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Dr_Dan_the_man

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Your file has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee. We will be contacting you shortly regarding the status of your application.

Am I looking at a rejection? 🙁
 
Unless they have changed their methods in the last month, you are either looking at an acceptance or a rejection. I was placed on the waitlist and did not receive that message. They just updated my status page with a long message "congratulating" me for making it onto the OOS waitlist. I then received a letter in the mail a couple of days later with the same text.
 
Ahh, I got this message too! Would calling be rude?

I've been waiting on this for a month and I don't know how much longer I can take it.
 
You both should send a PM to one of the people on the acceptance list...they would know.
 
I just found a thread from last year....

It seems most people got this message and it doesnt mean anything... some got waitlist, some got acceptance.

Also, UVM seems to do this weird thing where they waitlist ppl for like a week before accepting them.

I think the first round of decisions which went out Oct 15 did not get this message
Good Luck to everyone , keeping my fingers crossed :luck::luck::luck::luck:


edit: Has anyone gotten an outright rejection yet?
 
Ahh, I got this message too! Would calling be rude?

I've been waiting on this for a month and I don't know how much longer I can take it.

I would wait a few days to call. We are all anxious ....
 
Yikes! I got it too! I wasn't even going to check my status until the middle of the month because I interviewed in mid-October, and they told us decisions would be made sometime before Thanksgiving, and that it would be posted on our status page with a letter or email sent as well (don't remember which). Wish I hadn't seen this ambiguous message. For my other interviews I felt fairly confident that I had done well, but at UVM I definitely had an "off" day. Argh.

I think I remember that the people who received acceptances in October got them on 10/15, via their status page. But that was the first day that acceptances were permitted, so who knows what the process will be for notifying applicants from here on out.
 
I got the same message too! I'm very anxious to find out. Phoenix and I interviewed the same day so we should get the notification at the same time.
 
I just called. Apparently everyone gets that message, and it means nothing substantive. It just means that the committee has already met, and decisions have been made. Their goal is to get the decisions posted to our status pages by the end of this week. The decisions are posted online, and a letter is also sent (no email). Please post back here if you see a decision so we can all run to our status pages. Good luck everyone waiting! :luck:
 
That's good to know. I would really to know my decision ASAP so that I can decide if I want to cancel some upcoming interviews which are getting very expensive.
 
Also, UVM seems to do this weird thing where they waitlist ppl for like a week before accepting them.

I think the first round of decisions which went out Oct 15 did not get this message

I found out at my interview that they had a glitch last year that some people who were really accepted got the waitlist message. It wasn't intentional, and so my guess is that it won't happen like that again this year (with the one week waitlist).

Also, I just wanted to confirm that I personally had my status just change from the post-interview one to the acceptance one, without this cryptic message in between, but that's probably since it was the first day.

Good luck hearing back this week, everyone!! :luck:
 
I found out at my interview that they had a glitch last year that some people who were really accepted got the waitlist message. It wasn't intentional, and so my guess is that it won't happen like that again this year (with the one week waitlist).

That may be true, but it seems to be a trend especially with OOS, the students from both 1st and 2nd year said that many people were waitlisted then accepted anywhere from 2 days to 3 weeks later.

No one will ever understand how these people work. I think their mission in life is just to give me a nervous breakdown.
 
anyone have any changes today? are we waiting on snail mail letters... if so its going to be a long wait for me.
 
anyone who was waitlisted come off of it yet who interviewed in September?
 
anyone who was waitlisted come off of it yet who interviewed in September?

I wish. I feel like a waitlist on Oct 15 ain't so hot, you know what I mean???
 
Their goal is to get the decisions posted to our status pages by the end of this week.

Anyone else get the feeling that it won't be at least another week or two? After beating myself up over this, I'm beginning to think that I won't hear anything for some time now.
 
Anyone else get the feeling that it won't be at least another week or two? After beating myself up over this, I'm beginning to think that I won't hear anything for some time now.

Well, the guy I spoke with in the admin office at UVM said to check our status pages on Friday (tomorrow). He said he hoped they'd be up by then, so it's definitely no guarantee, but I don't think it's going to be a few weeks.
 
Well, the guy I spoke with in the admin office at UVM said to check our status pages on Friday (tomorrow). He said he hoped they'd be up by then, so it's definitely no guarantee, but I don't think it's going to be a few weeks.

Phoenix, you always seem to have the answers! What do you say when you call the admin offices?
 
Why didn't you ask them to tell you about the decision on your application over the phone?
 
Why didn't you ask them to tell you about the decision on your application over the phone?

My impression has been that most med schools don't tell you your decision over the phone (there are a few exceptions, of course). Since I was specifically asking when the final decisions would be posted, I figured if the guy I spoke to could (or wanted to) tell me, he would have offered to look my app up and tell me the decision.
 
I finally caved and called this afternoon... I was told they would have it up by the end of next week. So if we don't hear tomorrow, it's not the end of the world.
 
I finally caved and called this afternoon... I was told they would have it up by the end of next week. So if we don't hear tomorrow, it's not the end of the world.

the end of NEXT week? ew. why?
 
Yeah, I think november 20 is sort of a deadline the are shooting for to deal with everyone who has been complete awaiting interviews or already interviewed. At least that is what I was told in an email response. I am guessing UVM saw a huge surge in applications this year.
 
That sucks you guys have to wait so long--as if you all haven't waited long enough as it is. How long does it take to put the decisions into computers and send out automated mailing? Not long; I worked in an admissions office, and we wanted to get the decisions of all committee meetings out ASAP. Why wait? It doesn't make sense.
 
That sucks you guys have to wait so long--as if you all haven't waited long enough as it is. How long does it take to put the decisions into computers and send out automated mailing? Not long; I worked in an admissions office, and we wanted to get the decisions of all committee meetings out ASAP. Why wait? It doesn't make sense.

i think they just want to prolong the suffering.
 
hoping what Phoenix heard is right -- cuz this is just too much now!!
 
My status page remains the same today...so far.
 
Stupid UVM - waiting kills me.
 
I'm still waiting, anyone call in this week or have any news? This thread mentioned we would hear hopefully by the end of this week, but I don't know, any updates?
 
How long does it take to hear back from them after an interview?
 
I have a question. I haven't gotten an interview. I've been complete for about 6 weeks. I know a lot of people posted they waited about 9 weeks before they got a change in their status. Was this 9 weeks from the time your status changed to being under review or from the time you were complete? I think my status changed about a week or two after I was complete.
 
I have a question. I haven't gotten an interview. I've been complete for about 6 weeks. I know a lot of people posted they waited about 9 weeks before they got a change in their status. Was this 9 weeks from the time your status changed to being under review or from the time you were complete? I think my status changed about a week or two after I was complete.

I've been complete over ten weeks now with no word. I emailed them early yesterday morning, and they havent answered yet. I'll give them until Thursday, then I'm calling to see what I can see. When I called before, about a month ago, I was told over the phone to expect an interview invite- so far, nada.
 
I've been complete over ten weeks now with no word. I emailed them early yesterday morning, and they havent answered yet. I'll give them until Thursday, then I'm calling to see what I can see. When I called before, about a month ago, I was told over the phone to expect an interview invite- so far, nada.

Hmm, I was thinking about calling too. I am really interested in this school! What did you ask over the phone? Just- hi I was wondering how soon I might be able to hear something regarding my application???
 
I've been complete over ten weeks now with no word. I emailed them early yesterday morning, and they havent answered yet. I'll give them until Thursday, then I'm calling to see what I can see. When I called before, about a month ago, I was told over the phone to expect an interview invite- so far, nada.
After 2 months of being reviewed, I finally got placed in the pool of applications that might be interviewed. News will come eventually, I'm sure.
 
Hmm, I was thinking about calling too. I am really interested in this school! What did you ask over the phone? Just- hi I was wondering how soon I might be able to hear something regarding my application???

Well I talked to a super nice guy on the phone, we talked about my interest in the school, and when/if I would hear from them. I didnt expect him to be so great, but I called at the end of the day (around 445 or so) and he seemed happy to chat. He pulled up my file and looked it over, answered a few general questions of mine, and told me I should hear soon. I'm trying to be patient, but I'm very interested in the school so I may just have to call. Tomorrow. Haha....
 
Well I talked to a super nice guy on the phone, we talked about my interest in the school, and when/if I would hear from them. I didnt expect him to be so great, but I called at the end of the day (around 445 or so) and he seemed happy to chat. He pulled up my file and looked it over, answered a few general questions of mine, and told me I should hear soon. I'm trying to be patient, but I'm very interested in the school so I may just have to call. Tomorrow. Haha....

Yeah, I believe that tenacity pays off. If you're obnoxious about it (calling every week), then it's dumb. But if you've been told to expect something soon and didn't hear anything for a month, I don't see how another phone call could hurt. It shows that you are really interested!
 
After 2 months of being reviewed, I finally got placed in the pool of applications that might be interviewed. News will come eventually, I'm sure.

Did this happen today? Congrats, btw.
 
Yeah, I believe that tenacity pays off. If you're obnoxious about it (calling every week), then it's dumb. But if you've been told to expect something soon and didn't hear anything for a month, I don't see how another phone call could hurt. It shows that you are really interested!

I like to think so. I would even be happy with being put into the 'we may interview you' pool. 2.5 months with no word is painful, and I hope they just see it as me being interested and not obsessive!
 
Did this happen today? Congrats, btw.
Yeah it happened today. Officially complete on the website on 9/17 although VE uploaded on 8/30 and I was in prelim. review until today.

I heard great things about the school so hopefully an interview will come eventually.
 
Do they put almost everyone in the "we may interview you" category? I've only heard of 2 or 3 people (secondhand) who got the "we cannot review you favorably" message.
 
Do they put almost everyone in the "we may interview you" category? I've only heard of 2 or 3 people (secondhand) who got the "we cannot review you favorably" message.
Really? I wasn't aware that anyone had been rejected pre-interview yet.

Then again, it's been a while since I checked the appropriate thread and I suppose SDN is hardly an exhaustive list.
 
Any status change, anyone? I have lived thru one week, honestly I dont know how!!
 
i called but could not get through, anyone else willing to take a hit and report back to the team? I know they are really busy, I wonder if they will be able to finish by tomorrow, thoughts?
 
Anyone willing to call in and ask?

Eh, I guess I'll call here in a minute, and if I get any good info I'll post it up. Keep in mind, though, I have been complete for about 3 months now with nothin, so it may be different for those who have only been complete the 6-8 weeks.
 
Alright, I'm tellin ya, the guy that answers the phone over there is the nicest man ever!! I'll relay what I was just told:

My application is in the group currently being reviewed (I was complete Aug 23). So I have been waiting just under three months...AMCAS is having some sort of problem in Washington, which is making it impossible for them to access that data, so they are currently at a standstill with reviewing apps. The group I am in (dont know the cut off dates for this group) has a deadline of Nov 20th for getting some kind of updated decision on the status check. They want us applicants that have been waiting a while to find out before Thanksgiving. He loosely promised me that I should know by this time next week at the latest. Good luck to the rest of you that have been waiting with me, we should hear really soon!
 
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