So, responding to all the feedback....
pyra: Can you put in a search for individual scores on the MCAT like for verbal, bio, and physical sciences. That would help.
- That can be done pretty easily.
IndyZX: sometimes it is confusing whether people have really been rejected, or they're still waiting post-interview.
- I'll definitely work on that, though it might take a bit to figure out the best way to not wreck the current database at the same time.
superdevil: ability to search for those interviewed/accepted by state rather than just the existing options of "any school" or *one* particular school?
- Hm...I'd have to add information to the database about which state each school was in, but it would theoretically be possible.
superdevil: maybe another waitlist category (i.e., "waitlist, still active") too
- When I redo the database to fix the "rejected" stuff, that should get cleared up.
superdevil: search for people who were accepted to specific types of programs, such as MD/PhD programs, etc
- I should be able to try to add that, although it will only be useful to people years from now, since the current 1600 won't have that data stored for them.
frick: Stick a link on the bottom of each profile page that allows users to report (to webmaster, whomever) those profiles which seem implausible or outright false.
- Definitely possible, though I don't feel like there are that many implausible ones on there right now.
frick: Give a comprehensive list of majors to choose from when building a profile, instead of just 'general areas of study'
- Unlikely to change.
frick: Perhaps include an "email this applicant" link that will open a web-based form allowing a user to contact an applicant WITHOUT knowing their email address.
- That will definitely never happen, mostly because that's another chunk of programming I don't have time for.
beastmaster: Option for people to add dates when people get accepted / rejected / pulled from waitlist.
- I will try to add that, since I remember how useful that would have been for me.
jtown: since people say (and i agree) that the average mdapplicants.com profile does not reflect the average applicant overall, how about the following stats (on the front page, perhaps?)
- Only a few overall statistics are given on the About This Site... page; perhaps I can expand them somewhere.
Jet915: How about an option for putting where the person is going to school. Alot of the applicants have multiple acceptances and unless they state it themselves, you usually have no idea where they ended up going.
- If people want to indicate which school they're going to, they can add a comment; I prefer to err on the side of anonymity.
bullsI: be able to search and display separate application years.
- The general search lets you do that already; adding that filter to the Select School... is also on my list.
leiface: I would be awesome if users could choose to search for traditional or non-traditional applicants.
- I don't think I could adequately define that to implement it.
JohnnieBlue: I wanted to just write "small top 50" in the school section, but you removed my profile.
- Yep. I think valid undergraduate school information is necessary.
...so hopefully sometime this month some of these features will start showing up on the site.
Thanks!
