New year? Influx of late II's?

[RonSwanson's Gold]

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Are they all gone at this point? Or is the feeling that there is gonna be another big surge of activity for competitive applicants?

 

[RonSwanson's Gold]

bottom third or bottom quarter at best. This is when schools go down the "priority" (ie how your application was evaluated and scored when first submitted and reviewed) for the second or third rank of applicants to see who they II.

What do you mean by bottom third or bottom quarter?

 

[RonSwanson's Gold]

they are at at best a quarter of open slots/invites left, likely less than that remaining

Alright. So we're fighting for scraps then

 

[Frogger27]

Alright. So we're fighting for scraps then

I love the scraps. Game on

 

[Hospitalized]

I love being a scrap. Diamond in the rough, let's go

 

[Levrone]

Scraps it is. Leggo

 

[libertyyne]

So dance off for the remaining scraps or rap battle?

 

[lpp06]

So dance off for the remaining scraps or rap battle?

You down with lpp?

Yea you know me

 

[freak7]

So dance off for the remaining scraps or rap battle?

Game on:

I'm a Diamond in the rough

A shiny piece of coal
Tryin' to reach my goal
My power of speech: unimpeachable

 

[libertyyne]

More like the Roman Coliseum and Gladiator fights. Or perhaps Thunderdome

I read that is Trump-dome for some odd reason. It is going to Yuge , 75 feet high , and broadcast on NBC right after the Presidential apprentace a show in which Trump will assign a successor .

 

[Dagrimsta1]

2017 on deck
Pre meds going through that bottleneck
But once we get accepted
we all at that discotech

 

[RonSwanson's Gold]

they are at at best a quarter of open slots/invites left, likely less than that remaining

Any idea what kind of applicants get these invites? Is it the more borderline ones because they have already gone through all applicants at this point or is it mostly still late applying superstars?

 

[libertyyne]

Any idea what kind of applicants get these invites? Is it the more borderline ones because they have already gone through all applicants at this point or is it mostly still late applying superstars?

Yes.

 

[freak7]

Make it a limerick; it needs a little something

A premed, a doctor MD
but somewhere between them is me

I'll study so well
but screw M2 hell​

I'll eat all my stress out with cheese.

 

[JustAPhD]

C+

You're being generous.

 

[freak7]

C+

So... P?

 

[deforestasian]

Lol was writing a limerick and accidentally pressed post -.-

Guess I have to finish it now ^_^

Been checking my emails for days
Imagining all of the ways
from reject to hold
this cycle's so cold
i guess all that's left is to pray

 

[Levrone]

so far the new year has brought me a rejection and a waitlist 🙁

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Make it a limerick; it needs a little something

Yea not a limerick... Kinda went off on a tangent

2017 is on deck
Us Pre meds going through that bottleneck
Competing like crazy
Surpassing the lazy
Completing our classes
Learning bout gases
But when will it end
When will I trancend
I can't aprehend
Damn school just press send
So we can simply enjoy our damn weekend.

 

[ChrisMack390]

So if I already have some acceptances and I get a very late II this month, is it still worth attending? Or am I essentially interviewing just to be wait listed?

 

[freak7]

So if I already have some acceptances and I get a very late II this month, is it still worth attending? Or am I essentially interviewing just to be wait listed?

Depends how much it would cost you.

 

[wanderingorion]

So if I already have some acceptances and I get a very late II this month, is it still worth attending? Or am I essentially interviewing just to be wait listed?

+1

 

[PB&Jam]

I've gotten some late love as a high-stat applicant who was complete July/August. Not sure what that means…

 

[Penguin94]

I honestly thought I wouldn't get anymore but I got one ii yesterday and one today! I am so grateful and could not believe it. Hope is still alive people!

Also I was complete most places by late August/early September, LizzyM is 69!

 

[TaroMilkT]

So if I already have some acceptances and I get a very late II this month, is it still worth attending? Or am I essentially interviewing just to be wait listed?

Hey @ChrisMack390! I saw your post in the Stanford thread (if that is the school you were referring to)! Congrats!

Stanford only interviews ~500 applicants, and has about a 40% acceptance rate post-interview. I am no expert, but I really think that Stanford would not waste their time interviewing someone they are not genuinely interested in. To put it into some perspective, Stanford only has 16 interview dates, and you snagged one of them-- congrats! It also seems that Stanford is drifting away from being a rolling admissions school, as it was in previous years, to slightly non-rolling (2-3 decision batches). But that being said, it seems that they do wait list a lot of people, but based on what I have read and heard from admissions, I really don't think you would be interviewing for a wait list spot.

Some things to consider:
-Cost to attend interview, as mentioned above
-Would you go to Stanford over the other schools that already accepted you?
>"Fit" based on your goals
> Location
> Comparative costs of attendance

Best of luck with your decision!! 🙂

 

[ChrisMack390]

Hey @ChrisMack390! I saw your post in the Stanford thread (if that is the school you were referring to)! Congrats!

Stanford only interviews ~500 applicants, and has about a 40% acceptance rate post-interview. I am no expert, but I really think that Stanford would not waste their time interviewing someone they are not genuinely interested in. To put it into some perspective, Stanford only has 16 interview dates, and you snagged one of them-- congrats! It also seems that Stanford is drifting away from being a rolling admissions school, as it was in previous years, to slightly non-rolling (2-3 decision batches). But that being said, it seems that they do wait list a lot of people, but based on what I have read and heard from admissions, I really don't think you would be interviewing for a wait list spot.

Some things to consider:
-Cost to attend interview, as mentioned above
-Would you go to Stanford over the other schools that already accepted you?
>"Fit" based on your goals
> Location
> Comparative costs of attendance

Best of luck with your decision!! 🙂

Thanks. I live across the country so it will be a bit expensive to go, but I have a feeling I'll always wonder "what if" if I don't go, so I prob will.

 

[RunawayGrape]

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