2020-2021 Waitlist Support Thread

Discover Your Odds of Getting into Medical School
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pls2468 said:
for those of you who have movement at ur schools (congrats to all those already A'ed!!!!!), is there a lot? my school hasn't pulled anyone yet but i think movement at lots of other schools is encouraging
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None from mine! But we were told there will be a lot of WL movement this year, so I think it's not a question of 'if' but 'when' particular schools choose to start pulling from the WL pool. In any case, I'm staying optimistic - bring on that A!
 
thepremednewbie said:
None from mine! But we were told there will be a lot of WL movement this year, so I think it's not a question of 'if' but 'when' particular schools choose to start pulling from the WL pool. In any case, I'm staying optimistic - bring on that A!
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ya it genuinely seems like there'll be more WL movement this year all around
 
thepremednewbie said:
None from mine! But we were told there will be a lot of WL movement this year, so I think it's not a question of 'if' but 'when' particular schools choose to start pulling from the WL pool. In any case, I'm staying optimistic - bring on that A!
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Where did you hear about high WL movement? I'm curious if anything definitive has been said.
 
pls2468 said:
my dean of admissions said that it's not a guarantee that there would be a ton of movement (and this is what makes me nervous), but that it wouldn't be unlikely at all given the state of things. REALLY hoping it starts soon at my school
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to give u some positivity/confirmation bias, I’d never tell any applicant that there would be more movement if I was involved in admissions. So yeah, even if there is more movement, admissions will try to be conservative with their words just in case. 😉
 
Microbe_Hunter said:
Feel free to email and report back!! WL squad will appreciate you
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I mean...feel free to email them, but I would not encourage you to do that. They aren't going to tell you something meaningful without communicating it to the entire waitlist. The only possible thing that would likely come out of it is that you will pester them and possibly not leave a great impression for your application. The waiting is incredibly hard, but not something I would feel comfortable doing.
 
Jdbken14 said:
Hi all, I am on the WL for my top choice and I don't know if it's worth it to resend my letter of Intent. I sent the LOI back in January after my interview because ADCOMS said to send anything you want to be considered in your app before final decisions were made. Unfortunately, I was still waitlisted. I already sent an update after the LOI in march but I do not have any other relevant updates to send since I work full time as an Engineer. Do you guys think I should just re-send my LOI or update it a little bit and send it again?
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I think the best practice is to only send one LOI and I'd probably refrain from sending another since you don't have substantial updates.
 
shaquille.oatmeal said:
this is UVM correct?
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Yessiree! We're in good company, there's a number of us on here. But from what I've seen on SDN, most applicants accepted right out of the gate at UVM were high scorers. I'm an ESL student (and a lower stat applicant haha) so I get why I was WL but our time is coming! The number of people who withdrew and posted is also super comforting 🥰
 
thepremednewbie said:
Yessiree! We're in good company, there's a number of us on here. But from what I've seen on SDN, most applicants accepted right out of the gate at UVM were high scorers. I'm an ESL student (and a lower stat applicant haha) so I get why I was WL but our time is coming! The number of people who withdrew and posted is also super comforting 🥰
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I need them to send that A before May 7th so I cancel my retake 🥴
Good luck to all of us on the WL, I'm manifesting some HUGEEEEE movement :soexcited:
 
anyone else about to go crazy bc their WL schools have been silent today? LOL....i know it’s been only one business day after 4/30 but my moodswings have been wild this morning. Like, should I be glad since I have not been excluded from the movement (since there was nothing) or should I be anxious bc of silence...?!????!?!??!??!!??
 
Julatteluver said:
anyone else about to go crazy bc their WL schools have been silent today? LOL....i know it’s been only one business day after 4/30 but my moodswings have been wild this morning. Like, should I be glad since I have not been excluded from the movement (since there was nothing) or should I be anxious bc of silence...?!????!?!??!??!!??
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MEEEE I wanna throw up
 
Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a long time, but this is my first time posting. Congrats to everyone who's been accepted! What is generally considered to be a reasonable timeframe to ask someone to write a letter of rec? I'm on 2 waitlists and still waiting on any type of post-interview decision from my third school, but if I need to reapply next year, I need a DO letter. I'd hate to ask a doctor to write a letter and then not actually need it, but I also want to make sure I get my application early. WL movement hasn't seemed to start at any of the schools I interviewed at, so it's really hard to gauge.
 
Julatteluver said:
anyone else about to go crazy bc their WL schools have been silent today? LOL....i know it’s been only one business day after 4/30 but my moodswings have been wild this morning. Like, should I be glad since I have not been excluded from the movement (since there was nothing) or should I be anxious bc of silence...?!????!?!??!??!!??
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are you me?!
 
Accepted this morning 😍

I'm wishing everyone on this thread the best of luck. Each and every one of you deserve it.

HODL!!! 💎🙌💎

edit: please dm if anyone has questions
 
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Julatteluver said:
anyone else about to go crazy bc their WL schools have been silent today? LOL....i know it’s been only one business day after 4/30 but my moodswings have been wild this morning. Like, should I be glad since I have not been excluded from the movement (since there was nothing) or should I be anxious bc of silence...?!????!?!??!??!!??
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yes this is killing me. there were ppl getting calls yesterday and today nothing. you cannot tell me they filled up the class in one sunday!
 
AnesthetizedPremed said:
do the acceptance from WL emails/calls only come in the morning?? every person accepted is like "i woke up to my future this morning" 😂

i'll just wait until tmrw then lmao
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I wish this process AT LEAST had that level of consistency and predictability. That way, I'll just check once a day and move on with the rest of the day instead of constantly wondering in the back of my head if I'd hear back anytime soon. It's so ridiculous that we have this chaotic mess where we can hear back literally ANY time of the day (even very late at night for some schools) and ANY day of the week, and the worst part is, this can happen anytime between now and July. It is so mentally exhausting for us on the waitlist!!

With that said, I really appreciate your supportive messages--they've kept me going during this stressful time. Really appreciate all of you and wishing all of us good luck 🙂
 
It mentally and emotionally drains me to even think about re-applying for another cycle (and especially retaking MCAT) but I don’t know how long I should hold onto the hope of getting pulled off WL. The school said I was in the upper tier WL, but I’ve already seen a good number of students accepted already so I’m already just anticipating the worst...

Hopefully the adcom gods will grant us all some good news this week
 
Now that we are into waitlist season and my odds are shrinking by the day I present to you my newest meme:

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Microbe_Hunter said:
Now that we are into waitlist season and my odds are shrinking by the day
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you got this man. seems like you're on 5 WL so there's great chance of you getting in.

this is coming from someone who YOLO'd everything into 1 WL --> 1 A
statistically your chances are much greater than mine were
 
SicilianDragon said:
It mentally and emotionally drains me to even think about re-applying for another cycle (and especially retaking MCAT) but I don’t know how long I should hold onto the hope of getting pulled off WL. The school said I was in the upper tier WL, but I’ve already seen a good number of students accepted already so I’m already just anticipating the worst...

Hopefully the adcom gods will grant us all some good news this week
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I feel you 100%. Not to mention how financially draining the reapplication will be. I've been dragging my feet on it, but I need to start this week.
 
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