Michigan State University (MSUCOM) Discussion Thread 2014 - 2015

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Final_stretch_med said:
As someone has already answered, those are the dates, MD and DO, respectively. I was actually told, by the office at Wayne, that most of the waitlist movement actually occurs in the first two weeks of May as the date passes and they immediately start to send out acceptances from the waitlist so that they can have plenty of time to prepare.
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Thank you !
 
Waitlisted yesterday. Email sent in the afternoon. Complete since Late August. IS/24/3.5 tons of shadowing and volunteering and work experience.
 
Does anybody know if the waitlist is ranked? What are the chances of being accepted from the waitlist? Does the time MSUCOM placed you on the waitlist (ie October vs March) correlate to where you are ranked?

I'd really love to go here, just assessing my REALISTIC odds.
 
Toshiba123 said:
Does anybody know if the waitlist is ranked? What are the chances of being accepted from the waitlist? Does the time MSUCOM placed you on the waitlist (ie October vs March) correlate to where you are ranked?

I'd really love to go here, just assessing my REALISTIC odds.
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When were you wait listed? It was mentioned earlier that they do rank the waitlist
 
Toshiba123 said:
Does anybody know if the waitlist is ranked? What are the chances of being accepted from the waitlist? Does the time MSUCOM placed you on the waitlist (ie October vs March) correlate to where you are ranked?

I'd really love to go here, just assessing my REALISTIC odds.
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I do believe that the waitlist is indeed ranked, most of them are; however, you can't really give stats on what your chances are going to be. It will vary from year to year, and without knowing where you personally are on the waitlist, it's basically just a shot in the dark. I also believe that there is definitely a difference in where you rank versus October to March, but I'm just making this assumption based on the fact that they have rolling admissions. Early bird gets the worm and all that jazz. Might not be the case, but could be. That was the only question I really wasn't sure on, so don't take my word for it. lol.
 
Final_stretch_med said:
I do believe that the waitlist is indeed ranked, most of them are; however, you can't really give stats on what your chances are going to be. It will vary from year to year, and without knowing where you personally are on the waitlist, it's basically just a shot in the dark. I also believe that there is definitely a difference in where you rank versus October to March, but I'm just making this assumption based on the fact that they have rolling admissions. Early bird gets the worm and all that jazz. Might not be the case, but could be. That was the only question I really wasn't sure on, so don't take my word for it. lol.
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One of my friends who just went on the April visit told me they said waitlist date doesn't matter but I'll ask when I go to the May visit
 
It's very puzzling how we've yet to hear someone getting off the wait list at this point in the cycle
 
maybe not on sdn, but possibly people who arent on here have heard.
 
WastedTime said:
It's very puzzling how we've yet to hear someone getting off the wait list at this point in the cycle
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Wait, I could have sworn we heard of someone getting off of the waitlist? I'm pretty sure they posted back a while ago. They were waitlisted around October and got in maybe around late march/early april.
 
I believe the individual was D.O./PhD and was thereby considered under different circumstances
 
Mike190 said:
Accepted off the waitlist today.

Waitlisted early February, applied early November.

I wish you guys all the best of luck and hope to see you matriculating.
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Mike190, This is great news, time to celebrate!! SO happy to see some waitlist movement! I was also waitlisted early Feb, I hope to have the same fate as you, fingers crossed. Do you mind sharing your stats for those of us lingering for hope 🙂
 
I don't mind sharing.
I got the call earlier this morning.
I hesitate to give stats because I feel like the numbers are just a small part of the application... Lots of life experience
 
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Waitlisted back in March. Not sure how it works...I see above that someone asked about ranking...I was wondering the same thing. Fingers crossed but not feeling too confident :-/
 
Any other Canadians on the waiting list? The e-mail indicated that we'd hear back by May 1st to allow for potential student visa arrangements. I'm assuming it's a busy time hence the delay, but just wondering if any other Canadians have received news.
 
Anyone hear anything today? I don't know if Thursday's and Fridays are important anymore.
 
johnamo said:
Yep, business casual is typical. I believe there will be 20-some of you guys there. Us students are all on a (much needed) break, so it should be pretty quiet around Fee!
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And hot as balls. Today was uncomfortable
 
For those of you going to the open house today, will you let us know if they give any info about the waitlist ?? It would be greatly appreciated 🙂
 
osteopathicdoc1234 said:
For those of you going to the open house today, will you let us know if they give any info about the waitlist ?? It would be greatly appreciated 🙂
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The only new info I got was that this year has seen lower movement so far. Also that after the class is established the committee goes over the remaining waisted applicants for consideration for the following year. Katherine Ruger said it's usually 5-10 people from the wait list get admittance offers for the following year
 
Any new news on withdraws or acceptances here. I know there's a lot of SDN lurkers but all of us waitlisted peeps are eager to see if there's any movement here.
 
lidz133026 said:
Any new news on withdraws or acceptances here. I know there's a lot of SDN lurkers but all of us waitlisted peeps are eager to see if there's any movement here.
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From the looks of it there hasn't been much movement so far based solely on what's on here. This is a bit depressing since it seems the greatest amount of movement occurs in the first couple weeks of May.
 
Ty223 said:
Did they mention somewhere that June 3 is the last day?
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They said that at the last tour. On that day they review the wait list and see who they will offer a spot in next years class
 
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