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Why Are We Still Here said:
ii just now! IS complete July

Edit: what is the interview format and how did it go for you guys and do you have any advice? Help (see signature below 😭) much appreciated 👍
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Congrats! Standard MMI with nothing out of the ordinary. Very short interview day as I believe it only consisted of a short talk and then the MMI which also doesn't take very long. Make sure you download the Webex app and have all the pre-interview stuff done! You got this good luck!!
 
Hi everyone, this forum has helped me a lot so thought I'd return the favor. I interviewed early January and was directly accepted yesterday. Just the day before, I called the admissions office expressing my interest and asking when I'll hear back, so that's not a bad idea for those still waiting. Best of luck!
 
godfather96 said:
Hi everyone, this forum has helped me a lot so thought I'd return the favor. I interviewed early January and was directly accepted yesterday. Just the day before, I called the admissions office expressing my interest and asking when I'll hear back, so that's not a bad idea for those still waiting. Best of luck!
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I was thinking to call tomorrow, did they give you any useful info? Did you have to give them any info about yourself(amcas #)?
 
godfather96 said:
Hi everyone, this forum has helped me a lot so thought I'd return the favor. I interviewed early January and was directly accepted yesterday. Just the day before, I called the admissions office expressing my interest and asking when I'll hear back, so that's not a bad idea for those still waiting. Best of luck!
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Were you on the alt list ever?
 
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futurefrenchdr said:
I’m also wondering if this would be a good technique if you’re on the alt list… I’m pretty sure they don’t accept any updates after being put on the alt list but I would LOVE to get a final answer 😅🙃
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they don't accept updates.
 
futurefrenchdr said:
I’m also wondering if this would be a good technique if you’re on the alt list… I’m pretty sure they don’t accept any updates after being put on the alt list but I would LOVE to get a final answer 😅🙃
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Do it, if you're willing to risk them thinking you can't follow directions and possibly making it worse for yourself. I will personally not be updating them
 
onikage33 said:
I was thinking to call tomorrow, did they give you any useful info? Did you have to give them any info about yourself(amcas #)?
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They did not pickup so I left a message. I gave them my name and interview date.
 
mrs.mrs said:
How many people get rejected straight out of the interview? I got placed on the Alt List. Seeing lots of Alt lists and lots of A's but no R's, so just curious
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DId you hear back today? When was your interview?
 
Akrylix said:
Varies from year to year but there's this chart that shows how many people they interview/accept in a given year. And I remember at my interview date they mentioned that about 90% of the class comes from the alternate list. Which means if the class size is ~100 then about 90 come from the alternate list. Keep in mind though that they accept a lot more than 90 off the alternate list because there's a good share that will end up not going to the school. Which is why I think the chart is probably a better representation. So if we're going by the information in the chart, it looks like the probability of getting accepted after the interview (whether or not it's the alternate list doesn't matter) is somewhere between 40-50%.
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Although I keep finding conflicting information online...the chart mentions they matriculate about 100 students but I see their first year class size is about 145? So I don't know where those extra students are coming from lol. Someone please correct me if any of my information's incorrect!
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Approximately 45 students come from the BS/MD programs.
 
Akrylix said:
Ah that makes much more sense, thanks!

So in that case, I'm not sure if those 45 are included in the accepted tab of the admissions applicant data. If they are, then it seems the acceptance rate Post-II would be somewhere between 35-40%.
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Its not, total class size is 145 ish including BS/MD program people
 
Any recent acceptances? I interviewed on 2/2 and the wait is giving me anxiety 🙁
 
sosmedicine said:
I can't sympathize with this at all, I interviewed in September and haven't heard a peep since October lmao
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Omg I’m so sorry! What happened to the 4-6 week decision..? Have you tried reaching out to ask for an update? I’m seeing a lot of people who interviewed in late January and have already heard back.
 
stanpremed said:
Omg I’m so sorry! What happened to the 4-6 week decision..? Have you tried reaching out to ask for an update? I’m seeing a lot of people who interviewed in late January and have already heard back.
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No haha don't be sorry, they put me on AL in October is what I'm saying and I haven't heard anything else since then
 
Any low MCAT success stores for this school? I was told by them this week I’m still being considered even though I have a low MCAT
 
@ anyone that’s gotten an interview- does anyone remember how to select your interview date? i’m not seeing an option to do that on the portal (OOS II on 3/10)
 
futuredoc666222 said:
@ anyone that’s gotten an interview- does anyone remember how to select your interview date? i’m not seeing an option to do that on the portal (OOS II on 3/10)
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When you go to Interview Information and Response Packet (or something like that), you have to follow the steps to then schedule it. Use Firefox to upload a picture of yourself and then there's a section that says "Confirmation of Interview" (or something like that) and that is where you schedule it! Hope this helps. Sorry I don't remember the names of the sections correctly
 
futuredoctor918 said:
Any low MCAT success stores for this school? I was told by them this week I’m still being considered even though I have a low MCAT
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Just curious, have you already interviewed? Or did they say you're still under consideration for an II? Just wondering if they're still giving out II's.

PS I wouldn't call these "low" of course, but 10% of accepted applicants have below a 506, and 25% are below a 508.
 
maddandadd said:
Just curious, have you already interviewed? Or did they say you're still under consideration for an II? Just wondering if they're still giving out II's.

PS I wouldn't call these "low" of course, but 10% of accepted applicants have below a 506, and 25% are below a 508.
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I haven’t interviewed, but they told me I’m still under review and they haven’t made a final decision yet. I’m a sub 500 scorer so I was shocked to hear that knowing some students with (508+) having gotten pre-II rejections already
 
futuredoctor918 said:
I haven’t interviewed, but they told me I’m still under review and they haven’t made a final decision yet. I’m a sub 500 scorer so I was shocked to hear that knowing some students with (508+) having gotten pre-II rejections already
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Did you call them asking about your application or did they email you that you were still under review?
 
So I know this is all speculation, but I really, really want to get into this school and I'm trying to figure out my chances LOL. I was put on the AL a little over two weeks ago and my sleep since then has been an average of 0 hrs/night.

This link: https://students-residents.aamc.org/media/7056/download states that about 35 people are accepted immediately post-II and about 200 are offered a position on the AL. Is this a fair calculation? I thought that AMC typically accepted ~300 or so applicants, so it makes me wonder why the discrepancy between AAMC's website and Albany's.

Thanks for all the help and sorry for the neuroticism.
 
mrs.mrs said:
So I know this is all speculation, but I really, really want to get into this school and I'm trying to figure out my chances LOL. I was put on the AL a little over two weeks ago and my sleep since then has been an average of 0 hrs/night.

This link: https://students-residents.aamc.org/media/7056/download states that about 35 people are accepted immediately post-II and about 200 are offered a position on the AL. Is this a fair calculation? I thought that AMC typically accepted ~300 or so applicants, so it makes me wonder why the discrepancy between AAMC's website and Albany's.

Thanks for all the help and sorry for the neuroticism.
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During my interview, they specifically mentioned 90% of students got accepted last year where from waitlist
 
ms2731 said:
During my interview, they specifically mentioned 90% of students got accepted last year where from waitlist
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Yes! During mine too. I am just trying to see if we know about how many students are on the waitlist. Like I said, AAMC's website says there are only 200 of us on the AL
 
mrs.mrs said:
So I know this is all speculation, but I really, really want to get into this school and I'm trying to figure out my chances LOL. I was put on the AL a little over two weeks ago and my sleep since then has been an average of 0 hrs/night.

This link: https://students-residents.aamc.org/media/7056/download states that about 35 people are accepted immediately post-II and about 200 are offered a position on the AL. Is this a fair calculation? I thought that AMC typically accepted ~300 or so applicants, so it makes me wonder why the discrepancy between AAMC's website and Albany's.

Thanks for all the help and sorry for the neuroticism.
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2 things: The waitlist and alternate list from my understanding are 2 different things. I think they form a waitlist after a certain date after they've accepted enough people from the alternate list. Secondly, the information from Albany themselves is the most accurate. MSAR and AAMC website's data is outdated for many schools or just inaccurate.
 
rizoni112 said:
2 things: The waitlist and alternate list from my understanding are 2 different things. I think they form a waitlist after a certain date after they've accepted enough people from the alternate list. Secondly, the information from Albany themselves is the most accurate. MSAR and AAMC website's data is outdated for many schools or just inaccurate.
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Perfect! Thank you so much for the clarification!
 
ms2731 said:
During my interview, they specifically mentioned 90% of students got accepted last year where from waitlist
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They did say that 90% of students are accepted from the AL (not the waitlist). This doesn't mean that 90% of students come off of the alternate list. It's still going to be less than 50%. That 90% of students come off of the alternate list means something else because almost every student here is at some point on the alternate list.
 
mrs.mrs said:
Perfect! Thank you so much for the clarification!
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Also there's still a lot of time left in this cycle IMO people haven't even chosen their schools yet. I'm undecided on going here myself. So there will still be a lot of AL movement.
 
rizoni112 said:
Also there's still a lot of time left in this cycle IMO people haven't even chosen their schools yet. I'm undecided on going here myself. So there will still be a lot of AL movement.
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Thank you very much for all the info! It's just that I have really low stats and consider myself EXTREMELY lucky to have even been interviewed. And now my stats are just getting to my head and I feel like this is all just a big joke to reject me because of my stats anyway.
 
mrs.mrs said:
Thank you very much for all the info! It's just that I have really low stats and consider myself EXTREMELY lucky to have even been interviewed. And now my stats are just getting to my head and I feel like this is all just a big joke to reject me because of my stats anyway.
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I don't know if they did MCAT blind interview offer or not. If they already saw your MCAT score, don't get panic. There are something unique for every person that they chose to interview with.
 
Any idea if the class is already full? I am on the AL and starting to lose hope. 🙁
 
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