In previous years, and presumably this year as well, but clearly dont know for sure, the admissions committee has subcommittees and so an applicant has to wait for his or her subcommittee to submit its recommendations before your final decision is made. It appears that the first group of acceptees are some kind of the super duper stars, and that the group that was just accepted represents the actions of the first subcommittee which is just the most efficient one. Over the next three to four weeks, more students should be getting acceptances as their subcommittee meets and makes recommendations. It is definitely disappointing to be evaluated by a slow subcommittee and exciting to be evaluated by an efficient one, but there is not much else to read into it. Again, I don't have any privileged knowledge of things changing or staying the same this year compared to previous years, but that is how it has been in the past.
My main point for those of you who have been interviewed and haven't heard anything yet is that you should not give up on an acceptance to UCLA. You more than likely have not been passed over even if you had an early interview. Your subcommittee probably has not given out its recommendations yet.
And good luck to you all. Medicine is a challenging profession and it is heartening to read how committed, eager and bright you all are.
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Maybe that comes later
