<p>That’s pretty sick!</p>
<p>what EC did you acceptees all have?? Med research? volunteer? How did you guys show your interest in medicine??–I think that’s what the website for HPME really stressed</p>
<p>i volunteered at a local hospital for 4 years and did some research at UCLA over the summer. What’s important about research is being able to explain exactly what it is that you are working on. It’s pointless to do research and be unable to explain it. </p>
<p>Demonstrating an interest in medicine for me required some serious thought. You have to ask yourself, why do I want to be a doctor and what things that I have done really demonstrate this.</p>
<p>then again, i don’t really know why i was selected. i’ll see if i can find out when i get to northwestern.</p>
<p>MedSchool4Me—my stats are: SAT math 800, reading 730, writing 740, ACT 35, some research, lots of extracurricular, good GPA. nothing too special other than that.</p>
<p>for everyone else, what made you decide on HPME (if anything other than that its an amazing program)? I’m still wary of accepting because of my aforementioned inability to cope with large amounts of stress and my recently acquired Slacker philosophy. maybe it’s just senioritis, maybe not.</p>
<p>i just applied to HPME as a long shot
im surprised because i didnt even get interviews at Case Western PPSP or BU 7 year program
btw jon did you get UCSD med scholars notice yet? i still havent gotten one
do you think we can still get it cuz i doubt they’d send it on the last day or something</p>
<p>I only applied to HPME and Rice/Baylor for med programs as complete long shots and I never thought I could get in. I was completely prepared to go on the regular premed track at my colleges, but luckly I made the cut to the interviews. I was suprised I got the interview since I didn’t get the interview for Rice/Baylor. My med student interviewer sent me an email today and it seemed like my main selling points were Habitat for Humanity, being a RA and having boarding school experience, and my shadowing experience. I had some other leadership positions and a really good GPA and class rank, but my main selling points were those extracurriculars and my essay on my shadowing experience, in which I was able to demonstrate a sincere passion for medicine.</p>
<p>i haven’t heard anything from UCSD yet. I started a thread on the UCSD board and I don’t think anyone has gotten a call as of yet.</p>
<p>How about if you HPME acceptees start a roster with your screenname, SAT scores, the schools you have been accepted to that you are considering attending, (please note if you rec’d merit aid for any of them) and, if you have already made your decision, where you will be attending. You don’t need to post all of your stats; just your scores.</p>
<p>Future “generations” of applicants will greatly appreciate this!</p>
<p>did the acceptance letter really say that your spot will be taken away if you apply out? That’s strange; they must have changed their policy, because for my year and all the years before me, applying out did not affect your admission into feinberg. </p>
<p>AmritaRani – The 3.2 GPA is not difficult to maintain; it is much easier than the GPAs you would have to maintain if you were a regular pre-med. Copping out of a better program because you are too lazy to work hard is definitely not a good idea, in choosing schools and probably in life. Also, you have to realize that medical school and being a doctor will require alot of hard work and probably stress. Being able to cope with stress in your undergraduate years will ease the transition and help you become a good doctor.</p>
<p>Here is a copy of the letter from my email:</p>
<p>Dear XXXXXXXXXX:</p>
<p>It gives me great pleasure to inform you that you have been selected for admission to the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University. This acceptance assures you admission to The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University upon successful completion of requirements of the three year or four year undergraduate program on the Evanston Campus.</p>
<p>Should you decide to apply to other medical schools upon the completion of your undergraduate requirements, you will lose your guaranteed place in the Feinberg School of Medicine. You will be welcome to submit your application to the Feinberg School of Medicine which will then be considered among the regular MD application pool.</p>
<p>This year there were a large number of applications from highly talented students. You should be especially proud of the personal qualities and accomplishments that gained you acceptance.</p>
<p>I hope the Honors Program will allow you to best explore the many academic opportunities available to undergraduates at Northwestern. The scholarship and friendships you will enjoy will remain with you for your lifetime.</p>
<p>On behalf of the faculty of the Medical School, I am pleased to welcome you as a member of the Northwestern Community.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Marianne Green, M.D.
Assistant Dean for Medical Education
Director HPME</p>
<p>are any of the accepted hpme students going to Preview NU because they have special HPME session for the accepted students?</p>
<p>i’m not going. my parents don’t want to pay for the plane tickets.</p>
<p>does anyone know how many people were accepted to HPME this year? is it 30 kids out of 120 interviews? what were the exact stats if anyone knows</p>
<p>hey, congrats to everyone who got accepted!</p>
<p>i also got in (i have to say that even knowing that the acceptance envelope was small, I was still pretty freakin scared when i picked it up haha), am really happy, but now im tryin to make up my mind</p>
<p>i didnt get into HPYMS (you guys are sick haha), but im still playing with the idea of going to Brown or Duke (just undergrad)</p>
<p>i havent visited duke, though i know they have an awesome biomed engineering program and warm weather (which would be awesome considering chicago weather; haha im not tryin to discourage anyone from going to HPME, i’ve seen worse weather)</p>
<p>i visited brown and thought it was pretty awesome, but i have the same thing to say about northwestern…anybody have stats on browns undergrads getting into med schools? (it says in brochure that more than 80% get into med school, which is pretty impressive, but it doesnt really mean anything)</p>
<p>another reason im a bit hesitant about HPME is the fact that being in the program would mean being 20 minutes away from my parents, who are cool people but ya, u know…</p>
<p>any advice about that haha?</p>
<p>anybody else from around the chicago burbs?</p>
<p>im from deerfield, and, ya three6mafia, im going to the preview NU; it would be cool to meet everybody</p>
<p>in terms of stats, i think getting above 700 or maybe 730ish on each section of SAT I and also SATIIs, gpa above 3.7 or so is around the range where they give interviews</p>
<p>thats just from wat i’ve seen and heard from other hpme applicants and hpme-ers</p>
<p>i also have a feeling the essay plays a pretty big role; being sincere about an interest in medicine and creative worked for me, so thats wat i would suggest doing</p>
<p>i got an email from the student who interviewed me, and she talked about my enthusiasm and interest in medicine (that i showed at the interviews)…so i agree with everyone that how the interviews go is the deciding factor once you’ve been invited to get them</p>
<p>personally, i havent done a huge amount of volunteer work at hospitals or researched at some impressive places</p>
<p>i shadowed a cardiologist last summer, have been going to abbott labs as part of a lab science program for the past year (but we dont actually do research, just learn about all teh areas of research tehre are to pursue), and volunteer at a nursing home/rehabilitation center</p>
<p>i took a genetics class at northwestern last summer; that may have helped…but i didnt take it for that purpose, u know?</p>
<p>that leads me to a point, i guess…i tend to ramble</p>
<p>ya all those test scores and grades and activities help, but everyone who wants to apply to the program, dont do hospital volunteering because u think that will get u into a program…do it cause u want to do it (cliche, i know); a lot of my activities seemingly have nothing to do with medicine or beign a doctor (like sports, etc.), but as i looked back on them i realized certain things i enjoyed about them or learned from them really did fit perfectly with medicine</p>
<p>its finding connections between ur life and medicine, not between medical activities and medicine, that is really important to the admissions people (and to pursuing the field) (cause if it was based largely on medical activities, im pretty sure i wouldnt have gotten in lol)</p>
<p>alright done with my speal…congrats again, good luck to everyone who is thinkin about HPME, and those questions i asked way up top haha…that would be cool if anybody could try and answer them</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>what is the date for the accepted kids session? apparently i’m stupid and didn’t even read the mail poperly…and now i’m on vacation, soooo…</p>
<p>and jcr182— you’re definitely right, i don’t know what i was thinking. i’m going to have to work hard no matter what and i should try to do the best i can with everything. i probably will end up picking HPME (unless my parents decide they can’t afford it haha)</p>
<p>AmritaRani, the session will be on the second day of each NU previews
dates for the previews are April 16-17, 17-18, or 23-24</p>
<p>ya those of you who are going to preview NU, we should figure out which session is preferable for most people out of the three available so that we get a good number coming to the HPME session on day 2</p>
<p>ooh ok i guess i can’t go to any of the sessions
so if one of you guys goes, please please let me know the important information from the HPME session!!! That would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Please see my post #1529</p>
<p>if you can’t make it the HPME session, don’t worry. I went two years ago and didn’t do much except met Eve again and some fellow Hs. Come and enjoy our awesome Chicago weather! (Why is it 30 degrees in April?!)</p>