*~*~*~* Official 2015-2016 Interview/Acceptance/Rejection Thread *~*~*~*

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Just heard from Roseman!! Acceptance #2. Contacted by phone at 4:30. Also accepted from Case Western this morning by email. Schools are still sending out acceptances. Its not over yet : )
 
So blessed! I got into all three schools that I interviewed at (out of 7 I applied to!) now I have to decide where to go 🙂
Acceptance #1:
School: UNLV
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: email
Residency: Idaho
GPA (science, overall): 3.6, 3.6
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/21/19/24/none

Acceptance #2 Loma Linda
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: phone call

Acceptance #3 Midwestern- AZ
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: phone call

Tips to any future applicants: DONT APPLY LATE! I am a second time applicant and got wait listed at three schools last year and this year I got in because I applied as early as possible and last cycle I applied by October.
 
So blessed! I got into all three schools that I interviewed at (out of 7 I applied to!) now I have to decide where to go 🙂
Acceptance #1:
School: UNLV
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: email
Residency: Idaho
GPA (science, overall): 3.6, 3.6
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/21/19/24/none

Acceptance #2 Loma Linda
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: phone call

Acceptance #3 Midwestern- AZ
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: phone call

Tips to any future applicants: DONT APPLY LATE! I am a second time applicant and got wait listed at three schools last year and this year I got in because I applied as early as possible and last cycle I applied by October.

Congrats.
I'm a re-applicant too. I learned my lesson to apply early this year!
Got accepted to UNLV and MWU-AZ too!
 
Not the first MUSC acceptance in this thread. Not many on the MUSC thread either, I just wish they would call or email like the other schools.
 
UCLA, UCSF, Columbia, UoP, and Penn! A few different scholarship offers so I will have a lot to consider ;-D

Congrats to everyone with acceptances, but I just want to remind everyone to not sit on acceptances you will turn down for too long. The quicker we turn them down the quicker they can be given back out and that could very well save someone from having to put down (and then losing) a $1000 deposit on a safety school.
Quick Question! Did you ask for scholarships or did they give them out?
 
The Final Acceptance (#12):
Schools: UPenn
Notification date: 12/1/15
Method of notification: Phone Call
Residency: WA
GPA (science, overall): 3.89, 3.91
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 25/24/26/26/no

Congrats!!!
any scholarships from those 4?
Unfortunately, no 😢

Still saying you should come to UConn...
UConn is definitely one of my top choices. It's going to be difficult deciding where to go.
 
Acceptance 1-3: Temple (email), Penn (phone call, snail mail will come soon), NYU (email, snail mail will come soon)
Rejection 1-2: UCONN (email, w/o interview. sent in app later than rest on Sep 30), Harvard
Random Emails: UCSF, USC
(both saying I'm still in the running but just that a decision hasn't been made)

Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/25/2015
Application complete date: 7/24/2015
GPA (science, overall): 3.4, 3.4
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/23/21/27/none under 17
 
UCSF: still under consideration

Just need to hear from UNC and that's all for me!
I just got that email from UCSF too! What did they mean that they have extended the first round of offer and will have additional rounds in the near future..."a decision may not be made until mid-Feburary" so near future is mid-Feb??
 
I just got that email from UCSF too! What did they mean by saying that they have extended the first round of offer and will have additional rounds in the near future while "a decision may not be made until mid-Feburary" so near future is mid-Feb??
 
I just got that email from UCSF too! What did they mean that they have extended the first round of offer and will have additional rounds in the near future..."a decision may not be made until mid-Feburary" so near future is mid-Feb??
I think they give another round of offers in January, then another in February. For UCSF, there are more spots in the class than there were acceptances given today.
 
If a school sends you an acceptance via snailmail it has to go to your home address correct?
 
Is anyone that got accepted to MWU-AZ still waiting for the phone call? my mwu portal has been updated for a while but no phone call yet haha
what do you mean by mwu portal im checking mine but i dont know where to look?
 
School: UMMC
Notification date: 12/1/2015
Method of notification: Phone call
Residency: MS
AADSAS mail-out date: 9/4/2015
Application complete date: 9/15/2015
GPA (science, overall) 3.15, 3.24
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 17/17/21/21/ OC 13 , QR 15
 
Acceptances #1-9 [PST]
1) Columbia (email at 5:26AM)
2) Pittsburgh (AADSAS, email at 7:53AM) w/ scholarship
3) UOP (voicemail at 9:53AM)
4) UCSF (voicemail at 9:56AM) w/ scholarship
5) Harvard (phone call at 10:36AM)
6) USC (email at 1:39PM)
7) NYU (email at 2:30PM)
8) UCLA (phone call at 3:02PM)
9) Penn (phone call at 4:12 PM) w/ scholarship

Hope this helps next year pre-dents who are waiting for acceptances 🙂 Good luck to everyone this cycle!!
 
Me too. I was bummed. I felt I had really strong components to my app. We have no clue what they want because you have the highest DAT score in the nation. Just wow

I think it was GPA in my case - everyone that got an interview on SDN seemed to have a 3.9+. I try not to let it bother me (I'm pretty confident I'll end up being successful with or without Harvard), but rejection always hurts.
 
I think it was GPA in my case - everyone that got an interview on SDN seemed to have a 3.9+. I try not to let it bother me (I'm pretty confident I'll end up being successful with or without Harvard), but rejection always hurts.
Yeah my gpa was lower than that also. It seems with harvard you can't have any 'flaws' on your application.
 
He went crazy toward the end of his life
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Acceptances:

Notification date: 12/1/15
Temple (email at 12:42 AM)
UConn (email at 8:04 AM)
Columbia (email at 8:26 AM, phone call at 12:55 PM)
Pittsburgh (phone call at 9:02 AM, email at 10:53 AM)
Rutgers (email at 9:27 AM)
UPenn (phone call at 1:41 PM)
Harvard (notified at ~2:50 PM, email at 5:54 PM)
NYU (email at 5:30 PM)

Notification date: 1/14/16
Tufts (email at 4:01 PM)

Notification date: 1/21/16
UCSF (phone call at 3:17 PM, email at 9:03 PM)

Notification date: 2/2/16
USC (email at 5:00 PM)

Alternate List:
Notification date: 2/12/16
Western (snail mail)


Residency: NJ
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/2/15
Application complete date: 7/16/15 and onwards
GPA (science, overall): 4.00, 3.95 (undergraduate); 4.00, 4.00 (graduate)
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 25/25/25/26/no

Congratulations to everyone who received good news today! I hope the time stamps (in EST) help next year’s applicants who are eagerly awaiting their status.
 
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All of those sleepless nights and times we couldn't go out with friends or family because we were studying our butts off. Times we doubted ourselves and thought we might not be doctors one day. And the days we had to juggle everything and reorganize schedules just to get 5 extra points in a class. It was all worth it. Goodnight guys! So happy for everyone 😍
 
Three rejections so far, from UCSF, UPenn, and Case. One waitlist from USC (interview on 10/21).

Still waiting to hear back from Tufts, UoP, UCLA, and NYU for interviews...

I'm feeling hopeless. Maybe I should've applied to more schools?

My stats are: batch 7-8, 23AA 20TS 27PAT 24RC 30QS, 3.5/3.5, a publication in Psychobio, research, 3 yrs of community service, and 80 hrs of shadowing. CA resident but went to high school in OH. I thought Case was definitely a safety but I guess not... 🙁

I'm in a similar situation :/
UCSF, UCS, MW-AZ --> post-interview silence.
UCLA, NYU, UNE haven't invited for an interview yet... No rejections yet.
My stats are: batch 7-8, 24AA, 26TS, 21PAT, 20RC,20QS, with 3.9/3.9. with a year of research experience, 300 shadowing, no community service, and CA resident.
There is still time so don't loose hope 🙂
Btw, did you interview at UCSF and got rejected?
 
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Three rejections so far, from UCSF, UPenn, and Case. One waitlist from USC (interview on 10/21).

Still waiting to hear back from Tufts, UoP, UCLA, and NYU for interviews...

I'm feeling hopeless. Maybe I should've applied to more schools?

My stats are: batch 7-8, 23AA 20TS 27PAT 24RC 30QS, 3.5/3.5, a publication in Psychobio, research, 3 yrs of community service, and 80 hrs of shadowing. CA resident but went to high school in OH. I thought Case was definitely a safety but I guess not... 🙁
Let's wait! Don't give up! I think you applied too late though... I think applying early in June is key when applying... But you still have 4 schools to hear from!!! Keep the faith!!!
 
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