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I’ve noticed on us news Tucson is ranked but Phoenix is unranked - is there a reason for that?
 
Did anyone else get their financial report today? Gift aid is what we do not have to repay right? (ie like a scholarship)
 
noturnormalpremed said:
Did anyone else get their financial report today? Gift aid is what we do not have to repay right? (ie like a scholarship)
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Yes and that is a gift from the school and actually has nothing to do with your FAFSA. Now you can also apply to need based scholarships and those will require your FAFSA.
 
doctortall2017 said:
Yes and that is a gift from the school and actually has nothing to do with your FAFSA. Now you can also apply to need based scholarships and those will require your FAFSA.
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Yes we can still apply to need-based scholarships, but the email did say that these grants were awarded to us our based on our FAFSAs. The email says: "These grant awards are not a scholarship and contingent upon financial need as determined by information received from your FAFSA (which must be received by our deadline for grants) and may vary depending on funding."
 
Not super optimistic about getting an interview this late in the cycle, but still haven't gotten rejected? Any idea if they are still interviewing? Silent rejection?
 
If no calls are really going out today, I bet it’s because the committee hasn’t met in the short week between decision days. Maybe they’ll just push everyone back until 4/5 with the final (3/9) VAVD attendees.
 
Does anyone else think it's weird that 101 OOS As and only 55 IS As have been offered?
 
MEngland226 said:
Does anyone else think it's weird that 101 OOS As and only 55 IS As have been offered?
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My estimate is that there will end up being around 85 IS As and 135 OOS As. This will roughly be a 50% acceptance rate of IS and 35% A rate for OOS. And the total number of acceptances will be in line with the proportion for previous years to give a class size of 120.

You have to remember that in-state people are vastly more likely to accept an admissions offer than out of state.
 
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For those who’ve been accepted, is there anything we have to do to confirm the acceptance? My personal student portal only says to notify them no later than April 30th, but is there anything else we have to do in the meantime?
 
babitha said:
For those who’ve been accepted, is there anything we have to do to confirm the acceptance? My personal student portal only says to notify them no later than April 30th, but is there anything else we have to do in the meantime?
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I don’t think there’s anything within the personal student portal—I think acceptances have to go through the AAMC choose your medical school tool.

(Someone please jump in here if I’m way off-base 🙂 )
 
Saganomics said:
I don’t think there’s anything within the personal student portal—I think acceptances have to go through the AAMC choose your medical school tool.

(Someone please jump in here if I’m way off-base 🙂 )
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I know with other schools, they asked you to accept their offer of admission and you could accept multiple just to have access to all the resources and get a financial aid package...I’m confused as to whether I was supposed to accept an offer from Arizona somewhere ?
 
People who got their fafsas processed to get fin aid packages from UA - did you accept your offer or did they extend the package without you formalizing your decision? I was told they couldn’t access my fafsa until I accepted my offer?
 
wya2020 said:
People who got their fafsas processed to get fin aid packages from UA - did you accept your offer or did they extend the package without you formalizing your decision? I was told they couldn’t access my fafsa until I accepted my offer?
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I haven’t formally accepted my offer but received an email from the financial aid office regarding scholarships available that I could apply to, plus what my cost of attendance is and if I am to take loans how much I am to take. It took a week or so to receive that email. I will recommend contacting the financial office, they are really responsive.
 
wya2020 said:
People who got their fafsas processed to get fin aid packages from UA - did you accept your offer or did they extend the package without you formalizing your decision? I was told they couldn’t access my fafsa until I accepted my offer?
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This doesn't seem quite right. There is nothing for UA-PHX where you have to accept an offer or anything. I got the financial aid package emailed to me as well, but there is nothing that needed to be accepted there either. As long as you send your FAFSA to U of A you should be fine. DM if you want and we can talk more.
 
Also... it looks like there is no longer an admissions tracker on their site? Anyone know why? It was always so helpful and interesting to view.
 
Do we send our fafsa to Tucson? I didn’t see an option for Phoenix
 
Also, any OOS considering Phoenix feel free to dm me. I’m also OOS and weighing my options and would love to talk to someone about the program and how they’re making their decision
 
I saw this on the website but I thought we didn’t have to do anything with our offers until June?

“If an applicant receives an acceptance offer from UA College of Medicine prior to April 30, a written response (via the online acceptance portal) must be received within 10 days of the offer. The response will indicate if an applicant will accept or decline the offer. If an applicant does not respond within the 10-day timeline, the acceptance offer is automatically rescinded.”
 
wya2020 said:
I saw this on the website but I thought we didn’t have to do anything with our offers until June?

“If an applicant receives an acceptance offer from UA bunny training of Medicine prior to April 30, a written response (via the online acceptance portal) must be received within 10 days of the offer. The response will indicate if an applicant will accept or decline the offer. If an applicant does not respond within the 10-day timeline, the acceptance offer is automatically rescinded.”
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It looks like this is on the UA Tucson website? I don’t see this anywhere on the Phoenix’s website. However check out this
timeline. The deadline is June 7th and we officially accept admission by selecting “commit to enroll” through AAMC.
 
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HeftyGo37 said:
It looks like this is on the UA Tucson website? I don’t see this anywhere on the Phoenix’s website. However check out this
timeline. The deadline is June 7th and we officially accept admission by selecting “commit to enroll” through AAMC.
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Can we still remain on other schools' waitlists after selecting commit to enroll?
 
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