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It's only a few days now...

On Jan. 14th, you can call Mr. Rosso and ask what 1/3 of the waitlist you are occupying. I know I will be...

Why not post it here?


Good luck, all.
 
how do they split up the waitlist, thirds?

guess I'll have to call...been sitting on that waitlist for two months now. I suppose it'll be nice to know where I stand.
 
Did you get that date from Mr. Rosso himself? Or did you assume it when he mentioned mid-January?
 
No, he told me 1/14 in an email.

You didn't interview on 11/7, by any chance?
 
i've been waiting sice 10/15...hoping for good news as it's really where i would like to go

as a UB undergrad i really grew to love the school and the area
 
I loved UB and although I am an oos this is def one of my top schools!
I really want to call them today and ask where i am on the waitlist but I know they prob won't tell me anything 🙂
 
So I'm guessing no one knows how they construct their waitlist?
 
The rumor is there is some kind of points system- with grades, MCAT, interviews, references, and everything converted to a numerical value.

Then after the interviews are done they just put you on the list wherever you fall in terms of your score.

Whether true or not, who knows.
 
anybody calling tomorrow to find out?

I might...depends on whether or not I get the courage. I don't want bad news (not that it could get much worse).
 
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beachblonde said:
anybody calling tomorrow to find out?

I might...depends on whether or not I get the courage. I don't want bad news (not that it could get much worse).
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i think i will...here's to the top third...i think that's the only way to get in this year

i reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllyyyyyyyy wanna stay here at UB...so here's hoping for good news
 
Called today and i am on the bottom third.... 😡
good luck to everyone i hope you'll do better than me...
 
Put me down for the middle third. I wonder what it will mean...I really want to go to Buffalo!!!

Do people ever go down a third throughout this process? :scared:
 
Isradoc1983 said:
Called today and i am on the bottom third.... 😡
good luck to everyone i hope you'll do better than me...
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same here. bummer. I am OOS, though...so I guess it's not that surprising. guess I won't be going here in the fall! I imagine my chances are pretty slim.
 
beachblonde said:
same here. bummer. I am OOS, though...so I guess it's not that surprising. guess I won't be going here in the fall! I imagine my chances are pretty slim.
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It's still early (I think). Just as people withdraw post-acceptance, I would imagine people also withdraw from the waitlist as they hear back. So technically you can also move up.
 
upper third.
i may withdraw though, so hopefully it can move the list a little.
good luck everyone. 🙂
 
I was reading through some of the old threads and it looks like they re-evaluate the waitlist in march (? might have the month wrong, maybe it was may), rejected and move people and finalize it. so I guess things can change between now and then.

(also, from what I read on the 2006 thread, things were dramatically different then from 2007. last year they went to the middle 1/3rd, and in 2006 they even reached the top of the bottom 1/3rd. so who knows what might happen this year?)
 
beachblonde said:
I was reading through some of the old threads and it looks like they re-evaluate the waitlist in march (? might have the month wrong, maybe it was may), rejected and move people and finalize it. so I guess things can change between now and then.

(also, from what I read on the 2006 thread, things were dramatically different then from 2007. last year they went to the middle 1/3rd, and in 2006 they even reached the top of the bottom 1/3rd. so who knows what might happen this year?)
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from last year's thread, it looks like some people that were in the bottom 1/3 were moved up to the middle 1/3 and then accepted. I think it's still anyone's game at this point. I hope we get in! :luck::luck:!

also, here's an advanced thanks to rds726 if you withdraw 😍👍
 
When my friend applied there in 2006 he was accepted from somewhere in the bottom third i believe it was the middle of the bottom third... all we can do is hope that this year is less competitive...
 
Lower third 🙁

Oh well, I have more interviews. Too bad, I was really impressed by the school.
 
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upper third...im cautiously optimistic

mr. rosso made it clear to me that there is movement up and down the list...the list will be finalized on may 1st (they interview until april 30th)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
 
vader34mt said:
upper third...im cautiously optimistic

mr. rosso made it clear to me that there is movement up and down the list...the list will be finalized on may 1st (they interview until april 30th)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
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holy crap, they interview through april? that's ridiculous!

did he elaborate on how people move up/down the list? or do you just have to hope that the people who interview after you are worse applicants with really bad interviewing skills? 🙁
 
beachblonde said:
holy crap, they interview through april? that's ridiculous!

did he elaborate on how people move up/down the list? or do you just have to hope that the people who interview after you are worse applicants with really bad interviewing skills? 🙁
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he said that if the interviewees that come after you have a lower committee score than you, you move up...if they have a higher committee score you move down

so you have to hope that the people interviewing from this point on are not very good applicants

once again...GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
 
vader34mt said:
he said that if the interviewees that come after you have a lower committee score than you, you move up...if they have a higher committee score you move down

so you have to hope that the people interviewing from this point on are not very good applicants

once again...GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
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Yeah he told me the the exact same thing.... that sux taht now we have to wait till may or so... 🙁 I really hope I won't have to go through all the process again...
 
vader34mt said:
he said that if the interviewees that come after you have a lower committee score than you, you move up...if they have a higher committee score you move down

so you have to hope that the people interviewing from this point on are not very good applicants

once again...GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
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Well, alright then. Here's to 3 1/2 months of bad applicants! :laugh: j/k j/k...:luck::luck: everybody!
 
middle 1/3rd....oos also...does anybody know how many people they place on the waitlist?
 
fifer said:
middle 1/3rd....oos also...does anybody know how many people they place on the waitlist?
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i asked when i called this morning and right now there are 209 on the waitlist. i guess that means nothing though because they will continue to add for a few months. middle third for me.
 
Pam Beesley said:
i asked when i called this morning and right now there are 209 on the waitlist. i guess that means nothing though because they will continue to add for a few months. middle third for me.
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Wow...is it just me or does that number seem really high? Well there goes my optimism.
 
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Here is a relevant excerpt from the UB medical FAQ:

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Why was my application rejected?.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] ** The level of competition for seats in our Class has been extremely intense for the limited spaces available. In recent years, we have received approximately 2,000 applications, interviewed 450-500 candidates, and have entered 135 new incoming students. Because of this, we are forced to reject.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] many fine applicants each year. When a candidate is rejected, the Committee simply considers others to have better overall qualifications and credentials that merits acceptance..
​
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

The point is, there are 135 places in each class. I'm sure they love to get early decision or early assurance students, that's a spot filled by a good candidate with no other options they are seriously considering. Call that 10-20 spots filled up. Or whatever number you prefer.

The other 120 or so openings are filled by the superstars of the premed world. If you got one, congratulations! You are the very best of more than 2000 applicants to SUNY Buffalo. The fact of the matter is, though, these superstars probably also got the nod from one of the "name brand" schools, and that sort of thing is hard to resist. Unless they have a compelling reason to do otherwise (financial, family, etc.) a huge percentage of these folks will go to an Ivy league school instead.

So Buffalo wait lists a huge proportion of its interviewees. They aren't stupid, they know how many of their first choices have multiple acceptances. They chose who to interview based on who they thought they could be happy accepting, and used the interview to give people a chance to prove otherwise.

If you are following this thread, congratulations on not taking them up on this.

My guess would be 300-400 people on the waitlist by the time they finish. Seriously. Remember how many schools you applied to? So did everyone else! How embarrassing for UB if they couldn't fill their class cause their WL was too short 😱

Lots of these people will withdraw long before August for a better school or a surer thing. Expect a TON of movement when people drop down to one acceptance. Most WLers who are going to get in will then. After that, a slow but steady trickle as people 'trade up'- you'd better be close to next on the list to maintain hope at this point. They may call you right up until the first day of classes, though- so it's tough to say it's ever really a lost cause.

In previous years, I suspect they must have gone through close to 2 or 3 times the class size. They know what they are doing by this point; they wouldn't leave us all twisting on the wait list for fun.

This is my first time applying though, and these are just my speculations. But I do know that a couple of years ago, people on a thread just like this one were talking about folks from the very top of the bottom third getting in- during orientation week.

Good luck, hippies and hard chargers.
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patiencebites said:
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Here is a relevant excerpt from the UB medical FAQ:

.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Why was my application rejected?.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] ** The level of competition for seats in our Class has been extremely intense for the limited spaces available. In recent years, we have received approximately 2,000 applications, interviewed 450-500 candidates, and have entered 135 new incoming students. Because of this, we are forced to reject.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] many fine applicants each year. When a candidate is rejected, the Committee simply considers others to have better overall qualifications and credentials that merits acceptance..
​
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

The point is, there are 135 places in each class. I'm sure they love to get early decision or early assurance students, that's a spot filled by a good candidate with no other options they are seriously considering. Call that 10-20 spots filled up. Or whatever number you prefer.

The other 120 or so openings are filled by the superstars of the premed world. If you got one, congratulations! You are the very best of more than 2000 applicants to SUNY Buffalo. The fact of the matter is, though, these superstars probably also got the nod from one of the "name brand" schools, and that sort of thing is hard to resist. Unless they have a compelling reason to do otherwise (financial, family, etc.) a huge percentage of these folks will go to an Ivy league school instead.

So Buffalo wait lists a huge proportion of its interviewees. They aren't stupid, they know how many of their first choices have multiple acceptances. They chose who to interview based on who they thought they could be happy accepting, and used the interview to give people a chance to prove otherwise.

If you are following this thread, congratulations on not taking them up on this.

My guess would be 300-400 people on the waitlist by the time they finish. Seriously. Remember how many schools you applied to? So did everyone else! How embarrassing for UB if they couldn't fill their class cause their WL was too short 😱

Lots of these people will withdraw long before August for a better school or a surer thing. Expect a TON of movement when people drop down to one acceptance. Most WLers who are going to get in will then. After that, a slow but steady trickle as people 'trade up'- you'd better be close to next on the list to maintain hope at this point. They may call you right up until the first day of classes, though- so it's tough to say it's ever really a lost cause.

In previous years, I suspect they must have gone through close to 2 or 3 times the class size. They know what they are doing by this point; they wouldn't leave us all twisting on the wait list for fun.

This is my first time applying though, and these are just my speculations. But I do know that a couple of years ago, people on a thread just like this one were talking about folks from the very top of the bottom third getting in- during orientation week.

Good luck, hippies and hard chargers.
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I agree with you maybe its a long shot but when I talked with Mr. Russo he told me that in 2002 or 2003 they got through the whole waitlist until the bottom and were about to accept someone they previously rejected... however, last year it was really bad they got only to the middle of the middle third the year before they accepted my friend who was on the middle of the bottom third sometimes in June so I assume they accepted more people afterwards....
so all we have to do is to hope... and hope to get more interviews 🙂
 
Also good points.

P.S.- US News & World Reports says the acceptance rate there was 12.4% in 2006... By my calcs that means about 250 acceptances total. Seems low to me.
 
Obsessing/wildly theorizing further-

My guess would be that more people on the crappy end of the waitlist will post.

The theory is that the high waitlisters are more likely to already have an acceptance somewhere else, therefore less of a stake in the outcome of this waitlist.
 
anybody know when buffalo will finalize its waitlist, I know last year it was finalized in may, but interviews ended in april, This year there website says interviews end in February, does this mean waitlist movement is gonna begin faster? good luck to all on the waitlist!!
 
TGUKids said:
anybody know when buffalo will finalize its waitlist, I know last year it was finalized in may, but interviews ended in april, This year there website says interviews end in February, does this mean waitlist movement is gonna begin faster? good luck to all on the waitlist!!
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Mr. Rosso told me they interview until april 30th

so yea...it'll be finalized in may...he told me to call back then for final waitlist standing
 
My new plan, after I finish up with interviews next week:

A medically induced coma, until I know where I am going.

:scared:
 
patiencebites said:
My new plan, after I finish up with interviews next week:

A medically induced coma, until I know where I am going.

:scared:
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Is it costly? Does your insurance plan cover it?
I'll go off on a ski trip, which sounds more fun than hibernating. :laugh:
 
thx vader. I was a bit excited at the idea of a finalized waitlist in march. Oh well, may is "only" two more months to wait. 😛 wanna start up a waitlist list, similiar to the one they made last year?
 
well got buffalo on my mind so I decided to start the list 🙂

As of 1/14: 209 waitlisters

1- Isradoc1983: --------bottom 1/3
2- beachblonde---------bottom 1/3
3- patiencebites:------ bottom 1/3

4- lackoftalent: ------ middle 1/3
5- fifer--------- ------middle 1/3
6- Pam Beesley------- middle 1/3
7- emquiksilver--------middle 1/3
8- rds726----------- -upper 1/3
9- TGUkids ----------upper 1/3
10- vader34mt------- upper 1/3
 
ew, I don't wanna participate in this. it's just gonna be depressing. :cry:

I went through and read last year's thread, and it looks like us suckers at the bottom and pretty much doomed. such is life...

(and you can leave my name up. I don't really care, I'm just whining)
 
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Another optimistic middle 1/3 guy here. I was hoping Mr. Rosso would just say "you know what Smctbone, forget this waitlist thing, youre accepted...see you next fall!" 🙄 But no such luck.
Oh well, :luck::luck: to you all
 
hey patience, UB has made it through all the way to the bottom 1/3 before, go take a look at past UB waitlist threads. Don't give up hope yet!! also with 200 more people to yet to go on the waitlist, you may be bumped up to the middle 1/3 b4 the list is finalized in may.
 
As of 1/31 ~ 210+ waitlisters


1- Isradoc1983: --------bottom 1/3
2- beachblonde---------bottom 1/3
3- patiencebites:------ bottom 1/3

4- lackoftalent: ------ middle 1/3
5- fifer--------- ------middle 1/3
6- Pam Beesley------- middle 1/3
7- emquiksilver--------middle 1/3
8- Smctbone----------middle 1/3
9- rds726----------- -upper 1/3
10- TGUkids ----------upper 1/3
11- vader34mt------- upper 1/3
 
Good news. I withdrew my application. Good luck folks.
 
EmQuicksilver:

I'm sure you will be very happy at Downstate. Congratulations! It was very considerate of you to withdraw from the Buffs as soon as you heard from them.

Re hope:

Of course I haven't given it up yet. That's why I am grinding away my teeth at night.
 
Thanks for withdrawing emquiksilver now its only 209+ on the waitlist😀
 
So, I've been placed in the upper third. I heard a rumor that it's just as good as an acceptance.... is it true?
 
aubg23y78 said:
So, I've been placed in the upper third. I heard a rumor that it's just as good as an acceptance.... is it true?
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yes, in the past the entire upper 1/3 has been accepted. congrats😎
 
Hi everyone~

You can add my name to the bottom third =(

good luck to everyone else playing this AWESOME waiting game!! as much as we all try to figure it out, truth is it changes every year, so we just have to be patient and keep our fingers AND our toes crossed!!!
 
hello all, been a while since I last updated this list😀
Oh and I would also like to congratulate quicsilver, based on his mdapplicants i'm pretty sure i ran into you at another interview Congratz!!

as of 02/09 - ? (hmm kinda hard to keep track hehe)
1- Isradoc1983: --------bottom 1/3
2- beachblonde---------bottom 1/3
3- patiencebites:------ bottom 1/3
4- Dancingdoc----------bottom 1/3
5- lackoftalent: ------ middle 1/3
6- fifer--------- ------middle 1/3
7- Pam Beesley------- middle 1/3
8- emquiksilver--------middle 1/3
9- Smctbone----------middle 1/3
10- rds726----------- -upper 1/3
11- TGUkids ----------upper 1/3
12- vader34mt------- upper 1/3
13- aubg23y78-------upper 1/3
 
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