2009-2010 Howard University Application Thread

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chibrown01 said:
I also received that email. I guess there is still hope. about 4 more weeks for them to send out invites.
I guess they really had a lot more applications this year.
UGH, I want to get an interview

I guess all we can do now is pray. 😀
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I also received this e-mail... here is for good luck:luck:
 
I got that email too...I've been neither interviewed/invited for interview or accepted/rejected/waitlisted. However, I promptly withdrew my application from consideration. Good luck to all those still waiting 🙂
 
Do people that interview @ howard always hear about their decision the following month? What if you interviewed the first of the month? Any chances that I'll hear back this month? Any feedback would be great!!
 
sistadoc said:
Do people that interview @ howard always hear about their decision the following month? What if you interviewed the first of the month? Any chances that I'll hear back this month? Any feedback would be great!!
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I'm thinking that it all depends on when your file goes to committee. Letters are signed around the 15th of every month, so if you get the "out of committee" email prior to the 15th, you will more than likely find out your decision the same month. From what I have read on this thread, the committee meets weekly on Thursdays and letters are mailed out monthly on/around the 15th. Also, remember that everything got pushed back a couple of weeks because of the snow storm. If you have yet to receive the "out of committee" email, it is probably because your file didn't get to go to committee in time to make this batch of decision letters. I would just try to be patient (as difficult as it is) and keep praying!!! Anyway, this is just my speculation. I could be completely off target on this assessment. Good luck to everyone!:xf:
 
Hey there! I agree with everything quepid said. Also, if it helps- I interviewed on March 2nd and Ms.Walk told us then that acceptance letters would probably be mailed on April 1st (no joke!) and again April 15th keeping in mind these dates are just tentative and subject to change for whatever reason at any time. Good luck with the wait!!! :luck:


sistadoc said:
Do people that interview @ howard always hear about their decision the following month? What if you interviewed the first of the month? Any chances that I'll hear back this month? Any feedback would be great!!
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@hope4smiles:

Hey I interviewed March 2nd too! April 1st huh? Well that's only two more weeks!
 
sistadoc said:
@hope4smiles:

Hey I interviewed March 2nd too! April 1st huh? Well that's only two more weeks!
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oh cool!!

well...maaaayyybe/hopefully in two weeks 😉

quepid said:
No problem. I am impatiently waiting as well. I use to think it was the MCAT, but now I feel that the waiting is the worst part 🙁
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haha! I told my friend "the wait is the hardest part," last week! (she's applying for next cycle & just got her MCAT scores).
 
Wow 6000 applicants wow I just did some calculations and you have a 5 prcent chance for an interview. Wow do I feel humbled to be accepted. Good luck for the ones waiting.
 
For those of you accepted... Theres two fees. The $100 refundable deposit and $300 unrefundable aswell. Are both of these deposits due 30 days after your acceptance?
 
NicM88 said:
For those of you accepted... Theres two fees. The $100 refundable deposit and $300 unrefundable aswell. Are both of these deposits due 30 days after your acceptance?
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Yup I was confused about that but you need the 400 complete, I just sent out 2 money orders one for 100 the other for 300 because I don't know if they go to 2 different places. Hope that helps
 
JClass413 said:
Yup I was confused about that but you need the 400 complete, I just sent out 2 money orders one for 100 the other for 300 because I don't know if they go to 2 different places. Hope that helps
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I just emailed Ms. Walk and she wrote this:

"At least the $100 (which is refundable until April 15) is due within 30 days. The $300 which is not refundable is due at least by April 16. We are currently full and need to know the decisions of all accepted students before we can admit any other students."

I think its to the same place. through. Thanks anyway
 
Has anyone received the "out of committee" email lately? If so, have you all heard anything else or received the "ok to call" email?
 
nicm88 said:
i just emailed ms. Walk and she wrote this:

"at least the $100 (which is refundable until april 15) is due within 30 days. The $300 which is not refundable is due at least by april 16. We are currently full and need to know the decisions of all accepted students before we can admit any other students."

i think its to the same place. Through. Thanks anyway
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does this mean that there are no spots available right now and that anyone who is not rejected is waitlisted???
 
JClass413 said:
Wow 6000 applicants wow I just did some calculations and you have a 5 prcent chance for an interview. Wow do I feel humbled to be accepted. Good luck for the ones waiting.
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6000 amcas applicants
was only 3500 completed applications with secondaries
 
So basically people who interviewed mid-February on just interviewed for waitlist spots? Man that blows :-(
 
sistadoc said:
So basically people who interviewed mid-February on just interviewed for waitlist spots? Man that blows :-(
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I hope that is not the case. I think that it will all work out! I am praying!!! That is all that you can do right now. I wonder if anyone has heard anything new from them lately!:xf:
 
@ quepid,

Yeah I thought most schools "paced" out their acceptance but maybe Howard didn't do that. It seems like almost everyone that interviewed early got accepted..IDK, I'm sad now :-(... *reaches for big bowl of ice cream and proceeds to watch NCAA tournament*
 
sistadoc said:
@ quepid,

Yeah I thought most schools "paced" out their acceptance but maybe Howard didn't do that. It seems like almost everyone that interviewed early got accepted..IDK, I'm sad now :-(... *reaches for big bowl of ice cream and proceeds to watch NCAA tournament*
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Yes, it does seem that way, but when you have a very small sample size to look at on SDN (given that no where near everyone who applies comes to or posts on this site), you have to realize that this is not the case. You also have to consider that as schools with non-rolling admissions send out their acceptances, or as people get financial aid packages from other schools, or get acceptances closer to home, they will forfeit their acceptances to Howard, allowing the adcom not only to pull from the waitlist but also accept those who have recently interviewed.

I, too, am down, but not out. Keep hope alive.
 
Does Howard start taking alternates off the waitlist on April 15, or do they continuously look at the waitlist? For example, if someone that is accepted were to give up their spot, does Howard fill it immediately, or do they wait until April 15 to decide by looking at the waitlist?
 
FutureMed1 said:
Does Howard start taking alternates off the waitlist on April 15, or do they continuously look at the waitlist? For example, if someone that is accepted were to give up their spot, does Howard fill it immediately, or do they wait until April 15 to decide by looking at the waitlist?
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The thing about the medical school process is that the schools accept more people than the number of seats available. For example, if a school has 100 seats, they might accept 120 students. The reason is bcuz they know many students with double acceptances will drop them for their #1 school and their home school.
In late March and April (and even into May for some schools), they require the applicants with double acceptances to make a final decision. They do not offer anymore acceptances until the number of students is lower than the number of seats. That's when they start going into the waitlist. That's why some schools might take up to 10-20 people off the waitlist sometimes, especially the expensive, non-ivy league schools.

And very rarely, the number of students do not go lower than the number of seats. That's how Director of Admissions lose their jobs..

So to answer your question, at this point, they probably will not accept any more people until the number of students is lower than the number of seats. It could be tomorrow, but most likely it will on the deadline that the school gives for everybody to make a final decision.
 
Don Sony said:
The thing about the medical school process is that the schools accept more people than the number of seats available. For example, if a school has 100 seats, they might accept 120 students. The reason is bcuz they know many students with double acceptances will drop them for their #1 school and their home school.
In late March and April (and even into May for some schools), they require the applicants with double acceptances to make a final decision. They do not offer anymore acceptances until the number of students is lower than the number of seats. That's when they start going into the waitlist. That's why some schools might take up to 10-20 people off the waitlist sometimes, especially the expensive, non-ivy league schools.

And very rarely, the number of students do not go lower than the number of seats. That's how Director of Admissions lose their jobs..

So to answer your question, at this point, they probably will not accept any more people until the number of students is lower than the number of seats. It could be tomorrow, but most likely it will on the deadline that the school gives for everybody to make a final decision.
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So you're essentially saying that the rest of the people interviewing are interviewing for the waitlist? Why should they do that? They have so many people on the waitlist already. You would think they would just stop interviewing as soon as they've overfilled their class by a certain number, and then pull from the people already waitlisted instead of inviting people whose best shot at Howard is a direct spot on the waitlist. 😕
 
lovemesomeTJ said:
So you're essentially saying that the rest of the people interviewing are interviewing for the waitlist? Why should they do that? They have so many people on the waitlist already. You would think they would just stop interviewing as soon as they've overfilled their class by a certain number, and then pull from the people already waitlisted instead of inviting people whose best shot at Howard is a direct spot on the waitlist. 😕
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So to kind of answer your question, the people who will be interviewing in these last days are not interviewing for a spot on the waiting list. We can not overfill our class. That is a rule here at HUCM. So we do stop accepting people once the class is full, but that always changes due to the rules of accepting an acceptance. Plus, towards the end of the season, there is so much movement due to people changing their minds and turning down acceptances. So people who are interviewing still have a great shot because we don't interview people just to do it. Hope that helped. Good luck and God bless!
 
lovemesomeTJ said:
I got one, which is why I was a little bummed out by what Don Sony said.

Last publicized interview date: April 14.
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Hey LovemesomeTJ, have some faith. You having an interview here is a great thing. What Don Sony said isn't entirely true because here we don't over accept. So you should still rock your interview because you still have a good chance of being accepted. God bless!
 
BlackDr2b said:
Hey LovemesomeTJ, have some faith. You having an interview here is a great thing. What Don Sony said isn't entirely true because here we don't over accept. So you should still rock your interview because you still have a good chance of being accepted. God bless!
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Thanks for the posts, BlackDr2b. I appreciate your input, and definitely plan to knock it out of the ballpark! 🙂

So to clarify from your post before this one, less than 130 students have been accepted (MSAR data) at this time? Howard never fills above 130 seats at any given time, and just pulls from the waitlist as people withdraw their acceptances?
 
lovemesomeTJ said:
Thanks for the posts, BlackDr2b. I appreciate your input, and definitely plan to knock it out of the ballpark! 🙂

So to clarify from your post before this one, less than 130 students have been accepted (MSAR data) at this time? Howard never fills above 130 seats at any given time, and just pulls from the waitlist as people withdraw their acceptances?
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Good, Im glad to hear that you are going to get after it. We have 115 seats for the first yr class. We don't accept more than 115 at any given time. So when we go below that, the adcom will then go to their interviewees and begin to offer more acceptances. There usually is movement at the end of the season because people will change their minds, or get their #1, or family, or whatever the case may be and drop the acceptance here. Then that is when you pounce on your opportunity. If HUCM is where you want to be then make sure at your interview you make that known from the jump. If you have anymore questions just shoot. I should be able to check this thread a little bit more often now that we are out of neuro and into respiratory. God bless!
 
I'm still a little confused. Howard's class is "technically full" so how is that we aren't interviewing for waitlist spots?
 
I don't want to sound like a cynic, I'm just kind of concerned (and becoming slightly neurotic, lol)...
 
sistadoc said:
I'm still a little confused. Howard's class is "technically full" so how is that we aren't interviewing for waitlist spots?
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The way BlackDr2B explained it (or the way I interpreted his post) is that the class is not full and will never go above the normal class size (though it may come close to it). Everyone interviewing has a chance. Everyone interviewing has a REALLY good chance, actually.

So we're all interviewing for a fair shot at acceptance.
 
lovemesomeTJ said:
The way BlackDr2B explained it (or the way I interpreted his post) is that the class is not full and will never go above the normal class size (though it may come close to it). Everyone interviewing has a chance. Everyone interviewing has a REALLY good chance, actually.

So we're all interviewing for a fair shot at acceptance.
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Oh okay, thanks for clearing that up!
 
Does anyone know if there is a regular alternate list AND a super alternate list? If so, what is the difference? I thought Howard doesn't rank alternates...
 
I'm pretty sure they just have a "regular" alternate list. My friends that have been waitlisted there are just alternates, not "super" alternates. But you may want to shoot an email and/or call Ms. Walk just to be sure. Hope that helps!
 
Interview invite yesterday. I was looking forward to this moooonths ago but now I already have my heart set on a school. I will be declining the interview today. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
 
Hey, congrats on getting the school you love and on the interview invite!! Best of luck through school and beyond 🙂

Mast Cell said:
Interview invite yesterday. I was looking forward to this moooonths ago but now I already have my heart set on a school. I will be declining the interview today. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
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i'm with you, I check my email so many times a day - crossing fingers! pray pray pray
 
I received an e-mail a few days ago stating that I am a "Super Alternate". I interviewed in early February.
 
sistadoc said:
I'm pretty sure they just have a "regular" alternate list. My friends that have been waitlisted there are just alternates, not "super" alternates. But you may want to shoot an email and/or call Ms. Walk just to be sure. Hope that helps!
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yea im pretty sure there's different levels of alternate

there are those they are waiting to accept once a spot opens up
and others who are farther along in the line
 
medhearter said:
yea im pretty sure there's different levels of alternate

there are those they are waiting to accept once a spot opens up
and others who are farther along in the line
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But Howard does not rank alternates, so how does this make sense???
 
Good luck to everybody waiting. And in the spirit of civility to people in a similar situation at other schools. I was wondering if some current Howard students could address this:

When did yall drop your other applications. I want to vacate myself from other schools but was holding for a few weeks unsure of when to make the final move.

My health forms are being completed. My deposits and background checks are done. Is it time to lock in Howard as my only date the prom yet?

Thanks. Warm regards and best wishes to future classmates and those in waiting.
 
Hey, congrats on Howard!...this might help - I saw this on the AAMC link that was sent out by AMCAS via email today:

"By May 15 of the matriculation year (April 15 for schools whose first day of class is on or before July 30), April 30 for MD-PhD programs, each applicant who has received an offer of acceptance from more than one school or program choose the specific school or program at which the applicant prefers to enroll and withdraw his or her application, by written correspondence delivered by regular or electronic methods, from all other schools or programs from which acceptance offers have been received."

http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/applicants.htm

Nasrudin said:
Good luck to everybody waiting. And in the spirit of civility to people in a similar situation at other schools. I was wondering if some current Howard students could address this:

When did yall drop your other applications. I want to vacate myself from other schools but was holding for a few weeks unsure of when to make the final move.

My health forms are being completed. My deposits and background checks are done. Is it time to lock in Howard as my only date the prom yet?

Thanks. Warm regards and best wishes to future classmates and those in waiting.
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