2020-2021 Waitlist Support Thread

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n123123 said:
Yes, if you reapply to that school the following year with a stronger application!

Edit: sorry if that came off mean! I had to improve my application for reapplying this year too. Never use the same exact application twice
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I think OP meant if schools consider WLed applicants this year for the next year without having to reapply? Like gaining admission this cycle to start in Fall 2022.
 
holdingouthopemd said:
Will adcoms ever consider waitlisted candidates for the following school year?
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unsure if youre talking about reapplying or being deferred but i know that last year keck (the only thread besides this one that i follow) deferred a few people! and this is my first cycle applying so i'm unsure about being considered after being WL'd the previous year but i'd assume if your app is stronger than when you got WL'd there'd be no reason to not consider you again!!
 
Would it be foolish to apply ED to your first choice med school and then only apply DO? If i dont get in this cycle i will be calling schools and asking what went wrong and will prob try to go all in on 1 MD school and then just shoot for DO and if I can’t get in then I’ll just go for a different career. 🙁
 
Microbe_Hunter said:
Would it be foolish to apply ED to your first choice med school and then only apply DO? If i dont get in this cycle i will be calling schools and asking what went wrong and will prob try to go all in on 1 MD school and then just shoot for DO and if I can’t get in then I’ll just go for a different career. 🙁
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It's up to you, and I don't know what your application/scores look like, but the more schools you apply to, the more chances for acceptance you have. Why not apply to lots of MD and DO schools?
 
medskoolhopeful! said:
is anyone just kinda thrown off by the lack of a waitlist wave today? checking some schools past threads with historically big waves the monday after April 30 and today just hasn't turned out like that it seems
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One of my WL schools had tons of movement today. It's still pretty early though for WL movement!
 
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I can’t be the only one, right?
 
Microbe_Hunter said:
Would it be foolish to apply ED to your first choice med school and then only apply DO? If i dont get in this cycle i will be calling schools and asking what went wrong and will prob try to go all in on 1 MD school and then just shoot for DO and if I can’t get in then I’ll just go for a different career. 🙁
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I think it's a bit premature for all of that - but in the HIGHLY unlikely case none of your 5 WL pull through I would recommend checking out Dr. Gray's 'Application Renovation' where he goes in-depth on unsuccessful applications (a lot of whom who have high stats just missed the mark in telling their narrative!). I watched all of Dr. Gray's videos post-applying and really wished I had listened beforehand - a wealth of knowledge!!
 
well waitlist movement occurred at like 4 for my school and I still haven't gotten a call. This is for a DO school - can we assume I'll be retaking the MCAT May 28?
 
NoEyeEyeGuy said:
for those of you have gone from WL to A, im just curious, for the school's accepted FB pages, have people just been hanging out on the page even if they're not going? just curious because that was my guess when looking at my school of interest.
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I personally am in FB groups of schools I have already withdrawn from so yes
 
Otterly said:
Anyone got some captivating TV/movie streaming recs to help take our minds off things? (sorry if this is off topic)
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The Knick is my favorite medical show, but I'm not sure that's the best thing to distract yourself with LOL 🤣 Also, billions is a great show and I’m currently at season 3


Also, on a different note, I just fired my last few updates as hail marys. final flares of hope have been launched. All I can do now is wait and meme...
 
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lshoo said:
This isn’t exactly true for some schools. I am waitlisted at a school that has three tiers. I am on the top tier, but they recently accepted people off the 2nd tier. They try to match demographics/interests to keep the diversity of the class and this means going into the 2nd tier even when 1st tier students are remaining (i.e. an OOS student leaves —> OOS student accepted). But it’s debatable on whether this is considered a “ranked” list. It seems pretty specific to this one school
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It's actually not debatable. "Ranked" is a term of art, and only applies to schools that strictly rank. Again, most schools don't rank, because they forfeit flexibility by doing so. Tiers are not ranks. By the way, all public schools have separate ranks, or tiers, for IS and OOS, because the two groups tend to have very different yields, and the schools need to maintain whatever ratios they establish for the two groups.

I'd be willing to bet that you are in the group other than the one that the person in the 2nd tier is in, correct? And, it's a state school, correct? 🙂
 
One of the schools that rejected me allows you to set up a meeting for feedback but they say you can only schedule a meeting when you have no other "active applications." Does that include being on waitlists? The problem is that I might not find out that I'm officially rejected from all my WLs until it's too late to schedule a meeting with this school
 
Otterly said:
One of the schools that rejected me allows you to set up a meeting for feedback but they say you can only schedule a meeting when you have no other "active applications." Does that include being on waitlists? The problem is that I might not find out that I'm officially rejected from all my WLs until it's too late to schedule a meeting with this school
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I tried to set up a phone meeting with a school today for app feedback and they told me they were only doing feedback for applicants with no waitlists or acceptances. Not sure if it’s the same as the school your talking about, but thought I’d share
 
Otterly said:
One of the schools that rejected me allows you to set up a meeting for feedback but they say you can only schedule a meeting when you have no other "active applications." Does that include being on waitlists? The problem is that I might not find out that I'm officially rejected from all my WLs until it's too late to schedule a meeting with this school
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I don't understand. Why would they care so long as you don't have an active application with them? Also, how would they know what you have after they've rejected you?
 
winter_Ad3030 said:
I tried to set up a phone meeting with a school today for app feedback and they told me they were only doing feedback for applicants with no waitlists or acceptances. Not sure if it’s the same as the school your talking about, but thought I’d share
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No As makes sense, because that's just wasting their time. But, no WLs? Why? Especially if that's going to run right into the next cycle when they are not going to provide feedback anymore because you'll once again be an active candidate!!
 
medscie158 said:
MCAT retake studying is sooooo difficult right now. So difficult that one gap year might have to turn into two...I feel y'all
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If it makes you feel any better, I’ve had six gap years! But in that time, I gained more face to face clinical experience than probably most of my matriculating class, was able to publish papers, and most importantly, gain a lot of independence and maturity. I got my acceptance but at the end of the day there isn’t much difference between starting med school in your early, mid, or late twenties (except that maybe more gap years means you’ll be more equipped to handle it once you get in!) It’s a huge bummer for sure (I had one unsuccessful cycle prior to this one) but once you get in, all of the extra time and effort you put in feels worth it and you are a better applicant for it 🙂
 
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