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2020-2021 Weill Cornell
Started by TheDataKing
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Pre II r
Pre-II R via email, complete in Sept. Probably the last school that could've competed with my top choice. I guess that’s my answer 😀
Pre-II R, complete in August. Good luck to those waiting to hear back
Officially received the pre II R
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deleted959514
do we know when second look/revisit is?
In the accepted student reply form it says April 3rd and April 20th-21st. Idk when we'll get updated info though
@bones-n-sconez @AmaranthMoor - does Cornell accept LOI?
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deleted959514
Thanks! April 20th would be after the narrowing to 3 deadline. Let’s hope for an earlier date!
medguru123
New Member
Thank you so much. I will make one! Also is there already a GroupMe?You can make an empty account just to join it if you want, FB accounts are pretty easy to make - but if you don't feel like it, most of the action usually goes on via groupme anyway! And if you ever have any burning questions, you can ask me as well
jojowoof20
New Member
Has anyone else not received an email at all? No A, WL, or R?
Have you checked your spam? My WL email was there too
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jojowoof20
New Member
Yeah nothing in my spam:/
hopefulmedstudent2021
Full Member
Does anyone know if update letters and letters of interest / intent for waitlisted students should just be submitted via the updates tab on the portal vs. emailed to the admissions office email address?
Is there an update tab on the portal? Cornell uses the AAMC portal. I don't remember seeing this tab there.
hopefulmedstudent2021
Full Member
I think you’re right! Would be appropriate to just submit to the admissions email then? What would y’all recommend?
medthottie
Full Member
This might be a stupid question, but when financial aid apps require student tax forms/income, do they take into account that this is income you will no longer receive as a medical student? I can’t imagine them expecting student contribution based on income that has stopped...
hopefulmedstudent2021
Full Member
Thanks so much!!
Also they want the format of the title of your pdf to be last name_first name_AAMC ID_date
Not a big deal if you don't (I submitted an update without this format lol) but thought I'd get the info out there...
hopefulmedstudent2021
Full Member
That’s super helpful - appreciate that a lot. Where did you get this info? Feel dumb for missing it wherever it is haha
When you send an update - they send an email for future reference
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When I spoke to them they said they assume a $0 future income for students.
medthottie
Full Member
So is student income not really a factor in determining aid? I’m just confused
I counted around 85 people matching on the list (seems all prelim positions have advanced spot). Seems like there's been a large drop from the previous year where I believe there were around 100 people matching. Any current students have some inside information on what happened? Maybe more people chose not to apply due to uncertainty this year?
depaysement
Full Member
Has anyone heard back about financial aid?
april 9 is the first date you will hear back
apparently this happened at northwestern too... may be a trend this year 🙁! hopefully not an ongoing pattern tho!
depaysement
Full Member
Ah okay, thanks!
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purplebourdain
Full Member
Yeah pretty confused about what happened to Cornell’s ranking
depaysement
Full Member
When your second choice jumps your first choice 🥲 much to think about
depaysement
Full Member
But seriously does anyone know if anything significant happened to cause the drop?
Fam PLEASE don’t take the ranking changes into account when making your decision. There was some discussion about this on the washu thread, but this just really shows how arbitrary and volatile they are and literally not worth putting stock into when choosing a school. Like next year your first choice being ranked higher than your second again is totally w/in the realm of possibility bc that’s how they operate
depaysement
Full Member
LOL i was just kidding I know these are super volatile. Mainly just trying to make sure there wasn’t anything that happened BTS that would have contributed since this drop seems pretty dramatic
Tg I have seen way too many people genuinely upset about this 😭apparently they changed something about the way they look at funding (?)
depaysement
Full Member
Oh interesting. Okay at least it’s nothing major then
And for those who actually seem taken aback by this "volatile" change, Cornell historically hangs around 15-20, save for the last two years. So this years USNWR rank is totally normal....and also completely uninformative and un-insightful. Its simultaneously shocking and totally expected that some premeds interested in WashU, UCLA, Penn, Cornell, etc. seem to be flustered by USNWR ranking volatility.
Here's the 2021 Match List Results Summarized if anyone was curious. I didn't include the transitional year counts.
| Anesthesiology | 6 |
| Dermatology | 2 |
| EM | 2 |
| FM | 1 |
| Surgery | 3 |
| IM | 10 |
| MedPeds | 1 |
| MedPrelim | 5 |
| MedPrimary | 4 |
| Neurology | 3 |
| Ob/Gyn | 7 |
| Ophthalmology | 2 |
| Orthopaedics | 6 |
| ENT | 3 |
| Pathology | 1 |
| PedsNeuro | 2 |
| Pediatrics | 4 |
| Plastics | 1 |
| Psych | 4 |
| DiagnosticRads | 3 |
| SurgPrelim | 5 |
| Urology | 3 |
| Total | 78 |
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the correct count. It looks like you didn't include duplicates. For example, in anesthesiology, there were 6 independent placements, but for one of them 2 people matched there, so there were actually 7 people matching into anesthesiology. Also, by your count there were only 10 people matching into IM. There were 7 people at NYP alone, and tons of other duplicates, so there were actually 20 in IM. By my count, there were 102 people listed, minus the 7 transitionals, so 95 matched total.
Just didn't want people to freak out when they saw this and thought only 78 people matched.
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