Ya you basically just have to hope that the people getting off the WL use sdn/reddit/whatever and care enough to report their acceptance. For one of my schools only like 2 people posted on sdn but I saw the facebook group size jump by like 20 that day. If those 2 people didn't post I would have thought zero movement.
It's hard to tell because we are dealing with such small sample sizes and any given batch of WL-->A may not even use social media at all.
Dude I cannot freaking imagine what that must be like.... I can barely focus on playing a video game. I'm so sorry
Yeah I honestly haven’t been able to bring myself to seriously start working on my reapp. Keep trying to tell myself that something has gotta give with one of my WLs but it’s looking less likely every day.
Honestly I need to vent. I’m on one AL, which was my only interview, and I didn’t get the II until February. At this point I wish they hadn’t interviewed me. Before that II I had already gone through the crying and heartbreak and acceptance that I would need to reapply, then this gave me one teeny glimmer of hope. Now here I am in May still stuck in purgatory. This has completely taken my head out of the game when it comes to reapplying. I’ve been trying to study for the MCAT while holding a high-intensity full time job while dealing with the loss of my childhood dog while also getting ready to deal with my long-term partner going across the country for business school while I just have to be stuck here reapplying. Having this AL hanging over my shoulder honestly just makes everything worse. Even if I get in now I don’t think I’d be happy cuz then I just wasted all these weekends and evenings I should have spent with my partner and my family. I don’t know if I could even enroll in the fall at this point because I’ve already signed a new lease and my job doesn’t have anybody to replace me. I’m just so sick of it I wish they just rejected me and let me move on.
thank you for venting. It's honestly brutal, inconsiderate and so annoying for them to do this. no other grad program drags this out for this long. like, come on.
this felt like something I would write... its tough out here
I’m so sorry that you’re dealing with all of this. I’m right there with you, as are so many others. I hope that you give yourself the time to grieve, to be angry and sad. I hope that you have the support to lift you up when you’re ready. And I hope that you have the resilience to reevaluate and try again if that’s what you want.
Meeee I took the day off from work to study but instead have been watching Netflix and refreshing my email/SDN/my waitlist school's facebook group/reddit....
The endless refresh cycle 😭😭
I’ve heard they usually decide based on demographics of people who have declined an acceptance but it probably wouldn’t hurt to reach out the admissions office I order for them to know your name. Not saying it will have much of an impact but it might help them recall your name when they are going through the waitlist. Good luck!
yes, my mcat is scheduled for the last day i can get off the WL 🙁
Do schools release these dates? I’ve been wondering what the deadline was if any but I feel like I’ve been harassing admissions lol
. It feels really horrible cause I feel like nothing I did was enough. I sent an LOI after I was waitlisted and felt it was strong but maybe they just have way more qualified applicants. It’s hard to feel like you’re not enough to get off the list so I don’t know what to do with these feelings.right there with you....sent an LOI or whatever. the worst part about this is everything being up in the air. but I guess that good training to be a doctor.....on the plus side...life is short and this will be all dust when we are dead lolI feel like I should start giving up you guys. I’m still waiting to get off of my waitlist at USF but the more time the passes by the more I feel like maybe I was just lucky enough to get an interview but not enough to actually get in. It feels really horrible cause I feel like nothing I did was enough. I sent an LOI after I was waitlisted and felt it was strong but maybe they just have way more qualified applicants. It’s hard to feel like you’re not enough to get off the list so I don’t know what to do with these feelings.
Yeah its been fixed. At this point, idk whether schools are still experiencing delays due to the aftermath, or if admissions has become significantly more competitive. It's possible that a larger number of applicants are gaining acceptance into fewer programs which is causing less waitlist movement. Im mentally accepting that its a silent R to make these days go by faster lol
I have the same question. Like are they putting our apps side by side? Are they looking at our stats again? If it’s a situation in which they just pull someone from the WL that matches someone that dropped, how do they go through for ex: ~20 ppl that match.
Fr… we have another month of this bs 💀
And It’s literally the same 2 people asking about the WL everyday. Like bro chill please.
I think WL movement is pretty slow across the board this cycle this past week and a half. Alot of people are reporting little movement on their WLs. I think this can be attributed to the glitch that happened last week. The likelihood that so many folks on all of these schools are holding their A's meaning few people ppl get off the waitlist is low IMO. Sure, in a given year a school or two may have an unorthodox amount of people who decide to commit instead of giving up their A, but the chance that this happens to these many schools? I don't think that is the case. The common denominator is the glitch so I believe its effects are still lingering even if the glitch itself is resolved. This means number of seats that will go to WL hasn't changed but everything will be pushed back. Of course, this is pure conjecture but it's how I keep myself sane right now and I do see some logic to it.
This is what I have been thinking too. For a few schools each cycle, I am sure there is abnormal movement. But for all schools to see so little... there has to be something slowing everyone down, whether it's the glitch or some other factor we're not aware of.
hello fellow 1 MD II in Feb --> AL applicant :,) i am in the same boat and you've inspired me to vent on here.
isn’t it the first day of orientation?
I am completely certain that has happened before
I think this would depend on the school. Some schools seem to really value and encourage update letters/letters of intent while others do not.
Got my first A today and called my grandma right away lol. Wishing all of you on the WL the best of luck.
