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Aspiring4MD said:
+1 ☹️. Did it say you’re “placed on the alternate list”?
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It said that for me.. sucks, Wayne is my top choice. Thinking about submitting a LOI, but honestly loosing all hopes after being put on the waitlist for all three schools I interviewed at...
 
Umich22 said:
It said that for me.. sucks, Wayne is my top choice. Thinking about submitting a LOI, but honestly loosing all hopes after being put on the waitlist for all three schools I interviewed at...
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Yes. It really does suck. This was my first one, but it was disheartening and now I’m nervous for my other interviews. This whole process is so difficult.
 
bond0072 said:
Accepted via email, in-state interviewed 11/20!!! Very excited as this is more than likely where I will attend medical school!
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Exact same LizzyM and did the same thing coming to Wayne. Also ORM 😀 Feel free to PM me if you have questions. Don't worry about UMich. Happened to me too.
 
midwesternblot said:
Yes, MSUCOM starts in June and the housing goes super quick there. I hadn't heard from anywhere else so I pretty much had my mind made up until now!
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Not really. You'd still find housing in EL/Okemos/Lansing area even as late as Feb/March. Congratulations on the II! You definitely deserve it.
 
Starting to lose hope , I have been on the waitlist since oct 17 and I interviewed on 9/11.
 
Hey guys make sure you enter the proper school code for FAFSA. Just realized if you search their medical school it wont be the same code as the one Wayne asks you to use, had to fix my mistake just now :/
 
khan3322 said:
Hey guys make sure you enter the proper school code for FAFSA. Just realized if you search their medical school it wont be the same code as the one Wayne asks you to use, had to fix my mistake just now :/
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What's the proper code??
 
khan3322 said:
Hey guys make sure you enter the proper school code for FAFSA. Just realized if you search their medical school it wont be the same code as the one Wayne asks you to use, had to fix my mistake just now :/
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When is this due?
 
genessis42 said:
Will they still be sending IIs in 2018? Or is it almost over?
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According to the website, they interview until February, so I feel like they may send a few more invites in January, too? I’m not too sure though
 
The interview tracker was last updated on December 10th and it said there were about 691 interviews requested and they're planning to send about 1000 total, so they will likely be sending more out after winter break.
 
My AMCAS was verified on august 4 and Wayne State was one of the first schools to offer me an interview. By November 20th, I was placed on the waitlist. It's been over a month and im still stuck there. I figured that since they offered me an interview so quickly, they must have liked my app and since the interviews seemed to go so well, I would get an acceptance. Does anyone know when is the next date that they are going to take students off the waitlist? I am tired of checking the stupid portal everyday like a neurotic ***** lol I also emailed them last week asking them a few things and haven't gotten a reply, would a phone call be a better idea?
 
Strawhat1491 said:
My AMCAS was verified on august 4 and Wayne State was one of the first schools to offer me an interview. By November 20th, I was placed on the waitlist. It's been over a month and im still stuck there. I figured that since they offered me an interview so quickly, they must have liked my app and since the interviews seemed to go so well, I would get an acceptance. Does anyone know when is the next date that they are going to take students off the waitlist? I am tired of checking the stupid portal everyday like a neurotic ***** lol I also emailed them last week asking them a few things and haven't gotten a reply, would a phone call be a better idea?
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I was also placed on the waitlist. They said they can only offer a certain number of acceptances at a time, and the rest goes to the waitlist. So if you’re on the waitlist, you get re-reviewed every time the committee meets. Frankly, You can “look” for an acceptance every 2 weeks starting the end of January, but there’s never a guarantee you’ll get one. They don’t send out rejections until the end, I think May/July. The sad reality is that we have to just wait it out and hope for the best. I hear there is a lot of movement off the waitlists, so if you thought the interview went well, I would stay hopeful!
 
Aspiring4MD said:
I was also placed on the waitlist. They said they can only offer a certain number of acceptances at a time, and the rest goes to the waitlist. So if you’re on the waitlist, you get re-reviewed every time the committee meets. Frankly, You can “look” for an acceptance every 2 weeks starting the end of January, but there’s never a guarantee you’ll get one. They don’t send out rejections until the end, I think May/July. The sad reality is that we have to just wait it out and hope for the best. I hear there is a lot of movement off the waitlists, so if you thought the interview went well, I would stay hopeful!
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"Every 2 weeks starting the end of January" ??? Did you mean to say starting the end of December?
 
Strawhat1491 said:
"Every 2 weeks starting the end of January" ??? Did you mean to say starting the end of December?
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No, they only met once in December and they said they’re only meeting once in January, towards the end, due to the holidays. They said after that, they’re gonna go back to meeting every 2 weeks. Words from the admissions office phone call.

Edit: when I scheduled my interview, which was the last option for December, 12/11. The next option was 1/15 or so (I think)... so I guess that’s why they’re only meeting once in January.
 
Strawhat1491 said:
My AMCAS was verified on august 4 and Wayne State was one of the first schools to offer me an interview. By November 20th, I was placed on the waitlist. It's been over a month and im still stuck there. I figured that since they offered me an interview so quickly, they must have liked my app and since the interviews seemed to go so well, I would get an acceptance. Does anyone know when is the next date that they are going to take students off the waitlist? I am tired of checking the stupid portal everyday like a neurotic ***** lol I also emailed them last week asking them a few things and haven't gotten a reply, would a phone call be a better idea?
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I am in the exact same situation, complete end of July, II a week later and waitlisted on oct 17. I also thought the interview went very well, but being on the waitlist for this long has freaking out about every little “mistake” I made. Worst part is, this school is my top choice by a whole lot, I’ve lived about 20 minutes away from it my entire life. Please pick me Wayne!!!
 
MCAT520 said:
I am in the exact same situation, complete end of July, II a week later and waitlisted on oct 17. I also thought the interview went very well, but being on the waitlist for this long has freaking out about every little “mistake” I made. Worst part is, this school is my top choice by a whole lot, I’ve lived about 20 minutes away from it my entire life. Please pick me Wayne!!!
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So you have been waitlisted for a month longer than I. This whole system sucks, it's like they are trying to see which people can survive the stress without cracking lmao The only mistake I made is that in the faculty interview, I said a negative comment about Trump without realizing that perhaps the guy was a Trump supporter. One of the MMI interviews said "You have a great deal to offer this school" as I walked out, but im guessing she wasn't a strong factor.
 
Aspiring4MD said:
No, they only met once in December and they said they’re only meeting once in January, towards the end, due to the holidays. They said after that, they’re gonna go back to meeting every 2 weeks. Words from the admissions office phone call.

Edit: when I scheduled my interview, which was the last option for December, 12/11. The next option was 1/15 or so (I think)... so I guess that’s why they’re only meeting once in January.
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Thanks for the heads up. Do you think it'd be a good idea to call the office to inquire about my application and if there is any activity that may help me get in or is it a loss cause and they will just be general about it?
 
Strawhat1491 said:
Thanks for the heads up. Do you think it'd be a good idea to call the office to inquire about my application and if there is any activity that may help me get in or is it a loss cause and they will just be general about it?
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I’m not too sure about that. When I talked to them, I asked was it ranked in any kind of way and they said it is not, and that every single person on the waitlist is re-reviewed at every meeting. It wouldn’t hurt for you to call yourself if you want more clarification and want to confirm the things they told me. I don’t think they’ll give you any more info or make you feel any less stressed about the situation, though.
 
Aspiring4MD said:
I’m not too sure about that. When I talked to them, I asked was it ranked in any kind of way and they said it is not, and that every single person on the waitlist is re-reviewed at every meeting. It wouldn’t hurt for you to call yourself if you want more clarification and want to confirm the things they told me. I don’t think they’ll give you any more info or make you feel any less stressed about the situation, though.
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I believe it was ranked last year. They actually said there’s no ranking whatsoever? The order of people on the waitlist is just first-come, first-serve?
 
irishking33 said:
I believe it was ranked last year. They actually said there’s no ranking whatsoever? The order of people on the waitlist is just first-come, first-serve?
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I said “is the waitlist ranked at all, or is it just first come first serve”.
She (I think it was Dawn) said “no, there’s no ranking. Every single person on the waitlist is re-reviewed for a decision at every meeting. And rejections aren’t sent out until the end of the cycle”

I don’t know how realistic that sounds, like if it’s a lot of people on the list, ya know?... idk, I didn’t fully understand, but I didn’t want to be a pest and constantly ask more questions.
 
Aspiring4MD said:
I said “is the waitlist ranked at all, or is it just first come first serve”.
She (I think it was Dawn) said “no, there’s no ranking. Every single person on the waitlist is re-reviewed for a decision at every meeting. And rejections aren’t sent out until the end of the cycle”

I don’t know how realistic that sounds, like if it’s a lot of people on the list, ya know?... idk, I didn’t fully understand, but I didn’t want to be a pest and constantly ask more questions.
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I was waitlisted last year as well, and I’m pretty sure it was ranked. They wouldn’t tell us this themselves though but we all knew it was. This year I’m not sure if they changed things or not, but I could call them myself and try to find out.
 
irishking33 said:
I was waitlisted last year as well, and I’m pretty sure it was ranked. They wouldn’t tell us this themselves though but we all knew it was. This year I’m not sure if they changed things or not, but I could call them myself and try to find out.
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Ranked as in like the best interview? Or ranked as is best stats? Or what?
 
If it is a ranked waitlist system, does that mean an loi wouldn’t help? Or could an loi improve your ranking?
 
MCAT520 said:
If it is a ranked waitlist system, does that mean an loi wouldn’t help? Or could an loi improve your ranking?
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I'm unsure but in general I've been told from premed advisors that an loi isn't factored in much. For the most part the update that is presented of what one has been doing in the last 4-6 months since they submitted their app isn't verifiable prior to acceptance, and also won't be much of an improvement on what was already presented in the initial application which has essentially taken years to put together. An loi does show continued interest, but a lot of students also send them to every school they've applied to so it can't be factored in that much in terms of that either.

From my understanding of different school's waitlist, a lot don't rank them because they are looking for a diverse class. So if a candidate that was going to bring some specific attributes to the class withdraws their acceptance, the committee will re-evaluate the waitlisted candidates and see if those qualities can be found elsewhere.
 
irishking33 said:
I was waitlisted last year as well, and I’m pretty sure it was ranked. They wouldn’t tell us this themselves though but we all knew it was. This year I’m not sure if they changed things or not, but I could call them myself and try to find out.
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When you say "they wouldn't tell us this themselves though but we all knew it was", what do you mean exactly? How did you guys know it was if they weren't telling you? Did you end up getting accepted?
 
Strawhat1491 said:
When you say "they wouldn't tell us this themselves though but we all knew it was", what do you mean exactly? How did you guys know it was if they weren't telling you? Did you end up getting accepted?
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That’s just what everyone on SDN said, so I believed it to be ranked, which made sense anyway; there were people who interviewed after me, got waitlisted after me and got accepted before I ever got a final decision. I was rejected by the way, which is why I’m here in this thread. I interviewed again this cycle and got waitlisted again.
 
For the record, a friend of mine (Wayne med student) has a friend on the admissions committee who told me that 80% of students on the waitlist get accepted eventually. This number may have changed since last year when my friend told me this, or when her friend told her this, but I believe it to be accurate. Also a cardiologist I recently scribed for who went to Wayne State told me that most students on Wayne’s waitlist get accepted. So just keep in mind, getting waitlisted isn’t necessarily the end of the world 😉
 
irishking33 said:
That’s just what everyone on SDN said, so I believed it to be ranked, which made sense anyway; there were people who interviewed after me, got waitlisted after me and got accepted before I ever got a final decision. I was rejected by the way, which is why I’m here in this thread. I interviewed again this cycle and got waitlisted again.
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Think about it though, just because others interviewed later and came off the waitlist first doesn't necessarily mean that it was ranked. It could very well have been that they were looking for someone of a specific ethnic background or major and that's why that person came off before you. They look for diversity so lets say they had a hispanic female student and she rejects the acceptance, their next step is probably to find another similar candidate. Im sorry about your rejection and hopefully we both get accepted soon!
 
irishking33 said:
For the record, a friend of mine (Wayne med student) has a friend on the admissions committee who told me that 80% of students on the waitlist get accepted eventually. This number may have changed since last year when my friend told me this, or when her friend told her this, but I believe it to be accurate. Also a cardiologist I recently scribed for who went to Wayne State told me that most students on Wayne’s waitlist get accepted. So just keep in mind, getting waitlisted isn’t necessarily the end of the world 😉
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Someone commented that last year they said they would interview 1,000 students and they only ended up interviewing 750. This year they are saying the same thing, let's hope it's not the case because that greatly diminishes the odds of getting picked.
 
Med School in for Review. Does this mean application is still being reviewed? It's been there since I submitted months ago...
 
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