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When do rejections start coming out? I know most medical schools like to hold on to their apps until they start sending out a wave of rejections, so I'm just curious if they haven't looked at my app yet or if they have and put me aside into this category lol.

DISCLAIMER: IF THIS TOPIC MAY INCREASE YOUR ANXIETY LEVEL, PER @and 99 others , PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS POST
 
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pchemdestr8 said:
When do rejections start coming out? I know most medical schools like to hold on to their apps until they start sending out a wave of rejections, so I'm just curious if they haven't looked at my app yet or if they have and put me aside into this category lol
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Why does it matter?
 
bluepeony said:
Why does it matter?
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Just curiosity, I wanna know more about how this app cycle is from behind the scenes. Kinda like how people ask date of submission to those who have an II. Theoretically, it shouldn't matter since apps are read in a non-chronological order, yet people still ask it anyways thinking that if their date of submission is close to the person with an II, they're app will be read in the near future/thus should get a decision. I think if you are going to ask this question "why does it matter?", you should probably ask these people.
 
pchemdestr8 said:
Just curiosity, I wanna know more about how this app cycle is from behind the scenes. Kinda like how people ask date of submission to those who have an II. Theoretically, it shouldn't matter since apps are read in a non-chronological order, yet people still ask it anyways thinking that if their date of submission is close to the person with an II, they're app will be read in the near future/thus should get a decision. I think if you are going to ask this question "why does it matter?", you should probably ask these people.
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You're right. Neither of them really matter. The only difference is that the question in this thread not only does not matter but also promotes everyone to focus on something that is both inherently negative and unanswerable. It just leads to unnecessary anxiety, wellfounded or not.
 
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You're right. Neither of them really matter. The only difference is that the question in this thread not only does not matter but also promotes everyone to focus on something that is both inherently negative and unanswerable. It just leads to unnecessary anxiety, wellfounded or not.
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I'm not trying to start a debate on here alright? I'll put a disclaimer on the original post for those with anxiety issues OK? But from my perspective, if you think something will give you anxiety, you shouldn't click on the thread. I'm asking this question so I know the general time frame for things. I know for II, August is still early whereas things start to pick up in September, but I'm not sure about how it works for rejections.

So I kindly ask, if you don't have anything productive to say, please do not comment. Again, I already put the disclaimer in the OP so hopefully it doesn't cause anxiety but the purpose of this thread is so that I can have a better idea of the app cycle. Cheers

Also am a little confused on how knowing when rejections coming out will increase anxiety? I can see how knowing when II come out may increase anxiety, but not really rejections. I swear, I feel like sometimes people post content like yours just to get more likes in the appearance that you are somehow protecting the forum members.
 
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Also @OP from what I can tell certain schools send rejection emails in waves beginning around mid to late August and these continue throughout the cycle. Other schools kind of just keep you waiting until they reject at the end of the cycle
 
calipremed5768 said:
Everybody seems so against this but not really sure why. Might give some people who think they’ve been silently rejected some peace of mind. I know the following schools have sent hard rejections

Nebraska
West Virginia
Tulane
VCU
EVMS
Cornell
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Thanks for the info, but mainly just trying to get a feel of general timing, like when do schools start really ramping things up on R. And I think there are a few more schools that have sent out R, but they were pre-secondary, not post
 
calipremed5768 said:
Also @OP from what I can tell certain schools send rejection emails in waves beginning around mid to late August and these continue throughout the cycle. Other schools kind of just keep you waiting until they reject at the end of the cycle
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That's what I was looking for! Thanks! I know @MemeLord has made a percentages for II per month, was wondering if there was one for R as well. Thanks for the info tho and actually answering the question instead of trying to lecture me like the two posters above!!!
 
pchemdestr8 said:
That's what I was looking for! Thanks! I know @MemeLord has made a percentages for II per month, was wondering if there was one for R as well. Thanks for the info tho and actually answering the question instead of trying to lecture me like the two posters above!!!
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All of my stuff is sourced from Reddit. No one tracks number of rejections.
 
Also you can just google “sdn rejection list” or do a search on here and you can see which schools send straight rejections and which ones just leave you hanging. Past cycles have made running rejection lists
 
pchemdestr8 said:
Also am a little confused on how knowing when rejections coming out will increase anxiety? I can see how knowing when II come out may increase anxiety, but not really rejections. I swear, I feel like sometimes people post content like yours just to get more likes in the appearance that you are somehow protecting the forum members.
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It's pretty simple:
1) The question you are asking is impossible to answer and thus pointless to ask
2) Since rejections are literally the worst possible outcome during this process, people are prone (understandably) to take these answers (which, again, mean nothing) and dwell on them. They agonize about "this guy got a rejection and his stats are way higher than mine, it's only a matter of time till I get my R," or something of that nature, when this is a totally inaccurate heuristic.

Thus, it is a topic from which no meaningful or productive discussion can arise. It breeds neuroticism, even if you put a disclaimer.
 
I mean the same can be said about keeping II lists. These can cause anxiety for people in the same way rejection lists can. How many forum users have probably said “almost all schools on my list have given out IIs and I still have zero. Is there something wrong with my app? Letters? etc”
 
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It's pretty simple:
1) The question you are asking is impossible to answer and thus pointless to ask
2) Since rejections are literally the worst possible outcome during this process, people are prone (understandably) to take these answers (which, again, mean nothing) and dwell on them. They agonize about "this guy got a rejection and his stats are way higher than mine, it's only a matter of time till I get my R," or something of that nature, when this is a totally inaccurate heuristic.

Thus, it is a topic from which no meaningful or productive discussion can arise. It breeds neuroticism, even if you put a disclaimer.
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1) It's very possible to answer, just track the R per month the way people have done for II.......
2) No, I really don't think people will think like that. They should know that almost all med schools now a days are holistic, and that stats are truly not everything. And to be clear, there will always be neurotism on SDN, haven't you seen the WAMC threads? Let's get those down while we are at it......

Again, please get rid of your mentality that somehow you are looking out for the "gullible" people on SDN who can't control their anxiety levels. I'll repeat what I said again, if you do not have anything to contribute to this post, please just ignore it. Thank you
 
Users who get anxiety over a rejection list are likely the same ones who think not having an II = R
 
calipremed5768 said:
I mean the same can be said about keeping II lists. These can cause anxiety for people in the same way rejection lists can. How many forum users have probably said “almost all schools on my list have given out IIs and I still have zero. Is there something wrong with my app? Letters? etc”
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I never said the same can't be said about II lists. I think, in general, dwelling over every contingency during this process, especially when you're at the point where there is precisely nothing you can do to change the outcome, harms more than helps.

And as far as II lists go, they have several redeeming qualities, such as showing which schools send out early and frequent interviews and thus, which schools one can prioritize when preparing secondaries.
 
pchemdestr8 said:
1) It's very possible to answer, just track the R per month the way people have done for II.......
2) No, I really don't think people will think like that. They should know that almost all med schools now a days are holistic, and that stats are truly not everything. And to be clear, there will always be neurotism on SDN, haven't you seen the WAMC threads? Let's get those down while we are at it......

Again, please get rid of your mentality that somehow you are looking out for the "gullible" people on SDN who can't control their anxiety levels. I'll repeat what I said again, if you do not have anything to contribute to this post, please just ignore it. Thank you
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1) the crux of your question in the OP was if your app was looked at yet or if it has been put aside in another category; that is an impossible question to answer
2) comparing WAMC threads to a dedicated thread for schools that have sent out rejections is about as false as a false equivalence can get. WAMC threads are super helpful for creating school lists.

In regards to the bolded, you literally asked me:
pchemdestr8 said:
Also am a little confused on how knowing when rejections coming out will increase anxiety?
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