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Hey - who's with me here? Let's get this started, and remember to post your good news as soon as you hear it! I imagine people will start hearing next week... good luck to everyone!
Laelia said:Thanks DukeDoc, your information is a great help! I think in past years people have found out through the regular mail - is this how you found out?
I guess all of us waitlistees will have another chance to anxiously wait by our mailboxes in the next couple of weeks!
And c'mon, I know there are more of you out there on the waitlist - join the chat! Where are you going if not Duke? For me it'll be UNC.
Medikit said:Hey guys, just wanted to say good luck
Dr. Donkey said:someone has claimed to have gotten a call from duke in the duke 2005 official thread
Eyesayah55 said:That was me...They called about 4 hours ago.
djali said:Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!! I Just Got The Call So Excited Ahhhhh!!!!
djali said:Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!! I Just Got The Call So Excited Ahhhhh!!!!
Dr. Donkey said:Nice work! Question for you: did you update them much or just leave them to their decision?
djali said:I wrote them a one page letter maybe 2 weeks ago saying why they were my first choice and also giving a brief update on my doings since I interviewed (and that's all). This is crazy. I can't believe it worked!
Laelia said:Congratulations, djali!
Good point...I think I'm just getting worn out from spending every minute glued to my phone...I'm also telling mysef that they are carefully sifting through all the alternates to find places for those who have already dropped. I like to live with the illusion that the waitlist Gods are meticulously re-reading apps to find replacements. hehehe...Laelia said:You would think that the later it gets, the less chance we'd have. But we've had three or four current Duke Med students post and say that they got in anywhere from mid-June to mid-July. So even if it takes that long (though I hope it doesn't), we still have hope!!
Laelia said:Yeah, no news here either. C'mon Duke, keep the list movin!
DukeDoc08 said:Good luck everyone! I got in July 6th last year and now I am paying the price for going to Duke as I study for Monday's exam (after I finished the take home part this afternoon)...
just kidding of course (about the paying the price part)! 7 more weeks and BYE BYE classroom and amphitheatre!! HELLO wards and sleepless nights!!!
I can't wait! Really, seriously, I can't wait!!!
Anyway, I made a lot of effort last year to get in....but I'm not sure if it mattered or not other than the fact they knew I wanted to go to Duke very badly! I think they are molding the class they want (men, women, trad, non trad, minorities, east, west, north, south) with the initial acceptances and then with the waitlist people to make sure the final class is just what they were looking for (unique background can be thrown in there, as well)....just a theory of course because no one knows what goes through their minds (or Dr. Armstrong's mind I should say since I think she makes the waitlist decisions solo)
WOW, July 6th....it was a little too close for my liking and NO I didn't feel like I was getting sloppy seconds from Duke....I'm not top of the class and I'm not rock bottom either, so I guess that means that even the last person to get in (which I wasn't) has what it takes!
CONGRATS!!!!! Isabelle, when did you get the call?ISABELLE22 said:Hi there, I just got in off the waitlist and am excited about Duke! How much free time (if any) do you have first year? How filled are the weekends?
THanks!
ISABELLE22 said:Hi there, I just got in off the waitlist and am excited about Duke! How much free time (if any) do you have first year? How filled are the weekends?
THanks!
Laelia said:Isabelle - congratulations! You got the call today? Are you going to accept?
ISABELLE22 said:Hi there, I just got in off the waitlist and am excited about Duke! How much free time (if any) do you have first year? How filled are the weekends?
THanks!
its v secret.bluefly said:Does anybody know how big the duke waitlist is or how many people usually get off the waitlist?
thanx!
seethrew said:its v secret.
last year i think i heard 10 peeps came off waitlist that attended.
agreed...Scrubz67 said:None here either...come on folks, if you're vacillating between Duke and some other school, chances are that you really don't want to go to Duke that badly, let some of us go instead!!!! (yea I know its a blanket statement but I'm at work and in a crabby mood) hehe