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We honestly need to create a waitlist support group y’all 😅😂 I’m literally preparing to reapply and retake the MCAT as we speak lmao
 
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I wonder which group: groupme or slack is a more accurate reflection of the current students planning to attend
 
Yeah how many ppl are accepted every day off of the waitlist? The first week is almost over and I thought we were supposed to have the most movement this week… I’m losing hope. 🙁
 
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What are y'all going to do if you don't get in? I'm freaking out because I am feeling a lot of pressure and anxiety. If anyone here is working on reapplying and wants to swap apps pls lmk!
 
Mieuw said:
What are y'all going to do if you don't get in? I'm freaking out because I am feeling a lot of pressure and anxiety. If anyone here is working on reapplying and wants to swap apps pls lmk!
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As someone who was in that position last year (1 interview, 1 WL then R right before class start) I highly recommend acting as if you plan to reapply, and take a critical look at your app now to see how you can improve. Don't give up hope of course, just have a backup plan! 😊 take it easy, try not to stress out too much. You have worked hard & will get to where you want to go eventually!
 
peppy-doctor said:
As someone who was in that position last year (1 interview, 1 WL then R right before class start) I highly recommend acting as if you plan to reapply, and take a critical look at your app now to see how you can improve. Don't give up hope of course, just have a backup plan! 😊 take it easy, try not to stress out too much. You have worked hard & will get to where you want to go eventually!
Mieuw said:
What are y'all going to do if you don't get in? I'm freaking out because I am feeling a lot of pressure and anxiety. If anyone here is working on reapplying and wants to swap apps pls lmk!
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I couldn't agree more with what peppy-doctor said! I was in your shoes and now am accepted. Don't give up hope, but it's better now to prepare for not getting in just in case. I know it was painful for me personally to look at my app and all of the hard work I did and know that I would need to re-apply all over again, but it was so worth it. I recommend you to start looking at your app with a critical eye, reach out to some of the medical schools you applied to, to see if they would be willing to do a rejection review and to start asking people you trust to look over your app and give you advice. Best of luck and hang in there!!
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Same as the above posts, Do not lose hope, there is still a chunk of at least a couple more months and while the movement may not be fast it will be there. However, I would also start preparing for the new cycle right now, just in case. Furthermore, I was also in the WL gang last year. I was on the waitlist for NEOMED and didn't hear back. One thing I did as I was on WL since December was to take a hard look at my application and look for things I can do to change it. I decided to redo my application. I know that I had some good experiences, which I'm sure that a lot of y'all have also. I looked at my GPA and MCAT and found them to be lacking, and decided to
1) retake the MCAT again, due to having an ok score, but I knew I could do better if I prepared more this time.
2) decided to try at an SMP program to see if I can get a better GPA, with the added benefit of the SMP I took-- Toledo MSBS is a pipeline program for their MD class, with a guaranteed interview. While the SMP didn't pan out as I'd hoped( they do teach mostly the same stuff as their M1 class, but they also don't interview you till the end of April and let you know if you got in until the end of July even, with many ppl in the program being taken off of the waitlist, also with almost no communication there over the year, so kinda murky in nature there.)

Regardless, those are not the only things you can do, you can work to improve your application with new activities, research etc. but please try and update them overall. I would also try to apply to DO programs if you have not already. OUHCOM is an awesome program in the state of Ohio, and is said to be one of the better medical programs overall in the country, both DO and MD included.

I would highly recommend that you see if what updates you have for the application are significant enough to justify the schools taking a look again. I say this from experience, and after talking with a person on the adcoms. They do oftentimes put the apps from your previous attempt and new one to see what has changed. They said that they basically wanna know why they should give you a second chance when they said no once already. If you find the changes are not significant enough, then I would stay a year and take my time to build a solid application to reapply with. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is your future success defined by how early you got into medical school. This is something I can tell you being a reapplicant myself.

I apologize for grammar and other errors, I have been typing from a phone...
 
Thanks for your great advice everyone! I will still try to be optimistic for this cycle but begin reapplying! My MCAT (510) and gpa (3.77) is pretty mediocre but I will give it a shot next cycle anyways! I will apply early and to more schools and improve my writing/ change activity descriptions! I am also adding a new LOR from a physician I worked closely with this year on a clinical research project. Good luck to everyone in a similar boat!
 
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