Sophie Davis 2018 Interview

Similar to @Tzuriel, I have some advice for future applicants.

I did manage to get an interview, but at the moment, I am sincerely crossing my fingers until April 1st. The interview was fine, and the questions were really targeted towards getting to know me better as a person. I think that Sophie Davis really concentrates on a certain type of student rather than grades and exam scores. However, I was extremely nervous as I traveled from Texas to get interviewed.

Here are my stats either way:
SAT: 1440
ACT: 31
GPA: (weighted) 4.129
As you can see, my stats are not particularly very outstanding; I am slightly above average at most.

As for my essays…
For the extracurricular essay, I wrote about how swimming taught me that you may be a big fish in a little pond, but you could end up being the sardine in an ocean. Basically, I wrote about how although I was the cream of the crop in my city as an athlete, when I advanced to state and national levels, I realized that I was nothing. From that experience, I was able to realize that motivation should not be trying to be the best or always getting first; that is unrealistic. Your motivation should be based on your own passion, and your biggest competitor should always be yourself.

For the problem in the U.S., I really dove into a topic I was passionate about; how healthcare in the United States is particularly structured to make profit, rather than to find real "cures’. The biggest killer in the U.S. is heart disease, but all we have are a ton of medications and procedures that only temporarily treat its symptoms. I wrote about how I believed that if we truly cared about our people, we need to support research in what causes the disease. Food and nutrition. The majority of us believe that these top killers (heart disease, diabetes, and colon cancer) are simply hereditary and a part of being American. It’s not true. Hereditary simply means that you eat under the same table as your family. I continued to provide research that I had accumulated and I was very much myself. I think that because I stood for what I believed in, my essay stood out to them.

Finally, for the essay about why I want to pursue medicine, I wrote about myself. To do this, I used an interview-style question and answered it in essay format. “If you were an m&m, what color m&m would you be and why?” I told them that I didn’t think I could define myself with one color; I am all of them at full brightness. I went on to explain that I am red because… I am blue because… etc. Within these explanations, I connected it to why I would be a proper candidate for medicine, and how these traits have helped me realized why I want to pursue medicine.

I do believe that you need to really present who you are in your essays. All applicants are unique in their own way, and you should be proud to show yourself off.

I wish everyone who got an interview good luck, and I hope for the best. No matter what happens, we will all find our own paths. If we all truly want to pursue medicine, someday, somehow, we’ll get there.

answers start coming in at least 3 days!

ahh! How do you know? @smartkitt

They start on the 28th… oof! Right before spring break

How do you guys know that it’s the 28th? I don’t see it on the portal

i read previous forums of past sophie davis students, and they started receiving their acceptances on march 26, 27, and onward

but im pretty sure it starts from the 27th. i read that someone got accepted as one of the first 40 on march 27, so…!!! im kind of really excited but nervous - more excited because i really just cant wait for an answer!

Me neither, I really want wait much longer!

My guess is best case those accepted will hear on 3/29 or 3/30 and because of the holiday weekend could even be 4/2. Remember last year this did not fall on a holiday.

@searchingsuny i’m pretty sure they’re releasing decisions earlier.

Oh my friend just told me that her interview, which was supposed to be last Wednesday, was postponed to tomorrow due to the snow. That would mean decisions can’t start coming 3/27 but rather 3/28

Oh wow okay. So starting Wednesday then…!

So only students that got accepted will receive an email? Rejections only receive snail mail and no email correct? Also does anyone know around what time they send the emails?

@brooklynkid1 How do you know that people who got rejected will only receive the physical mail?

@FuturePCDoc I read that somewhere in this thread or the previous ones. I was asking to confirm if this was true. Did you hear of this before?

@leah2017 I would be curious if you friend gets any feedback today on when the decisions will come out.

@FuturePCDoc, @brooklynkid1 is correct. I know students that applied last year and that was the case. If you are accepted you will get both an email and a letter. If you are rejected you will get a letter next week.

@leah2017 I would be curious if you friend gets any feedback today on when the decisions will come out.

@FuturePCDoc, @brooklynkid1 is correct. I know students that applied last year and that was the case. If you are accepted you will get both an email and a letter. If you are rejected you will get a letter next week.

I asked my friend! Ill let you guys know when she replies.

Also, does sophie davis waitlist?

I was there for my interview today and they told us that results will be out on the week of 1st April

@Kandy does that mean next week or this week?