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Waitlisted here. I emailed the office of admissions at MUSC and asked what third of the waitlist I was on. They told me that they do not disclose this information. Did anyone else get this response? Did their policy change since last year? I’m a little confused by the response
 
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Finally got the R today, OOS. Best of luck, everyone! I will stay hopeful and positive for you all! 🙂 edit: this is pre-II
 
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MattDD said:
Mind if I ask what email you used?
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I have been emailing Charlotte Kerr whenever I send an update or ask any questions. I'm pretty sure its the same email that sent us the waitlist email.
 
docgal101 said:
I have been emailing Charlotte Kerr whenever I send an update or ask any questions. I'm pretty sure its the same email that sent us the waitlist email.
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Have you gotten any response regarding what tier of the waitlist you’re in?
 
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Waitlist OOS. Since there is a ranking does that mean LOI are not necessary or are they still advised?
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Also wondering about this. Did you end up sending one? I emailed Charlotte Kerr today about whether they were receptive to them.
 
Did anyone who was accepted 2 weeks ago get their acceptance letter in the mail yet? I have not.
 
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Updated numbers for y’all
 

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Hey I got accepted a while ago and then got the scholarship link, which I sent in earlier this month. Anyone know what entering students usually get if anything? Or I guess in following years as well. I'm OOS so that's a big point to consider over my in-state school.
 
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Hey I got accepted a while ago and then got the scholarship link, which I sent in earlier this month. Anyone know what entering students usually get if anything? Or I guess in following years as well. I'm OOS so that's a big point to consider over my in-state school.
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Hey! So I haven't heard anything or gotten any mail from them either. I just sent an email to the COM-admissions email address on their website. I'm worried they'll rescind my acceptance or something even though I haven't gotten anything in the mail and I literally have no idea what to do. I'll let you know if I hear anything back from them come Monday.
 
Does anyone know what factors might affect your position on the waitlist? Like if you have a previous health care career or live in state?
 
Still haven't heard back from admissions with regard to the acceptance packet paperwork. Also haven't heard anything about scholarships.

Also I think the chart that keeps getting posted has nothing or very little to do with waitlist spots. It looks like as of April 2, they offered 145 in state spots that were accepted. 18 OOS spots were also accepted by applicants. I'm betting the pending are the people they've already offered spots to who have been unable to put down a deposit because they're not sending paperwork. So there's 13 IS and 12 OOS applicants they've extended offers to that have not been accepted officially by the applicants yet since we're in COVID limbo.

The only thing you can really surmise from these numbers is that they have 163 students currently planning to attend and they're waiting on the deposits from those 25 who have already been accepted which might be why they're categorized as pending. The class size is 172 according to their website, and if all 25 of those applicants accept the offer then that would put them over that 172 mark for their class size and then movement would start from there, especially if all 25 do not decide to accept their offers. I also think the "In Progress" column could mean a lot of things. Perhaps that's all the applications that they reviewed and chose not to interview-- although that seems to be the people in the "Not Offered" Column. Or perhaps that's the number of people on the waitlist. And if that is the number of people on the waitlist, then that's 100 IS students and 62 OOS, which is almost as many as they've already accepted. This chart is hard to interpret, and that's probably the point since it seems like anyone can access it and post it anywhere. Most adcoms are kinda secretive like that.


waitlist movement should pick up next week on traffic day and likely won't happen until then.
 
SmellUL8r said:
Still haven't heard back from admissions with regard to the acceptance packet paperwork. Also haven't heard anything about scholarships.

Also I think the chart that keeps getting posted has nothing or very little to do with waitlist spots. It looks like as of April 2, they offered 145 in state spots that were accepted. 18 OOS spots were also accepted by applicants. I'm betting the pending are the people they've already offered spots to who have been unable to put down a deposit because they're not sending paperwork. So there's 13 IS and 12 OOS applicants they've extended offers to that have not been accepted officially by the applicants yet since we're in COVID limbo.

The only thing you can really surmise from these numbers is that they have 163 students currently planning to attend and they're waiting on the deposits from those 25 who have already been accepted which might be why they're categorized as pending. The class size is 172 according to their website, and if all 25 of those applicants accept the offer then that would put them over that 172 mark for their class size and then movement would start from there, especially if all 25 do not decide to accept their offers. I also think the "In Progress" column could mean a lot of things. Perhaps that's all the applications that they reviewed and chose not to interview-- although that seems to be the people in the "Not Offered" Column. Or perhaps that's the number of people on the waitlist. And if that is the number of people on the waitlist, then that's 100 IS students and 62 OOS, which is almost as many as they've already accepted. This chart is hard to interpret, and that's probably the point since it seems like anyone can access it and post it anywhere. Most adcoms are kinda secretive like that.


waitlist movement should pick up next week on traffic day and likely won't happen until then.
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A friend heard back from admissions about the acceptance packet. They said not to worry as they haven't sent them out yet due to COVID and having to leave them in the office in a hurry. They said they haven't decided what to do yet, but may end up having to just send the info out in an email rather than by mail.
 
LadyD89 said:
Does anyone know what factors might affect your position on the waitlist? Like if you have a previous health care career or live in state?
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So It probably has to do with the score they give you. I saw a presentation a few years ago from their adcom people at the time and they said they basically score your application on 4 criteria: they give you a score for MCAT, GPA, your app itself with letters and all that, and then a score for your interview. They add it all up and then I think they have some internal cut off for scores so they accept, waitlist, or decline people based on that number. So it's probably organized numerically based on the score you received from the adcom when they went and talked about you after your interview. So if you score high, but not high enough to get accepted, you are probably up on the higher portion of the waitlist. Idk if any of this has changed since I saw that presentation, but it might have. :shrug:

So technically your previous health care experience matters, as that would be factored into your application score. But I don't think IS or OOS status matters much for the waitlist since they already have reviewed and interviewed those candidates from OOS, even though they have a heavy instate bias. And assigning scores would help eliminate that IS/OOS bias once the interview is said and done and the waitlist is being made. But I don't think they go "Well this person worked as a medical assistant for 3 years and this person only did it for 6 months so lets take the person with more experience."

I think the number one thing that determines whether or not you get off the waitlist is if they actually have space in their class. People might jump ship soon since traffic day is coming and choose other schools instead, which would free up space in the class.
 
mcdbh said:
A friend heard back from admissions about the acceptance packet. They said not to worry as they haven't sent them out yet due to COVID and having to leave them in the office in a hurry. They said they haven't decided what to do yet, but may end up having to just send the info out in an email rather than by mail.
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Thanks! This is really helpful. Hopefully they get it all figured out soon.
 
Isn't their class size 180, not 172? I thought their faq page had 180 is first year class size. Also, i thought their waitlist was usually around 30, not 160.
 
SmellUL8r said:
Still haven't heard back from admissions with regard to the acceptance packet paperwork. Also haven't heard anything about scholarships.

Also I think the chart that keeps getting posted has nothing or very little to do with waitlist spots. It looks like as of April 2, they offered 145 in state spots that were accepted. 18 OOS spots were also accepted by applicants. I'm betting the pending are the people they've already offered spots to who have been unable to put down a deposit because they're not sending paperwork. So there's 13 IS and 12 OOS applicants they've extended offers to that have not been accepted officially by the applicants yet since we're in COVID limbo.

The only thing you can really surmise from these numbers is that they have 163 students currently planning to attend and they're waiting on the deposits from those 25 who have already been accepted which might be why they're categorized as pending. The class size is 172 according to their website, and if all 25 of those applicants accept the offer then that would put them over that 172 mark for their class size and then movement would start from there, especially if all 25 do not decide to accept their offers. I also think the "In Progress" column could mean a lot of things. Perhaps that's all the applications that they reviewed and chose not to interview-- although that seems to be the people in the "Not Offered" Column. Or perhaps that's the number of people on the waitlist. And if that is the number of people on the waitlist, then that's 100 IS students and 62 OOS, which is almost as many as they've already accepted. This chart is hard to interpret, and that's probably the point since it seems like anyone can access it and post it anywhere. Most adcoms are kinda secretive like that.


waitlist movement should pick up next week on traffic day and likely won't happen until then.
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The scholarship application was due March 15th!
 
LadyD89 said:
Isn't their class size 180, not 172? I thought their faq page had 180 is first year class size. Also, i thought their waitlist was usually around 30, not 160.
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According to MSAR it's estimated 166 new entrants, but last year it was 171 (150 IS; 20 OOS; 1 international) and I have heard 30-60 on the waitlist.

Also it updated this morning and I'm very confused how the #s changed so much, especially for total. But if we suspect In Progress for waitlist that number has gotten down to ~70.
 

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LadyD89 said:
Isn't their class size 180, not 172? I thought their faq page had 180 is first year class size. Also, i thought their waitlist was usually around 30, not 160.
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Medical Students (M.D.) It says on this website that they accept about 172 applicants per year. Maybe they cap it at 180 or last years class was 172 or something. Idk
Also I have no idea how big their waitlist is every year. However, there's a chart that keeps getting posted on here and everyone is guessing at how many waitlist spots they have available and with the way the data is presented, it looks like there might be 160ish waitlist spots. But of course, this chart isn't the most descriptive and is hard to interpret.
 
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According to MSAR it's estimated 166 new entrants, but last year it was 171 (150 IS; 20 OOS; 1 international) and I have heard 30-60 on the waitlist.

Also it updated this morning and I'm very confused how the #s changed so much, especially for total. But if we suspect In Progress for waitlist that number has gotten down to ~70.
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Yea it doesn't seem in progress is waitlist b/c it says only 8 and it seems very unlikely only 8 instate would be on waitlist.
 
bunzene24 said:
According to MSAR it's estimated 166 new entrants, but last year it was 171 (150 IS; 20 OOS; 1 international) and I have heard 30-60 on the waitlist.

Also it updated this morning and I'm very confused how the #s changed so much, especially for total. But if we suspect In Progress for waitlist that number has gotten down to ~70.
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Based on how the numbers have changed the "In Progress" might be the waitlist but the 8 IS is kinda weird
 
SmellUL8r said:
So It probably has to do with the score they give you. I saw a presentation a few years ago from their adcom people at the time and they said they basically score your application on 4 criteria: they give you a score for MCAT, GPA, your app itself with letters and all that, and then a score for your interview. They add it all up and then I think they have some internal cut off for scores so they accept, waitlist, or decline people based on that number. So it's probably organized numerically based on the score you received from the adcom when they went and talked about you after your interview. So if you score high, but not high enough to get accepted, you are probably up on the higher portion of the waitlist. Idk if any of this has changed since I saw that presentation, but it might have. :shrug:

So technically your previous health care experience matters, as that would be factored into your application score. But I don't think IS or OOS status matters much for the waitlist since they already have reviewed and interviewed those candidates from OOS, even though they have a heavy instate bias. And assigning scores would help eliminate that IS/OOS bias once the interview is said and done and the waitlist is being made. But I don't think they go "Well this person worked as a medical assistant for 3 years and this person only did it for 6 months so lets take the person with more experience."

I think the number one thing that determines whether or not you get off the waitlist is if they actually have space in their class. People might jump ship soon since traffic day is coming and choose other schools instead, which would free up space in the class.
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I don't think its wrong for them to have an in-state bias for their candidates. The school receives a large amount of funding from the state. They are investing a lot of money in students that they are likely hoping will continue to practice in the state once their schooling is finished.
 
LadyD89 said:
I don't think its wrong for them to have an in-state bias for their candidates. The school receives a large amount of funding from the state. They are investing a lot of money in students that they are likely hoping will continue to practice in the state once their schooling is finished.
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This sounds like it makes sense. And it could explain why there would only be 8 IS applicants on the waitlist, assuming we’re interpreting that chart correctly (but who knows about that lol)
 
NewY29 said:
This sounds like it makes sense. And it could explain why there would only be 8 IS applicants on the waitlist, assuming we’re interpreting that chart correctly (but who knows about that lol)
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Who knows, speaking as an IS waitlister, I'm hoping you're right. I'm also hoping that working in a hospital during this pandemic will help.
 
LadyD89 said:
Who knows, speaking as an IS waitlister, I'm hoping you're right. I'm also hoping that working in a hospital during this pandemic will help.
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Also an IS waitlister, after this newest update I’m tempted to say pending is waitlist. MSAR said 25-30 is their normal waitlist, which fits pending numbers. Of course it’s completely possible waitlist just isn’t tracked on this chart.
 
This may have been asked before, but does anyone know how the waitlist works with IS vs OS? Are IS withdrawals replaced only with IS waitlisters? And OS withdrawals are only replaced with OS? Just curious
 
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This may have been asked before, but does anyone know how the waitlist works with IS vs OS? Are IS withdrawals replaced only with IS waitlisters? And OS withdrawals are only replaced with OS? Just curious
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Traditionally thats how its done at other schools, but not sure with MUSC!
 
Not that it makes any sense but the numbers have changed again.
 

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Alright, now I’m lost
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If you look at @disgruntledcookie 's post theirs says "MUSC college of medicine apps", but the chart I posted is labeled "AMCAS apps" and then right by the categories it says "Doctor of Medicine". Both are different tabs that you can access from that home page with the link given. That accounts for why the numbers are so different, but really not sure how they are not the same thing because we all applied through AMCAS?

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Sorry to spam this with screenshots of "the Chart" but they both updated again. Happy Speculating!
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Sorry to spam this with screenshots of "the Chart" but they both updated again. Happy Speculating! View attachment 301548View attachment 301549
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I think the difference between the two is if you turned in a primary application and were either rejected pre-secondary or did not turn in secondary you would be in "AMCAS Applications" and if you turned in a primary and a secondary then they are accounted for the MUSC-COM applications. And that would explain the differences in not offered/total.
 
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I think the difference between the two is if you turned in a primary application and were either rejected pre-secondary or did not turn in secondary you would be in "AMCAS Applications" and if you turned in a primary and a secondary then they are accounted for the MUSC-COM applications. And that would explain the differences in not offered/total.
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I think you cracked the code
 
So I've read much earlier in this forum that some people heard their waitlist is very small and most people get accepted. Anyone have any insight regarding that? Asking for a friend who is currently waitlisted and hoping for the best...
 
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