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I also got the open house invite for Savannah, and I’m planning on dressing business casual in a tweed work dress I have. Business casual is the dress code I saw others adopt on last year’s thread for campus tours, so it’s probably a safe bet. Also, does anyone know if we’re allowed to bring one person with us? Savannah is pretty far from me, so I’d have to book a hotel room for the night. I’d feel safer if I could have my dad or a friend with me since it’s an area I’ve only visited a couple times.
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dubuGolem said:
Yea, has anyone gotten an Augusta or Athens open house invite before. I haven’t done an official tour at any of the campuses. Should I have already toured campuses officially, was that even possible
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Idk about open houses, but the Augusta campus does tours on certain dates that were visible on their website after some digging. I think there was one today?

I’m mainly trying to also figure out if the open house is just a general invite for everyone (premed, applicants, and accepted students) or only those on alternate list. I presume it’s for everyone the way it was worded.
 
theresinbroski said:
I also got the open house invite for Savannah, and I’m planning on dressing business casual in a tweed work dress I have. Business casual is the dress code I saw others adopt on last year’s thread for campus tours, so it’s probably a safe bet. Also, does anyone know if we’re allowed to bring one person with us? Savannah is pretty far from me, so I’d have to book a hotel room for the night. I’d feel safer if I could have my dad or a friend with me since it’s an area I’ve only visited a couple times.
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I RSVP’d via email and I got a response saying they’ll send out specific details soon, so maybe we’ll get more info then.
 
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Southernpeach said:
I believe that the Athens campus had one in early Feb and another sometime last fall. Those were open to anyone interested, no invite required. Not sure if Augusta ever had one tho. Couldn’t find any info online
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Nvm I saw on their insta that they do have some Augusta tour dates. Just like the Athens one, those also seem to be open for anyone interested.
 
Super neurotic question but do you guys think going to the open house will move the needle at all if we're on the waitlist?
 
forthejoy5 said:
Super neurotic question but do you guys think going to the open house will move the needle at all if we're on the waitlist?
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As someone also on the WL, I doubt attending the open house will do much for our chances of acceptance. As others have noted, the event seems open to pretty much anyone who wants to go, and it's important to consider that there may be many applicants who want to go but can't due to family, work, or financial constraints. It wouldn't be fair to those people, I think. I can't say for sure, though. It definitely won't hurt you though. I'm going because I'm curious about all the campuses.
 
forthejoy5 said:
Super neurotic question but do you guys think going to the open house will move the needle at all if we're on the waitlist?
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I attended the Open House in Athens and was waitlisted a few weeks later, fwiw. I do think showing continued interest by attending tours doesn’t hurt, but I believe writing a strong LOI potentially carries more weight. That said, it may be useful to reference your personal experience at the Open House in your LOI to further convey your interest in the program.
 
Mr. Macrophage said:
198

MCG’s yield rate is roughly 65%, so realistically about 130 of those are going to commit!
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Trying to gage my chances of getting off the WL rn… How did you find out the yield rate? I see that the Groupme number is now up to 284 as of late, which means there are ~20 spots left to fill initially. Am a bit nervous, ngl 😅
 
Southernpeach said:
Trying to gage my chances of getting off the WL rn… How did you find out the yield rate? I see that the Groupme number is now up to 284 as of late, which means there are ~20 spots left to fill initially. Am a bit nervous, ngl 😅
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from admit.org's data google sheet (not the website). Many people are going to withdraw, so don't worry about the GroupMe numbers until May 1st!
 
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mintyrelish said:
I took a look at admit.org and saw the following for MCG's stats (seems like 2023 b/c it aligns w/ MSAR):

580 interviews & 403 admits.

Their class size in 2023 was 264, so MCG overadmitted 139 students?? Looking at MCG's thread on SDN back then, it seems we had movement on the alternate list. With that, I am struggling to understand how essentially >139 students declined their As. Does this allude to MCG being a very fluid school where many accepted students have this school down as a backup or are just strong applicants w/ multiple As? Do the adcoms know this given prior year trends and overaccept for this reason? Why not just accept 264 spots and just create a WL to then pull off of when spots open lmao. Like that's how I initially thought the WL would work here :/
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This is because of yield. 35% of those accepted to MCG turn it down. 403*0.65=262, which is essentially the exact number you cited! MCG’s yield is actually substantially higher than most of the top institutions in the nation. Yale’s yield is only 35% for instance, and Mayo Clinic’s yield is 50%.

Yields tend to be set in stone and usually only vary a little bit year to year, so most medical schools will overadmit with the expected yield in mind. They include a margin for error that helps ensure they don’t end up with too many students. Waitlists are then drawn from to account for the margin if it still exists when all is said and done.

Making up numbers here as an example, MCG might initially admit 1.4x the class, or 370 students. Factoring in yield, 370*0.65=241 students. They would then admit the last 23 seats from the waitlist. If we assume the WL has a higher yield than the regular pool, at ~75%, they would admit 30 total students to fill those 23 seats, arriving at the 403 total admits.
 
Mr. Macrophage said:
This is because of yield. 35% of those accepted to MCG turn it down. 403*0.65=262, which is essentially the exact number you cited! MCG’s yield is actually substantially higher than most of the top institutions in the nation. Yale’s yield is only 35% for instance, and Mayo Clinic’s yield is 50%.

Yields tend to be set in stone and usually only vary a little bit year to year, so most medical schools will overadmit with the expected yield in mind. They include a margin for error that helps ensure they don’t end up with too many students. Waitlists are then drawn from to account for the margin if it still exists when all is said and done.

Making up numbers here as an example, MCG might initially admit 1.4x the class, or 370 students. Factoring in yield, 370*0.65=241 students. They would then admit the last 23 seats from the waitlist. If we assume the WL has a higher yield than the regular pool, at ~75%, they would admit 30 total students to fill those 23 seats, arriving at the 403 total admits.
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Ahh ok, so realistically, if everything follows prior trend, then it really is kind of a longshot to get off the WL. I am just confused with how they're managing the waitlist with regional campus pathway applicants. Like if a regional spot opened up, I feel like a regional applicant should be given preference over a regular applicant. It would make more sense to admit a candidate who's willing to fulfill the pathway requirements, right? If a regular spot opens up, then I feel the person w/ high stats should be given preference. By this logic, it makes more sense to pick the student who's a better mission fit + academically ready. How do you think the school is managing these dual priorities? I wonder if there's a set class size for the pathway program (not counted towards 304 total). Maybe the recent increase in class size was to account for the new pathway?
 
I got a campus preference form, but wasn't supposed to per admissions earlier. Uhhh do I complete or call them to double check lmao.
 
mintyrelish said:
I got a campus preference form, but wasn't supposed to per admissions earlier. Uhhh do I complete or call them to double check lmao.
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I'm also regional pathway, I just filled out the campus preference form. Maybe include in the description that the regional pathway is factored into your decision in favor of the Augusta campus? That's what I did at least. At this point I wrote that I'll attend any campus, this is my top choice 😭
 
forthejoy5 said:
I'm also regional pathway, I just filled out the campus preference form. Maybe include in the description that the regional pathway is factored into your decision in favor of the Augusta campus? That's what I did at least. At this point I wrote that I'll attend any campus, this is my top choice 😭
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I emailed admissions just to double check that they meant to send it out to us, bc the last time I asked, they were very clear about not sending a form out to us. Ultimately, I’ll take any campus I get into, but I do wanna remain in consideration for the NW pathway cuz it’s perfect for me.
 
mintyrelish said:
Ahh ok, so realistically, if everything follows prior trend, then it really is kind of a longshot to get off the WL. I am just confused with how they're managing the waitlist with regional campus pathway applicants. Like if a regional spot opened up, I feel like a regional applicant should be given preference over a regular applicant. It would make more sense to admit a candidate who's willing to fulfill the pathway requirements, right? If a regular spot opens up, then I feel the person w/ high stats should be given preference. By this logic, it makes more sense to pick the student who's a better mission fit + academically ready. How do you think the school is managing these dual priorities? I wonder if there's a set class size for the pathway program (not counted towards 304 total). Maybe the recent increase in class size was to account for the new pathway?
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I was told the pathways could have up to 20 students
 
Are we only being considered for the pathway program then? I know it was said that pathways might have a higher rate of admissions but there are so few seats I don't know whether it's helping or hurting our chances.
 
Last I talked to them they acted like pathway students were automatically placed on Augusta preference because they were still under consideration for that pathway. I think you could ultimately be placed at other campuses though if spots opened up maybe. Not really sure.

Trying to remain hopeful. I’ve talked to multiple current med students at MCG and they said that lots of their friends got off the WL in May and June and to not lose hope. I’ve heard MCG takes a lot of the WL. Just not sure how many are on the WL. Definitely a hard waiting game
 
drfabs said:
Last I talked to them they acted like pathway students were automatically placed on Augusta preference because they were still under consideration for that pathway. I think you could ultimately be placed at other campuses though if spots opened up maybe. Not really sure.

Trying to remain hopeful. I’ve talked to multiple current med students at MCG and they said that lots of their friends got off the WL in May and June and to not lose hope. I’ve heard MCG takes a lot of the WL. Just not sure how many are on the WL. Definitely a hard waiting game
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Yeah, so regional pathway applicants will only be considered for the Augusta + regional campuses. There’s zero chance we get placed into Savannah or Athens. They’ll just take that spot and give to a regional applicant if they are next in line.
 
mintyrelish said:
Yeah, so regional pathway applicants will only be considered for the Augusta + regional campuses. There’s zero chance we get placed into Savannah or Athens. They’ll just take that spot and give to a regional applicant if they are next in line.
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Wait, so if a spot opens up at the Athens or Savannah campus and we are next in line, we won't get the spot?
 
forthejoy5 said:
Wait, so if a spot opens up at the Athens or Savannah campus and we are next in line, we won't get the spot?
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You'd get the A, but only for regional pathway (Augusta -> NW or SW). So they basically ignore the fact that now there's one less spot at Athens/Savannah. That's the info I have as of now. Who knows if they'll change it later tbh, bc idk doing it this way seems to overcomplicate things.

Additionally, the fact that admissions has told us to not fill out the campus preference form seems to further imply this, as we don't get a say in campus choice.
 
dubuGolem said:
I asked to go on one and they said I couldn’t bc I was a current applicant. But ig open houses are fair game
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Yeah I just got the same email. I hadn’t realized :/
They said I could just go to the school and tour it on my own but I was hoping to do a student-led one to gain some perspective from their POV.

I haven’t ranked the campus yet because I wanted to see them all first before deciding. I’m not sure if Augusta has ever had an open house or if there will be one anytime soon (besides a Second Look). So I will probably just go up there sometime just to get a feel for Augusta as I’ve never even been there.
 
I'm currently on the waitlist but didn't go to the open house - think I am at a disadvantage because of that?
 
thekewlone said:
I'm currently on the waitlist but didn't go to the open house - think I am at a disadvantage because of that?
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Nah I wouldn’t sweat it tbh. It would actually be unfair to rank people higher based on that, given that many people don’t attend b/c of scheduling, financial, or other factors.
 
Hey for anyone who has spoken to students at MCG, do you know if they are "true p/f" as in is your internal rankiing released to PDs when you apply for residency?
 
Mr. Macrophage said:
Clerkships are graded aren’t they?
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I think so--my question was more so does the ranking get reported when residency apps roll around? I know at Mayo and Yale, they supposedly are not, for example. At most schools, my understanding is that if the school has AOA, they will have an internal ranking of some sort - whether they are transparent about it or not - and that is reported later on the dean's letter.
 
homersimpsonfan12 said:
I think so--my question was more so does the ranking get reported when residency apps roll around? I know at Mayo and Yale, they supposedly are not, for example. At most schools, my understanding is that if the school has AOA, they will have an internal ranking of some sort - whether they are transparent about it or not - and that is reported later on the dean's letter.
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MCG claims on the MSAR that they don’t internally rank. However, I’m not sure how trustworthy that is! Admit.org does not have many of the boxes filled in.

Having AOA does not necessarily mean that the internal ranking is sent to residencies. However, AOA in itself is a way of stratifying applicants, so it is usually considered a bad thing
 
yall i'm tweakin so hard rn, please give me an A before I crash out. Also did anybody else get a campus assignment?
 
Do WL applicants have campus assignments or only people with A's? Sincerely, a WL applicant with no campus assignment.
 
wildcactus43 said:
Do WL applicants have campus assignments or only people with A's? Sincerely, a WL applicant with no campus assignment.
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Fellow waitlister here. My understanding is that you get an assignment to a campus when you get an offer off the waitlist.
 
wildcactus43 said:
Do WL applicants have campus assignments or only people with A's? Sincerely, a WL applicant with no campus assignment.
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Also a fellow WL applicant. You’ll get your campus assignment after you get accepted, but there’s no guarantee they’ll give you your #1 (depends on space).

If you’re a regional applicant, then there’s no campus preference and you’ll be assigned to the pathway you chose upon acceptance.

Hope that clarifies things!
 
I called MCG's Office of Admissions today, and they mentioned that accepted students—though it's unclear if this applies to WL—will receive their campus assignments gradually over the next few weeks. The Office has already begun meetings to distribute these assignments but isn’t able to provide individual updates at this time, so we should just keep a lookout for an email that has it.
 
topgun1885 said:
I called MCG's Office of Admissions today, and they mentioned that accepted students—though it's unclear if this applies to WL—will receive their campus assignments gradually over the next few weeks. The Office has already begun meetings to distribute these assignments but isn’t able to provide individual updates at this time, so we should just keep a lookout for an email that has it.
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Campus assignments have been made already. There may still be some without an assignment because more people chose Augusta than available spots
 
I've now refreshed my inbox exactly 3,742 times, and at this point, I'm pretty sure my phone screen is permanently imprinted on my eyeballs. MCG, please have mercy. I'm one rejection away from joining a monastery in Tibet to meditate on where I went wrong as a premed. I've started stress-eating vitamins just in case being extra healthy somehow boosts my chances. If I don't hear something soon, I'm gonna write a poem titled Ode to MCG, tattoo it on my chest, and perform it live outside the admissions office. Please send help. Or preferably an A.
 
Shoutout to my fellow waitlisters who are also in their obsessive email-checking era. At this point, we should probably form a support group, or at least organize matching t-shirts saying 'Still Waiting for the A.' Anyone else planning their entire future based on receiving that golden acceptance email from MCG? Or have yall maintained some sanity unlike me
 
DrChuckleNutz said:
I've now refreshed my inbox exactly 3,742 times, and at this point, I'm pretty sure my phone screen is permanently imprinted on my eyeballs. MCG, please have mercy. I'm one rejection away from joining a monastery in Tibet to meditate on where I went wrong as a premed. I've started stress-eating vitamins just in case being extra healthy somehow boosts my chances. If I don't hear something soon, I'm gonna write a poem titled Ode to MCG, tattoo it on my chest, and perform it live outside the admissions office. Please send help. Or preferably an A.
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If it helps with your cope. There isn’t gonna be any WL movement till May 1.
 
mintyrelish said:
If it helps with your cope. There isn’t gonna be any WL movement till May 1.
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May 1!!?? Gyatt dayummmm

I know an MCG student and he loves it. I wanna join so bad. But oh well... I apologize for my neuroticism. I'ma go cry now
 
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