<p>jenskate1-- although I didn't apply to Rice/Baylor, a friend of mine might. She is currently a junior, but she's not American. Is that all right? I mean, can she apply to Rice/Baylor?</p>
<p>I don't know, call rice and ask.</p>
<p>I got an interview for the program!</p>
<p>my brother and i did also! is it on the 16th or the 19th? we couldn't hear over the phone.</p>
<p>whoa, when did they call you?</p>
<p>The interviews are on the Saturday, which is the 16th I believe. CONGRATULATIONS!</p>
<p>they called at aronud 6pm, yes it's the morning of the 16th.</p>
<p>hey! rice/baylor called my house tonight around 6pm but I wasn't home so they said I need to call back tomorrow morning. they don't deliver bad news over the phone, do they??</p>
<p>...damn...</p>
<p>woo hoo! no bad news over the phone =D</p>
<p>time to book that flight...</p>
<p>jenskate1 - do you know how many people they invite for interviews?</p>
<p>50 ppl out of 500 the lady told me. They sent out acceptance letters to only 15. I'll see you there!</p>
<p>I've heard closer to 40 interviewees out of 200 applicants for 20 spots. Either way, congrats!</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, jenskate1. Any chance you could tell us a little about how the interviews are conducted? Any specific tips/pointers?</p>
<p>Yup, I got "the call" and I'm a finalist for R/B!!! Who woulda thunk it? I was excited for Owl Weekend to begin with, but now I REALLY can't wait. </p>
<p>On a side note: Does anyone know how tech saavy Rice is? Wi-fi, Compter labs, etc? The computer/engineering building is absolutely gorgeous...so if that is any indication of the technology, then sign me up, I'm going to Rice!</p>
<p>See y'all soon!</p>
<p>How does R/B compare to HPME at northwestern? Any thoughts on this?</p>
<p>For Brownjigga:</p>
<p>Ok, I am biased. But here are my reasons for liking Rice/Baylor more than HPME:</p>
<p>Rice/Baylor is 8 years, which gives you plenty of opportunity to do research, shadowing, volunteering, study abroad, take electives, etc. which will be much harder when you are trying to accelerate everything by a year.</p>
<p>I hate how HPME has the 2 tracks (SA and BA). It was important to me to be able to study abroad. In HPME, you may only study abroad in a NU affiliated program, which limits your options significantly, which I didn't want. Also, if you do the SA track of HPME and then do not complete Northwestern medical school (either because you choose not to become a doctor or because of unforseeable financial or physical problems or because you simply don't want to be in Evanston any longer) you may have gone to school for 6 years and you come out without a Bachelor's degree. That was a risk I was unwilling to take.</p>
<p>Take note, the GPA requirement is a little different between the schools. Rice/Baylor requires a 3.2 overall with 3.0 in the pre-med classes and gives NUMEROUS (3 or 4) warnings before kicking you out. HPME requires 3.2 in the pre-med classes (though if you have a 3.0 or better you can remediate yourself by taking upper level classes - why you'd do better in the upper level than the lower level is unclear to me), and a 3.0 overall.</p>
<p>You can use AP credit to fulfill pre-med requirements with Rice/Baylor, but not with HPME.</p>
<p>I know R/B doesn't require MCATs, I think HPME is the same on that.</p>
<p>It may seem that the 7 year program will save you money, but it will not. Assuming (falsely) that tuition prices at none of the schools rise from 2004-2005 levels until you graduate med school in 2012 or 2013, and including room and board for undergrad years, but not med school years (as you will likely have your own place) HPME will cost about $282,087-fin aid, while Rice/Baylor will cost about $175,306 - fin aid. That's if you are a Texas resident, but that's not too hard to pull off at all. I will become a Texas resident before attending Baylor.</p>
<p>I hope that helped a little. Good luck on your Rice/Baylor interview!</p>
<p>For twinklestar:</p>
<p>originally posted in another thread by me</p>
<p>As for the interview...</p>
<p>It was actually surprisingly fun.</p>
<p>Here are my top tips for it:</p>
<p>Wear a suit! (guys AND girls) I didn't want to, fearing that I'd look stuffy and over dressed. My mom kind of forced me to, and boy was I glad when I saw that EVERY candiate was wearing one!</p>
<p>Wear comfortable shoes. Mine hurt so bad I could barely walk, no lie. I would hobble to the room where my interviewer was waiting, and then be like, ok stand up straight, smile, shake hands, and sit as fast as possible! it was rough.</p>
<p>Read the rubric if it's given to you and play the game! At Rice/Baylor interviews (which are the only ones i've been to) they gave out a folder of info. In this folder, there was the rubric that the interviewer was supposed to use to "grade" us. We were to give our copy to our interviewer when we went to meet them. So, I read the rubric and made sure to specifically mention things that I knew fit into the rubric.</p>
<p>Prepare a couple of questions if possible. And don't be afraid to make the interview a dialogue rather than just a scary doctor asking you weird questions.</p>
<p>get e-mail addresses of your interviewers, and jot them a quick note thanking them afterwards.</p>
<p>The rice/baylor interviews work like this, in case you are interested:
you have to meet at rice during admitted students weekend, very early one morning, like 6:00 am or something. Theydrive you across the street to BCM, where you meet the person running the interview, they feed you also, but most people can't really eat too much. I had a glass of water. lol. Anyway, you have 2 interviews, both one on one, with a doctor and a student, or with 2 doctors. (I had a doc and a student).
These last like 45 minutes each, i think. They didn't ask the weird questions I was fearing, things like "if you were a vegetable, which vegetable would you be?" I got tripped up on a question - who has influenced you the most? I said that it was a difficult question, and I wasn't sure if I could name one person. So I didn't. I named my parents, my 7th grade science teacher, and this boy who was president of my junior class before he died from a chronic disease. I don't think they cared that I didn't have a prepared answer to everything, in fact, i think they liked it. Anyway, after the interviews, you could elect to walk or get driven back to rice. I got driven, the shoes were too much. They told us if we had made it or not, by e-mail, and then a written letter, less than a week later, i think.</p>
<p>To Redneck, re: Technology at Rice -</p>
<p>There are computer labs all over campus, including ones that you can access 24/7 in each college. There is a GORGEOUS one in duncan hall that i passed the other day. Most of these labs include Macs, PCs and Unix computers. Some labs, not the college labs, have special programs or equipment that you might need for some majors or something. Most (almost all) students have their own computers. Buy one that has what you need, not what someone else tells you to get.
WiFi access is dissapointing - spotty at best, non-existent at worst. I actually do get reception in my room, but the ethernet is faster so I leave the cable plugged in. There is WiFi on the 1st floor of the library, but not in the other parts. Classrooms mostly do not have access, but there may be some exceptions.</p>
<p>Thanks, Jenskate! I'm a big technology buff, so I wanted to hear from a student, and not from the school website. Thanks for the interview tips, btw!<br>
Hopefully, at this point, everyone is on a level playing field, as I'm feeling none to confident about my "low" standardized test scores. "Que sera, sera" I suppose.</p>
<p>It's weird that I might meet you (or see you) at Owl Weekend but not even know who you are! Gotta love the internet. </p>
<p>Counting down until owl weekend...(heard its supposed to be a BLAST).</p>
<p>-Redneck</p>
<p>Isn't the internet strange like that? But, if you do meet some girl who says she's a freshman from NY named Jenn, be sure to introduce yourself. :)</p>