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I interviewed at the Savannah campus and got off last Monday.Anyone who interviewed at Savannah campus, get off the alternate list yet?
I interviewed at the Savannah campus and got off last Monday.Anyone who interviewed at Savannah campus, get off the alternate list yet?
I did. I interviewed at Savannah in November.Anyone who interviewed at Savannah campus, get off the alternate list yet?
I did. I interviewed at Savannah in November.
Hmm...waitlist movement hasn't been as active on SDN compared to years past..either we are a neurotic group, or there has to be significant movement left! let's hope for the latter!
I'm just as hopeful, but I've learned not to judge movement opportunity by posts (or, lack there of) on the thread. If the list has been moving since March, we may have missed our window.
...then again, you may get a call tomorrow!
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/mercers-waitlist.366829/
Wow, back in 2007, you could literally call mercer and they would tell you your relative wait-list position. Why did they stop this practice?
My guess is...back then it was a purely ranked system whereas today the deans select the students. That way, they can control the diversity of the class (if an AA drops, replace with another AA, if a female drops replace with another female, etc.) I'm assuming they want to avoid a situation where one student is told he is top 10%, another is told she is top 20%, they communicate with each other and yet the top 20% student gets selected for diversity reasons. Pure speculation though..can't find another reason otherwise.
This is a good theory, but as a female applicant I hope this isn't the case. If I'm picked I want to know that it is because of my hard work and accomplishments and not so they can keep a box checked. I've got (male) friends on the wait list with very similar grades/experiences on paper and I'd hate to know that I got in before them for something that has nothing to do with my ability to succeed in school.
Accepted! Today =).
I got waitlisted from Early Decision. Hell of a wait.
Congrats, did they call or email you?
Thanks,
I got call but I wasn't home so I got an email less than 10 minutes later.
I wanted to post to let you guys know there's movement. Good luck!!! Any moment nowwww.
I almost lost my job this week refreshing my email and sdn lol
Unfortunately at this point, we've qualified ourselves for medical school, but are second round picks. If they want to keep their class diverse, and a 1st rounder leaves, they will replace that person with a comparable second round pick. It's already hard to differentiate the general applicant pool, I'd imagine it's even harder to differentiate wait-listed applicants.
Accepted! Today =).
I got waitlisted from Early Decision. Hell of a wait.
I feel like next week may be the last big movement for the waitlist...here's to hoping all of us patient folks get in!
That's not necessarily true. The FB group contains students that are seconds years, third years, etc. Im not sure exactly how many are 1st years. There is still hope.https://www.facebook.com/groups/1607048459550157/
I dunno about that, according to the facebook group it seems the class is mostly filled up. Significant waitlist movement seems to have happened this past week.
Well anyways, it's been real. Congrats to everyone who got accepted!!!
That's not necessarily true. The FB group contains students that are seconds years, third years, etc. Im not sure exactly how many are 1st years. There is still hope.
Some schools average, some take most recent, some take highest. MUSOM averages for their evaluation, which takes my 92% and makes it a measly 75%. So sad.![]()
Some schools average, some take most recent, some take highest. MUSOM averages for their evaluation, which takes my 92% and makes it a measly 75%. So sad.![]()
Yeah, I wasn't exactly pumped when I found out either. Like I said, I can't come up with a reason for this but I'm sure the school has a good one. Otherwise, why wouldn't every school take your best score?
It's actually per AAMC recommendations. Somehow, averaging the MCAT shows an applicants' "true score", i.e. applicant with a 28 and 32 would perform the same in medical school as an applicant with a 30. This is a reach by far, as there are so many factors to take into account for a "true" score: how long an applicant studies, whether or not an applicant has to work while studying, how the applicant felt on test day, applicant's background, sigh...Nonetheless, nothing we can do at this point! So let's keep some positive vibes going! woo!
True. But I'll start to throw the towel in the last week of may once people have had the 2 week opportunity to finalize on a school. Until then..time to choreograph a wait list movement dance.
Alright. I finally got up the courage to submit my withdrawal to this amazing school. I sincerely hope that one of you gets called next.
Whaat! Well, thanks for letting us know - good luck with wherever you're headed!
Are there any OSS that apply to this school? I did not see any on MSAR. I am Florida, but visited Georgia quite some times.
Thank you! I really do hope that one of you hears.
Just realized that if our hypothesis about waitlist selection maintaining diversity is true, I won't fill your slot because I'm a guy 🙁
I think it matters more for high ranking schools that have enormous application pools. For state schools, I think your application is bound to get looked at eventually since the pool is often limited to in state applicants. For some OOS schools, they sift through so many applications that sometimes you don't get interviewed simply because your file never gets reviewed if you submit your app late.
At this point, there is no reason to worry about the uncontrollable. Assuming you've been waitlisted, it isn't over until orientation begins. Other than that, I would work on your application assuming you are applying this next cycle.
This is a good question/answer. I struggled with this last year as well. One of the questions I had but never asked was about letters of rec from a primary care doc. I only had one PCP rec letter and I wonder if this is weighed by the admissions committee. I work at an orthopaedic practice and had two letters from the docs I work with. Even though I made it clear (at least I hope I did) that I'm not interested in ortho, do y'all think this negatively impacted me?
Movement continues to happen. Just received an email from my interviewer offering me a spot. Not sure if it's the Wisconsin beer or cheese, but it hasn't hit me yet. Good luck to everyone else! And shoutout to @ugagrad1116 , we made it!