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Skooled2Much,

Thanks for the post. It was very informative and entertaining. I interviewed for Tel Aviv University (Sackler) about two weeks ago. They gave me an invite 8 days after I submitted my application! Wow! I called and asked them about my application and they told me that I would receive a letter this week for sure.

Do you think it is an acceptance or rejection if they send the letter within two weeks?

Cubs, you just dont know. I know people who heard back in 2 weeks and they got in. I got invited to an interview the day they recieved my last transcript, but it has been a month since my interview and no word yet.

When you called, what did you ask?

I interviewed this past monday. my interviewer told me (mid-interview) that he felt confident i would be a good fit at sackler and that he was recommending my acceptance to the board.
Tuesday I called Sackler's NY office to see when the next admission committee results would be distributed. I was told 2-4 weeks. I'd really like to know now so i can weigh my options. I personally feel like it is such a huge decision to move out there.
what about y'all? are you dead set on sackler? what have you heard in texas? chicago?
I'm also curious to know thier applicant numbers / matriculants/ rejections.. there is just No info on their website.
Is sackler hard to get into?

-s2m

also... and be honest here...
are you guys "competitive" applicants? is this a last resort? first choice?

as for me, i'm in at a couple DO schools, waitlisted at 1 MD program. and i would say, no, i'm not a "competitive" applicant. I'm a non-trad student (28y/o) a super post-bac GPA and an average mcat but my 1st undergrad GPA was horrendous.

I think Sackler would be better then DO schools usually- depending on the residency you want in terms of specialty and geographic location. What MD school are you waitlisted at? If it is Harvard I would go there but if it is not then think again...

I'm waitlisted at two U.S. M.D. schools. But the rest of my application has been horrible although I applied late and only to 9 schools. I was waitlisted at a third school but was subsequently rejected.

Sackler is not a last resort for me. If accepted into US and Tel Aviv, I would honestly go to Sackler. The school in the US in which I am waitlisted is $50,000 a year with tuition and room/board. It's in the middle of nowhere. The other one is great but I am like in 200th on the waiting list with only about 80 spots. So that is a rejection....

Maji- Any news? I think you can call. It is very legitimate and I doubt it will affect your application at all

Yeh , i called, just told me maybe they will meet this week, who knows.

Sackler is not the last resort for me, I got accepted to AUC for that!

Im waitlisted at one awesome Texas MD and DO program, and it will be tough if I get into the DO and also sackler. Main reason is Fort Worth is kind of nice, and I wouldnt mind being close to family. Sackler looks really awesome, aside from the terrorists and crap over there, Israel would rock so much. I love the food, climate sounds decent, Technology, decent rent, and what seems to be awesome clinical years.

So yeh, AUC... Accepted, dont really want to go there though, but I will If it means being a doctor, but 1200/month for a single apt doesnt exactly thrill me.

fyi -
if you want a 2006 match list, they'll send it to you via mail... just call / email and request it.
also, i asked mira (ny office) about rumors in regard to a curriculum change. she says she hasn't heard anything about it. though, i wouldn't be surprised if it has been changed and she wasn't informed (given how disorganized that office seems)