Good luck guys. 🙂
You do realize that if you defer, you'd be waiting an entire year to start, right? My understanding is that deferrals are possible, but only if you have a very good reason. I'll be honest with you: "only having a month to rest" doesn't sound like a very legit reason to defer your acceptance to me unless you have some kind of medical condition. But it's not up to me, so if you really think you need 13 months to rest for whatever reason, then you'd need to talk to the admissions office. Probably you should get in touch with Dean Franco specifically.
Wow, you took my last post completely the opposite of how I meant it. I apologize if it came out sounding sarcastic. I certainly didn't intend to insult you or suggest that you should post your personal issues on SDN. But I did want to make sure you understand that you can't defer your med school acceptance without having a good reason, and what you said ("With classes starting so early in July, that gives me not much of a vacation. I really want to rest up before medical school, but one month is very little.") doesn't sound like much of a reason except that you just feel like taking a longer break. You don't have to tell ME the real reason, but I think you need to have a better reason to give Dean Franco if you want her to grant you the deferral. And I also wanted to make sure you realize that a med school schedule isn't run the same way like in undergrad. You can't take a semester off for a few months break and then start classes in January or something in med school. You only can start in the summer, no other time. So if you do defer from CCLCM or anywhere else, you'd have to do it for the whole year, and you'd be taking over a year-long break. So that's another thing you should consider, if you really need that much time off or not, and what you would do during that entire year off. I think after 13 months you'd probably be so well rested you wouldn't need to sleep for your whole first block. 😛 (That's supposed to be a joke, not sarcasm.
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Right, this was basically what I was trying to say. No disrespect intended whatsoever. If you have a good reason, it is possible to get a deferral. I know of a couple of people who did get granted deferrals, even though the class is small. But again, you should have a good reason to ask for one.
Wow, you took my last post completely the opposite of how I meant it. I apologize if it came out sounding sarcastic. I certainly didn't intend to insult you or suggest that you should post your personal issues on SDN. But I did want to make sure you understand that you can't defer your med school acceptance without having a good reason, and what you said ("With classes starting so early in July, that gives me not much of a vacation. I really want to rest up before medical school, but one month is very little.") doesn't sound like much of a reason except that you just feel like taking a longer break. You don't have to tell ME the real reason, but I think you need to have a better reason to give Dean Franco if you want her to grant you the deferral. And I also wanted to make sure you realize that a med school schedule isn't run the same way like in undergrad. You can't take a semester off for a few months break and then start classes in January or something in med school. You only can start in the summer, no other time. So if you do defer from CCLCM or anywhere else, you'd have to do it for the whole year, and you'd be taking over a year-long break. So that's another thing you should consider, if you really need that much time off or not, and what you would do during that entire year off. I think after 13 months you'd probably be so well rested you wouldn't need to sleep for your whole first block. 😛 (That's supposed to be a joke, not sarcasm.
My understanding is that people who haven't heard yet will have to go on hold until more spots open up. Second look is next week already, so hang in there, guys. More spots should be opening up soon.
My understanding is that people who haven't heard yet will have to go on hold until more spots open up. Second look is next week already, so hang in there, guys. More spots should be opening up soon.
No, being on hold is not the same as being on the waitlist. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear. Some people who are on hold are going to be accepted but there's not room for them yet. CCLCM doesn't overaccept like a lot of schools do. Only 32 people are accepted at any time. So if you're a later interviewee and they want to accept you, then they have to put you on hold until someone else drops and there's a spot, and then you'll be accepted without going on the waitlist. As far as I know, the waitlist hasn't been made up yet, but I think it will be soon.
to everyone. 🙂
my app was complete in early August. i think part of my file was misplaced because I called every month or two to check on it and i finally got an invite at the very end of the cycle. oh well.No, being on hold is not the same as being on the waitlist. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear. Some people who are on hold are going to be accepted but there's not room for them yet. CCLCM doesn't overaccept like a lot of schools do. Only 32 people are accepted at any time. So if you're a later interviewee and they want to accept you, then they have to put you on hold until someone else drops and there's a spot, and then you'll be accepted without going on the waitlist. As far as I know, the waitlist hasn't been made up yet, but I think it will be soon.
If anyone is reading this who is getting ready to apply now, it's definitely better to apply earlier. All of the Case programs, including CCLCM, are rolling. So you want to get your apps in as soon as you can. Also, make sure to keep on top of your letters of recommendation. If the school is missing some of them, your file won't be complete and you can't be invited to interview until you're complete. Apparently that happens to several people every year.
Did they confirm that your app was complete? If so, then you were complete. It took them several months to invite me also. I was complete in September I think and didn't interview until January.
I'm not totally clear on how the waitlist works either. But it's definitely different than being on hold. What happens is that after your interview, you get a ranking based on your interview, app, letters, etc. There is a score cutoff, and people who score above that cutoff are immediate accepts. If there is a space open at that time, they get called right away. But if not, then they go on hold until a space opens up. Then they get accepted. But they were already ranked as immediate accepts from the beginning, there just wasn't space for them.
I don't think the waitlist has been formed yet.
I'm not sure whether Dean Franco contacts these people to let them know or not. I know that she does call the people who are immediate accepts when there are open slots. Sorry that I can't be more helpful.
Ok, I spoke to Dean Franco briefly yesterday afternoon. She said that the interviewees are all ranked, and the lowest people with no chance of getting in are already off the list. I assume that means some rejections were sent out, but she didn't explicitly say that. Apparently there are rare occasions where someone's file goes back to the committee and their rank changes, but not often. The next acceptances are lined up and ready to go out as soon as some people drop. She expects that to start happening around mid-April, since our drop date is April 15. So the likeliest date you guys will start hearing is around April 16. A few people may also hear around May 15.
Yeah, I would send it anyway. It can't hurt, and it might help. And at least you'll know that you did everything you could. Good luck, I'm rooting for you guys.
Yeah, I would send it anyway. It can't hurt, and it might help. And at least you'll know that you did everything you could. Good luck, I'm rooting for you guys.
Aww, I'm sorry you have to wait so long to hear. 🙁 I know it's really sucky. But I think you'll find out whether you got accepted or waitlisted within the next few weeks. And don't think that you can't get accepted just because you interviewed late. There are several people in my class who interviewed in January and February last year, including me. There will definitely be some more spots opening up by mid April. Dean Franco said that she has some more acceptances ready to send as soon as that happens. Good luck, you guys.Agreed. I certainly could have used the extra money spent on hotel and airfare, not to mention shleping around Cleveland in a few feet on snow for four days. I just wish they had A. offered me an earlier interview since I got invited in December and B. made their acceptance/hold policy known before the interview (or even afterwards for that matter - there's been no transparency other than that found on SDN).
Oh well, good luck guys! Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
I don't think you're going to hear much for at least a few more weeks yet. Dean Franco told me after April 15 when I talked to her a couple of weeks ago. Sorry. 🙁anybody any news???
no mail today...
all my mail goes to my mom and she's starting to get disappointed that i am not receiving anything from the school. I just want to get a mail so at least if i am waitlisted, i can send renewed transcript and a new recommendation letter. anybody willing to call the admission's office? I called them last week so i feel i shouldn't
No, there isn't any separate ranking for CCLCM. Even after our first class graduates in 2009, we still won't have an independent ranking. We are part of Case, so we're ranked wherever Case is ranked. If it is really important to you to attend a school that has a top ten or top twenty ranking, this might not be the best program for you. We're kind of an untraditional program. 🙂
