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JimT30The waiting to hear back is going to be tortuous...I would go here in a heart beat!
Hey guys. Just found out I'm on the high priority wait list today. This is my second wait list notice, and it's really starting to wear thin. Does anyone know how many got off the hpa list last year? 03-19-2008 07:05 PM
Do you receive an e-mail if you are put on the HPA?
Hey Rootsman, you get an email if you were placed on the HPA list and then you will receive the letter via US post. If you havent gotten the email and your status page has changed that may mean that you were placed on the other waitlist or was regretfully denied. If you were accepted, you would have received a phone call from Jennifer Welch. Just remember that God is always in control no matter what. Take care
I interviewed there the same day, status changed sometime last week, and I still haven't received anything :-/I am here waiting to see if I got into Upstate I interviewed February 25th and my status page just changed last Friday.
Just to let the last two posters know, when your status change w/o you hearing about it, it is almost always a waitlist/rejection from Upstate. Sorry to be less than optimistic but thats what happens with them. (did for me too)
Hey Rootsman, you get an email if you were placed on the HPA list and then you will receive the letter via US post. If you havent gotten the email and your status page has changed that may mean that you were placed on the other waitlist or was regretfully denied. If you were accepted, you would have received a phone call from Jennifer Welch. Just remember that God is always in control no matter what. Take care
Hey bcntequiero, I am not sure about your question. I know for CERTAIN that if your status changed and you did not receive an email or phone call, it is a rejection or a LOW Priority Waitlist not an HIGH priority waitlist! As for whether a decision was made without the status page changing, I am not sure. Since you interviewed March 1, they will get to you this week because I interviewed on Feb 25, so they will get to your file, Lord willing, by this Wed and if you are accepted, you will get a call by Friday of this week, If you were Placed on HPA, you will receive an email. If none, you have been rejected. Think good thoughts bcntequiero..okay.
I'm not belittling at all. Most monotheistic religions believe in free will, and this case that refers to the admissions committees. I think it is fair to say that faith in God can help you succeed in school, on the MCAT, and in your general character, but once you have had your interview it is irresponsible to assume that it is in God's hands. If we are predestined, why bother with all the crap we go through to impress admissions officers?
On your other point: comparing decisions of admissions committees with recovery from disease is such a stretch and so irrelevant that I'm not going to bother addressing it.
Sandlot1892, my sentiments exactly! I just think people who dont care to believe in God or dont believe in him at all, are to quick to pass on thier beliefs on others and that they do not have the wherewithall to see that they may be offending others.
If Rootsman wants to believe in what he believes in, it doesnt make any sense at all to tell him that it is out of his god's hands! Thats his issue with his god and it shouldnt go any further.
Rootsman, take care. I hope that you get more interviews/acceptances. Bigredder may be right and maybe you will get a phone call sometime this week for an acceptance. If not, give them a call to see what happened, I remember Isabelle Rhoades saying that we can do that.
Take care
I didnt see your last comment until after I sent the email, anyway, it doesnt matter. but to answer your comments, I am NOT Anti-science. I just find it very disheartening that all of these scientists takes it upon themselves to say that there is No God or that he is certainly not responsible for anything that happens, which eventhough you didnt state, it felt as though you were most certainly implying it. If that was not your intent, then I apologize.
It is in MY experience, at least in my formal education, that EVERY science professor that I had, took it upon themselves during lecture to state that there is No God and that a human with half a brain could design the human body and everything on this earth better than God did, and because we are so screwed up, physiologically there must be something else that must account for creation. Thats offensive! That may not have been the case in your education, but it was in mine and its sad because the whole entire PREMISE of science is to not PROVE or DISPROVE, but rather show Evidence that may SUPPORT or REFUTE any possible hypotheses. Having said that, there is currently, as we stand today, NO possible test to prove or disprove the very existence of God because there is no possible experiment. Because of this, scientists alike should not take it upon themselves to automaticaly reject the existence of a God! At best, they can only be agnostics and not athiests (because you cannot prove, as a matter of fact, scientifically that God does not exist-you would not be doing science)! I am not saying you are either, I am trying to make a point.
Take Care
I hope that our conversation has been beneficial for you as it was for me.
During my interview Jennifer Welch was very reassuring. She was saying that people on the HPA list really, really have a good chance of getting in. And it's a ranked waitlist, so she said you can even call and ask what your general chances are as compared to last year. She also said explicitly that the admissions office won't tell you your rank, but at least you'll know what your chances are.
Hey bunface, she said we can start calling in May or June, but I emailed teh admissions office and they told me that in previous years, they got way past the spot that I am currently ranked. Since you interviewed before me, considering they rank people based on the time of interview-but dont qoute me on that because there are MANY conflicting data on these posts, you should be ahead of me (if you interviewed before Feb) so you should jut sit tight and wait. You can email them, but they will give you just a rough esitmate, for they will NOT tell your ranking.
Take care