2022-2023 Waitlist Support Thread

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Feeling really sad lol, I am WL at my number 1. I'm not considered in-state bc I moved for my MPH in 2020, but I did research at the school for 2 years (got 4 pubs), have a LOR from faculty there, a current M3 emailed to admissions a statement of support on my behalf (did not know he did this until after), and admissions knows my fiance is an M3 and wants to stay for residency.... yet I was still waitlisted. I felt my interview went well I am a social extroverted person and didn't walk away thinking they went badly at all.

I sent an update letter after my interview and got WL in March, sent an LOI in mid-April but don't know what else to do. My commitment to this school is very clear so this feels so personal to be waitlisted and will hurt even more if I'm rejected. The only thing I am hanging on to is that there hasn't been any WL movement posted on SDN yet.
I don't want to rush a reapp at this point but I don't know if I have it in me to wait another whole cycle to apply again.
 
tolietpaper123 said:
Feeling really sad lol, I am WL at my number 1. I'm not considered in-state bc I moved for my MPH in 2020, but I did research at the school for 2 years (got 4 pubs), have a LOR from faculty there, a current M3 emailed to admissions a statement of support on my behalf (did not know he did this until after), and admissions knows my fiance is an M3 and wants to stay for residency.... yet I was still waitlisted. I felt my interview went well I am a social extroverted person and didn't walk away thinking they went badly at all.

I sent an update letter after my interview and got WL in March, sent an LOI in mid-April but don't know what else to do. My commitment to this school is very clear so this feels so personal to be waitlisted and will hurt even more if I'm rejected. The only thing I am hanging on to is that there hasn't been any WL movement posted on SDN yet.
I don't want to rush a reapp at this point but I don't know if I have it in me to wait another whole cycle to apply again.
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I'm sorry to hear. I understand exactly what you're describing, and I just wanted to let you know you're not alone, and that I hope things workout for the both of us
 
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onthelongroad123 said:
can we make a support group for those who have to reapply? are you guys planning on reapplying? I hate that the cycles overlap.
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I'm for it, but I don't want to accept that reality at the same time... just depressed by the idea of restarting my application this weekend. I've been focusing solely on my MCAT retake this Saturday (been scoring 512 on FLs, then took FL4 today and just bombed it, so add that panic to the mix now too lol). Won't even have a day to relax after studying for months because I know it will take me these two weeks to write my personal statement.

Its as if the adcom can see my anguish based on how many times I refresh the portal every twenty minutes. I feel them laughing at me.
 
I'm planning on taking a gap. It's tempting to try and squeeze in for the DO cycle but I'm tired and want to chill before I have to put myself through another hell year.
 
Should I send a LOI at this point if I’m on the waitlist? Don’t have any significant updates to my app, just desperate lol
 
medschoolboi2023 said:
I think it might do more harm than good if you dont have any major updates. Last thing you want is to annoy adcoms😅
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I personally disagree with this. While it's true that you don't want to annoy adcoms, an LOI certainly wouldn't do that. obv don't spam them or call their office several times. You also don't need any MAJOR updates. Anything new with your job? accomplish anything relating to hobbies? an LOI is about expressing interest in the school so you could def write about that.
 
MD_CO27 said:
I personally disagree with this. While it's true that you don't want to annoy adcoms, an LOI certainly wouldn't do that. obv don't spam them or call their office several times. You also don't need any MAJOR updates. Anything new with your job? accomplish anything relating to hobbies? an LOI is about expressing interest in the school so you could def write about that.
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Sorry I totally misread LOI for update letter lol. Yeah definitely go for it as long as it isnt like your 6th LOI!

Also check if your program has any specifics with LOI. Mine made it pretty clear they wont accept any new update letters/LOI.
 
bubbagump20 said:
Be patient gang, it's still early for most schools. WL offers generally expire after 2-14 days (depending on school's CTE deadline) and people need time to decide.
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I think whats making it so hard is not knowing what to attribute the longer than usual silence to (going off of what people are saying about multiple programs still not accepting people). Is it aftermath of the CYMS glitch, less people reporting on SDN, or just the normal waitlist process? The uncertainty is killer😩
 
bubbagump20 said:
Be patient gang, it's still early for most schools. WL offers generally expire after 2-14 days (depending on school's CTE deadline) and people need time to decide.
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Yea the mid june CTE for many schools may seem like a date of interest. It just sucks because I need to plan my life these next few months and the same consists of putting my two weeks in as well as moving across the country; all which would suck doing last minute
 
holyequation said:
Yea the mid june CTE for many schools may seem like a date of interest. It just sucks because I need to plan my life these next few months and the same consists of putting my two weeks in as well as moving across the country; all which would suck doing last minute
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Yeah my school is June 16th
 
I hate to be a downer but I think the process is most likely proceeding as normal. Every cycle there is always people swearing that their cycle is going slower than previous cycles. Also what we see on sdn is not always representative of what is actually going on. Your school could let half the waitlist off today and you might not even know that it happened if none of those people happen to use sdn.

Being hopeful is good but I don't want to gaslight myself into even more pain in case it doesn't work out 🙁
 
kaleidoscope1202 said:
Oooo could you explain a little further if you have more info on that?
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From what I’ve seen, a school with a later CTE deadline gives their students more time to decide (say, 2 weeks if CTE is Mid May or June). However, if the CTE is near or has already passed, they need their students to accept almost immediately.

I think most schools fall in the former portion right now, with longer WL offers.
 
bubbagump20 said:
From what I’ve seen, a school with a later CTE deadline gives their students more time to decide (say, 2 weeks if CTE is Mid May or June). However, if the CTE is near or has already passed, they need their students to accept almost immediately.

I think most schools fall in the former portion right now, with longer WL offers.
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Ah okay that makes sense. Hopefully we all will see the movement on SDN at some point. I know there’s stuff that’s not reported on SDN usually but I think it’s a little slower (I may be wrong and that’s honestly okay) so I guess we’ll see
 
MD_CO27 said:
I personally disagree with this. While it's true that you don't want to annoy adcoms, an LOI certainly wouldn't do that. obv don't spam them or call their office several times. You also don't need any MAJOR updates. Anything new with your job? accomplish anything relating to hobbies? an LOI is about expressing interest in the school so you could def write about that.
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Off topic, but goated username 🙂
 
wintercactus said:
I hate to be a downer but I think the process is most likely proceeding as normal. Every cycle there is always people swearing that their cycle is going slower than previous cycles. Also what we see on sdn is not always representative of what is actually going on. Your school could let half the waitlist off today and you might not even know that it happened if none of those people happen to use sdn.

Being hopeful is good but I don't want to gaslight myself into even more pain in case it doesn't work out 🙁
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I'm a student at the school I'm waitlisted at and therefore have access to an internal admissions website. Over the past 10 days, there has been no movement on that list for in-state people; out-of-state did see movement, which is reflected in the thread for the school on SDN. No one on the thread has reported an acceptance in-state. So I don't know what to think. If there is a hold up at one place, it would have a ripple effect to other schools, I don't think I'm gaslighting myself. Also the FB group for accepted students 2027 has ~40 less people than the 2026 and is below the number of students the school usually accepts
 
earfday said:
I'm a student at the school I'm waitlisted at and therefore have access to an internal admissions website. Over the past 10 days, there has been no movement on that list for in-state people; out-of-state did see movement, which is reflected in the thread for the school on SDN. No one on the thread has reported an acceptance in-state. So I don't know what to think. If there is a hold up at one place, it would have a ripple effect to other schools, I don't think I'm gaslighting myself. Also the FB group for accepted students 2027 has ~40 less people than the 2026 and is below the number of students the school usually accepts
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With the average number of Acceptance or WL per student being so low I don't think a few schools being behind is likely to have any significant broad impact. In any given cycle there is probably always some schools that are behind their usual schedule and some that are ahead for whatever reasons. As much as I want to, I don't see a reason to believe that this cycle is exceptionally slow across the board. It doesn't seem like the CYMS glitch had any big impact and it's been fixed since like last week. In fact one of my schools took a big chunk of people off the WL while the glitch was active.
 
Is there a reason I can’t see the schools I am waitlisted at on the CYMS tool? I don’t even see the tool which makes sense because I have zero MD acceptances. Just thought you were supposed to be able to see waitlists too?
 
mrsbehindthemd said:
Is there a reason I can’t see the schools I am waitlisted at on the CYMS tool? I don’t even see the tool which makes sense because I have zero MD acceptances. Just thought you were supposed to be able to see waitlists too?
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You have to have at least one acceptance. I guess that’s because you can’t mark a WL school as PTE.
 
A question, what does it mean if the Facebook group is already 80 people ABOVE the class number ? It is possible the school of medicine overbooked that much?? In that case no one from the wait list will be accepted?
 
fabiola said:
A question, what does it mean if the Facebook group is already 80 people ABOVE the class number ? It is possible the school of medicine overbooked that much?? In that case no one from the wait list will be accepted?
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Usually there are also some upperclassmen and admins on the group so you can’t guess exactly how many are this year’s incoming students
 
fabiola said:
A question, what does it mean if the Facebook group is already 80 people ABOVE the class number ? It is possible the school of medicine overbooked that much?? In that case no one from the wait list will be accepted?
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Ya that is possible. One of my schools did that last year and not only did no one come off the waitlist but they apparently also overenrolled their class by a few spots
 
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