2024-2025 UCLA (Geffen)

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carpe_diem_to_medschool said:
I noticed the same thing. Either they waitlisted more than 250 people or it was an inaccurate reporting
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but isn't this chart from MSAR like a document OFFICIALLY from AAMC?? How can they mess up something like that?? It's not just a random guy on sdn or reddit thats pulling up data from admit.org or cycletrack? Is it possible for AAMC to just "oopsie daisy, i made a mistake" like that and publish it officially on their website????



The doc's here if anyone wondering: Medical School Admission Requirements™ Reports for Applicants and Advisors under: Interview and Waitlist Information
 
workblurbs2025 said:
but isn't this chart from MSAR like a document OFFICIALLY from AAMC?? How can they mess up something like that?? It's not just a random guy on sdn or reddit thats pulling up data from admit.org or cycletrack? Is it possible for AAMC to just "oopsie daisy, i made a mistake" like that and publish it officially on their website????



The doc's here if anyone wondering: Medical School Admission Requirements™ Reports for Applicants and Advisors under: Interview and Waitlist Information
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The misreporting is hard to believe on my end too. Clearly based on last year’s SDN, there were people who did not get pulled off the waitlist
 
carpe_diem_to_medschool said:
Thanks for sharing!

I can imagine high COA being a deterrent for UCLA especially for those who have half/full tuition scholarships offered elsewhere. Not to mention, the need for a car getting around LA would incur additional costs.
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They also are not matching scholarship offers from other schools based on my experience and speaking with others, so this could be another reason we see a lot of waitlist movement.
 
purple3081 said:
Maybe they mean like UP TO 250 people could get off? As in like they don’t have a cap? Idk their MSAR data has been so confusing for the last two years
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Or wait actually. I think what it means is 250 waitlist offers were sent and 250 students ACCEPTED the waitlist offer. Maybe…?
 
lol123456789 said:
have they released the financial aid scholarships/need based grants? I only see the letter on the bruin portal from February?
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That is your financial aid/scholarship package, unfortunately.If it did not change, then you did not receive anything (90% of accepted students got the same fate). Only way it changes is if a recipient ends up committing to another med school and forego UCLA. I recommend perusing the accepted groupme with updates from the fin aid office lol
 
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heir_of_snakes said:
Yeah, it suddenly appeared. Were you emailed about it, or did you randomly check your portal and see it? (I was only notified about it here)
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No I just randomly checked my portal and voila it was there. I don’t think it really means anything but I’m just curious if everyone on the WL has one
 
purple3081 said:
No I just randomly checked my portal and voila it was there. I don’t think it really means anything but I’m just curious if everyone on the WL has one
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Looking at last years thread, uids appeared on only some secondary portals to applicants in early nov some applicants hadn’t even received iis yet. I am not sure it means much at all
 

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Chiming in here so we can all get to the bottom of this--a UID popped up for me as well, and I'm near the top of the waitlist. Not sure if this means anything!
 
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According to UCLA’s website UIDs are given to the following

New UCLA Students (including admitted/waitlisted applicants and summer sessions)
Former UCLA Students (including alumni and summer sessions)
UCLA Faculty or Staff Members
UCOP or UC Merced Staff Members
Contractors
Bruincard holders

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accounts.iam.ucla.edu accounts.iam.ucla.edu
 
Is it just me or does the dgsom financial aid page look different? They used to have a big sign that says ~98% of our students receive some form of aid or something like that but i cant find it anywhere now.
 
dntldns said:
Is it just me or does the dgsom financial aid page look different? They used to have a big sign that says ~98% of our students receive some form of aid or something like that but i cant find it anywhere now.
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Probably bc a lot of admitted students got packages with loans only and many spoke with financial aid about how misleading that number was. I think that number was very outdated.
 
For those who have UID #s updated, I see it as a good sign! The fact that they've made a change to your portal with a university associated identifiable ID # can't be a bad thing
 
carpe_diem_to_medschool said:
For those who have UID #s updated, I see it as a good sign! The fact that they've made a change to your portal with a university associated identifiable ID # can't be a bad thing
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I’m just surprised they would give some WL students a number and others not RIGHT before waitlist movement starts. Especially since I’m sure they know how neurotic premeds are and will try to decipher a meaning behind it 😂. Either way it likely also doesn’t mean anything at all so please don’t let this worry you!
 
purple3081 said:
I’m just surprised they would give some WL students a number and others not RIGHT before waitlist movement starts. Especially since I’m sure they know how neurotic premeds are and will try to decipher a meaning behind it 😂. Either way it likely also doesn’t mean anything at all so please don’t let this worry you!
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Aww thank you purple! I'm trying my best not to put any thought into it. If there are any accepted students who still don't have a UID# on their portal, come thruuuuu please 🙏
 
purple3081 said:
also my friend emailed admissions about the MSAR 250 people accepted off the waitlist thing and the admissions people confirmed that it was misreporting and that they’re going to contact AAMC to get it fixed. They didn’t mention what the actual number was
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Yeah, errors on MSAR are extremely common. Schools don't keep it updated for some reason...
 
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