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Do admissions officials leave a message if your not home after recieving an acceptance?
If your not home for the acceptance call, do admissions leave a message
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I heard of one person who got a message on their voicemail. Don't worry - you'll hear 😉
Once I talked to a cancer patient who got their diagnosis (bad news) on their answering machine. Doesn't that seem crazy to you? I think voicemail is really best reserved for good news.
Once I talked to a cancer patient who got their diagnosis (bad news) on their answering machine. Doesn't that seem crazy to you? I think voicemail is really best reserved for good news.
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curlycity said:
Yeah, man that's so sad :'( I mean it is understandable only if the Dr. had been trying to reach them for some time and was so busy he was at risk of forgetting, but still that is so sad...
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curlycity said:
That does suck. I don't think that leaving a message with information like that is allowed anymore due to privacy laws. Because anyone could potentially listen to the message, you must relay that information directly to the individual. Even if the law doesn't require it, I do believe it is good policy to give personal information to the person, not an impersonal machine.
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If it gets towards late June, and the schools still need to fill spots, ADCOMs get desperate. If they call you and you don't answer, they will move on to the next person on the waiting list. This means your whole life can change just because of a missed phone call.
Lesson: Stay by the phone from May 15 till the day school starts. 👍
Lesson: Stay by the phone from May 15 till the day school starts. 👍
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Adapt said:
at least you'd never know that. hmm, unless they call back to leave a message that they passed on you. i wouldn't put it past some of them.
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hoooooooooooooly crap. you're kidding, right????????
leave a message, leave an email... SAY that you need to know within 24 hours, but for goodness sake do NOT skip for a missed phone call!!
You're joking, right?????????
(i put my cell down as my primary phone number, so i shouldn't have this problem.. but STILL)
leave a message, leave an email... SAY that you need to know within 24 hours, but for goodness sake do NOT skip for a missed phone call!!
You're joking, right?????????
(i put my cell down as my primary phone number, so i shouldn't have this problem.. but STILL)
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Slick, is this just speculation or have you heard of this happening? I doubt ADCOMS would be so desperate that they can't wait at least a day or so for your answer - especially if you just ran to the store or something. That just doesn't sound right.Adapt said:
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I had messages left by MD/PhD directors a couple times about acceptances last year. They always just had me call them back, and were just vague on the phone.
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i know 2 yrs ago, BU tried calling my friend, couldnt get thru and that was it. When she called weeks later they told her she got in, but that her spot was filled. Luckily they werent her #1 and she had 3 others schls to decide 4rom.
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I was chatting with an admissions director the other day, and he told me that he and his colleagues are just as selective in picking people from the waitlist as they are in picking applicants to interview. If they want you, they are going to make every accomodation necessary to get ahold of you and to allow you enough time to make your decision.
The director told me that he once tracked a waitlisted student down in the middle of the rain forest by first contacting the student's parents. The parents contacted the student's college advisor, who contacted someone who was going out to join the student in the middle of the forest. Over the course of WEEKS, the message found its way to the student and the student found a way to get in touch with the admissions director to accept a spot. He even missed the first few days of orientation and they still took him.
Don't stress. Continue to live your life. If they want you, they will find you.
The director told me that he once tracked a waitlisted student down in the middle of the rain forest by first contacting the student's parents. The parents contacted the student's college advisor, who contacted someone who was going out to join the student in the middle of the forest. Over the course of WEEKS, the message found its way to the student and the student found a way to get in touch with the admissions director to accept a spot. He even missed the first few days of orientation and they still took him.
Don't stress. Continue to live your life. If they want you, they will find you.
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I can only reiterate what one member of an adcom said to me...
STAY BY THE PHONE if you are on the waitlist when clock is ticking. He said to find out about when was the first day of classes and make yourself very available right before then. I can't imagine he would lie. He said that they just go down the line because there isn't time to send out mail and wait for a response...remember they have tons of names on those lists and if only one spot goes unfilled they loose out.
I would give the school (either indirectly through AMCAS or directly via phone) your cell phone. Let them know that this is the best way to get in touch with you and ALWAYS keep it on! At night put it on a charger and take a portable charger wherever you go (you never know when your tires are going to give out). No one ever lost a job because they were too available.
To answer your next question - YES I'm serious!
STAY BY THE PHONE if you are on the waitlist when clock is ticking. He said to find out about when was the first day of classes and make yourself very available right before then. I can't imagine he would lie. He said that they just go down the line because there isn't time to send out mail and wait for a response...remember they have tons of names on those lists and if only one spot goes unfilled they loose out.
I would give the school (either indirectly through AMCAS or directly via phone) your cell phone. Let them know that this is the best way to get in touch with you and ALWAYS keep it on! At night put it on a charger and take a portable charger wherever you go (you never know when your tires are going to give out). No one ever lost a job because they were too available.
To answer your next question - YES I'm serious!
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They leave messages.
For WL's I think they'd give you at least a day or two to call. Geez.
For WL's I think they'd give you at least a day or two to call. Geez.
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a_student said:
I couldn't agree more. Give them a number where you check the messages each day but geez no reason to sit by the phone and give yourself an anxiety disorder.
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Well, this is what some person said in a thread similar to this awhile ago. Some schools do this while other schools may leave a message and so forth. As lotanna's example illustrates, it may happen. All I can say is better to be safe than sorry right. 🙂Swiper said:
izzyfine said:
I concur...I heard that a day or two before the first day of orientation (when students are still accepting/declining offers of admission) when a spot in the class suddenly becomes available, the ad com will literally start at the top of their waitlist and go down until they reach someone - not through voicemail, email, snailmail - a real live applicant on the other end of the line. If the poor soul at the top does not pick up for whatever reason, they move down to the next person. I heard this from one medical school representative, so I don't know if this is common practice or not. But as the first day of orientation creeps closer, play it safe and keep your phone charged and on you at all times.
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Wow, that's amazing. I can't believe that they would do things this way. Well if we give our current email address and cell phone number there's not much else we can do right?
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A few days before classes, the admissions committees will sometimes panic if not enough of their seats have been filled. Under these extreme circumstances, they may go down the list dialing number after number until someone picks up.
By then, you should probably have a good idea of where you are going and not be holding your breath for any other school. If you are fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of such a call, you won't have much time to make up your mind either way.
But we have between now and the middle of August to be contacted by admissions committees regarding opennings. I really think the committees are going to be selective and methodical until at least the end of July, when it becomes crunch time. Like I said, if a school wants you, they'll come find you.
All of these other anecdotes seem to be about an admission committee needing somebody to fill a spot last minute, and usually by that time the vast majority of waitlisted applicants have started classes or have committed to leases.
By then, you should probably have a good idea of where you are going and not be holding your breath for any other school. If you are fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of such a call, you won't have much time to make up your mind either way.
But we have between now and the middle of August to be contacted by admissions committees regarding opennings. I really think the committees are going to be selective and methodical until at least the end of July, when it becomes crunch time. Like I said, if a school wants you, they'll come find you.
All of these other anecdotes seem to be about an admission committee needing somebody to fill a spot last minute, and usually by that time the vast majority of waitlisted applicants have started classes or have committed to leases.
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Eraserhead said:
Hey, don't kill the messenger. I'm only telling you guys what they told me. However I agree with eraserhead...don't give yourself a anxiety disorder. I imagine they would leave messages assuming that classes aren't JUST about to start. I say make yourself available, especially toward late July/early August.
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It does look like it happens - wow. It's just amazing that the fate of such an important milestone in someone's life could be determined by that person temporarily being away from or nearby the phone. Or a sibling not answering the call waiting. Or whatever else. You're right though, better safe than sorry. But still - wow.Adapt said:
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