2010-2011 East Carolina (Brody) Application Thread

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normtheniner said:
How weird would it be if we were all waitlisted haha
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Thanks for posting everyone. WL is not a bad place to be. I've not received any mail yet today; I'd love to be accepted, but can do with a WL as well if God is willing. :luck::luck::xf::xf:

Best of luck to all. I'll post when my mail comes.
 
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tenover said:
what if everyone is waitlisted, just so they can delay the decision? haha
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This seems plausible... and makes sense...

It seems like first they sent out rejections a few days ago... then those two people posted about being accepted... now it looks like waitlists are going out... hopefully more people will post so we'll be able to know if this is likely true.
 
I think our best answer will come when we see the update on the website. Not sure if i've gotten anything. Unable to check my mail for a couple of days.
 
My best guess of the situation: committee meets on Wednesdays. So this Wednesday all of us that haven't had decisions made were considered. If you go back to previous threads, acceptances came before rejections. I think this will hold true here too in the form of wait list before rejections. It makes sense that most of us on this thread are waitlisted, because we are the few stragglers left that haven't been rejected..... We will see, and I hope the best for everyone!
 
bige11 said:
My best guess of the situation: committee meets on Wednesdays. So this Wednesday all of us that haven't had decisions made were considered. If you go back to previous threads, acceptances came before rejections. I think this will hold true here too in the form of wait list before rejections. It makes sense that most of us on this thread are waitlisted, because we are the few stragglers left that haven't been rejected..... We will see, and I hope the best for everyone!
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I agree except I think they did rejections first on wednesday... because two people on here were rejected plus I know people in real life that were rejected as well. Unless those were rejections that were from another meeting.

Then the next day acceptances came for two people on here.. then all of a sudden the rest of usare waitlisted... at least I hope I am waitlisted. I think ppl west of winston are without a decision because of the longer delivery for the post office.
 
Does anybody else think its odd all final decisions are out early March? This is at least a month before last years final decisions.

Do you guys agree that this seems like a way to repopulate the applicant pool with ppl that want to go to ECU for sure? The WL letter was a bit odd ... clearly stated that if you are accepted to a school that you plan on attending, do not remain on the WL. I guess well see when the update comes out this week. If 100-120 offers have been made, then this isn't true.
 
normtheniner said:
I agree except I think they did rejections first on wednesday... because two people on here were rejected plus I know people in real life that were rejected as well. Unless those were rejections that were from another meeting.

Then the next day acceptances came for two people on here.. then all of a sudden the rest of usare waitlisted... at least I hope I am waitlisted. I think ppl west of winston are without a decision because of the longer delivery for the post office.
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so do you think more people than just those two got acceptances? but are the only ones posting?

Also, maybe this will help us out, what days were the WL, Rejections, and Acceptances postmarked? It'd be helpful to think about it from date of postmark rather than from receiving it in the mail since we live across the state!
 
tenover said:
so do you think more people than just those two got acceptances? but are the only ones posting?

Also, maybe this will help us out, what days were the WL, Rejections, and Acceptances postmarked? It'd be helpful to think about it from date of postmark rather than from receiving it in the mail since we live across the state!
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My WL was postmarked on the 11th.
 
tenover said:
so do you think more people than just those two got acceptances? but are the only ones posting?
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I'm not sure about that. I guess we'll know that for sure on Tuesday when the website is updated. I still don't know if I'm on the waitlist or not, but I'm going to guess I am based on the number of people that got waitlisted today on SDN 🙂xf🙂 within the eastern region of the state. As far as I can tell no one was rejected that got a letter on here. I'm in Cabarrus County northeast of Charlotte, so I guess the mail truck didn't make it far enough down I-85 yet...


tenover said:
Also, maybe this will help us out, what days were the WL, Rejections, and Acceptances postmarked? It'd be helpful to think about it from date of postmark rather than from receiving it in the mail since we live across the state!
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The people that I know that were rejected (both on here and in real life) received their rejection letters on the 9th. I don't know anyone personally that was accepted the next day, but on here at least 2 people got an acceptance letter on the 10th.

Then maybe they sent out WL letters immediately after that was done. I wonder how big the waitlist pool is. In the past threads I've read that its unranked and "big enough to fill the class".

Sunday is gonna be a long day.
 
Girl000 said:
Does anybody else think its odd all final decisions are out early March? This is at least a month before last years final decisions.

Do you guys agree that this seems like a way to repopulate the applicant pool with ppl that want to go to ECU for sure? The WL letter was a bit odd ... clearly stated that if you are accepted to a school that you plan on attending, do not remain on the WL. I guess well see when the update comes out this week. If 100-120 offers have been made, then this isn't true.
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I dunno if they'd make 100-120 offers just yet. The way I thought it worked was they make the initial 78 offers... and then when people turn the offer down they make that many more offers.. and they keep making offers until the accepted students stop turning down the seat. If they made 100-120 offers now.. they'd run the risk of all 100-120 people accepting and then they'd be way over the limit. (this is just a guess of how it works I don't have any insider info or anything)

I know a lot of the people I work with that are getting several acceptances are waiting on award letters before they make up their mind... and like I said before they don't have to decide on one school until May 15th.
 
Girl000 said:
Good luck, Nessy. Haven't seen you on the forums in a while! Hopefully you break this WL roll and receive an acceptance letter! 🙂
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Thanks Girl000, I haven't been posting a lot, but believe you me, I am here :laugh:
Best wishes to you too :xf:
 
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The website says that the alternate list is "less than the class size of 78" it also says that a dozen or so usually move after may 15, but doesn't speak to the several that probably move before the 15th. I was thinking alternate list was a death sentence, but I guess not!

Would everyone on here 100% go to ECU?
 
I got accepeted!!! I got the leter on Thursday at my address in Ohio. After 3 years of applying. The bad news now is that I am going to turm them down. I got into 3 other schools. I wished they had accepted me last year or two years ago. For all the waitlisters, theres hope a seat will def be available.
 
The FAQ section says the waitlist is smaller than the class size (so less than 78) and from the numbers that will be posted tomorrow (presumably 78 acceptances) there should be 22-47 spots left.... That means anywhere from roughly 1-4 chance to 1:2 chance.... We will see!
 
bige11 said:
The FAQ section says the waitlist is smaller than the class size (so less than 78) and from the numbers that will be posted tomorrow (presumably 78 acceptances) there should be 22-47 spots left.... That means anywhere from roughly 1-4 chance to 1:2 chance.... We will see!
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I hope our chances are that good! I wonder if the way they choose people will be more stats driven (MCAT and GPA) than in the regular cycle.

I also wonder if the people who come off are at the discretion of the dean, or if they continue meeting as a committee at this point?

Man I have like a million questions haha...
 
I don't know about you guys, but I feel like I've been dragged around for so long. Finally when I thought I was getting an answer (almost 6 months after my interview) ... it turns out I have several more months of waiting. Really don't think that's fair. I feel like they should have a better timeline of making final decisions on applications ... as well as, in general, being much more organized as a school.

😕
 
Withdraw your application then?

Everything from here on out in your medical education is going to test the limits of what you thought was possible. My best advice is to just tell yourself, yes, this sucks... but know that you have already made it way further than so many other hopeful candidates. In the scheme of things, this wait will seem small.
 
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Brody has been very prompt in my opinion. I am still waiting to hear from unc and other schools. ECU would be irresponsible to hand out more acceptances than it has seats. The waitlist is a decision...... However, if I had an acceptance, it would be tough to wait around for a maybe while all of my classmates get housing, moving, and other details worked out.
 
As of March 15, 2011, we have .....

Received 851 AMCAS applications
Received 746 Supplementary applications
Interviewed 488 applicants
Made 93 offers
(Generally it takes 100-125 offers to fill a class)


So I called just to clarify, the number of offers only include acceptance offers and is separate from the alternate list. I figured as such but it doesn't hurt to check
 
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