2010-2011 University of Arizona Application Thread

[tka123]

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They sent me an e-mail this morning confirming that they had received my acceptance letter.

Hi! Is there a way to check to make sure that UA-Tucson received our acceptance materials? Thanks!

 

[slwhite3]

Does anyone know if either campus accepts post-interview update letters? Thanks!

 

[AngelDuccy]

Congrats all!! Anyone in-state get an acceptance from Tucson?

Yep! Got my acceptance last friday! It felt so good to out of the waiting game

 

[neurojunkie]

Dropped off my update letter earlier today. It was very brief, I smiled, said "Hello, I'm just dropping off an update letter" and left.

It wasn't a big deal, but then again, I work right next door, so Ann Braucci sees me everyday when I'm making my coffee runs.

Phoenix interview Monday, then I will be able (hopefully) to occupy my mind with something else.

 

[physio84]

Dropped off my update letter earlier today. It was very brief, I smiled, said "Hello, I'm just dropping off an update letter" and left.

It wasn't a big deal, but then again, I work right next door, so Ann Braucci sees me everyday when I'm making my coffee runs.

Phoenix interview Monday, then I will be able (hopefully) to occupy my mind with something else.

Awesome, I'll see you Monday then! I'll be the guy in a suit. 😀

Seriously though, I am a Monday interview for PHX too...and also a neurojunkie myself. 🙂 Looking forward to meeting you Monday (or maybe Sunday night at the mixer)!

 

[Blackkirin]

Anyone get an acceptance today? or do we have to wait until next week?

Does anyone know if Tucson releases acceptances every week or every other(like Phoenix)?

Thanks!

 

[PsychDO]

Anyone get an acceptance today? or do we have to wait until next week?

Does anyone know if Tucson releases acceptances every week or every other(like Phoenix)?

Thanks!

Looking at the thread from last year, it looks like every other week. But I don't know for sure.

 

[poorman]

Anyone get an acceptance today? or do we have to wait until next week?

Does anyone know if Tucson releases acceptances every week or every other(like Phoenix)?

Thanks!

Just to clear a couple of things up and to prevent needless speculation-

At Tucson there are 5 accept waves, not including the wait list. Each wave is a little bigger than the one before it. The first wave already happened, and the last wave is sometime in late feb or early march. Therefore the waves are a little more spread out than Phoenix.

 

[LuckOfTheIrish]

Just to clear a couple of things up and to prevent needless speculation-

At Tucson there are 5 accept waves, not including the wait list. Each wave is a little bigger than the one before it. The first wave already happened, and the last wave is sometime in late feb or early march. Therefore the waves are a little more spread out than Phoenix.

Correct. We were told during my interview day that they would send out 2 waves in December, one in January, one in February and one in March before the waitlist.

 

[rxlea]

A great big welcome to the accepted students at the Tucson campus from your soon to be neighbors in the college of pharmacy. Congratulations! Perhaps we will run into one another in the med library or during an interprofessional event 🙂 For those not from Tucson, I think you will find that Tucson, despite its small size in relation to Phoenix, has a lot to offer in the way of culture and activities/nightlife.

 

[GASPER20]

any free/cheap parking spots in tucson and phoenix? i got interviews tomorrow and next tuesday. TIA

 

[rxlea]

For Phoenix, you can park at one of the park and rides and buy an all day pass for the lightrail (3.50 I think). It drops off near the college. For Tucson, I don't know because I park in my assigned lot. You might be able to park at the UMC.

 

[Brrooother]

any free/cheap parking spots in tucson and phoenix? i got interviews tomorrow and next tuesday. TIA

For Phoenix, the light rail is close, but still a few blocks away. You can pay the meter in the lot on the northeast corner of 7th Street and Van Buren if you want to park right at school, but if you want to park for free you can park on any of the streets in the neighborhood just north of that parking lot, if you're not too concerned about security. I know a few students who don't want to pay for a parking pass that park on the next street north of Van Buren (parallel to Van Buren) just east of 7th.

Good luck! And, those of you who attended the Phoenix Meet and Greet tonight, it was nice to meet you!

 

[rxlea]

For Phoenix, the light rail is close, but still a few blocks away. You can pay the meter in the lot on the northeast corner of 7th Street and Van Buren if you want to park right at school, but if you want to park for free you can park on any of the streets in the neighborhood just north of that parking lot, if you're not too concerned about security. I know a few students who don't want to pay for a parking pass that park on the next street north of Van Buren (parallel to Van Buren) just east of 7th.

Good luck! And, those of you who attended the Phoenix Meet and Greet tonight, it was nice to meet you!

What he said ^^^^

 

[sundevil11]

Does anyone know for sure if Phoenix and/or Tucson are sending acceptances this friday?

 

[MIB6234]

Does anyone know for sure if Phoenix and/or Tucson are sending acceptances this friday?

Should be next week I think. Around Wednesday...

 

[PsychDO]

Just to clear a couple of things up and to prevent needless speculation-

At Tucson there are 5 accept waves, not including the wait list. Each wave is a little bigger than the one before it. The first wave already happened, and the last wave is sometime in late feb or early march. Therefore the waves are a little more spread out than Phoenix.

Thanks for clearing that up!

 

[PsychDO]

I was reading last years thread (I had some free time and it kind of sucks you in...) and I was suprised that Tucson pulled around 70 people off of their waitlists! That is almost half of the entire matriculating class.

Is this a new situation caused by UA-Phx and UA-Tucson admitting students independently and as such, often offering admission to the same students? Is this year expected to be similar?

I guess it lessens the sting every cycle/wave that we don't hear from Phoenix or Tucson, knowing that they go deep into their waitlists. On the other hand, it is depressing to know that many of us may not receive an acceptance until May.

 

[physio84]

I was reading last years thread (I had some free time and it kind of sucks you in...) and I was suprised that Tucson pulled around 70 people off of their waitlists! That is almost half of the entire matriculating class.

Is this a new situation caused by UA-Phx and UA-Tucson admitting students independently and as such, often offering admission to the same students? Is this year expected to be similar?

I guess it lessens the sting every cycle/wave that we don't hear from Phoenix or Tucson, knowing that they go deep into their waitlists. On the other hand, it is depressing to know that many of us may not receive an acceptance until May.

Given that the vast majority of AZ residents apply to both campuses, and that each campus is restricted to 75% IS, it makes sense that a good number of people receive multiple acceptances. However, with PHX and TUS separating their application process completely for the first time, this year may end up a bit different. I suspect it won't though. This is anecdotal but I haven't actually spoken with anyone who applied to only one campus without also applying to the other, so the overlap is still there.

One thing that is interesting is the number of applicants PHX interviews. (23 interview dates) x (approx 24 applicants/interview) = 552 interviews for 48 spots, compared to Tucson historically interviewing about the same number for 2.5x the available positions. That says to me PHX is expecting significantly more turnover than TUS. If Tucson admits around 185 for a class of 115, and Phoenix is still expecting massive turnover, then cannibalization does not explain it at *either* campus. The first people accepted probably end up with multiple OOS/private acceptances, which would also account for higher admissions numbers later in the season and the high waitlist turnover at *both* campuses.

 

[hafey]

The sense I got at my interview was the Tucson released acceptances every two weeks just as Phoenix does and thus both will be sending out batches this Friday, Dec. 14. Is this accurate?

 

[SolidWater]

The sense I got at my interview was the Tucson released acceptances every two weeks just as Phoenix does and thus both will be sending out batches this Friday, Dec. 14. Is this accurate?

This is also the impression I was under.

 

[neurojunkie]

The Phoenix interview is finally over, but I have to say....it was surprisingly fun.

 

[physio84]

The sense I got at my interview was the Tucson released acceptances every two weeks just as Phoenix does and thus both will be sending out batches this Friday, Dec. 14. Is this accurate?

For Tucson only: I was under the impression that Tucson gave out two acceptances in December, one in January, one in February, and accept/waitlist/reject in March. This is similar to how Tucson has done it in the past, and was what I was told by someone who I believe to be familiar with the situation. I do not know the exact dates, except that one wave of December acceptances has already been sent.

 

[poorman]

For Tucson only: I was under the impression that Tucson gave out two acceptances in December, one in January, one in February, and accept/waitlist/reject in March. This is similar to how Tucson has done it in the past, and was what I was told by someone who I believe to be familiar with the situation. I do not know the exact dates, except that one wave of December acceptances has already been sent.

This is correct. Tucson is sending out acceptances this Friday, as some have speculated.

Also, regarding the waitlist: it moves a lot because they don't "overaccept" for the class. Unlike other schools where 180 applicants might be accepted for 120 seats, Tucson accepts only 115 applicants for their 115 seats.

 

[BobtheDoc]

The sense I got at my interview was the Tucson released acceptances every two weeks just as Phoenix does and thus both will be sending out batches this Friday, Dec. 14. Is this accurate?

I highly doubt it. Yesterday was Dec 14th, and Friday doesn't happen for at least two days. Did you mean the 14th or Friday?

Does anyone know when Phoenix has their next decision Tuesday? Was it yesterday or next week?

 

[wasabid]

Got my interview 12/20. Anyone else here going to be there?

 

[Snarkalark]

I highly doubt it. Yesterday was Dec 14th, and Friday doesn't happen for at least two days. Did you mean the 14th or Friday?

Does anyone know when Phoenix has their next decision Tuesday? Was it yesterday or next week?

this post is highly confusing, but i'm fairly sure both schools typically send out acceptances on fridays and that both will be releasing spots this friday the 17th.

 

[artemis680]

Rejected pre-interview from Phoenix today. C'est la vie

 

[chizomp]

sorry to hear that artemis. i got rejected from tuscon pre-interview as well.

just got an invitation from phoenix though, and very happy about it! this will be my second interview this season. i'd like to make it count.

best of luck to all!

 

[lrkoehle]

I was reading last years thread (I had some free time and it kind of sucks you in...) and I was suprised that Tucson pulled around 70 people off of their waitlists! That is almost half of the entire matriculating class.

I understand you being drawn in, we were all bad asses.

As for the waitlist, I believe last year more were taken off it than the year before (although not by too much). It was probably due to last year being the first year for OOS applicants. I would predict this year will probably match last year in terms of waitlist movement. Also, as far as I remember, last year Phoenix and Tucson made acceptances separately, so that's no different this year. However, even though they do things separately there is a lot of overlap as you'd imagine with a couple hundred AZ applicants vying for over a hundred IS spots. Maybe some one out there knows the percent of applicants accepted to both campuses, but I don't. I would have to guess that if you only include applicants accepted BEFORE the waitlist you'd see a very, very high percentage of overlap. Since obviously we can only go to one campus, this leads to a lot of spots being vacated for the waitlist. The other thing is that many people taken off the waitlist choose to go elsewhere, so its not like 70 of 115 are WL. Those 70 WL spots may be for only 20 spots (just picking a random number).

This is correct. Tucson is sending out acceptances this Friday, as some have speculated.

Also, regarding the waitlist: it moves a lot because they don't "overaccept" for the class. Unlike other schools where 180 applicants might be accepted for 120 seats, Tucson accepts only 115 applicants for their 115 seats.

It makes sense for Tucson to do this. As a state school with lots of budget issues, the last thing they wanna do is over-accept and have too many people matriculate. When I interviewed at Pitt last year they said the second year class had that problem where not enough people withdrew and they were stuck with a huge class (which says a lot considering I think they're already over 200 to begin with).

 

[Salt and Lime]

Got my interview 12/20. Anyone else here going to be there?

I will!

 

[artemis680]

Congrats on the interview invite!

sorry to hear that artemis. i got rejected from tuscon pre-interview as well.

just got an invitation from phoenix though, and very happy about it! this will be my second interview this season. i'd like to make it count.

best of luck to all!

 

[PsychDO]

I understand you being drawn in, we were all bad asses.

As for the waitlist, I believe last year more were taken off it than the year before (although not by too much). It was probably due to last year being the first year for OOS applicants. I would predict this year will probably match last year in terms of waitlist movement. Also, as far as I remember, last year Phoenix and Tucson made acceptances separately, so that's no different this year. However, even though they do things separately there is a lot of overlap as you'd imagine with a couple hundred AZ applicants vying for over a hundred IS spots. Maybe some one out there knows the percent of applicants accepted to both campuses, but I don't. I would have to guess that if you only include applicants accepted BEFORE the waitlist you'd see a very, very high percentage of overlap. Since obviously we can only go to one campus, this leads to a lot of spots being vacated for the waitlist. The other thing is that many people taken off the waitlist choose to go elsewhere, so its not like 70 of 115 are WL. Those 70 WL spots may be for only 20 spots (just picking a random number).



It makes sense for Tucson to do this. As a state school with lots of budget issues, the last thing they wanna do is over-accept and have too many people matriculate. When I interviewed at Pitt last year they said the second year class had that problem where not enough people withdrew and they were stuck with a huge class (which says a lot considering I think they're already over 200 to begin with).

Oh wow. I didn't even think about the fact that the administration goes so deep into the waitlist because people decide to attend other schools. Maybe that's because UA is my top choice and I just can't understand people getting accepted but matriculating elsewhere.

 

[MIB6234]

Tomorrow could be the day. GL everyone hoping to hear back tomorrow.

 

[lrkoehle]

Oh wow. I didn't even think about the fact that the administration goes so deep into the waitlist because people decide to attend other schools. Maybe that's because UA is my top choice and I just can't understand people getting accepted but matriculating elsewhere.

Haha, I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic, but yes they have to use a waitlist because some accepted people go elsewhere 😛. The other thing with Tucson's ranked waitlist is that people who were ranked on it may withdraw before from it before their number is ever reached, thus when their number is reached it is skipped making WL movement seem faster. Also, I don't know how often this happens, but at least some people remain on waitlists just to see if the school accepts them even though they have no intention of going there. I know on the surface this may see messed up, but if you spend a few hundred bucks going somewhere to interview I think you've earned the right to find out what that school thought of you even if you didn't love them. This leads to more WL movement too.

 

[physio84]

Tomorrow could be the day. GL everyone hoping to hear back tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for all of us! I've interviewed at a couple places but still waiting for that first acceptance. It would certainly help me be able to focus on holiday festivities a bit more instead of constantly worrying about going back to full-time at a job I loathe when I finish grad school in May... 😱

 

[MIB6234]

Fingers crossed for all of us! I've interviewed at a couple places but still waiting for that first acceptance. It would certainly help me be able to focus on holiday festivities a bit more instead of constantly worrying about going back to full-time at a job I loathe when I finish grad school in May... 😱

Same. I have interviewed a few places, but i have yet to be accepted anywhere...

 

[PsychDO]

Haha, I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic, but yes they have to use a waitlist because some accepted people go elsewhere 😛. The other thing with Tucson's ranked waitlist is that people who were ranked on it may withdraw before from it before their number is ever reached, thus when their number is reached it is skipped making WL movement seem faster. Also, I don't know how often this happens, but at least some people remain on waitlists just to see if the school accepts them even though they have no intention of going there. I know on the surface this may see messed up, but if you spend a few hundred bucks going somewhere to interview I think you've earned the right to find out what that school thought of you even if you didn't love them. This leads to more WL movement too.

no, not sarcastic. I just apparently had my brain turned off for a while, there.

 

[hoot504]

It's too quiet around here for a release day, did anyone receive some good news?

 

[PsychDO]

It's too quiet around here for a release day, did anyone receive some good news?

No news here. I keep checking this thread, though, just so I know when to stop hoping. It would be nice to hear before the holidays, but at least there are more waves of acceptances coming later! Today isn't the last one 🙂

 

[MIB6234]

No news here. I keep checking this thread, though, just so I know when to stop hoping. It would be nice to hear before the holidays, but at least there are more waves of acceptances coming later! Today isn't the last one 🙂

Someone has to have heard by now? I'm guessing we missed out again...

 

[physio84]

Someone has to have heard by now? I'm guessing we missed out again...

No news here either. I'm betting they haven't been sent out yet. You'd think at least one SDNer would have heard. 😕

 

[PsychDO]

No news here either. I'm betting they haven't been sent out yet. You'd think at least one SDNer would have heard. 😕

Especially since both Tucson and Phoenix are sending out acceptances today.

 

[MIB6234]

Especially since both Tucson and Phoenix are sending out acceptances today.

And there hasn't been an SNDer from either PHx or Tucson yet. Is it possible we are a week off? Is it next Friday?

 

[physio84]

And there hasn't been an SNDer from either PHx or Tucson yet. Is it possible we are a week off? Is it next Friday?

For Phoenix I know for sure it was supposed to be today, for those who interviewed prior to December (not me unfortunately - Dec 13). PHX December interviews are released beginning in January.

For Tucson, the buzzword around AHSC has been today, but I've never seen anything formally documenting that. I suppose they could release next week, but I doubt it would be as late as Friday aka Christmas Eve - although what an awesome Christmas present that would be!

 

[PsychDO]

For Phoenix I know for sure it was supposed to be today, for those who interviewed prior to December (not me unfortunately - Dec 13). PHX December interviews are released beginning in January.

For Tucson, the buzzword around AHSC has been today, but I've never seen anything formally documenting that. I suppose they could release next week, but I doubt it would be as late as Friday aka Christmas Eve - although what an awesome Christmas present that would be!

It would be awesome! Unless what actually happened was you spent your entire christmas eve staring at your e-mail account...

 

[MIB6234]

I am leaning towards it not being today, and it being sometime next week. I think there would definitely be a bigger buzz about it on here if it were actually today, for Tucson anyway. I hope so anyway.

 

[physio84]

It would be awesome! Unless what actually happened was you spent your entire christmas eve staring at your e-mail account...

...curled up in the corner of a dimly lit room, hugging your laptop, wearing nothing but your underpants, eyes bloodshot, blankly staring at the bluish-white reflection of the SDN forum.

I think I'll just opt to hang out with my girlfriend as originally planned. Email comes to my phone anyway. 😉

 

[pseudodonkey]

As for Tucson, when I called them earlier today, they said that acceptances had in fact been sent out yesterday and that the next wave will be in mid-January. Still waiting... Congrats to all who have been accepted so far, and good luck to everyone waiting to hear back!!

 

[PsychDO]

As for Tucson, when I called them earlier today, they said that acceptances had in fact been sent out yesterday and that the next wave will be in mid-January. Still waiting... Congrats to all who have been accepted so far, and good luck to everyone waiting to hear back!!

thanks for letting us know!