Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
hm so then maybe i did have it and i just missed it.I had it a few minutes ago and now it's gone.lol, the phantom waitlist!!
-
CycleTrack and SDN are teaming up to make medical school admissions more transparent and accessible! Read the announcement to learn how we’re supporting the future of CycleTrack’s free application-tracking tools .
2008-2009 WashU Secondary Application Thread - Pt 2
Started by Depakote
Get help with your application
Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.
- Status
2
216397
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
So now I'm worried either way... my application status page doesn't say anything about waitlisting, but then maybe it did and changed back already... Maybe I'm already rejected, and here I've been debating with myself all day whether to send a letter of intent. Basically, I'm going to be on the edge of my seat until I'm definitively accepted or rejected. A small, cynical part of me thinks that someone in the admissions dept. at WashU is trolling SDN and telling one of his/her friends, "hey, you wanna see a group of applicants squirm? I'm going to 'accidentally' waitlist them all for about five minutes and they'll worry about it for days."
A small, cynical part of me thinks that someone in the admissions dept. at WashU is trolling SDN and telling one of his/her friends, "hey, you wanna see a group of applicants squirm? I'm going to 'accidentally' waitlist them all for about five minutes and they'll worry about it for days."
At least there's a ninja message now. Last year there was a whole lot of nothing.👎
I'd suggest putting it out of mind until you get the definitive word from them, as there's no point in stressing about the unknown just yet.👍
Same here , but they probably just want to narrow down the pool to people who are actually interested in being considered for it. Presumably there are some ppl who are accepted but have already decided to go elsewhere, so they wouldn't bother writing the brief statement.
2
216397
Good point, Myuu...I have to say, though, the ninja message doesn't do much for my compulsive status checking habit. 
I got ninja'd this morning as well.
Do we have to interview for that scholarship? Or we just write the 300 word essay and they select?
The Merit Scholarship recipients will be notified around the end of April.
The Olin Fellowship Office sent a letter to all Olin Scholarship applicants last Thursday (February 26). If you do not receive this letter in the next few days, please contact Ms. Nancy Pope in the Olin Fellowship Office at (314/935-6848).
The Olin Fellowship Office sent a letter to all Olin Scholarship applicants last Thursday (February 26). If you do not receive this letter in the next few days, please contact Ms. Nancy Pope in the Olin Fellowship Office at (314/935-6848).
Yay! That's good news. I think.
2
216397
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
404 applied, but that number doesn't matter since not nearly that many enroll
For a second there (a brief one), I almost thought the med school had accepted 404 applicants. Hooray for google!
But if they have, feel free to crush my dreams.
All Quiet on the (mid)Western Front...
I know it's only Monday, but it's my birthday today and I was hoping for a miracle from WashU.
Alas, I'm still not slated to be a doctor.
I guess I'll just wait until this Thursday to find out without a doubt that I need to figure out how to pay for next cycle's secondaries...
I know it's only Monday, but it's my birthday today and I was hoping for a miracle from WashU.
Alas, I'm still not slated to be a doctor.
I guess I'll just wait until this Thursday to find out without a doubt that I need to figure out how to pay for next cycle's secondaries...
Happy birthday!!
What's going down on Thursday?😕
I would pelt them with love letters, seriously. They love those!
Thanks! 🙂
and...
I think the adcom should meet this week (if they are following the same pattern as they have for the past several months) on like Wednesday or Thursday (too lazy to look it up). That means it is possible to be contacted by your interviewer or via the status page sometime b/w Thurs and ~Mon. If I hear no news in that window of time, I'll assume another bad decision.
I already wrote them a love letter (LOIntent sent late October), but my love is apparently unrequited.
Last cycle, they were friendly to many, many love letters from one source. We have until April 14th to find out for sure, so don't give up hope!
Looking at last years MDapps profiles doesn't make it seem likely for those of us who havent heard yet. I went through everyone that said they were accepted to WashU for the 2008 cycle, and put the reported dates down below...
(Note: This was last year. The committee might be doing this differently this year. One can always hope 🙂)
Looks like after February, the rest of the acceptances were off the waitlist. 🙁
(Note: This was last year. The committee might be doing this differently this year. One can always hope 🙂)
On second run through, I went through this years MDapps and saw this:
Theres slightly fewer people who supplied pre-may dates this year. Maybe they're running late, maybe not...
Theres slightly fewer people who supplied pre-may dates this year. Maybe they're running late, maybe not...
I'm hoping that the small percentage of applicants last year on SDN is not representative of this year's cycle.
I'd really like to know where I'm going before June... alas, I may be waiting it out this summer.
I'd really like to know where I'm going before June... alas, I may be waiting it out this summer.
They do, but rarely.
So if we haven't heard yet, then assume waitlist?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
I am "on hold" at 4 schools, ie haven't heard since the interview. I would imagine there are a large number of people with this "holding" status at each school. I would also imagine that most of the acceptances have been claimed at each school.
It all adds up to bad odds.
It all adds up to bad odds.
anyone else get the nifty WashU pen in the mail?
i did...i love the attached letter
"PS...if all else fails, break the box to get to the pen."
"PS...if all else fails, break the box to get to the pen."
haha yea... it really wasn't rocket science to open the box.
They must assume we're all going into ortho 😛
"Box no open? Take hammer to box! Pen you get!"
They must assume we're all going into ortho 😛
"Box no open? Take hammer to box! Pen you get!"
i actually havent seen the letter and package in person. currently working out of country, and my mom scanned in the letter...
i am looking forward to taking a sledgehammer to the thing though when i get home in a few weeks 😀
i am looking forward to taking a sledgehammer to the thing though when i get home in a few weeks 😀
Lacking in fingernails, time, and common sense when I got the package, I used my teeth to get the box open. I also hadn't read the letter yet and thought it might be a laser pointer because my PI has an awesome laser pointer that comes in very similar packaging. Thus the excitement and the teeth.
Nobody got any news late last week? I guess they're a little behind from the past couple years.
At this point, I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing that it's a little different from previous years. Looking at older threads, it seems like March is reserved for waitlist notifications, and not acceptances. So I can only hope that they're running behind and still have acceptances to hand out..?
yep, i do.
2
216397
Yes, and I just got an email about it, too.
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
9:57am - Central time, e-mail, waitlist!
Yeah, got email too. Staying on it, at least until I'm done hearing back from everywhere and decide which wait lists I'm aggressively pursuing. Is anyone putting anything in the Comments section? I want to send it in immediately but it feels weird not saying anything.
- Status
Similar threads
