DO Acceptance....MD Waitlist

[SB720]

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This may not be the right forum to pose this question, but I am a non-traditional student.

I was searching MDapplicants.com for other users with my stats: low cGPA but high sGPA and MCAT. It seems that people like me usually get rejected outright by a large number of schools, but are granted interviews at a handful. The interviews almost always lead to an eternity on the waitlist.

It seems that the people who get off the waitlist, don't find out until July/August, by then they have already committed to a DO school. I've noticed that a few users have said that they were able to legally get out of the commitment they made to the DO school. Is there some kind of legal repercussion for deciding to attend another school when you've already made a commitment to another? Thanks.

 

[NTF]

I don't believe there's a legal commitment other than forfeiting your deposit (which for some DO schools can be thousands of dollars).

Med schools know people are on waitlists and can get offers until the beginning of the school year.

 

[Appless]

This may not be the right forum to pose this question, but I am a non-traditional student.

I was searching MDapplicants.com for other users with my stats: low cGPA but high sGPA and MCAT. It seems that people like me usually get rejected outright by a large number of schools, but are granted interviews at a handful. The interviews almost always lead to an eternity on the waitlist.

It seems that the people who get off the waitlist, don't find out until July/August, by then they have already committed to a DO school. I've noticed that a few users have said that they were able to legally get out of the commitment they made to the DO school. Is there some kind of legal repercussion for deciding to attend another school when you've already made a commitment to another? Thanks.

no there is no problem with doing what you are saying outside of the lost deposit. After may 15th or so (this is the date for md programs not sure do) you have to decide on one school and commit. After this you lose deposit.

 

[ruiner]

yeah you are only out the deposit.

 

[avatarftw]

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[digitlnoize]

This may not be the right forum to pose this question, but I am a non-traditional student.

I was searching MDapplicants.com for other users with my stats: low cGPA but high sGPA and MCAT. It seems that people like me usually get rejected outright by a large number of schools, but are granted interviews at a handful. The interviews almost always lead to an eternity on the waitlist.

It seems that the people who get off the waitlist, don't find out until July/August, by then they have already committed to a DO school. I've noticed that a few users have said that they were able to legally get out of the commitment they made to the DO school. Is there some kind of legal repercussion for deciding to attend another school when you've already made a commitment to another? Thanks.

I feel your pain. I remember being in the exact same situation. I had a cGPA of 3.3 (old grades from 10 years ago), but a sGPA of 3.8 (all my post-deciding-to-go-to-med-school classes). My MCAT wasn't that great (28R). I got interviews at 2 of my in-state MD schools, waitlisted at both. A bunch of DO interviews, but only went on 1 (LECOM-B) where I got accepted, then cancelled my other DO interviews because LECOM-B was my top DO school choice.

Paid my LECOM-B deposit despite assurances from the Dean and President of my state school that I'd definitely get in. Didn't get in. Mixed feelings at the time (we really wanted to stay near our family if we could). Now...I'm am soooo glad we didn't go there. Not only does LECOM-B rock, but we're much happier in Bradenton-Sarasota than we would have been in the other, larger city.

Moral of the story: Pay the deposit. Go with your gut. It will all work out in the end.

 

[ShinyDome19]

you can withdraw from the DO school at any point...

I was accepted to LECOM-SH, paid my deposit and did everything required to matriculate (got the background check, all immunizations etc completed and sent in)...At the same time that I was accepted to LECOM, I was on the waitlist for my state allopathic school. Got a notice on the last week of April that I was accepted off the waitlist from my state school. I accepted my state school's invite and just sent an email to LECOM saying I wanted to withdraw my app....They wrote back saying Good Luck!

They just keep your deposit...which, for me losing 1500 dollars in a deposit, but paying only 15K for tuition at my state school (instead of 28K at LECOM)...is an easy trade-off.