2012-2013 University of Pittsburgh Application Thread

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colorfulfishies said:
It's starting to hit harder right about now, anticipating that tomorrow will be excruciating and Thursday will simply be a nauseated blur...
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I know this is particularly annoying to hear from someone who is on the other side of this, but it is a life skill to be able to tamp down all your psychological and autonomic crazy in the face of impending news/decisions, etc. It will make life more palatable.

I'm trying to work on this for Step 1, which is another level of crazy. We'll see how this goes.
 
redpanda said:
i know this is particularly annoying to hear from someone who is on the other side of this, but it is a life skill to be able to tamp down all your psychological and autonomic crazy in the face of impending news/decisions, etc. It will make life more palatable.

I'm trying to work on this for step 1, which is another level of crazy. We'll see how this goes.
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+1000
 
redpanda said:
I know this is particularly annoying to hear from someone who is on the other side of this, but it is a life skill to be able to tamp down all your psychological and autonomic crazy in the face of impending news/decisions, etc. It will make life more palatable.

I'm trying to work on this for Step 1, which is another level of crazy. We'll see how this goes.
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totally know what you mean, and my whole non pre-med world has been telling me this forever. I'm just trying inundate myself with various distractions right now, ya know the gist, SDN, collecting Sea Urchin gametes, fun stuff

totally 😎 for the moment
 
redpanda said:
I know this is particularly annoying to hear from someone who is on the other side of this, but it is a life skill to be able to tamp down all your psychological and autonomic crazy in the face of impending news/decisions, etc. It will make life more palatable.

I'm trying to work on this for Step 1, which is another level of crazy. We'll see how this goes.
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I don't find it annoying, I find it as the truth. I was out of it for a bit at work today thinking about Thursday and it ended up costing me some money. But such is life. At least I snapped out of it and got the day done properly. No real harm, no real foul in this case. Thankfully.
 
*IT'S OFFICIAL*

One more day until decisions are out! Does anyone know what time of the day we can expect them? Any takers?

And also, are they going to be releasing all decisions or are they going to just release a lot and then gradually release more as the days go by?

Thanks for any input and good luck to everyone 🙂 (I'll be saying this again tomorrow morning :laugh:)
 
uw0tm8 said:
*IT'S OFFICIAL*

One more day until decisions are out! Does anyone know what time of the day we can expect them? Any takers?

And also, are they going to be releasing all decisions or are they going to just release a lot and then gradually release more as the days go by?

Thanks for any input and good luck to everyone 🙂 (I'll be saying this again tomorrow morning :laugh:)
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I believe it was already answered that, as per last year, all the decisions will be released tomorrow afternoon at once via email telling you to check your status online.

AKA: Server could crash, this thread will blow up, etc etc. 🙂
 
PreMedOrDead said:
I believe it was already answered that, as per last year, all the decisions will be released tomorrow afternoon at once via email telling you to check your status online.

AKA: Server could crash, this thread will blow up, etc etc. 🙂
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Hah, thanks. So when you say afternoon, I assume 12pm on the dot, right? Which means 9am PST, which means the first thing I'm going to do when I wake up is check my inbox, right? Right? :meanie: Right?
 
uw0tm8 said:
Hah, thanks. So when you say afternoon, I assume 12pm on the dot, right? Which means 9am PST, which means the first thing I'm going to do when I wake up is check my inbox, right? Right? :meanie: Right?
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Someone needs to slip some alprazolam in your coffee. 🙄

😀
 
Feeling strangely at peace right now, but I never got when they said they'd release decisions tomorrow. I don't remember ever being given a specific time. Where is this 12pm thing coming from?
 
Ismet said:
I'm assuming it will be similar to how they accepted people last year, but maybe the precautions they're taking to avoid website overload will change that. Maybe they'll make status changes in short waves throughout the day?

I received the "status change" email at 8pm exactly on Feb 13 last year (and I remember the app site having a very vaguely-worded paragraph that I had to read a few times to make sure it actually meant acceptance :laugh:). A week later the official acceptance letter dated Feb 14 arrived at my house.
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Like Ismet, I also received my status change email at 8:00pm EST, if that helps. So... yeah, might be a long day tomorrow if they do things the same way, especially if you're checking your email every 3 minutes from the moment you wake up. Try to stay calm guys! :luck:
 
jesse120 said:
Like Ismet, I also received my status change email at 8:00pm EST, if that helps. So... yeah, might be a long day tomorrow if they do things the same way, especially if you're checking your email every 3 minutes from the moment you wake up. Try to stay calm guys! :luck:
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Oh helllllllls nah!!! :laugh: I shall bring out the booze tonight so that I may wake up mid-day/nighttime tomorrow. Cheers 👍
 
jesse120 said:
Like Ismet, I also received my status change email at 8:00pm EST, if that helps. So... yeah, might be a long day tomorrow if they do things the same way, especially if you're checking your email every 3 minutes from the moment you wake up. Try to stay calm guys! :luck:
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Aren't they doing a lot of stuff different this year? Fingers crossed that maybe this will be something different also. If not, anytime not in class will be naptime for me tomorrow! :luck:
 
I'm not too worried about be anxious all day tomorrow because I'll be sedated so an orthopod can screw my broken wrist back together. Hopefully he'll only want to use a local anesthetic so I can shadow my own surgery :naughty:
 
jesse120 said:
As you all agonize over waiting a few more days to hear from Pitt, here's a question to distract you a little: why don't guys like to send thank you emails/cards to their male interviewers? I mean, I really don't care either way whether an interviewee sends me one, but it's interesting. I interviewed three guys and three girls. All three girls sent me a thank you email -- none of the guys did. Then I thought about it and realized last year I also didn't send a thank you email to my male student interviewer, but I did to my female student interviewer. Is there some unwritten rule that says guys shouldn't thank another guy for interviewing him? I don't get it :laugh:
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As someone with a Y chromosome (at least I hope I have one, I haven't actually seen it), I send a hand written thank you note to my female student interviewer, a male faculty, and my host, but I would have sent one in any case.
 
Pitt is my alma mater. I hope that means something.

Honestly, I would be that person agonizing over receiving the email tomorrow, but I'm not right now. I think this whole process has made me a little detached and carefree. I guess I'm tired of wasting my mind on getting in. What happens, happens.
 
BurghStudent said:
Pitt is my alma mater. I hope that means something.

Honestly, I would be that person agonizing over receiving the email tomorrow, but I'm not right now. I think this whole process has made me a little detached and carefree. I guess I'm tired of wasting my mind on getting in. What happens, happens.
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Pitt is the highest represented undergraduate school in most, if not all, classes here (18 in 2016), so take from that what you want. Keep in mind that ~6 come from the guaranteed admission program though.
 
In case you guys aren't a "fan" of Pitt Med on FB,

"MD admission decisions go out tomorrow! This year Pitt Med received 4982 applications and interviewed 836 candidates. Thank you to everyone who applied and interviewed with us! And many thanks to our dedicated current students, faculty, and staff, who welcomed our applicants, gave tours, conducted interviews, and showed what a great community we have at Pitt Med!"

(https://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Pittsburgh-School-of-Medicine/109931359038697)

EDIT to add: In the comments, they said that decisions will be posted by "close of business." (I still wouldn't expect them before 5)

There's also a twitter apparently, I guess more schools are following UMich's lead https://twitter.com/PittMedAdmFA
 
I think I'd be most interested in finding out how many people are going to Accepted/Waitlisted/Rejected tomorrow, especially considering Pitt is generally extremely conservative. Unfortunately, I'm sure there'll be plenty of questions about waitlisting and movement tomorrow, especially with this initial round of acceptances. I can't imagine they'll accept more than the class can hold, even though they have about a 60% turnover.
 
PreMedOrDead said:
I think I'd be most interested in finding out how many people are going to Accepted/Waitlisted/Rejected tomorrow, especially considering Pitt is generally extremely conservative. Unfortunately, I'm sure there'll be plenty of questions about waitlisting and movement tomorrow.
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Hopefully they'll say tomorrow (or, if someone asks, today!)!
 
After yesterday's Orthopedics fest, the OR is a bit slow tonight, so I decided to try my hand at a bit of writing...

One day more
Another day another destiny
On this never ending road to an MD
These men who seem to know my fate
Will surely not force me to wait (list)
One day more

How did I live until today
How could I live if not accepted
Tomorrow seems a life away
And yet, my hope will not be thwarted

One more day all on my own
One more day with them not seeing
What a life I might have known
But they'll tell me, "no, not here"

One day more!

One more day until the knell
At the pre-allopathic forums
When this thread begins to swell
Will you find new classmates here

One day more!

One more day 'till the decision
We will make them wait their fears
We will not have enough bandwidth
They will wet themselves with tears

Watch 'em run amuck, mock 'em as they fall
Never know your luck when there's a chance to troll
Here a little snark, there a little thrill
Most of them won't notice 'till we've had our fill

One more day to new beginnings (Raise the coats of white on high)
Every student's yearning bring (Every student's yearning bring)
There's a doctorate for the winning (There are MDs to be won)
Can you hear the pre-meds sing

My place is here
Will they agree?

One day more!
One day more!

Tomorrow is the judgement day
Tomorrow we'll discover what the 'coms in Pittsburgh have in store
One more dawn, one more day
One day more


Perhaps I should get started on "Gunner of the House" next.
 
theacks1 said:
After yesterday's Orthopedics fest, the OR is a bit slow tonight, so I decided to try my hand at a bit of writing...

One day more
Another day another destiny
On this never ending road to an MD
These men who seem to know my fate
Will surely not force me to wait (list)
One day more

How did I live until today
How could I live if not accepted
Tomorrow seems a life away
And yet, my hope will not be thwarted

One more day all on my own
One more day with them not seeing
What a life I might have known
But they'll tell me, "no, not here"

One day more!

One more day until the knell
At the pre-allopathic forums
When this thread begins to swell
Will you find new classmates here

One day more!

One more day 'till the decision
We will make them wait their fears
We will not have enough bandwidth
They will wet themselves with tears

Watch 'em run amuck, mock 'em as they fall
Never know your luck when there's a chance to troll
Here a little snark, there a little thrill
Most of them won't notice 'till we've had our fill

One more day to new beginnings (Raise the coats of white on high)
Every student's yearning bring (Every student's yearning bring)
There's a doctorate for the winning (There are MDs to be won)
Can you hear the pre-meds sing

My place is here
Will they agree?

One day more!
One day more!

Tomorrow is the judgement day
Tomorrow we'll discover what the 'coms in Pittsburgh have in store
One more dawn, one more day
One day more


Perhaps I should get started on "Gunner of the House" next.
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Scope and Scalpel 2017 👍
 
theacks1 said:
After yesterday's Orthopedics fest, the OR is a bit slow tonight, so I decided to try my hand at a bit of writing...

One day more
Another day another destiny
On this never ending road to an MD
These men who seem to know my fate
Will surely not force me to wait (list)
One day more

How did I live until today
How could I live if not accepted
Tomorrow seems a life away
And yet, my hope will not be thwarted

One more day all on my own
One more day with them not seeing
What a life I might have known
But they'll tell me, "no, not here"

One day more!

One more day until the knell
At the pre-allopathic forums
When this thread begins to swell
Will you find new classmates here

One day more!

One more day 'till the decision
We will make them wait their fears
We will not have enough bandwidth
They will wet themselves with tears

Watch 'em run amuck, mock 'em as they fall
Never know your luck when there's a chance to troll
Here a little snark, there a little thrill
Most of them won't notice 'till we've had our fill

One more day to new beginnings (Raise the coats of white on high)
Every student's yearning bring (Every student's yearning bring)
There's a doctorate for the winning (There are MDs to be won)
Can you hear the pre-meds sing

My place is here
Will they agree?

One day more!
One day more!

Tomorrow is the judgement day
Tomorrow we'll discover what the 'coms in Pittsburgh have in store
One more dawn, one more day
One day more


Perhaps I should get started on "Gunner of the House" next.
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I think you should withdraw your application and become a full time poet 😛
 
sk15731 said:
I think you should withdraw your application and become a full time poet 😛
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Gunner!

If you don't get the reference, just highlight this post.
 
This euphoria talk is undoubtedly induced by a night at the bar and Backstreet Boys karaoke,
but I hope everybody can be happy tomorrow,
and if not, may your dreams come true in some other way 😀
 
This might be making some of you more neurotic, but last year the statuses went online the evening before they were scheduled to be released (or at least the waitlists were up a day early). I didn't receive an email about a status change until later the next day!

Good luck to all! 😀
 
Just checked my status. I've been put on the second tier wait list =/

I guess its an accomplishment in itself to not get rejected, but still disappointed.

I didn't get any email about my change in status so I think people can start checking.
 
First tier waitlist - definitely disappointed - loved it here when I visited. Ah well. Good luck to everyone else. I never got an e-mail btw I was refreshing my status page and saw it.
 
First-Tier Wait List. Time to send love letters? 🙁
 
Am I the only one whose status hasn't changed online? When I log in it still says under review...
 
ERMAHGERD said:
First-Tier Wait List. Time to send love letters? 🙁
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I'd say definitely, especially since they may not be accepting many more students than there are seats in the class this first wave.

Still waiting for my status to change... the anxiety hadn't hit until I saw all the decisions rolling in here.
 
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