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Started by sum_dood
@gyngyn can you say which california schools, if any, have had movement either this week or last week?
I can't recall the last time I saw any movement, but we have let just about everybody go so I don't have a "window into the works" anymore.
Could be.
thank you anyway! would you say chances are pretty slim at this point for being pulled off of a waitlist? trying to decide whether or not to lose all hope.
As if my answer could produce such powerful results!
haha I think it could!
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KlondikeDelight
Yeah that's what Certaphi and AMCAS both said - provided I pass the background checks - which I did 9 business days ago!
By the way did you hear anything? I know you've been waiting! Oh and Eid Mubarak!
Yeah that kinda goes against what Certaphi/AMCAS told me. I'm kinda hoping that your assumption is wrong and that Einstein just waited before notifying him of his acceptance hahah
Where there's a will there's a way!
From the AAMC website:
https://www.aamc.org/admissions/pro...itated_criminal_background_check_service.html
This makes it sound like after May 15th, any school can procure a background check for anyone on a waitlist.
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KlondikeDelight
Well there goes that! Wonder why I was told differently...?
Nope!! Can't do anything but wait to see if my dream school replies while preparing to start DO classes next week!! Eid Mubarak!!!
Is poaching from other schools considered fair game right up to orientation or do schools stop poaching several days before it?
All the way up to orientation is within acceptable behavior.
That's good to know, thanks!
I've got a question, but made a throwaway account for more anonymity:
Had a meeting with the Chair of Admissions, and although the school-in-question does not divulge waitlist positions, he electively said, "You're VERY VERY VERY close -- had this been any other year, you would have been called months ago. For whatever reason, it has been atypically slow this cycle." He indicated that I was one of the next students to go.
Knowing that schools can potentially accept into (and even after, in some cases) orientation, should I let them know that I recently moved close to the school? I used to be over an hour away, but am now a couple of freeway exits down from the campus. So, geographically, I'm fully equipped to get a call during Week 1, if need be. I just recently changed my AMCAS 2015 address, but is this enough? Are they alerted to that change, or would they have to hunt for it? I assume this might make me a more attractive candidate to fill a last-second spot -- someone who wouldn't have a commuting issue...
Had a meeting with the Chair of Admissions, and although the school-in-question does not divulge waitlist positions, he electively said, "You're VERY VERY VERY close -- had this been any other year, you would have been called months ago. For whatever reason, it has been atypically slow this cycle." He indicated that I was one of the next students to go.
Knowing that schools can potentially accept into (and even after, in some cases) orientation, should I let them know that I recently moved close to the school? I used to be over an hour away, but am now a couple of freeway exits down from the campus. So, geographically, I'm fully equipped to get a call during Week 1, if need be. I just recently changed my AMCAS 2015 address, but is this enough? Are they alerted to that change, or would they have to hunt for it? I assume this might make me a more attractive candidate to fill a last-second spot -- someone who wouldn't have a commuting issue...
Poaching... lol. I didn't know this was a thing.
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!
I understand the urge to notify them, but it sounds really desperate tbh... maybe the admissions dean tells all WLed applicants they were "very close" to admission but nit quite. I doubt a change of commute means anything to the Dean logistically.
You'd think it would mean something logistically if someone drops off at the last moment before class begins, and they're looking for a sure thing. Who would YOU rather accept in that situation -- someone from several counties away, or someone right down the street (all other variables being equal)? And I can verify that what he mentioned to me is true, as has been confirmed by several other admissions sources. I suppose I just wanted to know if they are informed of the address change.
I'd still accept the most qualified candidate and not the one closest geographically. Someone with no other acceptances would probably move across the country to attend med school on a short notice if that chance presents itself. Like all waitlisted CA people who would eat a poop hotdog to come off the waitlist at a UC. But idk what school this is and what the commute is, so my opinion is not very relevant. If you email them to update your address on record, they'll take notice. So your best option is a short, tactful e-mail to admissions alerting them of change of address that doesn't make it seem as if you're desperate to attend.
To me, calling to update the dream school that you moved right down the street & are ready to attend on a short notice, is the equivalent of waking up to your one night stand moving her cats and clothes in to your pad...
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I'd still accept the most qualified candidate and not the one closest geographically. Someone with no other acceptances would probably move across the country to attend med school on a short notice if that chance presents itself. Like all waitlisted CA people who would eat a poop hotdog to come off the waitlist at a UC. But idk what school this is and what the commute is, so my opinion is not very relevant. If you email them to update your address on record, they'll take notice. So your best option is a short, tactful e-mail to admissions alerting them of change of address that doesn't make it seem as if you're desperate to attend.
To me, calling to update the dream school that you moved right down the street & are ready to attend on a short notice, is the equivalent of waking up to your one night stand moving her cats and clothes in to your pad...
*facepalm* The intent and my clarifications are misunderstood, but that you for the advice.
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KlondikeDelight
Just wondering I'm on three waitlists and I got the certaphi email for a background check (which I passed) the second week of July. Is it possible for me to get off the waitlist between now and orientation?
It's possible up until orientation, but the Certiphi email doesn't mean that it will happen.
@gyngyn this might be a silly question but I am still on the waiting list at my state school but the school Im accepted to starts orientation in 1 week. Would it be inappropriate for me to send them one very short hail mary email saying that my orientation is very close and reiterate my interest in that school? In the hopes that if there's a last minute spot open up, they would review my file before orientation starts?
I think this would be inappropriate. By remaining on the waitlist this long, you've already demonstrated interest. Most schools start orientation around the same time, so adcoms know when people are going to be forced off the waitlist. There is very little probability of benefit from doing this.
I assure you, they already know.
I understand the compulsion to do this, but it will neither hurt nor help at this point.
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KlondikeDelight
Congrats! Where at?
With $$$
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🙂still holding out hope.
I was in your shoes last year. It didn't help, but at this point it won't help or hurt you so may as well just do it!
