still never got a confirmation and a lil concerned, anyone else? I’m considering calling just to confirm
Took 3 days to get a response for mestill never got a confirmation and a lil concerned, anyone else? I’m considering calling just to confirm
I sent mine a week ago today :/Took 3 days to get a response for me
I called on Friday (April 5th) after sending my alternate list form in on Tuesday (April 2nd). I was told they were just behind on responding to everyoneI sent mine a week ago today :/
Oh god I hope there is WL movement before thenJust spoke with someone from last cycle who was accepted off waitlist around June 25 via email. The email was cryptically worded, saying "we have looked favorably upon your application".
Peer to peer is a real interview. It's part of the application. It's not really informal in that sense even though it is a student.Any advice on how to prepare for the peer to peer conversation?
I heard back. Made the alternate list.
To my knowledge (based on all my friends in med school) most schools don't test you until you have patient contact in a hospital setting during second year.Does SUNY drug test prior to first year? Or at all?
What do they ask on the alternate list form?
Same here famIS, interviewed in the fall, no alternate list, nothing aside from the late spring email.
I am OOS and I recieved alternate list last weekHave any other OOS applicants not received any news post interview? Interviewed mid-January
I’m so confused about this as wellWhy would a school conduct a bunch of interviews throughout more than three months for spots on a waitlist
Unless they’re expecting a lot of movement. Could there be any other rationale, or am I plagued with motivated reasoning?
My alternate list email stated that their class was "full." Whether all of the acceptances have been announced or not, I don't know. I also find all of this odd.Why would a school conduct a bunch of interviews throughout more than three months for spots on a waitlist
Unless they’re expecting a lot of movement. Could there be any other rationale, or am I plagued with motivated reasoning?
My guess would be that they are expecting a lot of movement. I haven't looked at the MSAR in a while, but I remember Downstate's matriculated to interviewed ratio being really, really low, which could be a function of a lot of withdrawn applications. That's what I'm assuming anyhow, in light of the seemingly huge alternate list.Why would a school conduct a bunch of interviews throughout more than three months for spots on a waitlist
Unless they’re expecting a lot of movement. Could there be any other rationale, or am I plagued with motivated reasoning?
I mean my guess is that people are less likely to post about rejections but I think you are right about waitlist movement.My guess would be that they are expecting a lot of movement. I haven't looked at the MSAR in a while, but I remember Downstate's matriculated to interviewed ratio being really, really low, which could be a function of a lot of withdrawn applications. That's what I'm assuming anyhow, in light of the seemingly huge alternate list.
I think it's also important to remember that a lot of people just apply to tons of schools on the East Coast because it's a region with a lot of great hospitals, diverse patient populations, they want to live in a big city/do urban medicine, etc. This is not near as prestigious as a lot of other East Coast schools, so it could be a safety for a lot of people just trying to get to the Northeast.
And while SDN threads are not a greatly reliable indicator, this one seems to have almost no rejections and quite a few withdrawals being reported relative to all of the other school-specific threads I've followed this cycle (there are a lot of them). Though anecdotal, I think that plus everything else points to a lot of waitlist movement. Guess we'll find out in the coming weeks.
YesHas this school stopped interviews altogether? Have people still not heard back?
Lots of schools do that, they will send out rejections I would assume within the next weeks.Sounds like Downstate will be rejecting the rest of the applicants that did not get an interview soon. I think it's crazy that they held on to some people's applications for so long knowing that they had no intentions of interviewing them.
You mean April 30? Or if not why do you say May 30So is there likely not going to be any movement from the deferred/WL pool until After May 30th?
no you are right I meant April 30th! But still wondering if we will hear before thenYou mean April 30? Or if not why do you say May 30
If my counting is correct, about 20 people posted they were put on the alt list. If we say about 10% of people post on SDN that would mean about 200 people were put on the Alt list so far.
Similar state schools in size put anywhere between 100-300 on their wait list and accept about 25%-50% of them.
But people are waiting to hear back from downstate still. So I wonder what that entails
yepAre people still waiting to hear anything from downstate? I feel like I’m the only one. Really think my app got lost or something
everyone is waiting to see if any movement off waitlist... They are done interviewing.Are people still waiting to hear anything from downstate? I feel like I’m the only one. Really think my app got lost or something
They must anticipate massive WL movement because in my alternate list email, they said that their class was "full"Today is actually the last day of interviews at Downstate.
They must anticipate massive WL movement because in my alternate list email, they said that their class was "full"
Right. And what percent of those 200 will withdraw apps is the $1,000,000 question that no one has any way of answering until April 30th.This is just my optimistic speculation, but my hunch is that by saying their class is "full," they mean that they've issued acceptance offers to at least the number of seats for the class, per the March 15 AAMC deadline. Even if half of the applicants take those offers, that leaves roughly 100 seats that Downstate will need to fill from the alternate list.
Also, is 50% of accepted applicants withdrawing a normal thing, or just a number you used for illustration? I'd like to believe half will do that, but I'm skeptical.This is just my optimistic speculation, but my hunch is that by saying their class is "full," they mean that they've issued acceptance offers to at least the number of seats for the class, per the March 15 AAMC deadline. Even if half of the applicants take those offers, that leaves roughly 100 seats that Downstate will need to fill from the alternate list.
Also, is 50% of accepted applicants withdrawing a normal thing, or just a number you used for illustration? I'd like to believe half will do that, but I'm skeptical.