Is that the last day to notify schools which one your going too? If so does this go for osteopathic schools as well? Can u also explain this a little more, such as how nit works etc? I'm a little uneducated ont the waitlist process and which dates are important. Or to look out for. James
May 15th is the date when MD school applicants can only hold one acceptance. On this date MD applicants have to forfeit their other acceptances.
An example of why this is important to us DO waitlistee's.
A person with an acceptance to a few top MD schools (John hopkins, Harvard, etc) Has to drop one of his acceptances he is holding by this date. Let's say he drops Harvard becuase research wasn't his focus and only holds onto his JH acceptance. This creates a space in the Harvard class. Harvard responds by pulling one person off of their waitlist.
Now this person they have on their waitlist holds an acceptance to two other schools. When this person hears he was pulled off of the Harvard waitlist, he withdraws his other two acceptances, leaving spaces in the class for two people to be pulled off each of the medical schools waitlists, respectively.
This trickle effect comes down from the top schools all the way down.
Now you have someone who is holding two acceptances. One to a DO school and one to and IN STATE MD school. He decides to go to the MD school for money reasons. This creates a space in the DO school of choice and the trickle effect happens again.
That is why May 15th is an important date for us DO waitlisters.
DO schools do NOT have a date in which you can hold only one acceptance, nor do you have to inform the school in which you are not attending of not doing so. This is why people are accepted during the first week of classes.
Any specific questions that I left unanswered, ask. I'll be happy to answer them.
