2010-2011 Stanford University Application Thread

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The post interview silence has been deafening this end. No call. No email. No letter. I wonder if I should call them...or may be I should just tune them out 😕
 
BrainBuff said:
The post interview silence has been deafening this end. No call. No email. No letter. I wonder if I should call them...or may be I should just tune them out 😕
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Stanford interviews relatively late, so the interview season still extends for another month. We still have a decent amount of interview days left, but I'm not sure how many have already been given out.

No news is certainly better than bad news.

We had people getting invites in March and interviewing in April last year before the switch to the MMI interview format. So at least be glad you won't have to wait that long 🙂
 
NeuroKidd said:
With all these rejection posts it's going to be either highly enjoyable or highly awkward for the next person to post with an interview invite... 🙂 that is, of course, if any more of those go out.
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It may seem that way...

But I think anyone who's getting rejection letters this week should take comfort, no matter how small, in the knowledge that they stayed in the game for a looonnngg time. Hopefully many of you/us will have offers from other schools, or they're willing to roll the dice next year.

But I hope that all news gets posted here for better or worse. In my opinion, this is a place to share all. If I wanted to feel good about myself all the time I'd just hang out here all day long.

NeuroKidd... by the way, I love your GOB picture 🙂
 
hopefuldoc97239 said:
It may seem that way...

But I think anyone who's getting rejection letters this week should take comfort, no matter how small, in the knowledge that they stayed in the game for a looonnngg time. Hopefully many of you/us will have offers from other schools, or they're willing to roll the dice next year.

But I hope that all news gets posted here for better or worse. In my opinion, this is a place to share all. If I wanted to feel good about myself all the time I'd just hang out here all day long.

NeuroKidd... by the way, I love your GOB picture 🙂
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HAHAHA, rejected too. Hope someone finds comfort in this 🙂
 
haha nice
 
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hopefuldoc97239 said:
It may seem that way...

But I think anyone who's getting rejection letters this week should take comfort, no matter how small, in the knowledge that they stayed in the game for a looonnngg time. Hopefully many of you/us will have offers from other schools, or they're willing to roll the dice next year.

But I hope that all news gets posted here for better or worse. In my opinion, this is a place to share all. If I wanted to feel good about myself all the time I'd just hang out here all day long.

NeuroKidd... by the way, I love your GOB picture 🙂
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Next year!? Eughhh no thanks. I'll just take the comfort for this year or whatever you suggested. And thanks, I'm quite the Gob fan. Mrs. Featherbottom may be slightly more awesome.
 
Has anyone been able to call the admissions office successfully? No one ever picks up when I call...
 
"As it is for many other medical schools in the United States, we unfortunately have had to decline many bright, promising medical school candidates. We hope this does not dissuade you from a rewarding career in medicine..."

Yup, Stanford wins hands down in sending the funniest rejection letter. It's like finding out that a restaurant's reservations were full for the night and then being told "we hope this does not dissuade you from eating"

If this is still of interest to anyone, I was complete Dec. 15. I guess they're scraping the bottom of the barrel by now. Chin up to anyone else in my boat, and good luck to the rest of you guys :luck:
 
matchagreenice said:
"we hope this does not dissuade you from eating"
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:laugh:

That's funny 🙂

I'm feeling more and more certain that my (rejection) letter must have got lost in the mail...

When things were quiet last week it was easy to think that they were still considering me. But with so many people getting declined in the last few days, I can only think "If they wanted me to interview, they'd know by now. They've cut plenty of people from their list."

They can't just be staring at my app with a confused expression not knowing what to do.
 
hopefuldoc97239 said:
:laugh:

That's funny 🙂

I'm feeling more and more certain that my (rejection) letter must have got lost in the mail...

When things were quiet last week it was easy to think that they were still considering me. But with so many people getting declined in the last few days, I can only think "If they wanted me to interview, they'd know by now. They've cut plenty of people from their list."

They can't just be staring at my app with a confused expression not knowing what to do.
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Right there with you - I've been complete since August and am thinking that my rejection letter must be hiding behind a letter sorting machine somewhere in the Palo Alto post office...

Maybe no news is good news? I'm sure Mdeast will be along soon to remind us not to worry yet. 😛
 
hopefuldoc97239 said:
I'm feeling more and more certain that my (rejection) letter must have got lost in the mail...

They can't just be staring at my app with a confused expression not knowing what to do.
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+1. Complete late August. Not sure why so many people complete way after me have already heard back, but I know I never stood a chance here, and certainly not this late in the season, so I'm expecting the letter any day now.

Does Stanford ever just freeze applicants out with a silent rejection, or do they always inform by letter?
 
MrAppleseed said:
Does Stanford ever just freeze applicants out with a silent rejection, or do they always inform by letter?
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This might be a rumor or I might have another school confused, but I seem to remember reading on this thread that Stanford applicants have complained in the past that they never heard anything back, ever.
 
hopefuldoc97239 said:
This might be a rumor or I might have another school confused, but I seem to remember reading on this thread that Stanford applicants have complained in the past that they never heard anything back, ever.
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a friend of mine got her rejection letter via three-toed sloth mail during her spring semester at harvard med
 
Wiingy said:
Right there with you - I've been complete since August and am thinking that my rejection letter must be hiding behind a letter sorting machine somewhere in the Palo Alto post office...

Maybe no news is good news? I'm sure Mdeast will be along soon to remind us not to worry yet. 😛
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To be honest....there are only 5 interview days left. 3 are next week and there are 2 more days later in February. I'd pretty much assume next week's days are full and that most of the mid-February spots are too. So, if there are spots left for interview slots I'd imagine there aren't too many.

That being said, if you haven't received a rejection letter it means just that: you're still actively being considered. It's really not over until the Fat Lady sings, which in this case is unfortunately a "thin letter".

On a happier note...it's been around 70 degrees and sunny for the last 4 days in Stanford. Makes it much harder to study or even remember you're supposed to be in med school when you spend afternoons sun bathing on the grass. But unfortunately... these cranial nerves aren't going to learn themselves.
 
Does Stanford send out acceptance/waitlist/rejection letters all together?
 
dinodino said:
Does Stanford send out acceptance/waitlist/rejection letters all together?
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Stanford is rolling. So you usually get a letter a few weeks after your interview with either a rejection, waitlist, or acceptance status (YES! people are rejected post-interview)...or a pre-interview rejection when they've decided to not continue considering your application.
 
Hmm, is it an acceptance letter or a package?


Sorry-- I've been notified that I will receive a letter in a few days... (interviewed in Jan).
 
matchagreenice said:
a friend of mine got her rejection letter via three-toed sloth mail during her spring semester at harvard med
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A friend of mine at Yale (M-2) is still waiting for his. Stanford is notorious for losing/not sending the letters.

And now to follow.....MDeast's positive spin... 😉
 
BrainBuff said:
A friend of mine at Yale (M-2) is still waiting for his. Stanford is notorious for losing/not sending the letters.

And now to follow.....MDeast's positive spin... 😉
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Hey, could be worse. I once received a rejection notice for a job I was working at, *sent to the mailbox of the corporate housing unit they were providing for me.*
 
mdeast said:
But unfortunately... these cranial nerves aren't going to learn themselves.
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I'm sure you know these but I couldn't resist...

On
Old
Olympia's
Towering
Top
A
Finn
And
German
Vault
And
Hop

Our
Oval
Office
Teeters
Tomorrow
As
Florida
Assesses
George's (Bush)
Versus
Al's (Gore)
Hanging chads

(Mnemonics for cranial nerves by name)

Some
Surgeons
Make
Money
But
My
Brother
Say
Busty
Blonds
Make
More

(Mnemonic for cranial nerves by function [S=sensory, M=motor, B=both])

(And yes, I know some of the naughty ones too 😉 )
 
dinodino said:
Hmm, is it an acceptance letter or a package?


Sorry-- I've been notified that I will receive a letter in a few days... (interviewed in Jan).
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when did you interview? and did you get an email saying you'd get a letter?
 
hopefuldoc97239 said:
I'm sure you know these but I couldn't resist...

On
Old
Olympia's
Towering
Top
A
Finn
And
German
Vault
And
Hop

Our
Oval
Office
Teeters
Tomorrow
As
Florida
Assesses
George's (Bush)
Versus
Al's (Gore)
Hanging chads

(Mnemonics for cranial nerves by name)

Some
Surgeons
Make
Money
But
My
Brother
Say
Busty
Blonds
Make
More

(Mnemonic for cranial nerves by function [S=sensory, M=motor, B=both])

(And yes, I know some of the naughty ones too 😉 )
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I made a song to memorize them when I took undergrad anatomy two years ago. I still remember them!
 
has anyone here attended interviews at both UCLA ad Stanford so far? I interviewed at UCLA a few weeks ago, and my Stanford interview is coming up Feb 5th, and I was wondering how similar their MMIs are. obviously not looking for specifics...i've just heard that UCLA and Davis are very different so I was wondering if Stanford had a different vibe as well. any input would be much appreciated. thanks! and congrats on all the acceptances btw!
 
Still waiting to hear back. Guess I should be finding out soon...
 
dancerdoc115 said:
has anyone here attended interviews at both UCLA ad Stanford so far? I interviewed at UCLA a few weeks ago, and my Stanford interview is coming up Feb 5th, and I was wondering how similar their MMIs are. obviously not looking for specifics...i've just heard that UCLA and Davis are very different so I was wondering if Stanford had a different vibe as well. any input would be much appreciated. thanks! and congrats on all the acceptances btw!
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can't speak for Davis but there was a different vibe. i felt like UCLA's focus was more personal (vague but thats just my impression). but its all still just MMI so i wouldn't freak. not like you can prepare for it 😛
 
Waitlisted. T_____T

Received notification via snail mail. Interviewed 12/6.
 
Congrats on the acceptances! Sorry about the wait-lists. Waitlist isn't a death sentence, there are definitely people that get in off it every year (myself included). It varies because of the unpredictability of filling the class from the regular admits, especially given our small class size of 86. But hang in there if it's still where you want to go.
 
Is it safe to assume that if I was complete at the beginning of August and still haven't heard anything that I've been rejected?
 
I really loved my time at Stanford this week. Here's hoping! :xf:
 
mdeast said:
To be honest....there are only 5 interview days left. 3 are next week and there are 2 more days later in February. I'd pretty much assume next week's days are full and that most of the mid-February spots are too. So, if there are spots left for interview slots I'd imagine there aren't too many.
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Does anyone know if the late Feb interview invites have gone out yet?
 
tutti said:
Does anyone know if the late Feb interview invites have gone out yet?
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When I was signing up for my interview, I saw a date open for mid february online. I signed up in the beginning of january.
 
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