than 24 hrs, unless Rutgers has been forwarding applications to NJMS as and when they processed.
I also heard from UConn that the invites for interviews will be sent in Feb (though a few may have been invited already).
I have chide @srk2017 for a bit of their snobbishness…there is nothing wrong with doing a FM residency. Not even a FM residency at community program in Newark.(Imagine the diversity of patients and pathologies a Newark or other inner city community program sees!)
FM has the highest number of AOA members of all the specialties. (AOA = Phi Beta Kappa of medical school) The top 5 most competitive specialties together only account for ~30% of AOA members each year. The rest enter other specialties because they choose to do so.
My former PCP was an AOA from a top 10 med schools.
The ECs that make a difference for a residency application are substantially different than the ECs med school applicants need. And for both med school admission and residency placement–research is not a high value EC.
@WayOutWestMom - I have nothing against FM or any other speciality or subspecialty. I have friends who are making ,uch more than specialists as private practising FM docs. Over the course of this thread people assumed that going to IM and FM from T20 schools as some sort of failure and success of a medical school is measured in terms of number of highly competitive residencies each class got. I even gave an example of a friend who did Brown PLME and IM at UCSF and decided not to go into any subspeciality. So my point was in that context only. Newark is used since there was again talk of how unsafe that city here.
As per ECs, it was mentioned that because of ECs uncertainty one should go far BSMD and I am pointing that ECs are required for residency also
BU interviews are conversational, one-on-one, and non-stressful.
Here are some interview tips that I had shared last year :
interviews means they want to know more about you so that they can give you admission.
Interviews are focused towards acceptance and not rejection.
The end result may be a rejection due to number constraints but the interview focus is towards acceptance.
“Will this person be my future colleague?” Is something on the back of their mind.
know your application- even if no questions are asked from there you should know what you have written. More often that not, you will be asked details which you have to substantiate.
know yourself and why you want to do medicine … this is really the key.
one-on-one interviews by nature are conversational- so have a conversion. Very few questions will be yes/no questions and hence you have the freedom to expand and “steer” the conversation towards your strengths.
People can see thru fakery- so be yourself. Occasional “I do not know” is ok in the interviews.
Passion and confidence will take your far.
Overconfidence will kill you.
Arrogance is one-way ticket to rejection.
Dress professionally. In my line of business work, I have seen people rejected for being dressed casually and unprofessionally.
This means, unless you have religious reasons, guys should shave or have a very well groomed beard. Keep enough mints and drink enough water to avoid getting your mouths dry.
Be there on time. Plan for delays and getting lost despite having a GPS. Ask for directions if lost.
Many interviewers ask you - “Do you have any questions for me?” Prepare for this - you should have atleast 3 targeted questions for this. You can ask about their research program, ask the interviewer why he/she chose his/her specialty or what should one do over summer (depending on the conversation). Do NOT ask about will I get AP credits or will I get in.
Seek blessings from your GOD, your parents, elders and well wishers. You want “the force to be with you” and on this earth, these folks are the force.
All the very best.
Thank you @rk2017 and @NoviceDad
SUNY Upstate interview email received today. Does anyone know how long the interview is?
Thank you @peebu2024
Hi…I called Uconn and got the exact same message as yours. Not everyone will get the interview even if they get selected for the program.
One of the best interview tips I have read so far. I especially like #7 and #10. Thank you for taking the time to post this. Very helpful and valid points.
Good to luck to those who are interviewing soon.
Thanks @uravgperson!
@staycalm123 , good to know that I was not the only one to receive that answer. Based on responses I have seen from people more familiar with UConn, looks like everyone being considered for SPiM will be interviewed and that we should expect interview invites this week.
Thanks @Cherax !
@Kc2002 the link in the email contains all the info regarding the interview day. When is your interview?
Has BU sent out interview notifications for all the candidates they are interested in?
@uravgperson @BSMD2020Tired @peebu2024
S was told that last year TCNJ forwarded 120 applications to NJMS and they only interviewed 80. The year before that, TCNJ forwarded 100 applications and NJMS only interviewed 80. So, I guess the magical number for NJMS is 80 interviews (from TCNJ). He did say that this year, TCNJ did not forward as many as year, so I just assumed they went back to 100 applicants that they forwarded 2 years ago.
The interviewer also said that S should hear in 3 weeks about a possible NJMS interview, which puts it at mid February. Fingers crossed and good luck to all.
@Phil G Good to know. I interpreted the information on TCNJ’s Program FAQ page (https://biology.tcnj.edu/academics/medical-careers/7-year-medical-program/7-year-medical-program-faq/) to mean that TCNJ interviews 100, takes 20 of those out to get to 80, which are then interviewed at NJMS, which then cuts the 80 down to around 40. Hope your son gets an interview at NJMS, and if he does, make sure he signs up for a slot that works with his schedule fast; they tend to fill up quickly!
any one got interview from uconn?