2018-2019 Waitlist Support Thread

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Hey guys! I got off the waitlist recently at an OOS school. I went on AMCAS to check out the choose your medical school tool and saw another school I'm waitlisted at as an option.

I'm not sure why it was listed as it specifically states "Only schools where you are currently holding an acceptance are available to select (based on AMCAS records). If you do not see a school that you think should be listed, please contact the medical school."

I am currently waiting on a few other waitlists and have my eyes on my #1 school. However, these 2 schools are both comparable to me and I am not sure which one I would choose over the other thus far as I still want to consider financial aid etc.

I don't know how the choose your medical school or protocols work. I already accepted my offer for the first acceptance I got. But I am not sure if I am able to accept my offer for the 2nd school too and then drop whichever school I don't want to go to after I get more information through my acceptance and financial packages. I know after April 30th, people cannot hold than more than one acceptance. However, this all happened after April 30th. I am not planning on using the Plan or Commit to Enroll feature soon either as I am not able to rank either school above the other just yet, I am also not sure if the school being listed there is a mistake or not. Any advice helps, thanks so much!
 
phillykat96 said:
Hey guys! I got off the waitlist recently at an OOS school. I went on AMCAS to check out the choose your medical school tool and saw another school I'm waitlisted at as an option.

I'm not sure why it was listed as it specifically states "Only schools where you are currently holding an acceptance are available to select (based on AMCAS records). If you do not see a school that you think should be listed, please contact the medical school."

I am currently waiting on a few other waitlists and have my eyes on my #1 school. However, these 2 schools are both comparable to me and I am not sure which one I would choose over the other thus far as I still want to consider financial aid etc.

I don't know how the choose your medical school or protocols work. I already accepted my offer for the first acceptance I got. But I am not sure if I am able to accept my offer for the 2nd school too and then drop whichever school I don't want to go to after I get more information through my acceptance and financial packages. I know after April 30th, people cannot hold than more than one acceptance. However, this all happened after April 30th. I am not planning on using the Plan or Commit to Enroll feature soon either as I am not able to rank either school above the other just yet, I am also not sure if the school being listed there is a mistake or not. Any advice helps, thanks so much!
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It could be a mistake, or they could have accepted you and just not called you/emailed you yet. I would contact them. The clock doesn't really start until they notify you of the acceptance, and then your timeline for deciding between schools varies from school to school. Generally you will have 5-14 days. So if you find out that it was not a mistake and you have been accepted, you will have to decide which school you want to keep the acceptance at, withdraw from the other school, and then--if you are choosing the new school--accept their offer. If you then get off your #1, you'd do the same thing again.

As far as PTE/CTE goes, PTE is totally optional. Make sure you check with your schools' policies regarding CTE, as they may vary. Some schools require you to select CTE fairly early (UMich required it starting today), while others let you wait until 21 days prior to matriculation.
 
phillykat96 said:
Hey guys! I got off the waitlist recently at an OOS school. I went on AMCAS to check out the choose your medical school tool and saw another school I'm waitlisted at as an option.

I'm not sure why it was listed as it specifically states "Only schools where you are currently holding an acceptance are available to select (based on AMCAS records). If you do not see a school that you think should be listed, please contact the medical school."

I am currently waiting on a few other waitlists and have my eyes on my #1 school. However, these 2 schools are both comparable to me and I am not sure which one I would choose over the other thus far as I still want to consider financial aid etc.

I don't know how the choose your medical school or protocols work. I already accepted my offer for the first acceptance I got. But I am not sure if I am able to accept my offer for the 2nd school too and then drop whichever school I don't want to go to after I get more information through my acceptance and financial packages. I know after April 30th, people cannot hold than more than one acceptance. However, this all happened after April 30th. I am not planning on using the Plan or Commit to Enroll feature soon either as I am not able to rank either school above the other just yet, I am also not sure if the school being listed there is a mistake or not. Any advice helps, thanks so much!
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If I’m not mistaken, the acceptance you got after April 30th should’ve had a 5ish day window of response, so I imagine you’d have to choose between the two before the window closes. I’m still unclear if the April 30th deadline was legally binding but personally I’m not going to risk it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
It could be a mistake, or they could have accepted you and just not called you/emailed you yet. I would contact them. The clock doesn't really start until they notify you of the acceptance, and then your timeline for deciding between schools varies from school to school. Generally you will have 5-14 days. So if you find out that it was not a mistake and you have been accepted, you will have to decide which school you want to keep the acceptance at, withdraw from the other school, and then--if you are choosing the new school--accept their offer. If you then get off your #1, you'd do the same thing again.

As far as PTE/CTE goes, PTE is totally optional. Make sure you check with your schools' policies regarding CTE, as they may vary. Some schools require you to select CTE fairly early (UMich required it starting today), while others let you wait until 21 days prior to matriculation.
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Thanks so much for the help, this is great. I went on the school's websites and portals and nothing is stated about any deadline or period of time to CTE/PTE or even accept/decline acceptances.

I got an acceptance today in the email and it also showed up on AMCAS today (although they called me last week), do I have 5/14 days from now to accept the offer? I assume this means through their portal and not the CTE/PTE feature.

Is this 5 or 14 day limit specified anywhere or is it an unstated rule?

I already accepted the offer due to it being my only real acceptance at this time. However, I am not going to use the PTE/CTE just yet since waitlist movement is going to continue throughout the week and I am not sure about where I want to plan or commit to go.

Also, are there different rules/deadlines for the PTE/CTE features? I'm under the assumption that this tool is separate from accepting/declining the acceptance through the school's portal so I am not sure. One of the schools states on their website that by July 15th, students need to select commit to enroll if planning on matriculation. However, the other school has no specific deadline stated except to notify any schools that I have decided not to attend if I gain more acceptances after April 30th.
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
It could be a mistake, or they could have accepted you and just not called you/emailed you yet. I would contact them. The clock doesn't really start until they notify you of the acceptance, and then your timeline for deciding between schools varies from school to school. Generally you will have 5-14 days. So if you find out that it was not a mistake and you have been accepted, you will have to decide which school you want to keep the acceptance at, withdraw from the other school, and then--if you are choosing the new school--accept their offer. If you then get off your #1, you'd do the same thing again.

As far as PTE/CTE goes, PTE is totally optional. Make sure you check with your schools' policies regarding CTE, as they may vary. Some schools require you to select CTE fairly early (UMich required it starting today), while others let you wait until 21 days prior to matriculation.
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There are some schools requiring PTE, but as you say, that's school by school. It was my understanding that it was completely optional, too, but then a school requested PTE to hold the spot.
 
my top school doesn't start pulling until May 15th and my other school starts pulling on May 9th... no word from my third or 4th schools. Also been waiting 2 months on a decision from another. The wait is killing me!
 
I feel like everyone should try to remain calm until the 15th...then it is okay to start worrying a bit. At least this is my plan. This is not to say I won’t be on these forums and checking my email a couple of times of day at least.
 
ashway said:
my top school doesn't start pulling until May 15th and my other school starts pulling on May 9th... no word from my third or 4th schools. Also been waiting 2 months on a decision from another. The wait is killing me!
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How do you know when your schools are pulling?
 
annieb_baxter said:
My day:

Refresh email. Chart. Room patient.

“Do you take levothyroxine?”
“No I take synthroid”



Repeat.

My mind is numb
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Your attitude towards the patient and towards your job make me sad, TBH @annieb_baxter
Accurate charting by the scribes saves time for the doctor to discuss matters with the patient and is an important job.
If you are distracted, resentful, and checking your emails during this job, you are doing a good job for nobody, including yourself.

I am picturing you rolling your eyes, sighing, and thinking "why doesn't this patient KNOW that synthroid is levothyroxine?"

Well maybe you could learn to ask the question in a different way, such as "What is your thyroid medicine?"
Maybe you could observe for yourself that a lot of patients seem to feel better on one thyroid medicine over another.
There's always something to learn, but if you don't look for it you will miss it.
Now I am sending you to your room without dinner. :nono:
 
Meridian17 said:
My top only choice gave out a bunch of seats yesterday and I'm still with my fingers crossed, feelsdevestatingman
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wow.... my fingers are crossed for you! hey, all you need is one shot!!!!! my brother in law got only one interview for his residency, and he got it! you only need one shot.
 
Meridian17 said:
My top only choice gave out a bunch of seats yesterday and I'm still with my fingers crossed, feelsdevestatingman
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Its ok Meridian17, it's not over. They might still be giving out offers and if a student turns down an offer, that offer goes to someone else.
 
RainAngel said:
Its ok Meridian17, it's not over. They might still be giving out offers and if a student turns down an offer, that offer goes to someone else.
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Remember that they give out seats up until the day before classes started. Ideally you want to hear now, but you still could get in in June or July! My friend heard the week before classes started! Just because you don’t hear early doesn’t mean you won’t get it! Did you write a letter of intent? Those sometimes help!
 
Meridian17 said:
Hopefully. But seeing as they had people confirm that they want to be on the waitlist, and that it's a school SDN considers bad (so most people who are already in elsewhere theoretically won't be on it), I suspect there won't be a ton of people turning down offers. I'm hoping that the first wave lasts a bit longer!
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I am rooting for you! We are all rooting for you! Don't give up hope!
 
wysdoc said:
Your attitude towards the patient and towards your job make me sad, TBH @annieb_baxter
Accurate charting by the scribes saves time for the doctor to discuss matters with the patient and is an important job.
If you are distracted, resentful, and checking your emails during this job, you are doing a good job for nobody, including yourself.

I am picturing you rolling your eyes, sighing, and thinking "why doesn't this patient KNOW that synthroid is levothyroxine?"

Well maybe you could learn to ask the question in a different way, such as "What is your thyroid medicine?"
Maybe you could observe for yourself that a lot of patients seem to feel better on one thyroid medicine over another.
There's always something to learn, but if you don't look for it you will miss it.
Now I am sending you to your room without dinner. :nono:
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Wow. Way to blow thay out of proportion. It was a joke. Just an example of the silly stuff you deal with on a daily basis... I know darn well thay patients may not know both names. It doesn’t bother me thay they don’t. It was more of a rant on the same repetitive things and the anxiety of dealing with the waitlist. And tbh you have no idea what goes on at my job. The way my workflow work allows for a few minutes of downtime to refresh my email. Don’t pretend you don’t do the same thing while working. And I’m d** good at my job as evidenced by my patients who love me and tell me every day how grateful they are for everything I do so please stop with the finger pointing.
 
Meridian17 said:
I don't think that OP is harming anyone by not scribing at 100% capacity
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I think this thought is dangerous. Although I agree we don’t make much money at all as scribes, but we’re still part of a team that ultimately deals with lives. A mistake on our end could pass other eyes and cause detrimental effects down the road when another doctor makes decisions based on that

EDIT: unless you are talking about efficiency then nvm haha
 
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annieb_baxter said:
Wow. Way to blow thay out of proportion. It was a joke. Just an example of the silly stuff you deal with on a daily basis... I know darn well thay patients may not know both names. It doesn’t bother me thay they don’t. It was more of a rant on the same repetitive things and the anxiety of dealing with the waitlist. And tbh you have no idea what goes on at my job. The way my workflow work allows for a few minutes of downtime to refresh my email. Don’t pretend you don’t do the same thing while working. And I’m d** good at my job as evidenced by my patients who love me and tell me every day how grateful they are for everything I do so please stop with the finger pointing.
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if you can rant I can rant!
 
ReturnToMed said:
do scribes talk to patients? I thought they just typed.
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I’m actually a medical assistant who scribes one day a week. So I deal with patients most days, and even when I scribe I have more contact than most because I’m primarily a medical assistant who charts one day a week.
 
annieb_baxter said:
I’m actually a medical assistant who scribes one day a week. So I deal with patients most days, and even when I scribe I have more contact than most because I’m primarily a medical assistant who charts one day a week.
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ah ok. Yeah I was gonna ask if you were an MA.
 
futuredoc0307 said:
I think this thought is dangerous. Although I agree we don’t make much money at all as scribes, but we’re still part of a team that ultimately deals with lives. A mistake on our end could pass other eyes and cause detrimental effects down the road when another doctor makes decisions based on that

EDIT: unless you are talking about efficiency then nvm haha
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And not that i have to explain myself to you but the doctor I work with dictates each chart verbatim to me (I dont understand why he needs a scribe because he does the same thing on a dictaphone but he’s near retirement and he’s awesome to work with so I don’t really care) so yes I pay attention but knowing that he’s going to tell me what to put in it anyway allows me some downtime. Y’all are just overreacting a little bit. Anybody who’s worked in patient care understands there are small annoyances and funny things that happen every day. And no for those of you who think i actually roll my eyes at patients, I don’t. I’m not a troll.
 
How I feel congratulating others for getting in on this thread
NO SPOILERS




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futuredoc0307 said:
Guys each school is different. Some might have a meeting today to discuss vacancy and vote on new offers, some will not meet until later this week or even later. I don’t think they sit on a desk and make calls as people withdraw. The committee is made up of faculty and doctors that have other duties in addition to administrators. So they most likely have specific meeting times to discuss and make decisions and whatnot and it’s diff for each school
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Thanks, I needed to hear this!! I guess in my mind the decision to start pulling people off the wait list would be made by the dean of admissions and would start happening immediately after the April 30th deadline. You're totally right that this will be a coordinated effort between many busy people at a scheduled meeting.
 
georgia_boy1 said:
Next on the waitlist for my top school...my anxiety has never been higher.
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Oof I don't actually know if I would want to know my position on the waitlist. I didn't think my anxiety about this whole situation could get worse, but that would probably do it haha. Thats super exciting for you though!!!!
 
Meridian17 said:
Lol I feel ya, but I don't mind it. That means another spot will be open soon!!
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haha true I'm glad it remains a spot unfilled!! I just feel like it delays everything for everyone and there's no real point when you know that the second you get that email you aren't even really considering it
 
thinklikeaproton2019 said:
It's really annoying to see people get in off a waitlist and immediately say they're going to decline the acceptance...why did you stay on the WL in the first place then :bang:
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maybe they were hoping to see a fat scholarhip. LIke, "well, if i get the scholarship, i'll go. If i don't, - screw it"
 
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