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kuhlguy said:
i talked to jane today and got some goood info

tomorrow more acceptances will be made ... and before the new year there will be at least 2 rounds of acceptances ....

so yup ... at least 10 more lucky people will be accepted befoere the new year ... heres hoping!
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Save a spot for me!
 
kuhlguy said:
i talked to jane today and got some goood info

tomorrow more acceptances will be made ... and before the new year there will be at least 2 rounds of acceptances ....

so yup ... at least 10 more lucky people will be accepted befoere the new year ... heres hoping!
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so do we think 10 will be accepted tomorrow? or between tomorrows round and the next 2 before the new year?

i'm hoping its the first situation!
 
Phoenix. said:
So is it accurate to say that it takes about a month post-interview to get the ranked email? I scrolled back a little and that's what it looked like.
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i interviewed 10/26 and was ranked at the 11/29 meeting, so for me it was a little over a month, BUT they didn't meet on 11/15 or 11/22 because of Thanksgiving, so i was ranked at the 3rd committee meeting after my interview

hope that helps!
 
i got the hold email about 2 minutes ago🙁
 
Kiara08 said:
i got the hold email about 2 minutes ago🙁
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Oh no.. I'm sorry to hear that. 🙁 Good thing is, there's still hope!


So does that mean they made calls last night?

Bah, I wish I was ranked.
 
Kiara08 said:
i got the hold email about 2 minutes ago🙁
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Sorry Kiara, that sucks. Hold email such not fun limbo... Any ideas if they called people last night then? Is there hope that they're calling a few today? I wish they resent hold emails to those of us who are already on hold so we could know where we stand each month... Also a countdown timer, displaying the number of people accepted and when the next decisions would be made would also be excellent 😛
 
xcgirl said:
Also a countdown timer, displaying the number of people accepted and when the next decisions would be made would also be excellent 😛
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That is an awesome idea :laugh: While it would be awesome, at the same time I don't think my obsession could take the opportunity to refresh that counter every day, multiple times, to see if anyone else was in!!
 
frickonastick said:
That is an awesome idea :laugh: While it would be awesome, at the same time I don't think my obsession could take the opportunity to refresh that counter every day, multiple times, to see if anyone else was in!!
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Yeah I think I would just carry my laptop everywhere and probably become an even more annoying premed...
 
so yea ... srry i didnt respond earlier ... but it sounded like from jane that there will be 5 more lucky winners today and at least 5 more before the end of december ....


come on mayo!!!
 
I guess no one has got a call yet...at least no SDN members. I hope they take ten today, but you never know.
 
So, I just spoke with Jane (she's so awesome). Apparently 16 acceptances have gone out...only 5 have responded thus far and she's waiting on 11 more people to accept the acceptances (they have 2 weeks...haha I'd respond right away). And she said she's not 100% sure, but maybe 5 more will go out before the end of the year. Hope this helps!
 
Jacks Mannequin said:
So, I just spoke with Jane (she's so awesome). Apparently 16 acceptances have gone out...only 5 have responded thus far and she's waiting on 11 more people to accept the acceptances (they have 2 weeks...haha I'd respond right away). And she said she's not 100% sure, but maybe 5 more will go out before the end of the year. Hope this helps!
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I thought they called everyone to tell them they got accepted? How do they not respond? Does that mean they haven't answered their phones? This doesn't make sense to me.
 
Hello all. I am a long time reader of SDN, I thought I'd let the people on this thread know that Mayo has started to give out acceptances. I recieved a call from Jane just a few minutes ago. I am definitely ecstatic. Anyways good luck to everyone else, I wish you all the very best!
 
I'm on cloud nine right now!!!!!!!!!

I got a call from Jane a little while ago...and I'm in! I seriously had to pinch myself and ask Jane if it was really real, but I'm in!! :hardy:

I'm not sure if I can believe it until I get the email and letter - but my cell still says that I got a call from the 507 area code, so I KNOW I didn't imagine it :biglove:

Good luck, everyone, I hope more people hear good things today!!
 
Tenori said:
Hello all. I am a long time reader of SDN, I thought I'd let the people on this thread know that Mayo have started to give out acceptances. I recieved a call from Jane just a few minutes ago. I am definitely ecstatic. Anyways good luck to everyone else, I wish you all the very best!
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Congrats Tenori!!! What a day 😀
 
congratulations to all you guys!!!

tyemoe-I think most schools have like a deposit or something you have to return to hold your spot... I think that's what she meant.
 
frickonastick said:
I'm on cloud nine right now!!!!!!!!!

I got a call from Jane a little while ago...and I'm in! I seriously had to pinch myself and ask Jane if it was really real, but I'm in!! :hardy:

I'm not sure if I can believe it until I get the email and letter - but my cell still says that I got a call from the 507 area code, so I KNOW I didn't imagine it :biglove:

Good luck, everyone, I hope more people hear good things today!!
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Frick, if you don't mind asking...what are your stats?
 
Hey everyone -

I'm also a reader of this thread but not a poster (actually, I never visited SDN at all until very recently). Kuhlguy, I think I interviewed with you at Mayo on October 8th and we wandered around the clinic during our free time. I too was hugely impressed with Mayo's atmosphere and obvious belief in their philosophies of patient first and interdisciplinary team work - not just a mission statement on paper!

What is everyone's take on keeping in contact with Jane/the admissions committee? I've sent one letter of updated information and activities, and tried to stress that Mayo is my first choice even though I've gotten in elsewhere. I know it's a matching process and that they want people to agree with their philosophy, but I'm not sure how to convince them that I really, really, really want in without inundating them with emails and letters every day whining about how interested I am (even though it's clear how many other people are obsessing 🙂). What are people's strategies?

Also, does anybody know if it's fully half of the class that gets the dean's scholarship, and whether it's generally the first people that they accept?

Thanks, guys!
 
Congratulations tenori and frickonastick! I'm so jealous of you guys! Also echoing ktmac's dear santa sentiment. I would def foresake all other Christmas presents for a Mayo acceptance 😛

:luck: to everyone!
 
aww ya congrats everyone ...


haha ... MAYO LET ME IN ... haha i dont know what part of that they dont understand ... haha ....

but yea ... i dont know any of htat info ...
 
Thanks guys! I'm really pulling for you all to hear good news soon too!!

And ktmac, I thought that the Dean's Scholarship was given out to fewer people than half the class? I have an M1 friend at Mayo and I thought she said something about how there were 6 or so given to her class. That might be me misremembering, though, so if anyone knows for sure, please correct me.

(and tyemoe, I put up my MDApps link again, for my stats)
 
ktmac said:
Also, does anybody know if it's fully half of the class that gets the dean's scholarship, and whether it's generally the first people that they accept?

Thanks, guys!
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I think it was the top 10% of the class. FWIW, on MDapps, I saw someone last year got off the waitlist around May and also received the Dean's scholarship.
 
Jacks Mannequin said:
I think it was the top 10% of the class. FWIW, on MDapps, I saw someone last year got off the waitlist around May and also received the Dean's scholarship.
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yeah I think it's Melissa in SD? She was waitlisted and then got it?
When I was there, they said 40% get full-tuition scholarships. I could be totally wrong, though...
 
frickonastick said:
I'm on cloud nine right now!!!!!!!!!

I got a call from Jane a little while ago...and I'm in! I seriously had to pinch myself and ask Jane if it was really real, but I'm in!! :hardy:

I'm not sure if I can believe it until I get the email and letter - but my cell still says that I got a call from the 507 area code, so I KNOW I didn't imagine it :biglove:

Good luck, everyone, I hope more people hear good things today!!
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WOW! Congrats! That's amazing - and yet completely expected. 😉 I'm SO happy for you!

I'm in Rochester right now. They canceled my flight out, and I somehow miraculously made the earlier flight, which left 15 minutes after I arrived at Ohare, and for which the ticketing agent told me I would absolutely not make as he handed me my ticket and said good luck. I've never run so painfully in mules before in my life. I coughed, out of breath, the entire flight to Rochester. The guy sitting next to me averted his face the whole flight - probably thought I had something contagious, wheezing and sweating next to him. But I made it! And I met about 5 other interviewees and about 20 M1s tonight over wine at my host's place. Much fun, and great people! The evil thing is that they try to convince you that Mayo is so accessible and possible. And they've all got great interview and acceptance stories. Le sigh.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow. I'm taking making that ridiculously impossible flight to be a good sign. Gonna go dream happy Mayo dreams now. Congrats to those that got in, and good luck to those still waiting!!!
 
I also received an acceptance this morning from Jane! 9:39am PST. I interviewed on October 15. Best of luck to everyone!!
 
Phoenix. said:
WOW! Congrats! That's amazing - and yet completely expected. 😉 I'm SO happy for you!

I'm in Rochester right now. They canceled my flight out, and I somehow miraculously made the earlier flight, which left 15 minutes after I arrived at Ohare, and for which the ticketing agent told me I would absolutely not make as he handed me my ticket and said good luck. I've never run so painfully in mules before in my life. I coughed, out of breath, the entire flight to Rochester. The guy sitting next to me averted his face the whole flight - probably thought I had something contagious, wheezing and sweating next to him. But I made it! And I met about 5 other interviewees and about 20 M1s tonight over wine at my host's place. Much fun, and great people! The evil thing is that they try to convince you that Mayo is so accessible and possible. And they've all got great interview and acceptance stories. Le sigh.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow. I'm taking making that ridiculously impossible flight to be a good sign. Gonna go dream happy Mayo dreams now. Congrats to those that got in, and good luck to those still waiting!!!
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Phoenix, thanks!! I hope that your intervew went amazingly and that you'll hear back good things, too! And you always have such crazy travel stories - I think that Mayo just needs to accept you and you can stop traveling! 😀
 
Phoenix. said:
WOW! Congrats! That's amazing - and yet completely expected. 😉 I'm SO happy for you!

I'm in Rochester right now. They canceled my flight out, and I somehow miraculously made the earlier flight, which left 15 minutes after I arrived at Ohare, and for which the ticketing agent told me I would absolutely not make as he handed me my ticket and said good luck. I've never run so painfully in mules before in my life. I coughed, out of breath, the entire flight to Rochester. The guy sitting next to me averted his face the whole flight - probably thought I had something contagious, wheezing and sweating next to him. But I made it! And I met about 5 other interviewees and about 20 M1s tonight over wine at my host's place. Much fun, and great people! The evil thing is that they try to convince you that Mayo is so accessible and possible. And they've all got great interview and acceptance stories. Le sigh.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow. I'm taking making that ridiculously impossible flight to be a good sign. Gonna go dream happy Mayo dreams now. Congrats to those that got in, and good luck to those still waiting!!!
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Good luck phoenix! i had an insane time trying to get to Mayo as well. The place is so much fun and everyone was so amazing! Enjoy it. What's the temperature there now? -70? That's about the only thing that makes not getting in *yet?* bearable...
 
Grats to all those who got accepted! I can't still hardly believe how awesome Mayo is. And good luck to all those interviewing!
 
congrats you guys!! how exciting! ahhh, my flight leaves tomorrow morning...i can't wait to finally check mayo out! and good luck phoenix! :luck:
 
xcgirl said:
yeah I think it's Melissa in SD? She was waitlisted and then got it?
When I was there, they said 40% get full-tuition scholarships. I could be totally wrong, though...
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thats what melissa told me too. did u meet her? she's pretty cool.
 
Awwww, thanks so much everyone! My first interview was good (really got grilled on health care policy, perhaps moreso in light of my legal background), and my second was GREAT. So, I guess we'll just have to see. Jane said that in her entire time there (12 years?) she doesn't believe they've ever admitted an attorney, but hey, I'd love to be the first! They're looking for diversity, right? 😀

The interview day is wonderful, but definitely wear comfortable shoes. And I highly recommend staying with a host the first night, and then staying Friday night as well (if you have a Friday interview). I'm supposed to meet up with some students for dinner tonight, and then a bunch of first years and interviewees are going to head to Gilligan's ("the bar") for drinks. Should be fun. Fifteen other first years are driving to Chicago today for the weekend to go to a comedy club.

So, (as also stated above) per Jane, 16 acceptances have gone out (she's waiting to hear back from 11 people whether they're accepting the offers), and 5 more might be given out before the New Year. She said there's a chance that applicants who interview today might be ranked before the New Year, but they're about 25 people behind in their rankings. They skipped two weeks in November for meetings, and they will skip two weeks in December for the holidays. But since my interview today has a chance of being ranked before the New Year, that means that those that interviewed before today, but haven't been ranked yet, will probably be ranked before then too. They're planning to have some long sessions this month I think to rank applicants because they're behind. Of course, some of it depends on the joint availability of the two interviewers you get. And Jane said that about 11 accepted students will receive full tuition scholarships. The others all receive about $14,000 or so. And tuition will be around $29,000 this year. But really, it's Mayo. Who cares about the cost? 😉
 
xcgirl said:
yeah I think it's Melissa in SD? She was waitlisted and then got it?
When I was there, they said 40% get full-tuition scholarships. I could be totally wrong, though...
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So does that mean that the people they're considering for the full scholarship are maybe accepted later than they would be otherwise? So they don't give away all the scholarships too early in the process?
 
Phoenix. said:
And Jane said that about 11 accepted students will receive full tuition scholarships. The others all receive about $14,000 or so. And tuition will be around $29,000 this year. But really, it's Mayo. Who cares about the cost? 😉
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Actually there are no "full tuition" scholarships anymore. They use to have full tuition scholarships and $15,000 scholarships while offering resident tuition to Minnesota, Florida, and Arizona residents. However, they have changed their financial aid policies. Now there is no resident tuition, everybody pays the exact same. There are now two types of scholarships: 1)The Dean's Scholarship which is $25,000/year and 2) the $15,000/ year scholarship. So no one will get a "full tuition" scholarship, but I am NOT complaining about having to pay $4000-$5000 for a year of med school training at Mayo. This is at least my understanding of the scholarships. Jane actually told me about my scholarship when she called me to tell me I got accepted. I am not sure if this is how it will work for everyone, but that is at least my experience.
 
sc71football said:
Actually there are no "full tuition" scholarships anymore. They use to have full tuition scholarships and $15,000 scholarships while offering resident tuition to Minnesota, Florida, and Arizona residents. However, they have changed their financial aid policies. Now there is no resident tuition, everybody pays the exact same. There are now two types of scholarships: 1)The Dean's Scholarship which is $25,000/year and 2) the $15,000/ year scholarship. So no one will get a "full tuition" scholarship, but I am NOT complaining about having to pay $4000-$5000 for a year of med school training at Mayo. This is at least my understanding of the scholarships. Jane actually told me about my scholarship when she called me to tell me I got accepted. I am not sure if this is how it will work for everyone, but that is at least my experience.
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Sorry if I misconstrued. I think one or two people referred to it as "full scholarship," but I do recall Jane talking about a $25,000 and a $15,000 scholarship. But I think it may also vary from student to student. My student host says that she initially got the $15,000 scholarship, but then received an additional scholarship (funded by a "happy patient") as well as a financial need based scholarship, so she said her tuition is actually only $4,500.

Also, some bad news for those who didn't know, but the number of people that they're interviewing this year is 350 (last year was 250). That info is per Jane, of course.
 
Phoenix. said:
Also, some bad news for those who didn't know, but the number of people that they're interviewing this year is 350 (last year was 250). That info is per Jane, of course.
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Holy cow! Those are not good odds... 🙁
 
Phoenix. said:
Also, some bad news for those who didn't know, but the number of people that they're interviewing this year is 350 (last year was 250). That info is per Jane, of course.
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Wow, they must've received a bunch of great essays, because back in September they were still planning on only interviewing the 250 like last year!

Phoenix, you sure left your interview with a bunch of Mayo updates! Thanks for all of the info 👍
 
First off, congrats to everyone with an acceptance! And good luck to the rest of you!

I hope this wasn't answered already in this post. Anyways, if I happen to be interviewing in February, will I basically be interviewing for an alternate position? If not, does anybody know how many spots they still have left open when all interviews are said and done with?
 
slcdoc said:
First off, congrats to everyone with an acceptance! And good luck to the rest of you!

I hope this wasn't answered already in this post. Anyways, if I happen to be interviewing in February, will I basically be interviewing for an alternate position? If not, does anybody know how many spots they still have left open when all interviews are said and done with?
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My understanding is that because they only admit about 5 people per month, they will still have spots left open in February. I believe that they actually admit enough people to fill the rest of the class at that point (up to 20 or so) from the recently interviewed/hold people.
So...you still have a shot. I believe they created their admissions process so that it's possible for people who interviewed at any point to get in.
 
slcdoc said:
I hope this wasn't answered already in this post. Anyways, if I happen to be interviewing in February, will I basically be interviewing for an alternate position? If not, does anybody know how many spots they still have left open when all interviews are said and done with?
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I'm pretty sure xcgirl is right. They don't ever really interview for waitlist spots...and waitlist movement in general at mayo is minimal. Instead, it's just a slow trickle of admits over time and everyone just stays on hold until they get to your ranking. So, while early interviewees may have a slightly better chance because they might get looked over more times, interviewing late doesn't mean it's just a waitlist spot...but always for an actual spot in.
 
BluePhoenix said:
I'm pretty sure xcgirl is right. They don't ever really interview for waitlist spots...and waitlist movement in general at mayo is minimal. Instead, it's just a slow trickle of admits over time and everyone just stays on hold until they get to your ranking. So, while early interviewees may have a slightly better chance because they might get looked over more times, interviewing late doesn't mean it's just a waitlist spot...but always for an actual spot in.
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Yup, they don't fill the class until March 15th, so no one ever interviews for a waitlist spot. But since the number of available spots dwindles as we get closer to March 15th.... Anyway, the recent news is that 16 acceptances have gone out, with abut 5 more to go out by the New Year. There are 42 MD slots this year.

The other thing you'll learn at the interview (and elsewhere in this thread) is that you need to be ranked post-interview before you are eligible for acceptance. They're a little behind (25 applicants), so ranking probably takes 4-6 weeks. However, you're interviewing in February, and they need to have ranked and made decision acceptances for everyone by March 15th, so that's probably when you'll hear. On March 15th, if you haven't been accepted, you'll either receive the waitlist email, or receive a rejection letter by mail thereafter. Traditionally, around 10 or so waitlisters get accepted.

The time from interview to acceptance is completely variable. For some examples (that I picked up while chatting with med students about Mayo during my interview trip): One student interviewed and was accepted three weeks later (but I believe that was earlier in the season). Another interviewed in November and was accepted in January. Another said that they got waitlisted in March, and accepted two days later. Another got waitlisted in March, and accepted in mid-May (they had been headed for Duke). Another M1 said that they'd interviewed around 12/10 last year, got the ranked email right before Christmas, and then accepted in mid-January with the $25,000 scholarship. So, it looks like all of the dean's scholarships aren't necessarily given out right away. And that student had a 31 on the MCAT (further evidence that Mayo doesn't make decisions directed primarily by stats).

Also, for those interviewing, I heard from several students that the first interview is generally a little more rigorous (still friendly and conversational, but more question/answer oriented), while the second interview is supposed to be more laid-back. The first interviewer presents you to the committee, and the second can either support or refute the first interviewer's review. Then all committee members vote electronically, and a computer tallies the votes, and you get your score, which is between 1-5. Then you get inserted by number into the ranked list, ready to be plucked for an interview should your number be high, and your application add to the diversity of the formation of their class. Hope some of that info helps!
 
Phoenix, when was your interview day over? In the e-mail I know it says 4pm and they say to not book a flight out of Rochester until after 5pm, but would a 5:15pm flight be too much of a stretch? If I can't get on that one then I have to stay there an extra night (I'm already staying 2 nights I think). Is it okay to stay with a host for 2 nights (I'm guessing 3 is too much of a stretch)?

Edit: I can do 2 nights if I fly into Rochester late morning of the day before my interview and stay that night and the night after my interview. Is it risky to fly there the day before the interview? I'm nervous about delays...
 
And is a ranking of 1 the best? If you get a 1 or 2 can you pretty much assume you'll be accepted?
 
custard said:
And is a ranking of 1 the best? If you get a 1 or 2 can you pretty much assume you'll be accepted?
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Actually, I believe Jane told us on our interview day that 1 or 2 meant that you weren't a good fit with Mayo, while 5 was the top ranking score. But it doesn't really matter if we know that or not, as you aren't told your ranking, just that you have been ranked.
 
custard said:
Phoenix, when was your interview day over? In the e-mail I know it says 4pm and they say to not book a flight out of Rochester until after 5pm, but would a 5:15pm flight be too much of a stretch? If I can't get on that one then I have to stay there an extra night (I'm already staying 2 nights I think). Is it okay to stay with a host for 2 nights (I'm guessing 3 is too much of a stretch)?

Edit: I can do 2 nights if I fly into Rochester late morning of the day before my interview and stay that night and the night after my interview. Is it risky to fly there the day before the interview? I'm nervous about delays...
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It completely depends on your interview schedule. I had my interviews at 10 and 11, lunch at 12, tour at 1, and was done at 2pm. However, you'll definitely need time to tour the hospitals and facilities on your own, because you only see a very small piece on your tour (we didn't see the anatomy lab, st. mary's, etc. on our tour). I was actually finished at 5pm if you count my personal touring time. Two interviewees flew in around noon the day before, and went to some classes on Thursday (you usually get to go to a class for an hour on Friday too if you want). And some interviewees definitely left at 4pm to catch flights home. You will definitely be done at 4pm if you want. If you brought your suitcase and left straight from the medical school I would think a 5:15pm flight would be fine. But if you're worried, maybe email or call Jane and ask what she thinks. Maybe she can put your second interview in the morning so you'll be done earlier. As for flights, mine was cancelled, but I was lucky to get on the one before. Definitely don't book the last flight out the night before your interview. With the winter weather, that's asking for trouble.

frickonastick said:
Actually, I believe Jane told us on our interview day that 1 or 2 meant that you weren't a good fit with Mayo, while 5 was the top ranking score. But it doesn't really matter if we know that or not, as you aren't told your ranking, just that you have been ranked.
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Yup, 5 is the best. But I agree with frick that it's pretty much moot.
 
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