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Any groupchats, facebook groups, or groupmes for stanford accepted students?
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Any 2/8 interviewees hear back yet? or have their update tab disappear?
 
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Did some historic stalking, looks like stanford has a low and variable WL movement from year to year (and even when so it looks like <10 students). They end waitlist movement very late as well, around June/July

Conveniently saw many people put off by the elite/professional culture here, idk if others had similar experiences but interview day was very off putting for me. Not overly hopeful to hear back but we'll see.
 
blissfullylucid said:
Did some historic stalking, looks like stanford has a low and variable WL movement from year to year (and even when so it looks like July

Conveniently saw many people put off by the elite/professional culture here, idk if others had similar experiences but interview day was very off putting for me. Not overly hopeful to hear back but we'll see.
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Looks like the past two years they didn’t take anyone off the WL. ):
 
Does Stanford take post WL communications? Don’t want to shoot myself in the foot if not but I can’t find that info on their website or the WL procedures.
 
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MercifulCamper said:
Does Stanford take post WL communications? Don’t want to shoot myself in the foot if not but I can’t find that info on their website or the WL procedures.
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I had a publication after hearing about WL so I updated via the Email Admissions Office button in the Communications tab on the portal and they accepted it. Unlikely it moves the needle in any way but it fell under what they considered major updates post-II so I thought it was worth trying.
 
MercifulCamper said:
Does Stanford take post WL communications? Don’t want to shoot myself in the foot if not but I can’t find that info on their website or the WL procedures.
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I emailed the admissions office about if they accept post-WL communications like a LOI and this was the reply I got a while back, "As mentioned during your interview day, we do strongly encourage only significant updates to your application post-interview."
 
blissfullylucid said:
Conveniently saw many people put off by the elite/professional culture here, idk if others had similar experiences but interview day was very off putting for me. Not overly hopeful to hear back but we'll see.
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Dang, interesting I wasn't the only one that thought that. Got an A but also felt that the elitism was off-putting, especially from a school that was trying so hard to stress "compassion" and "advocacy" throughout their app/interview. I'm probably considering going elsewhere just for that
 
daleyB said:
Dang, interesting I wasn't the only one that thought that. Got an A but also felt that the elitism was off-putting, especially from a school that was trying so hard to stress "compassion" and "advocacy" throughout their app/interview. I'm probably considering going elsewhere just for that
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The MMI video was definitely stress inducing.
 
MercifulCamper said:
The MMI video was definitely stress inducing.
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Their interview-prep videos made me lose my mind! I legit bought a bunch of random decorative stuff and created a little interview corner to look super professional and put together (with money I *did not have to spare*), and then got to my interview day to see 80% of people with bare white walls. 😅 And yeahhhh.... hearing them say to research so many current topics in medicine freaked me out so badly. Especially when everyone always says you're not expected to be an expert in your interviews -- they just want to see *how* you think.

But now I have a very cute interview corner, so I guess that's a win?
 
Does anyone know if Stanford is still accepting Letters of Intent/Update Letters (or if they even do in the first place)?
 
Got a call today about getting off the WL?!?!?! But no email yet so I'm freaking out!!!! this was my dream school going into the cycle so im screaming, crying, throwing up rn waiting for this email to make it feel real LOL

Edit: I got the email 1-2 hrs after, thank you SO MUCH to everyone who reached out privately (it helps tremendously), will be responding soon, I'm so excited!! & best of luck to other WL folks as well!! 🤞
 
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idkrntbh said:
Got a call today about getting off the WL?!?!?! But no email yet so I'm freaking out!!!! this was my dream school going into the cycle so im screaming, crying, throwing up rn waiting for this email to make it feel real LOL
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omg congrats!! when were you waitlisted?
 
Is it possible to tell from Facebook group how many students have committed to go to Stanford? Are you saying you think 15 people got off waitlist this week at Stanford? When is the Stanford date for accepted students to commit? I am assuming I am not getting off waitlist but it would be good to know when a decision is coming either way.
 
medschool2027 said:
Is it possible to tell from Facebook group how many students have committed to go to Stanford? Are you saying you think 15 people got off waitlist this week at Stanford? When is the Stanford date for accepted students to commit? I am assuming I am not getting off waitlist but it would be good to know when a decision is coming either way.
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Honestly no idea. FB is difficult to be precise bc people aren’t necessarily leaving the groups once they decide against. But it did say 15 new people joined the group this week (though that wouldn’t make sense given Stanford’s historical waitlist movement). I guess we’ll see.
 
I think it is possible that some people did not join the FB group until after accepting their offer though. Because last week was when people committed, some of the 15 people could just be those who joined FB group late as opposed to all being students pulled from the WL.
 
splovescandles said:
I think it is possible that some people did not join the FB group until after accepting their offer though. Because last week was when people committed, some of the 15 people could just be those who joined FB group late as opposed to all being students pulled from the WL.
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Very true. Either way though, the class size is ~90 and currently there are 181 admits in the group… so let’s see.
 
kkitkat said:
Thoughts on this essentially being the last wave of As through the waitlist?
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Any indication, or are we just spitballing? Heard from a few Stanford students that there's a healthy chunk of admits dropping their offers this year
 
tacitus said:
Any indication, or are we just spitballing? Heard from a few Stanford students that there's a healthy chunk of admits dropping their offers this year
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Definitely spitballing (maybe spiraling with worst case scenario in mind) but generally going off of past years’ trends - doesn’t look like there’s been movement past mid May. Definitely none in June. But I agree! Have heard that there’s a decent number of admits giving up their seats.
 
kkitkat said:
Definitely spitballing (maybe spiraling with worst case scenario in mind) but generally going off of past years’ trends - doesn’t look like there’s been movement past mid May. Definitely none in June. But I agree! Have heard that there’s a decent number of admits giving up their seats.
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One thing to keep in mind about SDN threads and waitlists is that the actual number of spots given is likely greater for a number of reasons

1) Not everyone posts on SDN (obvious one)

but also

2) Many posters end up deleting their posts after a while, likely because they get swarmed with profile stalkers and DMs asking how they got in. I've noticed this in multiple older threads for a lot of schools, there are often posts that reply to a now deleted comment or posts asking about clerkship evaluation policies/entering class groupme links in June/July that absolutely make no sense in an admissions thread unless the person just now got in

Perhaps I'm an optimist to a fault, but that all seems a better barometer
 
Can I ask what the 2 additional questions were on the secondaries for the Stanford PSTP program please?
 
kath00 said:
Can I ask what the 2 additional questions were on the secondaries for the Stanford PSTP program please?
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1.
Describe your most significant research experience. Include the rationale, results, and conclusions, and the role you played in each of these components.

Please be very specific, including the dates and amount of time you were engaged; mention publications or presentations that resulted or will result from this work. Please refer to publications by the last name of first author followed by the year (e.g. Last name, 2020). Full citations of your publications should be included in the “peer-reviewed publications” section of this application.

2. Please describe your motivation for a career as a physician scientist, and how the Physician Scientist Training Program will enable you to reach your career goals.

Regarding characters I think they were 2500 or 3000? Someone please correct me on that.
 
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