2011-2012 Drexel Application Thread

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Has anyone who has interviewed already received a "decision has been made" or "a final decision has been made" as a status?
 
IntoTheWest said:
Has anyone who has interviewed already received a "decision has been made" or "a final decision has been made" as a status?
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I just checked and have not, and I interviewed on September 20. It would be good if all the interviewees gave their updates as time went on.

I remember the people at Drexel saying something about the committee meeting every Thursday to discuss decisions.
 
IntoTheWest said:
Has anyone who has interviewed already received a "decision has been made" or "a final decision has been made" as a status?
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I interviewed on September 19th. I have been checking my status pretty regularly, and my status just changed to "A final decision has been reached and a letter will be mailed to your preferred address."

Here's hoping it's a good final decision! :xf: Good luck to everyone else :luck:
 
I interviewed on the 22nd and my status also says a Final Decision has been made and a letter is being mailed.:xf:
 
is the "final decision" in the same location as your previous "Your interview has been scheduled. If you've already appeared for the interview, your application will now be progressing through the Admissions Committee process." wording?
 
bernetichm said:
is the "final decision" in the same location as your previous "Your interview has been scheduled. If you've already appeared for the interview, your application will now be progressing through the Admissions Committee process." wording?
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Yeah its in the same location as the previous status that you had.

Does anyone know the average time it takes from the Final Decision status to actually receiving something?
 
yoohoo22 said:
Yeah its in the same location as the previous status that you had.

Does anyone know the average time it takes from the Final Decision status to actually receiving something?
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Last year status change was on 10/18 and IS applicants received their letter on 10/23.

Hope that helps! :luck:
 
Interview 9/20 and my status is still this, "Your interview has been scheduled. If you've already appeared for the interview, your application will now be progressing through the Admissions Committee process".
 
I interviewed pretty recently (10/7) and my status says:

Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly. No decision has yet been made regarding your admission status to Drexel University.

Anyone have a timeline based on that? It just changed today from the interview status.
 
From what I read, it seems that Drexel takes a long time to respond about II after secondary submission? I think it's been 2 months for me and status still says no decision. is this right? thanks
 
NYCmedschoolapp said:
I interviewed pretty recently (10/7) and my status says:

Your file is currently under review by a member of the admissions committee and will be sent to committee shortly. No decision has yet been made regarding your admission status to Drexel University.

Anyone have a timeline based on that? It just changed today from the interview status.
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From the member of admissions status it took a week for me to get to the committee is reviewing your application status. From there it took about another week for me to receive the Final decision status. Sorry I don't have the exact days, Hope that helps.
 
Interviewed late September, status recently changed to:

A final decision has been reached and a letter will be mailed to your preferred address.

Last week I had the under review status so I think it updated today or Friday.
 
yoohoo22 said:
I interviewed on the 22nd and my status also says a Final Decision has been made and a letter is being mailed.:xf:
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I also interviewed on the 22nd of September...maybe I saw you there. Do you think you did well during your interview? I'm just afraid they're sending out the rejections first...-___-;;
 
Interviewed 9/20 and still under review.
 
Good luck to all who have letters going out!!!
 
emc0105 said:
Interviewed late September, status recently changed to:

A final decision has been reached and a letter will be mailed to your preferred address.

Last week I had the under review status so I think it updated today or Friday.
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My status changed to this today. I checked yesterday and it was still in committee review. I interviewed on the first day 9/19. Good luck all!
 
yoohoo22 said:
From the member of admissions status it took a week for me to get to the committee is reviewing your application status. From there it took about another week for me to receive the Final decision status. Sorry I don't have the exact days, Hope that helps.
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Thanks!
 
luvofgod said:
I also interviewed on the 22nd of September...maybe I saw you there. Do you think you did well during your interview? I'm just afraid they're sending out the rejections first...-___-;;
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Chill, luv! You'll be golden, I'm positive. 🙂
 
Interviewed 9/19/11,

This morning my status changed to: A decision has been made... I guess I have been waitlisted. 🙁

FYI: I have a lower than desired cGPA (though my premed requirements are 3.87) that shows a positive trend my Junior and Senior years (both over 3.6). Good MCAT.

Over 1.5 years as a working EMT, 1 year as at a biology research lab, and over a year teaching MCAT prep.

And sadly, I thought the interviews went great.

Good luck to everyone, I hope I get pulled off the list:luck:
 
To all.... how important were the student interviews? Only asking because mine seemed way informal! (ie: my student interviewer got an email asking her to do a student interview about 30 minutes before she came to get me... they were shorthanded apparently!).

It went great and was a blast... just curious
 
UGA2008 said:
To all.... how important were the student interviews? Only asking because mine seemed way informal! (ie: my student interviewer got an email asking her to do a student interview about 30 minutes before she came to get me... they were shorthanded apparently!).

It went great and was a blast... just curious
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Reading from previous posts, it appears as if the in-house essay and faculty+student interviews are very important.

My guess here is that the application goes to an adcom member, who then summarizes comments from both interviews. That member presents you to committee (...?) and it's either accepted, WL, and rejected from there.

Feel free to correct anything I've written.
 
Agtongue said:
Interviewed 9/19/11,

This morning my status changed to: A decision has been made... I guess I have been waitlisted. 🙁

FYI: I have a lower than desired cGPA (though my premed requirements are 3.87) that shows a positive trend my Junior and Senior years (both over 3.6). Good MCAT.

Over 1.5 years as a working EMT, 1 year as at a biology research lab, and over a year teaching MCAT prep.

And sadly, I thought the interviews went great.

Good luck to everyone, I hope I get pulled off the list:luck:
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Why do you think you got waitlisted?
 
Self said:
Why do you think you got waitlisted?
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In previous years, the status of "a decision has been made" = waitlisted and a status of "a final decision has been made" = accepted or rejected.
 
"A final decision has been reached" for me too. I called admissions they said letters went out yesterday!
 
NPKD1227 said:
"A final decision has been reached" for me too. I called admissions they said letters went out yesterday!
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Heres to checking my mailbox like a freak for the rest of the week. Goodluck to this first group of decisions :luck:
 
Does anyone know if Drexel will only start reviewing waitlists in May, or if they do it continually throughout the cycle?
 
They claim to begin pulling off the waitlist in May, but from past application threads, it can begin sooner or much later depending on how many accept their offer of admission etc...

Additionally, does anyone know if they actually rank the waitlisted, or is it a first on first off type of deal?

Thanks!
 
I called admissions and they said it may take several weeks for decision no matter which date you interviewed. :xf:
 
^ +1. No method to the madness.

Interviewed here last week.. currently under review with a committee member. :scared:
 
jkm07 said:
^ +1. No method to the madness.

Interviewed here last week.. currently under review with a committee member. :scared:
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Yup, interviewed late September, status just changed sometime today to under review
 
Agtongue said:
Additionally, does anyone know if they actually rank the waitlisted, or is it a first on first off type of deal?

Thanks!
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I believe it's an internal ranking. They won't let WL'ers where they are on it, unfortunately.
 
I sent an in area email 12 days ago and haven't heard back. That's pretty bad. Sigh.
 
I *think* I remember them saying it is a ranked waitlist during the interview day.
 
Has anyone received a "a decision was reached" but then received an acceptance through mail? Sorry, I am hoping beyond all hope that I received a typo 😀
 
My interview is this Friday. For those that interviewed, do you guys have any tips???
 
ahhhhhhhhhh said:
My interview is this Friday. For those that interviewed, do you guys have any tips???
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There is a lot of down time where everyone is just sitting in a conference room. I recommend communicating with the other applicants. Being social may help settle the nerves and can build confidence before the interview.
 
Just submitted the secondary! I'm now settled in for the long wait and reading all your exciting news to pass the time... 😀
 
extremebutter said:
There is a lot of down time where everyone is just sitting in a conference room. I recommend communicating with the other applicants. Being social may help settle the nerves and can build confidence before the interview.
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or destroy your confidence! Applicants seem to have no problem talking themselves up when hanging around (We are all type A personality, so its not really surprising). Always remember, you are there because someone saw something in you over thousands of other applicants! Keep your head up and don't let the "awesomeness" of the other applicants get to you!!!
 
hey, sorry to sound a bit neurotic, but did anyone interview before 9/21 and still have this status? :

Your interview has been scheduled. If you've already appeared for the interview, your application will now be progressing through the Admissions Committee process.

I know there are people who interviewed after me and already are under review so I'm just wondering if maybe they lost my app or something...
 
herogg said:
hey, sorry to sound a bit neurotic, but did anyone interview before 9/21 and still have this status? :

Your interview has been scheduled. If you've already appeared for the interview, your application will now be progressing through the Admissions Committee process.

I know there are people who interviewed after me and already are under review so I'm just wondering if maybe they lost my app or something...
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Interviewed earlier on the same week and I have the same status as you. I feel you, I had hoped interviewing earlier would result in an earlier decision. The wait seems excruciatingly long.
 
MynameisMike said:
or destroy your confidence! Applicants seem to have no problem talking themselves up when hanging around (We are all type A personality, so its not really surprising). Always remember, you are there because someone saw something in you over thousands of other applicants! Keep your head up and don't let the "awesomeness" of the other applicants get to you!!!
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Not my interview day. Everyone was quite sociable and very friendly/fun to talk to. Wouldn't mind having all of my group be in the same class. It'd seemed we would get along quite well.

You don't have to talk about your stats or anything. I don't really care about that anyways when it comes to others. Once you have an interview, your pretty much on equal terms with everyone (there's always exceptions).
 
IntoTheWest said:
Interviewed earlier on the same week and I have the same status as you. I feel you, I had hoped interviewing earlier would result in an earlier decision. The wait seems excruciatingly long.
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Yea, I was hoping to at least be under review... 🙁
 
INTERVIEW INVITE! This is my first, so I am way excited. 😀😀😀😀
 
Did anyone get any Drexel mail yet?! My status changed to the omninous "final decision" on Monday, but no mail yet...
 
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