2009-2010 Dartmouth Application Thread

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LRAccord624 said:
I have no clue actually- the email specifically said that I had been accepted/waitlisted at a school that participates in the AAMC certipho background check program. I haven't been accepted by any other AMCAS schools because I withdrew from all of them except 2, which I'm waiting to hear post interview from both. So I have no idea if they have to request for your consent every time a new school accepts/waitlists you or if they do it just the first time.
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I'm pretty sure you only get that email once.
 
Accepted via snail mail today, interviewed February 18th. I'm speechless... 😍

Good luck to those still waiting! :luck:
 
Congratulations! Feb 18th crew checking in, though I haven't heard anything back yet.
 
Awe, sorry orderandchaos, but it's not over yet. Hope you get good news, sunrike. Wondering who you guys are, I met a lot of cool people that day. Where did you guys go to undergrad, if you don't mind? Or PM me if you want to be anonymous.
 
I was the token Dartmouth undergrad / non science major / oldest person in our interview group. And yes, lots of awesome people in that group.

Amusingly enough, I have received mail from Dartmouth every single day since last Monday. None from DMS, of course - alumni office, outing club, people wanting money, undergrad admissions, etc. I've been having mini heart attacks each time I go out to the mailbox. Someone over there must be toying with me.
 
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LRAccord624 said:
Accepted via snail mail today, interviewed February 18th. I'm speechless... 😍

Good luck to those still waiting! :luck:
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Congrats as well.

Another Feb 18th crew.

Hope I get a snail mail as well. No decision made yet.

I love you Dartmouth. Please pick me.
 
I got the AMCAS background check request yesterday but I have no idea whether it's from Dartmouth... interviewed on 12/18. Good luck everyone! Oops... my bad I meant 2/18.
 
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Edit: Nevermind, question answered.
 
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pre-interview rejection via email today. oh well 🙁

good luck to everyone still in the running! :luck:
 
azeling said:
pre-interview rejection via email today. oh well 🙁

good luck to everyone still in the running! :luck:
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Ditto. At least they are finally getting back to us. That's two pre-interview rejections this week for me so far.
 
LIDO said:
Sorry for the rejection. Would you mind telling us if it occurred post- or pre- interview?
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pre-interview. Sorry, I should have been more specific...
 
Is Dartmouth acceptance in a big fat envelope or small letter envelope? My friend tells me I got a small letter from Dartmouth...so that means rejection?🙁
 
I've heard dartmouth sends acceptances in two envelopes... which is weird

anyone else interview on March 9? Also, any idea how long it takes to hear back from them in general?
 
hey, i interviewed in early march too! yeah, i was hoping to hear back by the end of next week...anyone know when to expect a decision by...
 
tommy55 said:
hey, i interviewed in early march too! yeah, i was hoping to hear back by the end of next week...anyone know when to expect a decision by...
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Haha, welcome to the Dartmouth thread. There are lots of us who interviewed in September and are still waiting for decisions.
 
tommy55 said:
yeah, i was hoping to hear back by the end of next week...anyone know when to expect a decision by...
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Don't know, but would like to know the answer to this question. We could always call the Admissions Office and ask. Any takers? 😀
 
ghoulfrenzy said:
Is Dartmouth acceptance in a big fat envelope or small letter envelope? My friend tells me I got a small letter from Dartmouth...so that means rejection?🙁
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My acceptance came in one small envelope. It was slightly thick, but thin enough that I expected it to be a waitlist/rejection. So maybe your letter is an acceptance :xf:
 
tommy55 said:
hey, i interviewed in early march too! yeah, i was hoping to hear back by the end of next week...anyone know when to expect a decision by...
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Another March 9er here. I love trying to place (mostly) anonymous SDN users to the people I met at the interview. I wonder who you two were... 😛

Anyways, I'm also anxiously awaiting a letter, which I guess is an actual letter and not an email like I was hoping. I'm glad I haven't had to wait as long as you all. But we should all hear soon... right?

And since its nearly my people's heritage day, here's to a bearable wait :luck:
 
Bryson, you and I have been waiting since September. Any thoughts on whether the whole "no news is good news" applies to us? Do you know of anyone else around that time still waiting.

Also, does anyone know if they have sent out POST-interview rejections yet?

Thanks
 
diAGNOSTIC said:
Bryson, you and I have been waiting since September. Any thoughts on whether the whole "no news is good news" applies to us? Do you know of anyone else around that time still waiting.

Also, does anyone know if they have sent out POST-interview rejections yet?

Thanks
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I think it's good news, but not necessarily. I figure we probably fit into one of two groups.

A) Between waitlist and acceptance.
B) Between waitlist and rejection.

I've heard of a few getting waitlisted post interview, but I can't recall any rejections.

I just hope we're in group A.
 
Yes, group A would be awesome.

I called the admissions office a few days ago and futilely tried to get some information out of them. They were vague about when the remaining decisions are going out and by what date everyone would get a decision. They did tell me that the committee is now meeting once a week. It would seem their interviews are ending this week. What that all sums to I am not exactly sure.

Anyone else have any useful information?
 
finally got rejected pre-interview, what took em so long. I feel like i had sooo many schools that waited to reject me pre-interview that rejected other pple quickly, like stanford, hopkins, mt sinai, dartmouth, uva, cornell...so close, yet soooo far, lol
 
diAGNOSTIC said:
Yes, group A would be awesome.

I called the admissions office a few days ago and futilely tried to get some information out of them. They were vague about when the remaining decisions are going out and by what date everyone would get a decision. They did tell me that the committee is now meeting once a week. It would seem their interviews are ending this week. What that all sums to I am not exactly sure.

Anyone else have any useful information?
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Yes please post if you hear any info! That's too bad they were vague, I am guessing they don't know how long it will take for final decisions to be made once the last interview day is done. I wonder how many more weekly committee meetings there are, probably 1 or 2 left. We'll probably all know our fates here by end of March latest? :xf::luck:

Maybe some of the 3/18 interviewers can ask: "around when can we expect a decision?" and by that date I'm assuming we'd all know, since they are the last interview day.
 
I guess I am also wondering how many people they have accepted already. That would be interesting to know. Also, I wonder how many applicants they will "overaccept" for a class of 90.

When I called the admissions office it was unclear if we were getting our decisions back by the end of March. I think they are being ambiguous on purpose. However one thing they were rather clear about was that rejections and waitlistings are sent out via email and acceptances are sent out via snail-mail. I assume that won't change.
 
diAGNOSTIC said:
I guess I am also wondering how many people they have accepted already. That would be interesting to know. Also, I wonder how many applicants they will "overaccept" for a class of 90.

When I called the admissions office it was unclear if we were getting our decisions back by the end of March. I think they are being ambiguous on purpose. However one thing they were rather clear about was that rejections and waitlistings are sent out via email and acceptances are sent out via snail-mail. I assume that won't change.
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I thought medical schools were required to inform you of their decision by the end of March if they have already interviewed you--I haven't been able to find this information on the AMCAS or AAMC website, but I've seen people mention it in other forums?
 
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Purkinje123 said:
I thought medical schools were required to inform you of their decision by the end of March if they have already interviewed you--I haven't been able to find this information on the AMCAS or AAMC website, but I've seen people mention it in other forums?
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I was thinking the same thing. It may very well be true. If that is the case, we will hear in the next week or so. I think the admissions office is vague because they don't want to promise anything they can't follow up on.

Hopefully this is all worth the agonizing wait.
 
diAGNOSTIC said:
I guess I am also wondering how many people they have accepted already. That would be interesting to know. Also, I wonder how many applicants they will "overaccept" for a class of 90.

When I called the admissions office it was unclear if we were getting our decisions back by the end of March. I think they are being ambiguous on purpose.
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Purkinje123 said:
I thought medical schools were required to inform you of their decision by the end of March if they have already interviewed you--I haven't been able to find this information on the AMCAS or AAMC website, but I've seen people mention it in other forums?
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I had never heard of this policy (requirement to inform post-interview decisions by end of March), but I searched and found it on the AAMC site:
http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/admissionofficers.htm

"By March 30 of the matriculation year, March 15 for MD-PhD programs, each school or program have issued a number of offers of acceptance at least equal to the expected number of students in its first-year entering class and have reported those acceptance actions to the AAMC Section for Medical School Application Services."
 
I interviewed yesterday and it seems like everyone would hear by April 8th because their last committee meeting of the year will be on April 1st and that is if all the interviewers complete their reports/write-ups on time.
Batting average is currently at ~750.
 
yallayafa said:
I interviewed yesterday and it seems like everyone would hear by April 8th because their last committee meeting of the year will be on April 1st and that is if all the interviewers complete their reports/write-ups on time.
Batting average is currently at ~750.
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Cool. Thanks for the info yallayafa. I had thought the ADCOM met on Thursdays! Did you actually hear April 8th or are you extrapolating based upon how long it may take mail to reach people on the west coast? Do they send out snail-mail to those accepted THE DAY the committee meets (I wonder)?

So the Batting average average is about 750 eh? Wish I knew about the cuttoffs.
 
i really want to know my batting average, think they could tell you if you called?
 
Infinitydrop said:
i really want to know my batting average, think they could tell you if you called?
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Would love to as well but I highly doubt they will tell you. If they do, everyone will try to normalize their stats to yours and come up with their own average and then perhaps be mislead if they receive an unfavorable decision. Thus, Dartmouth most likely will avoid all of this and having to justify themselves by not releasing the information. I may be wrong but I would be very surprised if they gave that information out.
 
Do you guys know how the batting average is calculated? Like is it based mainly on stats, or do interview, recs, activities, etc. play a big role as well? would be very interesting to know how it actually works, and if it's a batting average, then what's the point of voting? I was under the impression that the batting average was calculated from how many people voted for you on the admission committee..,
 
On my interview day, the process by which the admissions committee arrives at an applicant's score was described as something so complicated/unique that you have to experience it a couple times to have any understanding of it. The three people who read your application pre-interview plus the two interviewers obviously have input in the process; I have no idea about everyone else.

Knowing your number wouldn't matter anyway. You would need a lot more information that you are even less likely to get for the number to mean anything 😉
 
sunrike said:
On my interview day, the process by which the admissions committee arrives at an applicant's score was described as something so complicated/unique that you have to experience it a couple times to have any understanding of it. The three people who read your application pre-interview plus the two interviewers obviously have input in the process; I have no idea about everyone else.

Knowing your number wouldn't matter anyway. You would need a lot more information that you are even less likely to get for the number to mean anything 😉
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Good point! Given that, unless you get all that information it would be rather stressful to receive a number because then we would all wonder "what does it mean?!"

It is a little more certain when one receives an objective decision 🙂
 
Just got the acceptance letter from Andy!!!

I am elated.

I waited 6 months post-interview for this one :laugh:

When is second-look weekend?
 
Bryson17 said:
Woohoo! Congrats!


I'd like to know this too.
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Thanks!

I hope it will help you all to know that they sent it to my address in New Hampshire so it only took one day to get there. They must have mailed it Thursday. I'm living in Boston right now so I found out when my mom called me 🙂
 
diAGNOSTIC said:
Just got the acceptance letter from Andy!!!

I am elated.

I waited 6 months post-interview for this one :laugh:

When is second-look weekend?
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I believe earlier posters said 2nd Look is first weekend in May, details TBA?
 
Congratulations!

Also, could someone please post the Dartmouth match list?
 
jew said:
DMS Match List is only listed by specialty. http://dms.dartmouth.edu/news/2009/03/19_match_detail.pdf

This year's Match Day is next week, so we should be hearing about the results from that sometime around then, too.
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Match day was Thursday. The class I started med school with matched (sad/happy for me, happy for them). Most people were very happy with their matches and, as always, the list was very impressive.

If no one else posts the match list over the next couple of days, I'll sanitize (take the names off the list) and post it. If you're interested in a specific specialty now, let me know and I'll tell you where people ended up in that specialty.
 
physicsnerd42 said:
Match day was Thursday. The class I started med school with matched (sad/happy for me, happy for them). Most people were very happy with their matches and, as always, the list was very impressive.

If no one else posts the match list over the next couple of days, I'll sanitize (take the names off the list) and post it. If you're interested in a specific specialty now, let me know and I'll tell you where people ended up in that specialty.
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Did anyone match into a spot in Canada?
 
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