2008-2009 Duke Secondary Application Thread

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So now that we've gotten the same exact answer 3-4 times, can you guys stop calling? 😳
 
LBostonA said:
I didn't believe it either, but it's true. I just called and said "I'm trying to find out when and how we would be notified about acceptances" and a very friendly woman replied "Acceptances have been mailed out. Rejections and waitlists have been emailed out." I said "HAVE BEEN??" and she said "yes, have been sent."

I know I'm not that credible a source either, since I'm not a regular poster here. I recommend calling. 919-684-2985.

Good luck everyone!!!
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Works for me. Thanks, and good luck to everyone. Let the compulsive email checking begin (again x 8)
 
per my post on the previous page (as a semi-neurotic SDNer) decisions have been sent, and i am checking my email almost every 5 seconds.
 
Jack28 said:
Yeah, i'm going to need confirmation by someone with demonstrated neuroses before I believe this. Get to work, people, you know who you are.
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haha, I'm glad we have Jack around for comic relief, because it is miserable outside where I live. Cold, dirty, wet. The kind of weather that invites rejection letters.
 
mmagnett said:
per my post on the previous page (as a semi-neurotic SDNer) decisions have been sent, and i am checking my email almost every 5 seconds.
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um, yeah. i am seriously about to have a heart attack.

if emails were sent out this morning, though, how much lag could there be going through the servers???
 
It's a good thing I'm semi-distracted by the Carolina game...
 
Odd that nobody got an email yet... I guess if you post on SDN, you get in!!!
 
bmeshedoc said:
um, yeah. i am seriously about to have a heart attack.

if emails were sent out this morning, though, how much lag could there be going through the servers???
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If the receiving email server suspect Duke of spam, then the emails could be delayed for several hours...
 
sometimes if it's list-mail there could be many hours of lag... but i guess we should find out in a few hours!
 
Anyone know how many people they are accepting right now? How many people interviewed?
 
sometimes computers do strange things.. they may have it timed so they dont overload their mail servers.. who knows
 
misohornay said:
Anyone know how many people they are accepting right now? How many people interviewed?
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Expect about 18% of interviewees to be getting acceptance letters. Eventually another 2-5% will acceptances off waitlist.
 
Anyone get an acceptance? If you live close enough, you may get it today.
 
no mail today....i live fairly close to durham (about 3 hours away by car)...
perhaps tomorrow....
durham/raleigh/chapel hill folks may get a letter today...
 
DreamPills said:
Anyone get an acceptance? If you live close enough, you may get it today.
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Just checked my mail. Nothing but a crummy utility bill and a coupon insert. On the plus side, it is now in my power to get a free one-topping medium pizza with the purchase of a large pizza at Domino's.
 
Yeah, if I get rejected, I'll let you guys know ASAP. I really can't describe how much this negative-acceptance policy annoys me. It really does seem aimed at maximizing anxiety, since for the next 24 hours (or however it takes the computers to send it out), you really are justified at getting alarmed by every email you get. I'm not a fan.
 
frostedflakes said:
Just checked my mail. Nothing but a crummy utility bill and a coupon insert. On the plus side, it is now in my power to get a free one-topping medium pizza with the purchase of a large pizza at Domino's.
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How far do you live from Durham?
 
frostedflakes said:
Just checked my mail. Nothing but a crummy utility bill and a coupon insert. On the plus side, it is now in my power to get a free one-topping medium pizza with the purchase of a large pizza at Domino's.
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HA HA! i say go for it...eat some pizza and watch the Duke game...nothing like over-indulging on fatty foods and basketball to calm anxiety....but, maybe thats just me....
 
no email...no letter...

whoa...does the USPS work on Saturdays?

that's pretty neat

in Canada, our postal service is only mon-fri
 
Just got an email from my roommate...and a package from Duke came in the mail today!! So excited! I live in DC...hopefully you all will get yours soon! Good luck!
 
Medicine22 said:
Just got an email from my roommate...and a package from Duke came in the mail today!! So excited! I live in DC...hopefully you all will get yours soon! Good luck!
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Congrats! Is it big or small?
 
Medicine22 said:
..and a package from Duke came in the mail today!! So excited! I live in DC...hopefully you all will get yours soon! Good luck!
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I live in DC too and didn't get anything from duke in the mail today, but I haven't gotten an email yet either 😕 I am going to go INSANE. I am leaving for a week tomorrow, and nobody gets my mail for me.
 
Thanks! I haven't seen it 🙁. Just got an email from my roommate saying that it had come. Oh man! Good luck!
 
Speaking for myself (and my rate of success at this so far), this sounds much too good to be true.

I'd really love to believe that not receiving an e-mail means something great (nay, awesome!), but I fear getting my hopes up in error much more. 🙁
 
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Has anyone received an e-mail yet??? What is taking so long???
 
Medicine22 said:
Just got an email from my roommate...and a package from Duke came in the mail today!! So excited! I live in DC...hopefully you all will get yours soon! Good luck!
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Package?? Like not with the regular mail?
 
wait list here also, I do use gmail. Anyone know how many people are on the wait list and how many usually get off?
 
maybe waitlist first and then rejections...
 
Waitlisted too, sent 2:06 pm here on the east coast.

Oh well, better than rejected heh
 
Waitlisted as well. 1 week, 3 waitlists... Yippee!
 
Dreampills & dudette, I am sorry .. you'll be a great docs anyway! I got rejected by my alma mater yesterday and I have to admit it stung. But don't worry, keep your heads up! 🙂
 
mmagnett said:
Dreampills & dudette, I am sorry .. you'll be a great doc anyway! I got rejected by my alma mater yesterday and I have to admit it stung. But don't worry, keep your head up! 🙂
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Thanks mmagnett for the encouraging words. I really wanted this too. Oh well. Crossing my fingers that I get off the waitlist at my alma mater.

Good luck everyone!
 
Seems like they realized they had a server problem after SDN-ers started bombarding them w/ phone calls, haha


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We have been concerned that one of our outgoing servers is not delivering the sizable number of emails. Therefore, I'm sending your decision through my email account. Please DO NOT reply to this email.

March 13, 2008
Thank you for your interest in attending the Duke University School of Medicine.
The Committee on Admissions has carefully reviewed your application for admission to the School of Medicine and I regret to inform you that you were not selected for a place in our incoming class.
While we recognize this decision may be disappointing, we would like you to know that while we were impressed with your credentials, selecting an incoming class from the number of outstanding candidates required the Admissions Committee to make some difficult choices. The enrollment parameters mandated by the medical school administration exclude us from accepting more students that we are able to accommodate. As a result, we were unable to offer a seat in the 2009 entering class to many outstanding applicants. This decision in no way reflects your potential as a future physician.
Once again, we appreciate your interest in attending DukeMed and we wish you great success in your future academic and professional pursuits.
Sincerely,
Brenda E. Armstrong, MD
Associate Dean and Director of Admissions
Duke University School of Medicine🙂
 
Here's to hoping that the next two months of waiting aren't as bad as the last two weeks.
 
My Love is of a birth as rare
As 'tis, for object, strange and high;
It was begotten by Despair
Upon Impossibility.

Magnanimous Despair alone
Could show me so divine a thing,
Where feeble Hope could ne'er have flown
But vainly flapped its tinsel wing.

And yet I quickly might arrive
Where my extended soul is fixed;
But Fate does iron wedges drive,
And always crowds itself betwixt.

Rejected by e-mail. Big time ouch. Best of luck to those still waiting!
 
waitlisted. at least the email I've been desperately checking for finally came.
 
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