Silent Rejections

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I heard that UC Davis does it too but I'm not quite sure.
 
There's a special place in hell for schools that silently reject.
 
Just because a school notifies some people of rejections doesn't mean they'll notify everyone.. Meaning, just because Davis told you guys that you were rejected does not mean that some people won't get a silent rejection.

Edit: As an example, people who were complete at WashU sometime in September have received rejections. I've been complete since July and haven't heard a peep. I'm obviously rejected (stats way too low), but I doubt they'll tell me anything.
 
MedPR said:
Just because a school notifies some people of rejections doesn't mean they'll notify everyone.. Meaning, just because Davis told you guys that you were rejected does not mean that some people won't get a silent rejection.
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Good point. And I'm fairly certain Davis hasn't rejected anyone post-secondary yet. I think last year the first post-secondary rejections went out some time around March.
 
Considering how much schools charge for their secondaries, I think the least they could do is to notify everyone regarding their decisions. If I am paying $100 to apply to a school, I deserve to know the outcome of my application.
 
SU1989 said:
Considering how much schools charge for their secondaries, I think the least they could do is to notify everyone regarding their decisions. If I am paying $100 to apply to a school, I deserve to know the outcome of my application.
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You will. Just maybe not until June 2013.
 
How does schools selectively send rejections and why do they do that?
 
SU1989 said:
Considering how much schools charge for their secondaries, I think the least they could do is to notify everyone regarding their decisions. If I am paying $100 to apply to a school, I deserve to know the outcome of my application.
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Don't forget the $34 for the primary and the time lost doing secondaries.
 
I was wondering about silent rejections too. I did secondaries for 13 schools and I have 4 interviews but none of the schools have said no.

What's the latest that interview invites usually come in?
 
So far I have only UCD on here, are silent rejectors very common or is it only a few schools?
 
What about UC Irvine because I completed in September and seems like I was skipped through. I always don't understand that why some school do delay decision and don't put you on hold pre-interview if they donlt plan to interview you right now.
 
circulus vitios said:
There's a special place in hell for schools that silently reject.
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It is so incredibly disrespectful, I seriously have a problem with schools that silent reject. An applicant gives their time and their money to make a application to your school, and you don't have the professionalism or decency to give them a response? Incredibly lazy and disrespectful.
 
SU1989 said:
Considering how much schools charge for their secondaries, I think the least they could do is to notify everyone regarding their decisions. If I am paying $100 to apply to a school, I deserve to know the outcome of my application.
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Heck, even the cost of primaries is enough to make this true IMO! The least you could do is send an email so people aren't left hanging. I've received a silent rejection from Drexel. My SO got a secondary and I didn't. We have very similar apps (his GPA is 1.3 pts higher than mine, my MCAT is 1 point higher than his) and submitted our applications at the same time. I tried calling, left messages, etc just to check on the status of my application. No reply, no rejection letter/email, nadda. 🙁
 
HurricaneKatt said:
Heck, even the cost of primaries is enough to make this true IMO! The least you could do is send an email so people aren't left hanging. I've received a silent rejection from Drexel. My SO got a secondary and I didn't. We have very similar apps (his GPA is 1.3 pts higher than mine, my MCAT is 1 point higher than his) and submitted our applications at the same time. I tried calling, left messages, etc just to check on the status of my application. No reply, no rejection letter/email, nadda. 🙁
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You should probably call the Drexel admissions office again. Drexel sends secondaries to every applicant, so you definitely haven't been silently rejected pre-secondary.

Source: http://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/Admissions/MDProgram/ApplicationProcess.aspx

The order in which they send secondaries does seem to be somewhat random, though. But I guess that's to be expected from a school that receives more than ten thousand applications.
 
If a school silent rejects me I wouldn't want to go to that school anyway since they are so lazy and disrespectful despite the fee I payed them. So it works out anyway 😛
 
circulus vitios said:
There's a special place in hell for schools that silently reject.
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My sentiments exactly.

Other schools I'm pretty sure have silently rejected me (complete for 3.5 months- no news):

1.) Jefferson- "decision pending" - for almost 4 months- what?

2.) Wake Forest

3.) Albert Einstein

4.) EVMS - this school didn't even bother to send me a rejection letter last year
 
SilverCat said:
My sentiments exactly.

Other schools I'm pretty sure have silently rejected me (complete for 3.5 months- no news):

1.) Jefferson- "decision pending" - for almost 4 months- what?

2.) Wake Forest

3.) Albert Einstein

4.) EVMS - this school didn't even bother to send me a rejection letter last year
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This is my exact situation at 10 schools and i have been complete at most since july. Heres to hoping for some interview invites in the late fall/early winter.

I think that schools that dont send decisions until after their interview season are just as bad as silent rejections. You stopped interviewing in February and really didnt know that I wasnt getting an interview until April? Seriously?
 
i ended up hearing from every single school eventually at the end of last cycle, but here's the schools that contacted me later than the end of May:

Rosalind Franklin
Drexel
Rush
Loyola
 
1289 said:
i ended up hearing from every single school eventually at the end of last cycle, but here's the schools that contacted me later than the end of May:

Rosalind Franklin
Drexel
Rush
Loyola
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I am actually on pre-interview hold with Drexel, were you in pre-interview hold too?
 
I'm still new to this. I understand what a silent rejection is… (no response). BUT, how do you actually receive a silent rejection?

Hurricane Katt, post #22, did Drexel actually send you something?
 
Lucky Louie said:
I'm still new to this. I understand what a silent rejection is… (no response). BUT, how do you actually receive a silent rejection?

Hurricane Katt, post #22, did Drexel actually send you something?
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You know cuz she put up a new fb status so you KNOW she saw that message in the inbox! Haha
 
Lucky Louie said:
I'm still new to this. I understand what a silent rejection is… (no response). BUT, how do you actually receive a silent rejection?

Hurricane Katt, post #22, did Drexel actually send you something?
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It's not that you receive it, you assume it. Like if a school usually takes 1 month to get back to applicants and you have heard nothing 5 months after completion, then it might be a silent rejection.
 
sinombre said:
You should probably call the Drexel admissions office again. Drexel sends secondaries to every applicant, so you definitely haven't been silently rejected pre-secondary.

Source: http://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/Admissions/MDProgram/ApplicationProcess.aspx

The order in which they send secondaries does seem to be somewhat random, though. But I guess that's to be expected from a school that receives more than ten thousand applications.
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Wow.... I am so glad you told me that. Thank you!

Lucky Louie said:
I'm still new to this. I understand what a silent rejection is… (no response). BUT, how do you actually receive a silent rejection?

Hurricane Katt, post #22, did Drexel actually send you something?
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No, but I submitted primaries several months ago. I have received secondaries from all of the other schools I applied to. My SO who submitted at the same time received his secondary months ago...
 
Thats weird because Drexel send me a secondary the day my app got vertified.
 
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