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tpjunkie said:
Hey all - was bored waiting between cases today (I’m now a GI attending but NJMS class of ‘13) - probably cant add too much about curriculum etc given its been over a decade since I enrolled, but what I can say is if you’re on the waitlist and you want to go to NJMS - LET THEM KNOW! I got in off the waitlist and Dr Heinrich let me know that a good part of why I got in off the waitlist (and very early for waitlist movement) was that I had repeatedly made clear I was very interested in going to NJMS and continued to show interest throughout the cycle (my interview was late sept/early October). So yeah, I know what a lot of you are feeling right now but keep your chins up! Good luck to all (and to anyone calling it a “mid-tier” I can promise you’ll come out with clinical skills second to none)
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Thanks for this! When did you get off the waitlist?
 
ecuacor said:
Bruh . . . This is a joke.
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Yeah... Not to be salty about the R and I'm sure it's a great school, but I was really put off by NJMS's whole admissions/interview process. Thankfully I'll be going to a different NJ school that had a much more straightforward and considerate process lol.
 
They must have enough people on the priority waitlist that they don’t need their regular waitlist. I doubt they have had any movement this year so far.
 
packratlabrat said:
That's good to know! My current uni has a partnered Ph.D. program with another medical school and my advisor told me that our Ph.D. committee is separate they won't start the process until all Ph.D. applications have come in. It sounds like Rutgers has a similar process.
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Hey @packratlabrat , I know it's been a couple months; have you heard anything about the PhD part of the M.D./PhD yet?
 
armaragon said:
Spoke to Dr. Heinrich last week, told me that literally no movement has occurred.
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Because they just haven't started yet? Or because the class is full and there isn't going to be any movement?
 
Mre1123 said:
Because they just haven't started yet? Or because the class is full and there isn't going to be any movement?
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I dont know but I assume the class is full and they haven't started yet...Closer to other PTE dates we can start to see very minimal movement here.

There's hope but not much lol
 
qc2173 said:
Damn that's sad...How did you come to this conclusion? Is it based on past years' experience?
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Probably because it's already June 16, nobody has reported WL movement (even off the High Priority List,) and Dr. Heinrich has confirmed no movement so far. I think the only possible way we see some movement of the WL is if they are just super super behind and haven't started working on their WL movement, but I doubt that is likely. They probably filled their class and didn't have many people drop. I hope I'm wrong though!!
 
ecuacor said:
There has been movement just unreported. I was recently accepted here and joined the GroupMe which showed potentially two other individuals get in from waitlist( but unconfirmed).
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Wow! Congrats! Do you mind sharing if you are IS or OOS?
 
ecuacor said:
There has been movement just unreported. I was recently accepted here and joined the GroupMe which showed potentially two other individuals get in from waitlist( but unconfirmed).
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Congrats!
 
ecuacor said:
There has been movement just unreported. I was recently accepted here and joined the GroupMe which showed potentially two other individuals get in from waitlist( but unconfirmed).
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congrats!! was this in the past week or so?
 
What date do you think it would be smart to write off NJMS completely? I'm thinking July 15th? IDK
 
If I commit to enroll in another school, does that mean that I can't remain on the waitlist anymore at Njms?
 
qc2173 said:
If I commit to enroll in another school, does that mean that I can't remain on the waitlist anymore at Njms?
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pretty much , but it’s dependent on the schools you’re waitlisted on itself. For example, I committed to NJMS and was automatically removed from a NY school’s waitlist without even informing them.
 
ecuacor said:
pretty much , but it’s dependent on the schools you’re waitlisted on itself. For example, I committed to NJMS and was automatically removed from a NY school’s waitlist without even informing them.
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When is the deadline for CTE for NJMS if you don't mind me asking?
 
qc2173 said:
If I commit to enroll in another school, does that mean that I can't remain on the waitlist anymore at Njms?
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That's exactly what it's supposed to mean. And, as @ecuacor mentioned, if NJMS is playing by the rules (and most schools do), they will never call you off their WL if you are CTE elsewhere.

CTE is the mechanism schools use to lock in their classes. Poaching will create chaos for the schools. As a result, they have pretty much honored it since it was first implemented in 2019. There are plenty of people on everyone's WLs who are not committed elsewhere to make calling people who are CTE elsewhere unnecessary.

The exception is schools outside AMCAS, like AACOMAS. (TMDSAS schools also have access to the CYMS tool!) Other than schools like AACOMAS, or Caribbean, you should absolutely consider a CTE selection to be final and irrevocable.
 
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KnightDoc said:
That's exactly what it's supposed to mean. And, as @ecuacor mentioned, if NJMS is playing by the rules (and most schools do), they will never call you off their WL if you are CTE elsewhere.

CTE is the mechanism schools use to lock in their classes. Poaching will create chaos for the schools. As a result, they have pretty much honored it since it was first implemented in 2019. There are plenty of people on everyone's WLs who are not committed elsewhere to make calling people who are CTE elsewhere unnecessary.

The exception is schools outside AMCAS, like AACOMAS. (TMDSAS also have access to the CYMS tool!) Other than schools like AACOMAS, or Caribbean, you should absolutely consider a CTE selection to be final and irrevocable.
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That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation!
 
qc2173 said:
When is the deadline for CTE for NJMS if you don't mind me asking?
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It's 7/1 next year. Probably the same this year, but, since I didn't apply this year, I don't know for sure.
 
KnightDoc said:
It's 7/1 next year. Probably the same this year, but, since I didn't apply this year, I don't know for sure.
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Yikes! That's earlier than the CTE deadline of the school I currently PTE with. I do not think I will get off the waitlist of NJMS in time then. I guess it is just not meant to be. Thank you for your response!
 
qc2173 said:
Yikes! That's earlier than the CTE deadline of the school I currently PTE with. I do not think I will get off the waitlist of NJMS in time then. I guess it is just not meant to be. Thank you for your response!
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It's actually good for you because, if the reverse were true, you'd be forced to withdraw from the NJMS WL before its CTE deadline. At least this way you get to stay on the list through the deadline in order to see whether anything happens.
 
ANz206 said:
Just got off the waitlist for NJMS last night! It feels unreal wow I can’t believe it actually happened. Not sure how many spots are left but fingers crossed for everyone still waiting!!! 😭
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Good to see that the waitlist is moving this early! (compared to earlier years)
 
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