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I don’t think anyone knows my dude
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I don’t think anyone knows my dude
i did! disposed of Jan 15 accepted Feb 3but i cheated and threw it away in my recyclables so that i could take it out if i ever got in lol
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deleted1037032
hi! I'm a 9/23 interviewee, and I'm still waiting for a decision. I thought I'd finally stop lurking, create an account, and join the cute little community in this thread. thanks everyone for sharing all your feelings, and in the process, validating my own. and thanks to all of you who are rallying for those still in silence and for reminding us that hope remains. oh, and congrats to all the peeps who were accepted! anyway, just wanted to say hi and thanks!
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deleted966164
I love how nobody wants a free mug and a lunch bag 🙂
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deleted966164
No! I’m fully serious! PM me then.
FISTMCLARGEHUGE
Full Member
Since you're popping in so late, you're behind schedule on the wild speculation post everyone is required to add. So feel free to just throw a few darts at the wall and take a guess what the adcoms are discussing this week. Personally, my bet is on them running each application through google translate 15 times then going based on what translation makes any sense at all.
Hi friends,
We just sent out the email for the Class of 2024 Facebook Group invite to the currently accepted students
We just sent out the email for the Class of 2024 Facebook Group invite to the currently accepted students
Allow me to save you the trouble from people bombing your inbox, knowing how neurotic this thread can get. I assume and correct me if I am wrong.
1. You can not disclose how many students have been accepted, now that you have the accepted students list
2. You can not disclose the names of students who have been accepted.
3. You can not provide updates whenever that accepted list is updated by the admission office
no thanks needed.
Thank you.
Unfortunately... You are correct. 😕
Although I want to keep the process as transparent as possible, I am in no place to disclose this information 🙁
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deleted688779
Is anyone else still waiting for their travel reimbursement?
gonna be an MS2 by the time the check hits
Me! I haven’t received my travel reimbursement yet, but I haven’t been accepted either, lol. At this point, I really couldn’t care less about the money (they can keep it, though it’d be helpful to get it) - I just want to get in!!
Agent Burt Macklin
Full Member
So I’m thinking of writing a letter of intent in the near future:
“Dear admissions team,
I’m very grateful for the ‘near-the-top‘ waitlist business, & I want to take the time to thank you. Also, I have an update that I believe truly proves my commitment (even while unconscious and incapacitated) to Ucla.
This past Friday, I had my 3 total wisdom teeth pulled (see, I’m diverse because I only had 3 as opposed to 4...so I’m confident this provides me the adaptability to cope with my own lopsided bone structure).
Anyways, as I was coming out of anesthesia, I decided to do so with vigor (similar to how I will conduct ALL my time at Ucla). With alligator sized tears, I began to very loudly bawl and point to the Ucla insignia on my tshirt.
“MOMMY I WANT TO GO HERE!” I yelled with bloody gauze in my mouth.
Loopy and confused, distressed and nauseous, I was still 110% sure of my passion for DGSOM. Only time would quench my tears, and my mumbled explanation to the nurse was probably uninterpretable.
Again, UCLA adCom, I ask that you see this as a testimony to my tenacity and endurance. Even under the influence of anesthesia, opioids, and Advil, my commitment does not waver.
True story.
Sincerely,
Burt Macklin”
“Dear admissions team,
I’m very grateful for the ‘near-the-top‘ waitlist business, & I want to take the time to thank you. Also, I have an update that I believe truly proves my commitment (even while unconscious and incapacitated) to Ucla.
This past Friday, I had my 3 total wisdom teeth pulled (see, I’m diverse because I only had 3 as opposed to 4...so I’m confident this provides me the adaptability to cope with my own lopsided bone structure).
Anyways, as I was coming out of anesthesia, I decided to do so with vigor (similar to how I will conduct ALL my time at Ucla). With alligator sized tears, I began to very loudly bawl and point to the Ucla insignia on my tshirt.
“MOMMY I WANT TO GO HERE!” I yelled with bloody gauze in my mouth.
Loopy and confused, distressed and nauseous, I was still 110% sure of my passion for DGSOM. Only time would quench my tears, and my mumbled explanation to the nurse was probably uninterpretable.
Again, UCLA adCom, I ask that you see this as a testimony to my tenacity and endurance. Even under the influence of anesthesia, opioids, and Advil, my commitment does not waver.
True story.
Sincerely,
Burt Macklin”
letmebedoc
Full Member
I’m soooooo prepared for UCLA to break my heart this week! Come at meeeeeee 
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ihopetibiadoc
Full Member
🙁 Just now by email?
Post interview R!! Interviewed 9/13.
So glad to finally be done lol.
So glad to finally be done lol.
Post interview R from october. Used to be my top choice a few months ago but honestly I became more and more disillusioned by their lack of transparency in the admissions process.
ripoffthebandaid
Full Member
Post-II R just now too 🙁
letmebedoc
Full Member
R as well. Time to move on!
hk__123456789
Full Member
R as well. I am numb
Post Interview Rejection! Interviewed
9/21
So good to finally have a decision
9/21
So good to finally have a decision
I was offered the award but just emailed them saying I don’t need it and it should go to someone who traveled further than driving 30 min lol.
Edit: not that wording hahahha
crepuscular.ray
Full Member
Oh no... I still haven't heard anything. Bracing for the next wave
crepuscular.ray
Full Member
Nope just checked my portal (no email) got the R, too 🙁
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Got my R at 1030 oompph what a heartbreak. It appears this is a Monday morning massacre. Anyone that gets WL or A's please share, it would be interesting to see if getting any information this late in the cycle is an indication of all rejections.
I am already expecting my rejection from UCSD since 3 out of the 4 schools I've interviewed at have handed me 2 Rs and 1 WL.
I am already expecting my rejection from UCSD since 3 out of the 4 schools I've interviewed at have handed me 2 Rs and 1 WL.
Post-II R just now~ FINALLY FREEEE
Same as a pre-II R
Thank you for your interest in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. We appreciate the time you have taken to prepare and present your candidacy through the application process. Your application to the 2020 entering class has been carefully reviewed by the Admissions Committee. The large number of highly qualified applications received made the selection process a difficult one. It is with regret that I must inform you that we will not be taking further action on your application.
You may reapply to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in the new year (one reapplication per applicant is permitted). Furthermore, you are invited to review and consider the many diverse health sciences degree programs offered at UCLA.
We greatly appreciate your interest in seeking admission to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and we wish y
Thank you for your interest in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. We appreciate the time you have taken to prepare and present your candidacy through the application process. Your application to the 2020 entering class has been carefully reviewed by the Admissions Committee. The large number of highly qualified applications received made the selection process a difficult one. It is with regret that I must inform you that we will not be taking further action on your application.
You may reapply to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in the new year (one reapplication per applicant is permitted). Furthermore, you are invited to review and consider the many diverse health sciences degree programs offered at UCLA.
We greatly appreciate your interest in seeking admission to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and we wish y
Same as the pre II R. It’s nice to know they put effort into the R email after 5 months of silence. Really makes me feel great..
Wow. They really couldn’t have come up with something more thought into this?
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deleted1037032
post-II R as well!
Nope. It’s nice to see how kind the students on here have been as well.
I’m sorry that I was “neurotic” for caring about my decision when this has been a dream school my entire life.
Thank you guys for a great thread--this process SUCKED, but you guys made it much more bearable 🙂 Best of luck to you all! You guys will make amazing physicians 🙂
Even though I got an A, I’d be lying if I said UCLA’s admissions process didn’t bring up red flags for me. Seems like there was just no basic plan/organization, which is the very least you should expect from a T10 school
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deleted1037032
yes! I second this. waiting has been a tough process. we've been holding our breaths for so long, looking for the relief of a breath out. but the community here has made this process more bearable, and your positivity lifted each other up! good luck to everyone!
doctortoise
Full Member
Post II Rejection around 1000 this morning
shakabrahh
Full Member
R
Staying in the chi town snows for the next four years
Staying in the chi town snows for the next four years
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hk__123456789
Full Member
No, did you?
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deleted1037032
I did! I emailed him, and I got this response.
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deleted972488
What was the documentary?
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deleted1037032
hehe, no I didn't. I got my post-II R this morning. I also know someone who emailed and didn't get a reply. I thought it was a good sign for me lol, but it's okay! gotta keep making moves.
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deleted1037032
It's called City of Gold. It portrays the stories of different food spots in LA and is accompanied by the storytelling of LA food critic, Jonathan Gold.
