Wow, I hadn't checked this thread in a long time since I decided to give up my high-waitlist spot and attend AZCOM instead.
I am absolutely speechless and truly feel terribly that there was so little movement from the waitlist. Based on what I (as well as everyone else) was told, I expected everyone from the high-waitlist to eventually be given a seat. I was a bit surprised at first when people weren't being pulled as early as I expected, but I had always assumed there would be a ton of movement at the very end of the cycle and that all high-wailisters would be offered a seat for this years' class-after all, they stated that this has been the case in all previous years. I just cannot believe that such a tiny minority of high-waitlisters were offered seats.
Does anyone know exactly how many of those on the high-waitlist were actually offered seats? I'm assuming no one has that answer since Touro made the decision to be as far from transparent as possible regarding the waitlist situation.
Even though I decided to give up my waitlist spot and absolutely love it out here at AZCOM, I still can't help but feel very annoyed and even deceived by Touro. Although they obviously never promised anyone on the high-waitlist that they would be offered a seat, they gave EVERY indication that those on the high-waitlist had an incredibly good chance (bordering on the inevitable) of being offered an acceptance into this years' class. To see now that the cycle is over that SO few were offered seats really bothers me. I can't even believe how those of you who had all your eggs in the Touro basket must feel. I truly am sorry and wish you all the best.
And Touro if you are listening....get your **** together. I am sure you did not intend to deceive anyone, but your total lack of transparency and vague assurances throughout the waitlist process really made this inherently difficult period of time far more stressful and tortuous than it had to be.
I know that as a school you cannot offer any subjective speculation regarding an applicant's chances of being pulled off of the waitlist, but you could offer objective information that would really help those on the waitlist during a stressful time when they need to make life-altering decisions.
Such information would look a bit like this:
Dear applicant, as of now there are 30 people on the High-Waitlist, 40 on the Medium, and 20 on the Low. Currently there are 5 slots available.
There....would that be so hard?
Again, I am sorry for those that did not have things work out as they had planned and I wish you all the best in the future.
