Probably a little. If they see that a lot of their accepted applicants are also accepted at schools they're likely to choose instead, they'll send more IIs to hedge their bets. That, however, might be a legitimate case of interviewing for the waitlist.
Maybe at a really new school.
Doesn't seem like it benefits an applicant with no acceptances (in February). It might in April.
It may indirectly benefit them...it stands to reason that the applicants with no acceptances are more likely to still be on the list as possible interview candidates than those whose applications are strong enough to get earlier interviews and acceptances. Thus, if there is a statistically significant number of people that the school suspects will not attend, for whatever reason, they may make a judgment call and extend more interviews than usual. But the advantage would be slight, at best.
Had to read your post a few times to understand, finally got it. Thank you. I hope you're right. I have no acceptances yet ( only waitlists)
Even better...the formula for the miracle drug was encrypted in my personal statement. I'm running the long con here.
I know that feeling all too well.
Ive been on this site for a while now. I think you need to take a break and forget about Med School for a week. Trust me you wont miss being accepted into a school. Just go to class hang with friends and relax this is when you shld be carefree.Trust me if you are meant for med school you will get in this cycle or you reapply next one. But WHO CARES, when you look back 10 years from now and say wow i spent so much time and energy on SDN and got myself all worked up for nothing! Being on this site is cancer when you are in your application cycle. I stopped looking at this site when I was a sophmore in college and only recently started looking at these threads again once I got an acceptance to medical school. Trust me time will pass on its own you dont need to be on SDN all day.
I think you're right. May give this a rest for a while. Just realized that in a few months I will have been checking this site multiple times a day for a year. Can't be healthy.
It's a double edged sword. On the one hand, it's nice that people on this website actually know what the process is like (as opposed to my family and most of my friends) so I can talk openly about it. But on the other hand, the neurotic pre-med mindset is greatly exacerbated by SDN, which I have definitely fallen prey to many times throughout this experience.
The waitlist definitely moves. They have been rejecting applicants fairly liberally as of late, and somebody on another thread made the comment that this has not existed in the past, so the "interview waitlist" people are likely the same people that interviewed late last cycle. It just has a formal designation now.
But I think now I'm becoming sad because reality is setting in. It's different when every month you can say " maybe next month I will hear good news" but now it's kind of the end. And even though I know anything can happen.....................
I got off the waitlist as well and I immediately responded saying that I would be willing to travel there at a moment's notice and that I'm gracious for my place on the waitlist.
It's not the end. It's the end of this cycle. You're probably right. There is a very real chance that a lot of people on this thread are going to have to reapply. That's alright; I know so much more about the whole application process than I did when I first applied--no amount of preparation can give you as much experience as actually going through it. I know exactly what I will fix and I believe that I will be a significantly stronger applicant if it comes to that. I'm sure you will be as well.
got the waitlist email 12/22 and still waiting!
I haven't heard anything today. But I accidentally destroyed my computer so that was fun.still waiting for a single interview
I am so blue
anyone have any good news today? noticed not too many comments on the forum - hope everyone is faring well!
It involved a glass of water and a young woman who was violently swinging her arms as she walked past my table at a coffee shop. So technically not my fault.
what! that is horrible! what is the final outcome?
still waiting for a single interview
I am so blue
anyone have any good news today? noticed not too many comments on the forum - hope everyone is faring well!
I have a weird sixth sense that somebody on this thread is going to get into Quinnipiac. I don't know why, I just get a vibe.
I'll steal one if I need to.
Foiled again!
Im alive there but I dont think its gonna happen. Still holding out hope for Temple or Jeff. Pretty sad that I could not get into an Instate.
I wish some of my schools (Temple, Jefferson, Downstate, Tufts, Brown) would send either a flood of invites or rejections. Seems like nothing is happening anywhere I'm "waiting", so it just feels like a silent rejection...
Be proud you lasted a long time..I was done there ages ago!Got the axe at GWU this morning
Womp womp
Yeah me too...there is a small chance for another II. You have that waitlist and your waiting to hear back right? I am waiting to hear back from ONE and have an interview in 2 weeks! They have a quick turn around but may be a waitlist. Trying to get geared up to re-apply but I am still holding on. Very hard to be in limbo.
