Tons of movement for Quinnipiac. I got off the WL for Quinnipiac before the 4/30 deadline. Good luck!
It would be hilarious and totally redundant!
Ours is entitled: Love Letters.
Really, ofc it's Drexel. I wish there was something anyone could do about schools like this. They dropped the ball....several times this cycle, yet expect applicants to play by the rules.
gyngyn, when you post these are you referring to acceptances that were emailed out, or confirmations of people accepting the spot? How would you be able to track when schools offer spots to students since the students don't have to accept the waitlist position?
Really, ofc it's Drexel. I wish there was something anyone could do about schools like this. They dropped the ball....several times this cycle, yet expect applicants to play by the rules.
Begin rant:
1a. Secondaries took a lot longer to send out (started like mid-Aug) and once they were,
1b. there was no discernible order (i.e. not dependent on verification date). People verified in June/July didn't receive it until late Sept, by which point II's were booked pretty far out...
1c. And their server for secondaries felt like it was re-purposed hardware from the 90's. Incredibly slow and errors that would not allow you to submit.
1d. Some member miraculously changed from secondary "complete" back to "incomplete" and had to resubmit.
2. Don't even get me started on silent rejections. Some have not yet received a Pre-II decision and "Put on hold for spring" applicants are still holding - though I guess technically spring ends in June 🙄.
3a. Despite their system of "receive a decision approx. 8 weeks after interviewing", it still took them 10 weeks to update my status to "a decision has been made" at which point they mail you a decision that takes at least 10 business days to mail it 15miles. I feel like they pay the post office to deliver it slowly.
3b. In turn this lead to applicants that interviewed in March just receiving their post-II decision in May! So maybe the April interviewees will have decisions by June?
4. Receptionists have claimed that waitlist movement has both "already started" and "has not started, but should start next week" despite the fact that it would seem March and April interviews were not strictly for the WL. Otherwise it should take about 5 seconds to make a final decision: WL or reject. Though I'll admit, at best this is still speculation.
And in the midst of ALL this, they find the time to call out applicants for holding 2 acceptances. I can't even...
/end rant.
I think OP has every right to be annoyed though. Yes, it's a difficult job for people in admissions, but there are so many other schools that do a much better job of it than Drexel did.
My posts only refer to positions offered.
Not in $. Our chairmen allow us time to participate (or we do it on our own time). It's an honor.
I received the advice this year that the MCAT score is the single easiest thing to change about your application, since you can make a difference in one sitting. That said, there are two limiting factors -- (1) it's late now to get a score for the next cycle and (2) it's a vastly different test which you've probably not prepared for. That said, your GPA from this year now figures into your raw application numbers, whereas in the last cycle it was probably all in updates.
I was more referring to the administrative people who are responsible for disseminating secondaries and doing all the computer-related stuff. It seems like the problem with Drexel was not due to people on the ADCOM, but more like employees of the admissions office if that makes sense. Of course, I don't have insider perspective on this but I am assuming that there are office workers who take care of the more technical stuff, correct?
In order of bolded.
I remember from one of the acceptance that I received that mentioned that I have till 5/15 to decide ..maybe all schools are not following the 4/30 deadline
University of Chicago or Rosalind Franklin?
Pretty sure he’s talking about Rosalind Franklin.
Ok thanks!
Not relevant to this thread. MD and DO are different application systems. So MD adcom are unable to see DO wait lists and acceptances. Good luck and I hope you get off the wait list!
Do these "love letters" have any positive impact for raising the profile of applicants on the WL? In recent weeks med schools have contacted WL applicants to see if they were still interested in remaining on the WL. If WL applicants add updates in the comment section, would that be sufficient, in your opinion? Or should a Letter of Intent to the applicant's first choice school be sent as well? It's confusing when med schools tell applicants not to send LOI's but otoh it seems like they do accept and read them. So the applicants who follow the stated rules may end up looking dis-interested by comparison.
If a school asks if you're interested in remaining on the wait list (at many schools) they're asking you "Do you want to come here?" Which is why people are often accepted the next day. Writing letters honestly almost certainly does nothing. For ex. I've been accepted at 3 schools. These were also the only 3 I never wrote thank you notes to (forgot/burned out). 2 I didn't write any letters to. The other I wrote 1 update letter to. The schools I wrote more than 1 letter haven't contacted me.
Whoops. I just saw waitlist support group I didn't know this was only MD schools. Thanks.
The only thing we want to know is whether you prefer us to where you are holding an acceptance. That is what is meant when you are asked about remaining on the waitlist. At this point an opinion regarding your suitability compared to other waitlist candidates has already been made. Now only your accessibility is being evaluated. If you are holding no acceptances, access is clear. If you are holding someplace "better" or cheaper it is reasonable to make it so.
Strange that UCI would be having yield problems...It's a California school that's like +10 USNWR ranking 😛.
