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BRM797 said:
How many of y’all are going to live by yourselfs in Chicago? Do most people get roommates?
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Yes most people get roommates. Getting a studio in streeterville is on the more expensive side (1700ish per month). In a 2 bed/2 bath or a 3/3 in streeterville you can expect to pay around 1200-1400 per month. If you move outside of streeterville the cost drastically decreases.
 
#thriving said:
Does anyone who put down MD/MPH or other dual degree program know if the financial aid package on Caesar includes the aid for the additional degree?
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It probably does not. If I recall correctly the first year the MD/MPH students got their MPH financial aid 1-2 months after the MD program started. The MPH program is on a different schedule than the MD program so their start dates aren't aligned.
 
psychhh said:
Fingers crossed! In past years they have done it right away so hopefully some movement happens this week
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Maybe this Feinberg Friday? We'll get some news then?
I don't understand why so many people were rejected/ waitlisted this year post interview. It seems way off the ~70% post interview acceptance rate that was circulated in previous years.
 
Beantown101 said:
Maybe this Feinberg Friday? We'll get some news then?
I don't understand why so many people were rejected/ waitlisted this year post interview. It seems way off the ~70% post interview acceptance rate that was circulated in previous years.
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I agree. Seems like either their yield went up significantly or (hopefully for us) there will be more As off the waitlist this year.
 
Beantown101 said:
Maybe this Feinberg Friday? We'll get some news then?
I don't understand why so many people were rejected/ waitlisted this year post interview. It seems way off the ~70% post interview acceptance rate that was circulated in previous years.
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How do we know that a lot of people were rejected/WL'ed? Based on SDN posts?
 
bmore94 said:
How do we know that a lot of people were rejected/WL'ed? Based on SDN posts?
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Yes I should have added what I said is 100% based on my observations on SDN- we've had a few rejections and given that Feinberg one year interviewed roughly 700, accepted around 500, and matriculated ~160 it is weird there's so many waitlist to acceptance numbers, and any rejects at this point.
 
Don't stress guys! I'm sure there will be a lot of WL movement! SO many people on the help me decide threads even dropped Feinberg. Then a bunch of others who got accepted in the first wave in the fall also dropped -- WL accepts are still included in that 70% acceptance rate, just keep up the wait!
 
dodolol21 said:
Don't stress guys! I'm sure there will be a lot of WL movement! SO many people on the help me decide threads even dropped Feinberg. Then a bunch of others who got accepted in the first wave in the fall also dropped -- WL accepts are still included in that 70% acceptance rate, just keep up the wait!
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Thanks for the positivity! 🙂
 
Does anyone know if NW would still consider matching scholarships if you get one from a school you were WL at?
 
I’m personally assuming 80% of WL movement occurs in the first couple weeks so if there’s no good news by Friday, you’d think chances become quite slim.
 
neuro312 said:
I’m personally assuming 80% of WL movement occurs in the first couple weeks so if there’s no good news by Friday, you’d think chances become quite slim.
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It seems like WL movement might trickle more slowly this year because of the change in traffic rules. WL movement is kind of a chain reaction between multiple schools, so if a few were thrown off by the traffic rule changes, it would slow other schools as well.
 
madlaham said:
It seems like WL movement might trickle more slowly this year because of the change in traffic rules. WL movement is kind of a chain reaction between multiple schools, so if a few were thrown off by the traffic rule changes, it would slow other schools as well.
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That’s a fair point. I think the neurotic pre-med in me simply wants to make some sort of hard deadline out of a waitlist, which is by definition indefinite 😛
 
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Still in silence over here :/ Starting to really worry they've filled their class haha.
 
An adcom posting on the waitlist support thread has made me think that Feinberg will still pull some people from the waitlist. It sounds like they’re feeling things out with the new traffic rules. I hope I’m not wrong lol
 
Has anyone called the admissions office to get more waitlist info? Do we know if they have open spots from people withdrawing? I am surprised to only see one acceptance off WL reported on here. Usually they are more...
 
Ginaaaaaa said:
Has anyone called the admissions office to get more waitlist info? Do we know if they have open spots from people withdrawing? I am surprised to only see one acceptance off WL reported on here. Usually they are more...
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I called a couple days ago and they said to expect movement this month and June, but that was it. Nothing about the number of spots expected to open or anything else in terms of details.
 
Putting off matriculation for a year and getting a guaranteed spot in the next year's class. Usually if the person wants to take an extra gap year or something.
 
The_Big_Booper said:
I just got my deferral approved, so hopefully that means one of y'all will get pulled off the waitlist. Best of luck!
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I wanted to message you to ask you about the deferral process, but it's not an available option for me due to privacy settings. Do you think you could DM me?

drneedsme said:
What does deferral approved mean?
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After you get accepted to a med school you can ask the admissions whether you could defer a year and join in with next year's matriculating class- basically, take a gap year even after you are accepted to med school.
 
Does anyone know how Feinberg is about matching scholarships ?
 
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Blake333 said:
Does anyone know how Feinberg is about matching scholarships ?
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Supposedly really good, but I have no personal experience to back it up, just what I've heard on here. They also specifically said to send in your other offers on interview day
 
This late in the game there’s probably not much scholarship money but who knows, just gotta ask and see
 
Heads up: Was going through the fb group last night with a friend who is attending, and there have been ~10 new additions to the group recently (last friday and this tuesday). None of them appear to be current students. One of those was a friend who I know for a fact got in off the WL. Seems like there’s been more WL movement than indicated on this forum.
 
Just DM'd you. If anyone else wants to know about the deferral process let me know.

ra88 said:
I wanted to message you to ask you about the deferral process, but it's not an available option for me due to privacy settings. Do you think you could DM me?


After you get accepted to a med school you can ask the admissions whether you could defer a year and join in with next year's matriculating class- basically, take a gap year even after you are accepted to med school.
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