The Gateway to Your Orthopaedic Career.

Orthogate

  Monday, 04 September 2006
  15 Replies
  9 Visits
0
Votes
Undo
Thought I'd start a thread to help all us applicants out. If any of the programs to which you are applying have special requirements - such as undergrad tanscript, 3 letters ONLY, or whatever - post them here.

I'll start:

Iowa and UCSD both want an undergrad transcript.
19 years ago
·
#51796
0
Votes
Undo
and...

UCLA wants MCAT scores in text of application
UNC wants MCAT and SAT scores.

I believe for both of these programs, the scores can simply be written (by us) into the ERAS app. sick.
19 years ago
·
#51797
0
Votes
Undo
UC-San Diego "Spanish for the Whale's Vagina" wants MCAT breakdown.

Kalamazoo wants an applicant questionaire filled out.

Kansas wants a handwritten personal statement
19 years ago
·
#51798
0
Votes
Undo
Temple: 3 Letter Only

Vanderbilt: Special form to be filled out by all your letter writers

UNC: MCAT and SAT scores (i think) which can be emailed to the program coordinator or worked into personal statement

Drexel: MCAT scores

NYU: Personal statement specifically addressing why you want to go to NYU
19 years ago
·
#51799
0
Votes
Undo
University of Washington (Seattle) & Washington University (St. Louis) - supplemental form to be filled out by letter writers
19 years ago
·
#51800
0
Votes
Undo
Vandy- Eval forms from letter writers

Case Western - Undergrad transcripts
19 years ago
·
#51801
0
Votes
Undo
Requires special form for LOR:
Yale, UW, Wash U, Vandy, UMDNJ in newark

Specifies only three letters:
UCSF, Harbor-UCLA, Yale, Wash U, Temple, Vandy, UW

Requires chief resident LOR:
Harvard

Handwritten personal statement:
KU-wichita

Undergrad transcripts:
Iowa, Puerto Rico

Non surgical LOR:
UCSF

Non ortho letter:
Tufts

MCAT scores:
Harbor-UCLA, UNC (with breakdown), UMDNJ in newark, Drexel

SAT scores:
UNC, Drexel

applicant questionnaire:
Kalamazoo

CV from high school to present:
UMDNJ in newark

CV uploaded to ERAS:
Columbia

Special PS:
NYU/HJD (why you want to go to HJD), U of OK (why you want to be in OK)

Autobiography (including career goals and interests)
Med Coll of Virginia
19 years ago
·
#51802
0
Votes
Undo
Here's a related question for those whom have already applied: if a program wants our MCAT/SAT/ACT included in our personal statement, can we just add a line at the bottom of our form with that information, i.e.:

I love sports and orthopaedics, etc., etc. The end.
MCAT: 43R (15, 15, 13)
SAT: 1600
ISTEPs: Analagies--99th %tile, Memory--98th %tile, Algebra--99
19 years ago
·
#51803
0
Votes
Undo
University of Virginia - Supplemental Questionnaire
19 years ago
·
#51804
0
Votes
Undo
Hey
19 years ago
·
#51805
0
Votes
Undo
You think this is frustrating....during some of my interviews I had other applicants stare blankly at me about these "special" requirements. This happened more than once. I would make a comment in passing about it being ridiculous that the program we were interviewing at needed our MCAT scores and they would say "really?" (because they never sent anything in). Also, one of my friends was applying at the same time as me and got an interview from a place requiring "special" forms (of which he had done none) while I was negged even after going to all of the trouble to get the damned things filled out by every letter writer. Can you tell that even five years later this still pisses me off??!! Long and short of this post is that you have to jump through the hoops, but don't think for a second that these hoops exist for all applicants. Good luck this year.
19 years ago
·
#51806
0
Votes
Undo
I sent an email to Med Col of Virginia. Just want to make clear that the "autobiography" that they want is your PERSONAL STATEMENT. It's not an extra hoop to jump through. Thank God.

By the way, I filled out UVA's supplemental. I didn't realize till after I sent it that I misspelled a word. Good thing they don't actually read these things right? RIGHT???
19 years ago
·
#51807
0
Votes
Undo
where on the website can you find the supplemental for uva-i didnt see that req...this is painful
19 years ago
·
#51808
0
Votes
Undo
Was emailed directly to me.
19 years ago
·
#51809
0
Votes
Undo

Yeah...UVA will email one to you after you send your app via eras.

Kalamazoo's is on their website.
  • Page :
  • 1
There are no replies made for this post yet.