anonymous:
My reference point is living in suburbs located within a 30 min drive next to a huge city. It's not that having a car is bad but that St. Louis is consistently ranked top 5 in property crimes among many other issues but isn't nearly a big enough city to justify the crime rates. I went to a theater near the mall 15 mins from campus last week and saw an entire row of cars broken into with their windshields shattered. I also witnessed a woman have a knife pulled on her right in front of me at the Delmar Loop station. Having lived in Boston, Alabama, and my home city I've just never experienced this ig so just sharing my lived experiences having only been here for like 4 months :/
So I do think it's chill if you don't leave the little grove, brentwood bubble but just trying to share reality.
I hear you, and i really appreciate your honesty and willingness to share. Thanks a lot.
anonymous:
I honestly really dislike this city. It's not very lively and you really need to rely on your cohort to do anything around here. The hospital system is really impressive but it's fairly unsafe if you plan on walking or using public transit anywhere. It has all the bad features of a city but none of the good stuff (good cultural diversity of food, events catered to younger folks, etc.). Everyone says there's a lot of different ethnic cuisines and there is some but it's just not good or authentic (mostly just fusions). The biggest scene here is running so if that's what you're thing you might have a better time. That being said, the school does invest a good bit into their students but I would expect that from most med schools. If you come from a rural region St. Louis can be fun but if you come from diverse suburban or metro regions it can feel pretty drab so it's all relative.
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Whats the consensus on Letters of interest/intent? do they help at all at this stage of the process? (I am post II)
Is interview day just two interviews? Or are there any welcome sessions/info sessions/Q&As?
anonymous:
Is interview day just two interviews? Or are there any welcome sessions/info sessions/Q&As?
just 2
has anyone gotten post interview R for mstp
How does the interview day work? It says to be free from 8:30-4:30. For anyone who has had it, is this just the range the two interviews can be in? Or are you doing things that whole time? Then Google says the interview also has a virtual portion. Is that true?
anonymous:
How does the interview day work? It says to be free from 8:30-4:30. For anyone who has had it, is this just the range the two interviews can be in? Or are you doing things that whole time? Then Google says the interview also has a virtual portion. Is that true?
You will get the two interview times around 2 business days before and it'll be in that range. When you get the interview times, they'll be scheduled with ~15 min gaps. Ex. if your interview is scheduled at 10:30am, it'll say 10:30-11:15 or something similar in case they're late. You'll log in a 8:15am the day of your interview to see if times/interviewers have changed. I wish someone told me this beforehand because it was confusing af for me lol
interview invite 2 weeks after i sent out an update/interest letter!
anonymous:
interview invite 2 weeks after i sent out an update/interest letter!
I got an invite today ~1 week after sending one!!