to finally be going to med school after a disappointing first application cycle.
Waitlisted at Vermont. @#$%^&*! I knew all along it was the most likely outcome (they waitlisted the mighty breeak, after all), but I was hoping against hope, because I loved the place so much. Hopefully I'll be able to update them with a nice MCAT score come March ...
And hey, in-state tuition wouldn't be the worst thing ever (and Buffalo would still be closer to your fam than other places). I'd say it's something to get excited about! (although this process is wearing me out; I can't imagine your position in traveling to all of those interviews and playing the waiting game with 6 different schools . . . along with crossing fingers for invites from your NYC-area schools. It's a lot! 
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Waitlisted at Vermont. @#$%^&*! I knew all along it was the most likely outcome (they waitlisted the mighty breeak, after all), but I was hoping against hope, because I loved the place so much. Hopefully I'll be able to update them with a nice MCAT score come March ...
Meanwhile, I got another interview today: SUNY Buffalo. In all honesty, this school isn't anywhere near the top of my list, but who am I to turn down an interview at this stage?
GW is on Thursday. Since they take so long to reach a decision (8 weeks minimum), they'll have my new MCAT in hand when they review my file. So if I do well at the interview, I might actually have a shot at getting admitted rather than waitlisted. (Maybe.)
You guys crack me up! Fogie, I wouldn't do it: you're looking pretty gaunt in that picture! And Nanon - pregnancy + hunger strike = bad idea. Soooo, I guess we're just gonna have to get in! 
Of course, I have no doubts about student . . . but only having two schools to bank on is seeming a little scary to me right now. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for a couple more interviews. I would have put money down on Norfolk and Vermont being further away! And I seriously had to google map NYC to DC because I thought, surely, 210 had to be wrong. THIS is exactly why I've wanted to move to the east coast! Stuff is actually close to other stuff. Case in point: St. Louisans (including yours truly) think Chicago is pretty darn close by - a daytrip, if you will . . . well, it's 300 miles away. Stupid midwest! Ok, mind blown for tonight! Back to packing!More news on my end: interview invite from UCLA!! No word yet from UCI but I should be hearing back soon and am staying hopeful.
Oh well, Albany interview next week followed by Rosalind Franklin. We'll see how that goes.Gaaaaahhh, waitlisted at UC Irvine!!
*hops on the waitlist train*
Guess I'm going to be playing the waiting game a bit longer!
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Woohoo!!! Party at student1799's house!
I got an interview at the other school I applied to as well!!!!
*cloud 9*
So I interview Feb 28 and March 14. Decisions are May 15. I can't believe it is so close to the end.
(Now it's just a question of where - we've all got our fingers crossed that it's nearer to your family! ) I was getting really used to the idea of not hearing anything from anywhere for a while . . . now I'm all nervous again!In my corner, an M1 posted on the Mizzou thread that they are not interviewing as late this year . . . which means they'll likely make their waitlist (and we'll hear back) sooner than I expected.
) They accept 96 outright, and put 96 on the alternate list . . . and last year, they accepted through #62 on the alternate list. Sooo, I'm very hopeful! Of course, I'm a little nervous, wondering whether the economic downturn will have people thinking long and hard about going to their state school over a private or OOS school, but I'm gonna stay positive. Those fresh-outta-undergrad kiddos won't be thinking about such things, right?! Anyway, that's my story at the moment. Hope everyone else is faring well.
I guess all that studying paid off: my PS score went from 7 to 12!! I was right about verbal and bio: they went down. (Not surprising, considering that I utterly neglected them in favor of physics.) But I don't care, because I proved I'm not a ****** in PS!!
Test #1 30S: 7 PS 12 VR 11 BS
Test #2 31S: 7 PS 13 VR 11 BS
Test #3: 33R: 12 PS 11 VR 10 BS
That ought to help me get off some WLs. And pray that it can get me some NY love, especially an interview at Mount Sinai ...
P.S. Culture Doc, just saw your post. Congrats on the good WL position at Mizzou--sounds like you have a fighting chance!! Good luck.
I guess all that studying paid off: my PS score went from 7 to 12!! I was right about verbal and bio: they went down. (Not surprising, considering that I utterly neglected them in favor of physics.) But I don't care, because I proved I'm not a ****** in PS!!
Test #1 30S: 7 PS 12 VR 11 BS
Test #2 31S: 7 PS 13 VR 11 BS
Test #3: 33R: 12 PS 11 VR 10 BS
That ought to help me get off some WLs. And pray that it can get me some NY love, especially an interview at Mount Sinai ...
P.S. Culture Doc, just saw your post. Congrats on the good WL position at Mizzou--sounds like you have a fighting chance!! Good luck.
I guess all that studying paid off: my PS score went from 7 to 12!!
That ought to help me get off some WLs. And pray that it can get me some NY love, especially an interview at Mount Sinai ...
P.S. Culture Doc, just saw your post. Congrats on the good WL position at Mizzou--sounds like you have a fighting chance!! Good luck.
And now, your combined score is a whopping 36 - that's HUGE! I know GW supposedly looks at the highest score you've received in each section, so that oughta knock their socks off! (and hopefully cause those remaining NYC-area schools to press "send" on an invite for you! )
I've caught up with most of you, but to anyone I missed with news, let me know, I'd love to hear it!
Don't worry - you'll do wonderfully. It's up to them to recognize what an asset you would be to their class. (and they'd be insane not to!)
