thank you for this! I had a feeling the chance was slim but wanted confirmation 😣
Files are closed after interviews, but I honestly sit in the camp that I'm gonna do it so that I KNOW that I put in my maximum effort and whatever happens happens.
Nope! I was normal waitlist. I did not hear back right away once we got into May, so maybe they went through those folks before getting to me.
Feel free to, but UCLA doesn't rank their waitlist since everyone offers something slightly different.
You are top of the WL you should be chilling according to previous year threads 😉
They all say alternate list, we just translate that into WL lol. Someone posted the body text of the top of alternate email a few posts ago.
Thank you friend.
Was anyone able to attend office hours today and ask?
Yes, you are able to live with a significant other in UCLA housing. If you are in a marriage or domestic partnership (they will ask for proof), then you are eligible for University Village family housing.
to follow up on that, are people in a marriage or domestic partnership also eligible for Weyburn/Boulevard/Hilgard or just University Village?
Not totally sure to be honest with you -- I would reach out to UCLA housing. If they tell you no for whatever reason and you really want to be in weyburn/boulevard/hilgard, then you can always get a studio/1 bedroom and live there together.
Similar question about stats! How are my chances looking with a 3.7 sGPA? I'm planning to take the MCAT in a month, predicted score is 516. I also have lots of meaningful community experiences (started a community health initiative that helped over 1600 people, alongside other more minor community experiences like volunteering at a mobile needle exchange), clinical experience (400+ hours as a frontline worker during the pandemic and more recently became a medical first responder (I'll have about 150 hours when I apply)), volunteering experience (2000+ hours at local rural LTC and a hospital, started various programs at both to help patients, including a walking program), leadership experiences (served on my student council for multiple years, elected to Senate for my current university where I get to work with the Deans and President of the uni, started a neuroscience club, on lots of committees for my uni, president of other student run clubs throughout uni, won the dean's award for excellence one year, chief of my uni's newsletter), and extensive research (publications as first author and otherwise, conference presentations, won an award, was a Harvard research trainee in a Neurosurgical lab for 2 years).
No one knows what your chances are. People with a 4.0 and 528 might not even get an interview. And it’s not about listing your CV and having the most experiences, it’s how meaningful they are and how much you can actually reflect on them. If you can’t tie it all together it doesn’t matter.
I wouldn't ever have someone bank on ucla. There are 14000 applicants for 175 spots. It's a crap shot. Still try your best, it very well could happen, but don't obsess too much about getting into one specific school. It's a difficult but rewarding process. Kill that mcat and good luck!
I got an OOS interview with a 3.27 sGPA, 3.7 GPA, and 517 MCAT
Thank you for sharing that, that's super super motivating to hear!!! What do you think UCLA is looking for in a student? Any sort of advice about what I could do to improve my chances would be wonderful! Thank you again sm for your reply
People who have a niche, and are going to make a big impact on their community due to that niche and, of course, research. I think they like people who take initiative and start things
There is a resource that UCLA DGSOM offers called MED mentors. You can get answers to all your questions from current students in the school from that program. Definitely check it out.
If I recall correctly, they value skibidi toilet sigma males with ohio rizz.
I had to report myself for this.
Was accepted this cycle if you have any questions.
Ah, that explains why I got WL'ed :/
I think the most important thing you can do is really know your story and be able to articulate with passion why medicine and how your experiences solidified that decision. The things you do do not have to be unique, but the impact they have on you will be different than everyone else's. UCLA gets so many applications that it is nearly impossible to stand out with what you have done, so do it with your story instead.
Sadly the best information will be for from the Match in my opinion. I wouldn't say you would be at a disadvantage because you went to UCLA (UCLA is a highly prestigious school around the US), but I would definitely say you would have an advantage if you wanted to stay on the west coast for residency (i.e. Stanford, UCSF, etc)
also wondering this! especially for international students if that information’s out there
I didn’t have to but I too am constantly anxious that I will **** something up and get my offer rescinded due to a technicality like that so I feel you 😭
You are top of WL so you big chillin fam 😎
Haven’t heard about either:/
Rip us ugh
