2011-2012 Tufts Maine Track Application Thread

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Surendrall24 said:
Did anybody figure out if there were acceptances given out yet for this batch of interviews? I'm a deferred applicant but I sent in new grades and an update letter from the Tufts MBS admin so I was hoping my file would look more appealing this round:/ Does anybody know what chances are of deferred people hearing before May?
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If anyone was recently accepted, they are being very quiet. 😏

And no, no one seems to know what the chances are of getting an acceptance before May if you have been deferred. :shrug:
 
alpinebrook said:
If anyone was recently accepted, they are being very quiet. 😏

And no, no one seems to know what the chances are of getting an acceptance before May if you have been deferred. :shrug:
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What does deferred mean for this?

I am interviewing in a month. This is my top choice. I love Maine and this program really involves the students in taking on patients at the start.
 
djwarp64 said:
What does deferred mean for this?

I am interviewing in a month. This is my top choice. I love Maine and this program really involves the students in taking on patients at the start.
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According to the letter, deferred means your NOT waitlisted, that your file is reviewed every month with the other new interviewees, but i havn't heard of any deferred people getting accepted yet so ya:/
 
alpinebrook said:
If anyone was recently accepted, they are being very quiet. 😏

And no, no one seems to know what the chances are of getting an acceptance before May if you have been deferred. :shrug:
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I interviewed 1/6 and got the acceptance call 2/7.
 
Surendrall24 said:
According to the letter, deferred means your NOT waitlisted, that your file is reviewed every month with the other new interviewees, but i havn't heard of any deferred people getting accepted yet so ya:/
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But that "deferred decision" list eventually becomes the waitlist (like after May 15)...right?
 
alpinebrook said:
Nice! Congrats! So not everyone is getting deferred or rejected at this point. :xf:
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"Rumor" has it that as of the February committing meeting (as in before the anyone is accepted from the February Interviews) there were still 20 spots that needed to be filled.

Here is to hoping 🙂
 
Rogersam5 said:
"Rumor" has it that as of the February committing meeting (as in before the anyone is accepted from the February Interviews) there were still 20 spots that needed to be filled.

Here is to hoping 🙂
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There are still 20 of the 36 total spots, this late in the cycle? Where did you get this info? Hope it's true. Thank you Tufts for not overbooking!
 
alpinebrook said:
There are still 20 of the 36 total spots, this late in the cycle? Where did you get this info? Hope it's true. Thank you Tufts for not overbooking!
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When I had my interview on 2/10 Dr. Bing-You said there were ~6 remaining spots. This was before the Jan. acceptance were announced, so as to whether that figure accounts for those acceptances, I can't say, but there is still the possibility of significant movement from the waitlist, as I'm sure several people who are accepted will decline (or at least those of us waiting to hear back can hope)
 
I have to imagine they have more then 6 for February and march interviewees considering it looks like the invited another 20 to interview in the last month. I obsessively checked the calendar until my interview (Late February) and it was running around 130, but when I checked it late this month (last week I think) the number jumped to 150. My guess might be that they had 6 spots completely open, but that some of the early acceptances withdrew, so by the committee meeting last friday they had more spots open that they needed to fill.

That is consistent with the stats they gave us having 70-80 acceptances, for their 36 matriculants in the last few years....

Yes that is what I was looking at when they were giving us the presentation.... I gotta know my odds!
 
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Rogersam5 said:
I have to imagine they have more then 6 for February and march interviewees considering it looks like the invited another 20 to interview in the last month. I obsessively checked the calendar until my interview 2/3 and it was running around 130, but when I checked it late this month (last week I think) the number jumped to 150. My guess might be that they had 6 spots completely open, but that some of the early acceptances withdrew, so by the committee meeting last friday they had more spots open that they needed to fill.

That is consistent with the stats they gave us having 70-80 acceptances, for their 36 matriculants in the last few years....

Yes that is what I was looking at when they were giving us the presentation.... I gotta know my odds!
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I'm confused as to where you're getting this stat of 70-80 acceptances per year. I'm assuming you're numbers are based off the table of applications/admissions in the packet they gave us, but this doesn't list the number of acceptances each year. Can you please elaborate on where these numbers are coming from.
 
pcook1 said:
I'm confused as to where you're getting this stat of 70-80 acceptances per year. I'm assuming you're numbers are based off the table of applications/admissions in the packet they gave us, but this doesn't list the number of acceptances each year. Can you please elaborate on where these numbers are coming from.
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I remember seeing that stat too in their powerpoint presentation and trying my best to remember it (but subsequently forgetting). It's not in the packet they give us, unfortunately. I remember being shocked by the fact that they were disclosing what amounts to their true acceptance rate and yield - a stat that is never reported on admissions websites or MSAR. If someone else here remembers from the presentation that they accept 70-80 then I'm inclined to believe it since I do remember seeing figures for that. However, unless a ton of accepted applicants withdrew during the fall/early winter, I'm less inclined to believe that there are 20 remaining spots this far into the cycle.
 
gibsonsg75 said:
I remember seeing that stat too in their powerpoint presentation and trying my best to remember it (but subsequently forgetting). It's not in the packet they give us, unfortunately. I remember being shocked by the fact that they were disclosing what amounts to their true acceptance rate and yield - a stat that is never reported on admissions websites or MSAR. If someone else here remembers from the presentation that they accept 70-80 then I'm inclined to believe it since I do remember seeing figures for that. However, unless a ton of accepted applicants withdrew during the fall/early winter, I'm less inclined to believe that there are 20 remaining spots this far into the cycle.
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I'm surprised, to say the least, that they have to offer that many acceptances to fill 36 spots, given that 20 of them come with a significant tuition reduction. I'm doubtful that 20 more spots remain this cycle (hopeful... but doubtful). I guess the only thing I'm truly sure about at this point is that it's going to be an insanely long couple of weeks coming up waiting to hear back.
 
pcook1 said:
I'm surprised, to say the least, that they have to offer that many acceptances to fill 36 spots, given that 20 of them come with a significant tuition reduction. I'm doubtful that 20 more spots remain this cycle (hopeful... but doubtful). I guess the only thing I'm truly sure about at this point is that it's going to be an insanely long couple of weeks coming up waiting to hear back.
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+1

I only have access to a popular rumor mill so it is possible that the remaining spots is far less20. But I do remember that the number of acceptances was normally a little over twice that of the matriculants (70 ish, with one year having like 90) it was only in the powerpoint at the beginning and not in the packets or handouts they gave us).

I wouldn't be surprised if there is a lot of turnover in the acceptances because it is a very different program that some may use as a "safety" and when they get in elsewhere they withdraw early, I know that is what I did with my undergrad. The significant tuition break might be a bonus for everyone but they may be really selective about it until they are done with the application cycle, when they fill out the full list. They did say they are looking for people with strong ties, and I have to imagine that is a more difficult question then we understand and you would want a better picture of your class to determine who is most qualified academically and who has the strongest ties to Maine before you start dumping money into people just because they interviewed earlier then others.

And it is possible that they defer people that are "marginal" until ally he interviews are complete and only admit the stung candidates early. I can't remember if it was this school or another one that said something along the lines of later interviews are not at a disadvantage to early interviews. If this is the case... then It is possible they give acceptances to a max say 6 people per interview pool (6 months of interviews x 6 people per cycle =36 matriculatnts) then any withdrawals would be filled as they occur. Which would at the end of this last month would put 6 spots as open for March interviews / Deferred applicants + any that have been accepted but withdrew.

Anyway I find it hard to imagine that they would add so many more interviews for march in February if as of 2/10 they had a total of 6 spots to fill between the roughly 32 applicants interviewing in February alone...



BUT!!!!!!!


All of this is speculation based on my limited knowledge (read very Limited) about what is going on and my optimistic view of the process. I do pay attention to numbers and statistics, and probabilities which is why I have included so many number in this, as they are the easiest way for me to make sense of it all. BUt again I could be telling you exactly what isn't happening...

But it makes me feel better/sleep thinking optimistically like above 🙂 :luck:
 
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I interviewed in Dec and got an acceptance in Jan with the scholarship package. I'd believe the 70 people accepted with only 36 matriculating. I also remember during the power point the speaker said they actually accepted someone as late as June...which is terrifying. But also exciting that you can still have that opportunity if Maine Track is your first choice. It's my first choice I'm headed there next year and I am SO excited to meet all of you!
 
lwm11 said:
I interviewed in Dec and got an acceptance in Jan with the scholarship package. I'd believe the 70 people accepted with only 36 matriculating. I also remember during the power point the speaker said they actually accepted someone as late as June...which is terrifying. But also exciting that you can still have that opportunity if Maine Track is your first choice. It's my first choice I'm headed there next year and I am SO excited to meet all of you!
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Congrats! It must be nice to know right now where you are going to be next fall. :laugh: Are you from Maine? Do you have any idea how many people have "accepted" their acceptances and plan on matriculating? Perhaps you know of some friends. I see on other threads people looking to join FB groups; just wondering if one has already been created for the new Maine Track folk.
 
Yes I am from Maine. So far I only know of one other student headed there with me (also from Maine). To my knowledge, there is no facebook group yet. I am in a couple of facebook groups created by first year med students at the schools where I've been accepted. So hopefully mmc tufts will get on it soon 🙂 hope that helps!
 
Hey Folks,

I've created an admitted students group for the Maine Track on Facebook if anyone is interested. The link is here or you can search "2012 Tufts-MMC Maine Track Admitted Students Group."

Cheers!
 
Hey guys. Does anyone know if there are any more interview dates for the Maine Track? Thanks.
 
I think the last one will be held on Friday, March 23rd. Although, they could possibly expand the interview pool if they wanted.
 
Yes, I found out today. Dean Neumeyer called me and said that I had gotten into both tracks. I interviewed 2/10
 
Kjbds1 said:
Yes, I found out today. Dean Neumeyer called me and said that I had gotten into both tracks. I interviewed 2/10
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Congratulations on your acceptance!!!!!

If you don't mind me asking, did you only have one interview for both tracks? I was under the impression that you if you are considered for both tracks, you'll have to interview separately, in Boston and in Portland.

Thanks
 
AspiringD said:
Congratulations on your acceptance!!!!!

If you don't mind me asking, did you only have one interview for both tracks? I was under the impression that you if you are considered for both tracks, you'll have to interview separately, in Boston and in Portland.

Thanks
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+1 Thinking/wondering the same thing. Also, --this is just speculation-- it seems like non-SDNers must have just gotten calls in addition to our lucky friend here. Otherwise, wouldn't it be weird that only one person get some sort of notification? Or is that just how they do things at Tufts?
 
AJgem said:
Can you elaborate please? thanks.
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I just got an email saying I was put on the deferred decision list. Pretty disappointed because this was my number one, but fortunate enough to have gotten into my number two, so not all is lost I guess...
 
pcook1 said:
I just got an email saying I was put on the deferred decision list. Pretty disappointed because this was my number one, but fortunate enough to have gotten into my number two, so not all is lost I guess...
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Could you please tell us how long you had to wait to hear back from the school?

Thx
 
It depends on your interview date, the committee at MMC meets at the end of the month. When they review the files of those that interviewed that month. Then the beginning of the next month they send out the decisions (Accept/Defer/Reject) and the process starts over the next month. What I don't know is if they review every deferred applicant every month, or once deferred they wait until the end of interview season to review the deferred pile.

Now, if you are deferred you have no idea when you might hear from them again, because they supposedly only will tell you if there is any change to your status i.e. Accepted or Rejected....
 
Deferred. Can't help being a little disappointed because this is also my number one choice, but then again things could be A LOT worse. More waiting for me...
 
For those on the deferred list (myself included), I don't think we can expect to hear back until May. They have one more round of interviews to review (March group), meaning one more round of acceptances will go out in early April. Once all of the acceptances are out, it's a waiting game on Tufts' part to see which students will ultimate accept the invitation. Assuming that there are a fare amount of students who will ultimatey chose other locations, that should free up spots and they will hopefully start sending out invitations off of the deferred list anytime between April and mid/late May. I believe AAMC sets a cut off date of May 15th where students can hold multiple offers. In other words, by May 15th, if you have more than one acceptance you have to choose one. Given that date, I would assume that a majority of the movement from the deferred list would occur on sometime in May.

Despite the words in the letter, which state that deferred is "not the waitlist," I think we have to be honest and recognize that it's the same song, just a different dance.

Happy waiting to all those on the deferred list…
 
The real question is, and I'm not sure if anyone on the "outside" would know because this is a new program, are they selective and conservative about who gets put aside on the list, or not? What percentage comes off?
 
flannelman123 said:
For those on the deferred list (myself included), I don’t think we can expect to hear back until May. They have one more round of interviews to review (March group), meaning one more round of acceptances will go out in early April. Once all of the acceptances are out, it’s a waiting game on Tufts’ part to see which students will ultimate accept the invitation. Assuming that there are a fare amount of students who will ultimatey chose other locations, that should free up spots and they will hopefully start sending out invitations off of the deferred list anytime between April and mid/late May. I believe AAMC sets a cut off date of May 15th where students can hold multiple offers. In other words, by May 15th, if you have more than one acceptance you have to choose one. Given that date, I would assume that a majority of the movement from the deferred list would occur on sometime in May.

Despite the words in the letter, which state that deferred is “not the waitlist,” I think we have to be honest and recognize that it’s the same song, just a different dance.

Happy waiting to all those on the deferred list…
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I found out from a current first-year that the wait-list was untouched last year. In fact, the class was over-enrolled until someone got off the wait list at another school at the very last minute. I'm not saying it will be this way this year as well. I'm just saying this is the way things were last year. 🙁

There are two more interview sessions left: the 16th and 23rd. In my interview group, there were only 6 of us, but the schedule (probably created using an Excel template) had 8 slots. So, anywhere from 12 to 16 more people will be interviewed, and hopefully the deferred list won't get too much bigger!

Obviously we are all very anxious to see how this will turn out.

My questions: how many people have been accepted, how many plan on keeping their acceptance? Will over-enrollment / overbooking be an issue? Is the deferred decision / WL ranked?
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This deferred decision wait is killing me. ~ May 15 can't come soon enough
 
gibsonsg75 said:
This deferred decision wait is killing me. ~ May 15 can't come soon enough
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Hmm. No one seems to be concerned that last year, the WL was not even touched. That is, unless the current first-year lied to me.

Does anyone have any insider info that points to more promising prospects for this cycle's deferred applicants?
 
alpinebrook said:
Hmm. No one seems to be concerned that last year, the WL was not even touched. That is, unless the current first-year lied to me.

Does anyone have any insider info that points to more promising prospects for this cycle's deferred applicants?
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From the admitted students Facebook group I get the impression that a decent number of us are still seriously considering other schools (me included). That would lead me to believe that there will be some waitlist movement, unless they over-accepted by a lot. But if your friend says they over-enrolled last year I would hope they would be a bit more careful about it this year.
 
Hey guys,

Does anyone know when the next AdCom meeting is? THX
 
AspiringD said:
Hey guys,

Does anyone know when the next AdCom meeting is? THX
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It's probably right around this time. Maybe tomorrow / early this week. March interviewees will hear back early to mid April, if the trend continues.
 
Looks like regular MD track started getting calls yesterday. No idea what that means for Maine track or if the two tracks historically hear at the same time. Just reporting what's going on in their thread....
 
I saw that too, hopefully that means well here back soon as well.. This waiting is getting old!
 
The decisions are out! Unfortunately for me I was placed on the deferred list🙁🙁🙁 I don't anticipate much movement on the WL, so I guess this is it for me🙁
 
AspiringD said:
The decisions are out! Unfortunately for me I was placed on the deferred list🙁🙁🙁 I don't anticipate much movement on the WL, so I guess this is it for me🙁
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Don't despair about the WL; see post #189 above. :xf::luck:
 
Are we waiting until May 15, or might we hear something before then?
 
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