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daffodil017 said:
I sent a one-page letter of interest that fully described why I want to attend ~2 months ago.

I want to upgrade that to a letter of intent. Do you guys think I need to write a full update letter or can I just submit a short paragraph stating that I will commit to enroll if accepted?
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Are you emailing admissions or uploading to the portal?
 
Apologies for being away for so long - cardiopulm unit and immersions starting did a number on me. To answer a few questions I've seen commonly sent to me privately or here:

1) Upload letters to the portal AND send them to admissions. While one is usually enough, don't let it slip through the cracks
2) For thank you notes, send them to the person you're thanking (if possible) and CC admissions. Again, just covering your bases
3) People get off the waitlist at weird times. Some of my friends got in in May or June. It happens, but it's rare
4) We don't actually know how our clerkships are going to be graded and are talking with admin about that. They want us to have some input. From what I've heard, we do want to maintain a no-cutoff policy like y'all were discussing, but we also want to take actively affirmative steps to make sure that some of the traditional issues of subjective clerkship grading (namely, women and people of color being graded more harshly than white male colleagues) are being addressed. So while it might turn out to be an HH:H😛:F system, we aren't sure yet.

Congrats to everyone who got in, keep toughing it out for those waiting, and sorry to those who weren't accepted. Wishing all of y'all luck and happiness, and keep the questions coming!
 
neurosabre said:
Apologies for being away for so long - cardiopulm unit and immersions starting did a number on me. To answer a few questions I've seen commonly sent to me privately or here:

1) Upload letters to the portal AND send them to admissions. While one is usually enough, don't let it slip through the cracks
2) For thank you notes, send them to the person you're thanking (if possible) and CC admissions. Again, just covering your bases
3) People get off the waitlist at weird times. Some of my friends got in in May or June. It happens, but it's rare
4) We don't actually know how our clerkships are going to be graded and are talking with admin about that. They want us to have some input. From what I've heard, we do want to maintain a no-cutoff policy like y'all were discussing, but we also want to take actively affirmative steps to make sure that some of the traditional issues of subjective clerkship grading (namely, women and people of color being graded more harshly than white male colleagues) are being addressed. So while it might turn out to be an HH:H😛:F system, we aren't sure yet.

Congrats to everyone who got in, keep toughing it out for those waiting, and sorry to those who weren't accepted. Wishing all of y'all luck and happiness, and keep the questions coming!
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Thanks! Have most As gone out yet or is there a wave that typically happens in March?
 
neurosabre said:
Apologies for being away for so long - cardiopulm unit and immersions starting did a number on me. To answer a few questions I've seen commonly sent to me privately or here:

1) Upload letters to the portal AND send them to admissions. While one is usually enough, don't let it slip through the cracks
2) For thank you notes, send them to the person you're thanking (if possible) and CC admissions. Again, just covering your bases
3) People get off the waitlist at weird times. Some of my friends got in in May or June. It happens, but it's rare
4) We don't actually know how our clerkships are going to be graded and are talking with admin about that. They want us to have some input. From what I've heard, we do want to maintain a no-cutoff policy like y'all were discussing, but we also want to take actively affirmative steps to make sure that some of the traditional issues of subjective clerkship grading (namely, women and people of color being graded more harshly than white male colleagues) are being addressed. So while it might turn out to be an HH:H😛:F system, we aren't sure yet.

Congrats to everyone who got in, keep toughing it out for those waiting, and sorry to those who weren't accepted. Wishing all of y'all luck and happiness, and keep the questions coming!
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Thanks for all the info! How is the immersion? What are the expectations for you as a student?
 
neurosabre said:
Apologies for being away for so long - cardiopulm unit and immersions starting did a number on me. To answer a few questions I've seen commonly sent to me privately or here:

1) Upload letters to the portal AND send them to admissions. While one is usually enough, don't let it slip through the cracks
2) For thank you notes, send them to the person you're thanking (if possible) and CC admissions. Again, just covering your bases
3) People get off the waitlist at weird times. Some of my friends got in in May or June. It happens, but it's rare
4) We don't actually know how our clerkships are going to be graded and are talking with admin about that. They want us to have some input. From what I've heard, we do want to maintain a no-cutoff policy like y'all were discussing, but we also want to take actively affirmative steps to make sure that some of the traditional issues of subjective clerkship grading (namely, women and people of color being graded more harshly than white male colleagues) are being addressed. So while it might turn out to be an HH:H😛:F system, we aren't sure yet.

Congrats to everyone who got in, keep toughing it out for those waiting, and sorry to those who weren't accepted. Wishing all of y'all luck and happiness, and keep the questions coming!
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I should email letters too?
 
During the info sessions, I was told a “majority” of As will be released in March. Does that sentiment still hold, or has most already gone out?
 
TheDirtiestDiaper said:
Congrats to everyone who got the A! Please WashU, send out some February-interview love <3
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September interviewees are out here like
 
Okay, WashU, I interviewed in October, it makes no sense that you can't take action on my application at this point. If you want to look at the whole pool together, you should become non-rolling. If you want to accept some people early, you should do two or three waves like Vandy. This trickle of decisions from November to April with no rhyme or reason to it is ridiculous.
 
I haven't gone super far back in last year's thread, but it looks like a similar trickle of As between the late fall and March 16th. On March 16th there were a few more As, many WLs, and a small number of rejections. But I'm not sure if March 15th/16th will have the same significance this year given all the delays.

Edit: Went farther forward in the thread, and the first reported acceptance off the WL was May 7th. Sounds like many of us will be in for a long haul.
 
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Ugh. For me it's the wait plus the only other A I have (which I am eternally grateful for) is at a school with a White Coat Ceremony on the same day I'm officiating my best friend's wedding...and also that WashU is my dream school. F*ck me, this is brutal.
 
TheDirtiestDiaper said:
Ugh. For me it's the wait plus the only other A I have (which I am eternally grateful for) is at a school with a White Coat Ceremony on the same day I'm officiating my best friend's wedding...and also that WashU is my dream school. F*ck me, this is brutal.
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Agreed. It’s just hard to believe that we won’t even know if we’re WLed for another 5 weeks. Would be a lot less draining if I knew that I would have some information before then.
 
TB12-Goat said:
Agreed. It’s just hard to believe that we won’t even know if we’re WLed for another 5 weeks. Would be a lot less draining if I knew that I would have some information before then.
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Couldn't agree more. Thank you for digging up that info from last year's thread!
 
TB12-Goat said:
Agreed. It’s just hard to believe that we won’t even know if we’re WLed for another 5 weeks. Would be a lot less draining if I knew that I would have some information before then.
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I thought they would let everyone know mid-March. No?
 
coffeegal123 said:
@bignervousenergy : congrats!!

did anyone (A or haven't heard yet) feel like they didn't do amazing on their live interview? don't think i did awful but definitely not that great
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I def got grilled and I feel like my interviewer did not like me. (I feel like this was just a difficult interview, not a stress test). So I've given up here haha.
 
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