2020-2021 Dartmouth (Geisel)

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SiberianIris said:
Post II R as well, interviewed 12/10. Definitely did not feel great about the interview so not exactly a surprise. Good luck to everyone!
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I’m so sorry! I hope you find success at other schools 🙂 Can I ask why you felt bad about your interview?
 
WarsawComputing said:
I interviewed on the first day (9/10)

Luckily I have an A elsewhere so I'm gonna be a doc regardless, Geisel ain't gonna know what they're missing 😎
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Thanks for the extra info, future doctor!! Thanks to siberianiris and Ilikethebeemovie as well. I know it’s tough to share post-II Rs and they get seriously underreported
 
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ohshizmyquad said:
I’m so sorry! I hope you find success at other schools 🙂 Can I ask why you felt bad about your interview?
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Just didn't jive with the interviewer. There were no individual bad moments but I came out of it feeling like nothing I said clicked with what she was interested in talking about or hearing from me. I could tell she didn't think I was a good fit.
 
Hey just curious for those who have interviewed before, is the Geisel Conversations/pre interview more casual/were people dressed up?
 
dartmouth MD/PhD R today... :/

Still vouched to be considered for the MD-only program though!
 
SiberianIris said:
Just didn't jive with the interviewer. There were no individual bad moments but I came out of it feeling like nothing I said clicked with what she was interested in talking about or hearing from me. I could tell she didn't think I was a good fit.
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Hey, I'm sorry you had this experience. I am still waiting to hear back from my interview here, but I had a very, very similar interview it sounds like. Wonder if we got the same person!
 
How are the my fellow 2020 interviewees who survived that post-II R wave feeling?
Anyone have insight on when we should get decisions? Do we think they’re done with post-II Rs for 2020 interviewees and the rest of us are getting As (!!!!!!!) or WLs?
 
For current students, is it hard to find housing around the area? What do the options look like?
 
Anyone know how much weight they put on the group exercise thing bc I felt rly bad about my performance there lol 🙁
 
j1a1d1 said:
Anyone know how much weight they put on the group exercise thing bc I felt rly bad about my performance there lol 🙁
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I don't, but I can tell you my group ran out of time and I was admitted. My guess is the main objective was to show you can cooperate with others and work well within a team, as opposed to starting fights and shouting over other people.
 
7summers said:
I interviewed back in October and have heard nothing since. Idk what to make of this. Anyone else in the same boat?

edit: just checked and I interviewed back in SEPTEMBER. Haha omg been so long I forgot
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Same! It feels like so long ago
 
From previous Geisel threads it seems like people who hear in March are mostly waitlisted. Is this true?
 
ohshizmyquad said:
From previous Geisel threads it seems like people who hear in March are mostly waitlisted. Is this true?
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Yea, we were told during the interview that few people hear back 2-3 weeks after interview. The rest hear back in march with waitlist or rejection
 
snr_adoo said:
Yea, we were told during the interview that few people hear back 2-3 weeks after interview. The rest hear back in march with waitlist or rejection
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So no acceptances are sent out in March for those that interviewed earlier in the cycle? It’s just waitlist of rejection?
 
snr_adoo said:
Yea, we were told during the interview that few people hear back 2-3 weeks after interview. The rest hear back in march with waitlist or rejection
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On my interview day, we were simply told that most people may not hear back until closer to March, and not to worry about it. There was no mention that decisions in March are all waitlists or rejections.
 
SpreadKindness20 said:
On my interview day, we were simply told that most people may not hear back until closer to March, and not to worry about it. There was no mention that decisions in March are all waitlists or rejections.
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Damn kinda nervous because the FB group already has around 220 members and they usually accept 270, so i’m not sure how full their class is
 
SpreadKindness20 said:
On my interview day, we were simply told that most people may not hear back until closer to March, and not to worry about it. There was no mention that decisions in March are all waitlists or rejections.
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According to last year's thread, a few people were accepted in late February who had interviewed that previous October or November (only 2-3 of these). All the acceptances from March onwards seemed to come from people who interviewed 2-3 weeks earlier. There was a big rush of waitlists for fall interviewees in early March. I didn't see any post-II Rs from March onwards last year unless I sped past them.
 
messy-morning said:
According to last year's thread, a few people were accepted in late February who had interviewed that previous October or November (only 2-3 of these). All the acceptances from March onwards seemed to come from people who interviewed 2-3 weeks earlier. There was a big rush of waitlists for fall interviewees in early March. I didn't see any post-II Rs from March onwards last year unless I sped past them.
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Damn so I’m guessing if you’ve not heard back after 2-3 weeks after your interview yet, it’s probably going to be WL or R.
 
ohshizmyquad said:
Damn so I’m guessing if you’ve not heard back after 2-3 weeks after your interview yet, it’s probably going to be WL or R.
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Not sure - we haven't had a late February wave of acceptances yet and that's when the few fall interviewees from last year were accepted. I'd hang on and see what happens this week or even the first week of March
 
messy-morning said:
Not sure - we haven't had a late February wave of acceptances yet and that's when the few fall interviewees from last year were accepted. I'd hang on and see what happens this week or even the first week of March
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Ok this is quite subjective, but I was accepted a week or two ago and spoke with a MS1 this week who commented that my acceptance was "on the early side" and made it sound like the class is not usually filled by this point in the cycle..... again, very subjective and n=1, so take it with a big grain of salt.... but since we spend a lot of time speculating on here anyways I figured I would throw that into the mix in case it might help anyone feel a bit better.
 
ohshizmyquad said:
Damn kinda nervous because the FB group already has around 220 members and they usually accept 270, so i’m not sure how full their class is
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I would caution against using FB group numbers to gauge class completeness. Most of these FB groups are full of MS2, MS3, and MS4 members who want to welcome and give advice to admitted students.
 
golgibubbles said:
Ok this is quite subjective, but I was accepted a week or two ago and spoke with a MS1 this week who commented that my acceptance was "on the early side" and made it sound like the class is not usually filled by this point in the cycle..... again, very subjective and n=1, so take it with a big grain of salt.... but since we spend a lot of time speculating on here anyways I figured I would throw that into the mix in case it might help anyone feel a bit better.
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Thank you haha that does make me feel a bit better 🙂
 
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