2024-2025 Oakland (Beaumont) OUWB

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CoolSocks said:
It seems they did that last year too. You could always ask, but if no one reports a tier-3 on here I am guessing that its 2-tier. That said they DID get to tier 2 last year, so hang in there. It is not over for you, it may just take longer to get off which is stressful! 🙂 You've got this <3
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where did they say they got to tier 2 last year?
 
modernfamilyluver said:
where did they say they got to tier 2 last year?
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If you go to last year's SDN thread for this school, in the last couple pages, people were getting accepted off of tier 2.

There will definitely be a lot of movement in the accepted applicant pool this month with AMCAS Plan to Enroll and Commit to Enroll on April 15 and April 30.

Roughly - tier 1 last year was getting off in early may, and tier 2 was getting off mid-late May

But they seem a bit delayed this year, but who knows, maybe they'll catch up. It's not the same cycle at all for them. We shall see.

PS - this year a majority of their communications about acceptances seem to come on Wednesdays/Thursdays.
 
swish58 said:
If you go to last year's SDN thread for this school, in the last couple pages, people were getting accepted off of tier 2.

There will definitely be a lot of movement in the accepted applicant pool this month with AMCAS Plan to Enroll and Commit to Enroll on April 15 and April 30.

Roughly - tier 1 last year was getting off in early may, and tier 2 was getting off mid-late May

But they seem a bit delayed this year, but who knows, maybe they'll catch up. It's not the same cycle at all for them. We shall see.

PS - this year a majority of their communications about acceptances seem to come on Wednesdays/Thursdays.
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To add, according to MSAR Oakland’s CTE is June 16th—sometimes MSAR is wrong tho. So that means people can hold their A here while they wait on other WL until June 16th which is sucky/a long time. Each school seems to have their own CTE.

Also remember, some of us on the WL are on multiple WLs. So not everyone offered a spot off the WL is going to choose here. I sent a letter of intent to another school I’m WL at, so if I get in there, I’ll withdraw from this WL/an A if I get one and hopefully they get to tier 2 faster.
 
Seems like based on last year’s thread there was a lot of WL movement after April 30th so I’m thinking we won’t start hearing anything until then. Also does anyone who they decide to extend offers to within each tier of the waitlist? Because they said each tier is unranked, kinda confused how that works.
 
For those accepted what is included in the matriculation checklist. Like besides then immunization does in include background and drug screening?
 
esmehuggable said:
For those accepted what is included in the matriculation checklist. Like besides then immunization does in include background and drug screening?
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no drug screening! just immunizations, transcripts, background check, all the typical stuff
 
altruistictwo said:
Seems like based on last year’s thread there was a lot of WL movement after April 30th so I’m thinking we won’t start hearing anything until then. Also does anyone who they decide to extend offers to within each tier of the waitlist? Because they said each tier is unranked, kinda confused how that works.
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Yeah I was confused about who gets offered first within each tier. Regardless, it looks like last year they went deep into the tier 2 list. So I think as long as people withdraw their As, there’s a good chance for us folks on WL.
 
altruistictwo said:
Seems like based on last year’s thread there was a lot of WL movement after April 30th so I’m thinking we won’t start hearing anything until then. Also does anyone who they decide to extend offers to within each tier of the waitlist? Because they said each tier is unranked, kinda confused how that works.
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From my understanding, a lot of schools use “institutional needs” as opposed to a straight up numbered list. I think of it like this:

Everyone on each tier is basically equally qualified. Any numbering would be pretty arbitrary. So instead, in order to ensure a diverse class and a good mix of perspectives, they try to match the person who withdrew with a pretty similar candidate. For example, an OOS rural health focused candidate withdraws, they look for the closest match to that person on the tier to replace them. It lets them keep an OOS rural health focused candidate perspective within the incoming class which it’s important for ensuring diversity.

I could be 100% incorrect. This is just a p common explanation for “unranked” waitlists I’ve seen and it makes sense to me as opposed to splitting hairs trying to rank basically equally qualified applicants.
 
CoolSocks said:
From my understanding, a lot of schools use “institutional needs” as opposed to a straight up numbered list. I think of it like this:

Everyone on each tier is basically equally qualified. Any numbering would be pretty arbitrary. So instead, in order to ensure a diverse class and a good mix of perspectives, they try to match the person who withdrew with a pretty similar candidate. For example, an OOS rural health focused candidate withdraws, they look for the closest match to that person on the tier to replace them. It lets them keep an OOS rural health focused candidate perspective within the incoming class which it’s important for ensuring diversity.

I could be 100% incorrect. This is just a p common explanation for “unranked” waitlists I’ve seen and it makes sense to me as opposed to splitting hairs trying to rank basically equally qualified applicants.
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This makes sense, but makes me worry as a very non-trad applicant. With this logic, if they haven't accepted any OOS non-trads, I'm cooked. This also makes me feel like our acceptance is even more out of our control, and LOIs and other updates would mean nothing. I hope it's not 100% like this!
 
swish58 said:
This makes sense, but makes me worry as a very non-trad applicant. With this logic, if they haven't accepted any OOS non-trads, I'm cooked. This also makes me feel like our acceptance is even more out of our control, and LOIs and other updates would mean nothing. I hope it's not 100% like this!
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I doubt its 100% like this, there has to be *some* nuance + exact matches likely don't exist. It may end up as simple as in state vs OOS or just your vibe from the interview. We can't possibly know haha. Even if there isn't an official numerical rank, they still can have mental ranks/ideas.

Also, I am OOS and relatively non-trad too! I feel like we are not as rare as you may think 🙂
 
CoolSocks said:
From my understanding, a lot of schools use “institutional needs” as opposed to a straight up numbered list. I think of it like this:

Everyone on each tier is basically equally qualified. Any numbering would be pretty arbitrary. So instead, in order to ensure a diverse class and a good mix of perspectives, they try to match the person who withdrew with a pretty similar candidate. For example, an OOS rural health focused candidate withdraws, they look for the closest match to that person on the tier to replace them. It lets them keep an OOS rural health focused candidate perspective within the incoming class which it’s important for ensuring diversity.

I could be 100% incorrect. This is just a p common explanation for “unranked” waitlists I’ve seen and it makes sense to me as opposed to splitting hairs trying to rank basically equally qualified applicants.
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We should email them about the process lol
 
Future Dr. Hopefully said:
You guys think there will be movement this week or next week after the April 30 deadline??
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I really hope there is movement May 1st since its a Thursday this year and they seem to like Thursdays for giving As for some unknown reason <3 From my stalking of previous SDN threads, last year I think the first A off WL was May 2nd (a Thursday, all were tier 1). Then May 9th (the following Thursday, had both tier 1 and tier 2). I didn't read after that tbh haha
 
does anyone mind sharing how they did on their MCAT? OUWB is one of my top 2 schools! Thank you!
 
Summer2024! said:
does anyone mind sharing how they did on their MCAT? OUWB is one of my top 2 schools! Thank you!
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It’s probably best you look this up on MSAR for a better picture/in case some of us don’t feel comfy posting that info online lol (I don’t haha).

If you don’t have MSAR, I highly recommend getting it for helping you make your school list (if you don’t want to buy it, most schools also post MCAT medians and such on their respective websites). You can see the median and quartiles for MCAT total, each section, GPA, and sGPA by school. Also can filter for accepted IS, accepted OOS, and matriculated. I could try to look it up and send you a screenshot for OUWB specifically later if you DM me 🙂
 
alteredstate said:
I'm on the WL and I am so scared... my heart has been in my stomach all day
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My resting heart rate sitting down rn is 104 bpm... imma have a heart attack (its normally 68-70 lol). Last year they started calling at like 2:30-3pm so we probably have time if they even do it today (I hope they do agh). We got this guys <3 If todays not some of our days, there are more Thursdays ahead (if they keep doing Thursdays lol) 🙂
 
My question is, if we are not selected off the WL, are they going to let us know? AMCAS opened today, and I would absolutely hate to apply to all of my schools again on May 28, spend all that nonrefundable application money, only to find out that I may receive an acceptance in June or something.
 
swish58 said:
My question is, if we are not selected off the WL, are they going to let us know? AMCAS opened today, and I would absolutely hate to apply to all of my schools again on May 28, spend all that nonrefundable application money, only to find out that I may receive an acceptance in June or something.
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They likely won't let you know until the cycle ends and classes start unfortunately
 
swish58 said:
My question is, if we are not selected off the WL, are they going to let us know? AMCAS opened today, and I would absolutely hate to apply to all of my schools again on May 28, spend all that nonrefundable application money, only to find out that I may receive an acceptance in June or something
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I'm in the same boat swish. Tough situation for sure and being a WL warrior is no fun lol. Luckily when you submit you AMCAS application on May 28 you only have to commit/pay to apply to one school. More schools can be added/paid for later, and AMCAS doesn't actually send your primary until the verification period ends in late June (27th or 28th this year I think). So you can delay paying the vast majority of the primary fees until that day without slowing down your application at all. Then when we both get admitted to OUWB with our full rides on June 26, we will both withdrawal our 2026 primary apps, only be down ~$100, and make off like bandits. Its genius.
 
majesticman said:
I'm in the same boat swish. Tough situation for sure and being a WL warrior is no fun lol. Luckily when you submit you AMCAS application on May 28 you only have to commit/pay to apply to one school. More schools can be added/paid for later, and AMCAS doesn't actually send your primary until the verification period ends in late June (27th or 28th this year I think). So you can delay paying the vast majority of the primary fees until that day without slowing down your application at all. Then when we both get admitted to OUWB with our full rides on June 26, we will both withdrawal our 2026 primary apps, only be down ~$100, and make off like bandits. Its genius.
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YO...you saved my wallet thank you. Masterful plan. Watch out for AMCAS agents kicking down your door at 3am though
 
modernfamilyluver said:
what time do they normally tell people?
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I think it varies, but mostly afternoon from what I have seen--like 2pm-5:30?. They have historically released As on Thursdays (and some Wed) tho so I am not hopeful for anything today (Pls prove me wrong OUWB 🤣).
 
I honestly feel like today is more likely because last year they started sending out As two days after April 30th. Hopefully today follows that same pattern! Maybe last year two days after just happened to fall on a Thursday?
 
Nothing new on cycletrack either. Isn’t it weird that they haven’t updated their Admissions tracker since February?

I wonder if the 163 number is a positive or negative thing for people on the waitlist? Considering that typically schools send out 2-3x acceptances than their class size (OUWB’s is 125)

I remember looking at last year‘s thread and they definitely got into the 200s on that Admissions tracker.
 
swish58 said:
Nothing new on cycletrack either. Isn’t it weird that they haven’t updated their Admissions tracker since February?

I wonder if the 163 number is a positive or negative thing for people on the waitlist? Considering that typically schools send out 2-3x acceptances than their class size (OUWB’s is 125)

I remember looking at last year‘s thread and they definitely got into the 200s on that Admissions tracker.
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I doubt it’s positive or negative. I think they just haven’t updated yet but people have been regularly reporting As after Feb. I’m so surprised we haven’t heard anything from the school yet. Many other schools started their WL movement on april 30th itself
 
alteredstate said:
I doubt it’s positive or negative. I think they just haven’t updated yet but people have been regularly reporting As after Feb. I’m so surprised we haven’t heard anything from the school yet. Many other schools started their WL movement on april 30th itself
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This is a hunch--But I think OUWB adcoms may meet on Wednesdays, and since a lot of people unfortunately wait until the absolute last minute to withdraw, they may not have felt they had enough info to make decisions quite yet. Yeah some schools have started, but I think a lot also take a little bit to figure things out (esp if they don't rank which OUWB says it doesn't within each tier). (Once again OUWB pretty pretty pls prove me wrong and release As before Thursday 🤣)

I am being optimistic (or delusional lol) that the longer they take, the more people may have withdrawn if they got off other WLs, and the initial release of As may be bigger.
 
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