I've really enjoyed first year. I'm very happy at SLU. I like the city a lot more then I thought I would (I'm from the west coast).
The probation doesn't worry me. I believe it will get fixed and SLU will continue to produce great doctors.
Dr. Slavin leaving sucks. Some other school will be very lucky to have him. But SLU will continue to be a great place to study. Lots of great teaching faculty and plenty of opportunities. Let me know if you have any other questions I can try to answer. Congrats to all those accepted! I was accepted in June last year so there is still hope for those on the waitlist.
I think they are simply cutting down the waitlist to a more reasonable number, given that school starts in a couple weeks and that some schools have started already. At this point, if there is any movement, it will only be due to a couple people picked off by higher ranked schools, health or financial reasons. They need to keep some waitlisted around in the event this happens. I guess the question is how many are they going to keep warm?