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MD waitlist vs. DO commit to enroll?
Started by INeedAssistance
I dont know that it matters. You paid the deposit and wont get it back if you back out now. So they would just take someone off their waitlist ifyou dropped for MD.
INeedAssistance
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Right, but is there a deadline for DOs where I have to commit entirely to the school kinda like MD? Or can I wait til basically the first day of classes to still be able to accept the MD if I come off the waitlist?
Yes, DO schools have deadlines as well.
What's you matriculate into a DO school, this doesn't prevent you from accepting a later MD acceptance.
This happens with my school all the time especially when we're dealing with our state MD school.
You can leave DO school anytime, even when you’re in classes for like a month already, to take the MD slot. It’s fine.
INeedAssistance
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Thank you!!
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deleted1188118
Does anyone know if you are enrolled in a DO school can you still be on the waitlist for a MD school after May 1st? How would the DO school find out that you’re still on the MD waitlist?
INeedAssistance
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Take this with a grain of salt, but from my searches it seems that there's no "Commit to enroll" for ACCOMAS for DO schools like AAMC has for MDs, so technically you can leave anytime, but idk how that would work after you take out loans for that specific DO school or finalizing your financial aid.
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deleted1188118
One of the DO schools wants me to commit with a contract saying that they will contact all schools including MD schools that I put deposits on and that I’m on waitlist. What I don’t understand is how does this school know which MD schools I’m on the waitlist for
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deleted1188118
Does the DO schools have access to the AAMC
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INeedAssistance
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Nope DO schools do not have access to AAMC, when is the contract "due" for signing? Cause if its not due until day of classes you could stretch it out
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deleted1188118
They want me to sign it before May 1st. Of course that’s when the MD schools start taking off of their waitlist.
INeedAssistance
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This sounds school specific because at my DO school there’s nothing of this sort, I would ask your school thread about it
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deleted1188118
Yea that’s what I was thinking. Thanks for your help
Enrollment deposits are generally due well before your orientation starts. Depending on the traffic rules, you get a few weeks to decide depending on when you get an offer (as you get closer to orientation, the response window shrinks).
AACOMAS Traffic Guidelines
Guidelines for prospective osteopathic medical students to successfully complete their applications to medical school.
www.aacom.org
I think that they may be pulling a fast one on you. There's no venue where do schools can see what's going on with people at MD schools and vice versa.
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deleted1188118
But can the DO school look up on AAMC website and see which schools I’m on the waitlist for? This is what AACOMAS has on their website.
“After May 1, AACOMAS reports to
each institution the names and
candidates for its entering class who
hold an acceptance(s) at additional
institutions. An osteopathic medical
college may rescind an offer of
admissions to a candidate who has
paid deposits to or holds positions at
multiple institutions.” So I was wondering if AAMC does the same and that’s how the DO school will find out.
Unless something earth-shattering happened with an AMCAS/AACOMAS data merger, no one just does that. Not even AMCAS schools know (as far as I know). That would skirt anti-trust issues...
Well, that's new! But no, the DO schools have NO way to see what's going on in AMCAS.
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deleted1188118
That’s a relief and thank you so much
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deleted1188118
It’s May 1st
can we still remain on M.D waitlists after this date?
Yes. AACOMAS and AMCAS do NOT talk to each other
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deleted1188118
According to the DO school that I may attend they said no you cannot be on a waitlist
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deleted1188118
They may not talk to each other but is there a way that the DO school can find out that I’m on a MD waitlist? According to the school once I sign the contract they will contact all schools DO and MD schools telling them that I will attend their school and have to be taken off all waitlists. Plus I have to sign the contract before I find out what kind of financial aid they will give me. This is not right at all! How can I decide on which school to go to if they don’t allow me to see the financial aid package
That sounds very collusional, delusional, and MD schools won't care.
What penal colony iis this? PM if needed.
What penal colony iis this? PM if needed.
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INeedAssistance
Full Member
You just pay for tuition and attend to class i believe
that sounds really suspicious, is it a new DO school?
There is absolutely no way for them to know where (or if) you are on an MD waitlist.
Even if they contacted every MD school in the country, not one would care!
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deleted1188118
Does FASA tell schools what other schools you applied to? Can the school see the FASA list of all other schools I applied to? Wondering if that’s how the DO school can find out about the MD school waitlist 🤷🏻♀️
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No, I don't think that's how it works.
Its OCOM, right? This school extended their Primary Application Deadline from March 1st to April 12th, that probably means they are having a hard time filling up the 97 seats of the inaugural class. They cannot do anything.
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deleted1188118
No it’s not OCOM
