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Accepted for 2011, considering withdrawing
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WHY!! Don't withdraw...
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Your application wasn't that late. I think there was more to your lack of success than just when you applied. Also, has your application been improved in the last year?
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My $0.02: Don't ever, ever do this! The admissions process is too much of a crapshoot to ever consider reapplying when you have a MD acceptance
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It's been said twice already but it bears repeating: you do NOT want to gamble an MD acceptance.
Keep in mind that, when you apply next cycle, all schools will be able to see you turned down your acceptance. ADCOMS don't view that favorably, from what I've been able to gather.
Suck it up, and enjoy your time at a school that isn't top-tier, but will get you where you want to go with hard work. Hell, you may even enjoy yourself.
Keep in mind that, when you apply next cycle, all schools will be able to see you turned down your acceptance. ADCOMS don't view that favorably, from what I've been able to gather.
Suck it up, and enjoy your time at a school that isn't top-tier, but will get you where you want to go with hard work. Hell, you may even enjoy yourself.
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I didn't get my secondaries out until late Sept/early Oct and still received 4 interviews with stats below your's.
Point: Do not withdraw and take what you've been given. Also I will echo what others have said on SDN before. If you didn't want to go there you shouldn't have applied to that school.
Point: Do not withdraw and take what you've been given. Also I will echo what others have said on SDN before. If you didn't want to go there you shouldn't have applied to that school.
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^what he said
I have stats lower than yours too and applied at the end of August and got 7/10 interviews. Clearly the lack of interest you got was for other reasons. Applying is a crap shoot and very expensive. Why do u have to defer your acceptance
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Don't do it! Your application wasn't "too late" you lacked clinical experience and maybe other factors hindered your admission to other schools. Thinkabout it, your goal is to become a doctor........so.... you will become one at UnivTN. If you have not had any significant clinical experience since your lastapplication it might look worse than on your last app....also you will have toexplain why you withdrew your acceptance from Univ TN when you interview this cycle whichmight raise some eyebrows too.
You know your situation the best so whatever you decide....good luck...someof us are just looking for 1 medical school acceptance 🙁
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Yes, please withdraw. Someone that isn't a ***** might take your spot.
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With no research and no significant clinical experience, I would basically eliminate every single "top" school on your list.
(read: NYU, Stanford, Baylor (which has IS preference for Texans), Case Western, Brown, JHU, Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Columbia, WashU)
Your stats are a dime a dozen at those schools, and despite your non-traditional status, I don't think there's a lot to elevate your application above other individuals with similar / better stats and more involvement in research/clinical activities. You have to realize that a lot of the top schools you listed are at the top because of the amount of funding that they receive from research grants, which means that most of them hold research in very high regard when evaluating applicants. The applicants who do get accepted in spite of limited research often have very diverse and intense clinical experiences that set them apart from other qualified applicants.
However, just numbers are still competitive for those schools, so if you have some URM status or if some part of your application is outstanding (which you haven't elaborated upon here), perhaps you'll still have a shot. The medical school application process can be a bit strange sometimes, so who knows. Perhaps you'll come back in a year and rub it in our faces, but I don't think the odds are in your favor.
tl;dr:
DON'T WITHDRAW. Take a look at the applicants who applied to HMS, JHU, WashU, etc. on MDapplicants.com. When you see the type of people who get rejected (without even an interview), perhaps you'll see what I'm getting at.
(read: NYU, Stanford, Baylor (which has IS preference for Texans), Case Western, Brown, JHU, Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Columbia, WashU)
Your stats are a dime a dozen at those schools, and despite your non-traditional status, I don't think there's a lot to elevate your application above other individuals with similar / better stats and more involvement in research/clinical activities. You have to realize that a lot of the top schools you listed are at the top because of the amount of funding that they receive from research grants, which means that most of them hold research in very high regard when evaluating applicants. The applicants who do get accepted in spite of limited research often have very diverse and intense clinical experiences that set them apart from other qualified applicants.
However, just numbers are still competitive for those schools, so if you have some URM status or if some part of your application is outstanding (which you haven't elaborated upon here), perhaps you'll still have a shot. The medical school application process can be a bit strange sometimes, so who knows. Perhaps you'll come back in a year and rub it in our faces, but I don't think the odds are in your favor.
tl;dr:
DON'T WITHDRAW. Take a look at the applicants who applied to HMS, JHU, WashU, etc. on MDapplicants.com. When you see the type of people who get rejected (without even an interview), perhaps you'll see what I'm getting at.
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+1. OP you are clearly in denial. you weren't late and you didn't severely handicap your chances at better schools. you would be a complete ***** to not go to TN.
