<p>my essay was due feb 10, a week after i received the invitation to be interviewed..
the interviews are from 1:30 to 3:45 with a faculty member, so if they have about 25 faculty members they can get all 100 interviews in i would think</p>
<p>for the exact PMM email, i am not sure, but i got my email invite from <a href="mailto:JeffersonMedicalCollege@jefferson.edu">JeffersonMedicalCollege@jefferson.edu</a></p>
<p>so maybe u can try that..</p>
<p>dude are you joe?</p>
<p>nah i'm not joe</p>
<p>haha i was there today and I met some dude named joe from philly. haha. that's cool. how did you interview go?</p>
<p>it went well, i had a really nice professor</p>
<p>how bout yours?</p>
<p>yup. went well. my prof was really nice and easygoing. Hope to see you next year at one of these programs =). PS. what is your name?
David</p>
<p>my name's andrew</p>
<p>so does anyone know when we find out if we got in or not?</p>
<p>my interviewer told me a PSU and Jefferson committee meet at PSU in early march to select those who got in, and then acceptance letters are sent out in late march i believe, don't hold me to it :)</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone who interviewed. I hope I see some of you at Prog weekend in April.</p>
<p>I just have a few things to say about some replies I read:</p>
<p>"The 6-year time span shaves off a lot of $$ for college and also adds two years of salary"</p>
<p>In a way, it does. But keep in mind that if you are paying out-of-state tuition and you take summer classes, you end up paying a little more than you think you will. Don't let that turn you away from coming to PSU in the summer, though--I had some of my best times here during the summer. And classes are a little easier, too.</p>
<p>"But is it worth it in the long run? 2 years of college? You only go to college once..."</p>
<p>I've said before that this program is not for everyone. Different people have different goals (the experience, the money, the guarantee, the time, or what have you), and that's fine. Now, with that said, being in the program is not a rigid commitment in any way. If you find that you don't like the program, you can always tailor your PSU/Jeff experience to your needs, or if you really find that you don't like it, you can get out of the program too.</p>
<p>For example, when I began as a "Prog" I quickly began to realize that the program as I saw it was not very fulfilling. Sure, it's nice to blaze through college and take only the required classes to get into med school. But what's the fun in that? I decided to take 3 years at PSU and am taking time between PSU and Jeff to do Teach For America.</p>
<p>My peers in the 6-year track spend a lot of time working hard studying and partying. And that's never a bad thing. But me? I get to study hard, party hard, relax, play two intercollegiate sports, work out, have a job, volunteer with several organizations in State college, get two different degrees, and a whole lot else that I never could do if I were only here two years.</p>
<p>You can be in the program and still enjoy your time. You should try to. Don't look at college as an obstacle between yourself and med school. Don't look at it as an obstacle between you and your life, either. It IS your life. Or at least a few of the best years of it.</p>
<p>Not only do you only go to college just once (and I promise you will love college), you only get to live once. You have the rest of your lifetime to make a salary and a lifetime to make a difference in your field. But you can never go back to college. So I hope for your sake that you don't pick a program based on the amount of time you anticipate spending there.</p>
<p>"Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while,
you might miss it."--Ferris Bueller</p>
<p>to those who interviewd, wat u guys think of the school and how highly ranked is the school on ur list</p>
<p>This program is definitely one of my top programs, one reason is def. location (I'm from Philly area). The undergrad should be a nice experience, and the JMC is exactly what im looking for: city-based and a strong surgery program. As for the 6/7 year option, I would probably start 6-year and end up doing 7 years. Waternoodles, I have a question, Would we be able to enter the MPH program with Hopkins school of public health. I'm really excited, esp. cause my interviews went extremely well.
Anyone know when we get acceptances/rejections? :)</p>
<p>hey how many tries do you get at the mcat? i heard you get 2 tries for the 6 year program, but if you don't get it are u allowed to spend a 3rd year and still retain ur spot at jmc;</p>
<p>can someone PLEASE tell me what weighted and non weighted means? I am from Canada and we don't have this system.</p>
<p>a "weighted" gpa is when your grades are "adjusted" slightly to take into account strength of schedule... for example... if u r taking tough classes... then ur gpa or rank will be weighted [meaning u get extra points or whatever] to acknowledge the fact that u r taking tougher classes</p>
<p>"unweighted" is when the system is the same for EVERYONE... no matter what classes u take... u r judged the same as everyone else... u r not given a slight "benefit or advantage" due to a more rigorous schedule</p>
<p>so, is there an advantage to one way over the other? We obviously do not weigh which is a drag because why should I be judged the same for all my AP courses as with students who take regular un demanding courses! thanks for the explanation</p>
<p>does anyone know when they send out notification of acceptance/rejection from the program?</p>
<p>medhead - "We obviously do not weigh which is a drag because why should I be judged the same for all my AP courses as with students who take regular un demanding courses"</p>
<p>I think you confused the terms a bit? You DO want to have weighted grades because you don't want to be judged the same </p>
<p>studyguy346: i believe late march, that's what my interviewer said</p>
<p>I know, I understood that, I am complaining because my school does NOT weigh which is really a drag since I am taking all AP courses!!</p>
<p>ok i see what you meant now :)</p>