I feel the same. PS shows your motivation for medicine and if that hasn't changed, your PS likely won't. That being said, you can make a few changes here and there to make it a bit different. For example in my original one I talked about my research experiences as an undergrad. For the next cycle, I'll edit my ps with my new research experiences post grad. That way the sentiment is still the same, but you can switch up some supporting examples.
How about secondaries and activities descriptions ( I can't really see how the activities you already have can change).
What podcasts do you listen to? I need to give them a listen, I think!
I’m on a constant loop of anger and depression LOL
If you read my two personal statements you would see a lot of similarities. However, I reflected on a much deeper level and was able to hone in on and refine my real message on why Medicine. Also I took it a step further and talked about who I wanted to care for in particular. (Those marginalized by society and those facing high barriers to care).
I strongly agree, there may be differing opinions out there but what I’ve been told by faculty involved in admissions ( whom I trust) is that unless your PS was particularly weak changing it too much runs the risk of coming off insincere. Especially if you’re applying back to back. In addition to that, if you made it into multiple WLs and received multiple Interviews that means overall your PS was likely not weak.
It's actually been pretty slow so far. I've seen more movement from east coast schools.
In your opinion, have waitlists been slower due to covid-19 factors?
Ah, wonder if that is good or bad news for us waitlisters?? 🙁
Yes -- I would try. If you can't its not the end of the world. But its worth trying
Feel free to update them just knowing that this will likely not influence the order in which you will be pulled from the waitlist. I mean theres no need to wait because its May 11th not much more time left! Ya know? Kinda like now or never.
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It has affected admissions far less than any other aspect of the medical school.
chills for you!! congrats!!! revel in this moment. you earned it! (and to think you were planning on rewriting your PS yesterday...)
NO WAY SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!
I pondered over this a lot yesterday because I also was very pleased w my original PS. What I ended up doing is I just completely changed my intro, added a paragraph about my experiences since the last cycle, and then went and elaborated more/differently on the experiences I had already wrote. So most of it was the same in essence but I think it’s still changed enough to where they will notice its def not the same
Congrats!!! Relax and take it all in! Woot woot!
This is literally so real I feel you so hard 😕
Wow congrats!!!!!! It’s so nice to hear multiple accounts of good news for the first time in a while!
Does that mean we will all get accepted from waitlist if spot is available?
A school really did things wrong if everyone on their waitlist gets off. Always need a buffer.
Don’t they decide that before putting someone on waitlist?
Not sure I understand your question. The reality is at most schools they have this **** down to a science. They give the same amount of As and expect the same amount to come off a waitlist. A lot of schools don't reject many and put way more on the waitlist than they need. A waitlist is designed to be big enough to always have extra. IF they finished their waitlist and more people withdrew theyd be screwed.
