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Wow guys, today is the 14th, can you believe it???

This countdown is almost over! Any of you guys having a hard time focusing on your school work/jobs? I have studying to do, but the closer it has gotten to the 15th, the harder it is for me to focus!
 
DrJD said:
Wow guys, today is the 14th, can you believe it???

This countdown is almost over! Any of you guys having a hard time focusing on your school work/jobs? I have studying to do, but the closer it has gotten to the 15th, the harder it is for me to focus!
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Yep, I've been having drive issues with the coming of tomorrow.
 
hypnix said:
DrJD, didn't you get into UIC already?
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Yup! I was fortunate enough to get accepted to UIC back in November, but am on three waitlists, thus my excitement for tomorrow 🙂
 
DrJD said:
Yup! I was fortunate enough to get accepted to UIC back in November, but am on three waitlists, thus my excitement for tomorrow 🙂
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That's cool. You petitioned for Chicago right? Is UIC-Chicago track your #1 choice or is it one of the schools that you got waitlisted on?
 
hypnix said:
That's cool. You petitioned for Chicago right? Is UIC-Chicago track your #1 choice or is it one of the schools that you got waitlisted on?
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I didn't no, if I end up going to UIC, then I'd be happy where I am on the Rockford track. But I am on the waitlist for a couple schools that I'd much rather go to, that are just better for my family and what not. So have my fingers seriously crossed for these waitlists!
 
I pretty much get excited every time my phone rings with a number I don't recognize or I see new e-mails in my inbox....Let's hope these few days play out in everyone's favor.
Good luck to everyone out there!
 
ONE MORE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :scared::scared::scared:

Time to start holding my breath.

Good luck to everyone! :luck::xf::luck::xf::luck:
 
VMedDream said:
I pretty much get excited every time my phone rings with a number I don't recognize or I see new e-mails in my inbox....Let's hope these few days play out in everyone's favor.
Good luck to everyone out there!
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Have you ever entertained the idea that an admissions office would text you? I cant say how i got to be that dillusional, but its happened to me ...
 
gujuDoc said:
:luck::luck::luck::luck::luck::luck::luck: to EVERYONE!!!!!!

and some irish luck to me that I get off my SMP w/l.
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Stupid question, but what's an SMP?

Either way, good luck with it. I hope you get off the wait list.
 
Yes it is. Good luck everyone, I hope you all get in.
 
i'm going to be checking my e-mail constantly tomorrow...
 
Yippee!!! I'll wait to get really excited until Monday, but the school I'm hoping for is into snail mail, so it will/would be awhile... *fingers crossed for everyone!*
 
i haven't been all too lucky in this process, but i hope it rains on after the today.............................

good luck to everyone!
 
I definitely know that I'll be waiting after today. Hopefully good news is around the corner for everyone.
 
Good luck everyone, at least we made it this far! Officially the 15th 🙂
 
disorder said:
i haven't been all too lucky in this process
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I'm confused, you have two acceptances... what more could you possibly want? I can think of at least 10 people off the top of my head (who have higher numbers than you) who would die to be in your shoes.

Not being lucky would constitute you being on waitlists right now (or rejected) and not knowing whether you'll be going to medical school or not.
 
The day finally arrived, and the wait is over, what happened friends?
 
phospho said:
I'm confused, you have two acceptances... what more could you possibly want? I can think of at least 10 people off the top of my head (who have higher numbers than you) who would die to be in your shoes.

Not being lucky would constitute you being on waitlists right now (or rejected) and not knowing whether you'll be going to medical school or not.
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truth, i can't complain. 👍

but expectations and bewilderment can get the best of us at times.
 
So do people have to drop down to 1 acceptance by May 15 or on May 15?
 
jult24er said:
So do people have to drop down to 1 acceptance by May 15 or on May 15?
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On it. Which is why getting excited about today is probably not the best idea. While some med schools may have had withdrawals throughout the cycle leading to spots being open already, I suspect that today they'll just kind of take in all of the withdrawals sent to them, Monday they might tally them and double check that all the people who haven't withdrawn are only holding one spot (and if they're not, they'll give them a call), and then I think movement will start Tuesday. Anyway, total speculation, but that's what I think makes the most sense.
 
disorder said:
yes, that's the idea. if they don't, there could be repercussions.
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All waitlisted people will gather torches and pitchforks and be coming to a place of residents near you (ie: your place of residence).
 
ButImLETired said:
On it. Which is why getting excited about today is probably not the best idea. While some med schools may have had withdrawals throughout the cycle leading to spots being open already, I suspect that today they'll just kind of take in all of the withdrawals sent to them, Monday they might tally them and double check that all the people who haven't withdrawn are only holding one spot (and if they're not, they'll give them a call), and then I think movement will start Tuesday. Anyway, total speculation, but that's what I think makes the most sense.
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What happens if you got in off a waitlist just today? Do I still have to decide by the end of the day?

I'm currently accepted at two Texas schools at the moment and I'm not sure if 13 hours is enough to make a decision!? Ahhhh. (I really didn't think I would have gotten into the other school so I didn't really plan for this scenario).
 
TheElement said:
What happens if you got in off a waitlist just today? Do I still have to decide by the end of the day?

I'm currently accepted at two Texas schools at the moment and I'm not sure if 13 hours is enough to make a decision!? Ahhhh. (I really didn't think I would have gotten into the other school so I didn't really plan for this scenario).
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I heard they usually give you a week to decide, but this may vary between schools.

You're going to have to relinquish one of those spots you are holding...
 
Decision needs to be made by end of day today. Miami told me by midnight tonight.

Good luck everyone!!!
 
ButImLETired said:
On it. Which is why getting excited about today is probably not the best idea. While some med schools may have had withdrawals throughout the cycle leading to spots being open already, I suspect that today they'll just kind of take in all of the withdrawals sent to them, Monday they might tally them and double check that all the people who haven't withdrawn are only holding one spot (and if they're not, they'll give them a call), and then I think movement will start Tuesday. Anyway, total speculation, but that's what I think makes the most sense.
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I think you are right, I think that Monday will be the big day that movement starts. For me, I was looking forward to today not because movement was going to happen, but because at least from this point on stuff could happen. When you get waitlisted in February, it sucks because you know nothing will happen till after the 15th...
 
DrJD said:
I think you are right, I think that Monday will be the big day that movement starts. For me, I was looking forward to today not because movement was going to happen, but because at least from this point on stuff could happen. When you get waitlisted in February, it sucks because you know nothing will happen till after the 15th...
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Yeah imagine being on 3 waitlists since october bro, then one more later on. I did get into 1 eventually, at the end of april (7 months and 10 days after my interview!).
 
OnlyNeedOneYes said:
Yeah imagine being on 3 waitlists since october bro, then one more later on. I did get into 1 eventually, at the end of april (7 months and 10 days after my interview!).
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Hey ONOY, have you heard any news from your other schools?
 
longhorn09 said:
Hey ONOY, have you heard any news from your other schools?
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Nothing yet man 🙂 I'd be completely set on Pitt if it weren't for the $!$!$. The 3 schools where I'm WL'd would all be cheaper, so the next few weeks will be interesting. I'm IS at OSU and Cincy, and WashU's aid policy would be really helpful given the financial states of my wife, my parents, and myself. I think if I haven't heard anything by ~June 5th, I'm going to w/d from my WL's though. That date isn't entirely arbitrary; it is when my honors thesis is due, so after June 5th I'm just going to relax until school starts. I don't want to worry about it all summer, and I'll just have to do ROAD or RadOnc eventually to pay my loans... lol
 
wish I knew how much of a shot I had at my only wait-list. My advisor thinks it's about a 50-50. I guess he's extrapolating I'd be right around the middle of the pool. Thankfully I can move up / down easily in the waitlist depending on updates
 
Food said:
wish I knew how much of a shot I had at my only wait-list. My advisor thinks it's about a 50-50. I guess he's extrapolating I'd be right around the middle of the pool. Thankfully I can move up / down easily in the waitlist depending on updates
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Hey that could be better, but it could also be a lot worse! Good luck!
 
Food said:
wish I knew how much of a shot I had at my only wait-list. My advisor thinks it's about a 50-50. I guess he's extrapolating I'd be right around the middle of the pool. Thankfully I can move up / down easily in the waitlist depending on updates
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Yeah, apparently it's less stressful without rankings. Pffffft. I'd rather have my exact number in the rankings, then have the school maintain a ticker on their website that showed what number was next. It would be so much less stressful knowing exactly where I am on the waitlist.
 
NoMoreAMCAS said:
Yeah, apparently it's less stressful without rankings. Pffffft. I'd rather have my exact number in the rankings, then have the school maintain a ticker on their website that showed what number was next. It would be so much less stressful knowing exactly where I am on the waitlist.
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It would be AWESOME if ranked wait-lists functioned in this manner, but I think the one thing precluding such an informative system is the fact that even though applicants are ranked, there is still some randomness regarding who is taken in order for the school to have a class with a certain demographic (males vs. females, race, in-state vs. out-of-state, etc).
 
thedocisin123 said:
It would be AWESOME if ranked wait-lists functioned in this manner, but I think the one thing precluding such an informative system is the fact that even though applicants are ranked, there is still some randomness regarding who is taken in order for the school to have a class with a certain demographic (males vs. females, race, in-state vs. out-of-state, etc).
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Yeah I'm sure they have plenty of reasons, but I would love it. I wouldn't mind atleast having a "rough" ranking. Maybe just what quarter of the waitlist I'm in. I don't stress less by not knowing where I'm at on the list, I just stress more.
 
gujuDoc said:
Special master's program. Sorry 2 pages of posts buried this post so I didn't see it.

It is a type of master's program where you take either all medical school courses or a mix of medical school year 1 courses and graduate courses.

This is used by several to enhance apps for med school if one stat or another is weaker but the rest of your app is strong.
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Oh ok, it's the one year masters programs like molecular medicine or anatomy. That's cool, I just had no idea what SMP stood for. Thanks for the info.

Tomorrow should see a lot of people getting off waitlists, good luck everyone.
 
NoMoreAMCAS said:
Oh ok, it's the one year masters programs like molecular medicine or anatomy. That's cool, I just had no idea what SMP stood for. Thanks for the info.

Tomorrow should see a lot of people getting off waitlists, good luck everyone.
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Lets hope so! 🙂

I also hope that everyone remembers to post over in the movement thread so we can follow it...

Good luck!
 
DrJD said:
Lets hope so! 🙂

I also hope that everyone remembers to post over in the movement thread so we can follow it...

Good luck!
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Where is the movement thread? Is it not in this forum?
 
Its the weekend, so while May 15th was the official notification deadline there probably won't be much of anything till at least monday and maybe later. I'm waiting on 2 schools. I'd really like to hear from one considering I have an apartment at the location of my potential school and would like to not move all my stuff down if possible. It is also about 10k a year cheaper and right next to my parents.
 
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