I will engage in dialogue and invite the person to rethink some of what they are experiencing. If I did not respect them and their opinion, I would not push back
I missed the part where they asked for your opinion
i feel like this is all just proving futuredocgirls original point, no? how can a person claim that the student culture is welcoming while also 1) accusing other prospective students of basically lying about their experience during their zoom interview and 2) saying it seems like they have a “world is against me” mindset?
saying someone should rethink what THEY experienced is some serious gaslighting lol. two people had two very different experiences and I think its important for current and future applicants to know both
A person who is a longtime lurker felt the need to speak up about this persons consistent negativity. I think it is safe to say it is higher than normal.
Alright, I don’t think this it is getting anywhere.
I actually really liked the changes to the curriculum and it showed that the school values student feedback and is willing to make changes as needed. Extending the preclinical to around 16 months seems like it will help students solidify information and take step 1 before starting clinical rotations. I think most of the incoming students liked it, but it’s also person dependent.
Appreciate the update. Thank you!
Historically, it seems like we can expect movement beginning April 30
On their website it now says: "DGSOM will consider applications from U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and DACA recipients. Applicants who do not satisfy one of these requirements will not be considered." (here: Medical School Application | UCLA Medical School).
For high priority waitlist or for all waitlisted candidates?
All 🙂 Those on the "top of the waitlist" will be the first to hear
following!
If anyone receives some really good scholarships/financial aid, can you please disclose it if you feel comfortable? This would also help future students lurking in this thread as well!!
Someone said before (either here or last year) that the WL is split into 3 tiers, with most getting A's from "top" and some from the other tiers. So I would guess about 1/3 of the WL is "top"
I think it’s just two tiers. Top and then everyone else
Year after year, they blow past the top of the waitlist and people who did not get that designation of their waitlist email still get acceptance offers. It'll just take a little longer to hear back from non top of the waitlist people cause top of the waitlist people get offers first. These folks may hold their offers for a couple days because they're waiting to hear back from other schools before making their decision, and it just sorta snowballs from there. For reference, latest offer I heard of someone getting was in July. Most will be early to late May.
The expected response time should be stated in the offer email, or ask admissions directly if it is not
5 business days from my experience. Not sure if that has changed.
Committee hasn’t met they said last week when I asked
Did they say anything about when they expect to meet and extend decisions? Anyone know how many scholarships we are looking at?
No. All they have been saying is the committee hasn’t met yet. I think we won’t hear from them until end of April or beginning of May.
They won't extend scholarships until after the CYSM commitment deadline? That's immensely frustrating.
Please do - this would be very helpful. According to finaid, all scholarships have been sent out.
Did you email financial aid and they said that?
Someone in the groupme chat did.
Oh that’s so confusing. Finaid is saying all scholarships have been sent but the admin is saying the committee hasn’t met yet?
Please read this post, quoted from UCLA secondary portal guidelines for updates
Wondering this too!
Are you in the current cohort/ class of 2029 or already a student? Thanks
