2009-2010 Duke Application Thread

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traderjoe said:
Nice!
You just blew everyone's noodle on SDN and confirmed my theory that Duke is worried they will lose to UNC tonight.
Congrats!
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Whew, that was a close game last night. Good thing Duke barely squeaked it out. 😉


Congrats to everyone who has gotten an acceptance! And good luck to those still waiting. Remember, a waitlist is NOT the end of your chances. Duke is traditionally a waitlist-heavy school. Long ago I was a waitlistee once. Best of luck to all of you (including you, traderjoe 🙂)
 
jla314 said:
:troll:
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hey so on that thought don't anyone lose hope, and no news IS good news for our predicament. tomorrow is that day :luck: good luck everyone!!

I certainly will be checking my email and this forum :laugh: in simulcast "refresh" mode starting at 6am to possibly 5 pm q 30 minutes.
 
at this point, i'd be thrilled with a waitlist from duke. ugh. i need to stop thinking about this. i said that to myself yesterday and then i dreamed about letters from duke all night.

must. stop. being. neurotic.
 
I'm with you on that dukejen. I just don't want a rejection, but I'm definitely expecting one....
 
For everyone still waiting: what does your status say? Also interested to see what the statuses of those accepted (congrats btw!!) is. Just adding to the neuroticism. I think this was asked earlier.
 
Mine just says "Interview Complete" but I thought they didn't update the status to notify us?
 
VBaller12 said:
Mine just says "Interview Complete" but I thought they didn't update the status to notify us?
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Oh, they don't -- I was just curious: mine says the same thing and that I'm still awaiting a final decision. Didn't know if this was because I interviewed later. Sorry to cause any spikes in anxiety.
 
MrBurns10 said:
Whew, that was a close game last night. Good thing Duke barely squeaked it out. 😉


Congrats to everyone who has gotten an acceptance! And good luck to those still waiting. Remember, a waitlist is NOT the end of your chances. Duke is traditionally a waitlist-heavy school. Long ago I was a waitlistee once. Best of luck to all of you (including you, traderjoe 🙂)
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Rough nite for the Heels. Must have been an interesting evening in your house. My spouse went to UNC. I do love to see duke's coach cry, whatever the reason.

Here's a toast to the end of application season. May it close better than the Heels! And on to decision time.
 
Im gonna follow the SDN neurotism and constantly refresh my email from 530am for the rejection email, or hopefully nothing, or an acceptance email (which is unlikely on two basis, my own ability, and Duke's attitude towards acceptance emails).


Woohoo to following trends.
 
traderjoe said:
Rough nite for the Heels. Must have been an interesting evening in your house. My spouse went to UNC. I do love to see duke's coach cry, whatever the reason.
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Well he went to Duke for undergrad, so he's still a Duke fan. Otherwise, I'm not sure I would have kept him 🙂
 
Wow... 4+ average out of 5 for the interviews let the applicant move on to the next round. There is NO way I got a 4 on my beta interview.... So either I get a 5 and 3... or I am out. I hope its abit more flexible than that 🙁
 
Jihad said:
Not a troll. Simply keeping the idea of pessimism alive.
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i think you intended to scare people or arouse a surge of neurotic self-doubting posting, which is trolling imo.

bannie22 said:
Wow... 4+ average out of 5 for the interviews let the applicant move on to the next round. There is NO way I got a 4 on my beta interview.... So either I get a 5 and 3... or I am out. I hope its abit more flexible than that 🙁
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yeah 4 seems pretty harsh. but 450/750 apparently pass this stage so lets hope its not too stringent
 
Don't think like that (easier said than done, I know). Remember the current MSTP student who said she thought she bombed the interview ... look where she is now ... DUKE!!
 
bannie22 said:
Wow... 4+ average out of 5 for the interviews let the applicant move on to the next round. There is NO way I got a 4 on my beta interview.... So either I get a 5 and 3... or I am out. I hope its abit more flexible than that 🙁
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Yeah, a little piece of me just died when I read that portion of the article and how the final decisions only really come down to 180 out of 450 applicants. I had good discussions with both of my interviewers, but they were nothing spectacular meriting a 4 of 5!

And since 180 acceptances will be going on, I'm assuming that there will be little to no movement on the waitlist?
 
FutureDoc17 said:
Yeah, a little piece of me just died when I read that portion of the article and how the final decisions only really come down to 180 out of 450 applicants. I had good discussions with both of my interviewers, but they were nothing spectacular meriting a 4 of 5!

And since 180 acceptances will be going on, I'm assuming that there will be little to no movement on the waitlist?
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SDNers here did note that Duke is waitlist heavy.

Perhaps they meant 180 acceptances in the article but did not mean 180 immediately....
or if it really is 180 imediately. there can be no waitlist movement and burnsey must hav ebeen really stellar on the WL
 
For all the people being neurotic, just to make you feel better, at least you aren't me. I am at home on Spring Break, and all my med school correspondence goes to my school address. Our mail room at school is CLOSED DURING SPRING BREAK!!! There is no way for me to get my mail. I didn't realize that the decision would come out when I wasn't there to get it.

Most likely I will get an email with a rejection/waitlist tomorrow, but if I don't, do you think I could call and ask? I won't know until I get back to school next week.

Good luck everyone, and I hope that you all get in to the school of your dreams.
 
bannie22 said:
SDNers here did note that Duke is waitlist heavy.

Perhaps they meant 180 acceptances in the article but did not mean 180 immediately....
or if it really is 180 imediately. there can be no waitlist movement and burnsey must hav ebeen really stellar on the WL
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I will say that it depends on the year. My year was a big WL year, but the year after was not. What I really meant by saying Duke is a "big waitlist school" is that most people seem to get waitlisted, and there is usually decent movement. Some years more than others.

As far as the score issue, definitely don't worry about it. Only in a few instances last year when I interviewed folks did I give out less than a 4. Now I am admittedly on the generous side, but a 4 is a very doable score from anyone.
 
bannie22 said:
Wow... 4+ average out of 5 for the interviews let the applicant move on to the next round. There is NO way I got a 4 on my beta interview.... So either I get a 5 and 3... or I am out. I hope its abit more flexible than that 🙁
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So either one of the interviewers can sink your application then. That kind of sucks.
 
It is certainly tempting to try to parse every detail to find out exactly when the emails will go out, but the truth is that there is so much that could vary with respect to the way that the emails are being sent (mail merge, print queues, server latency, etc, etc, etc) that there really is no way to pin down a time when that will happen. Case in point is the difficulty that was encountered last year. With that being said, good luck everyone!
 
Comoroa said:
For all the people being neurotic, just to make you feel better, at least you aren't me. I am at home on Spring Break, and all my med school correspondence goes to my school address. Our mail room at school is CLOSED DURING SPRING BREAK!!! There is no way for me to get my mail. I didn't realize that the decision would come out when I wasn't there to get it.

Most likely I will get an email with a rejection/waitlist tomorrow, but if I don't, do you think I could call and ask? I won't know until I get back to school next week.

Good luck everyone, and I hope that you all get in to the school of your dreams.
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Don't bother calling, they will not tell you your admissions status over the phone.
 
BerlinDude said:
Don't bother calling, they will not tell you your admissions status over the phone.
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What if you get in? Can you double check?

Hi, I received this package, I'm not quite sure if you sent it to the right guy cuz I have really bad stats and interviews... Could you double check my status at the school? 😳
 
I'm on pins and needles rights now....ah I keep checking this thread between watching the Oscars! lol..
 
O crap you posted a minute after me haha. must be hundreds of ppl watchin this thread.

No sry I am posting this so I dont have to tomorrow.
 
Jihad said:
O crap you posted a minute after me haha. must be hundreds of ppl watchin this thread.

No sry I am posting this so I dont have to tomorrow.
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Can't be toying with people's emotions like that.
 
JasonE said:
not really funny. you know what you're doing.
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Woooooow CHILL. I posted to clarify the minute after my first message. We are all interested/excited about the pending decisions but it won't make or break anyone.
 
Jihad said:
Woooooow CHILL. I posted to clarify the minute after my first message. We are all interested/excited about the pending decisions but it won't make or break anyone.
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Actually you are just slightly annoying. But I dont really care too much. Are you going to go 24hours without sleeping? haha..
 
bannie22 said:
Actually you are just slightly annoying. But I dont really care too much. Are you going to go 24hours without sleeping? haha..
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Actually I developed this sleep schedule over xmas break and still havent gotten rid of it. I will go to sleep soon and hopefully be up after they sent out decisions. Good luck.
 
Jihad said:
Actually I developed this sleep schedule over xmas break and still havent gotten rid of it. I will go to sleep soon and hopefully be up after they sent out decisions. Good luck.
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All the best to you too. I changed my own cicardian rhythm a few weeks ago during reading week.

Blah
 
dokein said:
Should be anytime now, right?
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does anyone actually know what time these emails went out last year? it still seems ridiculously early to me.

i feel like they may want for the people who are getting the "snail mail" to actually have a chance to get their packages first, not? that would make more sense to me.

but, really, who knows.
 
dukejen04 said:
does anyone actually know what time these emails went out last year? it still seems ridiculously early to me.

i feel like they may want for the people who are getting the "snail mail" to actually have a chance to get their packages first, not? that would make more sense to me.

but, really, who knows.
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from last year's thread, emails went out around ~3:10 pm on march 13th ish, but last year duke also waited a week past the target date (which for them was march 6) and they had some technical problems which forced them to send out emails from richard wallace's private account rather than the school servers
 
WildcatS11 said:
waiting.... waiting...

sorry if I freaked everyone out by bumping the thread. :meanie:
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i'm kind of glad someone else is awake/waiting. i've been up for hourssssssssssss. My work day is almost done, and I know this could drag on for another day or two.

I wish I could be all zen about this, and emotionally detached. Also, my heart stops everytime I see the Gmail inbox number change.
 
dukejen04 said:
i'm kind of glad someone else is awake/waiting. i've been up for hourssssssssssss. My work day is almost done, and I know this could drag on for another day or two.

I wish I could be all zen about this, and emotionally detached. Also, my heart stops everytime I see the Gmail inbox number change.
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and i just woke up. where do u live? eastern europe? or do u work the night shift
 
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