anyone else not have any acceptances yet?

[Slade]

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On my last interview (2/5), there were 13 interviewees. I was the only one without an acceptance!!

It seems as though everyone on SDN has at least 1 acceptance, even if it's not at their top choice...

Anyone else in the same boat as me? We can reassure ourselves... 🙂

 

[Raryn]

On my last interview (2/5), there were 13 interviewees. I was the only one without an acceptance!!

It seems as though everyone on SDN has at least 1 acceptance, even if it's not at their top choice...

Anyone else in the same boat as me? We can reassure ourselves... 🙂

Me.

My last interview (yesterday), out of the 10 of us, about half had acceptances.

 

[Slade]

oh, you have a lot of waitlists!
I hope some of those come through. Do you know if any of those schools are big waitlist users? If so, do you know when they'll start moving?

 

[Slade]

I remember you now, you're the 18-year-old! I was wondering actually how that happened... did you manage to fit your four college years into two? Or did you simply enroll early in college?

 

[MilkmanAl]

I know how you guys feel, believe me. Looking at your credentials, I find it hard to believe that you'll go without acceptances. I know it sucks, but hang in there. There's light at the end of the tunnel.

P.S.: Digging the Shining Force 2 reference. 😛

 

[NotAndrew]

oh, you have a lot of waitlists!
I hope some of those come through. Do you know if any of those schools are big waitlist users? If so, do you know when they'll start moving?

I could be completely wrong here but I would imagine(all the people?) that the more competitive a schools is the less its wait list moves. I would also guess this is due to most people taking their acceptances at these schools.

 

[Raryn]

I remember you now, you're the 18-year-old! I was wondering actually how that happened... did you manage to fit your four college years into two? Or did you simply enroll early in college?

19 now. I finished HS early, still have a full four years of college under my belt.

 

[Raryn]

I could be completely wrong here but I would imagine(all the people?) that the more competitive a schools is the less its wait list moves. I would also guess this is due to most people taking their acceptances at these schools.

Not necessarily, because the guy who gets into Mayo is also likely to have gotten into a couple other top institutions.... say, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Harvard. He can only go to one of those schools, so he would turn the others down. Hence, waitlist movement even at top schools.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Don't forget scholarships. Those Harvard acceptees might be getting substantial scholarships to attend their state institutions.

 

[anoncurious]

Wow--Raryn, that's rough..you have some pretty stellar stats. God forbid, if you do have to apply again, I would suggest trashing your LORs since it seems as if this is what is causing a 'red flag' at some schools (just based on your mdapps).. Good luck!

 

[cubssox2000]

Slade

You have a 40 on the MCAT, which makes up for the 3.4 GPA, so don't worry yet.

I also noticed that you have not heard back from any schools yet. You interviewed at most (except Hawaii) pretty late, when did you send in the apps? I would not worry until all of the schools you have been to get back, and if you still don't have an acceptance, that's when you get worried.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Top schools have significant waitlist movement, or at least they offer many more acceptances than their class size. Check a US News book on medical schools. It isn't like they are offering 3-4 times their size, but most of them offer double.

 

[Slade]

Raryn - I think the only thing holding you back is your age. Your stats are litterally unbeatable, and your ECs are great. I'm sure your LORs are not at fault. Maybe, if you still haven't gotten an acceptance, as a last measure, you might want to call up your favorite waitlist school and work out a sort of mandatory 1-year-deferral in exchange for an acceptance, ie. let me in and I'll wait a year to go to your school, if age is the issue. Your case is extremely unique.
cubssox, thanks for the encouragement 🙂

 

[JLC]

Not necessarily, because the guy who gets into Mayo is also likely to have gotten into a couple other top institutions.... say, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Harvard. He can only go to one of those schools, so he would turn the others down. Hence, waitlist movement even at top schools.

that's wrong, most top schools over accept and hence no to very little wait list movement.

 

[amikhchi]

no acceptances? lol, i don't have any interviews... 31p 3.47, applied june 5th and complete at most schools before end of july

at least i can still laugh about it (for now)

 

[pakola]

I feel you guys, no acceptances here either. I guess I was prepared for the wait when I applied back in June and had heard about how long things take from MS1's and MS2's, but then when I was getting secondaries and interviews on the first day or at least first week I thought my situation would be different. I didn't realize that after you've interviewed is when the waiting really begins. But, have yet to hear back from some of those interviews, and they have to let us know something at sometime. Still, it would be nice to not have to keep going to interviews.

 

[Raryn]

that's wrong, most top schools over accept and hence no to very little wait list movement.

They overaccept, but not by that much. They need to be really careful not to end up with more people than they have spots, which leads to issues.

 

[kac714]

5 interviews, 3 waitlists, waiting to hear from 2, and one more interview... waiting sucks.

 

[chemnerd89]

4 interviews (5th tomorrow at Wake)

1 waitlist
2 "holds"
1 ...

 

[slowbutsteady]

Not necessarily, because the guy who gets into Mayo is also likely to have gotten into a couple other top institutions.... say, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Harvard. He can only go to one of those schools, so he would turn the others down. Hence, waitlist movement even at top schools.

but even Yale and Harvard accept more people than they can accomodate. so it takes a lot of people to say "no" to them before they hit the waitist.

The 4 waitlists i was on last cycle did not move even one spot!!!

(sorry to be doom and gloom. i saw some waitlists movement on SDN -- notably Suny buffalo and NYMC.)

 

[TwilightZone139]

hey i have had no luck either so i guess we just to pray for lots of waitlist movement (7 interviews and 4 WL and 3 holds). i definitely have heard some schools move more than others

 

[NiCad089]

Raryn - I think the only thing holding you back is your age. Your stats are litterally unbeatable, and your ECs are great. I'm sure your LORs are not at fault. Maybe, if you still haven't gotten an acceptance, as a last measure, you might want to call up your favorite waitlist school and work out a sort of mandatory 1-year-deferral in exchange for an acceptance, ie. let me in and I'll wait a year to go to your school, if age is the issue. Your case is extremely unique.
cubssox, thanks for the encouragement 🙂

I don't think that age is really a factor. I'm 19 and I was able to get interviews. As long as you show you're mature enough age shouldn't be a factor.

 

[LizzyM]

Going to the waitlist varies so much from year to year, even at a top school. We never know. One year we took 3 and the next year we took 50! It is a very unpredictable situation.

 

[scarletgirl777]

I don't think that age is really a factor. I'm 19 and I was able to get interviews. As long as you show you're mature enough age shouldn't be a factor.

Agreed. If you can demonstrate a baseline maturity you'll be fine. If your maturity is at the level of a typical 18-year-old male, then...


(j/k)

 

[Raryn]

I don't think that age is really a factor. I'm 19 and I was able to get interviews. As long as you show you're mature enough age shouldn't be a factor.

I got interviews too. Plenty of them... Just hoping one converts into an acceptance. You seem to have had similar luck to me outside of WashU. Still waiting to hear back from them myself.

 

[redlight]

the youngins i know in college are usually more mature than their peers. i mean they should be used to hanging w/ older ppl by now and of course they have to be aware that people will likely look at them with more scrutiny because of their age.

and i doubt Raryn's LORs are holding him back because he got a ton of interviews. He may be mature mentally, and seem mature on paper, but what about physically?? haha just throwing it out there (while volunteering in a homeless clinic, i met a post-bac -at a top post-bac program, though probably irrelevant- who looked as if he was 12 [as in very short, small voice, w/ a prepubecent looking face and build]) -- im sure it could affect (taint) an inteviewer's perception of one's readiness for the big leagues (i'll leave you guys to coming up with the negative aspects of looking too young to be a medical student/doctor, w/e)

and it's either that or perhaps he didnt click with any interviewers or something. unfortunately that's all i cant think of.

 

[redlight]

man im way too slow of a poster..

 

[Retsage]

7 interviews:

1 rejection
1 competitive waitlist
2 deferred decisions
3 silences

Two interviews to go. 🙁

 

[pianola]

7 interviews:

1 rejection
1 competitive waitlist
2 deferred decisions
3 silences

Two interviews to go. 🙁

My entirely unwanted and unsolicited $0.02: ask the school that rejected you if it was due to the interview. (Surely they have no objection to doing that post-rejection). I don't think you're necessarily a bad guy, Retsage, but if what you project on SDN is what you're like...my guess is that the interview is where you need to be looking.

 

[Raryn]

the youngins i know in college are usually more mature than their peers. i mean they should be used to hanging w/ older ppl by now and of course they have to be aware that people will likely look at them with more scrutiny because of their age.

and i doubt Raryn's LORs are holding him back because he got a ton of interviews. He may be mature mentally, and seem mature on paper, but what about physically?? haha just throwing it out there (while volunteering in a homeless clinic, i met a post-bac -at a top post-bac program, though probably irrelevant- who looked as if he was 12 [as in very short, small voice, w/ a prepubecent looking face and build]) -- im sure it could affect (taint) an inteviewer's perception of one's readiness for the big leagues (i'll leave you guys to coming up with the negative aspects of looking too young to be a medical student/doctor, w/e)

and it's either that or perhaps he didnt click with any interviewers or something. unfortunately that's all i cant think of.

Lol. I'm 5'11, wear a size 46 jacket (any wider shoulders and i'd be stuck buying big and tall), and people usually think im 4-5 years older than I am. 😛

Edit: post #2000.

 

[redlight]

Lol. I'm 5'11, wear a size 46 jacket (any wider shoulders and i'd be stuck buying big and tall), and people usually think im 4-5 years older than I am. 😛

Edit: post #2000.

haha, nvm then.

 

[Retsage]

My entirely unwanted and unsolicited $0.02: ask the school that rejected you if it was due to the interview. (Surely they have no objection to doing that post-rejection). I don't think you're necessarily a bad guy, Retsage, but if what you project on SDN is what you're like...my guess is that the interview is where you need to be looking.

Lol. I must project a ***** of some sorts if you think I'm as bellicose and aggressive in real life as on an anonymous forum where I'm free to do so. I'm much more charming in real life.

And while I cannot speak for the school that rejected me, the one that put me on competitive hold had my interviewer telling me that I was a shoo-in and she was sure I'd be accepted to lots of places, and hoped I would strongly consider her school (which I would, if they'd just ****ing accept me). Likewise, I've had a 20 minute interview last 40 minutes because we spent a ton of time just chit-chatting about good books. A third interviewer told me he was sure I would be accepted to a lot of places and then spent ten minutes telling me what a great place the school was located in for a student like me. The one place I faltered was in the interview with the school that rejected me. The interview felt off to me, I never really clicked. *shrug*

I'm just hoping the deferrals, waitlists, and silences turn into acceptances come mid-March.

 

[schismal]

And while I cannot speak for the school that rejected me, the one that put me on competitive hold had my interviewer telling me that I was a shoo-in and she was sure I'd be accepted to lots of places, and hoped I would strongly consider her school (which I would, if they'd just ****ing accept me).

I've heard that before too. Result: waitlist.

 

[Retsage]

Same. Was it Georgetown? Maybe they just like ****ing with us. Some sort of sadistic thrill.

 

[schismal]

No, mine was Pitt. Interviewer loved me. Adcom obviously did not.

 

[student1799]

5 interviews, 3 waitlists, waiting to hear from 2, and one more interview... waiting sucks.

Twins.

 

[superbai]

Had 9 interviews... 3 waitlists... still no acceptance... argh...

 

[scarletgirl777]

My entirely unwanted and unsolicited $0.02: ask the school that rejected you if it was due to the interview. (Surely they have no objection to doing that post-rejection). I don't think you're necessarily a bad guy, Retsage, but if what you project on SDN is what you're like...my guess is that the interview is where you need to be looking.

😆Pianola, you are amazing.

 

[Slade]

oh god! how trippy! scarletgirl and pianola have the same avatar! I totally though scarlet was quoting her own "unwanted and unsolicited $0.02"...

anyways, I was just wondering about when waitlists start to move... I've heard that Pitt starts looking at their waitlist in early march.

also, I am kind of confused about that May 15th date. I have read that this is when schools ask that accepted applicants say "yes" to their top choice and desist from all other schools. However, students obviously get off the waitlist after that (we've all heard of the lucky applicants who are accepted a week before matriculation). Does this mean you have to desist only from schools that have accepted you and not those for which you are still on the waitlist?

 

[redlight]

yea you can stay on the waitlists even if you have an acceptance

 

[supergirl87]

7 interviews:

1 rejection
1 competitive waitlist
2 deferred decisions
3 silences

Two interviews to go. 🙁

hang in there 🙂

 

[Slade]

what are deferred decisions? are these the equivalent of waitlists?

 

[alibai3ah]

Slade and Raryn, both of you have amazing stats. But part of the reason I think you guys might not be having the best of luck is you guys applied to very difficult schools. Despite having stats that are fit for those schools, you have to understand there are many people applying with stats similar to yours. Granted I doubt you guys will not come off any of those waitlists, if you do not get in this year, try applying to some middle tier schools....

 

[Retsage]

what are deferred decisions? are these the equivalent of waitlists?

No. It's like at Northwestern where they accept 10% before March, then the rest during March.

 

[pathophys17]

Me. quote]

Wow, this is discouraging to hear before applying this year...by chance is that "15" on your BS section on the MCAT a typo? Or not true? Your stats & EC's are amazing. Can you call the schools you were rejected at & inquire as to why? What could you even improve upon should you have to reapply (although I'm sure you'll get in somewhere) besides getting more of everything? I wonder what they would use as a reason why you didn't get accepted if you asked the schools if you were to not get accepted anywhere.

Edit-I have no idea why the quote part showed up like it did....

 

[Slade]

No. It's like at Northwestern where they accept 10% before March, then the rest during March.

that's not that bad then, right? It means you might still be in the remaining 90% 👍. Does Northwestern not have a waitlist then?

 

[scarletgirl777]

No. It's like at Northwestern where they accept 10% before March, then the rest during March.

Really, only 10%? Interesting.

 

[bluesmd]

hey everyone, i just want to say good luck! 👍 i hope everything works out. waiting isn't the best part but it'll be worth it in the end!

 

[Retsage]

that's not that bad then, right? It means you might still be in the remaining 90% 👍. Does Northwestern not have a waitlist then?

I think it does. Northwestern just acts like a non-rolling school for the vast majority of its interviewees. Same with NYU. They accept a small number in December and then none until March.

Ultimately, can't do much more than hope for the best at this point. Hopefully I'll get in somewhere.

 

[NiCad089]

I got interviews too. Plenty of them... Just hoping one converts into an acceptance. You seem to have had similar luck to me outside of WashU. Still waiting to hear back from them myself.

After getting the WashU acceptance I withdrew from the MD only admission (post interview) at about 5 schools. Don't worry your stats look good. I'm sure you'll be accepted. Good Luck!