To inform all of you still on the waitlist, I was accepted off the list yesterday. This means that there is still movement but, unfortunately, I have to say that Dean Frantz told me on a phone call days prior to my admission that I was only one of a few candidates that he was still actively considering. I wish the best for all still hoping for admission but you probably also want to know the realistic chances. To let people know, I sent Dean Frantz a half dozen letters in addition to multiple calls and faxes. I sent my first letter of intent prior to the February decisions. I had my research director send Frantz a letter of recommendation and had my director call him later on. And furthermore, the Dean seemed set on trying accept me only after a manuscript I co-authored was accepted by a prestigious medical journal. In sum, then, it seems that this was a rough year for wait-list candidates at Columbia. I feel very fortunate and lucky to have been accepted, and wish that all of you who truly wanted to go there would be accepted too. Unfortunately, I am sure that there a lot of kids going to Columbia who are whining because they didn't get into Harvard/etc, and people like that don't deserve to go.