You will get the call/email, and hopefully very soon. Remember to come back and share the good news!
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New SDN Article! Making Friends in Medical School
You’ve been POACHED!
It means that they share my theory on how the CTE cascade will fall.
Do you think you will withdraw from Hofstra? And congrats for the new acceptance!
what if the reason you didn't get off your top 5 waitlist sooner was because you didn't hit CTE
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That suuuuuucks. I'm trying to find decent housing now and it's a nightmare, I can't imagine what it would be like in July.
Does anyone have an extra acceptance I can borrow for 4 years?
most of the CTE deadlines are in July so I guess it makes sense more movement would be happening then? IDK I also said the same thing about June before that May and April 15th and 30th. August is next!
I feel your pain so much. I also have a ranked WL and am only a few spots away. Its agony! It makes it that much harder to give up hope completely.
Is this friend IS or OOS and is there any way you can ask about their stats? Dying of the wait here
Dang, that's crazy. You're so close. I'm also on a ranked waitlist but don't know my rank which sucks.
Dude, same. The worse part is that my school used to give out rankings, but it stopped doing that this year. It's a conspiracy.
IS. I never ask because I never tell. Sorry I can't be of more help!
I'm waiting from both state schools. Mostly been creeping on all the threads.
Samee. Well, according to someone here, at least one IS applicant heard back yesterday, so good to know there is some movement.I'm waiting from both state schools. Mostly been creeping on all the threads.
514 and 3.8. Higher sGPA and 131 Chem and Phys with 130 Bio and Bio if that makes any difference. Lots of research as I've worked full time as a Post-Bacc for 2 years, but no papers. My main downfall was applying to very few schools and having limited clinical exposure, also I applied pretty late in the cycle as well. Hoping that helps. My takeaway is that ECs and healthcare experience can be pretty major factors--deservedly so--as a lot of the meaningful lessons and changes to my motivations for pursuing a career in medicine have come directly from this arena, not so much from my courses etc. I just wish I had done more and focused less on studying.
@gyngyn You recommended that we send in a very, very short LoI if we were to send another one. I know it sounds neurotic, but how short should it be? Could 1 or 2 sentence about how we would drop all other (if any) acceptances to go to your school be fine? I am just afraid that I might appear as if I am not putting in much effort. Thank you so much for your help!
I think that is just cruel. My school is absolutely amazing when it comes to admissions transparency. They offer feedback for anyone who applied I believe, I met with them after having been rejected my first cycle and they were very specific with the areas I need to focus on for improvement including direct quotes from the adcom's review of my app. The second cycle I made it to the waitlist and they still met with me as early as April I believe, even though there was a slim chance I could still get in. They again had specific feedback including adcom quotes and comments on the differences between my two applications.
The admissions workers are the nicest people who do whatever they can to make our experience more comfortable. I've emailed them or called them multiple times with questions and they answer with direct answers and even encouragement. Gosh, it just reinforces how much I want to go to this school. :')
Carver is a great school. My brother graduated from there and always told me how great the people were.
Right?? The worst thing is that when our ranks first came out in mid-March, I was super happy because historically I would have gotten in on traffic day based on where I started out. So I began making plans to attend keeping in mind that there could still be an anomaly in which case the waitlist moved drastically fewer spots than previous years. What do you know, the anomaly is our current reality, which I am chalking up to the rule change. I wasn't aware of this before movement day, but then the list saw only one drop on April 30th, and I headed to SDN to quickly realize that this year may not reflect historical movement and that no predictions could be made with any sort of confidence. And here we are. Big bummer man. Keep the faith, though. We are close!
I know the school is pretty unique in disclosing the ranks, but I just want to say that I would absolutely prefer to know that I am at #1 than be completely blind to the process. If they ever come across this post I want to reaffirm that giving us our ranks and showing live updates in the list is for sure the right thing to do, and that it would be a terrible disservice to the applicants if they were to discontinue the practice. My opinion will remain the same even if I am the one person stuck next in line come orientation, even if I like trying to garner sympathy on the internet.
How do you all suggest sending a letter of intent? As a PDF attachment in an email? What do I put in the body of the email? Sorry I'm just really over thinking this
Different schools have different preferences. I would recommend calling your school and asking them what they prefer.
Like @gyngyn says, at this point in the game keep it simple. Don't oversaturate with superfluous detail. To cover all your bases you could upload a pdf to your school's application portal and email it as an attachment to the school's preferred admissions email.
wow that is really nice. i got mostly vague stuff from mine. Nothing I could really change.
Is AMC Albany Medical College? If that's what you mean, it wasn't me. I only applied midwest. Nice to know others are in a position like mine, though!
Just found out the school I interviewed at over accepted students and are offering scholarships to defer a year.
See ya next cycle
See ya next cycle
@PeanutArbuckle what a bummer at this late date. I’m sure they hoped and wished they wouldn’t end up announcing this at all
Damn, you got so much intel, while I can't even manage a breadcrumb
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You know that saying that goes like "with interviews 3, a doctor you'll be"
I humbly present an alternative: "with interviews 2, you're probably screwed"
Or for my friends who had one: "with interview 1, you're pretty much done"
I humbly present an alternative: "with interviews 2, you're probably screwed"
Or for my friends who had one: "with interview 1, you're pretty much done"
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Honestly, doesn't sound too bad for accepted students. Get a scholarship and live your life to the fullest for a year. But, for waitlisted students, yea...
If you get a deferred acceptance do you still have to resubmit amcas, secondaries, and interview even though you're basically in?
ill raise u one, I got 3 interviews and 3 waitlists lol
psh if I got that offer I would accept in a heart beat and go back to work in africa for another year.
when a school announces now, after apr 30, that their “class is full” what does that mean exactly? i thought schools overaccepted initially and that the class was always full after their initial wave of WL acceptances? like what exactly gives schools the confidence NOW to say that their class is full? is it basically an arbitrary deadline that they set for themselves like “our class is prb full now and at best we’ll have a handful of one to one acceptances”
Sooooo, what's a good backup plan for medicine? Think it's time I throw in the towel.How many times have you applied
This is totally unrelated, but I just learned Mulan only has 4 songs (???) and I definitely had thought it had like 10. This changes my whole worldview
also I would like to get off the waitlist plz k thx bye
also I would like to get off the waitlist plz k thx bye
I think it means that they’ve overaccepted to the point where a larger amount of people have paid a deposit to attend than they anticipated/want. So therefore they don’t anticipate movement since they are still hoping for more people to drop their acceptance to meet their ideal class size. I’m not sure but that’s how I perceive it.