9 interviews and im still waiting

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Totally feel ya...

9 interviews
2 post-interview rejections
6 alternate lists
1 pending...

Sigh...waiting for May 15th!
 
Ha, I only have one pending and its driving me up the canyon. 😱
 
4 interviews:
1 "on hold"
2 waitlists
1 post-interview rejection


JUST TELL ME!
 
5 interviews, 5 waitlists.

I feel your pain, but we're still doing better than a lot of other applicants, so keep the faith until classes start. 🙂
 
8 interviews, 5 waitlists, 3 rejections.
I must be a horrible interviewee.
 
6 interviews

1 waitlist
2 post interview rejections
2 acceptances
1 still waiting for outcome......
 
ABC321 said:
9 interviews....
1 rejection post-interview
8 alternate lists


whats going on here??

I feel doomed!
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if you don't get in off of ONE of those wait lists, I'll eat my hat.
 
MDhopeful023 said:
6 interviews

1 waitlist
2 post interview rejections
2 acceptances
1 still waiting for outcome......
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I don't understand this post. The difference between you and the rest is that you have acceptances! The others have no place to call home. You get to turn down a school, and maybe more if you get off the waitlist or get an acceptance from the school you're waiting to hear from.

I don't know if I would classify this as an encouraging/??? post. At least, it wouldn't encourage me. 🙁
 
7 interviews... 5 waitlists, 1 hold, 1 still waiting for post interview response... this whole process sucks 🙁
 
Dr. Giggles said:
8 interviews, 5 waitlists, 3 rejections.
I must be a horrible interviewee.
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dr. giggles, did you apply late for those schools? also, did u do any kind of TAing or research besides that 1 year of cancer?
 
Any of you other guys with a lot of waitlists seriously preparing for re-application? With my six alternate lists, I'm still hopefull that I can get in SOMEWHERE...but I have to have a contingency plan soon, you know?
 
4 interviews, 2 waitlists, 2 rejections......I wouldn't mind being the back up plan for some school, as long as I get in. I'm going to reapply if I don't hear back by June.
 
thrust.elite said:
dr. giggles, did you apply late for those schools? also, did u do any kind of TAing or research besides that 1 year of cancer?
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Yeah I did apply very late (August MCAT, most secondaries didn't get in until November). And no, that's all the research I've done, and I didn't start TAing until this semester.

I apologize for being so negative, but to respond to recent posts, I'm hoping that such an attitude will get me psychologically motivated for the next cycle rather than languish the next couple of months in the hope of getting in off the waitlists. I am going to start preparing for reapplication in earnest as soon as my final exams are finished in a couple of weeks, and I'll submit the AMCAS and request new/updated LORs in early June. However, we're faced with a conundrum of applying to schools at we're waitlisted. Does this have a positive, detrimental, or non-impact on our waitlist position? If only there were more transparency to this process.
 
3 interviews:
1 waitlist
1 on-hold
1 pending

I might start filling out the application May 1st... just to keep myself busy and take my mind off this cycle. If I don't get good news by June at least I can be one of the first to submit my application for the next cycle. On the bright side... I was just offered a job today so I actually have some sort of plan for next year if I end up reapplying. Trying very hard to keep the glass half full.
 
5 interviews, 1 rejection (the first one), 3 wait-lists, 1 decision pending (probably a waitlist)...may 15th is starting to look like dec 25th.
 
3 allo interviews
1 waitlist
1 high priority waitlist = hold
1 pending
 
10 schools (11 programs)
2 on hold
6 waitlists
1 rejection
2 pending

..... i physically feel ill when thinking of reapplying....
 
MediMama23 said:
I don't understand this post. The difference between you and the rest is that you have acceptances! The others have no place to call home. You get to turn down a school, and maybe more if you get off the waitlist or get an acceptance from the school you're waiting to hear from.

I don't know if I would classify this as an encouraging/??? post. At least, it wouldn't encourage me. 🙁
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Yeah but I think they forgot to specify that the acceptances are DO acceptances not MD acceptances if I'm remembering correctly from my talks with him in the past. The one's he's waiting on are MD schools.
 
4 allo interviews: 1 wait list, 1 high priority alternate list, 1 hold and 1 rejection

2 osteo interviews: 2 acceptance (one without interview) and 1 alternate list.

I don't mind it is DO or MD....I am going to be medical school student! 👍
 
I abhor waitlists...or holds, for that matter. 😱
 
gujuDoc said:
Yeah but I think they forgot to specify that the acceptances are DO acceptances not MD acceptances if I'm remembering correctly from my talks with him in the past. The one's he's waiting on are MD schools.
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Yeah, that would've helped a great deal. Although that poster is still doing much better than some of the other posters.

All the same, my heart goes out to all of you!! 😍
 
Omigod, I didn't think a person could get this many interviews and not get at least one acceptance! 😕

You know, it makes me hate the process even more just seeing people getting hung out to dry like this. 😡
 
NonTradMed said:
Omigod, I didn't think a person could get this many interviews and not get at least one acceptance! 😕

You know, it makes me hate the process even more just seeing people getting hung out to dry like this. 😡
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I forget her username on SDN, but it was something like Mrs. Wiggles. She's now a student at Vandy. But at any rate, she had like 10+ interviews with a 40+ MCAT score and high GPA and other good things in her app. But she lacked a lot of clinical experience. That brought her down. I think Vandy was the only school she got accepted too. Others waitlisted or rejected her.
 
11 interviews
5 waitlists
2 rejects
4 pending (considering withdrawing from one because afraid I would be miserable there, but, so far, may be my only choice!)
... waiting, waiting, waiting!...at least all the travelling and spending and whatever else are over! I made 5 trips to the East Coast (from CA)!!! Hello $3000 in debt and two jobs all summer... :luck: :luck: :luck: BUTTTT, good luck to everyone, and here's to trying our best to stay positive🙂
 
gujuDoc said:
I forget her username on SDN, but it was something like Mrs. Wiggles. She's now a student at Vandy. But at any rate, she had like 10+ interviews with a 40+ MCAT score and high GPA and other good things in her app. But she lacked a lot of clinical experience. That brought her down. I think Vandy was the only school she got accepted too. Others waitlisted or rejected her.
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It was Wiggy, and as I remember it, there was nothing wrong with her app at all. Not a single hole.
 
7 interviews
3 waitlists
1 hold list
2 pending
1 more interview left
 
dbhvt said:
Wiggy73
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=2081

She did some shadowing. Maybe her clinical experience wasn't as strong as the rest of her app, but she did have something.
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If you read her comments, she acknowledges a lack of clinical experience.
Shadowing is highly variable since if you did it once you could list it.

No sense in debating a third party.
 
BrettBatchelor said:
If you read her comments, she acknowledges a lack of clinical experience.
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Yes, I saw that. When she is confused as hell about why she hasn't gotten in anywhere, she picks a weaker area (not a 42, a 4.0 from vandy, leadership, research, volunteering, blah blah blah) and points to that as the reason. I don't know her, but her profile says she had some clinical experience. Wiggy73 is my favorite mystery. Don't categorize her into the 'no clinical experience' bin, or my world will come crashing down.
 
dbhvt said:
Yes, I saw that. When she is confused as hell about why she hasn't gotten in anywhere, she picks a weaker area (not a 42, a 4.0 from vandy, leadership, research, volunteering, blah blah blah) and points to that as the reason. I don't know her, but her profile says she had some clinical experience. Wiggy73 is my favorite mystery. Don't categorize her into the 'no clinical experience' bin, or my world will come crashing down.
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I never said she didn't have any clinical experience. Nor did Brett. We just said what she herself stated, that she had less compared to other people that may have applied. Med school admissions is subjective, but with the number of applicants there is always going to be a need for an admissions committee to look for something that's wrong with an application. No one, and I mean No one has the perfect application.

Depending on where she was wanting to go, she might not have had enough clinical experience for what they were looking at. As an example, a friend applied to USF and had 2 years volunteering/shadowing in a hospital but that was still less compared to the other applicants. They ended up getting waitlisted due to less experience. That was the point that we were saying about Wiggy. I hold nothing against her and think she's actually quite awesome and friendly for some of the stuff she's done to help SDN folks like with questions about Vandy and all. However, I brought her up as an example to show that having 9 interviews means nothing unless they result in acceptances, and that she was an example of the kind of person who's been in the OP's situation in the past.
 
Long time reader, first time poster.

7 interviews - across all school tiers
6 waitlists
1 pending
&
1 anxious kid
 
gujuDoc said:
I never said she didn't have any clinical experience. Nor did Brett. We just said what she herself stated, that she had less compared to other people that may have applied. Med school admissions is subjective, but with the number of applicants there is always going to be a need for an admissions committee to look for something that's wrong with an application. No one, and I mean No one has the perfect application.

Depending on where she was wanting to go, she might not have had enough clinical experience for what they were looking at. As an example, a friend applied to USF and had 2 years volunteering/shadowing in a hospital but that was still less compared to the other applicants. They ended up getting waitlisted due to less experience. That was the point that we were saying about Wiggy. I hold nothing against her and think she's actually quite awesome and friendly for some of the stuff she's done to help SDN folks like with questions about Vandy and all. However, I brought her up as an example to show that having 9 interviews means nothing unless they result in acceptances, and that she was an example of the kind of person who's been in the OP's situation in the past.
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You and your facts and reason.
It's getting in the way of my mythmaking. 😉
 
dbhvt said:
You and your facts and reason.
It's getting in the way of my mythmaking. 😉
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I just want to say I'm really proud of the way you're trying to hit that 500 mark.
 
jebus said:
I just want to say I'm really proud of the way you're trying to hit that 500 mark.
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^
1
1
(Jebus being nice to the crackheads.)

Rar!
 
gujuDoc said:
I never said she didn't have any clinical experience. Nor did Brett. We just said what she herself stated, that she had less compared to other people that may have applied. Med school admissions is subjective, but with the number of applicants there is always going to be a need for an admissions committee to look for something that's wrong with an application. No one, and I mean No one has the perfect application.

Depending on where she was wanting to go, she might not have had enough clinical experience for what they were looking at. As an example, a friend applied to USF and had 2 years volunteering/shadowing in a hospital but that was still less compared to the other applicants. They ended up getting waitlisted due to less experience. That was the point that we were saying about Wiggy. I hold nothing against her and think she's actually quite awesome and friendly for some of the stuff she's done to help SDN folks like with questions about Vandy and all. However, I brought her up as an example to show that having 9 interviews means nothing unless they result in acceptances, and that she was an example of the kind of person who's been in the OP's situation in the past.
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Where did you see she had 9 interviews? According to that link in her profile, she only applied to 11 schools and got 4 interviews.... Just curious (maybe she didn't include everything)
 
Hassler said:
Where did you see she had 9 interviews? According to that link in her profile, she only applied to 11 schools and got 4 interviews.... Just curious (maybe she didn't include everything)
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The OP had 9 interviews.
 
gujuDoc said:
I forget her username on SDN, but it was something like Mrs. Wiggles. She's now a student at Vandy. But at any rate, she had like 10+ interviews with a 40+ MCAT score and high GPA and other good things in her app. But she lacked a lot of clinical experience. That brought her down. I think Vandy was the only school she got accepted too. Others waitlisted or rejected her.
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This is what gujuDoc said though..... I don't see how this is a good comparison with the OP's situation. No big deal, just trying to point that out.
🙂
 
6 interviews
4 waitlists
1 post-interview hold
1 withdrawal (I would've been unhappy at the school)
 
Applied to 8 schools
2 interviews
2 waitlists
3 pre-interview holds (ie rejections at this point)
3 rejections
 
dbhvt said:
Wiggy73
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=2081

She did some shadowing. Maybe her clinical experience wasn't as strong as the rest of her app, but she did have something.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- she totally shound have applied to her state school if she wanted a guaranteed admittance. She decided to play the odds and almost lost, which can happen if you blow off your one sure thing. For reference, UAMS has to have something like 99% of their class be in-state. Unless she showed up high at her interview, they would have admitted her.
 
Dr. Giggles said:
Yeah I did apply very late (August MCAT, most secondaries didn't get in until November). And no, that's all the research I've done, and I didn't start TAing until this semester.

I apologize for being so negative, but to respond to recent posts, I'm hoping that such an attitude will get me psychologically motivated for the next cycle rather than languish the next couple of months in the hope of getting in off the waitlists. I am going to start preparing for reapplication in earnest as soon as my final exams are finished in a couple of weeks, and I'll submit the AMCAS and request new/updated LORs in early June. However, we're faced with a conundrum of applying to schools at we're waitlisted. Does this have a positive, detrimental, or non-impact on our waitlist position? If only there were more transparency to this process.
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I'm a reapplicant here, so I feel all the pain and more:
2 years ago: 2 interviews... 1 waitlist, 1 post interview rejection
Last year: 4 interviews... 4 eternal waitlists
This year: 3 interviews... 2 waitlists, 1 pending

To your question dr. giggles, I asked the dean at one of the schools I was waitlisted at last year about the effect of reapplying while on the waitlist and he told me that really it doesn't matter at all and I was encouraged to put my application in early to help my chances. I asked him directly if they view it as me throwing in the towel and he said they don't have the time/man power to review who is on the waitlist and if they are reapplying.

That being said, I obviously never got in last year and here I am again (and again). But if you take what he said at face, go ahead and get the application in, it shouldn't hurt you. Hope that helps!

Good luck to everyone out there waiting... I know I'm sick of it. :luck:

-waitman
 
2 interviews
1 really fast rejection
1 waitlist

And they won't even tell you your position on the waitlist.

Anyone else feel like med schools get a kick out of this cloak and dagger stuff and saying "disclosed" and "classfied information"?
 
RayhanS1282 said:
2 interviews
1 really fast rejection
1 waitlist

And they won't even tell you your position on the waitlist.

Anyone else feel like med schools get a kick out of this cloak and dagger stuff and saying "disclosed" and "classfied information"?
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I realize I shouldn't be complaining since I've been accepted someplace, but I get so frustrated that they won't tell you where you are on the waitlist, especially when they've waitlisted 10X the number of people they'll be able to take off the list :meanie:
 
7 Interviews
1 Upcoming (yes, very late)
3 Waitlist/Alternate list/whatever other names there might be for it
3 Pending
 
Saluki said:
I realize I shouldn't be complaining since I've been accepted someplace, but I get so frustrated that they won't tell you where you are on the waitlist, especially when they've waitlisted 10X the number of people they'll be able to take off the list :meanie:
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Say it ain't so.....I thought it was more like 3X or 4X. And now I will conclude this post with a load of emoticons that show the subsequent feelings I went through after reading Saluki's post:
a) :wow:
b) :barf:
c) :scared:
d) 🙁
 
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