So they have nothing the last 2 weeks of February? That’s very unusual. Do they only do it certain days of January and February (like Friday)?
With the way the economy is right now, and the effect on banks able to give student loans as well as the effect on the number of federal loans available (which have lower interest rates) it would not be surprising to me if there were less applications. More and more people are looking to their state schools or are being more selective with how much debt they are willing to take.
If the average amount of debt for graduates at the end of medical school was ** $139,517**, according to the AMA, then coughing up **$164,454<a href=“for%20in-state”>/b</a>, **$243,018<a href=“for%20regional”>/b</a>, or **$321,554<a href=“for%20out-of-state”>/b</a>, in UMKC tuition alone for 6 years, is a very bitter pill to swallow.
I highly doubt there are only 8 interview dates. With pinktennis’ date of Feb 16th, that makes 9 dates and counting.
Another possibility is that certain dates are only reserved for certain students (out-of-state vs. in-state), and so you may not have been privy to all interview dates to change it to if needed, only certain ones. It’s obviously much easier for those in Missouri to have their interview date rearranged than someone from out-of-state who has to miss a full day or two from school and fly in for an interview, so certain dates may be reserved for them.
OldDominion, yes, you’re right, like when I interviewed, we found out through snail mail April 1 (the date all colleges that you applied to have to give you their decision by). Our interviews went from January to March, but it looks like they’ve tightened the schedule a bit. I guess it gives you more time to think about your decision as May 1st is the national date that applicants have to decide whether to enroll at an institution if given an acceptance.
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Wednesday, February 11th
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Wednesday, February 18th
Monday, February 23rd
Friday, February 27th, 2009
I’ve noticed that I guess now they take exactly 100 students. When I started, the brochures all said 100, but they took about 120 students. Of course, back then, MD-only students were only allowed to be Missouri residents and it looks like now they take out-of-stater MD-only applicants for those positions as well (they enroll starting in January now) which would bring in more revenue.
They do take out of state for MD-Only now. We had 10 last year and I think 4 were out of state. This year they enrolled 12, not sure on the stats though.
As has been noted, we are just filling a seat for a 6 year who has left the program for whatever reason.
These are annual figures of tuition PLUS fees, so you can see the difference every year due to inflation, etc. They only have resident and non-resident figures (not regional): [AAMC</a> Tuition and Student Fees Reports](<a href=“http://services.aamc.org/tsfreports/]AAMC”>http://services.aamc.org/tsfreports/)
They even have it in HTML and EXCEL form so that you can sort it in order on EXCEL to see where UMKC ranks in costs.