2008-2009 George Washington University (GWU) Secondary Application Thread

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DrJeM said:
Got the email yesterday!!!:soexcited:Interviewed 2/12. Accepted 4/8.

WHOO-HOOO!!! Imma be a doc-tuh (lol)!!!

Good luck to the rest of you guys! :xf:
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CONGRATS!! 🙂

It seems like some people on sdn have time to create theories and calculations so I was just wondering if anyone has been keeping a tally of acceptances and ALs so far?
 
We could start an official AL thread.
 
mdlovin said:
i did some quick calculations.

gw had an entering class of 177 last year. from what i have heard, med schools accept - straight out - twice that number. by this assumption, there should be around 350 straight acceptances this year.

they interview from sept-march, 3 days a week. comes out to be around 84 interview dates. there are probably lesser number of interview days - factoring in the holidays, but i'm trying to come up with a conservative estimate for number of acceptances from each interview. assuming there are 12 students in each interview, they interview around 1000 people each year. that would mean that there is around 30-35% chance of someone getting straight acceptance, if they interviewed. so, give or take, there would 3-4 acceptances from each interview date.

now this is quite late in the season. so saying there would be 2 acceptances, or at the MAX 3, from interview dates that were late in the season wouldn't be unreasonable.

what do you guys think?
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Hey if you want an actual breakdown check out US News rankings of medical schools they have all this information. As for decreasing numbers of acceptances later in the season I think that is bull. GW has done this before just like every medical school and I don't think they would pass up the opportunity to accept great students from later dates by handing out to many early acceptances. That is what wait lists are for.
 
Hey Everyone,

Advanced apologies if it is missing anyone or if it has placed someone in the incorrect spot. Sorry i skimed the thread kinda quickly and only went back to page 9. Please feel free to edit/correct/update. Best of luck to everyone on here (or lurking). Hope we all end up wherever makes us the most happiest and successful in our endeavors. :luck::xf::luck:



Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) sushichopstickz
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) smgfan
15) DoumTekka
16) mouse9483
17) dwb8p
18) urrugby
19) maley
20) mdtobee


:luck::luck::luck:
 
Bahadur said:
Hey Everyone,

Advanced apologies if it is missing anyone or if it has placed someone in the incorrect spot. Sorry i skimed the thread kinda quickly and only went back to page 9. Please feel free to edit/correct/update. Best of luck to everyone on here (or lurking). Hope we all end up wherever makes us the most happiest and successful in our endeavors. :luck::xf::luck:



Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) sushichopstickz
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) smgfan
15) DoumTekka
16) mouse9483
17) dwb8p
18) urrugby
19) maley
20) mdtobee


:luck::luck::luck:
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great, i'm first, haha jk :meanie:

but thanks for compiling the list!
 
Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) sushichopstickz
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) smgfan
15) DoumTekka
16) mouse9483
17) dwb8p
18) urrugby
19) maley
20) mdtobee

:luck::luck::luck:
 
20 acceptances out of 64 interviews is pretty consistent with the stats presented before. 1/3. And from what i've noticed, even in later interviews, this seems to be true...
 
Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) sushichopstickz
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000
42) student1799


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) smgfan
15) DoumTekka
16) mouse9483
17) dwb8p
18) urrugby
19) maley
20) mdtobee

:luck::luck::luck:
 
Thank you for reminding me that I have been on the AL for 4 months now! Good luck to us all in the coming weeks.
 
Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) sushichopstickz
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000
42) student1799


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)
4) smgfan (from AL)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) DoumTekka
15) mouse9483
16) dwb8p
17) urrugby
18) maley
19) mdtobee

:luck::luck::luck:
 
I spoke with the admissions office recently and they reiterated that they are hoping to have all final decisions on outstanding applications by the middle of April. Seeing that its April 13th, my guess is that decisions will come out in the next couple of days for those that remain--but that's just speculation.

Looks like they are staying pretty accurate to their 1/3 accept/wait that they have been talking about.

Good luck!
 
Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) student1799
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)
4) smgfan (from AL)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) DoumTekka
15) mouse9483
16) dwb8p
17) urrugby
18) maley
19) mdtobee
20) sushichopstickz
21) HrryUpNwait
22) iish

:luck::luck::luck:
 
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any news today? looks like there wasnt any news yesterday.. baaah
 
Just got the e-mail!! Wooooo!! This is my first acceptance. Time to burn the MCAT books...
 
Congratulations!! What does your status page say?
 
Does GW reject anyone after interviews or does everyone get WL or Accepted?
 
Thanks!
It reads-

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and interview with us! The Committee on Admissions carefully and judiciously reviews files, which does take some time. We humbly appreciate your patience during this process and will be in contact with you once a decision is made.

and I interviewed Mar 5
 
Now let's ask some serious questions: How do the girls at GW stack up?
 
Congrats HrryUpNwait and iish! I added you guys to the Accepted list.
 
Congrats to all those accepted...

Is there anyone still waiting for a decision?
 
I feel as though they have been having recently, one day of acceptances, one day of waitlists... thoughts?
 
Give them a call and ask when you might here back- they said they would e-mail me the same day so who knows they may have your app finalized.
 
so while we wait, let's get another discussion going that doesn't have much to do w/ the wait list or waiting for news


i have to say that i left my interview day much more impressed w/ GW than on paper. great school, great place. however, one thing that really does still bother me is that price tag. it wasn't a big issue until i really started looking into it, calculating, and comparing w/ other schools. it's quite up there..

posting this question in the regular forums would elicit a bunch of anti-GW responses, so i thought i'd ask this to those of us that are very interested in GW: what are your thoughts on the pricetag and GW as a school?
 
eyang22286 said:
so while we wait, let's get another discussion going that doesn't have much to do w/ the wait list or waiting for news


i have to say that i left my interview day much more impressed w/ GW than on paper. great school, great place. however, one thing that really does still bother me is that price tag. it wasn't a big issue until i really started looking into it, calculating, and comparing w/ other schools. it's quite up there..

posting this question in the regular forums would elicit a bunch of anti-GW responses, so i thought i'd ask this to those of us that are very interested in GW: what are your thoughts on the pricetag and GW as a school?
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For me, cost is the number 1 factor for attending medical school because I don't want to be 300k+ in debt. Considering a large portion of physicians make less than 200k per year, I don't want to put myself in a financial crisis, ya know? I want to be able to provide for a potential family and have the means to enjoy my life on the side. If I get into a state school that will cost me 150-200k less (maybe even more of a difference considering the interest), I am probably going there.

That said, I would not let 300k hold me back to attend medical school this year. After all, GW is in a great location and has awesome facilities/opportunities.
 
I have heard GW has a priority alternate list and a regular list. Did anyone got put on the priority list?
 
Where did you hear that? The way the AL letter is written seems like they would all be the same.
 
My status as of just now (I have no idea how long it's been up there, since I stopped checking after my interview):

The Committee on Admissions is pleased to inform you that you have been selected as an alternate for the first year class of the program leading to the Doctor of Medicine degree entering in August 2009. A final decision has yet to be made regarding an acceptance.


How sweet of them to be "pleased". LOL. I did like them more in person than on paper, but the size of the bill plus the comments some students made about sitting in lecture for forever and bad scheduling makes me not so devastated. Good luck everyone still waiting and those who want to make it off the list! I'm waiting for one more school this week, and then I'll most likely withdraw from this list.

FYI: Interviewed 3/9. AL 4/16 (I guess...).

😎
 
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1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) student1799
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000
42) LQshvilli

Bahadur said:
Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) student1799
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000



Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)
4) smgfan (from AL)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) DoumTekka
15) mouse9483
16) dwb8p
17) urrugby
18) maley
19) mdtobee
20) sushichopstickz
21) HrryUpNwait
22) iish

:luck::luck::luck:
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AL--


1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) student1799
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000
42) LQshvilli
43)mcc21
 
Alternate List

1) eyang22286
2) mbe36
3) quirks
4) DoctoraLatina
5) nicoleti
6) Star2009
7) MD808
8) Dadocca
9) Bahadur
10) nymd23
11) premed23
12) Asystole
13) singularity2012
14) slowlorisss
15) student1799
16) thangquylon
17) blondie08
18) voyageurdumonde
19) Fiko18
20) GatorCHOMPions
21) drmarshmellow
22) ericL
23) umass_md
24) medfool24
25) dallashockey
26) Dr Lyss
27) m3dhop3ful
28) deathvvv
29) MADocMaybe
30) ceecee08
31) Boop1
32) js99
33) nikkiMD19
34) medicine4life
35) chicagoguy223
36) doctaroo
37) alskemas
38) copacetic
39) A Long Story
40) giuseppe
41) cubssox2000
42) LQshvilli
43) mcc21
44) ised187


Withdrew

1) scrubslover (from AL)
2) blurryLines (from AL)
3) dohgrl76 (post interview, pre-decision)
4) smgfan (from AL)


Accepted

1) DrJeM
2) Enroh
3) RL536
4) funkymonkey30
5) angelfire5621
6) greenebuddy
7) BambiMD
8) cubaville
9) KidCurly22
10) trojanMD
11) merlinwall
12) IwanttobeanMD
13) chemolupusMD
14) DoumTekka
15) mouse9483
16) dwb8p
17) urrugby
18) maley
19) mdtobee
20) sushichopstickz
21) HrryUpNwait
22) iish

:luck::luck::luck:
 
FYI- I just got the "Are you still interested in the AL?" e-mail. So, you guys might want to keep an eye out.
 
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