Official Northwestern Notification Thread 2005

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[icecream4me]

Pending. ugh.

Well, no offense, but that is their problem. A lot of people get pulled off the waitlist so it sure beats a rejection and to be quite frank the reason for this poll is to get at the bottom of the lingo, because none of us, including me, are sure what "pending" even means. Are you sure it means a waitlist?

ctwickman: what do you mean by "a lot"? do you mean specifically for NU or is that a general statement?

 

[GuyLaroche]

This morning, the status page yelled out:
"
Hey GuyLaroche!

A final decision is forthcoming".


To which I respond: Care factor approaching zero.

 

[derzornhistolog]

This morning, the status page yelled out:
"
Hey GuyLaroche!

A final decision is forthcoming".


To which I respond: Care factor approaching zero.

Pray, Guy, where have you been accepted such that you're so insouciant about NW? Peon as I am, I can hardly fathom why you'd inveigh against my top choice.

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[evendry707]

pending.
this is really crushing my spirits. for me, it's NW or bust.

 

[DrRads101]

To which I respond: Care factor approaching zero.

If that's the case, then you should be a nice little GuyLaroche and call up the admissions office, and withdraw your application for others in here. Funny though---why haven't you withdrawn already anyway? You are supposed to withdraw from schools you are not interested in as soon as possible for those who are. That's the right thing to do.

 

[EMT-CO32]

forthcoming...

I have a feeling this could mean rejected just as easily as accepted...

and an answer to a question... last year Northwestern took three people off of its waitlist. ridiculous, i know.

 

[DrRads101]

and an answer to a question... last year Northwestern took three people off of its waitlist. ridiculous, i know.

Wow are you serious? Because 3 of my good close friends were pulled in off the waitlist. It would be crazy if they happened to be those 3! That's why I made that statement because if I know 3 people that got in off the waitlist (and this is even with the topic never coming up at all in conversations with others in the first place), I could only surmise that there is a lot of waitlist movement.

 

[EMT-CO32]

i definitely DON'T know this for a fact, but I know someone (through the grapevine) on the adcom and that's what i was told.

 

[derzornhistolog]

forthcoming...

I have a feeling this could mean rejected just as easily as accepted...

and an answer to a question... last year Northwestern took three people off of its waitlist. ridiculous, i know.

I share your doubts. We will have to wait and see what the forthcoming/pending distinction implies. It really sucks that we can't get instant gratification.

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[evendry707]

CT - you seem to be the only source for the pending = waitlist idea. obviously you had the forthcoming status and you got in. what, other than your own status change, makes you think this?

 

[melimi]

FORTHCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and.......that means ****

 

[odbasucanc]

pending

 

[DrRads101]

CT - you seem to be the only source for the pending = waitlist idea. obviously you had the forthcoming status and you got in. what, other than your own status change, makes you think this?

Someone else came up with the pending=waitlist idea. I said it "COULD be a waitlist" which merely means, "Sure, it's possible." The "pending" thing is a mystery to me and is why this poll might be useful. I can only surmise "pending" = "hold your horses" for another few days but that's just my own 2 cents.

The only thing I do know, however, is that in the past 3 cycles, forthcoming has = acceptance. I base this merely on reading and posting in NU threads for the past year and a half. Everyone who reported a "forthcoming" from what I remember got in.

 

[evendry707]

i feel sick to my stomach. 🙁

 

[rockstar2525]

Pending 🙁

 

[evendry707]

Someone else came up with the pending=waitlist idea. I said it "COULD be a waitlist" which merely means, "Sure, it's possible." The "pending" thing is a mystery to me and is why this poll might be useful. I can only surmise "pending" = "hold your horses" for another few days but that's just my own 2 cents.

The only thing I do know, however, is that in the past 3 cycles, forthcoming has = acceptance. I base this merely on reading and posting in NU threads for the past year and a half. Everyone who got a "forthcoming" got in.

so that implies then that not everybody's status will eventually change? cuz it seems pretty clear that forthcoming implies acceptance. unless EVERYBODY eventually gets a status change to forthcoming.

 

[derzornhistolog]

Final decision is forthcoming = Acceptance

Congratulations! I hope you come here because it is a great school, great city, and to add it all up it is is actually a great TIME and you can't say that for most med school experiences.

If you can still log in and it says "pending" you haven't been rejected or accepted yet so just wait a week and see what happens.

This post implies that there is certitude about the 'forthcoming' line. How can there be certainty about this without there also being certainty with the 'pending' line?

Can you explain what made you so sure about this?

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[evendry707]

essentially, we just need to know whether or not people who dont get in ever have their status changed.

 

[starfruit]

Still no calls, though? That seems strange to me, since the status changes were on Monday.

 

[melimi]

my status actually changed today, like an hour or 2 ago

 

[starfruit]

Interesting . . .

 

[absps1983]

mine also just changed within the hour... i'm forthcoming now.

 

[evendry707]

mine also just changed within the hour... i'm forthcoming now.

mine just changed five minutes ago (yes, i checked twice in five minutes.. that's how nervous i am). so either:

1. everybody's eventually changes
2. they intended "forthcoming" to imply acceptance, but b/c so many people called and were wondering about it, they decided to change everybody's to pacify us.

this is HELL.

 

[rockstar2525]

ok, so I am now obsessively checking my status, but at this point we have no idea what that means. Did they change the accepted people on Monday, and now are changing everyone else's page? Are they accepting another batch? We really don't know. Therefore, we should all stop speculating and camp out next to our mailboxes. Then, of course run back to your computer when you do actually get the letter 😉

 

[Electrophys]

Just to add more fuel to the fire...my status also changed from pending-->forthcoming today...

LOL...this is TOO funny.

 

[rockstar2525]

Mine is still pending. . . 😡

This is actually a pretty interesting sociological experiment, watching all these neurotic pre-meds (myself included) obsessively check their status page and then post every five minutes on an internet forum where we all speculate and read into things that we have no idea what it means. 😛

 

[MisterMo]

doh! still pending...<sigh>

 

[MisterMo]

doh! still pending...<sigh>

hmm, not pending any more. Just got changed to forthcoming in the last 30 minutes 😕

 

[sweatybrain]

ditto.

but since mine didn't change until now, I'm probably waitlisted 😉

Let the speculation continue!

 

[kimmer579]

mine just changed from this morning!

maybe it is this.... after your interview the decision is pending... once they make the decision it is forthcoming..... so no matter what it says we are all going to hear soon whether we are accepted, waitlisted or rejected!

 

[DrRads101]

Yeah this is funny. I know they read these boards and I bet a few people who read this thread called in about this, and maybe NOW they will change everybody's status to "forthcoming" so no one can predict who gets in and who doesn't based on the web site, who knows! 🙂

It could be all up in the air now. I'm sure most of you will know in just a few days though. 👍

 

[starfruit]

Yup, mine just changed too. We shall see . . .

 

[GuyLaroche]

If that's the case, then you should be a nice little GuyLaroche and call up the admissions office, and withdraw your application for others in here. Funny though---why haven't you withdrawn already anyway? You are supposed to withdraw from schools you are not interested in as soon as possible for those who are. That's the right thing to do.

I don't know that I have been accepted. Besides, I wasn't saying that I wasn't interested in NW - though that isn't far from the truth. What I was saying is that I don't care if the decision is forthcoming or pending. It doesn't matter. I guess I'll know when the letter comes. I'm sorry I came off as dismissive. NW is a great school, though one that isn't right for me.

 

[evendry707]

i think we should stop this nonsense now. unless anybody can confirm that not everybody receives a status change EVENTUALLY, we have no reason to assume any correlation between the status and the final decision. a number of us had their status changed just in the past hour, so there's no reason why anybody should be worried if the webpage still says "pending". NO REASON. STOP IT. DO IT.

DO IT.

 

[rockstar2525]

Ok, ok, mine is forthcoming too now. Clearly this means nothing so I agree, let's stop speculating and start camping out at the post office!

 

[sweatybrain]

maybe all of us are accepted 😀

 

[MisterMo]

is it too late to go back to the old system now? you know, the one where "forthcoming" = acceptance. I would like that a lot at this point 🙂

 

[derzornhistolog]

I agree. Hoorah for snail mail.

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[GuyLaroche]

maybe all of us are accepted 😀

Acceptance rate post interview is 40%. There is a very, very high probability that many will get in. So, relax people. Plus if I get in, I'll withdraw immediately. Since I am on a withdrawal high (contradiction in terms), I might just go ahead and withdraw now.

 

[rockstar2525]

Acceptance rate post interview is 40%. There is a very, very high probability that many will get in. So, relax people. Plus if I get in, I'll withdraw immediately. Since I am on a withdrawal high (contradiction in terms), I might just go ahead and withdraw now.

Yeah, withdraw and make sure you clarify that you are doing so to make space for me!

 

[superdevil]

hell, even my status has changed! that really hurts the credibility of the whole "A final decision is forthcoming = acceptance" theory!

 

[superdevil]

additionally, what is the point of having a status page that doesn't tell you your status?

 

[starfruit]

If you look at spring 2003 decisions, everyone's status pages changed eventually, but the TIMING of the status changes was key. All of those that year that had a status change on Friday 3/21 were accepted, and all who had a status change on Monday 3/24 were WL or rejected. This historical pattern does not bode well for people whose status changed today, unfortunately. 🙁

 

[superdevil]

If you look at spring 2003 decisions, everyone's status pages changed eventually, but the TIMING of the status changes was key. All of those that year that had a status change on Friday 3/21 were accepted, and all who had a status change on Monday 3/24 were WL or rejected. This historical pattern does not bode well for people whose status changed today, unfortunately. 🙁

if that's true (and it sounds plausible), then why the hell would they do that? do they just like screwing with the people they're waitlisting? i'm sure they could easily change everybody's status at the same time.

oh well, life goes on.

 

[evendry707]

If you look at spring 2003 decisions, everyone's status pages changed eventually, but the TIMING of the status changes was key. All of those that year that had a status change on Friday 3/21 were accepted, and all who had a status change on Monday 3/24 were WL or rejected. This historical pattern does not bode well for people whose status changed today, unfortunately. 🙁

starfruit - thank you for rekindling my paranoia. how on earth did you find information about spring 2003 decisions?? seriously?!!

 

[starfruit]

just did a search

 

[opinionkitten]

ah, my status changed in the last three minutes, that was weird.

 

[GuyLaroche]

If you look at spring 2003 decisions, everyone's status pages changed eventually, but the TIMING of the status changes was key. All of those that year that had a status change on Friday 3/21 were accepted, and all who had a status change on Monday 3/24 were WL or rejected. This historical pattern does not bode well for people whose status changed today, unfortunately. 🙁

Good to know.

 

[odbasucanc]

so, if they began sending out acceptance letters in the regular mail, then those who live in or near to Chicago should get them tomorrow at the latest... Maybe even today if they live in Chi-town...
anybody here live in or around Chicago?