My wife and I did as well. We have two new black kitties, and now that we are living with my in-laws during WL-purgatory, they play with their two 5 year old cats. Makes the waiting game tolerable 😁
Thanks for the advice. I have ultimately decided to give it one more go if things don't pan out this time, mostly so all the time and money I wasted studying for the MCAT doesn't go to waste. But not until next year though, so I would at least have the support of my college for interview prep among other things. And since my MCAT was March last year it should be good for the 2023-2024 cycle (at least from what I've seen?) By then I believe I'll have patched up my nonclinical volunteering holes. My research group has drafted four new publications since I applied, and I'm either first or second author on all of them, so hopefully I'll at least have doubled my pub count upon reapplication.
Im with you on this part! waiting to see if I should be applying for jobs elsewhere is a nightmare. I feel dishonest interviewing for jobs that I might leave come July. I am trying my hardest to keep hope with 4 waitlists, so I feel like I am giving up on this cycle when I am looking for a potential new career.
AACOMAS does not participate in Choose Your Medical School; this is only AMCAS.
Right. The question was whether AACOMAS has anything similar. And the answer is apparently no, because large non-refundable deposits do the job instead!
You are kind of correct. It's slightly different, because it's not the system that limits you to one selection. Apparently, after 5/15, AACOMAS reports to schools the name of people holding acceptances at other schools. Those schools can then do nothing, or give people at least 15 days to drop their other acceptances.
I had similar thinking for some time after I received my 4 post-II rejections & 2 WLs. At the end of the day though, I was consistent across my interviews. I was myself and I feel like personalities have to match for a school to be like "hey, let's admit this person, they'll do great in our environment"... I got admitted to a DO school early in the cycle (it was my first interview). I'm still under the belief that they believed that I would thrive at their school despite not having similar results on the MD side. Maybe my PS and activities were more geared to their "DO philosophy." I'll never know. I do know that I'll never sacrifice who I am to appease the powers that be. Med school admissions is tough, don't beat yourself up over what ifs. If you gave it your all, then that's the best you could do.
It's a number game. They're trying to put 66k butts into 25k seats. It's going to be an aboslutely flawed, imperfect process. Don't let that deter you from a fundamentals level- you will find your way. Learn from things, but dont assume you're flawed.
Thank you all for your encouraging messages. I've been pretty down because I couldn't help but associate these WLs with me being an unlikeable person, even though in my brain, I know it's really harmful to think that.
I think the biggest reason is honestly the nonclinical volunteering. I literally had nothing of the sort on my app. Hobbies could've been something too, I cut out the one experience describing my hobby so that I could include my clinical research posters - and from the stories I've read, the people who end up spending the whole interview talking about their hobbies and having a normal convo tend to get accepted way more often than not. It was also one of the first recommendations my prehealth office made to me to include, but I reluctantly cut out later because of the research. I was basically starting with 11 slots because I needed one for my four pubs, another one for three submitted pubs, one for my basic science research posters/oral presentations, and one for my clinical posters. Wasn't a great feeling in a way.
If the problem were you, you likely would have been rejected post-interview. Stay optimistic and let the process play out.
We look forward to a WAMC post from you should you not get an A soon.
No. Your old score is doing you no favors. Schools will either wait for your new score or screen you out based on your old score. Either way, you will gain no advantage by applying without a new, significantly higher score.
You are my hero :')
Yeah I'll see if I can get more experience. I did choose my schools based off MSAR stats, but limited it to the East Coast because that's where I live and want to stay. Ended up with a list of schools with rankings evenly spread throughout the top 100 USNWR, so I think it was a good mix overall. I think at least 30-40% of my school list was in state, and all of my current waitlists are for in state schools.
Hopefully it doesn't come to that 😅
Many of us research veterans would recommend citing the DOI references or PMED ID associated with the articles. There's also a way to embed a shortened URL to a private webpage with your list of publications if anyone wanted to look it up from your application. You could say "published n articles on research project, performed assays and analysis..." etc. We would be a bit more interested in your role in the lab over your publications even though those accomplishments are important. (This is my opinion based on faculty feedback.)
You can't place all the burden of reading essays on your prehealth advising office. If they have to write 50 institutional packets, they won't have time to read everyone's secondary essays. We also have our PS readers here on SDN.
There's always something to worry about. Take a deep breath and recognize that you're going to be a clinician. look at the THOUSANDS of people who have zero acceptances, and really think about if this is something that should be eating you alive. Happy to PM if that didn't make sense
This^^^^. Someone venting on the WL support thread because their full tuition scholarship is not at their top choice is probably not going to generate a ton of sympathy. Yes, we all want what we want, but that's truly a first world problem.
I'll keep all of this in mind. Thanks for the advice!
I think you should update them! I'm willing to bet that other ppl on SDN don't think it's good enough, but I think it's pretty significant!
I’m not usually one to think that interview performance has a huge weight on decisions, however at 9+ interviews, it has to either be poor interview skills or a red flag. If no red flag, I’d say your chances are good
Same-ish. 6 waitlists and still waiting for 2 post-II decisions, which will likely be WL. 8 WL gang 🎉 😭
Seriously, it's just too early to be thinking like that. It might have been your interviews, but you won't know until it's over. Statistically, you are highly likely to receive a few As (~3) by the time classes begin.
No. You are misreading. Once you have an A you get access to the tool, and the tool has been enhanced for 2022 to include WL schools. You don't get access to the tool until you have at least one A because there is nothing you can do with it until then (i.e., you cannot PTE or CTE a WL school).
Oh okay. Thank you!
My pleasure! Believe me, you are really not missing anything.
True, true. Especially with these guys! 😎
Yes, it is feasible. After 5/2, your WL schools will be able to see that you are PTE elsewhere. I would make the opposite argument, that seeing you've been accepted somewhere actually makes you more attractive.
My WL school has a ranked list and I have my rank already so idk if it'd impact me. But my situation is the other way around, I currently have no A's. Just 2 IIs to 1 WL and 1 R. Could that hurt me in any way? Would my WL school be able to see where I was rejected?
I appreciate your answer. My one A has CTE deadline of Mid-July, and I’m WL’d at my top choice alma-matter state public school. Im going to hold off on selecting PTE or CTE till mid July
The PTE deadline is May 2nd so absolutely do not wait until July. They can revoke your acceptance if you don’t PTE by that day
Oh wow, okay I misunderstood this. Thank you.
I'd be very careful doing this (check the schools PTE policies) as from what I've heard schools will drop you shortly after 5/2 if you don't select them in PTE but I could be wrong. Otherwise waitlist movement would all occur a week before classes start lol and imo May is already so late/painful for movement to begin.
Neither of mine requires PTE selection by 5/2. Does that mean I should not select it to improve my chances on the waitlist?
