Telling Schools about Other Schools Post-Acceptance

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One of the schools I have been accepted to provides the option to list the other schools I have been accepted to or interviewed at. I originally intended to leave this section blank, but I just saw an old SDN thread where an admitted applicant at a different school said that listing such information can lead to more financial aid offered by the school (esp if they do matching). Is there any potential downside to telling a medical school where else I have been accepted? Will they eventually see this information anyway (I think there might be some national acceptance report in in the spring, but I've heard it was discontinued)?
 
gyngyn said:
Medical schools no longer have access to other acceptances.
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Oh, so for schools that match aid, do you have to send them proof of other aid directly? They won't have any place to see it themselves?
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
Just list those other schools, no harm here. Just don't lie about acceptances. I know someone who got his only offer rescinded because he lied about where else he got accepted.
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What was he even trying to prove lol. Was it to get more aid out of the school? If so, makes complete sense. What happened to him?
 
msummer said:
Oh, so for schools that match aid, do you have to send them proof of other aid directly? They won't have any place to see it themselves?
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You would need to ask the school what they require.
They have no access to information that you do not provide.
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
Just list those other schools, no harm here. Just don't lie about acceptances. I know someone who got his only offer rescinded because he lied about where else he got accepted.
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And he became a reapplicant? Ouch!
 
MyOdyssey said:
And he became a reapplicant? Ouch!
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I think if you have an acceptance rescinded for a reason like this, you're pretty much out of the running.

I suppose my one question, though, is he probably had other acceptances if he got into a T20. Even if this once school rescinded it, what would prevent him from going to the other ones? As far as I know med schools don't reach out and send a notice to all other med schools of applicant issues.
 
sadwinter said:
I think if you have an acceptance rescinded for a reason like this, you're pretty much out of the running.

I suppose my one question, though, is he probably had other acceptances if he got into a T20. Even if this once school rescinded it, what would prevent him from going to the other ones? As far as I know med schools don't reach out and send a notice to all other med schools of applicant issues.
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Unfortunately, he only got accepted at Michigan. He then lied about Pritzker. The whole story is more complicated than that. But by his own admission (which is really silly), he told Michigan that he lied about Pritzker. Plenty people have an only offer at a t20.
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
Unfortunately, he only got accepted at Michigan. He then lied about Pritzker. The whole story is more complicated than that. But by his own admission (which is really silly), he told Michigan that he lied about Pritzker. Plenty people have an only offer at a t20.
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Since we're closing in on Halloween, I'm going to start a scary premed application story. It'll lead off with your friend's unfortunate error in judgment.
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
Unfortunately, he only got accepted at Michigan. He then lied about Pritzker. The whole story is more complicated than that. But by his own admission (which is really silly), he told Michigan that he lied about Pritzker. Plenty people have an only offer at a t20.
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Bruh, things like this make me wonder what was even the point. As you said it was more complicated, so I'm sure there was a point, but just on the surface level I wonder haha. Just wondering, was it related to getting more financial aid or nah?
 
sadwinter said:
Bruh, things like this make me wonder what was even the point. As you said it was more complicated, so I'm sure there was a point, but just on the surface level I wonder haha. Just wondering, was it related to getting more financial aid or nah?
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No, it's not about money, though he did lie about having a full-ride from Pritzker too. In the meantime, Michigan had offered him a sweet deal already. It was quite a long saga. But overall, the moral of the story is don't lie about anything.
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
No, it's not about money, though he did lie about having a full-ride from Pritzker too. In the meantime, Michigan had offered him a sweet deal already. It was quite a long saga. But overall, the moral of the story is don't lie about anything.
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And why lie about Pritzker? If he's going to lie about a school, why not name one of the really, really big names like that medical school in Boston...?
 
MyOdyssey said:
And why lie about Pritzker? If he's going to lie about a school, why not name one of the really, really big names like that medical school in Boston...?
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Cos it's one of the very first schools that started giving out A's along with Michigan. I think he just wanted to impress others (me included at the time). HMS wouldn't release A's until March. Then the whole dynamics changed lol.
 
sadwinter said:
I think if you have an acceptance rescinded for a reason like this, you're pretty much out of the running.

I suppose my one question, though, is he probably had other acceptances if he got into a T20. Even if this once school rescinded it, what would prevent him from going to the other ones? As far as I know med schools don't reach out and send a notice to all other med schools of applicant issues.
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Eh..just because you’ve gotten rescinded offers in the past doesn’t mean you’re out of the running in the future.

Mine got rescinded for much worse and I’m having a decent cycle in terms of interviews at schools ranked higher than the ones that pulled the offers albeit no acceptances

Obviously it’s never ideal to have an acceptance rescinded but people do make mistakes. Don’t think anybody should be condemned to a life sentence unless it was a particularly heinous offense and or entailed a high degree of moral turpitude.
 
voxveritatisetlucis said:
Eh..just because you’ve gotten rescinded offers in the past doesn’t mean you’re out of the running in the future.

Mine got rescinded for much worse and I’m having a decent cycle in terms of interviews at schools ranked higher than the ones that pulled the offers albeit no acceptances

Obviously it’s never ideal to have an acceptance rescinded but people do make mistakes. Don’t think anybody should be condemned to a life sentence unless it was a particularly heinous offense and or entailed a high degree of moral turpitude.
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Based on what @gyngyn said, schools won't even know if you are accepted to other schools, so I would guess rescinded applications would hurt only at the schools where one was previously accepted. Many of my secondaries also only asked if I had previously matriculated to med school, rather than just been accepted to one.
 
sadwinter said:
Based on what @gyngyn said, schools won't even know if you are accepted to other schools, so I would guess rescinded applications would hurt only at the schools where one was previously accepted. Many of my secondaries also only asked if I had previously matriculated to med school, rather than just been accepted to one.
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You would bet that if something warrants rescinding of acceptance, it will come up somewhere in your application.
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
You would bet that if something warrants rescinding of acceptance, it will come up somewhere in your application.
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I just reviewed a re-applicant who managed to hide the real reason for his re-application.
 
gyngyn said:
I just reviewed a re-applicant who managed to hide the real reason for his re-application.
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Is it possible that maybe your school just blanks out IA/convictions to screeners?
Some schools don’t even read the primary (or certain parts) before sending II
 
voxveritatisetlucis said:
Is it possible that maybe your school just blanks out IA/convictions to screeners?
Some schools don’t even read the primary (or certain parts) before sending II
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Also, a bit of a side note, but what does @voxveritatisetlucis actually mean. I figured it was nonsense like most usernames, but after seeing your background in greek/latin philosophy in your posts, I began to wonder.
 
sadwinter said:
Also, a bit of a side note, but what does @voxveritatisetlucis actually mean. I figured it was nonsense like most usernames, but after seeing your background in greek/latin philosophy in your posts, I began to wonder.
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Vōx is in the nominative and means voice

Vēritātis is the genitive of veritas and means truth (of truth)

et is a conjunction and means “and” (as in “et tu, Brute?”)

Lūcis is the genitive of lux and means light (of light)

It’s a play on Yale’s motto “lux et veritas.” with the word and added to it. Now I’m not sure why I picked it at the time
 
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voxveritatisetlucis said:
Vōx is in the nominative and means voice

Vēritātis is the genitive of veritas and means truth (of truth)

et is a preposition and means “and” (as in “et tu, Brute?”)

Lūcis is the genitive of lux and means light (of light)

It’s a play on Yale’s motto “lux et veritas.” with the word and added to it. Now I’m not sure why I picked it at the time
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Haha, thank you! That was an interesting read.
Damn, I really wonder which college in HYPSM you went to for undergrad...
 
sadwinter said:
Haha, thank you! That was an interesting read.
Damn, I really wonder which college in HYPSM you went to for undergrad...
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gyngyn said:
We had access to his previous application and his correspondence...
I guess he thought we wouldn't check.
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Presumably the reason for re-applying was something that needed to be obscured.
 
gyngyn said:
I just reviewed a re-applicant who managed to hide the real reason for his re-application.
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Has your school ever accepted somebody who had a previous acceptance revoked for some reason? What about acceptances from other schools?

I’m pretty sure that most schools in their official revocation say something like “we will consider future applications without bias.” But I’m thinking that general counsel adds this to be on the safe side.
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
Unfortunately, he only got accepted at Michigan. He then lied about Pritzker. The whole story is more complicated than that. But by his own admission (which is really silly), he told Michigan that he lied about Pritzker. Plenty people have an only offer at a t20.
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Why did he admit to it? Was he coerced into it or just felt guilty?
 
srirachamayonnaise said:
Just list those other schools, no harm here. Just don't lie about acceptances. I know someone who got his only offer rescinded because he lied about where else he got accepted.
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Honestly that's probably for the best. If he's willing to lie about pointless things to get attention I doubt he would tell the truth about something if his grade or job depended on it.
 
SCallergydoc said:
Makes sense to lie to get more $? Wouldn't want them as my physician or partner
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I meant makes complete sense he had his acceptance rescinded if he was trying to use it to extort more money from the school. If, on the other hand, he just mentioned offhand to his peers or even faculty that he got into Pritzker (in a way that didn't affect his academic or financial future), I would say he probably shouldn't have been kicked out as that's a personal lie not a professional one.
 
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