2012-2013 Rosalind Franklin University Application Thread

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Just got an email saying I'm still in the small pool and maybe be invited for an interview at any time

That's good,,, hopefully you hear something soon 👍
I've been swimming in the large pool since early October and still haven't invited to go to Jacuzzi (Small pool !)...
I hope we all get to go on the water slide soon ! (Acceptance of course!)
But for now I just have to swim in the large pool !
 
How do you know the difference between the large pool and the small pool?? Does the email actually say small pool? My email says..."Thank you for time and effort throughout the application process to the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. At this time you remain in a pool of applicants who may be invited to interview at any time. We continue to email invitations a few weeks prior to available dates, and will continue to do so through the month of April. As we are a rolling admissions process, there is not a set time frame in which an applicant may be invited."

Is this the small pool or large pool??
 
How do you know the difference between the large pool and the small pool?? Does the email actually say small pool? My email says..."Thank you for time and effort throughout the application process to the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. At this time you remain in a pool of applicants who may be invited to interview at any time. We continue to email invitations a few weeks prior to available dates, and will continue to do so through the month of April. As we are a rolling admissions process, there is not a set time frame in which an applicant may be invited."

Is this the small pool or large pool??

That would be the small pool. The large pool is the general population of applicants that indicated RFU as a school. The small pool are those applicants who passed an initial screening and then were notified by email.

I can't believe I didn't tell you to go read the thread...
 
Small pooled here as well. Complete in late September.

Last year I got small pooled and didn't hear back until late April.... when they closed the application season. Hah!

When did you small pool last year?
 
That would be the small pool. The large pool is the general population of applicants that indicated RFU as a school. The small pool are those applicants who passed an initial screening and then were notified by email.

I can't believe I didn't tell you to go read the thread...

I skimmed the thread and just kept seeing "small pool" "large pool" etc. Thanks for explaining, as working full time and commuting 3 hours per day does not make a lot of time for reading through every message of these long threads!!!
 
I skimmed the thread and just kept seeing "small pool" "large pool" etc. Thanks for explaining, as working full time and commuting 3 hours per day does not make a lot of time for reading through every message of these long threads!!!
Reading these threads can be very therapeutic.
 
Does any one know if CMS admissions is meeting today? I think they do every third Monday? I've been waitlisted since October and REALLY HOPE I get off the waitlist today... :xf::xf::xf:
 
Does any one know if CMS admissions is meeting today? I think they do every third Monday? I've been waitlisted since October and REALLY HOPE I get off the waitlist today... :xf::xf::xf:

Was wondering the same!
 
Has anyone from the waitlist heard yet this month? I've been on that darn thing for 2 months...Feels like an eternity of waiting
 
Has anyone from the waitlist heard yet this month? I've been on that darn thing for 2 months...Feels like an eternity of waiting

I called them to ask, they said by the end of this week they should have another round of acceptances before the holidays.
 
That's good,,, hopefully you hear something soon 👍
I've been swimming in the large pool since early October and still haven't invited to go to Jacuzzi (Small pool !)...
I hope we all get to go on the water slide soon ! (Acceptance of course!)
But for now I just have to swim in the large pool !

I wouldn't call it jacuzzi, more like this:
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Interviewed last Wed (12/12) and got "alternate listed" today (12/21).. I'm not sure if the quick turn around is good or bad for news like this but figured I'd give you guys a heads up.

Merry Christmas!
 
I was wait listed in October, just got an email now saying I'm on the alternate list.... not really sure the difference
 
I was wait listed in October, just got an email now saying I'm on the alternate list.... not really sure the difference

You think that's a move up a move down? This is my third wait list. starting to see a trend. Not the best trend but not as bad as it can get either.
 
You think that's a move up a move down? This is my third wait list. starting to see a trend. Not the best trend but not as bad as it can get either.

Based on the wording of the 2 emails, alternate list sounds more positive than the wait list did!
 
Based on the wording of the 2 emails, alternate list sounds more positive than the wait list did!

Interesting - I figured alternate list = wait list, but I got the same email both times. Sounds like maybe they are different...
 
is the wait list ranked? the e-mail said the alternate list is not ranked.
 
did anyone find any more info on this? it kind of seems like the same situation to me...from the emails at least. 😕

I wouldn't read into it too much. You're on some sort of list and you haven't been rejected, which means you didn't **** up the interview, but also haven't been admitted. That's all you're going to know until you're accepted or until the cycle's over.
 
any consensus on the average wait time prior to decision letter being made: (small pool, or reject) from rosalind franklin?

i'm a bit of a later applicant to this school, but tbh, the more i hear about it, the more in love with cms i am...waiting around is killing me!
 
Withdrew my application as I received an acceptance elsewhere. I passed primary screening sometime in October, hopefully this will help someone else.
 
so people are being taken off a wait list already? Are they still inviting people for interviews still?
 
They interview until march/April so they're not done. But as for the waitlist thing as far as I know, if you didn't get an acceptance/rejection after the interview, you were first placed on the "waitlist." Then, a few weeks ago they either did nothing with your file, or placed you on the "alternate list," so there may or may not have been movement from waitlist to acceptance I'm not sure. I personally was in the former category so we'll see
 
interview invite, with a ton of dates to choose from all throughout February
 
interview invite, with a ton of dates to choose from all throughout February

+1!! Super excited since I thought they had moved past my date.

Complete mid-September, small pooled early November, stats in MDApps 🙂
 
interview invite, with a ton of dates to choose from all throughout February

Congrats! Would you mind sharing when you were complete, how the II came, and your stats (don't worry if you're too bashful about stats), please? Thanks in advance.


And good luck at your interviews guys/gals!
 
Interview here as well! 😀

3.65/3.64sGPA/34Q

Complete in October, small pooled two weeks ago.
 
Small pooled early september but nothing yet. Am I passed on?
 
apparently the wait list and alternate list are the same thing. i asked admissions.
 
Congrats! Would you mind sharing when you were complete, how the II came, and your stats (don't worry if you're too bashful about stats), please? Thanks in advance.


And good luck at your interviews guys/gals!

App Complete 9/24, entered Primary Screening 9/25, Screening Complete 11/20

II came via email

Stats -> IS GPA 3.8, MCAT 34
 
My app entered primary screening just as Marlfox's completed the screen lol.. 11/20

sooo... its closing in on two months for me to get either the small pool or regular pool email. how long is wait (it says 4-6 on the email, but we all know thats very optimistic for being complete in october). my app was complete on 10/24, have I been placed in the regular pool??? i like being in a small pool!

im beginning to go crazy about these apps, i promised myself to never post on school specific boards because that will only make me more anxious but i cant help it anymore haha
 
Hey guys, I am sure this question was asked before, but I am asking it again here. I am outside of the country and internet here is really slow, so I wasn't able to read through the thread...

So I got this email about a month ago, "Your file is complete and has passed a primary screening. This means you are in the pool of applicants who may be invited to interview with CMS. However, this does not guarantee an invitation and you may be invited to interview or declined an interview at anytime during the admissions process." Is this what you guys call the 'small pool'?

Also, in general how long does it take to get off from the 'small pool' and get invited for not-guaranteed interview?

Thank you for your time!
 
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