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Woah so you sent in LOIs to two different institution? Were they both declaring interest or intent? I thought the point of a letter of intent was that you should only send it to one school.
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2016-2017 Washington University in St. Louis Application Thread
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Woah so you sent in LOIs to two different institution? Were they both declaring interest or intent? I thought the point of a letter of intent was that you should only send it to one school.
I never sent any letters of intent. only super strong interest. i guess the acronym is LOI for both.
And THIS is why some schools care so little about them lol. Awesome that WashU and Vandy do though!
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I think every school values a well thought out and genuine display of your interest! it's about fit as much as anything at these top schools where >90% of the interviewers are qualified enough
I can't seem to find any information on second look - it doesn't appear to be on the facebook group or on their site. What days is it, and is there a schedule?
It is April 7-8. They send you stuff in the mail about it after you're accepted.
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I believe a few have, but it seems that most haven't (myself included).
I interviewed in this time frame and I heard back in under a week. I was a late applicant with above average stats.
Congrats!
When are we thinking the last wave of acceptances are going out? If there is one? I keep hearing march but don't know if we'll be hearing of calls starting tomorrow or if it'll be another week or so.
There were a few calls in the first and second weeks of March last year iirc
It's in the NetPartner financial aid portal under "Documents." I believe it asks for W2s, Title IV Excess Funds, a Verification Worksheet and a few other items. IRS 1040 as well.
So is this appropriate post interview but pre decision? Should I wait until I happen to be put on the waitlist? Or do it ASAP?
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different schools of thought on this, but imo, might as well do it now. idk how it works exactly, but i doubt sending an LOI gets an extra look at your app. more likely the look happens, and either your LOI is in the file or not. so do it sooner rather than later. then send another one post WL if that happens.
Does anyone know how internal ranking / AOA works here? I would guess that AOA hopefully shouldn't matter as much if you're coming from a well known school, but I dunno.
As I recall, it's based on your clinical years and on assessment notes from preclinical professors.
Thanks! I actually did a bit of digging on msar and found that students are not ranked!
I thought they still did AOA, though... eh, I'm probably thinking of another school.
really tough to say how many have been given out so far. Fb group includes many m1's.
Fair enough. They typically give out a decent chunk in late March, though, right?
If you look at past threads, it looks like there's really just a small trickle (if at all) in March, but this "large wave" of acceptances that we're led to believe in is a myth.
That being said, there's a ton of WL movement at this school so that decision is by no means a final one.
Good to know. Thank you for doing the digging on this!
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Also curious about this
I don't think anyone has been waitlisted yet. I pretty much know I'm on it though given my luck!
Any scholarships going out yet? Seems like it's late compared to last year.
True. Let's hope we get some of the other scholarship money available!
I would assume that they wouldn't start with some of those until they have all the initial acceptances out, but that's a complete guess.
Last year the first scholarship calls went out end of Feb while some more admits trickled out in early March. I think it's probably a little flexible on their end and just depends when they can meet and/or want to tell people
One of my coworkers got a call from WashU yesterday and got accepted with a full ride.
FYI she interviewed really early on... either October or September. I guess this is yet another example that shows that dead silence after an early interview does not mean you are out of the game.
Wait she hadn't been accepted yet, but got in with full ride yesterday? Usually the scholarship people interview early, get admitted soon after, and then get the scholarship call around now
I'm pretty sure last week when we talked about medical school situations, WashU was not really mentioned. But I could be wrong.
Hah maybe she just wasn't excited about WashU? This would be pretty unheard of to interview Sept/Oct and hear nothing until admit+full ride in March
Awesome for them regardless !
Possible...
But I'm sure up till December she mentioned that she hadn't heard back from WashU at all. That was for sure.
Maybe she got the Olin Fellowship?
That would make sense with the Olin email going out yesterday, and that might not go to the same kinds of people WashU admits quickly
I just wanna get in at all tbh
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Keep the faith!
Does anyone know if it would still be useful to send in a new LOR at this point?
Probably yes because of how much WL motion this school has, updates could still affect outcome for sure
Based on prior years, a few people posted accept calls in March before the mass email at end of March. Especially if your interview was recent I wouldn't assume anything for another week or two
