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I called Jefferson's admissions office yesterday in the afternoon and the receptionist told me that she didn't have any information on whether of not my file had been reviewed. They won't tell you anything and they get really irritated because I'm sure a bunch of people called. Don't know if its worth calling PokerDoc.


This is me getting a call from Jeff.
:banana:
 
FFF981 said:
I called Jefferson's admissions office yesterday in the afternoon and the receptionist told me that she didn't have any information on whether of not my file had been reviewed. They won't tell you anything and they get really irritated because I'm sure a bunch of people called. Don't know if its worth calling PokerDoc.


This is me getting a call from Jeff.
:banana:
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i guess i wont call then if you already did. We should all receive waitlists/rejections in the mail by saturday if we have in fact been reviewed, so i guess theres no point in calling if thats going to piss them off. sorry guys.. i can tell you this though, a student told me last night that not everyone who interviewed on the same day gets a decision on the same day. It all depends when your interviewer meets the admissions committee. He told me that it took 5 weeks in october for him to be accepted and get the phone call, but other people in his interview group heard the week after the interview. So i guess even if i did call for myself that means nothing for you even if they gave me an answer.



does the dancing banana mean you got a call today or is that how you would act lol?
 
guys stop tying up their phone lines and just wait. In the mean time, go work out some VR passages to keep your skills sharp for med school. While I cannot conclude that your calls slows down the admission process, I am certain that it cannot speed things up.
 
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HA. The dancing banana is an artist's rendition of me receiving a theoretical acceptance call. In other words I'm still waiting and flipping out like the rest of you. I have also heard that there's no set schedule. Its probably a good sign that no body has mentioned getting accepted yesterday yet.

me now = :scared:
 
majik1213 said:
guys stop tying up their phone lines and just wait. In the mean time, go work out some VR passages to keep your skills sharp for med school. While I cannot conclude that your calls slows down the admission process, I am certain that it cannot speed things up.
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one guy said he called, then i said because he did i wouldnt. hmmmm.. whats your problem again? im a bit confused
 
i called them today because i haven't heard from them in over six months. i have no idea whether or not they've reviewed my application but i'm a little annoyed in particular because i'm a pretty strong candidate and i was completely ignored. i mean, i paid them $90 or whatever to reach some hissy receptionist? sorry, small rant, but it's not a good feeling to be rejected outright by a safety school 🙁
 
mmcnam said:
i called them today because i haven't heard from them in over six months. i have no idea whether or not they've reviewed my application but i'm a little annoyed in particular because i'm a pretty strong candidate and i was completely ignored. i mean, i paid them $90 or whatever to reach some hissy receptionist? sorry, small rant, but it's not a good feeling to be rejected outright by a safety school 🙁
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Sorry man. Sounde like you've had some luck otherwise with other schools. And your safety school is my dream school.
 
From a thread I posted a little while ago asking if your status page changes once a final decision is made:

youcouldnever2 said:
I'm not sure about the status change as I'm in the same boat as you are waiting right now. But I did email Dr. Callahan today, and she had an "out of the Office" reply saying she's on vacation until April 21. So maybe that's why no one got a phone call yesterday. Although it says that she's on vacation from April 10 to April 21. So I guess technically she could havecalled yesterday. I don't know. Just thought I share this information.
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Hope that helps everyone! Although ouch... this is going to be a painful wait. 🙁
 
im gonna just hope that theyre saving all decisions for the 23rd.. those of us who interviewed before the 19th will probably get something in the mail if it is meant to be by monday.. so if you get nothing in the mail by monday, assume that no decision has been made.. thats what ill do
 
You guys might already know this, but I can confirm that there is no committee meeting until the 23rd. I interviewed on Wednesday (the last day of interviews) and this is what we were told.
 
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RunShare said:
You guys might already know this, but I can confirm that there is no committee meeting until the 23rd. I interviewed on Wednesday (the last day of interviews) and this is what we were told.
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thanks for that bit of information.. that may help us relax a bit more.
 
I interviewed on march 19th and just got a letter from jefferson today for the alternate list...darn.
 
Hey guys, Couldn't take the wait so I called Dr. Brooks about 10 minutes ago to ask if I had been reviewed. She basically told me that I had been placed in the high hold pool. A.K.A waitlist. I'm still hopefull and I think I'm going to write them a letter of intent over the weekend.

Good luck everybody.
 
FFF981 said:
Hey guys, Couldn't take the wait so I called Dr. Brooks about 10 minutes ago to ask if I had been reviewed. She basically told me that I had been placed in the high hold pool. A.K.A waitlist. I'm still hopefull and I think I'm going to write them a letter of intent over the weekend.

Good luck everybody.
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Aww. Well, that's still good news! A quarter of the class gets pulled from the waitlist so you still have a good chance of getting in, especially being high priority! (That means you too, goobw!)

Wishing you the best of luck, FFF981 and goobw. Hopefully we'll all see each other this fall. 🙂
 
when i saw your post i thought id call too , but i figured id only hear bad news or no news. so im not gonna call and just wait it out.. im sure ill get something in the mail tomorrow.
 
Hey,

I'm still optimistic about the wait list. And for those of you who got a wait list letter, and haven't spoken to anybody at Jefferson, Dr. Brooks told me that the decision comes down to your desire and communication with her and Dr. Callahan. Just sucks that we have to wait until after May 15th...ugh. Don't hesitate to call them or email them to tell them you're really interested or send them updates about what you're up to. Anything helps. We're technically competing with one another, but I'm sure we all deserve it anyway. If anybody needs a phone number for Dr. Brooks or Dr. Callahan just private message me.

Best of luck to everybody
 
Hey all,

Don't stress so much about the wait list (esp High Priority). I got in off it in March, so it's already moving 🙂 Hope that helps
 
HoorayForMed said:
Hey all,

Don't stress so much about the wait list (esp High Priority). I got in off it in March, so it's already moving 🙂 Hope that helps
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im only stressed because i still dont know yet haha, no phone call or letter in the mail yet. I'll probably call tuesday or wednesday if i still havent heard anything.
 
Yo Peoples,

I'be been busy with neuro stuff all week. Any developments for the waitlisters here? I've called and emailed a few times and sent an updated transcript. Anybody have any advice, input news. Its really appreciated.

thanks
 
FFF981 said:
Yo Peoples,

I'be been busy with neuro stuff all week. Any developments for the waitlisters here? I've called and emailed a few times and sent an updated transcript. Anybody have any advice, input news. Its really appreciated.

thanks
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they didnt meet last week so we're all waiting for tomorrow
 
So what's the process tomorrow? If it's an acceptance do they call tomorrow afternoon? What if it's a waitlist or a rejection? Can I call tomorrow before 5 if I haven't heard anything and get an answer?

I'm slightly freaking out. Jefferson was amazing.
 
RunShare said:
So what's the process tomorrow? If it's an acceptance do they call tomorrow afternoon? What if it's a waitlist or a rejection? Can I call tomorrow before 5 if I haven't heard anything and get an answer?

I'm slightly freaking out. Jefferson was amazing.
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i def wouldnt call tomorrow.. maybe next week if u havent heard anythign by phone or mail
 
Okay, I won't call until next week. But do we know what happens if you get a waitlist or a rejection? Do they email? Is there a status update on the website?
 
RunShare said:
Okay, I won't call until next week. But do we know what happens if you get a waitlist or a rejection? Do they email? Is there a status update on the website?
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Accepted:
Expect a phone call tomorrow or Thursday from Dr. Callahan and a postcard via snail mail ~1-2 weeks later, depending on where you live, etc.

Exceptions: There are reports on here of people never receiving a phone call, but receiving the postcard in the mail. There was also a report of someone not receiving a phone call as others did, but still suddenly began receiving letters from financial aid and other departments welcoming her to the school. She called, the admissions department wouldn't *quite* confirm that she got in, but told her she would be receiving something in the mail. She later received the postcard that confirmed her acceptance.

Waitlist:
Expect a small, white envelope ~1-2 weeks later, depending on where you live, etc. It will notify you whether you are on the high priority waitlist or the standard waitlist.

Rejection:
From what I gather, unless you stripped down naked, told Dr. Callahan off and then ran around and starting killing kittens, outright rejection is unlikely to happen. 😀


In terms of calling for status tomorrow or next week, the admissions department is of no help. They claim, whether this is true or not, that they don't have information on final decisions and that the committee will be contacting us personally. This must be new to this year, however, since threads from previous years indicate that students called and found out their general status (i.e. whether a decision had been made or not) from the admissions office.

Hope that helps!

Man... they should seriously hire me in the admissions department... or something.... :laugh:
 
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I wonder how often people come off of the standard waitlist.. it sounds to me like thats their form of a rejection.
 
wow, 1-2 week wait for a waitlist is so long. I truly hope I get a phone call this week. That would be amazing. Best of luck to everyone. 👍
 
RunShare said:
Anybody hear anything today?
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Nothing yet, but now is around when Dr. Callahan would first start making calls so I'm still hopeful. 🙂

And I haven't posted in here all day because every time I see the thread jump to the top, my heart leaps thinking that someone has news. Instead it's still just the lot of us waiting on the edge of our seats. 😛
 
Little Etoile said:
Nothing yet, but now is around when Dr. Callahan would first start making calls so I'm still hopeful. 🙂

And I haven't posted in here all day because every time I see the thread jump to the top, my heart leaps thinking that someone has news. Instead it's still just the lot of us waiting on the edge of our seats. 😛
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lol me too, i got scared when i saw this thread
 
My bad, I thought she made the calls before 5.

I'll stop posting now so I don't give you guys heart attacks. 😀
 
RunShare said:
I'll stop posting now so I don't give you guys heart attacks. 😀
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Seriously! :laugh:

I will too, but one last thing... er.. which borderlines on obsessive/stalkerish... 🙄

Just got an e-mail from Dr. Callahan a few minutes ago thanking me for a letter I sent her a couple days ago. (Except that I got the same word-for-word confirmation right after I originally sent it, with language that is kinda like, "Yeeaaaah... good luck with that..." WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?! *obsessive neurotic freak-out* 😱) This seems to confirm that they've wrapped the meeting and we should hopefully start hearing news soon.

Good luck everyone! :luck::luck::luck:
 
Little Etoile said:
Seriously! :laugh:

I will too, but one last thing... er.. which borderlines on obsessive/stalkerish... 🙄

Just got an e-mail from Dr. Callahan a few minutes ago thanking me for a letter I sent her a couple days ago. (Except that I got the same word-for-word confirmation right after I originally sent it, with language that is kinda like, "Yeeaaaah... good luck with that..." WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?! *obsessive neurotic freak-out* 😱) This seems to confirm that they've wrapped the meeting and we should hopefully start hearing news soon.

Good luck everyone! :luck::luck::luck:
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My thing is that they had at least 70 applicants to review (considering those who interviewed april 2 and 9 plus those who still haven't heard from march). So did they review all applicants today? Are they going to call today, tomorrow, or when they finish all the applicants if they haven't yet. So many questions?
 
i think the post above me and then the evidence from the email ties into what I said yesterday.. they went through a TON of people today given the amount of remaining people and that this was the last committee meeting.

add the fact that after the committee vote dr. callahan likely has the final call in a final review before acceptances are issued.. i would be shocked if those final decisions were set in stone and phone calls issued today.. but ive been keeping my eye on it anyway.
 
youcouldnever2 said:
My thing is that they had at least 70 applicants to review (considering those who interviewed april 2 and 9 plus those who still haven't heard from march). So did they review all applicants today? Are they going to call today, tomorrow, or when they finish all the applicants if they haven't yet. So many questions?
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Today was the last adcom meeting, so I assume that yes, they reviewed all applications today.

As I posted above, acceptance calls are usually made on Wednesdays, but sometimes made on Thursdays, and sometimes not at all. Good luck!
 
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Hey guys,

I haven't gotten a phone call today either....not that I was expecting one. Just thought it would be nice to confirm that no one has heard yet. I'm guessing that they did have a ton of people to review including filling new spots as people start withdrawing. I'm not going to try and predict anything. Just gonna keep emailing and calling. Good luck guys.
 
FFF981 said:
Just gonna keep emailing and calling. Good luck guys.
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Who are you calling/emailing? I, and others (wait.. including you... er... what?), called the admissions office and they didn't offer up any info. You got a secret in? 😉 Or are you contacting Dr. Callahan directly?
 
Little Etoile said:
Who are you calling/emailing? I, and others (wait.. including you... er... what?), called the admissions office and they didn't offer up any info. You got a secret in? 😉 Or are you contacting Dr. Callahan directly?
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I called dr. brooks 2 weeks ago when i thoguht i was supposed to hear something and didnt and shes the one who told me i hadnt been reviewed yet. But i think calling today or even tomorrow is a bit pushy/obnoxious.

If you dont hear anything by like monday then it might be worth calling.
 
I received the call today from Dr. Callahan at 4:36. I interviewed on the last day (the 9th of April). Hope that this gives people hope. I wouldn't be surprised if they call people over the span of a few days but I haven't kept up with the jefferson threads so maybe this isn't true. Either way good luck to everyone!
 
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