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It’s not a hold email. They just like to send updates! Last cycle they sent like 3-4 total every few months.
I actually just got one also, I am OOSFor those curious, it says "MCW: Admissions Cycle Update"
"Thank you for your continued interest in MCW Medical School! We are emailing today with a brief update to kick off the 2023 application cycle.
A couple months ago, we welcomed the incoming class of 2022 to campus, and we are already looking forward to meeting the incoming class of 2023! We have been reviewing this cycle’s applications and have started extending invitations to interview. If you are selected for an interview invitation, you will receive a communication via email. If you are not selected for an interview, you will receive a notification of that during the cycle. We have already started sending those notifications and will continue to do so until all interview days are complete in mid-March. We do not utilize “silent rejections.” We very much appreciate your patience as we take the time to complete thorough, holistic reviews, and as we continue to adjust to another cycle of virtual interviews. It’s common for the review process to take at least a few months after your application is fully complete. This message can serve as confirmation that you have a complete application. However, we cannot provide any individualized status updates, nor can we elaborate on where exactly your application is within the review process or your likelihood of receiving an interview invitation. Throughout the cycle, you are welcome to upload any updates or additional documents directly to your secondary application portal. This can be done using the “Document Upload” section. Portal uploads will be reviewed with the rest of your application materials when applicable. If at any point in the cycle you are no longer interested in MCW, you may withdraw your application using the “Status” section of your secondary application portal.
Thank you again, and please contact our office with any questions!"
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Basically, a very nice way for them to say, "hey, we're working on your app; hang in there." I'm unsure if I can read anything else into it. Anyone OOS get one? I was complete on July 15th, 508/3.9/Non-Trad.
I'm OOS, non-trad with lots of clinical experience, low MCAT, avg. GPAFor those curious, it says "MCW: Admissions Cycle Update"
"Thank you for your continued interest in MCW Medical School! We are emailing today with a brief update to kick off the 2023 application cycle.
A couple months ago, we welcomed the incoming class of 2022 to campus, and we are already looking forward to meeting the incoming class of 2023! We have been reviewing this cycle’s applications and have started extending invitations to interview. If you are selected for an interview invitation, you will receive a communication via email. If you are not selected for an interview, you will receive a notification of that during the cycle. We have already started sending those notifications and will continue to do so until all interview days are complete in mid-March. We do not utilize “silent rejections.” We very much appreciate your patience as we take the time to complete thorough, holistic reviews, and as we continue to adjust to another cycle of virtual interviews. It’s common for the review process to take at least a few months after your application is fully complete. This message can serve as confirmation that you have a complete application. However, we cannot provide any individualized status updates, nor can we elaborate on where exactly your application is within the review process or your likelihood of receiving an interview invitation. Throughout the cycle, you are welcome to upload any updates or additional documents directly to your secondary application portal. This can be done using the “Document Upload” section. Portal uploads will be reviewed with the rest of your application materials when applicable. If at any point in the cycle you are no longer interested in MCW, you may withdraw your application using the “Status” section of your secondary application portal.
Thank you again, and please contact our office with any questions!"
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Basically, a very nice way for them to say, "hey, we're working on your app; hang in there." I'm unsure if I can read anything else into it. Anyone OOS get one? I was complete on July 15th, 508/3.9/Non-Trad.
it just said they are taking time doing holistic reviews and appreciate our patience basically, no status changeThis is interesting, would you mind sharing complete date and the content of the email? Is it kind of like a hold email?
Surely it's this. Rather nice of them to reach out to us during the quiet of waiting around during the cycle.I'm not reading too much into that email. Maybe I'm overly hopeful, but I see that as them saying, "Hey, we haven't forgotten about you yet. We're reviewing applications. You haven't received an invite, but we're not rejecting you."
I just got this email as an IS. However, I don’t think you should be heartbroken! MCW sends interviews randomly and you shouldn’t hang your head. I haven’t received one either and I don’t know any other IS who have .IS Applicant - got the "cycle update" email just now. I'm torn between being thankful they acknowledged my completed app and heartbroken that it wasn't an interview invite. It sounds like they are just getting started sending out IIs, so hopefully we will see many more soon. Good luck, everybody!
Just got it literally a minute ago!Complete 9/27 and I received the email! Maybe check your spam/junk?
Well...I still haven't gotten it 😂MCW really out here playing with my emotions
+1I actually just got one also, I am OOS
I got it too. Early August. And I don't think it's a hold. Just an acknowledgment and update that we're complete and they don't do "silent rejections." So we'll know if we're getting an interview or rejected.This is interesting, would you mind sharing complete date and the content of the email? Is it kind of like a hold email?
Just did, billing code E.42.0 so you don't have to search for itI just got a "Cycle Update" email that I guess is better than a rejection, but I will be billing MCW for emotional damage.
+1 Complete on 7/29IS Applicant - got the "cycle update" email just now. I'm torn between being thankful they acknowledged my completed app and heartbroken that it wasn't an interview invite. It sounds like they are just getting started sending out IIs, so hopefully we will see many more soon. Good luck, everybody!
OOS applicant, received the same email. I assumed it was because I took casper 2 weeks ago and they got my score.IS Applicant - got the "cycle update" email just now. I'm torn between being thankful they acknowledged my completed app and heartbroken that it wasn't an interview invite. It sounds like they are just getting started sending out IIs, so hopefully we will see many more soon. Good luck, everybody!
Is your profile picture Ben CarsonBetter than silence.
I got this email as well. Seems like it's nothing but I almost died lol got really excited thinking it was an interview invite.IS Applicant - got the "cycle update" email just now. I'm torn between being thankful they acknowledged my completed app and heartbroken that it wasn't an interview invite. It sounds like they are just getting started sending out IIs, so hopefully we will see many more soon. Good luck, everybody!
I assume this is a typo but I choose to believe you really have a 2.0 and are just the ballsiest premed of all time.OOS applicant 2.0/515 got the email.
its me the ballsiest premed of all time. didn't get "holistically screened" from receiving a secondary so, you know i got that going for me at least. my friend did get screened though.I assume this is a typo but I choose to believe you really have a 2.0 and are just the ballsiest premed of all time.
damn... did you do any postbacc work or is that a solid 2.0 from UGits me the ballsiest premed of all time. didn't get "holistically screened" from receiving a secondary so, you know i got that going for me at least. my friend did get screened though.
yeah I (will) have a hard science grad degree. and every activity type aside from military service, dont want to answer much more than that because i will dox myself hahadamn... did you do any postbacc work or is that a solid 2.0 from UG
whats your favorite part about MCW a year in?Helloooo just your friendly M1 here to talk about the cycle email yall just got. I was complete in July of last year and had radio silence for MONTHS before getting that exact email in early October. Then another late October. Then nothing for a while, and an interview invite in late November. MCW doesn't like doing the radio silence bit that most other schools LOVE, so they try to compensate by sending that email. Its not a hold, just means (from my understanding, not confirmed at all) that they've received your app, looked through it, and it is in consideration. That may sound like a hold, but it's not--your app is in the pile and will be pulled when the stars align. In my mind, what makes up for this long pre-II wait (for most) is that once you get an interview it can be done fairly quickly--I waited maybe a week?--and then you get a decision several weeks after that. Plus, at least for in-state residents, post-II acceptance rates hold steady around 80% from what I've heard.
Also, this will not be the first email like this that you will get, both from MCW or any school. I hope you've got a strong stomach or brought some Dramamine because this emotional rollercoaster is about to get real.
we've got a lot of military students here, both veterans and current service members--mostly HPSP but others as well. MCW picks applicants based on who they are and what they can bring to the table, not solely off of stats. If they can overlook my lack of research and scrappy volunteer hours (and no traditional clinical experience....also all for very good reasons that are compensated for by other non-trad stuff), you've got a shot. Best of luck!yeah I (will) have a hard science grad degree. and every activity type aside from military service. talking 1000's of hours of each. very legitamate reason for 2.0 as well (or so i believe/hope).
more like 8 weeks in, but who's counting?whats your favorite part about MCW a year in?
this is the hopium that will carry me to November, thank you.we've got a lot of military students here, both veterans and current service members--mostly HPSP but others as well. MCW picks applicants based on who they are and what they can bring to the table, not solely off of stats. If they can overlook my lack of research and scrappy volunteer hours (and no traditional clinical experience....also all for very good reasons that are compensated for by other non-trad stuff), you've got a shot. Best of luck!
I thought we were safe on Sundays?? Lord help meIS CW II, completed 07/02
mcw sends them basically anytime, anyday! lolI thought we were safe on Sundays?? Lord help me
Have they sent out Rs yet or do they save those for a later date?mcw sends them basically anytime, anyday! lol
this goes for A's, II, and R's.
usually they send them at the very end like in march, but this year, i saw some reported already! so maybe this year its throughout the cycle.Have they sent out Rs yet or do they save those for a later date?
Very receptive! You can submit a PDF in the portalAnyone know if MCW is receptive to application updates?
Thank you!Very receptive! You can submit a PDF in the portal
Would it be worth submitting an update with ~600 more clinical hours and ~30 more shadowing hours? Also if MCW is my top choice would a letter of intent have any sway?Very receptive! You can submit a PDF in the portal
Would it be worth submitting an update with ~600 more clinical hours and ~30 more shadowing hours? Also if MCW is my top choice would a letter of intent have any sway?
Are these new hours in an activity you did not mention on your primary? Or did you project hours?Would it be worth submitting an update with ~600 more clinical hours and ~30 more shadowing hours? Also if MCW is my top choice would a letter of intent have any sway?