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how do you check your status? do you get an email if you were small pooled?
 
For all us early interviewers--I know Jennifer said she'd only call us if we were accepted. Will the waitlisted and rejected kids get an email the same day or have to wait for snail mail? Anyone know?
 
iBear said:
For all us early interviewers--I know Jennifer said she'd only call us if we were accepted. Will the waitlisted and rejected kids get an email the same day or have to wait for snail mail? Anyone know?
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I know that rejections came via snail mail last year. No clue about waitlist.
 
So I've been complete since early July and haven't heard a peep, not small pooled. Was I passed over? Should I call and inquire about my status or just ride it out?
 
jmkraemer15 said:
So I've been complete since early July and haven't heard a peep, not small pooled. Was I passed over? Should I call and inquire about my status or just ride it out?
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Same position
 
jmkraemer15 said:
So I've been complete since early July and haven't heard a peep, not small pooled. Was I passed over? Should I call and inquire about my status or just ride it out?
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dextor2003 said:
Same position
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Anyone have any suggestions for the best hotel to stay at?
 
Zapster said:
Anyone have any suggestions for the best hotel to stay at?
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I stayed at the comfort suites by the airport, then just took an airport shuttle to the interview. MCW offers a shuttle back to the airport for 10 bucks. It seemed pretty good to me.
 
Jisin said:
still there is max deficiency of the pathological school,where student can take their medical primary education for taking the admission in any medical colleges so it the duty of the govt to establish such school by all means to take up the benefits.
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Uh, wrong thread?
 
twentythousand said:
how do you check your status? do you get an email if you were small pooled?
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I got an email saying that I was small pooled this morning. I submitted my secondary 9/21. Hope this helps. Good luck 🙂
 
Small pool email earlier today!
 
I've been complete since early August (4.0, 33 O). Haven't heard a peep since submitting the secondary app. Tried to login today and received an error message that my user ID is not active! 😱😕

Emailed the school and haven't heard anything back, yet.

Anyone else run into that problem?
 
2dogs said:
I've been complete since early August (4.0, 33 O). Haven't heard a peep since submitting the secondary app. Tried to login today and received an error message that my user ID is not active! 😱😕

Emailed the school and haven't heard anything back, yet.

Anyone else run into that problem?
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Exact same boat, but 3.44 and 33
 
MoDJester said:
Exact same boat, but 3.44 and 33
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2dogs said:
I've been complete since early August (4.0, 33 O). Haven't heard a peep since submitting the secondary app. Tried to login today and received an error message that my user ID is not active! 😱😕

Emailed the school and haven't heard anything back, yet.

Anyone else run into that problem?
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I'm having that same problem, and I was complete mid-August and haven't heard anything from them. Let us know if they email you back about what's wrong!
 
itsneverlupus said:
I'm having that same problem, and I was complete mid-August and haven't heard anything from them. Let us know if they email you back about what's wrong!
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last year that meant rejection. sorry fellas/gals.
 
espagueti said:
last year that meant rejection. sorry fellas/gals.
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This. I think the end is near if your login is messed up

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After looking at last year's thread it looks like the snail mail rejections are on their way.
 
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Fivo said:
This. I think the end is near if your login is messed up

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After looking at last year's thread it looks like the snail mail rejections are on their way.
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That's what I assumed when I saw it. I called them and the women I spoke with said that my application had been looked at last Thursday and that I would hear one way or the other within 2 weeks but wouldn't tell me on the phone.

Honestly, I don't know why the don't just tell you that you were rejected. Seems kinda silly to disable the log ins and then think people aren't going to call or ask questions about it.
 
espagueti said:
last year that meant rejection. sorry fellas/gals.
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That's a pretty unique way of rejecting people. You application was so bad that we decided you're not worth the amount of traffic you're causing on our website...disabled/rejected!

I got the same error message...🙁

Guess it's time to let this one go. Good luck to everyone else here.
 
This happened to me here last year - got a snail mail rejection a few weeks after my login stopped working. I think I was actually able to login again later, though, oddly enough.
 
foster033 said:
That's what I assumed when I saw it. I called them and the women I spoke with said that my application had been looked at last Thursday and that I would hear one way or the other within 2 weeks but wouldn't tell me on the phone.

Honestly, I don't know why the don't just tell you that you were rejected. Seems kinda silly to disable the log ins and then think people aren't going to call or ask questions about it.
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they probably don't think that people are religiously looking at that status page since it doesnt' give any information past "complete" anyway. sorry for the bad news guys, good luck everywhere else
 
espagueti said:
last year that meant rejection. sorry fellas/gals.
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I was thinking that might be the case. I have to say, if that is true, disabling one's login seems to be a fairly disrespectful way of rejecting that person. I'm a big boy. I can handle it. If I'm rejected, just shoot me an email or update my status so that I know and can move forward with the schools that are interested in me.
 
2dogs said:
I was thinking that might be the case. I have to say, if that is true, disabling one's login seems to be a fairly disrespectful way of rejecting that person. I'm a big boy. I can handle it. If I'm rejected, just shoot me an email or update my status so that I know and can move forward with the schools that are interested in me.
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were you small pooled ?
 
2dogs said:
I was thinking that might be the case. I have to say, if that is true, disabling one's login seems to be a fairly disrespectful way of rejecting that person. I'm a big boy. I can handle it. If I'm rejected, just shoot me an email or update my status so that I know and can move forward with the schools that are interested in me.
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+1

I actually called the school earlier today and they told me their site was down. Needless to say, I'm not buying it. They expect their applicants to be honest with them but they can't be honest with their applicants? In my opinion, I don't really want to go to a school that does that anyway.
 
iMed17 said:
+1

I actually called the school earlier today and they told me their site was down. Needless to say, I'm not buying it. They expect their applicants to be honest with them but they can't be honest with their applicants? In my opinion, I don't really want to go to a school that does that anyway.
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Hey buddy, you watch your tone! 😎
 
I was smaller pooled and just logged in successfully. Looks like it might be a rejection. Sorry guys 🙁
 
Also have the login ID invalid error. That means rejection huh...oh well, not too disappointed.

Good luck to everyone else in the running
 
To be fair to the school:

1) The people you talk to on the phone may have no idea about how rejections are handled in terms of correspondence. In fact, my guess is that they're told explicitly to NOT tell anyone over the phone their statuses.

2) I'd bet that the same people do not realize that accounts are shut off in the case of rejections (if that IS the case). Thus, I'm guessing it's all automated so they don't have to deal with everyone's accounts at the end of the year. It probably saves them an INCREDIBLE amount of time... Which also probably results in us getting faster decisions in the long run, as they wouldn't necessarily have to clean up the mess after the interview season. Automation is the name of the game with schools getting thousands and thousands of applications.

All that to say, in all cases, we should be giving the schools the benefit of the doubt. They probably have other jobs and volunteer their time to help construct the medical school class. Our job is to be patient and recognize that we're fortunate to have the opportunity at all.

That being said, if the shutdown means a rejection, I wish you all the best of luck! It's a long, drawn out process that can yield a lot of frustration and demoralization... Trust me, I've gone through two of these before.

👍
 
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betheltim said:
To be fair to the school:

1) The people you talk to on the phone may have no idea about how rejections are handled in terms of correspondence. In fact, my guess is that they're told explicitly to NOT tell anyone over the phone their statuses.

2) I'd bed that the same people do not realize that accounts are shut off in the case of rejections (if that IS the case). Thus, I'm guessing it's all automated so they don't have to deal with everyone's accounts at the end of the year. It probably saves them an INCREDIBLE amount of time... Which also probably results in us getting faster decisions in the long run, as they wouldn't necessarily have to clean up the mess after the interview season. Automation is the name of the game with schools getting thousands and thousands of applications.

All that to say, in all cases, we should be giving the schools the benefit of the doubt. They probably have other jobs and volunteer their time to help construct the medical school class. Our job is to be patient and recognize that we're fortunate to have the opportunity at all.

That being said, if the shutdown means a rejection, I wish you all the best of luck! It's a long, drawn out process that can yield a lot of frustration and demoralization... Trust me, I've gone through two of these before.

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+1

Plus, it's not like they just completely ignore you. It sounds like rejection letters are on the way. It sucks, but don't blame the school.
 
BigBlueBear said:
+1

Plus, it's not like they just completely ignore you. It sounds like rejection letters are on the way. It sucks, but don't blame the school.
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agreed. i believe they send rejections via snail mail, perhaps they were put in the mail the same day as log ins were shut off
 
small pooled and still have active login.
 
2dogs said:
I was thinking that might be the case. I have to say, if that is true, disabling one's login seems to be a fairly disrespectful way of rejecting that person. I'm a big boy. I can handle it. If I'm rejected, just shoot me an email or update my status so that I know and can move forward with the schools that are interested in me.
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Says, "I'm a big boy." .... Can't handle the fact that his ideal way of getting rejected didn't occur.


It's October. What are you doing that you need to get a proper rejection so you can "move forward"? It's one thing if it's getting towards the end of the season and you are on waitlists, but chill out. They have thousands of applications to get through and snail mail doesn't arrive instantly. Also as mentioned, there is no need to even check your status consistently as it is not updated past the complete status. Lastly, some schools will not even send a pre-interview rejection until late spring so that may a problem as you will be hindered in "moving forward with the schools that are interested" in you.
 
Submitted on 9/17 - Got small pool email today
 
I was complete July 15th, never got small pooled, but can still log on? Thought that might be worth noting for some of you
 
Warick22 said:
I was complete July 15th, never got small pooled, but can still log on? Thought that might be worth noting for some of you
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Judging from last year's thread, that means you still might be in the running for a small pool. But for those whose log-ins are invalid, I believe they won't be as fortunate.

Good luck to everyone else. Does anyone know when the next round of invites go out?
 
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Fivo said:
Judging from last year's thread, that means you still might be in the running for a small pool. But for those whose log-ins are invalid, I believe they won't be as fortunate.

Good luck to everyone else. Does anyone know when the next round of invites go out?
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Apparently once a month so the next round will be around November 2nd or 3rd.👎
 
TheGloaming said:
Says, "I'm a big boy." .... Can't handle the fact that his ideal way of getting rejected didn't occur.


It's October. What are you doing that you need to get a proper rejection so you can "move forward"? It's one thing if it's getting towards the end of the season and you are on waitlists, but chill out. They have thousands of applications to get through and snail mail doesn't arrive instantly. Also as mentioned, there is no need to even check your status consistently as it is not updated past the complete status. Lastly, some schools will not even send a pre-interview rejection until late spring so that may a problem as you will be hindered in "moving forward with the schools that are interested" in you.
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Troll alert!
 
WisconsingBlueBear;13163185]+1

Seemed untrollish to me. Trust me, I'm a doctor.[/QUOTE]

Lol!
 
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nickster67 said:
were you small pooled ?
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Nope, haven't heard a thing since submitting the secondary app. Not a big deal; there are plenty of other schools with which I have already interviewed or scheduled interviews. All the same, a rejection email would have been appreciated. If you can disable my login, you can certainly send a quick "thanks, but no thanks".
 
2dogs said:
Nope, haven't heard a thing since submitting the secondary app. Not a big deal; there are plenty of other schools with which I have already interviewed or scheduled interviews. All the same, a rejection email would have been appreciated. If you can disable my login, you can certainly send a quick "thanks, but no thanks".
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They did...it's in the mail 😛. Give them a little time geez 😉
 
BigBlueBear said:
They did...it's in the mail 😛. Give them a little time geez 😉
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Ha! You're right; polar bears have a fantastic sense of humor! Good luck to you with the application cycle.
 
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