2015-2016 Tufts University Application Thread
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Most days that's the only thing that stops me from actually snapping my phone.
They did some pre-II rejections. Apparently they have some open slots for their last three interview days in March, but not many. So maybe one or two more small waves of IIs but that'd be it.
Traditionally, they make calls the last week of the month. So you still have a few days to refill your xanax prescription.
Mine was the first Tuesday of the month. But maybe it has changed since then.
I remember that day distinctly because @piii got the call in the morning so I knew it was THE DAY, and I had to go volunteer with my phone off and was super stressed out all day, and then got the call at the very end of the day. Fun times.
They call all acceptances?! I interviewed 2/11.
I called admissions the other day, exceptionally nice and very helpful, so if you have specific questions definitely call. I asked about letters of intent, she said the best way is to submit it through the portal, fastest and most verifiable way to make sure it gets to admissions. She also said that admissions likes/is receptive to updates from applicants, and she suggested including anything new I would want admissions to know. Hope it helps! I'm in the deferred pool and crossing my fingers hard for Tufts.
I interviewed the same day - I thought Emily Condon said they would email us decisions but from SDN it looks people get calls for acceptances? not sure tho
The dean tries to call every accepted applicant. Deferred and rejected applicants get just the email.
I'm hoping we hear back first week of March. Admissions seems fairly prompt.
Me too!!
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February 23rd
Why is there discussion that Tufts maybe didn't get through all secondaries? Because if that's true, it seems really unfair on a lot of levels. Has anybody called and actually confirmed that
Do you really think the school is going to admit to that?
I was complete in October and haven't heard anything yet
That's a really pessimistic mindset that I try to avoid having but okay...
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First week of the next month
Complete in August and haven't heard anything, either.
last week of the month.
Read the thread from about two weeks ago when the last round of rejections went out. That's why everyone's speculating. I'm sure if you called, they would just say that your file is still under review.
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Oh, I do like that one.
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If I was in admissions, I'd take that question offensively...just my opinion. It kind of undermines the integrity of the admissions process. You should call though if you think it will help.
Yeah I would probably try to spit out the question before they got my AAMC number lol
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About 1.5 weeks after in the same month. Although at the interview they had told us the first week of the next month!
Judgment Day.
good luck all!
Committee meets today. You find out within the first and second weeks of March (most likely the first according the admissions)
I saw in their website that everyone should hear either way by March 31st (referencing the application time line they have on their website)
hi everyone,
i'm a current first year in the TUSM Maine Track, and i recently gave some advice/insight via email to some friends applying in your cycle. that means i have it all copy-and-pasteable, and i wanted to drop a line here to say that if anyone has questions, concerns or confusions, i'd be happy to help out. i wish i had someone in this position when i was applying...i remember feeling kind of lost. I can answer questions about both Maine Track and regular track, because first year is about 98% identical (i'm in class with them all).
good luck to everyone! the med school application year was a dark time for me (haha)...it's not a fun process. but keep your chin up, if you're frustrated now just know that your luck can change dramatically as the season goes on.
best,
annie
i'm a current first year in the TUSM Maine Track, and i recently gave some advice/insight via email to some friends applying in your cycle. that means i have it all copy-and-pasteable, and i wanted to drop a line here to say that if anyone has questions, concerns or confusions, i'd be happy to help out. i wish i had someone in this position when i was applying...i remember feeling kind of lost. I can answer questions about both Maine Track and regular track, because first year is about 98% identical (i'm in class with them all).
good luck to everyone! the med school application year was a dark time for me (haha)...it's not a fun process. but keep your chin up, if you're frustrated now just know that your luck can change dramatically as the season goes on.
best,
annie
Where were you in September Annie
From talking to your MS1 Maine Track buddies, did any of them get accepted off of the waitlist?
i did! i interviewed october 31 and got deferred mid-december. that deferral became a waitlist in the first couple days of may. i was accepted at the end of may.
i dont know about anyone else--it's never really come up in conversation. only my closest friends know i was waitlisted. and now the whole internet knows. haha. it's definitely possible that there are others, because i know of several people who applied in my cycle, were admitted and went somewhere else.
for the record, it doesn't feel like it matters much once you're there--they always publish stats for every test and i'm usually right on the average or just slightly above. i've never been so happy to be average in my life!!
interviewed on 2/2 and havent heard anything yet
Yeah, it seems like they have an adcom meeting the last week of every month, and they review all of the people who interviewed since the last adcom meeting. I interviewed at the end of january, after last month's meeting. So I think we'll hear something soon!
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Anyone interviewing March 3?
lol very helpful ^
...wondering why there hasn't been more rejections..
I think March 31 will be the day
