2008-2009 Northwestern (Feinberg) Secondary Application Thread

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Tiare208 said:
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/admissions/md/process/index.html
So, according to their website, they only offer admissions decisions in November and late February. Have they changed these policies? Did they just forget to update their website? If not, we should all expect our final decision to come soon because "late February" is running out...
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I believe that they did not update that part of their website. In the letter they sent they said a final decision would be reached in (early?) March.
 
does Northwestern offer merit scholarships? i vaguely remember Dean Wallace mentioning something about scholarships for students with certain backgrounds they want to recruit. Has anyone received a merit scholarship from NW?
 
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drjm1 said:
does Northwestern offer merit scholarships? i vaguely remember Dean Wallace mentioning something about scholarships for students with certain backgrounds they want to recruit. Has anyone received a merit scholarship from NW?
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Yes, there are merit scholarships (I have not gotten one). I don't know what criteria they are awarded on, however.
 
Accepted in an e-mail at 4:55pm EST today (Monday). Surprised noone else has posted about this...?

Interviewed late Jan.

I'm psyched, good luck to all those waiting! :luck:
 
linguini said:
I doubt it. There haven't been that many acceptances plus Dean Wallace said to wait until early March.
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Do we know when "early March" is? I'm hearing conflicting things... that we will hear in early March or that the decisions will be made in early March but we won't hear till mid-March. Anyone have any information to clarify?
 
I'd like to hear from anyone that has good evidence that FSM's interviews are now closed for this round, as I can neither confirm nor deny this statement.

Can anyone enlighten us?

Thank you.
 
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amph119 said:
Do we know when "early March" is? I'm hearing conflicting things... that we will hear in early March or that the decisions will be made in early March but we won't hear till mid-March. Anyone have any information to clarify?
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Apparently, 'early March' started this last Monday...right ?


AtG = :scared:
 
qtrlifecrisis said:
Accepted in an e-mail at 4:55pm EST today (Monday). Surprised noone else has posted about this...?

Interviewed late Jan.

I'm psyched, good luck to all those waiting! :luck:
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These people got their acceptances this week, unless I'm reading this wrong...


AtG
 
AtheGre said:
These people got their acceptances this week, unless I'm reading this wrong...

AtG
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Yeah, but I think that they got their decision as the same rolling acceptance that we were deferred from. The deferred people should start finding out mid-March.
 
Hey has anyone heard when the decision committee will meet and sen out the emails??? I keep hearing in a couple weeks but i also keep hearing the beginning of march. does anyone have any real answers
 
If you don't hear by March 20 or so, I'd check. Otherwise, sit tight! One week won't make a huge difference one way or the other.
 
unitedpanther7 said:
Hey has anyone heard when the decision committee will meet and sen out the emails??? I keep hearing in a couple weeks but i also keep hearing the beginning of march. does anyone have any real answers
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I called the admissions office a few days ago and was told the admissions committee was meeting this Friday and decisions should be sent out 2 weeks after that.
 
hopefully it will be in a week or two

anyone know how they notify you? email?

also...how many do they accept in march as they've already accepted a bunch during the year
 
hellosc said:
hopefully it will be in a week or two

anyone know how they notify you? email?

also...how many do they accept in march as they've already accepted a bunch during the year
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i got my acceptance in november by email
 
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I assume that they'll continue to email for acceptances and will probably mail rejections/waitlists.
 
Hmm.... This thread has been eerily quiet in the past few days. I am thinking next Monday, the 16th will be when they e-mail out the next accepts. It's been on a Monday for the last month or so. So long to "early March".

I would die if i got in.
 
Don't you think they'll send out their final decisions to everyone soon? I'm not sure it'll be next Monday, but my guess is that they'll be frantically stuffing both thick and thin envelopes in the near future, if they aren't already.
 
For people who have been accepted, did you get an amcas background check email this morning? I can't remember if I've gotten one for NU yet.
 
Did anyone who got a "decision deferred until March" letter earlier on get a background check e-mail? Ahhh, let the neuroticism begin.
 
Oh wait, I got one already awhile ago for one of my other acceptances, maybe I shouldn't worry then?
 
I wish the background check email could just say which school is requesting it. The way it's worded is as if someone on this list has a secret crush on you but we're not telling who it is 😉
 
linguini said:
I wish the background check email could just say which school is requesting it. The way it's worded is as if someone on this list has a secret crush on you but we're not telling who it is 😉
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Haha, I was just thinking that. You were accepted way back when, right? Were you accepted to any other background check schools, and if you were did you get an e-mail from AMCAS from each of them?
 
amph119 said:
Haha, I was just thinking that. You were accepted way back when, right? Were you accepted to any other background check schools, and if you were did you get an e-mail from AMCAS from each of them?
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Yes I was accepted in 12/22 (best day ever) but didn't get the background check email until this morning. I was also accepted to BU and Case but they each sent me background checks almost immediately after I was notified of my acceptance. So you will get an email for each school but you only have to fill out the "conditional acceptance background check" once.
 
linguini said:
Yes I was accepted in 12/22 (best day ever) but didn't get the background check email until this morning. I was also accepted to BU and Case but they each sent me background checks almost immediately after I was notified of my acceptance. So you will get an email for each school but you only have to fill out the "conditional acceptance background check" once.
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Doesn't bode well for the people who have been waiting for the infamous "early March" if they didn't get an e-mail this morning! (I know I'm overthinking this, but I'm starting to get worried).
 
amph119 said:
Doesn't bode well for the people who have been waiting for the infamous "early March" if they didn't get an e-mail this morning! (I know I'm overthinking this, but I'm starting to get worried).
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I don't know how up to date the list is that Northwestern supplied to AMCAS. I withdrew my acceptance here five weeks ago (with confirmation from the admissions office) and still got the CBC email this morning. Got my hopes up that it was a non-rolling school I was waiting for. Grr.

So I think you still have a shot. Good luck
 
CourageKid said:
I don't know how up to date the list is that Northwestern supplied to AMCAS. I withdrew my acceptance here five weeks ago (with confirmation from the admissions office) and still got the CBC email this morning. Got my hopes up that it was a non-rolling school I was waiting for. Grr.

So I think you still have a shot. Good luck
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Haha, sorry to hear that. And I know I shouldn't worry much yet, I'm just stupidly being neurotic.
 
Tiare208 said:
I doubt that they've inputted new acceptances that haven't even been sent out yet.
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I was accepted at the beginning of February and didn't get anything related to a CBC this morning, so I wouldn't be too worried if you're still waiting on a final decision.

:luck: everyone!
 
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lol....i remember getting my background check email before getting any acceptances...and then i found out the next day i was accepted...hehe
 
Is anyone thinking about calling to ask when they anticipate sending decisions? I thought about it but shyness overtook me.
 
anyone went to the last day of interviews at NW? They said the committee met yesterday...
 
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