2016-2017 Tufts University Application Thread
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*Timidly raises hand also.
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Do we know if anyone has been accepted to the Maine Track yet? I think I've only heard of deferrals so far.
I'm aware of a couple acceptances so they have started. I think this board is just not a complete sampling of pool 🙂
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I got the deferral email today, as well. I'm devastated; I really thought I crushed the whole interview day.
I know for sure of one Maine Track acceptance from the early October group. @LLMean do you know people who received acceptances from this last round?
There has historically been ~45% post-interview acceptance rate. It's crazy to me that not a single SDNer from the November contingent was accepted (or at least, never posted about it).
Yeah, a few MBSers have received interviews and acceptances. Not sure how many.
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I had a 11/1 interview and there were only two other MBSers among an interview cohort of about 20. I was accepted but am not aware of anybody else in my MBS class that has heard back either way.
+infinity... hangin' on at a lot of places this week, but few IIs. knocking on all the wood for us
if dodging rejection waves, does this mean chance of II or they just havent read my file
Yeah, I'm wondering this too. I'm just bracing for the worst.
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Dodged this rejection wave as well (complete late July), but I'm not holding out hope. I had the same thing happen to me at Stanford…dodged 2-3 massive waves before getting axed. 🙁 Not giving up, not expecting anything either. Best of luck to all of us.
I think at this point every school has read every app. I think what it comes down to is a reviewing-re-reviewing process while comparing different groups of people to decide who to send the IIs to. So you can miss several waves while going through the comparisons, but still end up rejected once they narrow down some more and eventually decide who they will send the II to.
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I sent one before I was offered an II. I was eventually accepted. From my personal experience, go for it.
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Yes!
How long are updates typically? And do you talk about the school or literally just what you've been doing?
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Thanks. I'm at work and it's a pain to find my password and go into the portal!
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I kept it to one page single spaced, and just talked about my gap year activities and a pending publication.
Mine was about a page single spaced. I mentioned Tufts in like one sentence, but not in a "letter of interest" kind of way. I focused on my new experiences and had one sentence saying why these made me a better applicant for medical school/Tufts. Keep in mind that update letters should not just be "what you've been doing." They should be done only in the case of significant, new updates (such as a publication or new job). Good luck!
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In my case, I had two more letter writers who sent in their letters post-II to the admissions office email from their own emails. The office replied that they had been added to my file.
If I've been complete since July and haven't been rejected what are my chances for a II?
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There is no way to know. You just have to wait to see what happens!
If it is in the "squidward version of the Fun song".... then it is spot on!
That sucks I'm sorry 🙁 did you just get an email? Good luck with rest of your apps!
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I got axed from my alma mater pre-II too and feel you🙁 it feels particularly horrible.
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Were you all completed in September?
my BU rejection came midnight so we arent off the hook as yet 
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Does anyone know what the chances are of getting in after a deferred decision? I interviewed in early September and sent an update last week about a couple papers we recently submitted. This was my only II so far and I'm starting to get a bit nervous about my chances this cycle
I have what I could consider fairly significant research experience.
I personally had a strong mix of both research and clinical experience.
4 yrs of undergrad research w/ publication
