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LovableDR do you have any acceptances or waitlists anywhere else?
No news here in So Cal today. Interviewed 10/30 & heard back in late Jan/early Feb. Letter sounded like they'd be comparing me to other applicants @ the end of the interview season...figure I'll have to sit tight until early May?...*sighs*😴
It wouldn't be so hard if I wasn't heavily leaning towards Davis if they would show me some love...
I was just invited for an early-April interview slot. Is it safe to assume that this is for a waitlist spot? Is there a diplomatic way I can find out?
I was just invited for an early-April interview slot. Is it safe to assume that this is for a waitlist spot? Is there a diplomatic way I can find out?
From everything I have seen so far, I would not think that you are interviewing for a waitlist spot. The acceptances have been few and sporadic, and as the abundance of people on the waitlist (or in purgatory/limbo like me) reflects, I think davis is doing more of a non-rolling type of approach. I would go. I for one, was really impressed; I interviewed at top 20-schools that I would turn down to go to davis.
yeah, i posted this in the august mcaters thread...also got the invite this morning....yay!
i went ahead and called the admissions office (since the number is different from that of the interview coordinator)...the nice lady said everyone who comes in april will be interviewing for direct admissions, NOT for waitlist spots. she said uc davis doesn't interview specifically for waitlist....
good luck!!!
Barcelona-Bound, do I remember you from the god-awful UW limbo last year?
Reapplying sucks, doesn't it?
Interesting. I hope that is the case with april interviewees because Dr. Bera told our group that mid-Feb. interviewees will barely make the first round of acceptance letters for the initial 100 or so acceptances. I hope though that they will straight out accept people all the way up until april.
yup that was me!!!!!!! eeeek.....unfortunately, UW gave me the boot early on this year....no 3-time interviewee for me. how bout you? 🙂
i'm hearing so many good things about davis. i'm really excited to head up there for a couple days. and now i have to go back and re-read your burger posts....lol
g'luck
Did any of you get a sense of what the clinical years are like? How much we would get to jump in and help with stuff, how committed to teaching the staff are, what is the volume and variety of stuff we would see? Sorry if I'm being redundant, if this has been discussed before, just tell me where to go.![]()
I just got an interview from Davis too. However, after interviewing at a number of top 20 schools, I can't really find a compelling reason to go to Davis (except for the fact that I got waitlisted at all of those schools). What does Davis have going for it??
Beautiful brand-new facilities, an excellent teaching hospital (level 1 trauma center for norcal), great weather, nice little college town nearby but also Sacramento and SF bay area (lots to do whether you like outdoors or the city), the best student-run free clinics out of all the UCs, low tution, and happy students.
Other than that, not much.
And when they ask me, "why do you want to go to UCDavis?" These are certainly good reasons but not really specific enough for the school to say, "you belong here" nor me to say I belong there. At most of the other schools I've interviewed at, I had very specific reasons whether research ties or personal ties or unique aspects that were a very specific match with me.
I'm sorry, dantt, but I really can't tell you what, specifically, makes Davis the right school for dantt. Why don't you send me a list of your hobbies, turn ons, and astrological sign and maybe I can come up with something.
I would have to think that for us Holdies they would tell us one of the big three, Accept, Reject or Waitlist, by the 15th of May. One thing that I find mildly frustrating is that this has become a de facto non-rolling admission process for a majority of us. I have this exercise in patience contrasted by another school that I interviewed with that responded two weeks after the interview. It wouldn't be so hard if I wasn't heavily leaning towards Davis if they would show me some love...
Interviewed back in mid-Feb. No news here . . .
I just counted it up. I'm at 23 weeks post interview.
Brutal.
If you go through the majority of this thread you will see my whining about their inability to answer my questions to be pervasive. You will also see that I like In-N-Out.Have you tried calling or e-mailing them? If so, what has their response been?
If you go through the majority of this thread you will see my whining about their inability to answer my questions to be pervasive. You will also see that I like In-N-Out.
Yes, I have called them repeatedly (today being the most recent discourse). It has been less than informative.
Good luck folks.
Oh, and you might also pick up that I wish Kbear was single. It's subtle, but its there.
If you go through the majority of this thread you will see my whining about their inability to answer my questions to be pervasive. You will also see that I like In-N-Out.
Yes, I have called them repeatedly (today being the most recent discourse). It has been less than informative.
Good luck folks.
Oh, and you might also pick up that I wish Kbear was single. It's subtle, but its there.
Do all UC schools take a crap load of time when deciding who's getting in, waitlisted, or rejected?
Like what if you apply earlier, like July, does it still take a long time for them to get back to you?
So one of our family friends is on the Board of Trustees, and he got my application. He read through it, told my dad it was an incredible application, said that UCD would definitely accept me BUT that they probably wouldn't mail me anything until may, because on my application there was a specific note, saying that I'd been accepted to UCSF. He told my dad that UCSF often takes applicants that UCD wants. He told my dad he'd spoken to Bera about me, (Bera was my interviewer), and that they "knew" I'd attend UCSF over them, which may be true, but geez, I don't even get to decide? Guess I'll withdraw now...
So one of our family friends is on the Board of Trustees, and he got my application. He read through it, told my dad it was an incredible application, said that UCD would definitely accept me BUT that they probably wouldn't mail me anything until may, because on my application there was a specific note, saying that I'd been accepted to UCSF. He told my dad that UCSF often takes applicants that UCD wants. He told my dad he'd spoken to Bera about me, (Bera was my interviewer), and that they "knew" I'd attend UCSF over them, which may be true, but geez, I don't even get to decide? Guess I'll withdraw now...
That sucks, but I am absolutely not surprised. The UC's definitely compete for students and I think the UC's totally play this game. But yeah, you'd think that if you're qualified and you earned it you would be able to make this decision yourself. Anyway, congrats on your UCSF acceptance!
That sucks, but I am absolutely not surprised. The UC's definitely compete for students and I think the UC's totally play this game. But yeah, you'd think that if you're qualified and you earned it you would be able to make this decision yourself. Anyway, congrats on your UCSF acceptance!
how do they compete for acceptances? Do they all compare students?
I interviewed in mid-January. I got the "Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee and has been held for further consideration. A final decision on your application will be made after all applicants being considered for admission have been reviewed." email on Saturday afternoon.
I tried reading through the last pages, but couldn't find any information. Are a lot of people in my boat? When does the interview season go until?
edit: blah, there's a bunch of info on the beginning of this page, i'm blind
I just counted it up. I'm at 23 weeks post interview.
Brutal.
No, not all UC's but most. I applied super early (submitted all my stuff by mid June) and am still waiting to hear back from Davis & UCSF. UCI & USC (not a UC) were pretty quick to waitlist me (within 2wks to month of interviewing) and UCSD & UCLA didn't get back to me until late Feb.