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2023-2024 Duke
Started by chilly_md
who’s gonna give up a spot at duke ?? 😭😭
135 ppl did, a few more might
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very real. the changes to fafsa and the delays are probably affecting people’s decisions. i did hold out for one of my schools financial aid offers for a bit.
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deleted1190173
Withdrew from the waitlist, good luck to whoever gets it[emoji1360]
Thanks4Playing Bye
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Any changes to the groupme since last time?
misterslack
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109 in committed, 113 in admitted (including current students I believe)
Thanks4Playing Bye
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Thank you so much for the update!
williewalnuts
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What is the class size?
I think 120 but ~10 are MSTP
williewalnuts
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Thanks4Playing Bye
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Does this mean that there are around 10 seats left in the class? Or does this not include MSTP?
Thanks4Playing Bye
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I think they take up to 110 MD students 10 MSTP to make up a class of 120
Does that include any current students?
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For the sake of transparency, there are no changes from last week. Some people are still PTE but the class remains full.
Bardolegoli99
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At this point I am jealous of the people that got closure in February.
Lifelybriefly
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Any changes to the groupme numbers?
Thanks4Playing Bye
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Anything new?
GroupMe at 109
pain
Lifelybriefly
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Given not everyone joins the groupme, the total committed is probably higher than 109 which means the class is still full
Thanks4Playing Bye
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Yeah thats what I feared 😢.
A few people have gotten in from dukes WL in the past week
wannabepedsdoc
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How do you know?
I’m so confused about this because it seems like the admissions team has said they were full since day 1
It explains the increase of the FB group from 165 to 168 the past week and now 167.
I suspect that the admissions email will send you the automatic response "we're full" if the word "waitlist" is contained anywhere in your email. My friend that is also on the waitlist said that they sent a couple of emails to the duke admissions email, and they got the message only for the emails that contains the word "waitlist" even though they were all related to their waitlisted app.
If they are having waitlist movement, the silver lining is that it means people are starting to drop their multiple acceptances and not everyone who gets off the waitlist will accept the offer. Other top schools like Stanford and Yale seem to be having movement so there might not be a big wave but rather a trickle as people get close to either school's extended PTE or CTE deadlines.
And this is what I was thinking. Variable PTE dates across schools will not have the same impact as CTE. The delay we are seeing with PTE will probably go away as we get closer to June and things will start to look more like past cycles for almost all schools.
It’s not over til it’s over. Everyone will end up where they are supposed to be. The numbers game with the groupme and facebook can be anxiety-inducing. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Regardless, whatever institution you guys end up is luck to have you.
Personally, I think I'm at the point where I'm mentally moving on. After waiting this long, I don't think I can hold out anymore and hope that they like me enough to admit me over the 100+ applicants they accepted but turned them down. I'm grateful for the interview opportunity and the position on the waitlist but I think I'm done feeling like I'm not good enough as an applicant, especially after being lucky enough to get into other T20 schools.
Even though the CTE date is June 15, a combination of recent events and dealing with this anxiety for more than a year have helped me realize that I just don't want to feel like I'm holding my breath anymore and actually want to be excited to attend med school, even if it's not a place that has everything I want. My heart is with people who don't have any acceptances yet.
Lifelybriefly
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How did you find this out?
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Bardolegoli99
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Anyone know until when accepted students were given to "PTE" and if the "CTE" June deadline remains June 15h?
Thanks4Playing Bye
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meme creation is update letter worthy imo
Thanks4Playing Bye
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😂honestly
Thanks4Playing Bye
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So…how’s everyone’s day?
Does anyone know if schools historically have movement right after the CTE deadline? Still holding on to a glimmer of hope
Thanks4Playing Bye
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I was under the impression of once CTE deadline hits, there will be no waitlist movement after that?
Bardolegoli99
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Ive seen schools have a tiny bit of movement right after CTE. I am not sure that will be the case here.
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deleted1180326
do any admitted students have advice on duke's secondary 😭😭😭 would appreciate any advice i really like this school lol feel free to pm
As cliche as this sounds: be yourself. Don’t self-select by not filling out the secondary if Duke is somewhere you’d like to attend. Duke’s secondary is longer and does require considerable thought. Take the time to genuinely share who you are with your responses.
Proofread! (Then proofread again a few more times).
I met people at second look who submitted their secondary on the last day. There were others who completed Duke’s first, giving them plenty of content for secondaries at other institutions. It’s really your call on what path you’d like to take, since they seem to do a good job holistically evaluating applicants with submission date having ultimately an unknown impact on the process.
Thanks4Playing Bye
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For those who are on the waitlist it’s been fun! I think with Duke’s CTE deadline passed on Monday there will be no more movement going forward. It has been real though now I just got to wait another 4 to apply to residency 😂
