2020-2021 Minnesota, Twin Cities

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medmascara said:
out of curiosity, do you have any other offers? I was rejected as well
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Yes, I was fortunate enough to receive two acceptances already, one to my state school and one out of state school. I turned down the OOS school because it would have significantly added more debt to me. I'm fortunate that I have a school to matriculate into, but it would have been nice to have had more options if Minnesota had accepted me.
 
NeuroticLlama said:
Yes, I was fortunate enough to receive two acceptances already, one to my state school and one out of state school. I turned down the OOS school because it would have significantly added more debt to me. I'm fortunate that I have a school to matriculate into, but it would have been nice to have had more options if Minnesota had accepted me.
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It might just be me, but I have this theory that they are rejecting people who already have an A bc they know they won't be able to give people on the waitlist spots before the CTE date... It would be pointless to put us on a waitlist if we can't get off of it. I think schools are able to see if you have already PTE somewhere.
 
medmascara said:
It might just be me, but I have this theory that they are rejecting people who already have an A bc they know they won't be able to give people on the waitlist spots before the CTE date... It would be pointless to put us on a waitlist if we can't get off of it. I think schools are able to see if you have already PTE somewhere.
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That is an interesting theory. It is my understanding that if you PTE, schools can only see that you have been accepted somewhere. They cannot see specifically which school you got into. So, this is a plausibility. With all of this being stated, U of M still had a few spots to give away for an acceptance, while the majority would go on the waitlist. Do I think that U of M would reject people before the CTE date? Honestly, based off their transparency with things....I don't think that they would do that. If they were that concerned about the CTE date and not being able to pull people off, they probably could have just emailed all the applicants with acceptances and inform us of their thoughts on that situation. What's the point in dragging us along for months without an answer just to reject people on the sole premise of the CTE date issue? I'm OOS so maybe they were just screen protecting me out of the assumption that I wouldn't go to Minnesota or give them a fair consideration. Who knows...

I don't know. Who knows what they're thinking in the admissions committee... I honestly thought I did well during the interview but hey, who knows. Sometimes, it's a crapshoot. Regardless, it's an interesting theory.
 
NeuroticLlama said:
That is an interesting theory. It is my understanding that if you PTE, schools can only see that you have been accepted somewhere. They cannot see specifically which school you got into. So, this is a plausibility. With all of this being stated, U of M still had a few spots to give away for an acceptance, while the majority would go on the waitlist. Do I think that U of M would reject people before the CTE date? Honestly, based off their transparency with things....I don't think that they would do that. If they were that concerned about the CTE date and not being able to pull people off, they probably could have just emailed all the applicants with acceptances and inform us of their thoughts on that situation. What's the point in dragging us along for months without an answer just to reject people on the sole premise of the CTE date issue? I'm OOS so maybe they were just screen protecting me out of the assumption that I wouldn't go to Minnesota or give them a fair consideration. Who knows...

I don't know. Who knows what they're thinking in the admissions committee... I honestly thought I did well during the interview but hey, who knows. Sometimes, it's a crapshoot. Regardless, it's an interesting theory.
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I think they anticipated more people spots would open after April 30th, but again just a theory. Doesn't really change anything but just a thought I had.
 
Has everyone heard their initial decision (A, R, W) or are people still waiting to know if they are waitlisted?

edit: I mean are we all waitlisted or are people still waiting for their first decision 🤪 (not necessarily W) the coffee isn’t working this morning
 
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UMNorBust said:
Has everyone heard their initial decision (A, R, W) or are people still waiting to know if they are waitlisted?

edit: I mean are we all waitlisted or are people still waiting for their first decision 🤪 (not necessarily W) the coffee isn’t working this morning
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Still waiting for first decision. Interviewed 3/23.

I am taking it as a R or W.
 
luckmed2021 said:
Glad you got moved up to number 1. How did you call the hotline? What's the number? Thank you. 🙂
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thanks y’all! the phone number was listed in the ranked alternate email. it’s a normal phone number with a recording that plays automatically. pm me for details.
 
GalaxyBrain said:
Alternate list movement has been anywhere from 30-70 in previous years. Obviously this year is very weird. Hoping the best for all of you!!!
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Do you know how many people are on the ranked alternate list? Like how long is it?
 
chilichili said:
This might be a dumb question, but if the original #2 moves to #1 does everyone else move up? Lol, I’m not sure how this works.
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Not a dumb question at all. Yes, I believe the rest of the list moves up as well. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
 
Kiko5838 said:
Those that ranked above 50, did you submit an mcat score with your app?
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Cuz didn’t someone say they ended up not requiring all applicants to submit an mcat score this year even for the after interview final committee review? Like if you hadn’t taken the mcat then they reviewed your app without the score and if you had taken the mcat before then they included your score in the final committee review?

I noticed quite a few of the applicants that ranked below 50 on the alternative list on the student blog here seemed to of applied to only U of MN so I’m guessing may not of submitted an mcat score? Any feedback would be great just trying to figure out how they approached the scoring and ranking process.
 
Kiko5838 said:
Cuz didn’t someone say they ended up not requiring all applicants to submit an mcat score this year even for the after interview final committee review? Like if you hadn’t taken the mcat then they reviewed your app without the score and if you had taken the mcat before then they included your score in the final committee review?

I noticed quite a few of the applicants that ranked below 50 on the alternative list on the student blog here seemed to of applied to only U of MN so I’m guessing may not of submitted an mcat score? Any feedback would be great just trying to figure out how they approached the scoring and ranking process.
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Ranked mid 40s here. Applied without an MCAT score.
 
Kiko5838 said:
Cuz didn’t someone say they ended up not requiring all applicants to submit an mcat score this year even for the after interview final committee review? Like if you hadn’t taken the mcat then they reviewed your app without the score and if you had taken the mcat before then they included your score in the final committee review?

I noticed quite a few of the applicants that ranked below 50 on the alternative list on the student blog here seemed to of applied to only U of MN so I’m guessing may not of submitted an mcat score? Any feedback would be great just trying to figure out how they approached the scoring and ranking process.
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Applied with an incredibly low MCAT score (lower than anything I’ve seen mentioned) and I’m #12. I hope this helps.
 
Kiko5838 said:
Cuz didn’t someone say they ended up not requiring all applicants to submit an mcat score this year even for the after interview final committee review? Like if you hadn’t taken the mcat then they reviewed your app without the score and if you had taken the mcat before then they included your score in the final committee review?

I noticed quite a few of the applicants that ranked below 50 on the alternative list on the student blog here seemed to of applied to only U of MN so I’m guessing may not of submitted an mcat score? Any feedback would be great just trying to figure out how they approached the scoring and ranking process.
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I applied without an MCAT score and was admitted
 
Kiko5838 said:
Cuz didn’t someone say they ended up not requiring all applicants to submit an mcat score this year even for the after interview final committee review? Like if you hadn’t taken the mcat then they reviewed your app without the score and if you had taken the mcat before then they included your score in the final committee review?

I noticed quite a few of the applicants that ranked below 50 on the alternative list on the student blog here seemed to of applied to only U of MN so I’m guessing may not of submitted an mcat score? Any feedback would be great just trying to figure out how they approached the scoring and ranking process.
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Ranked in the 80s with an MCAT above the 90th percentile. Not everything is about paper numbers, so don’t let them define who you are! Best of luck to everyone!
 
Just a heads up, while the hotline is an amazing way of checking where things are at in general, it is not perfect, especially if there is a lot of movement!! Last year I think they only updated it once or twice a week. I think I called the hotline the day before I got my acceptance call and I was still ~10 spots down the list.
 
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