Yeah the MSAR information is definitely not listed correctly. There's no way they accept that many out-of-region people. I always figured that was just poor presentation on MSAR's behalf (or whoever is in charge of putting the info on there).
Overall, UW accepts 42% post-interview, so it's a significant decline, but not by much.
But how many are actually rejected vs SUC?
It really sucks for the 67% of people who get strung along for 4 months. Terrible, terrible, terrible way to do admisssions.
It's gonna be a long winter . . . I hope I have good news by the Persian New Year.
Meh, most of the other schools that I've interviewed are non-rolling, so I'll take it. Plus, as we've seen from previous posts, people have been rejected post-interview, so we are definitely in an okay shape.
The only problem is that we have more than 5 OOS people, not including the MD/PhD people.
AFAIK, WWAMI students do not go to Seattle. And Seattle has about ~20 OOR with about 8 MSTP, so about 12 are true OOR students. Also keep in mind that most schools give more offers than there are seats assuming that some will reject the offer.
It's also hard for me to give a number of OOR people since a couple of my classmates were considered WA residents but did not live in WA prior to medical school. I would estimate it at about 25 OOR people, including MD/PhD. I would image many more are accepted, but turn the offer down due to the cost as an OOR student.
I still stand by the second part of my statement yesterday. I'm sure they have a good idea of who they are going to select for their class at this point--seeing as how they've interviewed the majority of people they're going to interview. At this point, they're only waiting to make sure that they've considered all applicants this cycle. They must have compared the SUC pool at some point to determine who was in it/out of it.
Delivering vaccinations on dogsleds lololol
I am sorry to hear that.
~ 60 interviews
I remember finding it somewhere on their website or some source, but I'm positive that's what it said for last year. I'm not sure if that has changed for this year given the larger applicant pool.
11/12/14
Obviously there are people who are still going to get interviews, but just like with every other school, they've interviewed the "stellar" applicants; or at least the most likely to be the fit for their class at this point. Aside from the WWAMI regions who don't get the chance to interview until around February, I would venture to guess not too many top-notch applicants are waiting until February to get an interview. So at this point, they've seen the majority of applicants, as well as interviewed them, so they must have some idea where everyone stands.
SUC, 11/14 Seattle, OOR
Try to be less ... polarizing??
It means your two interviewers had differing opinions. Just go again, and realize you get a second chance to get a positive opinion. Just take a deep breath and realize you get a second chance.
Personally, I'm envious. My interview went terribly and I would love an opportunity to better highlight myself.
I think we will. The student who did my tour (on 12/4) said that the committee will meet "before the holidays".
If I were you I would try to do a mock interview before the next real one. Maybe try your school's career center or something. They would likely be able to give you feedback on what to do differently.
I interviewed on 11/12 and didn't hear back until 12/11. Which was over 4 weeks. The committee only meets once a month and since we heard back on 12/11, I imagine there won't be another committee meeting until January.
Man superdoc, thanks for popping my bubble...
My post came across a little more matter of fact than I meant it too. But, yeah it was pretty miserable to think we were going to hear back within a couple weeks and then it ended up taking forever. You could hear back sooner if they have one last committee meeting before the holidays, but I would place my bet on ~January 8th.
I wouldn't be surprised if the EXCOM had another meeting before the end of the month. Last year's meetings and SUC emails were all over the place too. I got my SUC emails on 11/15 and 11/26. The emails could have possibly been delayed or maybe they had a meeting later. Nobody can really be sure. Hopefully they have a meeting before New Year's.
Since the curriculum is changing, I assume everyone will be staying in Spokane campus for the full 1.5 years. And I guess Gonzaga is the possible replacement for WSU now?
I wouldn't be surprised if the EXCOM had another meeting before the end of the month. Last year's meetings and SUC emails were all over the place too. I got my SUC emails on 11/15 and 11/26. The emails could have possibly been delayed or maybe they had a meeting later. Nobody can really be sure. Hopefully they have a meeting before New Year's.
