Second look day was very cool! Nearly all of the 40 came, it was like 30+. Besides the boring research presentation everyone was very into it and the total "hands-on" feel was great. We got to practice cutting and stitching body parts (relatively fresh, no preservatives!) We also got to tour NS Hospital and try out a mini structures lab. People said the baseball game was great too.
I definitely agree the accepted students were all very friendly (a few quiet ones I couldn't read), from all walks of life/majors, and some said outright that they were almost certainly attending. Name brand schools were definitely the majority (Harvard, Tufts, MIT, Hopkins, Brown, etc) and a few Hofstra and state schools. Most were a year or two out of school, a few were older (late 20's mid 30's), I also counted 2-3 married/engaged. I think some people are still sitting on the FA packet or waiting for word from a top 20 school before making final decisions. No way to know, but I'd guess 10 or so will pull out, they calmed the fears of a new school pretty well, but by no means quashed them.
The dorms were a bit small, but its super close to the school, plus you get a parking spot at the med school. (SHOTGUN THE BEST SPOT!) They claim we can't move/modify the tiny twin beds...
My suspicion is that for each of the 40 seats (4 of which are MDPHD) there is a preferred waitlist spot and a regular waitlist spot. So 120 kids lined up. That's just a suspicion though.
There's a facebook group too, so people can start hunting down roomies.
