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@Kay293, congratulations and rock it!!
2014-2015 Duke University Application Thread
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Right?! Been there since July. Just assume it's a no go or are they still offering interviews?
For my own sanity, I've relinquished holding on to that last little strand of hope for an interview and just figured its a no go. I think they are only holding off on sending out the mass rejections in case some of the last few interviewees cancel last minute. It seems like they offered all spots already for the February interviews, unless someone cancels.
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It makes me feel like they just didn't get through my application before they filled all their interview spots (since it says they are still waiting for screeners to go through it). 🙁 But it looks like I'm not alone in this. I didn't realistically have that much of a chance at Duke anyway.
+1. Rejected pre II here as well. Was hoping for some local NC love but it's not meant to be
Alas! I will not be a Duchess. . . congratulations to all of you accepted here. For those who share my fate, I hope that you will find your "meant to be" school and be happy there. Ta ta to this thread!
No one was accepted, correct?
Not yet. They told us they'd try to let us know by the last Monday of February.
Anyone else dying a little bit waiting to hear back? 🤔 I interviewed early, so it's been a long time!
Of course! It's particularly interesting considering AAMC moved the decision date up and this we might hear back earlier than what has been seen in previous years!
How much earlier is the date this year?
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earliest or latest? because they said last Monday of February to first Monday in March on interview day.
I believe they update with rejection notices at dates which are dependent on when one submitted one's secondary. The earlier you submit, the earlier you get rejected.
But that's all just for pre-interview people, correct? I thought all post-interview decisions came out during the same week in late Feb/early March.
Yeah, sorry. I meant for pre-interview.
I got an email about hosting this past weekend.
bleh guess I won't be getting one and they didn't get a chance to inform me haha
Rejected pre-II as well. I saw it coming D: Best of luck to everyone else!
Officially rejected.
Dear Duke,
Please do not make me open a PDF when you reject me. Just tell me in the body of the email.
I'll be okay.
Thanks,
RTC.
Please do not make me open a PDF when you reject me. Just tell me in the body of the email.
I'll be okay.
Thanks,
RTC.
So it this the first week of march at the earlier or the latest?
Cause I was under the impression Feb. 23 at the earliest and March 2 at the latest.
Also, do they make an accept/reject decision on an individual 1-2 weeks after one interviews?
Or is there also a "hold" decision where they review someone later in the cycle once again?
PM'd.
It's always like this
they are terrible at deciding on who they should keep or not
Maybe don't think of it as "terrible" but instead "extremely careful"? Other people have been rejected already, and anyone who's still screening has survived that process. Yeah, it's fair to say that the odds aren't great at this point, but they want to make absolutely sure that you're not what they're looking for before they outright reject you.
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When I interviewed I arrived around 7:45 am and most of my interview group were already there at that time.
I'm going to eat my foot pretty soon. The wait is starting to mess with my dreams.
Do these dates really matter though? At my interview day, Dr. Armstrong told us decisions would come in February.
Thanks for the insight! They said decisions are made pretty quickly so hopefully it will be somewhat chronological. I'm not sure, but is Duke only releasing decisions via portal and not calling?
Ack! Everything is getting so real!
Going to preserve myself cryogenically until the 23rd. Someone wake me up when decisions come out.
Any word on when Duke second look would be?
+1. I remember them saying it coincided with match day which, according to google, is March 20th.
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got room for more in that cryogenic freezer 🙂
Well that would be a quick turnaround after getting accepted...
Yeah and it just happens to be around march madness.... clever.
Question regarding second look: is it for accepted MSTP students only or for all accepted students?
