I heard back a few weeks after my interview in January last year. Dean Franco called me to let me know that I was accepted. A packet came by snail mail afterward. I can't remember now if I got anything by email, but I don't think so. You definitely have a chance of being accepted if you're put on hold. Sometimes people have to be put on hold for a while until there are spots that open up for them, because CCLCM basically doesn't over-accept applicants.
I know it's hard, but try not to read too much into this. There is definitely a subjective aspect to admissions decisions, and just because one school puts you on hold or even rejects you doesn't mean that you won't get accepted to several of the others on your list. Some schools are just going to decide not to invite you for whatever reason. This is why you don't only apply to one school. Look at it this way: you already have attended at least two interviews that I am aware of, so you are obviously doing something right. 🙂
Yes. Last year there were several people posting about being rejected post-interview. I don't know when you would hear back about a rejection, but if you do a search on CCLCM and read some of last year's threads, you will find some posts by people who were rejected. If I can find one of them, I'll add it to this post.
Yes, there are separate admissions numbers for CCLCM and the UP on the Case SOM admissions webpage. Last year there were 1077 applicants to CCLCM, of which 371 were interviewed. 85 people were offered acceptances to fill a class of 32. This year, like Doko said, there will be fewer interviews, more on the order of 250 or so. Also, there are more people who have applied versus last year, but I'm not sure what the exact numbers are for this year.
It helps that I'm not running off to Vegas. 😉
Thank you. I'm glad you're finding it helpful. My plan is to continue blogging until I graduate. It's amazing when I look at my blog and realize that I'm in my fifth month of medical school already. Things are definitely busy and hectic, but I have to say that medical school has been a lot more fun so far than I expected it to be. 🙂
thanks- i'm going to write a letter this weekend... i think?Sorry, cbd. 🙁 Don't give up though. If you really want to come here, I would keep letting them know.to you.
I answered you in the other thread, but I'll post again just in case someone else needs to know too. As far as I know, there is no on line status page you can check for CCLCM like there is for the Case UP. Our admissions office talks to Case's, but they do almost everything separately (like separate interview invites, separate acceptances, etc.). If you are waiting to hear about an interview, you might want to call the admissions office to see where they are at with your application. Just so you know, if you also applied to the UP, then your invitations to both schools will be delayed, because neither program will invite you to interview until after they have both considered you. This is so that they can coordinate your interviews in case you get invited to both. Good luck to you. 🙂
I have to tell you up front that I don't really know how much doing these things will affect their decision, but it can't hurt, right? My personal opinion is that it is best to combine a letter of interest with a letter of update. That way you can add something tangible to your file along with letting the school know that you are interested. I seem to remember that you have your PhD (or are getting it?). So if you publish a paper, for example, you could write a letter to tell them about it, maybe include a reprint if you have one, and express interest. You could also update your grades and tell them what you're doing spring semester if you're still taking classes. Or if you have a new EC you want to tell them about that didn't get included on your AMCAS, you could write about that along with expressing interest. The other thing you can do is to call them and ask what they suggest that you do to improve your chances of getting off hold. There's kind of a fine line between showing a lot of interest and being a pest, but I think if you contact them once or twice a month, that wouldn't be excessive. Again, everything in this post is my own personal opinion and hasn't been run by anyone in the admissions office, so you shouldn't take it as the gospel. It's just what makes sense to me. Good luck to you, cbd. 🙂
Congrats on being invited to interview. 🙂 Last year I also interviewed for both programs. My impression was that the interviews matter a lot. They don't automatically invite people just because they have certain stats. I think that both Case programs look for students with unique backgrounds. I don't know what the UP does, but I can tell you that for the CCLCM program, there is no MCAT minimum. So they really do look at applicants holistically. But of course you still need to be able to handle the work in medical school, so you can't completely disregard stats, either.
I don't think any schools generally invite people only because of their stats. The schools that give out auto-invites do that because they know that historically they have wound up inviting almost everyone who falls into a certain range, so it makes things easier and less stressful on everyone if they just do it automatically. Anyway, I am very happy here, and I hope your interviews go well and you get good news. 🙂
Yeah, they give you a set amount like that. Last year both second looks were held on the same weekend, and several of us went to them both. CCLCM's second look starts earlier. They give you $200 toward transportation expenses and you get your own room at the Intercontinental Suites Hotel, then you get a roommate for Case's part of the second look. For both second looks, it's not the Intercontinental Hotel where you stay, it's the Intercontinental SUITES Hotel. I'm just clarifying because there are two hotels on campus, one called Intercontinental and one called Intercontinental Suites, and it's confusing to figure out where you have to go if you don't know that there are two of them with practically the same name. The Intercontinental Suites is pretty nice. I've never stayed at the Intercontinental, but from what I've heard, it's REALLY nice. 😉
Yeah, we go by blocks too. We do all normal physiology this year and then abnormal next year.
Also, do they ever reject people immediately post-interview, or do they hold them, then reject them?
Yes to both questions. The two programs have separate admissions processes, so people commonly get invited to one and not the other. If you are invited to interview at both programs, they will definitely schedule your interviews back-to-back so that you only have to come out to Cleveland once.
You'll be fine. The interviews here are really chill and laid back. Just be prepared to do a lot of walking, like we've already said. 😛
Yeah, mine was pretty long too. I guess maybe I just talk a lot, because that seemed to happen to me at most of my interviews. 😳
