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We are enjoying the hubbub. It's amusing (and heartening) that people who want to go to Duke usually REALLY want to go to Duke. Reminds me of how I was last year around this time.
Wait... so are you saying this is legit because it was in a manilla cookie??? Was there postage on there and if so... what kind? 😕
jk
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Oh I see... so yall just start the 19th page and abandone me??? All my hopeful Dukies on SDN say "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
Now scream! "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" 😎
Holla
Now scream! "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" 😎
Holla
yes... all of the acceptance letters have not been sent out yet. apparently someone is saying that the last batch was sent yesterday. i can't confirm this.
also, there are a couple of people on mdapplicants.com that were waitlisted. so it appears that a few waitlist letters have already been sent out.
be patient. i am just as anxious and neurotic as the rest of you. I guess the best thing to do is keep your mind pre-occupied. Go to a movie, hang out with friends, go shopping.... whatever IT is that you like doing... do it. it will keep you from stressing too much. believe me... i don't want to go through another week of this either...
good luck...
also, there are a couple of people on mdapplicants.com that were waitlisted. so it appears that a few waitlist letters have already been sent out.
be patient. i am just as anxious and neurotic as the rest of you. I guess the best thing to do is keep your mind pre-occupied. Go to a movie, hang out with friends, go shopping.... whatever IT is that you like doing... do it. it will keep you from stressing too much. believe me... i don't want to go through another week of this either...
good luck...
Wait, I thought you had reliable sources?
really? I only saw one, I'll check again.
well friends its almost the end of the week. i have heard nothing thus far. good good good luck to everyone still waiting anxiously (i know i am) duke is, by far, the best medical school i know of. hopefully a few more of us can join the ranks of the select few that get to go there...
hey guys! Just checking back in on the thread and wanted to inject more optimism in it. Duke FOR SURE has another batch of acceptances coming people's way, Celltech is right. Keep the faith. I don't know how large the final batch is but it is coming and I hope there's enough room for everyone still waiting
sidenote: is everyone here planning on going to second-look weekend? is Duke subsidizing the cost or is that just really wishful thinking? I'm realllllly broke🙁
sidenote: is everyone here planning on going to second-look weekend? is Duke subsidizing the cost or is that just really wishful thinking? I'm realllllly broke🙁
hey guys! Just checking back in on the thread and wanted to inject more optimism in it. Duke FOR SURE has another batch of acceptances coming people's way, Celltech is right. Keep the faith. I don't know how large the final batch is but it is coming and I hope there's enough room for everyone still waiting
sidenote: is everyone here planning on going to second-look weekend? is Duke subsidizing the cost or is that just really wishful thinking? I'm realllllly broke🙁
Thanks for the hope, Caramel! If I DO get in... I'll get completely wasted (drunk) the day I get my acceptance letter!
Thats not very humble...
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Thats not very current...
hey guys! Just checking back in on the thread and wanted to inject more optimism in it. Duke FOR SURE has another batch of acceptances coming people's way, Celltech is right. Keep the faith. I don't know how large the final batch is but it is coming and I hope there's enough room for everyone still waiting
sidenote: is everyone here planning on going to second-look weekend? is Duke subsidizing the cost or is that just really wishful thinking? I'm realllllly broke🙁
I don't care what it costs. Me + Duke = F*CKING PWNAGE!
Please let me in...
😍 😍What does "pwn" or "pwnage" mean?
I feel like a tourist when I ask that question...
I feel like a tourist when I ask that question...
pwn = own/perfect own
pwnage = ownage/perfect ownage
I'm sure Urban Dictionary has plenty of other definitions. Obviously, you have not brushed up on your l33t speak or played any RPGs lately.
Although, somehow I doubt that's a poor reflection on you...
Here's to another day of waiting! Cheers!.... 🙄
hey guys! Just checking back in on the thread and wanted to inject more optimism in it. Duke FOR SURE has another batch of acceptances coming people's way, Celltech is right. Keep the faith. I don't know how large the final batch is but it is coming and I hope there's enough room for everyone still waiting
sidenote: is everyone here planning on going to second-look weekend? is Duke subsidizing the cost or is that just really wishful thinking? I'm realllllly broke🙁
if i get in...HELLS YEAH!!! the weather friggin' sucks up here on Long Island. (i've also got family in Durham, so it's an added excuse to head down the end of this month.)
JohnMadden asked a similar question about 2nd Look subsidies. guess you'll either have to wait for info after getting your acceptance, or else call Aron at admissions and find out.
I posted yesterday that the last batch went out Wednesday at 4:30 PM. This is reliable because I spoke with the person who actually carried them to the mail. He said the batch contained all remaining decisions, including acceptances. No more speculation, guys... this is it. Everybody should hear their decision from Duke either today or tomorrow. Not everybody is getting rejected or waitlisted and the bulk of acceptances are on their way. Good luck! Hopefully we'll all meet eachother at 2nd look weekend and laugh about his thread.
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You deserve to get in based solely on this post.
Are there student hosting options?
I'm not positive, but I think so...
my first foray into emoticons... i hope you're happy females.i figured that this, the tail end of duke week demanded it.
hope this thread explodes with good news this afternoon!
Thanks Dookter. One more question:
In previous years, did any prospective students bring signficant others to the Duke Second Look weekend?
Good question. Last year Duke welcomed guests from the beginning. I brought my girlfriend to second look. [I had already bought an engagement ring, so we were pretty serious....but she had no idea about the ring at that point]. She was moving wherever I was moving, so I thought she needed to come. She's here with me now and we're getting married in July.....
i figured that this, the tail end of duke week demanded it.
hope this thread explodes with good news this afternoon!
You know what... I say this with all sincerity too... I really hope that we all get in at Duke (everyone who is a regular on this thread). I think we would all mesh so well together and so well with the M2s, M3s, and M4s as well. If there is anything that sums up why I really loved Duke when I went and why I'm all over this thread all the time, it would have to be that in going to Duke (excellent education, curriculum, hospitals, etc, etc, we all know the baller stuff) I would be around a group of friendly people that I will be happy to call my colleagues one day and with whom I hope to make lasting friendships. I'm sorry for the cheese all over this post but I pulled an all-nighter for a biochem exam this morning so bare with me. 😍
Good luck to everyone today! May your mailboxes be full with manilla envelopes!
FYI, the first years will be on spring break, so I'm not sure how many of us will be around to host. The upperclassmen may be around, but they're often busy. So you may be able to find a host, but I wouldn't count on it....
I am touched. FemalesCANTDriv: Use your l33t haxx0r skillZ to pWn that biochem exam!
You know what... I say this with all sincerity too... I really hope that we all get in at Duke (everyone who is a regular on this thread). I think we would all mesh so well together and so well with the M2s, M3s, and M4s as well. If there is anything that sums up why I really loved Duke when I went and why I'm all over this thread all the time, it would have to be that in going to Duke (excellent education, curriculum, hospitals, etc, etc, we all know the baller stuff) I would be around a group of friendly people that I will be happy to call my colleagues one day and with whom I hope to make lasting friendships. I'm sorry for the cheese all over this post but I pulled an all-nighter for a biochem exam this morning so bare with me. 😍
Good luck to everyone today! May your mailboxes be full with manilla envelopes!
Duke Second Look dates: March 30 (8AM) - April 1 (Noon)
I just talked to someone in the Admissions Office...
I just talked to someone in the Admissions Office...
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I called to confirm and a woman told me March 30. I was confused by this also...
just wanted to let you know that indeed acceptances are still being given out- got mine today (my PAS is raleigh so it must have been sent out either wed afternoon or thursday)
not interested in attending though so someone else can have my spot 🙂
not interested in attending though so someone else can have my spot 🙂
hey guys,
did they send you any information about second look weekend with the acceptance package?
did they send you any information about second look weekend with the acceptance package?
wrd... thx
You know, I am going to be really disheartened if no one on sdn gets in today either. That is going to be kinda crazy/messed up/troublesome. What will we all do if no one gets in today??? More of the same - speculation, countdowns, possible misinformation from various posters (I'm not naming names), and the like??? I have to leave for spring break on Monday and I do not want to have to wait on a bloody call from my parents being like "Um... ya, you were waitlisted our wonderful son Females. It's OK. It was a long shot anyway." That will be brutal. 🙁
WOW... they are still sending them!!! That is kind of you, yummisushi. You must have really found your perfect fit for schools. Congratulations and good luck next year
🙂
Duke Stats for Class of 2011
Acceptances: 13 (AnEyeLikeMars, sister of kmpedro, urmd2007, JohnMadden, new_doc, BetterNBest, HumbleMD, thebeast, Natytilly, EmbellisMaVie, Grace2002, Stolenspatulas, yummysushi)
Waitlists: 1
Rejections: 0
SDN folks staring at the mailbox: 100+
SDN Member in charge of Duke Admissions: RWallace 😎
Acceptances: 13 (AnEyeLikeMars, sister of kmpedro, urmd2007, JohnMadden, new_doc, BetterNBest, HumbleMD, thebeast, Natytilly, EmbellisMaVie, Grace2002, Stolenspatulas, yummysushi)
Waitlists: 1
Rejections: 0
SDN folks staring at the mailbox: 100+
SDN Member in charge of Duke Admissions: RWallace 😎
You gave us hope! Since I'm in MA, I'm not going to give up until Saturday.
Good luck to everyone!
Checked the mail......No love in Georgia once again. What is the deal........
Theres always next week, I hear they are sending out the last batch of acceptances next week sometime.......Just kidding (for the sake of sarcasm with the different opinions of when the final batch is or was actually sent!)
Duke hook a brother up!
Theres always next week, I hear they are sending out the last batch of acceptances next week sometime.......Just kidding (for the sake of sarcasm with the different opinions of when the final batch is or was actually sent!)
Duke hook a brother up!
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oh and for encouragement i definitely do NOT have the same superhigh MCAT scores as those accepted on mdapplicants- so for those of you with less than perfect scores, they look at your other wonderful qualities too😉
good luck everyone!
good luck everyone!
That is encouraging. Yummi, I'm curious. Where have you decided to go next year if you don't mind my asking?
hi everyone!
i just went home for lunch and was pleasantly surprised to see my Duke acceptance package in the mail!!!! 😀
FYI- it was postmarked March 6th. Good luck to the rest of y'all and hopefully I'll see you in the fall!!
i just went home for lunch and was pleasantly surprised to see my Duke acceptance package in the mail!!!! 😀
FYI- it was postmarked March 6th. Good luck to the rest of y'all and hopefully I'll see you in the fall!!
hey jwnduke,
the waitlist movement is pretty good and tell your bf not to give up hope even as late as jULY. I heard from Duke last year really late, almost end of jUNE which was one of the reasons i decided to defer. And don't forget to send LOIs. I sent so many and have a feeling that ultimately had sth to do with me getting off the waitlist even as late as June. all the best
the waitlist movement is pretty good and tell your bf not to give up hope even as late as jULY. I heard from Duke last year really late, almost end of jUNE which was one of the reasons i decided to defer. And don't forget to send LOIs. I sent so many and have a feeling that ultimately had sth to do with me getting off the waitlist even as late as June. all the best
Hey Females,
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm probably going to be heading to UNC. The only other school I'm seriously interested in is UPenn, but won't hear back from them until later this month. UNC just seemed to be a really good fit for me.
Duke is a great medical school but for my personal interests, it's probably not the best match. For example, I have no idea what I would do in my third year!😛
It's not ranked as far as anyone can tell. Rumor has it that Dr. Armstrong likes to have a very diverse class, and replaces students depending upon who decides not to come (ie, replace a white female varsity sport player with another white female varsity sport player, etc). I also don't know the stats on getting off, but I think last year there were ~100 on the waitlist (I'm not actually sure if this was confirmed by admissions or was just speculation here on SDN) and my educated guess is that at least 20 people got off, based on how many waitlisters I can think of in my class. I know some people got off the waitlist after writing an LOI (or several, in my case) and other people who did not write anything. So... it's mostly just waiting.
So if there is no big packet today it's probably bad news...
Back to watching Guitar Hero 2 videos on YouTube I guess. 😎
Back to watching Guitar Hero 2 videos on YouTube I guess. 😎
My boyfriend's roommate has a plan in which he will simultaneously play Guitar Hero and DDR, post it on YouTube, and become internet-famous.
Back to my
OH GOD! I love guitar hero. absolutely love it. It's official. Duke is the place for me. (Did you hear that R Wallace?)
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