Hey Guys,
I'm on pins and needles until I hear from UMMC on 10/16 and not overly happy about the wait. I asked one of the professors on my dissertation committee, who used to be a med school admissions officer, why the "embargo" exists.
He said that AMCAS doesn't want people to be accepted by one school and then not apply to others, and so no school can accept RDP applicants until after the submission deadline. So the submission deadline is Oct. 15 and no acceptances are given until the next day.
Apparently the head of UMMC admissions, Dr. Case, makes it an event where he stays at the office until 12:01 a.m. on 10/16 to send out the e-mails the minute its allowed.
Anyway, knowing the reason for the wait made me feel a little better so I wanted to pass it along.
Hang in there everyone!! We will make it!!