I don’t think a LOI is bad, even without other acceptances (that’s what I did actually, still on 2 WL at the moment). If you want to send a “please accept me” letter, make sure you’re writing about why the school is your favorite and unique, and what you can contribute both to the academic/clinical student body and the community the school serves.
I totally agree with you that my lack of acceptances shouldnt matter. But apparently Im not that great of an apple if I'm sitting on four waitlist with no acceptances
Dont say that. Its a grind to even get to this point and think about how many people are rejected rather than waitlisted. During my feedback session they told me that being on a waitlist is a sign that they would have accepted me but had a lot of talented applicants they couldnt turn down. If it is a straight rejection it is more clear you have definitive things you can work on but a waitlist means slight tweaks could get you over the finish line.
yea I know you're right but it's really easy to lose perspective and hope
Listing them is off-putting. I have seen well-worded emails, though.
There were only two accepted students holding multiple acceptances today. There may be a way to determine exactly who they are but it matters little right now. You are right. The big issue is the large proportion of PTE. I really don't like the idea of trapping people with an early CTE. I think we will wait to see how this all pans out before making a decision for next year.
At this point, yes.
Oh, so you’re saying you cannot tell how many students on the waitlist have acceptances elsewhere/have PTE’d or CTE’d at other schools? Does this information factor in to the decision of which students to accept from the waitlist?
We can tell who is N/A, PTE and CTE but that does little to help with waitlist mangement.
I didn’t list schools or scholarships, but I did say that I was honored to receive 3 acceptances to amazing programs , after which I said a few positive things about them . And then I said that that school was my top choice , and I would decline all acceptances if I was accepted , and then I listed very very specific reasons why . I think the key here is to be very professional . I would avoid talking about anything negative , and focus on comparing positive aspects only . And I would stay away from even implying that schools are evaluated by you based on ranking - like , if one of the schools is top(insert the number), for example , I don’t know if I would mention the names at all . I might be wrong - please @gyngyn correct me if I am wrong about any of this - but in my limited experience schools can take offense . It is like in dating - you wouldn’t say “this person is a 10, and they are taking me out to this expensive restaurant , and paying for all of it and they asked me out for Friday night , but I would go out with you anyway “.... it’s like ... the intention is good , but leaves bad aftertaste . Hahaha .
No one takes themselves off a waitlist (unless compelled to do so). This has always been the case.
That’s what I thought. Just wasn’t sure after seeing some of the recent posts 🤔 Thank you for the clarification!
You are correct.
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We have never been able to see where someone has been accepted before making a decision.Old thread says other medical schools won't know you were previously accepted?
All over SDN, I've spread my opinion that you shouldn't decline an acceptance for an MD school to reapply and I've done so with confidence because I've seen so many threads in which people claim that MD school B in cycle 2014- 2015 can see an acceptance from MD school A in cycle 2013-14. I've...
From AMCAS: "In the February of each application cycle, schools will have access to the Multiple Acceptance Report, which will show them which of their accepted applicants are holding acceptances from other schools."
"In April of the application year, medical schools will have access to the National Acceptance Report, which lists every applicant with an acceptance or matriculated action."
I was under the impression that the NAR allowed schools to even have detailed information on WL applicants., possible even for schools that one did not apply to.
If schools are accepting less, due to caution, across the board, then it might make sense that there is less WL movement. If all schools show stagnated decisions on their waitlist until the end of the cycle, then greater amounts of applicants would settle for their PTE school by committing at the deadlines.
In the past, perhaps greater decision activity by higher numbers of schools may have promoted more shuffling and greater pulls off the waitlist. Offers off the waitlist may often occur through trading of acceptances in the end game: a school may have greater confidence to offer acceptance to a WL applicant because they see specific acceptance activity. The WL applicant that is accepted would then pull from his accepted school and this creates shuffling as long as the new acceptee relinquishes another one until someone with no acceptances gains a seat.
Wl movement may depends a lot on the activity of school decision making on a large scale. If all the schools agreed to just settle, or incapacitated by the lack of knowledge, and they were confident that their acceptees were not holding multiple acceptances against the guidelines, then everyone's yield would go up.
Another consideration is that if more applicants without acceptances are pulled from the wl, that would also decrease wl movement.
That is my non experienced, not articulate explained, and theoretical view on it anyway. Will see what happens.
Thank you for confirming that as that was not what was described in that thread. Is wait listing an applicant considered a decision that would allow you to see this information?
A waitlist decision is still a decision.
so wait. Are you saying that the historical May period of WL movement will now be in June?
I’m praying
