2014-2015 Wake Forest University Application Thread

[DoctorLacrosse]

---

Members do not see this ad.

I think it's more like it's last call at the bar and most of the good looking people are already gone and wakes trying to decide who they won't regret in the morning.

Here's to hoping the bar is dark and the drinks are cheap

I better have classmates like you guys.

 

[MurphysLaw92]

I think it's more like it's last call at the bar and most of the good looking people are already gone and wakes trying to decide who they won't regret in the morning.

I guess the upside is, anyone who is left is likely to be a sure thing! 🙂 lol

 

[AZag13]

Anyone applying to the premed post bacc masters program??

 

[buelleguy]

Good news is that Wake Forest will be sending out interview invites through the first week of march. Does Wake Forest reject continuously throughout the cycle or do they wait until the last possible day? I apologize if this was discussed earlier in the thread. Hopefully the lights in the bar will gradually get dimmer in the next few days...and the drinks will be on the house!

 

[AZag13]

I was rejected pre interview so I believe it's continuous? 🙂 good luck!

 

[rachel993]

are they sending rejections via e-mail, or are people finding this out just by checking the portal?

 

[buelleguy]

are they sending rejections via e-mail, or are people finding this out just by checking the portal?

I'm pretty sure they reject via email.

 

[GDC1111]

Received an II today! March 3rd was first available day and I believe they said that the 13th was the last day of interviews. Hoping they have just been saving the best for last

 

[docrunner23]

I was rejected pre interview so I believe it's continuous? 🙂 good luck!

I'm sorry about that. When were you complete if you don't mind sharing?

 

[Manny's Mangoes]

Received an II today! March 3rd was first available day and I believe they said that the 13th was the last day of interviews. Hoping they have just been saving the best for last

Congrats! Did you receive a confirmation email for your date? I know they said we'd get a email in a few days but just wanted to see if anyone received anything.

 

[AZag13]

11/11 is when I got my complete email. It was a late submission 🙁

 

[Thesaurus]

Good news is that Wake Forest will be sending out interview invites through the first week of march. Does Wake Forest reject continuously throughout the cycle or do they wait until the last possible day? I apologize if this was discussed earlier in the thread. Hopefully the lights in the bar will gradually get dimmer in the next few days...and the drinks will be on the house!

That is good news, Wake was my top choice going into this cycle and so It's been disappointing not to have heard anything from them. They are the last school I'm really holding out for an invite from. I got accepted at a different school and this is the only school I'd still go to the interview for. So we will see how it goes.

 

[singergirl18]

How are people who live within flying distance planning on getting to second look? Greensboro or Charlotte? Renting a car? Ideas?

 

[GDC1111]

Congrats! Did you receive a confirmation email for your date? I know they said we'd get a email in a few days but just wanted to see if anyone received anything.

I have not received a confirmation email yet. They said to be on the lookout for one this coming week if I remember correctly.

 

[buelleguy]

I thought Wake Forest interviewed through the month of March.

 

[Surgeon's Cuffs]

Anyone know what the turn around time on decisions is, post interview? IIRC today is supposed to be the day that the Feb 2 interviewees hear back, so obviously I'm freaking out.

 

[ahi3974]

Anyone know what the turn around time on decisions is, post interview? IIRC today is supposed to be the day that the Feb 2 interviewees hear back, so obviously I'm freaking out.

+1 !!!!!

 

[mdblues]

They meet every two weeks or something. On my interview day, the told us exactly what day they met for our day and I heard back that morning.

 

[Surgeon's Cuffs]

They meet every two weeks or something. On my interview day, the told us exactly what day they met for our day and I heard back that morning.

Thanks! I'm relieved that I'll actually know finally.

 

[singergirl18]

Anyone know what the turn around time on decisions is, post interview? IIRC today is supposed to be the day that the Feb 2 interviewees hear back, so obviously I'm freaking out.

I heard back on the day they told me around 5 pm EST.

 

[thinkingoutloud]

Anyone know what the turn around time on decisions is, post interview? IIRC today is supposed to be the day that the Feb 2 interviewees hear back, so obviously I'm freaking out.

I heard back around 11am ET

 

[koskrd0]

Accepted today around 1pm! feels good man

 

[ahi3974]

Accepted here yesterday as well! A dream come true!

 

[wakeforestkid12]

Received an II today! March 3rd was first available day and I believe they said that the 13th was the last day of interviews. Hoping they have just been saving the best for last

awesome!! im still holding out some hope. not much but i know wake is where i want/ and am supposed to be. Wish I had the interview to show them that!

 

[BackthePack]

Does anybody know whether they waitlist all interviewees or whether they do reject some? I interviewed in October and was waitlisted. I know that Wake takes a considerable number of students off the waitlist, but if the waitlist is hundreds of applicants long then just being on the list wouldn't necessarily be promising.

 

[surely]

Does anybody know whether they waitlist all interviewees or whether they do reject some? I interviewed in October and was waitlisted. I know that Wake takes a considerable number of students off the waitlist, but if the waitlist is hundreds of applicants long then just being on the list wouldn't necessarily be promising.

Here's my take:

2013-2014's numbers, as reported here: https://www.facebook.com/wakeforestsm

8,091 applicants
541 interviewed
238 acceptances
Final class of 120 matriculated 8/4/2014.

No information was given about how many students were waitlisted, but if you assume that they don't over-accept (which isn't necessarily a safe assumption), then you're looking at 541 interviews - 120 matriculated students = 421 interviewed students who don't matriculate. Of those 421 students, (238-120=) 118 students were accepted but didn't matriculate. I'm not sure whether anyone gets rejected post-interview, but if you assume that ALL of those 421 students were waitlisted, apparently a waitlist had a 118/421 = 28% chance of turning into an acceptance last year. If post-interview rejections do happen, that percentage can only get better.

There are a ton of assumptions in what I just wrote, obviously, but I think the numbers are pretty encouraging. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear!

 

[51590red]

Interview invite this morning!!! First available date was March 9th and they offered through March 13th. So incredibly thankful and excited!!!!

 

[docrunner23]

Interview invite this morning!!! First available date was March 9th and they offered through March 13th. So incredibly thankful and excited!!!!

congrats!!!! when were you complete? holding on to a thread of hope here... I called today and they weren't very clear about if IIs are still given out the first week of march. So today could be the last day :/

 

[Manny's Mangoes]

Does anyone know if I'm supposed to get a confirmation email for my confirmation email for the interview? Maybe I'm a little paranoid

 

[CharlieKelly]

Does anyone know if I'm supposed to get a confirmation email for my confirmation email for the interview? Maybe I'm a little paranoid

 

[51590red]

congrats!!!! when were you complete? holding on to a thread of hope here... I called today and they weren't very clear about if IIs are still given out the first week of march. So today could be the last day :/

Thanks! I actually wasn't complete until December 11th because I was on hold from when I submitted my primary in July until I received my new MCAT scores late November.

 

[doobz]

complete october 1st and still no rejection or interview invite. its fun playing the waiting game haha. i guess if it really is first week of march then theyll start sending out mass rejections probably

 

[Hombre de Vitruvio]

complete october 1st and still no rejection or interview invite. its fun playing the waiting game haha. i guess if it really is first week of march then theyll start sending out mass rejections probably

I called yesterday and was told that decisions for those still in the pre-interview phase will be coming out tomorrow 03/06/2015.

 

[fingerscrossedpremed]

I called yesterday and was told that decisions for those still in the pre-interview phase will be coming out tomorrow 03/06/2015.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

 

[miamiheatfan]

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

+1, hoping for some miracle II love haha!!! Maybe the email will say "Dear applicant, we have decided to give IIs to our remaining 6000+ applicants, you get a II, you get a II, EVERYONE GETS A II"😀

 

[ImpulsiveTraveler]

+1, hoping for some miracle II love haha!!! Maybe the email will say "Dear applicant, we have decided to give IIs to our remaining 6000+ applicants, you get a II, you get a II, EVERYONE GETS A II"😀

Wake Forest = Oprah 🙂

 

[Ace Khalifa]

I called yesterday and was told that decisions for those still in the pre-interview phase will be coming out tomorrow 03/06/2015.

 

[doobz]

lol tomorrow is going to be a bloodbath guys, at least its a friday...

 

[Lost_In_Transcription]

When does Wake Forest's interview season end?

 

[rachel993]

When does Wake Forest's interview season end?

Just above your post, it was mentioned that they will send out final decisions on everyone who is still pre-II on 3/6 (today), and that the last II spots were available through 3/13.

 

[JoeT]

Never thought I'd use a clip from Predator to describe med school admissions, but here we are.

 

[ElizaMD88]

eeeek. well i just called and they said that all final interview slots have been filled but they are hanging onto a 'select group' that they can contact in case anyone cancels.

So, I guess the bar has closed but we're the group still lingering around on the street?

 

[JoeT]

eeeek. well i just called and they said that all final interview slots have been filled but they are hanging onto a 'select group' that they can contact in case anyone cancels.

So, I guess the bar has closed but we're the group still lingering around on the street?

Nah, time to grab a slice of pizza for the walk back to your empty bed

 

[milski]

Nah, time to grab a slice of pizza for the walk back to your empty bed

And hope you meet someone on they way home?

 

[ElizaMD88]

And hope you meet someone on they way home?

I'm always the optimist!

 

[toinfinityandbeyond]

Has anyone here gotten straight-up rejections yet?

 

[JPA178]

Just checked my status online and it changed to a rejection. The emails should be on their way 🙁

 

[Lost_In_Transcription]

Just checked my status online and it changed to a rejection. The emails should be on their way 🙁

+1

 

[fingerscrossedpremed]

+1

+2

 

[toinfinityandbeyond]

Just checked my status online and it changed to a rejection. The emails should be on their way 🙁

Where do you see status?