2016-2017 University of Arizona - Tucson Application Thread

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freak7 said:
Rejected pre II just now. Finally filling in the blanks on my spreadsheet.

Thanks for the transparency @UAZ COM-T Admissions ! I really hope other schools start following your lead.

Have a good one everybody!🙂
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Did you receive emails saying you were on pre-II hold? If so, how long have you been on hold?
 
Rejected pre-II. I appreciate the transparency during this cycle. Hopefully more schools can emulate your process
 
pandasaregreat said:
And how many are they going to accept? Around 150 right?
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Good question. I wonder if 80 "accepted" was supposed to read 80 "admitted. " I know they said they were shooting for about 150 acceptances somewhere in this forum. This makes makes sense as there are bound to be accepted students who choose other schools. I wonder where they are on that amount at this point.
 
spookyskeletonman said:
It makes me happy to see that they've only given out about half of their acceptances so far. Fingers crossed for everyone here who's still waiting post-II!
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Maybe they'll chime in and correct us but they had posted that 78 were admitted last time around and now 80 "accepted" I'm not sure if their number of accepted is the same as admitted. I'm reading into it that this recent tweet was supposed to have read 80 "admitted" meaning there could be an undisclosed amount of acceptances, likely > 80, we don't know about. I'm with you though I'd hope there are still 70 or so acceptance to hand out.
 
AZ_1028 said:
Maybe they'll chime in and correct us but they had posted that 78 were admitted last time around and now 80 "accepted" I'm not sure if their number of accepted is the same as admitted. I'm reading into it that this recent tweet was supposed to have read 80 "admitted" meaning there could be an undisclosed amount of acceptances, likely > 80, we don't know about. I'm with you though I'd hope there are still 70 or so acceptance to hand out.
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I feel like it's accepted because people aren't admitted yet since they could have paid the deposit already but could withdraw that acceptance in April if they want another school.
 
pandasaregreat said:
I feel like it's accepted because people aren't admitted yet since they could have paid the deposit already but could withdraw that acceptance in April if they want another school.
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I'll chime in 🙂 80 offered acceptance (up 2 from last week) - our projection is ~155. Sorry for the confusion.
 
Got Rice? said:
I did attend the Arizona Applicant Academy workshop last year in May. It was super helpful as I got to speak with the Executive Director Dr. Price-Johnson, Assistant Dean Dr. Parikh, Director of Financial Aids, Admissions Office members, and the former Admissions Committee chairman and committee members including the medical students. They basically taught us how to apply into their school. For example, they showed some examples of good, okay, and bad personal statements and told us what critical components we need to have in our personal statement. They taught us how we should ask writers for letters of recommendation. Basically, tips and advice were given on every part of the application process. If you have the chance, do not miss out this golden opportunity to learn about the admission process and meet these amazing people!
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AZ Applicant Academy is planned this year for Saturday May 20th. The application opening will be posted on our Twitter @UACOMOutreach
 
I really thought that interviews would go until the end of February, but I'm glad that they are moving onto the next stage of their admissions cycle. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the rest of the class to fill up within the next month and a half, and hopefully a lot of us here can get in. I think this school is amazing and has a lot to offer! However, I'm also really looking forward for the waiting game to be over. (Haha, it can be exhausting repeatedly telling people that you don't know if you got into medical school yet!)
 
KangarooMD said:
I really thought that interviews would go until the end of February, but I'm glad that they are moving onto the next stage of their admissions cycle. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the rest of the class to fill up within the next month and a half, and hopefully a lot of us here can get in. I think this school is amazing and has a lot to offer! However, I'm also really looking forward for the waiting game to be over. (Haha, it can be exhausting repeatedly telling people that you don't know if you got into medical school yet!)
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I agree. My family and friends ask me every week!
 
Got Rice? said:
I agree. My family and friends ask me every week!
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The worst!! And colleagues don't forget them haha. But it's understandable, no one really knows what this process entails unless you've gone through it.
Buuuut if it's all worth it in the end, we just have to keep waiting (impatiently) until march 15th hahaha. :xf::luck:
 
Just got an email that the COM sent out a round of acceptances this morning. Good luck everyone!
 
I'm sincerely hoping that since they are done with interviewing more people, and they finally have the lists and profiles of their pool to work with, that now they can start to really comb over some of the applicants from previous interviews sessions and start making those tough decisions about whom to give an acceptance to.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Check your emails - we just accepted a round of 9 to COM-Tucson</p>&mdash; UA COM - Outreach (@UACOMOutreach) <a href="">February 10, 2017</a>•
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Does anyone know if they also send out rejections during these small-batch rounds of acceptances?
 
I'm glad that it was a relatively small batch of acceptances today. Hoping and praying for the next batch to be the one that finally makes all of this waiting worth it!
 
Vocoded Super Saw said:
*us

When we're all eventually accepted, a round of beers (or nonalcoholic drink of your choice) on me.:laugh:
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"A round of beers have been sent out today. Although you have not been drinking any of it at this time, it does not mean that this process will not make you a raging alcoholic. "
 
I think we can all relate to Dr. Grey right about now. :laugh:
 

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It's been pretty quite here lately... How's everyone doing? Any inside news from the front lines?
 
Should we be expecting anymore updates before the end of the acceptance cycle or are we pretty much all holding on until March?
 
ICEDmocha15 said:
I expect to get updated before then! Last I heard only 89 acceptances out of estimated 155 sent out.
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To clarify, end of acceptance cycle was being referred to as the day they finalize everyone as accepted, rejected, or wait listed. I thought it was March 15th? I may be wrong but I've seen that date float around.
 
gidder said:
To clarify, end of acceptance cycle was being referred to as the day they finalize everyone as accepted, rejected, or wait listed. I thought it was March 15th? I may be wrong but I've seen that date float around.
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Yeah, and whenever that day occurs, positions will probably never change. Last year, 35-50 waitlist positions, 0 acceptances granted.

"Final notification of your interview status will be sent no later than March 24, 2017."
^ that refers to interview status, idk about waitlist/rejection/acceptance
 
teenagemutant said:
Yeah, and whenever that day occurs, positions will probably never change. Last year, 35-50 waitlist positions, 0 acceptances granted.

"Final notification of your interview status will be sent no later than March 24, 2017."
^ that refers to interview status, idk about waitlist/rejection/acceptance
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Don't think that's true.. I was looking at last year's forum & saw some acceptances off the WL
 
pandasaregreat said:
Don't think that's true.. I was looking at last year's forum & saw some acceptances off the WL
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From what was said at the interview there should have been 0 acceptances off the wait list last year as they over accepted beyond their normal class size, if I'm not mistaken . Talking with the students it seemed UA was going to make more of an effort not to accept too many during the initial acceptance cycle and accept off wait list this year. So hopefully if any of us end up on w/l, there is movement on it
 
dlev92 said:
From what was said at the interview there should have been 0 acceptances off the wait list last year as they over accepted beyond their normal class size, if I'm not mistaken . Talking with the students it seemed UA was going to make more of an effort not to accept too many during the initial acceptance cycle and accept off wait list this year. So hopefully if any of us end up on w/l, there is movement on it
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Hmm...that would make interesting the total initial cycle acceptance compared to their stated projected total.
 
I believe March 15 is the AAMC deadline for schools to at least meet their expected number of acceptances, but the school can still offer acceptances beyond that date. I spoke to a friend today and she said she will get to know the decision by March 15 from other schools. AAMC also stated clearly on this link at #4: https://www.aamc.org/admissions/admissionslifecycle/409120/trafficrules.html

I communicated with an amazing lady from the Admissions Office and she told me the college has not been using the waitlist in years.
 
Got Rice? said:
I believe March 15 is the AAMC deadline for schools to at least meet their expected number of acceptances, but the school can still offer acceptances beyond that date. I spoke to a friend today and she said she will get to know the decision by March 15 from other schools. AAMC also stated clearly on this link at #4: https://www.aamc.org/admissions/admissionslifecycle/409120/trafficrules.html

I communicated with an amazing lady from the Admissions Office and she told me the college has not been using the waitlist in years.
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Thank you, this was helpful
 
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