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Alabama Schools Thread Part 2!!
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I've been doing a little research on wikipedia, and this "luck" seems to have some sort of intimate correlation with the green four lobed emoticon that is often used when describing it.
Also, congratulations Chemnerd. Now go out and have a beer.
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Has anyone else gotten this email from South? I filed my fafsa earlier, and I was wondering if this is a possible sign of acceptance or just an email everyone gets? Paranoid, I know.
I got the same email earlier this week. Congrats on the acceptance.
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That's awesome. Hopefully the same will happen for me; I have an application for AL residency pending right now.
Congrats!
Could those of you who, like myself, have NOT been accepted to UAB yet but HAVE interviewed with the school please do me a quick favor? Go to your secondary application homepage and click "Pay Your Deposit Online." Report back with what the screen says when you do that.
Just curious....
Just curious....
You may not pay your deposit until your legal state has been confirmed by the admissions office.
I'm not sure if this means your status as either accepted or not, or if it means your state of residence. If it's the latter, then there's a problem, since I've lived in Alabama all my life.
I'm not sure if this means your status as either accepted or not, or if it means your state of residence. If it's the latter, then there's a problem, since I've lived in Alabama all my life.
OK, mine says the same thing. I won't try to explain the source of my curiosity, but you can figure out that I was probably reading too much into an insignificant collection of words.
Thanks anyway!
Thanks anyway!
Hey--it's never too late. I'm not sure what time of year the high school teams around here do spring practice, but at my school we did it March. Two weeks of nothing but Oklahoma, angle-tackling drills, and sled-pushing. I say you take your frustration over to Mountain Brook High and start dead-roaching the freshmen. Hell, I may even join you.
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If one of my interviews at South AL ends up being outside the main campus, does that mean it will definitely be at the Medical Center, or could it also be on the midtown campus or the West Mobile campus?
I believe most people had to drive to a hospital to their interviewer's office.
All of my interviews were off campus! I can't remember the names of the buildings but they were a pretty good ways from the school. Not to worry though, they give you good maps and directions!
I sure hope so.
These two bits of information kind of seem to contradict one another. I am just sick of waiting. I wish we could be given a definitive date. Even if it was in the middle of April or something, I just want to know what date to expect some news.
Hey VanBrown, I saw where you met with Dean Smith a couple of years ago for a post-rejection interview. Were you able to meet with him early enough in the summer so that you could address what you needed to before the next application cycle? If I have to go through this application crap again, I just wanted to see if I would have time to address anything (assuming its not grades) over the summer in time to re-apply for the very next cycle.
I met with him in May sometime... but, really it isn't very helpful if you plan to apply again immediately. I needed to take like 20+ hours of class and make all As (which I have done, acceptance please?) which can't be done in a summer.
The meeting was pretty nice though he was pretty straightforward about what I should be focusing on.
The meeting was pretty nice though he was pretty straightforward about what I should be focusing on.
yeah it seems so..
I see it this way. UAB oversubscribes their class by a bit every year knowing that they will have attrition down below 176 and then they will see waitlist movement. I think the majority of files will be given their final consideration this week/early next week but there will be some files that take a bit longer to examine and require more work by the committee. So some people will hear soon and some will hear a bit later... given the info that we have gathered. Hopefully we all get some good news.
I'm in a similar situation. My GPA is a little on the low side, so I plan to go back to school in the fall in I don't receive an acceptance. The thought of skipping an entire application cycle is kinda scary, though, especially knowing my MCAT score will be good for only one more cycle if I do so. If I can meet with Dean Smith and Mark Scott in May, then maybe I can address everything non-grade related this summer and re-apply, but that may not be advised.
Those two quotes are not, in fact, contradictory. The discrepancy comes from misinterpretation:
During the interview prep, Dean Smith made clear that updated statuses for all applicants (i.e. accept/wait list/reject) would be out by Mid/end of March. This also makes sense because they anticipate (and are wise to expect) some level of attrition, therefore, this gives them some room to offer acceptances to those at the top of the wait list before the date where people can hold only one acceptance (May 1).
(This is all conditional on me not having misinterpreted Van Brown, who may have meant that the class will not be fully subscribed till mid-April, which would definitely contradict what Dean Smith said at the interviews):
As I understand it, UAB will have accepts out to at least the number of folks for whom there are seats (which all schools have to do by May 1) done by late March (hence everyone will have accept/reject/wait list status by then) but doesn't necessarily mean that the class will be filled (since some spots will be emptied due to attrition). As I understand it, it just gives UAB a head start on finalizing it's class (because the attrition happens earlier, while other schools won't find out till May 1 who is finally coming).
Hope that explains how I understand. Cheers!
That's a tough one...
You could go to the interview then drive down to the beach; you'll be close anyway.
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I thought that May 15th was the day that you had to only hold one acceptance.
And like I said... UAB will accept more than 176 people and bet on loosing enough to start movement on the waitlist. I just want to hear something... specifically a good ol' acceptance.
Yup you're right. My bad...it is May 15th.
http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/applicants.htm
Is anyone here privy to when final decisions will start to come out at South?
Don't have my notes from the interview nearby but I think that they said that they keep a very short waitlist and most ppl on it get in; I think the last interview date is March 18. Given those things, I think it's probably wise to assume decisions will be out by early April, allowing them to finalize (accounting for attrition / waitlist shuffle) by late May.
I just got back in town from my interview with South Alabama. Mark Scott said that those who interviewed this week will be scored by Friday and notified early next week if they are above the current cut-off point. He also said that he anticipates lowering the cut-off point 2-3 times between now and the end of March, with acceptances going out to a few folks each week.
If I understood him correctly, no rejections will be sent out until the end of this month. As SansNom pointed out, the alternate list will be short, and Mr. Scott did say that those fortunate enough to be on that list should assume that they will be enrolling in the fall.
So I decided to call earlier and was told that the 'score' hadn't been lowered since November. It makes me feel a little less terrible about why I haven't heard anything.
lol that was one of the better South Park's I have seen yet...haha
Seriously... I just wish they would include in my rejection letter their reasoning for not offering me an interview. At least then, I could satisfy my curiosity.
That's the best news I've heard in a while. It sure does make me feel a lot better also
Yeah it just seems weird that we didnt even get considered for an interview. I mean... if they looked at my file and said 'no interview' that would be one thing.. but it doesn't even seem like they reviewed my file at all. I think that once I get my rejection letter I am going to write them back requesting my secondary money back.
Why not just call and ask to talk to Mark Scott? Getting direct feedback from him as to why your application was not considered for an interview might be more helpful for getting into medical school if you want to be considered by South in the future.
Last I heard, USA had sent acceptances out to ~65.
Closer to 75 or 80 now.
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My email came at about 1:30 last week...whoever sends them is probably at lunch.
