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2012-2013 Temple University Application Thread
Started by gettheleadout
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I received the same response when I called. According to last year's thread, it seems like the first movement occurred around 5/23, as far as we know.
Why do you think it will move slower this year?
It's mostly a gut feeling but reading previous posts it seems that they took a little bit longer with financial aid this year as well. Also looking at the waitlist/panic thread I don't remember which people in general feel like most schools have been slow but again this might only be because we are all probably anxiously staring at emails from 10 am to 5 pm haha
Hey guys, I rescinded my spot on the wait list today, because I got into another school that I was waiting on. Good luck to those still waiting to hear! I have my fingers crossed for you all!
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Earlier in the cycle, a few people mentioned that "up to 1/3 of the class can come from the waitlist". The 2012 and 2011 threads for Temple looked pretty bleak though.
I emailed the admissions office and the class is currently full.
I emailed someone higher up.
Waitlists are slow everywhere. Once other waitlists start to open up I'm sure Temple's might start moving.
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You can probably ask, but you might not get any responses. And you'd be attaching your face and name to the question.
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No way.
You are there from 8 to noon almost every day. A few blocks you might get out earlier on a few days, but they are few and far between, and I don't think they happened almost at all in second year, just first. I can't promise if they changed that since I was an MS-1, though.
Monday afternoons you have Doctoring lecture from 1-3 (some days you'll be done at 2). St. Luke's college people have their Doctoring college session from 3-5 that day. The rest of the doctoring colleges meet from 1-3 or 3-5 on Tuesdays, Wednesday or Thursday. Whatever time slot you are in MS-1, you'll be in the opposite for MS-2, but on the same day.
Rarely you'll be in after noon for a quiz or test, or some atypical Doctoring thing like an OSCE or some other things. Those can run into the evening, but they're only a few times a year.
Since your transitioning into 3rd year, have you started your rotations yet?
Yeah, we start MS-3 in mid-May.
Has anyone checked with the admissions office lately?
Not being pessimistic. I think there is always hope, but compared to other schools I am waitlisted at, I wouldn't be crossing my fingers for Temple. Other schools have had a lot more movement than Temple, and there are still a ton of people waiting to hear. Definitely get those applications in if you don't have any other schools you are waiting on.
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Talked to my pre-health adviser earlier today. She said she recently spoke with someone at the Temple admissions office and they said they've currently got enough (if not a couple extra) accepted applicants. I'm not throwing in the towel yet, but the ref's started counting and it's unlikely I'll make it to my feet.
I was notified I was accepted by email in late March and a week later had the dean call me to say they made a mistake and they have to put me on the waitlist. I wasn't given a full explanation of what the mistake was, and they could not tell me where I was on the waitlist. It was presented as a done deal - sorry but the email (and several follow ups) were errors. They did not send out an acceptance letter by snail mail. I got the waitlist letter about a month later.
I am not holding out hope of coming off the waitlist although it would be an amazing dream come true, because I love Temple. I get the feeling, as several others have said, that they are over-enrolled and have probably been for since before May 15th.
Best of luck to everyone. I hope some of us get in. You can always hope! 🙂
I am not holding out hope of coming off the waitlist although it would be an amazing dream come true, because I love Temple. I get the feeling, as several others have said, that they are over-enrolled and have probably been for since before May 15th.
Best of luck to everyone. I hope some of us get in. You can always hope! 🙂
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