2024-2025 Duke

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is there a way to send them a letter of intent or something like that for those on the WL? or is it kind just all done and completely out of our hands?
 
Does anyone know when the second look weekend is, or where we can access any information regarding the acceptance and all that. The email and letter don't have that much information and I don't see anything in the portal either.
 
oliviabish said:
Does anyone know when the second look weekend is, or where we can access any information regarding the acceptance and all that. The email and letter don't have that much information and I don't see anything in the portal either.
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Somewhere prior in the thread it was mentioned it was April 4-6? Although others may be able to confirm 🙂
 
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dominoes1207 said:
Could a current medical student explain when Step1/2 are taken and how much dedicated study time is provided? TY!
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You can take step whenever you'd like, about half of people take Step 1 right after M1 (4-5 weeks dedicated) and the other half usually do it 3rd year when you have the whole year open
 
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is anyone else having trouble booking a hotel room for SLW through the link they provided in the email? It's telling me the hotel with the group discount no longer has available rooms and the alternative nearby hotels are like ~$500 per night...
 
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zanylainey said:
is anyone else having trouble booking a hotel room for SLW through the link they provided in the email? It's telling me the hotel with the group discount no longer has available rooms and the alternative nearby hotels are like ~$500 per night...
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+1...sigh😭
 
littlemoon520 said:
Does anyone know if accepted students need to do anything to hold their spot? Is there a deadline for the "Plan to enroll" button yet?
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deposit due by April 30th, i think thats it? i personally havent done anything to accept my spot lol
 
spamfam said:
Anyone have an idea of how much WL movement there was in the past? Just want to have realistic expectations.
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I had the chance to talk to them directly and they said "single digits the last few years", they also admit approximately 2x the size of the class so ~118+ people would have to decline first
 
CelestialDragon said:
i'm genuinely confused now because on MSAR they've consistently said that they give around 30 waitlisted people offers every year... thoughts?!
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Maybe it's ~30 offers for less than 10 spots? I doubt everyone accepts the offer esp. since the waitlist is opt-out instead of opt-in... Either that or Duke hasn't updated the MSAR for a while- it's said 30 for the last few years. Unfortunately, I did physically talk to them so I'm inclined to believe that conversation over the MSAR document 🙁
 
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phantasmo said:
tf is going on in the water at duke?

8 nsgy, 5 plastics, 11 ortho, 4 ent, 7 ophtho, 3 derm

im assuming that it's a mix of the 1 year preclinical, true p/f, and admissions making it attractive w those etc to steal the sub-harvards? just collect the best X factor'd applicants since those will carry over to matching (and sacrifice the 1-3 points on mcat median). genius strat

anyone got a complete match list? (redact the names if you need to)
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this is nuts wtf😭😭😭
 
phantasmo said:
@toastedbutter genuinely curious can you give insight. would be cool as well once match list for it comes out to see how many are top academic.

8 is stupid mode. how many of those are "normal" nsg applicants vs insanely hooked X factor / mdphd / etc
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Bro the "normal" NSGY applicant is MD/PHD (not really but might as well), so many NSGY applicants go MSTP route because the number of publications they need to be competitive it just makes sense. Not to mention going to med school for free iirc. I think "x" factor is not as much a thing unless you happened to do something ground breaking while in med school. Its more like who did your LOR and how strong a LOR it was. idk anything about duke NSGY department, thats not really a field of interest for me, but if they have some world renown ppl in the department who give strong letters, thats could be a factor.
 
phantasmo said:
@toastedbutter genuinely curious can you give insight. would be cool as well once match list for it comes out to see how many are top academic.
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Feel free to also DM if you have match list Qs (this year's list will also be posted at 2nd look). However I will say that it's pretty much the norm for ppl to match top academic if that's what they want. In most years, Duke is always the #1 match spot, followed by MGH/BWH, one of the top West coast programs (last year was Stanford, this year is UCSF), and then usually Penn/Washu/Columbia/Northwestern (location preference driven)

At least for last year's list, I don't recall seeing anyone only get a 1 year prelim spot with no follow up residency listed.
 
phantasmo said:
@toastedbutter genuinely curious can you give insight. would be cool as well once match list for it comes out to see how many are top academic.

8 is stupid mode. how many of those are "normal" nsg applicants vs insanely hooked X factor / mdphd / etc
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We don’t have the exact match list with names yet, only access to the same thing that you guys saw on the website. I am not aware of all the details of our current M4 class. As you can imagine, it’s hard to connect with students who are several years above you. All I can say is, Duke has historically matched really well. The trends you’re seeing with this class could just be reflection of more students being interested in surgery. The match next year could be equally lopsided appearing for IM or PMNR.

There’s nothing special in the water here lol. All the things you guys have already discussed that make the program here a phenomenal choice apply, but I would be lying if I said a super motivated student who happens to be at Duke couldn’t use resources at a different school and come out with a good outcome. I think lack of competitiveness, really supportive faculty, and an institution with home residency programs that are extremely reputable across the board sets our students up very well. I would say that that I would not be surprised if my current class, M1 2028, had a similar looking match in a few years because we have several dozen students interested in “competitive” specialties. But more than that, everyone in my class is motivated, a good person to be around, and spoiled with an abundance of resources that will get them to where they want to be.

Feel free to DM with questions, but keep in mind I don’t have any special insider info.
 
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