Harvardocs-medschool-applicants-list November 2019

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Financing Your Medical Education workshop next week

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

Financing Your Medical Education Tuesday, November 19, 2019 4:30-5:30pm, OCS Wondering how you will pay for medical school? Join us for this "Financing Your Medical Education" program with Siobhan Keenan, Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Harvard Medical School. Ms. Keenan will lead a discussion on financial aid options and resources. Her comments will be relevant to all medical schools and all types of applicants, including international students. First-year students through alumni are welcome to attend. Please RSVP<https://harvard-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php> in Crimson Careers.

4 years, 5 months

updating schools, interviews, acceptances, choose your med school tool, financial aid workshop!

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

Dear Applicants, 1. Updating schools. We are getting lots of emails about updating schools you have not heard from. With questions about updates/letters of interest, please reach out to your House tutors first. If you have additional questions after consulting with them, feel free to reach out to us. You do not want to send updates to schools that do not accept updates (some schools do not accept updates/letters of interest at all or only after you have interviewed), and you want to be careful if a school has a limited number of updates allowed. You may decide you want to be able to send those updates later in the process more than you want to send them now. 2. Interviews. Based on past years, we estimate that about 40% of invitations have not been sent out. This varies dramatically from school to school (and year to year). For some of you, just waiting is the best strategy at this point. 3. Zero to two interviews. If you have received 0-2 interviews, we recommend that you send emails now to the schools where you have not yet been rejected. In those emails, be gracious and acknowledge that you realize that not all people are granted interviews, but that you would be honored to receive an invitation. You can briefly comment on why you are interested in this school and can briefly give an update if you have something you would like to share. These should not be long notes. If you currently have 0-2 interviews, please get in touch with your House tutors and make an appointment with one of us at OCS. We can help you map out a strategy from here. Lots of people who were in this same situation at this point last year are now several months into their first year of medical school. 4. Two or more interviews or an acceptance. If you have had two or more interview invitations and have not been rejected from those schools, you can either sit tight depending on the number of invitations you have received and how you feel about those schools or you can send updates to other schools. 5. Post-Acceptance. Once you have an acceptance to any medical school, your House will not advocate on your behalf at any school. We (and your tutors) are happy to advise you, of course, as you advocate for yourself in your quest to receive an interview invitation or an acceptance off a wait list. 6. AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool. This is the first year AAMC is using this tool (https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/amcas-c…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__students-2Dresidents.a…>). Please be aware of this and how you are supposed to use it. This link has a bunch of useful information! This tool will not be available until February 19. 2020. 7. Financing Your Medical Education Workshop. Tuesday, 11/19, 4:30-5:30pm, OCS (please RSVP<https://harvard-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?signin_tab=0&signin_t…> in Crimson Careers). This workshop was recently added to our calendar and we hope you are able to attend. Be in touch if we can be of help! Best, Emiko and Oona

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