Questions or advice about UCSF?

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No news here either. 🙁 My heart just stopped when i peered in and no big envelopes...just some bills.


BananaSplit
 
Do any UCSFers know if the letters were definitely sent out on the April 15?

scifi & NM, I feel your pain. ARGH!! Tell us already! I need to figure out what I'm doing next year and I'm sure my parents/friends/acquaintances are sick of my med school ranting. I'm going a little berserk, which I suppose is fitting since I go to Berserkeley. Haha, hahahaha, ok. That wasn't really funny. I'm going to eat a mango now.

Everybody hang in there and hang on to your sanity too.
 
Sorry guys, I haven't been by admissions in a few days, so I don't know when/if they were mailed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they have a bunch of fat envelopes in the mail right now.

Let me echo Bien's plug for the second look weekend. I'm going to be hosting people in my living room, and it would be great to see some SDN representation.
 
My smiley face is wearing sunglasses b/c I wish I could use mine.. brrrr! I just wanted to say waiting sucks.. I waited until June!! but what helps is knowing that I'm doing all that I can.

1) Make sure UCSF is really the place for you... talk to students, do research on the programs.. does another place suit you better? think about the feelings that came by when you visted UCSF and other schools. I like UCSF because it "felt like home." Where was "home" for you?

2) think of new letters you can send it. I'd get them in by the start of the month

3) update letters? letters of intent?

4) stay positive!!! remember that about 1/3 of the high priority will get in on may 15, and more will get in off the waitlist (probably 20 is my guess).

5) hobbies.. seriously distract yourself, waiting, for me, is so much longer when I know I'm doing it.

Let me know if I can help. I'll be out of the country 4-28 to 4-26, but will try to get back to everyone when I return.

Thanks for coming, and hope to see you here.

😍 Bien
 
Hi everyone,

I -hesitately- posted a UCLA v. UCSF posting earlier on this thread (which is why it took so long to get online). I just wanted to reinterate that what I said was purely my opinion and what I forsaw as being right or wrong for me only. I gathered my impression from having close people in the program (including my two roomates), and the fact that I personally wanted to diversify my experiences (get away from S. calif).

I do not think that it is a horrible school by itself (and besides, does my opinion matter?), only with respect to my situation. My boyfriend, way brighter than me, enjoys UCLA for the most part, and a very good friend of mine (superqualified kid) that just matched into an excellant ENT program, loved it so much he's staying at UCLA. There are some unhappy kids there, but plenty happy... especially the incoming class I bumped into in the hallways during this last summer.

Like I said in my last posting. rankings don't matter nearly as much as where feels home for you! don't let it influence you too too much. =)
UCLA has esp. good residency programs I keep hearing!

procrasinator extraordinaire.
😛
 
argh... nothing from ucsf again. but did hear from 2 other schools waitlisting me. i must go into interviews with a big "waitlist me" stamp on my forehead.
 
I was shut out from the other thread, so I will express this here:

It is true, ucla undergrad was an ultracompetitive environment. The fact that this ucsfgirl (bien) stood out in my and many of my classmates' memory being the top of the pack as a ?dirty against/sabatoge-others? student is the reason neither I or other ucla undergrads (I know this for a fact) will ever forget her/it. If you got brutally beaten by someone or raped, I'm sure you will never forget the incidence either. I will never forget the actions she put forth towards me and towards other ucla undergrads, and the things she said. The fact she didn?t bother spending her time to address this issue in the previous thread shows (to me) she never cared about what others think about her real life actions towards others, and that strengthens my negative impression of her (I have a right to that opinion of mine. Just because your opinion differs from mine, and US opinion differs from germany on iraq, doesn?t always make the other side wrong. Don?t think that you?re always right and the deviant opinions are always wrong).

Know this: no matter where in the future, I and these many classmates will never forget her name, face, and her past actions (like someone killing a family member, it is something hard to forgive or forget). You can think I?m a psycho, but if a majority of my classmates thought the same back then, then either we?re ALL psychos, or we are all normal human beings having some normal angry feelings about her actions. I'm sure one of them will get back at her someday either in her medical profession, personal life, or other more clever ways. If she gets screwed over in the future, she?ll know where it comes from. And it isnt going to help her by pulling to be fake nice nowadays. Many people are trained to see through pretense, in real life or internet.

This is the last and final post for yaoming. yaoming will vanish into thin air in sdn forever. No matter what you say or post, yaoming will never respond or be on again. However, remember this, "I" and these ucla undergrads will always be lurking around somehow, without forgetting the person she was and what she did.

As a side note: those revealing your identities. You?re doing it at your own risk. Dont yell at others because they use your personal information. It is no one's fault except your own for choosing to put it up on an open unconfidential internet atmosphere. This is a preallo forum. Few are actual doctors here. Some choose to not go into patient care, but research and pharmaceuticals. Some are from Australia, Africa, Taiwan, etc. Using your name, social security, credit card number, whatever you provide them, might not be against the law or moral/honor code in their countries. Dont get angry or yell at others because you openly give your personal information on an international internet forum. And blame no one but yourself when you don?t choose your words wisely against others on it and the person on the other end decides to settle the issue somehow in real life instead just cyberspace. I?m not saying you are wrong; you are right to do whatever you want with your personal information, but I am just giving my suggestion/input.
 
One last thing (in case of any confusion).
Studious, ambitious, diligent attitude/actions = I respect and admire.
Screw/destroy for your own good/competitive against/sabatoge-others attitude = On the opposite end of respect and admiration.

When I meant ultracompetitive, I meant the latter. Poof!
 
Originally posted by yaoming
I was shut out from the other thread, so I will express this here:

It is true, ucla undergrad was an ultracompetitive environment. The fact that this ucsfgirl (bien) stood out in my and many of my classmates' memory being the top of the pack as a ?dirty against/sabatoge-others? student is the reason neither I or other ucla undergrads (I know this for a fact) will ever forget her/it. If you got brutally beaten by someone or raped, I'm sure you will never forget the incidence either.


blah, blah, blah.
What a wierdo! Gee I wonder who the true pre-med, ultracompetitive psycho is around here. Obviously this fellow. How can you compare such an inane incident to rape or a beating?
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LOL. Oh my goodness. This Yao guy is something else. Comparing his premed experience to death and rape? Wow Bien, he must have really taken it badly when he asked you to the molecular biology prom and you said no. Player haters....
 
souljah, i guess you dont know when to stop.

i'm sure you still cannot see, there is a flame that started. i do not need any of your approval to justify my actions. if you dont buy my comparison, i dont care.

keep talking your trash souljah ucsf ms1. i have my connections. i can easily find out who you are, considering the amount you have already revealed about yourself. this is my final warning. keep up the trash talking and u'll have some craziness banging on your door (or otherwise)....someday.

i probably sound like a psycho on this forum to you. i dont really care. like thewonderer said, one's words on the internet are different from one's true ways in real life. i dont care how you think of my personality on the internet. just watch your back.

*** is no brainer. the name is given openly. ** also. yes, for someone talking as much trash as you on the internet, it would be worth my time to patiently wait for the right moment to hone you down (or have another friend do his thang). i have the upperhand right now, because i know who you are but you have no idea what you are dealing with, so if i were you, i'd keep my mouth damn shut, and be careful what you type up here. for your own and your friends sake, dont continue this flame. it wont be worth it.

yoaming will soon be gone. it's just a matter of when.
 
Hey yao: what's done is done.

Why don't you be the bigger man now and let it rest?

Now can we get back to talking about UCSF?
 
yao,

relax bro. i don't know what went on last year or whenever it was. no need to threaten me. i can easily see that you are very upset about whatever happened. i think you mistook my humor (an attempt to defuse the tension of the situation) for trying to mess around with you. this is, afterall, the internet. i'm not on here to make any enemies. all i did was disagree with your tactics and then make a little joke. don't let my opinions about publically insulting someone make you so angry. threatening me seems to be taking it a little too far. i'm not really down with violence of any kind. there is already too much of it in this world. i don't want to get into it all again, but if you look back at my comments - i tried to be open-minded and objective. i'm sure that if we were person to person talking about whatever is bothering you so much, you'd get a much better understanding of my personality and realize that i'm not trying to vex you - nor am i the kind of person who tends to rub people the wrong way. i used to be all about gettin' crazy and having a hot temper, but all that does in the long run is bury you. so, for whatever your reasons are, i hope that you are able to let it all go. whatever happened in undergrad is done. you are in a great place now. i just don't really understand why, after all this time, you are so heated and are so intent on threatening people. if my joke bothered you that much, then my apologies. it was made with intentions of relaxing the atmosphere a bit.

peace.
 
souljah-- u're a good one...that just about freaked me out. Maybe i'm just a bit paranoid-- apologizing after someone promised to "hone me down"---whoooaaa, i give u your props for having A1 patience!
 
straight up, the moderators should step in here and ban this guy yaoming...he sounds for real insane (then again, this is the same guy who has once said he studies like 60 hours a week, so that would make sense). i'm not cool with the fact that, if he's telling the truth and everything, this guy's gonna be working on patients on day. again, moderators, for real...
 
btw, i just read my above post...looks like i've been watching too many of those commercials for that malibu's most wanted movie (straight up? for real? who says that ish?)
 
"don't be hatin!"

geez, all these pre-med/med psychos on sdn are starting to make me question my career choice... 😕 🙄

could we please not use this thread to continue childish threats and get back to what it's originally made for--ie, high quality speculation??

does anyone know for sure that letters were sent out on the 15th?? i was just assuming they would be based on past posts and began anticipating. anyhoo, sorry to cause unnecessary stress if they haven't been sent out yet.
 
Moderators, please step in and ban this psycho/stalker. He's creepy!
 
I agree with Nefertari....enough is enough......

yaoming.....alright already......thanks for your comments.....but man, get over it already......this forum does not need anymore bs......
 
Whats with all these nutjobs and weirdos like Phar and Yaoming. Its one thing if they were just some premed crazies but its downright disturbing that they have been accepted to medical school and are going to be allowed to treat patients . Whats the point of making everyone go through the expensive process of personal interviews when they can't even weed out these psyhcotic liars, stalkers, and otherwise screwed up people.
 
yeah, man.. it's like "the hand that rocks the... stethescope" or "fatal (pre-med)attraction" or... what's that movie with matt damon and jude law--"the talented mr. yaoming" :laugh:
 
In light of some of the recent threads... I feel compelled to sincerely and specifically thank the UCSF-ers for taking the time out of their hectic schedules to help prospective medschool applicants.

Your contribution to SDN is immeasurable and embodies the very essence of care that make many posters proud to consider you colleagues or aspire to be your future colleagues, myself included.
The information in threads like this makes SDN a powerful resource.

While we have all changed immensely in the past few years we should recall that this is one of the greatest human abilities. If I were Yao I'd be commending such [an alleged] change in a private manner. As many others have mentioned anonymous posting of potential threats and/or libelous material is not only reprehensible but possibly criminal.

At the end of the day we measure a person?s contribution by their present and future actions. The entire UCSF-crew here is exemplary in this regard. As a matter of disclosure, I know none of you personally but let that not diminish my gratitude and heart-felt thanks. I commend your dignity and charity and hope that you continue to provide such candid advice for future applicants in spite of a few (okay-- one) dissenter(s).
 
wow, downhill racer--that's quite a mouthful

but i agree with you and thanks to all ucsf-ers helping out the pre-meds. i recently discovered this forum after quite a bit of the application process was already over for me, but it has been quite helpful and i remember thinking to myself that it would be nice to have some of our inane questions answered by ppl who have been through the process before.

:clap:
 
Well, in an attempt to get this thread back on track and to answer someone's questions about impressions about boards...
I just took Step I today. I am not sure how I did, but the experience overall wasn't too bad. I think I had a pretty accurate expectation of the types of questions asked. The first two years at UCSF prepared me for the basics pretty well, but studying the last few weeks definitely added knowledge that ended up being tested on the exam.

First Aid is definitely an excellent review book and the rapid review with common associations helped quite a bit. However, I think if I could do it all over again, I would have studied a bit harder during the first two years to learn the material better then, to reduce the amount of last-minute cramming. In addition, following along with review books during courses is a good idea and allows you to get distilled, key information. Furthermore, learning from clinical vignettes is a great way to prepare for Step I, as most of the questions give a clinical history, physical exam findings, laboratory values, etc. From this information, some of the questions ask for a specific diagnosis. But more often than not, the question necessitates that you take it one step farther and either provide the best treatment for the condition or mechanism of the disease/treatment. Thus, it is important to know the disease associations, but also just as important to understand the clinical information about the disease in question.

I don't know if any of the above makes sense... my brain is fried. The bottom line is that I felt that I was prepared to take the exam, from both my first two years in UCSF's curriculum and additional studying.

Hope this helps. Now I'm off to bed to try and recover whatever brain cells are left... 😀
 
I used to post under a different account in undergrad and thought I would add something for anyone waiting to hear from UCSF. I interviewed in Dec., got put on the high priority list around March and didn't get actually accepted off the list until mid May. So people get accepted off the waitlist and it can be rather late but I don't know the numbers. Just thought that might help some of you out there. Good luck to everyone and congratulations to Vader for finishing step I. I used to read all your posts about UCSF when I was waiting for months to hear back from the school last year.

UCSF-MSI
 
Hi,

So I'm curious--do people actually get accepted on May 15th directly? Or is it that everyone gets rejected, or placed on the alternate list, either the top half or bottom half? In other words, on May 15th, are ppl directly accepted from High Prioirty group?

Thanks,

James
 
Hey scifi and others!

I didn't any news today either. Has anybody...anybody at all, gotten an acceptance from the April 15 batch? Were they even sent out? Does anybody know? We're going crazy here. Seriously, if I mention med school one more time, my roommates are going to stop talking to me.

BananaSplit
 
For those who were placed on the high priority list at UCSF, how many also got interviews/acceptances at other UC's?
 
for those waiting to hear from ucsf:

nothing in the mail today. 🙁
 
I feel compelled to bring this into perspectives:

Aside from UCSF-ers being philantropic in doing this out of their hectic schedules, the fact could be that these UCSF-ers are enjoying every piece of this "You are God because you go to UCSF and I want to be just like You it is my dream to be like You and go to Your school." Seems to me like "some" of these UCSF-ers are just serving their egos, not just trying to help other people out.

And the fact that ucsf applicants here are being so nice, apparently the quote below, kissing UCSF-ers' anus, is only to get some answers. After receiving rejections, i bet none of the rejectees will even give a bean to be nice to these same ucsf posters.

that is just the impression i receive from reading some threads on here. not to be mean, but it is a clear observation to me. in a way, i guess i am bringing out the sugar coating the yao poster was referring.

Originally posted by Downhill Racer
In light of some of the recent threads... I feel compelled to sincerely and specifically thank the UCSF-ers for taking the time out of their hectic schedules to help prospective medschool applicants.

Your contribution to SDN is immeasurable and embodies the very essence of care that make many posters proud to consider you colleagues or aspire to be your future colleagues, myself included.
The information in threads like this makes SDN a powerful resource.

While we have all changed immensely in the past few years we should recall that this is one of the greatest human abilities. If I were Yao I'd be commending such [an alleged] change in a private manner. As many others have mentioned anonymous posting of potential threats and/or libelous material is not only reprehensible but possibly criminal.

At the end of the day we measure a person?s contribution by their present and future actions. The entire UCSF-crew here is exemplary in this regard. As a matter of disclosure, I know none of you personally but let that not diminish my gratitude and heart-felt thanks. I commend your dignity and charity and hope that you continue to provide such candid advice for future applicants in spite of a few (okay-- one) dissenter(s).
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Well, profunda, I can certainly understand you cynicism. Many undergraduates have assimilated guerilla tactics to cope with malignant and overly number oriented academic institutional management styles. UCSF has many older students, which may affect the tone of their communication. In corporate America and graduate programs, you will find the same kind of linguistic generosity extended to colleagues. Understanding the anonymity of the forum obfuscates this sort of emotional damping, you will find that once you become accustomed to collegial communications it will feel characteristically uncomfortable to communicate with terse insensitivity. Please take it at face value, these people are very nice.
 
I can certainly say that what sdnsdn just mentioned is really at the heart of the matter. In medicine, you will learn that a certain level of professionalism is expected. At UCSF, professionalism and maturity is highly emphasized (in admissions, in the classroom, with patients, with colleagues, etc). That is part of the philosophy here and the environment that is encouraged. The is actually one of the major reasons I decided to come to UCSF. Although I was straight out of college, I wanted to go to a place that felt professional yet relaxed and collegial.

As to the question of why UCSF students who post here are polite, collegial, and professional: we are trying to be helpful, we know what it was like to go through the admissions process, and a professional informative style is generally more useful than an abrasive, guerilla-style, anarchic one.

We aren't trying to mislead you or give you false impressions (at least I am not). We just all love our school and the city of San Francisco, and are trying to convey some of that excitement in what we write. I certainly would be the first to encourage you to get a variety of opinions and to form your own ones based on visiting the campus, attending some classes, and getting to know other students here.

What do I personally get out of posting on SDN? I find it a nice distraction from studying, somewhere where I can meet current and future applicants/colleagues, and a place where I might be able to help others in any small way I can. When I wrote the guidebook to MD/PhD admissions, I decided that to best help out, I would post it online and make it freely accessible for people interested in that pathway.

The bottom line, is I think you'll find that the vast majority of UCSF students are fairly mature, super-motivated hard-workers who get involved with a variety of activities to help others.
 
All this could be true. Except, my point that you're missing is that, no matter what you claim the reasons are, underneath all of these claims is the true reason: it serves your ego to hear applicants thirsting to go to your school. Not saying it is...but there is a possibility. (Just wanted to clear that up from my previous post). I think it's only natural that someone would feel better about him/herself if all these people are saying they would do "anything" to get into his/her medical school and be in his/her position. Not saying it is...but there is a possibility.

Originally posted by Vader
I can certainly say that what sdnsdn just mentioned is really at the heart of the matter. In medicine, you will learn that a certain level of professionalism is expected. At UCSF, professionalism and maturity is highly emphasized (in admissions, in the classroom, with patients, with colleagues, etc). That is part of the philosophy here and the environment that is encouraged. The is actually one of the major reasons I decided to come to UCSF. Although I was straight out of college, I wanted to go to a place that felt professional yet relaxed and collegial.

As to the question of why UCSF students who post here are polite, collegial, and professional: we are trying to be helpful, we know what it was like to go through the admissions process, and a professional informative style is generally more useful than an abrasive, guerilla-style, anarchic one.

We aren't trying to mislead you or give you false impressions (at least I am not). We just all love our school and the city of San Francisco, and are trying to convey some of that excitement in what we write. I certainly would be the first to encourage you to get a variety of opinions and to form your own ones based on visiting the campus, attending some classes, and getting to know other students here.

What do I personally get out of posting on SDN? I find it a nice distraction from studying, somewhere where I can meet current and future applicants/colleagues, and a place where I might be able to help others in any small way I can. When I wrote the guidebook to MD/PhD admissions, I decided that to best help out, I would post it online and make it freely accessible for people interested in that pathway.

The bottom line, is I think you'll find that the vast majority of UCSF students are fairly mature, super-motivated hard-workers who get involved with a variety of activities to help others.
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the pass/not pass system...exactly how does that work...is passing simply getting about a pre-determined percent...or is it based on the mean score for the exam and determined by your placement with a certain number of standard deviations below the mean...if you score below the mean that is...just wondering...thanks
 
Originally posted by profunda
All this could be true. Except, my point that you're missing is that, no matter what you claim the reasons are, underneath all of these claims is the true reason: it serves your ego to hear applicants thirsting to go to your school. Not saying it is...but there is a possibility. (Just wanted to clear that up from my previous post). I think it's only natural that someone would feel better about him/herself if all these people are saying they would do "anything" to get into his/her medical school and be in his/her position. Not saying it is...but there is a possibility.
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c'mon! give the ucsf folks a break! why is it so essential to be cynical and speculate about what the ucsf peep's motives are for helping SDNers? such assumptions about what others may think lead no where. i don't want to be belligerant or anything, but as they say, "to asssume makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me' ". the ucsf folks are taking their time to do a heck lot more for SDNers than a lot of others on SDN have done. w/ 7 posts, you're a relative newbie and i think you could do better than just start off by criticizing people.....
 
profunda=yaoming=psychostalker??
 
I am not sure what your purpose is in saying this. Thank you for trying to psychoanalyze my motives, but unfortunately your presumptions are incorrect and are also inherently unhelpful. Geting my ego stroked certainly isn't at the top of the list in terms of reasons for posting on SDN, and it is pretty silly and disrespectful for you to presume this. Although I would love for every one of the applicants here to come to UCSF, I have no say in the process because I am not involved in admissions. What I do have is a perspective that I am able to give by virtue of where and what I am (i.e. a UCSF student who has gone through the admissions process that current applicants are going through). It is also unfortunate that you fail to see that some people who dedicate their lives to the study of medicine actually do have noble and idealistic intentions.


Originally posted by profunda
All this could be true. Except, my point that you're missing is that, no matter what you claim the reasons are, underneath all of these claims is the true reason: it serves your ego to hear applicants thirsting to go to your school. Not saying it is...but there is a possibility. (Just wanted to clear that up from my previous post). I think it's only natural that someone would feel better about him/herself if all these people are saying they would do "anything" to get into his/her medical school and be in his/her position. Not saying it is...but there is a possibility.
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The usual set point for a pass is a score of 70% on each exam. Sometimes the passing score is lowered if the exam was exceptionally difficult. The rationale behind setting a standard percentage rather than a curve is, in part, that it fosters cooperation among students and reduces competition. This certainly has been the case with my class--for example, people posted notes on the web site before each exam to help others study. I think the P/F system is great and encourages students to work together to learn the material, while still maintaining high standards.


Originally posted by ComplexPuzzle
the pass/not pass system...exactly how does that work...is passing simply getting about a pre-determined percent...or is it based on the mean score for the exam and determined by your placement with a certain number of standard deviations below the mean...if you score below the mean that is...just wondering...thanks
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Hi scifi,
No news again here either. I guess we missed the April 15 train? *sigh* Congrats on your two waitlists though.

BananaSplit
 
To Bien and Paean (and anyone who might know),

Do you know around when the admissions committee meets to decide on High Priority applicants before sending out the May 15th notices? I'm waiting on asking my new job supervisor for a letter of recc until she gets familiar enough with my work, though I don't want to wait until it's too late for the adcom. Bien, I think you advised getting these in by early May...?

Thanks everyone!!

Best of luck to all others who are waiting like me!

yodi
 
i just talked to admissions today. the woman who answered told me that a batch of acceptances were sent out on the 15th. another batch will be sent out either today or tomorrow. other (non-accepted?) people will find out by the beginning of may and other notices will also be sent out intermittently until then. basically people will find out whether they are accepted, rejected, or alternate/waitlist by the beginning of may.

still haven't gotten anything in the mail... 😕
 
Hey scifi--

Were the notices sent out by the beginning of May those on High Priority, or are those for the people who haven't heard anything post-interview?

Will they decide earlier than their May 15th date for HP?
 
i think (emphasis on THINK) she meant everyone will find out by early may. she said people should find out by then whether they are accepted, rejected, or alternate/waitlist. i took this as meaning that if you are high priority you will find out whether you are placed on the waitlist or not. just my interpretation, though, i didn't ask specifically about high priority.
 
Hey thanks, scifi.

I hope she meant High Priority. I guess the wail will continue until early May. I'm too scared to call and ask, as I don't want to get yelled at by another Admissions Office (especially this one).
 
Hi Scifi,
UCSF didn't happen to tell you how many acceptances they sent out in these last two batches, did they?

BTW, I didn't get any mail from UCSF today...just a credit card statement and my driver's license. Gosh, this new picture is even worse than the last one.

Anyhow, I'll be praying for all the SDNers waiting to hear. ^_^


BananaSplit
 
hello banana split and ucsb premed,

i don't know how many acceptances are being mailed out. (didn't want to ask too many questions b/c they seemed so busy there). she did mention, however, that a lot of people are waiting to hear, including people who interviewed a lot longer than 8 weeks ago. hope that helps.

this is the last school i'm waiting to hear back from and i need some closure!! good luck to y'alls!
 
To all those waiting,

I know this time of year last year got pretty strange. Acceptances were sent out more randomly (and thankfully, a bit more frequently). If you don't hear from them in April, don't assume that it is bad news. Last year I interviewed here at the end of January and they did not mail me an acceptance until mid-May. The wait was tough, and lots of times I thought that my chances were really slim. The last thing my student interviewer told me was that sometimes things take a long time, but be sure to know that your application is always in the process of being reviewed. That kind of helped me play the waiting game, although sometimes it was tough. I was watching people who interviewed much later than I did receive acceptances, high priority, and rejections. I didn't know what to think. I received my big envelope somewhere around May 26th or something like that! You guys are down to the home stretch and you have excellent chances.

I wish you all the best of luck.


And Vader..thank you for eloquently explaining the reason(s) why we chose to help everyone out. Congratulations on the boards and good luck on rotations.
 
Thanks souljah1. I'll actually be taking off the medical hat and putting on the scientist one for the next few years. But I am excited for (and a bit jealous of) my classmates who are starting on the wards soon. 🙂

And to all those waiting... good luck and I hope you hear soon!
 
Hi folks,
I got the rejection letter from UCSF today, postmarked 4/21. Interviewed mid Feb. This marks the end of my application cycle, so I'll be reapplying next year. Good luck to those who are still waiting to hear. And to those who have been accepted: I know you'll be great physicians.

BananaSplit
 
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