2022-2023 Iowa (Carver)

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For those who interviewed in September/Early october that are worrying about no acceptance yet: I just checked last year's thread and there were students who got accepted in late December and early January who had interviewed in September. One of them had a 4.0 and 518 MCAT, one of them had a 3.7 and 511 MCAT...one was even IS with a 4.0 and 523 MCAT...so the timing of the A's truly seems random. Hang in there.
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does anyone know about when they start to announce both merit and need-based scholarships/grants? (if they haven’t started announcing merit scholarships yet) I’m guessing spring for the ones determined by FAFSA, but I know the merit ones aren’t influenced by parental income!
 
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enneagram7w8 said:
does anyone know about when they start to announce both merit and need-based scholarships/grants? (if they haven’t started announcing merit scholarships yet) I’m guessing spring for the ones determined by FAFSA, but I know the merit ones aren’t influenced by parental income!
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I’m not sure about the timeline for need-based scholarships, but I received a merit scholarship a few hours after the acceptance. Any others have a similar experience?
 
Did some more digging on old threads; not sure of the validity of this, but someone said the adcom picks 25 applications at random to review each week. There is apparently a 2 week span when your app can't be picked, and this would make sense as to why many apps seem to get reviewed anywhere from 3-7 weeks, as that would be a normal random distribution. It would also explain why there is a slight chronological order to acceptances but nothing consistent at all--some people who interview in early September hear back in January.

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what are my chances here of getting accepted here w a 511 mcat? Im out of state and already had the interview but feeling discouraged because it seems like they only accept high mcat people for OOS
 
Anybody know if updates/letters of interest are excepted post-interview? Thanks 🙂
 
lanadelpey said:
Anybody know if updates/letters of interest are excepted post-interview? Thanks 🙂
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Letters of interest aren’t accepted to Iowa. If you have a dip in bad grades, time off, or a new activity that’s meaningful you can make an update!
 
I’m surprised theres been no other decisions in this thread today
 
I thought they do rolling admissions? why is it that people who interviewed in September and people who interviewed in November are getting offers on the same day?
 
iwegjoqjg said:
I thought they do rolling admissions? why is it that people who interviewed in September and people who interviewed in November are getting offers on the same day?
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Rolling admissions doesn't necessarily mean they review people in chronological order. Rolling just means decisions are sent out regularly during the review phase as opposed to all in one or few batches.
 
TiramisuLover99 said:
Rolling admissions doesn't necessarily mean they review people in chronological order. Rolling just means decisions are sent out regularly during the review phase as opposed to all in one or few batches.
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Things such as a high MCAT/high GPA, good interview, and or diversity and clinical and volunteer experiences I think can get your app reviewed quicker.
 
TiramisuLover99 said:
Rolling admissions doesn't necessarily mean they review people in chronological order. Rolling just means decisions are sent out regularly during the review phase as opposed to all in one or few batches.
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Correct! Also, a big chunk (I've heard over half) of total admissions are accepted in the Final Pool in March.
 
MajesticOtter said:
Over half wow! That's reassuring.
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I know that anywhere from 15-40+ students are accepted from the IS waitlist in recent years, and that around 30-50+ tend to make it from the OOS waitlist in recent years. That doesn't even include those that are accepted automatically from the final pool without being waitlisted. So if we take a middle amount from both of those ranges, 25 IS and 40 OOS, that's 65 seats accepted from the waitlist, not including those accepted from the final pool without being waitlisted.
 
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Interviewed late October and haven’t heard anything. Should I just expect to wait until March at this point?
 
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