Multiple acceptances

[blondiegal]

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When is the earliest that a school can see the other schools you have been accepted to? would this effect scholarship offers?

 

[MiniMoo]

March 31st... I think. 🙂 Sometime in March for sure.

 

[PinkIvy08]

Could've sworn it's March 15th...

 

[FutureDoc17]

Could've sworn it's March 15th...

This sounds right to me.

 

[fred213]

http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2010instructions080409.pdf

says beginning in Feb schools that have accepted you can see the other schools that have accepted you, and beginning in April all schools can see who has accepted you.

unfair information asymmetry, if you ask me...

 

[austinap]

http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2010instructions080409.pdf

says beginning in Feb schools that have accepted you can see the other schools that have accepted you, and beginning in April all schools can see who has accepted you.

unfair information asymmetry, if you ask me...

What is unfair about that? I'm not seeing it. Early in the cycle, if a school hasn't accepted you they don't know anything. However, if they accept you, they can see what they're competing with so they can decide how badly they want you, etc.

 

[KTDseven77]

http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2010instructions080409.pdf

says beginning in Feb schools that have accepted you can see the other schools that have accepted you, and beginning in April all schools can see who has accepted you.

unfair information asymmetry, if you ask me...

On the Virginia Tech Carilion thread, a VTC administrator states that by March 30th, VTC has to submit a proposed roster of students who will fill each seat in their class. This sounds like it validates the April deadline mentioned by the AAMC when all schools can see where you've been accepted.

 

[315486]

So in another thread I asked:

I wonder how it affects applicants with no acceptances and only waitlists. Does it make the candidate less desirable because "Hey, no one else wants him, neither do we." Or more, "Hey he hasn't been accepted yet, so if we take him, he'll most likely attend out school."

Two members responded:

THEY CAN'T SEE UNLESS THEY HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED YOU. Its irrelevant.

Exactly! You are accepted on your own merit at any given school. Before they accept you, they can only know your status at other schools if you tell them.

But according to that link, DrBowtie and Catalystik are wrong? School can see your acceptances in April before accepting you? Anyone have some thoughts to my original question above?

 

[DrBowtie]

Page reference to what you said? Thumbing through quickly I couldn't find it.

 

[Calmed100]

DrBowtie - see towards the bottom of page 11.

 

[DrBowtie]

DrBowtie - see towards the bottom of page 11.

Hmm. Definitely different from 3 years ago.
I think it still stands that it has little bearing on much but waitlist movement. Most schools should have post interview decisions before April.