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Has anyone who interviewed about 3 - 4 weeks ago at EVMS received a decision yet?
bwells46 said:Has anyone who interviewed about 3 - 4 weeks ago at EVMS received a decision yet?
Nas23 said:Got a letter today (after I called them). I'm waitlisted, and to make it worse, I'm in the bottom 1/3. I've been extremely depressed all day. My stats are similar to the kids they accepted last year (data from EVMS website). I felt like I had a good interview. But it was too good to be true. I have two other interview offers for the end of Jan and Feb, but nothing from my own state yet. PA can suck it. I don't know what to think. I'm hoping the worse does not happen, but I think it will.
Got my fingers crossed for getting more interviews, and just that one acceptance needed.
Good luck to the rest of you, and you'll like the school. Wish you the best.
Nas23 said:Thanks tacrum
I got two more interviews, but I don't know if I'll get in. They are scheduled late, so I feel they are interviewing me for the waitlist. I got an interview at VCU which I hear is a very good school. But, I gotta think, I won't get in. I "statistically" was competitive at EVMS more-so than a lot of other schools. I also felt I had a good interview. Thats what disappoints me.
Nas23 said:Thanks tacrum
I got two more interviews, but I don't know if I'll get in. They are scheduled late, so I feel they are interviewing me for the waitlist. I got an interview at VCU which I hear is a very good school. But, I gotta think, I won't get in. I "statistically" was competitive at EVMS more-so than a lot of other schools. I also felt I had a good interview. Thats what disappoints me.
shahab said:I called EVMS today. They said the file is still with the adcom folks, i.e no decisions yet. They told me to call them back next week.
Seems like I would have to happy with total 4 interviews that I have already completed. I still have secondaries at a few schools - they are pretending that I don't even exist! But honestly, I am tempted to send 'withdraw' letter to most of those schools too.
I hope I get couple of offers from my 4 interviews..is that too much to ask? 🙂
Best wishes all
PJFAN said:I interviewed there a while ago and I called the admissions office and they told me that the committee had not reviewed my file. Two days later in the mail I received my waitlist letter. I think the admissions office tells that to everybody who got waitlisted who calls on the phone.
RunnerMD said:Don't be depressed! Do a search for posts by NGemie. She was in the bottom 1/3 and got in! Its a great story! And a friend of mine from the middle 1/3 got in last year. Hope this helps!
tacrum43 said:
shahab said:In an effort to revive this thread, I thought I would mention - I just got waitlisted at EVMS. I have had 4 interviews, 2 in-state, and 2 out of state. I got waitlisted at both out of state schools. No word from my beloved state schools yet.
There is course on speed waiting?
S.
shahab said:There is course on speed waiting?
Depakote said:Bump of an old thread...
Does anyone know what the Admissions Committee Timeline is looking like now?
I interviewed at the beginning of the month, so when do you think would be a fair time to expect a paper response? To call?
Danké.
tacrum43 said:My decision was very quick, less than 2 weeks. I think the average is somewhere between 2 and 5 weeks. Still pretty quick as medical schools go.
Depakote said:If you are an Out-Of-State, White, Mid-20's, pseudo-non traditional student holding an acceptance... You'll be my best friend if you drop it.
Depakote said:Thanks, just called. Waitlist. Somewhere between the middle and upper third, but they have to pull an equivalent person to someone they lose.
If you are an Out-Of-State, White, Mid-20's, pseudo-non traditional student holding an acceptance... You'll be my best friend if you drop it.
tacrum43 said:That's pretty much my situation too...except for the holding an acceptance part. Maybe/hopefully that's coming one day not too far away though...
I didn't know that they did that with the "equivalent" person thing. That sounds so strange to say. I wonder why they don't just go straight down the waitlist.
WholeLottaGame7 said:Well I'm from NC, I'm Caucasian, I'm 22, taking a year off, and recently accepted. Plus, I just sent in my withdrawal last week. What do best friends get? I'll take some cookies. You and tacrum can fight for it. Good luck, you guys.
P.S. I've heard other schools do that "equivalent waitlist" thing also, I guess to keep the demographics/ethnicities all square and everything.
Depakote said:But the admissions staff member I spoke to said it was quite possible that they would have to reach into the middle and lower thirds to match specific criteria before completly depleting the top third.
tacrum43 said:Perhaps. But what are the chances there's a shortage of OOS white males?
ychoi81 said:Reviving an old post.
I just got a letter saying i'm on the waitlist. I interviewed in early January, and i remember the admissions people saying that they don't have a ranking system for the waitlist pool. But reading from other people's post, they at least have a top/middle/bottom third?
i'm not sure how to contact them about my position in the waitlist. Should I just call them and ask them that i want to check my position on the waitlist?
ychoi81 said:Reviving an old post.
I just got a letter saying i'm on the waitlist. I interviewed in early January, and i remember the admissions people saying that they don't have a ranking system for the waitlist pool. But reading from other people's post, they at least have a top/middle/bottom third?
i'm not sure how to contact them about my position in the waitlist. Should I just call them and ask them that i want to check my position on the waitlist?
LT2 said:hey guys-
i am set to interview on 2/15 and was wondering what your impressions of the school were. i'm from the west coast (not to mention completely BROKE) and i'm trying to decide whether or not to trek out there. do you know if the class is full? i have a couple of acceptances and don't know what i should do. any thoughts are much appreciated!
best of luck to those on the waitlist!!
LT2 said:hey guys-
i am set to interview on 2/15 and was wondering what your impressions of the school were. i'm from the west coast (not to mention completely BROKE) and i'm trying to decide whether or not to trek out there. do you know if the class is full? i have a couple of acceptances and don't know what i should do. any thoughts are much appreciated!
best of luck to those on the waitlist!!
tacrum43 said:EVMS is surprisingly awesome. As long as you want to be a clinician (which I do). If you've already been accepted to another school you really like, then maybe don't bother. But I'm saying that more as a person on their waitlist than as actual advice...
LT2 said:hey guys-
i am set to interview on 2/15 and was wondering what your impressions of the school were. i'm from the west coast (not to mention completely BROKE) and i'm trying to decide whether or not to trek out there. do you know if the class is full? i have a couple of acceptances and don't know what i should do. any thoughts are much appreciated!
best of luck to those on the waitlist!!
shahab said:I am thinking about sending a strong letter of intent in March/April. Would that be too late? I know they won't start taking people off their waitlist until April or so.
We are expecting our second child in August. Thats why I am just nervous about moving/financial stuff etc. I think if we tried hard enough, my wife could get a job next year or so. That would help us with our living cost.
Best wishes!
tacrum43 said:Actually, I was looking at some old EVMS threads and people have gotten accepted off of the waitlist as early as February in previous years. And guess what month it is now!![]()
Congrats on your second child, btw. I can't even imagine what it would be like to have a family (especially with young children) and be going to med school.
shahab said:tacrum43..
Thank you very much. We are very excited. Having a child is one of the best things in the world for sure.
I called EVMS today to see if there is anyway one can establish residency for tuition purposes. The answer was 'no'. The financial aid lady was very nice though. Once you matriculate at EVMS as an out of state..you are cursed for the whole 4 years!
Forget about me - I hope you guys who are very interested at EVMS - I hope you guys get in. That would give me joy. By the way, I liked your mdapplicants site info - especially your phone conversation with one school.
shahab said:Forget about me - I hope you guys who are very interested at EVMS - I hope you guys get in. That would give me joy. By the way, I liked your mdapplicants site info - especially your phone conversation with one school.
tacrum43 said:So what are your plans for next year? Have you gotten in somewhere else? You can't give up!
shahab said:tacrum43..
I called EVMS today to see if there is anyway one can establish residency for tuition purposes. The answer was 'no'. The financial aid lady was very nice though. Once you matriculate at EVMS as an out of state..you are cursed for the whole 4 years!
ghostchild said:I'm not trying to get your hopes up but it is true that all VA state schools suffer from the fact that it is incredibly hard to gain residency in VA. I think you have to have a full time job for 12 months or something like that. However, If you marry a resident of VA, that is one way to gain in-state residency. Although I definitely do not recommend doing this to most people, if your wife is willing to work a full time job and establishes VA residency. Years 2-4 I think you might be considered in-state since your spouse is a resident. Don't quote me on this and I'm not sure how it works but this line of reasoning seems just crazy enough to work.
ghostchild said:I'm not trying to get your hopes up but it is true that all VA state schools suffer from the fact that it is incredibly hard to gain residency in VA. I think you have to have a full time job for 12 months or something like that. However, If you marry a resident of VA, that is one way to gain in-state residency. Although I definitely do not recommend doing this to most people, if your wife is willing to work a full time job and establishes VA residency. Years 2-4 I think you might be considered in-state since your spouse is a resident. Don't quote me on this and I'm not sure how it works but this line of reasoning seems just crazy enough to work.
singh0113 said:Does anyone know if EVMS rejects people following interviews or does everyone get put somewhere on the waitlist? Is being on the bottom third of the waitlist equal to a pending rejection? Has anyone gotten in from the bottom third of the waitlist? Is it possible to move up the waitlist? Thanks for your help.