2019-2020 Drexel

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Cornfed101 said:
No, it just means they are not ready to make a decision yet and you have to wait till another decision date
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Based on last years thread I didn’t see any deferred applicants get acceptances and were eventually waitlisted. Do you happen to know if being deferred gives me the same chance as the next batch of interviewees for an acceptance? Or is it essentially a soft waitlist?
 
Iwannagomedschoolplzletme said:
Based on last years thread I didn’t see any deferred applicants get acceptances and were eventually waitlisted. Do you happen to know if being deferred gives me the same chance as the next batch of interviewees for an acceptance? Or is it essentially a soft waitlist?
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I don’t know. That’s just what I’ve seen from this year’s thread. I don’t feel like it’s the same as a waitlist because you can be accepted before the end of April. Most schools wait to move the waitlist until April and May (or later).
 
Cornfed101 said:
I don’t know. That’s just what I’ve seen from this year’s thread. I don’t feel like it’s the same as a waitlist because you can be accepted before the end of April. Most schools wait to move the waitlist until April and May (or later).
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There were a ton of people on this thread who were deferred and then accepted the next month but it seems like everyone who didn’t get the acceptance one month after deferral (like me) is still waiting so could turn into WL not sure
 
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angiogram36 said:
For those who heard news today, what date did y’all interview??
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Needing answers from whomever is willing and able to provide. Since they changed their process from fixed decision dates to weekly review, it'd be really helpful to see how far along they are.

ONE person who heard back yesterday mentioned early February, which gives some info but is still ambiguous. If they're still on the interviewees from 1st week of February, then that's not much progress from last week (backlog, maybe). But if it's interviewees from the second week of February, then we can expect a trend of 1 week's batch of interviews / applications considered each Monday.
 
Wannabe_Surgeon said:
Needing answers from whomever is willing and able to provide. Since they changed their process from fixed decision dates to weekly review, it'd be really helpful to see how far along they are.

ONE person who heard back yesterday mentioned early February, which gives some info but is still ambiguous. If they're still on the interviewees from 1st week of February, then that's not much progress from last week (backlog, maybe). But if it's interviewees from the second week of February, then we can expect a trend of 1 week's batch of interviews / applications considered each Monday.
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I interviewed first week of feb
 
Thank you! That specificity is helpful.

Sounds like they're pretty delayed - would have expected your response, then, back ~ March 23/24, based on your interview day...
 
Anyone know why Drexel has a match history that outperforms their ranking as a medical school? Sounds like this year followed previous trends and they had fantastic results
 
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Hi Everyone:

Just a quick question - I interviewed last week (really enjoyed the program!) and was wondering about thank you notes. A day after my interview I emailed my admission host with thank you notes from my interviewer but never heard back from her and I'm a little paranoid that I had done it wrong.

I remember the host saying they don't give out emails so not sure how to proceed...just wondering, was this how you all did it? Or am I just being a stereotypical paranoid applicant?
 
Bodysurfer said:
Hi Everyone:

Just a quick question - I interviewed last week (really enjoyed the program!) and was wondering about thank you notes. A day after my interview I emailed my admission host with thank you notes from my interviewer but never heard back from her and I'm a little paranoid that I had done it wrong.

I remember the host saying they don't give out emails so not sure how to proceed...just wondering, was this how you all did it? Or am I just being a stereotypical paranoid applicant?
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No worries! I sent a thank you note in general to the admissions office and a thank you note to my interviewer. No response from either and I felt weird to follow up on a thank you note so I’m sure they received it!
 
Bodysurfer said:
Hi Everyone:

Just a quick question - I interviewed last week (really enjoyed the program!) and was wondering about thank you notes. A day after my interview I emailed my admission host with thank you notes from my interviewer but never heard back from her and I'm a little paranoid that I had done it wrong.

I remember the host saying they don't give out emails so not sure how to proceed...just wondering, was this how you all did it? Or am I just being a stereotypical paranoid applicant?
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Did you have a virtual interview? I have mine tomorrow and haven't gotten an email with the schedule yet so I was wondering how yours went?
 
Any deferred applicants hear back yet? I interviewed 1/7, and got deferred in late March.

Welp, if we can learn anything from this pandemic, it's that more workers are desperately needed in healthcare so my fingers and toes are tightly crossed for some good news!!!
 
HelloMello912 said:
Any deferred applicants hear back yet? I interviewed 1/7, and got deferred in late March.

Welp, if we can learn anything from this pandemic, it's that more workers are desperately needed in healthcare so my fingers and toes are tightly crossed for some good news!!!
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12/5 interview, 2/25 deferrall, nothing yet fam.
 
HelloMello912 said:
Any deferred applicants hear back yet? I interviewed 1/7, and got deferred in late March.

Welp, if we can learn anything from this pandemic, it's that more workers are desperately needed in healthcare so my fingers and toes are tightly crossed for some good news!!!
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Some deferred heard on the December date, a few sprinkled in here and there through the last couple months of acceptances. Were either gonna be accepted or put on the wait list pretty soon in the next two weeks I would assume.
 
nichma said:
Did you have a virtual interview? I have mine tomorrow and haven't gotten an email with the schedule yet so I was wondering how yours went?
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I did, on 3/25. I got my schedule for interview day the night beforehand, around maybe 5-6pm EST. It's a little nerve-wracking to get it so late, but they do a VERY good job of coordinating the virtual interview. Seamless and professional.
 
Bodysurfer said:
Thank you!
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To chime in on the subject; I also sent thank-you's to everyone involved in my interview day; the admissions person hosting the virtual interview, my faculty interviewer, and my student interviewer. I DID get a reply from the admissions person, which was nice, but no response from either my faculty or student interviewers. So I wouldn't stress about it; just double-check you actually sent them, because my student interviewer emphasized that one should send thank-you's to the faculty interviewer within 48h of interview day - because they finish and send their report on the interviewee by the 72h mark.
 
Wannabe_Surgeon said:
To chime in on the subject; I also sent thank-you's to everyone involved in my interview day; the admissions person hosting the virtual interview, my faculty interviewer, and my student interviewer. I DID get a reply from the admissions person, which was nice, but no response from either my faculty or student interviewers. So I wouldn't stress about it; just double-check you actually sent them, because my student interviewer emphasized that one should send thank-you's to the faculty interviewer within 48h of interview day - because they finish and send their report on the interviewee by the 72h mark.
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Haha interesting that your coordinater person said you could email your interviewer directly whereas others asked us to email letters to them instead.

To add my data, I sent my thank you letter as a pdf to the coordinator and she forwarded it to my interviewer and my interviewer was kind enough to email me back, which I definitely appreciated!
 
Wannabe_Surgeon said:
To chime in on the subject; I also sent thank-you's to everyone involved in my interview day; the admissions person hosting the virtual interview, my faculty interviewer, and my student interviewer. I DID get a reply from the admissions person, which was nice, but no response from either my faculty or student interviewers. So I wouldn't stress about it; just double-check you actually sent them, because my student interviewer emphasized that one should send thank-you's to the faculty interviewer within 48h of interview day - because they finish and send their report on the interviewee by the 72h mark.
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The dirty secret is a lot of schools distribute their thank yous at the end of the cycle.
 
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Wannabe_Surgeon said:
To chime in on the subject; I also sent thank-you's to everyone involved in my interview day; the admissions person hosting the virtual interview, my faculty interviewer, and my student interviewer. I DID get a reply from the admissions person, which was nice, but no response from either my faculty or student interviewers. So I wouldn't stress about it; just double-check you actually sent them, because my student interviewer emphasized that one should send thank-you's to the faculty interviewer within 48h of interview day - because they finish and send their report on the interviewee by the 72h mark.
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Thanks, I emailed my student interview (he gave out his email) and received an email back from him. Although it's interesting that I never heard back from admissions person, kinda scaring me now....
 
Bodysurfer said:
Thanks, I emailed my student interview (he gave out his email) and received an email back from him. Although it's interesting that I never heard back from admissions person, kinda scaring me now....
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Dont read too much into that. It isn’t uncommon and that was the case with MOST of my residency interviews too. I am nearly certain the same went for med school
 
If I am still waiting an admissions decision, i.e. not yet deferred, should I send a letter of intent? I interviewed in early February.
 
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