stanford phone call...

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No...but in all fairness I don't plan on applying for a couple years.

:horns:
 
Maoeris,

Are you asking that because you missed their call or something???
 
They are supposed to call Thursday nights with acceptances. I was wondering if they have started calling accepted students since the holidays.
 
I was there yesterday, I'm pretty sure they were having a meeting after the interviewees left, and they are supposed to call accepted applicants after each meeting (9-10pm?).

I'm going to be sitting on pins and needles every Thursday night now.

STANFORD IS AMAZING! 🙂
 
Originally posted by DoctorKevin
did anyone get the call last night?
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YOu sure are anxious. I know someone who interviewed a while ago (November/December?) but heard back nothing yet. No phone calls no letters.

Waiting...
 
The admissions counselor told me as soon as 2 weeks, but yeah 1 week would be a bit soon 🙂
 
I'm going there next Wednesday. Hopefully I'll hear back a decision before end of February. It seems like that's the time when quite a few schools send out decisions (Columbia, Northwestern)
 
I'm sure Stanford will pick up the pace soon... to keep up with other schools.

Originally posted by CalBeE
I'm going there next Wednesday. Hopefully I'll hear back a decision before end of February. It seems like that's the time when quite a few schools send out decisions (Columbia, Northwestern)
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Originally posted by CalBeE
I'm going there next Wednesday. Hopefully I'll hear back a decision before end of February. It seems like that's the time when quite a few schools send out decisions (Columbia, Northwestern)
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I interviewed there yesterday and at the exit meeting he told me it would be minumum 4 weeks and up to 6 weeks before the call could potentially come. He said VERY rarely, it can be 3 weeks but that doesn't usually happen. So it seems like the end of Feb. is realistic. That's what I am hoping for at this point. Good luck with your interview CAlBeE 🙂
 
Hmmm, that's weird, maybe I misunderstood....

Originally posted by azpremed
I interviewed there yesterday and at the exit meeting he told me it would be minumum 4 weeks and up to 6 weeks before the call could potentially come. He said VERY rarely, it can be 3 weeks but that doesn't usually happen. So it seems like the end of Feb. is realistic. That's what I am hoping for at this point. Good luck with your interview CAlBeE 🙂
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When I interviewed they said it usually takes 4 weeks, but with the holidays it could take longer, and I interviewed in november, and no word good or bad. So I think they are slightly behind. But I wish you all luck!
 
Yeah thinking about it, I think he said 3-6 weeks but maybe 2 weeks in rare cases...
 
Originally posted by azpremed
I interviewed there yesterday and at the exit meeting he told me it would be minumum 4 weeks and up to 6 weeks before the call could potentially come. He said VERY rarely, it can be 3 weeks but that doesn't usually happen. So it seems like the end of Feb. is realistic. That's what I am hoping for at this point. Good luck with your interview CAlBeE 🙂
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I don't know if that's accurate. My friend interviewed there around Jan 5th and got a call a *week* later. She is very exceptional though.

bonnie
 
Hey, did you guys ask them why they hadn't called me yet???

I'm still waiting to hear about an interview ... 😍 I have been just pining away waiting to hear ...
 
Originally posted by missbonnie
I don't know if that's accurate. My friend interviewed there around Jan 5th and got a call a *week* later. She is very exceptional though.

bonnie
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Yeah it is weird because he definitely told me 4-6 weeks but I have heard of people hearing in like 2-3. I think some of it depends on how fast they get the feedback back from the interviewers. He also told me sometimes the committee wants to call one or more of your letter of rec writers and that can take time to play phone tag. I am hoping he told me 4-6 just to be on the safe side and that I'll hear sooner. Who knows... it's such an awesome school though... I really hope I get in. Good luck everyone and please post if you hear something.

🙂
 
Stanford accepts about 40% of interviewees. Since their waitlist doesn't move much, if at all, I think 40% will also be the % of people accepted directly.

Oh and btw, I noticed that Stanford has close to 50% of minority population. Since about 25% of the students are URM, I guess that other 25% are Asians and Middle-Easterns. That's like the largest % of minority I have seen!
 
Stanford's URM population is about 18%...
 
Originally posted by CalBeE
Oh and btw, I noticed that Stanford has close to 50% of minority population. Since about 25% of the students are URM, I guess that other 25% are Asians and Middle-Easterns. That's like the largest % of minority I have seen!
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Are Asians considered minority in California?
 
Originally posted by acab
Are Asians considered minority in California?
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aparently some are. I only say this because my asian interviewer at Stanford was talking about his experience as a "minority..." 😕

I wanted to ask him what kind of minority he was, but i didn't have the courage....
 
Originally posted by klooless
Stanford's URM population is about 18%...
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from med.stanford.edu:

Entering Class of 2003
Total = 87
Age = 23 (range 20-35)
Women = 46 (53%)
New Americans (born outside the U.S.)= 21
Underrepresented Minority students = 16 (18%)
Advanced degrees = 11 (13%)
 
Originally posted by klooless
from med.stanford.edu:

Entering Class of 2003
Total = 87
Age = 23 (range 20-35)
Women = 46 (53%)
New Americans (born outside the U.S.)= 21
Underrepresented Minority students = 16 (18%)
Advanced degrees = 11 (13%)
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The % of URM of course varies from year to year, but I think in 2002 or 2001, it was up to 22% URM.

And Asians are considered as minority in the U.S. Population (Ever heard of the term ORM: Over-represented Minority??)
 
Originally posted by CalBeE
The % of URM of course varies from year to year, but I think in 2002 or 2001, it was up to 22% URM.

And Asians are considered as minority in the U.S. Population (Ever heard of the term ORM: Over-represented Minority??)
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The % of URMs has been on the steady decline at Stanford in the past few years...There is no reason to believe that the trend will change (though no reason to be obstinate about the possibility...)

And as for the "ORM" business, SDN is the only place I have seen reference to it...
 
DK,

Thanks for the update. I'm sorry to hear about your hold 🙁 At least they seem to be quick about decisions. Tomorrow will be one week for me so I hope they tell me quickly either way....
 
Originally posted by DoctorKevin
got the hold list letter today dated 1/27

less than 2 weeks.......
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When I was there today, they said decision within 2 weeks is very uncommon....go figure.

Anyways, I had a good student interview I think, but my faculty interview was just alright. When I asked my faculty interviewer if she has any concern about my app, she sorta indirectly hinted that I may not be a good fit for Stanford (Or maybe I'm reading too much into it). So I'm anxious myself too.

I personally am not interested in being an academic physician, but I want to get a MPH, and get involved in health education and health policy in the future. In med school, I'll probably try to get involved in health services research.
 
Originally posted by klooless
aparently some are. I only say this because my asian interviewer at Stanford was talking about his experience as a "minority..." 😕

I wanted to ask him what kind of minority he was, but i didn't have the courage....
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Asians are a minority. They just aren't underrepresented in medicine.

Look at the U.S. population and then amount of asians (asian indians included). You'll see that asians clearly are not the majority of the population, nor even close.

As of now, I believe the biggest minority in the U.S. are African Americans, although hispanics are a close second.

-Ice
 
if anyone hears tonight, let us know!

best of luck 🙂
 
Originally posted by ice_23
Asians are a minority. They just aren't underrepresented in medicine.

Look at the U.S. population and then amount of asians (asian indians included). You'll see that asians clearly are not the majority of the population, nor even close.

As of now, I believe the biggest minority in the U.S. are African Americans, although hispanics are a close second.

-Ice
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Actually the # of Hispanics probably already surpassed that of African Americans in certain cities.

Asians ARE minority, isn't that obvious enough everyone??
 
does anyone know if the committee meets tonight?

i know someone who got accepted one week post-interview! very lucky
 
I feel like I'm going nuts thinking about my upcoming interview ! I just had to write that somewhere 😳
 
Lux,

Don't worry, I did the same thing and for no reason. Just make sure you give yourself enough time to get there by 8am... its hard to find if you've never been there before and personally I had trouble finding the parking garage.

Originally posted by Lux Aeterna
I feel like I'm going nuts thinking about my upcoming interview ! I just had to write that somewhere 😳
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Thanks for the tip DK. 🙂

I know I am acting super neurotic cuz if this place lives up to my expectations, which I think it will, then it's gonna be my absolute #1. I feel like a damn after-school special, like... do I dare to dream about the possibility of an acceptance? that would be too much to handle, yet, as my interview approaches... i REALLY want to go to this school!

😳
 
If they are your Number One let them know asap after the interview. I'm sure it will help. Good luck!!

Originally posted by Lux Aeterna
Thanks for the tip DK. 🙂

I know I am acting super neurotic cuz if this place lives up to my expectations, which I think it will, then it's gonna be my absolute #1. I feel like a damn after-school special, like... do I dare to dream about the possibility of an acceptance? that would be too much to handle, yet, as my interview approaches... i REALLY want to go to this school!

😳
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hi lux,

just wanted to wish you good luck on your interview at stanford. be yourself and sell yourself to the school.

enjoy california!🙂
 
Originally posted by medhopeful08
hi lux,

just wanted to wish you good luck on your interview at stanford. be yourself and sell yourself to the school.

enjoy california!🙂
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LOL, mh, I just sent you a PM without even reading this. :laugh:
 
Still no word and it's been 2 months. I can not believe how long it is taking. I figured I would get a letter this week and not even a letter.
 
Hey would you rather them take a LONG time to accept you or make the decison to waitlist you in only a week? It took me almost three months to hear from UCSD and I got in even though everyone else heard more quickly.

Originally posted by maoeris
Still no word and it's been 2 months. I can not believe how long it is taking. I figured I would get a letter this week and not even a letter.
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True, but it for some reason I always think a delay is a rejection. I guess I'm getting nervous because I have not heard back from lots of schools.
 
hey maoeris,

didn't juhn (sp?) say to call the office if you haven't heard within the 4-6 week period?

good luck!

(i'm waiting to hear back myself)
🙄
 
Originally posted by medhopeful08
hey maoeris,

didn't juhn (sp?) say to call the office if you haven't heard within the 4-6 week period?

good luck!

(i'm waiting to hear back myself)
🙄
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Also for the 8 weeks you waited, subtract the X'mas and New Year holiday (It could have been 2 weeks right there for admissions office)
 
I think post-interview no news is good news. Pre-interview its obviously bad news.
 
Originally posted by medhopeful08
hey maoeris,

didn't juhn (sp?) say to call the office if you haven't heard within the 4-6 week period?

good luck!

(i'm waiting to hear back myself)
🙄
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yeah, he said that to me too, so maybe if you don't hear very soon you should call or email and see what is happening. he seemed very encouraging about doing this, that he could at least find out what was happening with your application. good luck 🙂
 
Originally posted by azpremed
yeah, he said that to me too, so maybe if you don't hear very soon you should call or email and see what is happening. he seemed very encouraging about doing this, that he could at least find out what was happening with your application. good luck 🙂
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yeah, you should call the office to see what's going on. but right now, no news is good news, right?😉
 
just bumping this for tomorrow night 🙂

let us know if any of you get a call!
 
Just so you guys know, I never received a phone call but did receive an acceptance letter. This is back in December, but I guess since I was in the east they thought it would be too late to call. I would have been happy to wake up to that phone call!
 
Originally posted by josie
Just so you guys know, I never received a phone call but did receive an acceptance letter. This is back in December, but I guess since I was in the east they thought it would be too late to call. I would have been happy to wake up to that phone call!
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Thanks for that info josie. I'm flying out from Vermont to interview at Stanford on Monday. It's nice to know that a silent phone and a letter in the mail won't necessarily signal defeat 😉 (Nothing as embarrassing as throwing out an acceptance letter unopened, I should think!)
 
Originally posted by viking1224
Thanks for that info josie. I'm flying out from Vermont to interview at Stanford on Monday. It's nice to know that a silent phone and a letter in the mail won't necessarily signal defeat 😉 (Nothing as embarrassing as throwing out an acceptance letter unopened, I should think!)
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Good luck viking! Enjoy the weather... its supposed to be sunny and warm by early next week 🙂
 
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