Holding multiple acceptances for persuasion?

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Does anyone know if medical schools eventually find out where you have been accepted and how many acceptances you're holding?

I heard something that on March 1 they find out if you've been accepted, and I've also heard that by May 15 they know how many you are holding. Does anyone know for sure?

The reason I ask is because I want to hold on to my 2 acceptances IF it can give me leverage for schools I want to go to. That is, if other schools which haven't even given me an interview yet see that I've been accepted elsewhere, they may review my file again and even give me an interview. I know that's pretty far fetched but any advantage helps.

Or is it safe to say that schools won't even know so I can just let go of one of the acceptances and hold on to the other.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

let go, by the time they know where you've been accepted the interview season is over, your place will then usually be filled by a waitlistee...so you could hold onto them to make a waitlisted person very happy.

 

[Adapt]

Originally posted by XCanadianRagwee
let go, by the time they know where you've been accepted the interview season is over, your place will then usually be filled by a waitlistee...so you could hold onto them to make a waitlisted person very happy.

I could....But doesn't anyone know what date the schools will know if I have acceptances, by March 1st or May 15.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Originally posted by Slickness
I could....But doesn't anyone know what date the schools will know if I have acceptances, by March 1st or May 15.

May 15th

 

[Adapt]

Originally posted by XCanadianRagwee
May 15th

I see. So I guess there is no point to hold on to multiple acceptances although I'd like to keep those waitlisted fools sweating in their pants.😎

 

[ManchotPi]

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[HollyJ]

First of all, Slickness, wanting to make waitlisted people suffer is lame.

Second, no school is going to like you more because another school took you. This isn't the prom, for god's sake.

 

[Gleevec]

Originally posted by Slickness
I see. So I guess there is no point to hold on to multiple acceptances although I'd like to keep those waitlisted fools sweating in their pants.😎

Any given school has more than enough applicants to fill their class with qualified students. They arent going to reevaluate giving someone an interview or accepting them based on what other schools do.

I mean, definitely hold on to schools you can see yourself going to if you are waiting for financial aid, but after the fin aid package has been described, you really have no reason to hold more than 2 acceptances afterwards.

I too have multiple acceptances as of now, but I will cancel almost all of them once the financial aid picture becomes more lucid.

Also, its pretty bad to want to stress people out more during this process when you have nothing to worry about...🙄

 

[Benjo]

hey, dick--med schools don't care where else you are--they have enough applicants as good or better than you not to have to grovel. So, suck it up and make a decision to give somebody else a change, or else you are, as they say, pre-med DICK (Van Wilder was a cool movie, by the way)

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Wow I leave and it get's all fiesty in here...

Hold onto the acceptances as long as it takes...🙄

 

[Adapt]

Ok guys I was being sarcastic in my previous post. I guess I have been getting sarcastic lately probably because the pressure to get into medical school was lifted. OHHHHH YEAAAAAA. 😀

 

[emanresu]

For what it's worth: I was interviewing at this one school and answering "the same old lame questions you're supposed to be asked." One of which is the condescending "What will you do if you're not accepted?" (I'm sure many of you have heard that one) I replied that I have already been accepted to X medical school 😀

At this piont, he moved his notes to the side, looked up, actually made eye contact with me, and began "selling the school"

A few days later, I received an acceptance letter from them.

In my most humble opinion, I think your stock rises when you have a slot. Much like when you marry and all the hotties come out of nowhere🙄

 

[ATPase]

Originally posted by HollyJ
Second, no school is going to like you more because another school took you. This isn't the prom, for god's sake.

 

[Amy B]

Originally posted by emanresu
For what it's worth: I was interviewing at this one school and answering "the same old lame questions you're supposed to be asked." One of which is the condescending "What will you do if you're not accepted?" (I'm sure many of you have heard that one) I replied that I have already been accepted to X medical school 😀

At this piont, he moved his notes to the side, looked up, actually made eye contact with me, and began "selling the school"

A few days later, I received an acceptance letter from them.

In my most humble opinion, I think your stock rises when you have a slot. Much like when you marry and all the hotties come out of nowhere🙄

That is what I have experianced as well. It is like... they find out you have been accepted and think to themselves... this person is one of us now, so let's treat him/her differently.

As to keeping multiple acceptances... it is your right. There are other things involved to be considering after you have been accepted to more than one place: location, housing needs, jobs for spouses, schools for kids if you have a family, scholarships and financial aid amounts, cost of tuition compared to the other schools, etc... These are things you have to figure out and it takes time. I think that is why you have till May 15th to have time to sort all these things out. It's not greed, it's just being practical.

However, as soon as you exclude a school, withdraw your acceptance ASAP to be fair to others.

 

[SunnyS81]

The only leverage you might get is in financial aid, but I highly doubt that. Unless they think you are absolutely amazing and unreplacable would it benefit them to negociate. At best, the school will equal the other schools offer. Lesser schools know which candidates are most likely to get into top schools, and often give them scholarships upfront to try to get the student. Only hold on if you like two schools equally and want to see the aid package, or one is your state school and you don't know if you want to dump out a load of cash for med school. Any other reasons are fairly sketch.

I do know that Pittsburgh sent me a letter in May saying' YOu're holding acceptances at michigan and pitt, which one are you taking?" or something roughly to that point.

 

[Adapt]

Ok well thanks for the information. I'm going to hold on to them to see the financial aid packages. Also, I'll probably write a letter of interest pre-interview to a couple of schools and mention my acceptances to see if that does anything for me. I have nothing to lose.

 

[exmike]

Originally posted by Slickness
Also, I'll probably write a letter of interest pre-interview to a couple of schools and mention my acceptances to see if that does anything for me. I have nothing to lose.

Well, you could possibly piss off a school if they feel you're being arrogant about stating that you already have acceptances, and thus destroy any chance you had at obtaining an interview there.

tread carefully

 

[docmemi]

since every school looks for different things, have different procedures, have different statistics (numbers, diversity, etc) they want, etc, they dont really care about you getting accepted at another school. i am referring to pre-interview mostly. post interview, a letter of intent or interest where you mention that you have been accepted at other places, but really truely want to go to their school, it might make a bit of a difference.

there are exceptions...if they really want you, post-acceptance, then they may care and persuade you by financial aid, i suppose. but again, there are others they can pull off the waitlist that are as good, so they still may not care.

anyhow, why not, you have nothing to lose...you are already in.

but please, be nice to others and give up your spot you dont want for people who have not gotten accepted yet. obviously it is up to you and you have the right and deserve to keep whatever you want, but if you withdraw, you make another person happy..you change someone else's life. something to think about.

congrats, good luck

 

[Gleevec]

Originally posted by SunnyS81
The only leverage you might get is in financial aid, but I highly doubt that. Unless they think you are absolutely amazing and unreplacable would it benefit them to negociate. At best, the school will equal the other schools offer. Lesser schools know which candidates are most likely to get into top schools, and often give them scholarships upfront to try to get the student. Only hold on if you like two schools equally and want to see the aid package, or one is your state school and you don't know if you want to dump out a load of cash for med school. Any other reasons are fairly sketch.

I do know that Pittsburgh sent me a letter in May saying' YOu're holding acceptances at michigan and pitt, which one are you taking?" or something roughly to that point.

Are schools likely to match scholarship offers from other med schools of similar stature?

 

[Paws]

Well, I would veto the idea about letting schools know preinterview, that you're already accepted. Like was stated above, these schools don't give rat's *ss about the 5,000 people trying to get in. If they have 100 spots, they'll look for the best candidates for their particular decisions about the make up of their class - and that's it. In some ways it is like the prom, in that if someone isn't interested in dancing, then they're not interested so stop chasing them.

I figure I did my part, sent in my applications and now it's up to them. If they like me, they like me. If they don't then they don't. I don't really care who takes me, and I would be happy at any of the schools I applied to. Sure Yale or Stanford would be great - but realistically, I'm sure I'll be happy at wahtever school I go to.

Slickness, enjoy your popularity with the schools that do like you, but also remember your fellow applicants. Some people still have no interview invites, or might hang on the waitlist until the very end. Give up your spots early and help someone else out. It's definitely a Karma thing, and besides, put yourself in their shoes.

 

[Adapt]

Ok fine you guys convinced me. I won't mention I was accepted but I'll still send out the LOI preinterview.

 

[vrazz]

I was just reading this as an attempt to gain some insight about waitlists...and I just wanted to say that anyone who holds multple acceptances that they aren't interested in is extremely inconsiderate. I've read a lot of posts by the person who 'sarcastically' stated that they'd like to keep the waitlist 'fools' sweating, and I find them to be quite arrogant and annoying. They put their two cents in on just about everything and I'm sick of hearing about it. This process is stressful enough without people out to get each other. We are all in this together, and god willing one day we'll be colleagues.

With that said, good luck to you all, esp my fellow waitlisted 'fools'. By the way, if anyone has any advice on waitlists and LOI's, please PM me!

 

[Adapt]

Originally posted by vrazz
I was just reading this as an attempt to gain some insight about waitlists...and I just wanted to say that anyone who holds multple acceptances that they aren't interested in is extremely inconsiderate. I've read a lot of posts by the person who 'sarcastically' stated that they'd like to keep the waitlist 'fools' sweating, and I find them to be quite arrogant and annoying. They put their two cents in on just about everything and I'm sick of hearing about it. This process is stressful enough without people out to get each other. We are all in this together, and god willing one day we'll be colleagues.

Chill vrazz. This post is way old and it looks like I didn't need to write a preinterview LOI to get that interview. Anyways, I was being really sarcastic when I said I wanted to keep the "waitlist fools" waiting. I know I was a bit over the top and I apologize for that statement.

 

[Spitting Camel]

Originally posted by vrazz
I've read a lot of posts by the person who 'sarcastically' stated that they'd like to keep the waitlist 'fools' sweating, and I find them to be quite arrogant and annoying. They put their two cents in on just about everything and I'm sick of hearing about it. This process is stressful enough without people out to get each other. We are all in this together, and god willing one day we'll be colleagues.

1st: There is an ignore function. If you are sick of reading about it, then ignore it.

2nd: You are the one that resorted to personal attacks.

3rd: Where in all of Slickness' posts has be been out to get someone?

4th: Slickness is cool. If you had more experience on this board, you would know that. Lay off.

5th: This is the first post of yours I have read and I'm already sick of it. Ignore function it is!

 

[Adapt]

Originally posted by AlreadyInDebt
1st: There is an ignore function. If you are sick of reading about it, then ignore it.

2nd: You are the one that resorted to personal attacks.

3rd: Where in all of Slickness' posts has be been out to get someone?

4th: Slickness is cool. If you had more experience on this board, you would know that. Lay off.

5th: This is the first post of yours I have read and I'm already sick of it. Ignore function it is!

Thanks AID for the support. Maybe I should simmer down on the sarcastic tone. It always gets me in trouble...😉

Vrazz, as for putting my two cents on every post, I do try to help others that are in the process by saying what personally happened to me. I'm not sure what's so bad about that and if you're sick of hearing those posts than feel free as AID said to ignore me. 👍

 

[vrazz]

Whoa! Ok I apologize myself. It seems as though I took those comments out of context and I wasn't trying to piss anyone off. I would just like for everyone to get info that they are looking for without feeling like an a$$ b/c they are on a waitlist. Bad news in the mailbox plus bad day at work = me misreading a post or taking things too personally. Forgive me.

Slickness - thanks for trying to help others....i sent you a pm

AID - sent you one too.

 

[Adapt]

Originally posted by vrazz
Whoa! Ok I apologize myself. It seems as though I took those comments out of context and I wasn't trying to piss anyone off. I would just like for everyone to get info that they are looking for without feeling like an a$$ b/c they are on a waitlist. Bad news in the mailbox plus bad day at work = me misreading a post or taking things too personally. Forgive me.

Slickness - thanks for trying to help others....i sent you a pm

AID - sent you one too.

It's ok. Now that we're all good now, let us continue with normal SDN functions. 🙂

 

[Adapt]

Originally posted by misconception?
you think allopathic schools can see you osteopathic acceptances?

i know there's a zero chance of this, but I though I'd ask anyways..

That's a good question and I think they can't since they are two different governing bodies. It's sort of like holding a pharmacy and MD acceptance.

I could conceivably hold my COMP (DO) and Drexel acceptances past the May 15 deadline if I wanted to all the way till school starts. I won't do that though.