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divinehyper said:
i’m in the exact same position as you! i interviewed early october, waitlisted 11/16. probably going to start studying for an mcat retake just in case
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Do you mind me asking how you're planning to study for a retake? I don't have access to my online Princeton Review resources anymore and it would cost $1550 if I wanted to do a self study course with renewed access. I still have the books. There has to be a cheaper way, right? I don't want to spend this money and end up getting an A for this school anyway. I'm not sure how to go about this. Any advice from anyone would be much appreciated.
 
For anyone who interviewed before, did you have to turn your camera on for the virtual Q and A session the day before your interview?
 
bigpap said:
For anyone who interviewed before, did you have to turn your camera on for the virtual Q and A session the day before your interview?
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everyone had their cameras on. i don’t think it was required, per se, but i did not see anyone with the camera off.
 
soulo22 said:
Do you mind me asking how you're planning to study for a retake? I don't have access to my online Princeton Review resources anymore and it would cost $1550 if I wanted to do a self study course with renewed access. I still have the books. There has to be a cheaper way, right? I don't want to spend this money and end up getting an A for this school anyway. I'm not sure how to go about this. Any advice from anyone would be much appreciated.
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You have the textbooks with all the materials they would teach you in a $1500-$3000 course. Do some significant self study with those textbooks and only spend money on getting the AAMC practice tests and questions sets, maybe even the CARS packets that they offer as well. I'd do the same if I were in your shoes, however my shoes are traumatized from that horrendous exam lol

If you want more practice exams, I know there are other resources that will just sell you access to those at a much cheaper price than the entire course.
 
me to my email this morning
hold me diiiiiiicccckkk marshawn lynch GIF
 
Just thought I would post here in case anyone did their MBS program
I'm considering applying to it and wanted to know how it is.
 
Is receiving an official waitlist email better than receiving no email at all? Trying to see what the general consensus is here.
 
premonist said:
Is receiving an official waitlist email better than receiving no email at all? Trying to see what the general consensus is here.
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According to last year's thread, a waitlist was better than silence after the interview. For some reason they decided to ghost any and all interviewees until the massive wave of rejections at the same time.
 
frosty2021 said:
According to last year's thread, a waitlist was better than silence after the interview. For some reason they decided to ghost any and all interviewees until the massive wave of rejections at the same time.
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Has anyone from January or February interviews received any waitlist notifications? I feel like minus a few As, no one has reported being placed on the waitlist since December.
 
does anyone know what time they send out acceptance emails usually? or is it random?
 
frosty2021 said:
According to last year's thread, a waitlist was better than silence after the interview. For some reason they decided to ghost any and all interviewees until the massive wave of rejections at the same time.
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I can, unfortunately, confirm this. Last year, I interviewed and then was ghosted until the end of the cycle with an R. Unfortunately, they did the same thing to me this year. Interviewed in October and haven't heard back yet... 🙁 So, I definitely agree, hearing back with a waitlist decision is better than post-II silence.
 
yourfuturedoctor said:
I can, unfortunately, confirm this. Last year, I interviewed and then was ghosted until the end of the cycle with an R. Unfortunately, they did the same thing to me this year. Interviewed in October and haven't heard back yet... 🙁 So, I definitely agree, hearing back with a waitlist decision is better than post-II silence.
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It's just a theory, but I'm guessing they do this so they can see how things unfold in the next few weeks with the AAMC trafficking rules. They don't want to tell us "no," in the event they have under-enrollment from the currently accepted folks and risk having no students left to accept, but then it just doesn't make sense why they don't just form a robust waitlist. It really puts students in a difficult position of: A.) I don't know if I need to prep for a second cycle, B.) I am already accepted to another school and holding that spot even though I rather come here, or C.) unnecessary stress period.

Literally the amount of grey hair from the beginning of this cycle to now is day and night.....
 
bbsquishy said:
It's just a theory, but I'm guessing they do this so they can see how things unfold in the next few weeks with the AAMC trafficking rules. They don't want to tell us "no," in the event they have under-enrollment from the currently accepted folks and risk having no students left to accept, but then it just doesn't make sense why they don't just form a robust waitlist. It really puts students in a difficult position of: A.) I don't know if I need to prep for a second cycle, B.) I am already accepted to another school and holding that spot even though I rather come here, or C.) unnecessary stress period.

Literally the amount of grey hair from the beginning of this cycle to now is day and night.....
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this point of the cycle feels like game 7 of the nba finals except im losing like crazy
 
anyone know what time they typically send out emails? feels like i missed the window if it was today
 
premed_scrub said:
Is anyone concerned about how well CUSM will perform in matching?
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I know they had the second highest STEP 2 score last year in cali, only behind Stanford. I think if you’re a self starter and are willing to do research in other schools and make connections, you should be fine. Def need some more work to match into something competitive compared to more established schools in my opinion.
 
bigpap said:
I know they had the second highest STEP 2 score last year in cali, only behind Stanford. I think if you’re a self starter and are willing to do research in other schools and make connections, you should be fine. Def need some more work to match into something competitive compared to more established schools in my opinion.
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Where can you find this info about the second highest step?
 
i think what makes me extremely nervous is the possibility that we could be in the dark for months … yet they told us that we’d hear back within a definite timeframe. and we’ve already seen many applicants from this current cycle who have been ghosted.
 
thelegendofzelda said:
i think what makes me extremely nervous is the possibility that we could be in the dark for months … yet they told us that we’d hear back within a definite timeframe. and we’ve already seen many applicants from this current cycle who have been ghosted.
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yeah that’s exactly what I’m feeling. Hopefully they roll them out as this week goes
 
thelegendofzelda said:
i think what makes me extremely nervous is the possibility that we could be in the dark for months … yet they told us that we’d hear back within a definite timeframe. and we’ve already seen many applicants from this current cycle who have been ghosted.
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Been ghosted since 10/15
 
thelegendofzelda said:
i think what makes me extremely nervous is the possibility that we could be in the dark for months … yet they told us that we’d hear back within a definite timeframe. and we’ve already seen many applicants from this current cycle who have been ghosted.
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I'm not sure if anyone reported receiving A after the given timeframe, it seems either an A or silent R at this point.
 
doctortrafalgarlaw said:
yeah that’s exactly what I’m feeling. Hopefully they roll them out as this week goes
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gosh i hope so one of the ladies on interview day said the committee meets every 2 weeks and that some applicants spill over to the next committee, etc. but i don’t know how i can wait another 2 weeks at this point.
 
thelegendofzelda said:
gosh i hope so one of the ladies on interview day said the committee meets every 2 weeks and that some applicants spill over to the next committee, etc. but i don’t know how i can wait another 2 weeks at this point.
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yeee I remember hearing that too but mann i really hope i didnt end up in the ghost pile just a decision rn would be good 😭
 
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