2013-2014 Dartmouth College (Geisel) Application Thread

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No acceptance off the wait- list yet?!!!!.
 
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Fabio Lanzoni said:
Anyone else on edge all day long? I think we can assume there isn't gonna be anything today
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People are speculating that the admissions deans of most schools will take the weekend to evaluate where they stand. I'm inclined to agree, but I'm still glued to my phone for any emails haha
 
Any word yet?...
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pDeluxe said:
People are speculating that the admissions deans of most schools will take the weekend to evaluate where they stand. I'm inclined to agree, but I'm still glued to my phone for any emails haha
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Yeah that makes sense. Well it's officially late in the east coast so Monday it is! I am waiting very anxiously
 
hustle3 said:
The silence is killing me...!!!!
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And the white coat ceremony is in freaking late Sept? Wtf? I already told my g-ma from a different continent to fly here mid august. Gosh Dartmouth is dropping the ball.

But I still wanna get accepted

^If any admissions people are lurking on here, that was meant as a joke 🙂
 
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hustle3 said:
The silence is killing me...!!!!
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Agreed.+pissed+
Fabio Lanzoni said:
And the white coat ceremony is in freaking late Sept? Wtf? I already told my g-ma from a different continent to fly here mid august. Gosh Dartmouth is dropping the ball.

But I still wanna get accepted

^If any admissions people are lurking on here, that was meant as a joke 🙂
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Late September, eh? Well I won't exactly be waiting around for a call until then. Starting med school in early August, baby!

Comon', Geisel. Show at least some of us some love soon!

Waitlisters----> 😍:hello::nod:"pick me" :sendoff::caution::sendoff:"accept my update"

😴:nailbiting::yawn:😢+pity+:scared:"it's a hard life" :bow:"I am not worthy"
 
Entadus said:
Agreed.+pissed+

Late September, eh? Well I won't exactly be waiting around for a call until then. Starting med school in early August, baby!

Comon', Geisel. Show at least some of us some love soon!

Waitlisters----> 😍:hello::nod:"pick me" :sendoff::caution::sendoff:"accept my update"

😴:nailbiting::yawn:😢+pity+:scared:"it's a hard life" :bow:"I am not worthy"
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I think school starts in August like everyone else but their white coat ceremony is later?
 
Fabio Lanzoni said:
I think school starts in August like everyone else but their white coat ceremony is later?
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a lot of schools have their white coat ceremony later I think. I know my friends at one school didn't get theirs until after they were done their first block/anatomy.
 
has anyone called Andy? is the class still oversubscribed?
 
bofocion said:
has anyone called Andy? is the class still oversubscribed?
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when did they say that they were oversubscribed? I thought that they were so conservative in their acceptances this year because they wanted to avoid oversubscribing like last year...
 
pDeluxe said:
when did they say that they were oversubscribed? I thought that they were so conservative in their acceptances this year because they wanted to avoid oversubscribing like last year...
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This is only my assumption. 2 years ago they oversubscribed and there was absolutely no waitlist movement what so ever. last year and 3 years ago there had already been some movement on the waitlist at most 2 days after the 15th ( SDN wise) Im assuming since we haven't seen any waitlist movement the reason potentially is that there are not spots to be given. (This is all solely from the information on this and past years thread, so you can see because of such a potentially small sample size it questions the correctiveness of these assumptions.)

I for one truly hope that is not the case but with all this time not hearing anything and sitting around thinking about it this is one of the scenarios that I have come up with.
 
bofocion said:
This is only my assumption. 2 years ago they oversubscribed and there was absolutely no waitlist movement what so ever. last year and 3 years ago there had already been some movement on the waitlist at most 2 days after the 15th ( SDN wise) Im assuming since we haven't seen any waitlist movement the reason potentially is that there are not spots to be given. (This is all solely from the information on this and past years thread, so you can see because of such a potentially small sample size it questions the correctiveness of these assumptions.)

I for one truly hope that is not the case but with all this time not hearing anything and sitting around thinking about it this is one of the scenarios that I have come up with.
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Oh, that's understandable then. I'm with you in hoping it's not the case!
 
The Dartmouth Facebook group for 2018 has 196 members. I'm not sure how many are current students but it's a way bigger number than previous years. I really hope they haven't oversubscribed.
 
Did most people get the wait list "are you serious?" inquiry letter? The letter from Andy stated that the earliest movement they anticipated would occur in late may. When I read that I was somewhat surprised because late may is obviously exclusive of May 15th.

I have to think that there is a fleury of activity right around May 15th. If they do not operate off their list they may avoid drama and get a firm
Number of applicants which they wish to recruit.
 
kinsella said:
The Dartmouth Facebook group for 2018 has 196 members. I'm not sure how many are current students but it's a way bigger number than previous years. I really hope they haven't oversubscribed.
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That's NUTS
 
kinsella said:
The Dartmouth Facebook group for 2018 has 196 members. I'm not sure how many are current students but it's a way bigger number than previous years. I really hope they haven't oversubscribed.
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I'm pretty sure the Dartmouth 2018 Facebook group is an open group and says it is for "prospective students interested in Geisel" or something like that. So I wouldn't take it as an indication of acceptances being held. (Correct me if I'm wrong, though.)
 
kinsella said:
The Dartmouth Facebook group for 2018 has 196 members. I'm not sure how many are current students but it's a way bigger number than previous years. I really hope they haven't oversubscribed.
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I know for a fact that the group has both current M2s and some significant others of those students. not to mention every so often someone who is trying to sell something
 
kinsella said:
The Dartmouth Facebook group for 2018 has 196 members. I'm not sure how many are current students but it's a way bigger number than previous years. I really hope they haven't oversubscribed.
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Some people may have not left the groups, even if they withdrew from the school... I know my friend is still in a school's fb group even though he's committed to a different school. #hopeful
 
kinsella said:
The Dartmouth Facebook group for 2018 has 196 members. I'm not sure how many are current students but it's a way bigger number than previous years. I really hope they haven't oversubscribed.
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I'm a current student and am a member of the Facebook group (as are many other current students).
 
Has Anybody called the admission? What did they say? I called and they took my contacts and told me that they will contact me later... I am really hoping that the wait-list start moving soon....
 
I've been so torn the last few days. When I come on here, I want to see WL movement. But at the same time, I want to be the one to post it. Somebody :help: me sort out these feelings.
 
Member373737 said:
I've been so torn the last few days. When I come on here, I want to see WL movement. But at the same time, I want to be the one to post it. Somebody :help: me sort out these feelings.
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How about this: If someone here posts that they got a call from Andy saying that they got accepted off the waitlist and Andy also told them that he expects significant waitlist movement in the next few hours/days.

I'm not saying that happened to me, but that would definitely be the best case scenario for all of us.
 
If there were open seats, the wait-list would be moving. If it were moving, we would have heard from somebody.

Since we haven't heard from anybody, it's safe to say the list isn't moving significantly. The class must be full. (Why would they delay pulling candidates from the wait list if they needed to fill seats? The sooner they make calls the more likely they are to snag the folks they want.)
This reminds me of 2 years ago when I rotted on another wait-list til August. What a farce. This whole process makes me want to puke sometimes :barf:

I don't know how much more of this I can take before I call it quits on Geisel. It looks like it just ain't happening. :bang:

I feel for anyone who isn't holding another acceptance.
 
Entadus said:
If there were open seats, the wait-list would be moving. If it were moving, we would have heard from somebody.

Since we haven't heard from anybody, it's safe to say the list isn't moving significantly. The class must be full. (Why would they delay pulling candidates from the wait list if they needed to fill seats? The sooner they make calls the more likely they are to snag the folks they want.)
This reminds me of 2 years ago when I rotted on another wait-list til August. What a farce. This whole process makes me want to puke sometimes :barf:

I don't know how much more of this I can take before I call it quits on Geisel. It looks like it just ain't happening. :bang:

I feel for anyone who isn't holding another acceptance.
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Well, they did say that the earliest we may hear is late May, and though technically the 16th and after is late May, I'm waiting until next week before I start worrying more.
 
Entadus said:
If there were open seats, the wait-list would be moving. If it were moving, we would have heard from somebody.

Since we haven't heard from anybody, it's safe to say the list isn't moving significantly. The class must be full. (Why would they delay pulling candidates from the wait list if they needed to fill seats? The sooner they make calls the more likely they are to snag the folks they want.)
This reminds me of 2 years ago when I rotted on another wait-list til August. What a farce. This whole process makes me want to puke sometimes :barf:

I don't know how much more of this I can take before I call it quits on Geisel. It looks like it just ain't happening. :bang:

I feel for anyone who isn't holding another acceptance.
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You are not alone... same here.... IT SUCKS BIG TIME!
 
Entadus said:
If there were open seats, the wait-list would be moving. If it were moving, we would have heard from somebody.

Since we haven't heard from anybody, it's safe to say the list isn't moving significantly. The class must be full. (Why would they delay pulling candidates from the wait list if they needed to fill seats? The sooner they make calls the more likely they are to snag the folks they want.)
This reminds me of 2 years ago when I rotted on another wait-list til August. What a farce. This whole process makes me want to puke sometimes :barf:

I don't know how much more of this I can take before I call it quits on Geisel. It looks like it just ain't happening. :bang:

I feel for anyone who isn't holding another acceptance.
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Geisel has an extremely small class and from what I've seen over the past years, as many as 0 - 15 get off the waitlist. I was waitlisted at Geisel last year, and this year again. I was also waitlisted at Dartmouth undergrad. I guess it was never meant to be...
 
EmpyreanGrace said:
Geisel has an extremely small class and from what I've seen over the past years, as many as 0 - 15 get off the waitlist. I was waitlisted at Geisel last year, and this year again. I was also waitlisted at Dartmouth undergrad. I guess it was never meant to be...
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0-15? I guess I should reopen an application right now then...
 
Ugh I refuse to believe there is no wait list movement! Last year I was stuck in wait lists that did not move either
 
For everyone on the wait list, please be patient. The wait list activity varies from year to year and there typically isn't much movement before the end of May. There were a good number of people in my class from the wait list and that is the case most years (except for the one oversubscribed class). They were careful not to oversubscribe this year, so it's very likely there will be wait list movement.

You need to remember that Dartmouth doesn't rank its wait list, so when there are openings a group of admissions people need to get together and decide who to offer those spots to. It's only been a week since May 15th, so be patient. Heck, I remember someone in my class getting off the wait list on the first day of orientation in August, so there is still time and will likely be movement.
 
physicsnerd42 said:
For everyone on the wait list, please be patient. The wait list activity varies from year to year and there typically isn't much movement before the end of May. There were a good number of people in my class from the wait list and that is the case most years (except for the one oversubscribed class). They were careful not to oversubscribe this year, so it's very likely there will be wait list movement.

You need to remember that Dartmouth doesn't rank its wait list, so when there are openings a group of admissions people need to get together and decide who to offer those spots to. It's only been a week since May 15th, so be patient. Heck, I remember someone in my class getting off the wait list on the first day of orientation in August, so there is still time and will likely be movement.
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Thanks for the reassurance!
 
physicsnerd42 said:
For everyone on the wait list, please be patient. The wait list activity varies from year to year and there typically isn't much movement before the end of May. There were a good number of people in my class from the wait list and that is the case most years (except for the one oversubscribed class). They were careful not to oversubscribe this year, so it's very likely there will be wait list movement.

You need to remember that Dartmouth doesn't rank its wait list, so when there are openings a group of admissions people need to get together and decide who to offer those spots to. It's only been a week since May 15th, so be patient. Heck, I remember someone in my class getting off the wait list on the first day of orientation in August, so there is still time and will likely be movement.
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Thank you dear... This is so helpful.... Have a splendid Memorial weekend....
 
Any word from the admissions? has any one called recently..?
 
pDeluxe said:
Just letting everyone know that I will be withdrawing my position on the waitlist within the next week or so!
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Fabio Lanzoni said:
Congrats on UCD yo. Sad you're leaving the Geisel Groupies but happy you're joining the MD Mania
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Also sad to see you go from the Geisel Groupies - you've been a fixture on this thread! Enjoy UCD! Congrats again!
 
neurodude89 said:
Got accepted off the wait list this morning! Don't lose hope - the wait list is indeed moving!
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Are you serious!!!! Got accepted at Geisel? wow, I thought there were no any movements... That's great dear, congrats... do you mind sharing your stats with us please...?
 
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