2015-2016 Duke University Application Thread

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Not to be that guy, but that profile has pretty limited activity. I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet.
 
Congrats to everyone!!! Meanwhile....

Do we expect all calls to go out today?? Or is that pretty unrealistic?
 
Congrats to everyone!!! Meanwhile....

Do we expect all calls to go out today?? Or is that pretty unrealistic?

depends on how many people are making calls; 250 acceptance calls(5min/call)= ~21 hours of total individual work
 
Congrats to everyone!!! Meanwhile....

Do we expect all calls to go out today?? Or is that pretty unrealistic?
Given that it's past 5pm in Durham I don't think all of the calls will go out today. Also, this wasn't the case last year. 72 hours notice for updating the portal means that they probably need couple days to call everyone.
 
I also got a call about 15 minutes ago! (4:00 CST). Good luck to everyone waiting!!


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I thought they were emailing?

Yeah, I was confused to hear they are calling people based on the information provided in the portal:

"This year, all admission decisions will be distributed electronically- via email (applicants offered admission, applicants offered a wait list position, and applicants who will not be offered admission). Decisions will be sent to the email address we have on file in your Duke Med Application Account. DECISIONS WILL NOT BE GIVEN OVER THE TELEPHONE (this policy is in place to protect your privacy)."
 
It does say in all caps on the portal that they will not be calling, but who knows.
 
Dukechem and I are both current duke undergraduates. Names not really near the beginning of the alphabet. Hope this helps
 
Same. 9, 14, and 2 posts each seems fishy
take it for what it's worth but when I interviewed in January they said to keep an eye out for a phone call around early March. Seems like they're doing a mix of calling and emailing, judging from my interview day
 
I saw on the past threads that they used to only call Duke undergrads. That might be the case this year. idk what that means for the rest of us though.
 
I saw on the past threads that they used to only call Duke undergrads. That might be the case this year. idk what that means for the rest of us though.
Does this apply to duke alums or just current undergrads? Ugh I'm a ball of anxiety


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All I know is that at my interview on 9/13, Dr Yee said "expect a phone call from us late Feb/early March."
 
I would love for decisions to be going out, but I can't help but smell troll on this.
Read last year's thread. Same thing happened: a few people got calls the first day and got called out on being trolls. Turned out they were legit. I see no reason to distrust them, especially since they are Duke undergrads.
 
Im officially tired of refreshing SDN, my email and my portal lol. I've come to terms with the fact that the decision has already been made and me stressing wont change anything...but still its hard making myself to stop stressing lol.
 
Not that it matters, but the above posters are definitely telling the truth.
 
Current MS1. Multiple faculty are involved in the calls to make acceptances. Some make the calls to the accepted applicants sooner, while others get around to it after a few days. I know, this is killer. I got my acceptance like 6 days after the first ones started to come out. By then I had completely lost hope. My caller simply didn't get around to it until a Sunday evening. Scholarship calls last year came out right around second look weekend.
 
Also an MS1, and like @CTU Surgeon, I had pretty much given up hope while waiting the better part of a week for my call. We couldn't discern any order to the calls last year; I'm pretty sure the admissions team just divvies them up and calls when it's convenient for them. So, I wouldn't recommend too much SDN detective work right now.

Duke's a great place. Hopefully we'll see some of you at second look!
 
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So much for just keeping it simple and emailing everyone on the same day their decisions.
This is it. This right here is the real MMI. Who can handle the stress and who can't hahaha jk but I feel you, I wish it was a simple email but I'm sure the phone calls are worth it? At least that's what I'm telling myself 😛


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ACCEPTED VIA PHONE CALL. No Duke affiliation. Interviewed mid December. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT AHHHHHH
Congrats! Around what time did you get the call? I'm trying to figure out if they are doing Duke students first and then the others.
 
What about waitlists and rejections? Has anyone heard about those yet, because don't all decisions come out together?
 
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