any ideas what to write? (how desperate do you make urself sound?)
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2010-2011 NYU Application Thread
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No I wouldn't wait. As long as you actually have something to update them with, or if you just want to send a love letter or whatever. The letter could be the difference between their initial decision being rejection and waitlist.
It does if you withdraw before May 15th.
I updated the committee on my fall grades and how the interview impacted me.
Why would it be too much? I think it's pretty standard to send letters after your interview. Thank you letters of course, but if you really like a school why wouldn't you send them a letter making them aware of it?
i sent them a letter post interview cuz i had some pimp stuff happen that i wanted to let them know about, and i got in. so its certainly not too much, i would just say make sure u have something noteworthy to talk about.
good luck
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yea i did the same thing.
Oh dear. I've become like 85% sure I'm attending NYU next year. My excitement... it's becoming really difficult to handle.
👍
Oh dear. I've become like 85% sure I'm attending NYU next year. My excitement... it's becoming really difficult to handle.
👍 Congrats on the multiple acceptances. Are you trying to decide between SUNY and NYU or waiting on a decision yet to come down?
BTW its almost Febuary 😀 and I can't wait to hear the AdCOM's decision on me...its like Christmas eve except it lasts for 2 months
I'm half-heartedly holding out for the Sinai waitlist... although considering my circumstances (disgustingly excessive legacy there, personal involvement with the hospital, etc), I think the waitlist was a politically "nice" way of rejecting me.
I also have a tiny glimmer of hope in the back of my heart for Columbia (I'm at Barnard for undergrad), but dreams are dreams and I am a very grounded person. 🙄
So NYU it probably is! Good luck to everyone else <3
What was in the attached PDF? I was thinking a letter would be an attached word document...?
You can create your letter in a word document, then save it as a PDF.
Got it, thanks!
so how did you guys format it?
like dear dean geisner or something?
is this a formal thing?
Use a business heading. One of the attendings that post in pre-allo, Catalystik, put up a nice template on the body of text and what you should be telling the schools, so I'll give him/her credit for that and paraphrase below. The business heading I found online or just in Word.
Name
address
phone #
school
admissions office title (get this info from website or MSAR)
address
city,state zip
To _____ (either address to the admissions committee or if you are sending specifically to someone such a dean, address them):
tell them why you are writing to them, such as update, express your interest or intent, etc. Write whatever is your main body of text is. State your interest or why you fit (maybe look at the school's mission statement or something pertinent from your interview). Then close thanking them for the opportunity and you look forward to hearing back from them regarding a future interview/acceptance/attending/etc whichever is appropriate for your letter.
Sincerely,
awesome SDN pre-med
aamc ID #
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Quick Question: For those of you who have sent in updates by email:
Did you receive a receipt/confirmation from the admissions office? If so, how long did it take to receive it?
Did you receive a receipt/confirmation from the admissions office? If so, how long did it take to receive it?
Come on. Tell me how this could NOT be a formal thing.
Oh dear. I've become like 85% sure I'm attending NYU next year. My excitement... it's becoming really difficult to handle.
see you there 😀
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I think that may be confidential. What would you use it for?
Man, i feel so owned. Got waitlisted to Sinai and was really hoping to go there. This process is the worst. Now it's time to wait for NYU...🙁
Did you send a transcript? or did you just type it up
I would love to see you both there- only one small step left- getting in!
I interviewed in December and the more I think about it the more I want to go to this school. I wish February would come sooner!
Does NYU respond to your email when you send them something? Or are they silent about it?
silent. i called them couple days later to make sure they received it.
--- although considering my circumstances (disgustingly excessive legacy there, personal involvement with the hospital, etc), I think the waitlist was a politically "nice" way of rejecting me.---
Can you expand on this opinion for me?
And could they confirm that? I called to confirm they received an email and she claimed she couldn't....that it automatically went to my file but that she could not check.
After I sent a letter and didnt receive any confirmation, I emailed them back asking if they got it and they replied saying that they had gotten it and added it to my file.
when i called in, the lady told me that they received it.
So does anyone know the answer to this? I have the emails of the dean only.
do they send decisions thru mail or email?
They called a lot of people, then sent emails to everyone, then paper letters came a few days later.
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