I was kind of under the impression that the UAB waitlist movement would be fairly
significant this year. Maybe it's just my unrealistic hope, though. I was mainly basing that off of three things. Somebody several pages back (DocBama, maybe, I forget, but it was the day it was announced that all acceptances had been mailed out) posted that the admission office told them that they were expecting quite a bit of movement, maybe around 40 people or so. Also, some people on the first tier have already been called up. This seems extremely early, especially considering in previous years (on SDN) there was no waitlist movement until May 15th. And lastly, UAB seemed to be very hyperselective in who they granted admissions to this year. I haven't seen hardly any 3.7/30's (your average at UAB) accepted. Almost everyone has been above those numbers. Now granted this is a small pool (only people on this website) so it may not be conclusive. I am not sure the economy has yet to affect medical school. I might me wrong, but I still think as long as you get your FAFSA in at a decent time, you should be able to get the loans that you need. I wasn't trying to call you (^^^) out or anything, mostly just spark conversation and to ease my own worries.