minja134
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I too consistently find myself second guessing. I think it's very easy to due to the fear of the unknown. It's such a big decision that all of us will be facing tomorrow. I'm probably not helping at all with your second guessing, but just know you're not the only one! Also I too am very thankful for everyone here and wish everyone the best of luck both tomorrow and with sleeping tonight.
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For me my number one program is about $20,000 more than my second and third choice and the cost of living in my first program is also a good amount greater than my second and third. In addition my first choice is a lot further from home than my other two choices. However, the atmosphere and support system available at my first choice in addition to the city itself far outweighs the cost difference for me. Also I'm taking into account where I might want to live and work afterwards. I know I would not want to work in the locations of my second and third choices, but I would be pretty open to working in or near my first choice. So for me knowing that I might not have to move too far after school is done and will actually be very happy for the two years out weighs the extra tuition, moving, and living costs. Of course this isn't for everyone and cost is a very important factor, but also take into account any moving costs you might take both getting to the program city and moving away from it once you're done, any cost of living differential, and leisure opportunities in the cities themselves. I don't think it's an easy decision at all, but ultimately for me $20,000 extra for a city and program I know fits me is worth it.
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So far we have 42 non-blank responses. I am filling them in to the worksheet now. This is how the graph currently looks:
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I'm loving this spreadsheet and filling up time looking at data! I made an other questionaire form that I was thinking we could use to see where the distribution of grad cafe users and interview locations were and add that to the spreadsheet as well. So if no one minds taking an other quick questionnaire: https://goo.gl/forms/sQm1TzNRiDhsMQGO2 (Nervous for match day!)
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That is super awesome and wonderful work. I updated ISU interviewed numbers, wish I could have had more to add. This is all super interesting and thanks for all the hard work!
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That's awesome that you looked at all that! Now I wonder what the percentage of total interviews this forum makes up!
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They might be able to if you didn't meet the requirements that they have listed for example if a program said that all pre-req courses you have to have a C or better or if it caused your total GPA to go below their minimum GPA requirements. I'm guessing there has to be some sort of review process by the school's addmissions office, otherwise people could have pending courses but then dropped them and never completed the courses. How deep the review process goes I'm not sure. But admission decisions are not completely binding if they happened to find out an applicant falsified information or what not, so I'm guessing prerequisite courses might also fall under that contingency acceptance as well. But also if your overall GPA isn't going to suffer and you won't go below any minimums you'll be probably be fine!
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Just to update you since you were very kind to update all of us. There was 8 people at the 4/7 interview and they said there are 28 interviewees total. They said there was still a few applicants to be interviewed, maybe smaller dates or by Skype? I too really enjoyed Jefferson and maybe we will see each other there!
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Glad interviews are finally over. Wishing everyone the best of luck come match day! In the mean time everyone take some time to do something fun, we all deserve it!
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That's a long time compared to a lot of other places! I agree, from their webinar their program seems great. I'm excited to see it in person and also to see Philadelphia since I've never been. I'm going to try to cram a few hours of sightseeing in on Thursday night .
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Thanks for the information! How long was each interview? And how did you like it?!
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How did TJU's interview go? I have mine on Friday.
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I interviewed with them last year (no interview this year), but it was definitely a long day, especially since they had a reception afterwards. They asked a lot of typical interview questions (strengths, weaknesses, experiences, etc.). Each interviewer seemed to have 2-3 specific questions they had to ask that were within a similar theme, and otherwise the conversation just went where you took it. Because of the separate sort of components of the questions you have to be ready to talk about everything on your transcript/personal statement since each interviewer hones in on a different area of experience. For example one interviewer asked specifically about my research, one about my shadowing experience, one about my support system (family, friends, etc.), one about hobbies, etc. So this made it a bit different and also difficult to fall back into a comfort zone if you have a topic you typically like to talk about with each interviewer. There was also a short group activity that consisted of working together to rank what you thought was the most to least important of what you are judged on during the interviews. I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of this was, as they had two separate people taking notes during the process, so I guess make sure you speak up but not too much? Otherwise just look into the faculty profiles and be prepared to ask them questions and be prepared to talk a lot about yourself. Best of luck!
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Chicago for me, how about you?
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Just got an email from them with the information!
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I have mine that day as well, so see you there! I have not gotten any information yet either, hopefully we receive something soon.
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I would suggest taking a few things into account: 1. Is this dream school really your dream school? Have you visited the program, spoke with the faculty and students, etc.? If you haven't interviewed with this program you do not necessarily know if it will be your best fit as you do not have anything to compare to other programs. 2. Any sunk costs associated with the current application cycle, essentially do you care if are "throwing" this money away? Plus the costs with reapplying next year. Keep in mind some programs require you to resend everything, so you would be repaying to send your transcripts and GRE scores. Remember the stress associated with applying, and if you would be able to handle this with a new job. Also remember you will be reassign your recommenders to resubmit letters, and potentially having to ask your new employer for a letter. So you are also putting additional work onto other people, so be mindful of others time as well. 3. The job offer you get might not still guarantee your admission into your dream program, and it might hurt your chances with other programs you denied this year when you are reapplying next year, as I would highly suggest you apply to more then just your dream program. If you applied to your dream program this year and did not get and interview, you would need to contact them to see why you did not get and interview, unfortunately most programs will not speak with you until a 2-3 months from now, so this would not help you gauge whether to accept an offer for a different program or not. You could have been lacking in several other items besides your current job, especially since there are tons of qualified applicants that get into programs on all sorts of backgrounds and experiences, so you would have to question how much you think this job would improve your application. Keep you mind your grades, GRE, personal statement, letters of rec, other experiences, etc. And on top of this once you get an interview a lot of times you are on equal footing with all the applicants, and your interview is what sets you apart, and a lot of the time it seems like it is luck of the draw on who they choose as everyone is highly qualified at this stage. So you would have to be confident in your ability to interview towards this particular programs interview style. Sorry if it all came off as a bit negative, but I wanted to give you a good amount of insight to the other side of the argument. If you do choose to take the year off, know that it is only a year of your life that will be long forgotten once you go into your career.
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I did too, the first interview date is so close! And flights are so expensive from Chicago
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I had mine today and it wasn't anything bad. I would suggest if you have an interview in the middle of the time frame it give an additional minute or two before connecting as I connected right at my time and cut into the last 30 secs of some's interview and someone joined right at their time and cut into like the last 15 seconds of mine. The director didn't seem to mind, but just a precaution. Otherwise it was more a conversation and he asked a lot about my shadowing and research experience. So I'm guessing he will just ask you about what you have done in general.
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That's good! They were just probably trying to work around his schedule. Is yours today (Friday)? They did mention it off hand during the intro presentation that they would try to setup a virtual interview with him, I just didn't expect it to be so soon. But I guess they do have to make decisions soon as well. I'm not sure what to think of it as when they emailed me it seemed generically addressed like it was BCC to multiple applicants and they gave this Friday from 12-1pm with 15-20 min slots, so that could only be 4 people. So unless yours is a different time frame and they just sent the emails in chunks?
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I did get the email about it being complete and them reviewing it on March 2nd, but I just figured it was an auto-message since I chose to have 4 references and at that point they only received 3 of them, so I figured their system just emailed when they got all required components even if they didn't necessarily have everything.
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I know what you mean, I was lucky enough to get off work early that day to be able to watch it. It was pretty informative about their application process and their program. I think it should be available here: http://www.jefferson.edu/university/biomedical-sciences/admissions/information-sessions.html They said in the webinar that they would start reviewing applications as they were complete before the deadline, but I haven't heard anything yet. Also they expect to have 2 interview days on March 31th and April 7th, but said they will add more if they need to based on the applicants. So here is to hoping!
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I too am anxiously waiting on Jefferson! Did you watch their webinar? If not I think they posted the recording on their website for anyone to check out.
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Yeah for ISU, sorry I forgot to mention the school. Maybe they're doing them in waves as they gave me a very small window of time, to pick a 15 min slot in only an hour time frame. I'm guessing the medical director is a rather busy guy between two universities.
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Hey @Gorays39 did you also get an email about a virtual interview with the medical director? I almost glanced over it and would have deleted it, so just wanted to give you a heads up about that.
