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I’m a little confused about the PTE and CTE dates: was most waitlist movement expected to come then or are we still awaiting that movement?
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brunsworth11 said:
I’m a little confused about the PTE and CTE dates: was most waitlist movement expected to come then or are we still awaiting that movement?
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My understanding was, significant movement could happen around both dates. I think the most popular movement that is discussed on this forum is the alternate list/CTE deadline.

Someone please correct me if Im way off here!
 
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innovationdoc_2020 said:
My understanding was, significant movement could happen around both dates. I think the most popular movement that is discussed on this forum is the alternate list/CTE deadline.

Someone please correct me if Im way off here!
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People have to narrow down to one acceptance by April 30th. Then July 1st, people with acceptances need to remove themselves from all waitlists (I believe). So I think that it would just cause a lot of people to drop off of the waitlist
 
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People have to narrow down to one acceptance by April 30th. Then July 1st, people with acceptances need to remove themselves from all waitlists (I believe). So I think that it would just cause a lot of people to drop off of the waitlist
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Yep that was my understanding! I know people from my interview day who were on multiple waitlists so anything can happen.
 
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i am (not so) patiently waiting for a call. i have answered two robo calls today with too much enthusiasm to just be disappointed about my car's extended warranty.
 
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I'm guessing whoever in top 20 is IS. Anyone on the waiting list who is OOS and made it top 20?
 
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I understand that MCAT has been optional throughout the admission evaluation process. Is MCAT required prior to matriculation?
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Nope! This cycle the mcat was waived completely for those who hadn’t taken it.
 
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Utakemeplz said:
anyone with any updates? waiting game getting to me again :(
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I got update from patel this morning that they are anticipating little movement between now and matriculation. Since you are #5, I'm guessing you have a great chace, but that's just my guess.
 
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Future MD.. said:
I got update from patel this morning that they are anticipating little movement between now and matriculation. Since you are #5, I'm guessing you have a great chace, but that's just my guess.
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Little movement as in little to no movement, or do they anticipate movement but just not as much as in previous years?
 
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Little movement as in little to no movement, or do they anticipate movement but just not as much as in previous years?
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No clue! On my previous email to patel, I mentioned that they were accepting 30-50 candidates off the waitlist previous cycles, and I asked her if they anticipate same or more movement compared to previous cycles. Her response was "little movement"
 
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Future MD.. said:
No clue! On my previous email to patel, I mentioned that they were accepting 30-50 candidates off the waitlist previous cycles, and I asked her if they anticipate same or more movement compared to previous cycles. Her response was "little movement"
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I don’t even know how to feel. 😩 definitely trying to stay positive but dang.
 
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I JUST GOT THE CALL -- I'm literally shaking
 
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Any updates? Any thoughts or news? I know I get stressed out when it gets too quiet in here so I thought I’d start our thread for today lol. Still sending positive vibes everyone’s way🤞🏼💙
 
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stella1700 said:
Hi! First of all, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to post this! I'm just wondering, where did you get the 30-70/ 65-70 numbers from? I'm unfortunately seeing that the numbers are closer to 10-40 people are taken off the waitlist based on previous threads. Ofc, I really hope your numbers are accurate.
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Not OP, but I am also familiar with the 30-70 stat. I think these may have been the numbers listed in MSAR for typical WL movement, but I can’t verify since I’m no longer subscribed.

I do think the 30-70 stat may include people taken off the WL prior to the creation of the alternate list. With how late the list came out this year + reports on the thread of communication with admissions, it looks like movement is going to be very low from this point on.
 
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GalaxyBrain said:
Not OP, but I am also familiar with the 30-70 stat. I think these may have been the numbers listed in MSAR for typical WL movement, but I can’t verify since I’m no longer subscribed.

I do think the 30-70 stat may include people taken off the WL prior to the creation of the alternate list. With how late the list came out this year + reports on the thread of communication with admissions, it looks like movement is going to be very low from this point on.
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Just based on seeing last years thread it looked like people from the ranked list in particular were pulled in the 60’s but I agree it sounds like this year it will not be the case.

Edit* I also looked through previous years’ threads and it seems like last year had unusually high movement from the ranked list.
 
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Hey everyone! this thought kind’ve cheered me up a little bit but I know we had someone from this thread accepted this week and, the hotline has not yet been updated to reflect that. So, I was thinking, there could have been significant or a small amount of waitlist movement that just hasn’t been updated yet so that could potentially mean some good news is to come...idk just was thinking haha.
 
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Hey everyone! this thought kind’ve cheered me up a little bit but I know we had someone from this thread accepted this week and, the hotline has not yet been updated to reflect that. So, I was thinking, there could have been significant or a small amount of waitlist movement that just hasn’t been updated yet so that could potentially mean some good news is to come...idk just was thinking haha.
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I was thinking the exact same thing!
 
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Does anyone know if it will be too late to apply for loans if accepted after a certain point, or is funding available year-round? I believe it will be too late for financial aid but I might be wrong about that..
 
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Does anyone know if it will be too late to apply for loans if accepted after a certain point, or is funding available year-round? I believe it will be too late for financial aid but I might be wrong about that..
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Admissions said that as long as you completed your FASFA, aid would be available.
 
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brunsworth11 said:
Thank you so much!
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Found it!

Financial Aid / Scholarship Advice: 1) Complete your FAFSA, add UMMS as one of your schools; 2) Consider student jobs/research assistantships as they pay for part of your tuition (anywhere from 25%-100%) and also provide a stipend, there are positions already posted and they recommend students start networking now; 3) Once you are accepted, you can ask about your financial aid qualifications and apply for anything available at the University; 4) The admissions office does award full rides, 50% (2 years), and smaller scholarships and these are "rolling awards" that start now and will likely end by July 1st, there's a specific criteria for each of these awards (not necessarily just based on merit) as they are based on the donors recommendation; 5) The financial aid office has their own process for scholarships, you can reach out to them directly about those awards
 
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innovationdoc_2020 said:
Found it!

Financial Aid / Scholarship Advice: 1) Complete your FAFSA, add UMMS as one of your schools; 2) Consider student jobs/research assistantships as they pay for part of your tuition (anywhere from 25%-100%) and also provide a stipend, there are positions already posted and they recommend students start networking now; 3) Once you are accepted, you can ask about your financial aid qualifications and apply for anything available at the University; 4) The admissions office does award full rides, 50% (2 years), and smaller scholarships and these are "rolling awards" that start now and will likely end by July 1st, there's a specific criteria for each of these awards (not necessarily just based on merit) as they are based on the donors recommendation; 5) The financial aid office has their own process for scholarships, you can reach out to them directly about those awards
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This is beyond helpful thank you so much!
 
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I emailed admissions inquiring about how frequent the waitlist would be updated just so I can stop calling the hotline every few seconds lol...but I wanted to share that in their response they mentioned there would be “limited movement” from the waitlist and while I wait I should prepare to reapply...I know before they did say there would be “little movement” so this isn’t much of an update, but I thought I’d share what I heard.
 
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Utakemeplz said:
does this mean hopefully there will be some movement after this date? asking for a 100 friends. lol
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I hope there will be! There are schools that have already started orientation and others who have CTE dates at the end of July so who knows what will happen!
 
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If we are on the waitlist we don’t have to do anything to our AMCAS application do we? Like there’s no commitment option for us until you’ve been accepted right? I just want to make sure I don’t miss anything.
 
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brunsworth11 said:
If we are on the waitlist we don’t have to do anything to our AMCAS application do we? Like there’s no commitment option for us until you’ve been accepted right? I just want to make sure I don’t miss anything.
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Nope! You’re good to go for now.
 
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