2021-2022 SUNY, Downstate (Brooklyn)

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On interview day, is there an opportunity to talk with other interviewers before the actual interview start (i.e., a break room). This really helps me loosen up.
 
kenykj49 said:
On interview day, is there an opportunity to talk with other interviewers before the actual interview start (i.e., a break room). This really helps me loosen up.
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I was the only person that day in the zoom meeting before the interview started lol
 
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kenykj49 said:
On interview day, is there an opportunity to talk with other interviewers before the actual interview start (i.e., a break room). This really helps me loosen up.
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Not other interviewees on my day but there was a guy from the admissions office who talked me through everything, he was really nice and our short convo similarly helped me loosen up. Hope that helps
 
I'm interviewing tomorrow, a bit nervous but excited too! When do they send you the writing assignment? My interview is at 2pm so I don't want to rush to submit it by 4pm in the case that the interview goes over 1 hour.
 
aradevic said:
I'm interviewing tomorrow, a bit nervous but excited too! When do they send you the writing assignment? My interview is at 2pm so I don't want to rush to submit it by 4pm in the case that the interview goes over 1 hour.
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Congrats! Can I know stats?!??
 
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aradevic said:
I'm interviewing tomorrow, a bit nervous but excited too! When do they send you the writing assignment? My interview is at 2pm so I don't want to rush to submit it by 4pm in the case that the interview goes over 1 hour.
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They sent it at like 6am. The instructions say to submit it after your interview but I asked and you can submit it before if you have an afternoon interview. Good luck!
 
should we be submitting updates to our portal or the admissions email?
 
Rea9949 said:
should we be submitting updates to our portal or the admissions email?
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“Submit additional information only at the request of the Admissions Committee or if you have already been interviewed. All information should be uploaded via the Document Upload feature in the Admissions Portal.”

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med2b3 said:
Honestly lol I’ve never calculated that, my stats are 3.7 GPA & 515 MCAT, URM & NYC native
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That's amazing honestly. Good job lol and congrats to downstate. Ur gonna have a blast for sure there lool
 
arnim said:
AL just now, I guess the class is full?
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Technically yeah, but WL movement is driven by people withdrawing acceptances. People with multiople acceptances have to narrow down as time goes on, which drives WL movement 🙂
 
Wow just got waitlisted here. Thought it would be a rejection by now. Interviewed back in 2021 and will be withdrawing. The wait here for a decision made the school drop off my list
 
Not sure how the class could already be full when people haven't had to commit yet...?
 
AL interviewed in January. Will be declining the AL spot, more than 3 months for a response....
 
cyclistturneddoc said:
Not sure how the class could already be full when people haven't had to commit yet...?
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They have sent enough acceptances to fill their class, but people will inevitably drop + shift around. that's what drives WL movement. Someone holding 4 acceptances right now has no mandate to drop until May 2nd. That date, when people have to narrow down to 1, is what drives WL movement. This is in line with what we've seen -> massive WL wave right before the deadline, then WL movement when they wrap their heads around actual yield
 
applicant117 said:
They have sent enough acceptances to fill their class, but people will inevitably drop + shift around. that's what drives WL movement. Someone holding 4 acceptances right now has no mandate to drop until May 2nd. That date, when people have to narrow down to 1, is what drives WL movement. This is in line with what we've seen -> massive WL wave right before the deadline, then WL movement when they wrap their heads around actual yield
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Appreciate your response! 🙂 I just found the sentence quite discouraging but realize there will be a lot of movement after people have to narrow down to 1 school
 
cyclistturneddoc said:
Appreciate your response! 🙂 I just found the sentence quite discouraging but realize there will be a lot of movement after people have to narrow down to 1 school
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Yep, obv you aren't in till ur in and never assume anything, but given that they interview nearly 900 applicants for 250 seats, I can imagine that there's a good amount of movement.
 
Interviewed early March, just received alternate list stat. In the message they mentioned that the class at this time is now full!
 
wl and interviewed in january. i dont believe that 1 person was the only one to report an acceptance after interviewing after january
 
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