School A, instead of School B, is it too late?

[mdia]

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Hi, I've been accepted to School B.

However, I would like to go to School A (still on waitlist).

Today is June 29th.

Should I send an email to School A indicating that I still want to attend it? That is, will School A notify School B about this (even if School A doesn't want to accept me)? If so, what would School B do if they were notified about something like this?


According to: AAMC Recommendations for Medical School Admission Officers

http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/admissionofficers.htm

After June 1, any school that plans to make an acceptance offer to an applicant already known to have been accepted by another school for that entering class ensure that the other school is advised of this offer at the time that the offer is made. This notification should be made immediately by telephone and promptly thereafter by written correspondence delivered by regular or electronic methods. Schools should communicate fully with each other with respect to anticipated late roster changes in order to minimize inter-school miscommunication and misunderstanding, as well as the possibility of unintended vacant positions in a school's first-year entering class.

 

[longhorn09]

I guess it also depends on what the identity of schools A and B are. Which one are they?

 

[235009]

Hi, I've been accepted to School B.

However, I would like to go to School A (still on waitlist).

Today is June 29th.

Should I send an email to School A indicating that I still want to attend it? That is, will School A notify School B about this (even if School A doesn't want to accept me)? If so, what would School B do if they were notified about something like this?


According to: AAMC Recommendations for Medical School Admission Officers

http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/policies/admissionofficers.htm

After June 1, any school that plans to make an acceptance offer to an applicant already known to have been accepted by another school for that entering class ensure that the other school is advised of this offer at the time that the offer is made. This notification should be made immediately by telephone and promptly thereafter by written correspondence delivered by regular or electronic methods. Schools should communicate fully with each other with respect to anticipated late roster changes in order to minimize inter-school miscommunication and misunderstanding, as well as the possibility of unintended vacant positions in a school's first-year entering class.

this just means that school A would have to tell school B immediately if they intend on accepting you off the waitlist. school B would then tell you that you have a certain amount of time to make a decision. absolutely nothing will happen if you send school A a letter and they still don't admit you.

 

[SortOfMcDreamy]

this just means that school A would have to tell school B immediately if they intend on accepting you off the waitlist. school B would then tell you that you have a certain amount of time to make a decision. absolutely nothing will happen if you send school A a letter and they still don't admit you.

I concur! I think the admissions folks will understand that you're not being malicious, but that you just want to go to your favorite/best-fit school. My suggestion would be to be as honest as possible with both schools.

Personally, I ended up (very recently!) getting into my top choice school off of the wait list, after already being accepted at another school. I tried to keep all of the wait-list stuff above the table from the beginning: I told my school B that - while I loved them - I was still waiting on school A so I could be nearer to my family, and told school A that - while I loved them - I was going to give up on them unless I heard something by a certain date. And yeah, things seemed to work out.

That having been said, be really really sure that you'll go to school A if given the opportunity! By the time I got my wait-list nod, I was really excited for B, and had a really hard time switching gears.

 

[m_rivera84]

not to thread hijack, but this is partially relevant:

If you get off the waitlist for school A, is that spot guaranteed even before responding to the official offer letter? In other words, when is the best time to send a letter to school B saying "sorry..."