UCLA Geffen part 01

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Originally posted by markus21
Is UCLA still sending interview invites???????
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they told me over the phone that they are still interviewing, but that doesn't seem to match with what people are saying about final decision letters going out this week. **fingers crossed**
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Originally posted by DrWuStar
they told me over the phone that they are still interviewing, but that doesn't seem to match with what people are saying about final decision letters going out this week. **fingers crossed**
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i think they just send out a bunch in feb...

but still interview through march and since ucla is supposedly rolling...you can get acceptances even after feb. final decision letters are for the people that have already interviewed from like october and stuff.

good luck man.
 
"2. There is NO perference for undergraduate institution, including UCLA undergrads. However, there does tend to be a disproportionately high number of graduates of UCLA undergrad programs in the medical classes at UCLA. This is due to two factors: (1) The number of premeds at UCLA is extremely high and most of them apply to UCLA for medical school. Since there is no preference for undergraduate institution, you would expect that with a larger number of applicants from UCLA, a larger number of interviews will be granted to UCLA students. Accordingly, a larger number of acceptances will be given to UCLA students. (2) A large proportion of students who went to undergrad at UCLA and ultimately get accepted to med school here will decide to matriculate here. I should know, I was one of them--- and so was a third of my class!"

That is the PC thing to say. It is more than blatantly obvious that UCLA undergrads are given preference. You think UCLA med school will admit to such favortism? Of course not. The reasons given above are just excuses. However, if UCLA wished to give favortism, well then they have the right to do so. I'm sure other schools do the same. Lets just be honest about it.
 
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Originally posted by CalBeE
My friend who interviewed at UCLA last week say the word is that the school may do things differently this year, sorta have a less rolling decision schedule. They just thought it would be more fair to those who interview later. So that could mean we won't hear back until March/April.
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Wow, guess there is such a thing as "west coast time"
They're just chillin, eh . . .
 
Originally posted by CaliBoy
I feel that I can help you guys out by putting an end to some myths--these things I know with 100% certainty:

1. UCLA has zero preference for state residency. As far as I know, it's the only UC medical school with this policy. The origins of this policy stem from UCLA's commitment to a diverse medical student class. However, you will find that still the majority of each new entering class is comprised of California residents, primarily because there is a higher #of applicants from California and subsequently, a higher # of matriculants from California compared to other states. However, you will see many more out-of-state/international residents in our medical classes than you will at other UC's.


UCLA has to have a California resident preference for the simple fact that California residents foot the bill. In all UC's 90% of the seats go to Cali residents. Even with the Drew program at most 2 seats go to out of state applicants.
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Originally posted by 1dharma
Wow, guess there is such a thing as "west coast time"
They're just chillin, eh . . .
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When I was interviewing at a Cali school, I met a girl from New York and goes to school in Boston. She was like...wow the campus is so "park-like", and everyone's so relaxed. In the east coast, everything's more urban, and people tend to be more task-focused.

So yea, it's a west coast mentality 😉
 
Originally posted by sinnah83
I found out from someone that UCLA plans to send out final decision letters earlyty next week or late this week.
I guess we should fingers crossed.
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Who's your secret contact about this info? 😉

Early next week is fine, please don't send anything out later this week though (Friday the 13th! Bad Bad luck)
 
Originally posted by CalBeE
When I was interviewing at a Cali school, I met a girl from New York and goes to school in Boston. She was like...wow the campus is so "park-like", and everyone's so relaxed. In the east coast, everything's more urban, and people tend to be more task-focused.

So yea, it's a west coast mentality 😉
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hahaha... i am an east coast transplant to the golden state of cali, and i can tell you its SOOOOO true. i have such a love/hate relationship with californians. it's nice that they are relaxed and laid back, but after a while, their laid-back-ness drives me CRAZY. the landscape is spectacular though, and i can never decide whether it would be worth trading in the beautiful west coast just to be back with "my people" the east-coasters.:laugh:
 
I was complete at UCLA mid-December - haven't heard anything back since, even though I heard back from all other UCs.

So here's my question: I know UCLA says they interview through March. But are those interviews for people were already granted interview offers, but spots weren't available till March?

Or is UCLA still giving new interview offers in February?

(Btw, new poster here. I've been reading the SDN interview feedback section for awhile now, but I just discovered the forums yesterday 😀 )
 
glad to know that ucla is driving everyone else crazy too. i had not heard from them post-amcas and my pre-med advisor started calling ms. forbert daily, who did not get back to my advisor for over a week. so JUST LAST WEEK i was offered a secondary from UCLA which i finished in one night because i was so happy to not be rejected yet. they said that i had up until MARCH 15th to finish the secondary!!!! which means either they are really mean and are going to reject me after i sent them 60 dollars and some nice essays, or they are just super slow and are still planning on interviewing through march. so who knows? i'm probably going to get waitlisted if i ever do get an interview though. so just wanted to throw this out there. patience is a virtue, right?
 
Originally posted by MedicinePowder
"2. There is NO perference for undergraduate institution, including UCLA undergrads. However, there does tend to be a disproportionately high number of graduates of UCLA undergrad programs in the medical classes at UCLA. This is due to two factors: (1) The number of premeds at UCLA is extremely high and most of them apply to UCLA for medical school. Since there is no preference for undergraduate institution, you would expect that with a larger number of applicants from UCLA, a larger number of interviews will be granted to UCLA students. Accordingly, a larger number of acceptances will be given to UCLA students. (2) A large proportion of students who went to undergrad at UCLA and ultimately get accepted to med school here will decide to matriculate here. I should know, I was one of them--- and so was a third of my class!"

That is the PC thing to say. It is more than blatantly obvious that UCLA undergrads are given preference. You think UCLA med school will admit to such favortism? Of course not. The reasons given above are just excuses. However, if UCLA wished to give favortism, well then they have the right to do so. I'm sure other schools do the same. Lets just be honest about it.
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You have the right to your own opinion... however I did say I know these things with 100% certainty. I have no reason to make up excuses, because if there were indeed favoritism, I would have no problem saying so. I was just trying to make your lives easier by hopefully eliminating the anxiey of some of those myths and helping you realize that all applicants have an equal shot at UCLA. Good luck to all!
 
no favoritism eh? then how come i'm not getting an interview? 😉
 
So UCLA is still offering secondaries in February - and they aren't even due until March?? :wow:

I'm glad to hear that cause that must mean they're still offering interviews too... And it sounds like they're just sending out their first round of acceptances this month.

I'll wish good luck (and much patience) to everyone who is waiting to hear from UCLA this year - definitely sounds like they're taking their sweet time.
 
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I hear that ALOT of patience is required with UCLA but their turnaround time can be REAL quick. They got back to me with an interview invite 15 days after I submitted my secondary.....so have faith in them!
 
if your heart can take it, some of you might want to check your status.
 
They'll be a spot opening up soon. I hope this keeps people's dreams alive.
 
Does anyone know if UCLA would be sending letters out right now indicating waitlist status, or just acceptances and rejections? Thanks!:scared:
 
Originally posted by Petitpois
Does anyone know if UCLA would be sending letters out right now indicating waitlist status, or just acceptances and rejections? Thanks!:scared:
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My final decision letter was sent today and for reason I'm just depressed...I don't wanna get it now if it's bad news...

My guess is that all kinds of decision letters can be mailed out at once. However, some schools spend more time to discuss applicants that can be waitlist or rejected. My guess is that rejection letters that were sent out may only be a small % of all the letters that were sent out today.
 
My decision letter was sent today, too. Looking at last year's thread, only acceptances were sent at first (then again, we're one month behind last year). In any case, I'm happy because knowing one way or the other is so much better than waiting and waiting.
 
Originally posted by scrabbler
My decision letter was sent today, too. Looking at last year's thread, only acceptances were sent at first (then again, we're one month behind last year). In any case, I'm happy because knowing one way or the other is so much better than waiting and waiting.
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I was talking to a friend who's a MS1 at UCLA, he said that some decisions were mailed out late Jan/Early Feb, but I doubt that was true, because if that was so, it's very likely that someone would have posted something on this board...but we never know...If he turned out to be right, we're probably in the second batch of letters.
 
good luck you guys!!! don't forget to post with the outcome of those letters. From my experience I can tell you that if A GOOD PROPORTION OF SDNers are saying that their final letter has been sent, then most likely it's a waitlist. UCLA usually goes by two types of waitlists: 1st priority waitlist (50-60% chance of getting in) or 2nd priority waitlist/HOLD FILE (0-1% chance of getting in). It looks like good news will be coming to you guys soon. A decision on my file won't come probably until March/April, so I still have a long wait to go. Take care.....
 
damn my decision letter was sent today too.

i dont like the feeling for some reason. i think i liked it much more when i was waiting.

i hope whoever said that acceptances were being mailed out in the middle of feb was right. the 12th is pretty much the middle right guys??

i dont even know what smiley to use.....so i will use..+pity+
 
Originally posted by jlee9531
damn my decision letter was sent today too.

i dont like the feeling for some reason. i think i liked it much more when i was waiting.

i hope whoever said that acceptances were being mailed out in the middle of feb was right. the 12th is pretty much the middle right guys??

i dont even know what smiley to use.....so i will use..+pity+
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That's the feeling I got when I opened my mailbox and got my decision letter from another school (It was less than 2 weeks from interview). It was not good news at all, but i know that school can also send out waitlist and acceptances as quick as rejection though.

Nevertheless, I've been waiting for UCLA forever...so my thought is "Finally", but I'm not sure if I'm psychologically prepared though
 
A question for those whose final decision letters were mailed today: have all of you guys already interviewed at UCLA?

Is anyone who has not yet been offered an interview getting a final decision letter mailed out today? (I haven't been interviewed yet, and my status page has nothing on it about a final decision - so I was curious to see if the non-interviewed people were starting to get rejections yet.)
 
My decision letter was sent 2/12 too! I am so scared. This is my first response from a medical school post-interview! Good luck everyone! 🙂
 
does anyone who interviewed before feb still have a blank space next to the final decision letter?
 
Originally posted by twizzlers
A question for those whose final decision letters were mailed today: have all of you guys already interviewed at UCLA?

Is anyone who has not yet been offered an interview getting a final decision letter mailed out today? (I haven't been interviewed yet, and my status page has nothing on it about a final decision - so I was curious to see if the non-interviewed people were starting to get rejections yet.)
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I think everyone here is talking about post-interview decision...or else we won't be "anxious" :scared:
 
omg... mine was sent today too...freakin' out over here :wow:
 
Do you think if I called, they would tell my decision? I had a change of address so I hope they send it to my dorm and not to my home. I want to see it! 🙁
 
Originally posted by DrJ2B
Do you think if I called, they would tell my decision? I had a change of address so I hope they send it to my dorm and not to my home. I want to see it! 🙁
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DrJ2b aren't you cheating on your love Upenn?
 
Nope I just want an acceptance so bad so I know I will be going to medical school in the fall if UPenn decided to reject me. UPenn is still my top choice no matter what! If I get in there, the med school admissions process is done for me! I 😍 UPenn!
 
Originally posted by medorbust
does anyone who interviewed before feb still have a blank space next to the final decision letter?
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In all honesty, this thread for me is the scariest most nail biting thread to read, for the simple reason that UCLA is my first choice. Second to that, I interviewed in early November. I received good feedback from the interviewer after it was over (Not quite sure what that means but anyways). Sent my normal regiment of thank you letters and update letters.

As of a couple of minutes ago, my status has NOT changed from what it was after the interview; i.e. blank final decision status.

Whatever that means for all us, we just don't know in this crazy game. Best of luck to all.
 
My letter was sent today as well. I guess since I so close Ill know tomorrow. Hope its good news. I guess being rejected wouldnt be too bad now that UCLA costs so much.
 
good luck everyone!
 
Actually, I am guessing that we might have gotten an acceptances. Since it says final decision letter sent then I am guess its not a waitlist notification. I also dont think they would be rejecting so many people outright post-interview. Hopefully, I am right
 
I havent had the chance to scroll through all the posts...is there anyone who interviewed before janurary who does not have a "final decision sent"?
 
from last year's threads, it seems like they didn't start rejecting until march or april, or even later. so if they do stick to last year's timeline, then it might be good news for us. but i think i read earlier that they're doing things differently this year, which i hope is not the case.
 
Originally posted by medorbust
from last year's threads, it seems like they didn't start rejecting until march or april, or even later. so if they do stick to last year's timeline, then it might be good news for us. but i think i read earlier that they're doing things differently this year, which i hope is not the case.
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yes, MDTom. scroll up a few posts.
 
Quick question that might help with clarifying the meaning of the letters.

Who has received a status change for final decision that is not filing for UCLA as a California Resident?

FYI (USNEWS Admissions Statistic for 2003 entering class):

--------------------Applied----Interviewed---Accepted-----Enrolled
Total:-------------5,203-------728-------------237------------121
In state:---------3,070-------534-------------187------------106
Out of state:----2,133-------194-------------50--------------15


Also, from what I understand, the out of state acceptances are usually handled differently and a little bit later than normal.
 
Oh, and yeah I do feel like the odd one out on this thread.

Post-Interview Count:

6 SDNers with Decisions sent
1 SDNer no status update

This sucks.
 
Originally posted by DrJ2B
Do you think if I called, they would tell my decision? I had a change of address so I hope they send it to my dorm and not to my home. I want to see it! 🙁
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I highly doubt they will give out decision over the phone (I mean, they won't even let you schedule interviews over the phone most of the time!), but they may tell you to send an email requesting the letter to be sent to your dorm though.
 
Originally posted by MDTom
Quick question that might help with clarifying the meaning of the letters.

Who has received a status change for final decision that is not filing for UCLA as a California Resident?

FYI (USNEWS Admissions Statistic for 2003 entering class):

--------------------Applied----Interviewed---Accepted-----Enrolled
Total:-------------5,203-------728-------------237------------121
In state:---------3,070-------534-------------187------------106
Out of state:----2,133-------194-------------50--------------15


Also, from what I understand, the out of state acceptances are usually handled differently and a little bit later than normal.
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I'm not a Californian resident; am applying as an international applicant.

My guess: The decisions there were sent today were a mixture of acceptances and waitlists.
 
Eek! I too also got a "Letter Sent" next to the Final Decision box today. Hoping for all of us to get the good news before the 3-day weekend.
 
Originally posted by personal jesus
Actually, I am guessing that we might have gotten an acceptances. Since it says final decision letter sent then I am guess its not a waitlist notification. I also dont think they would be rejecting so many people outright post-interview. Hopefully, I am right
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not necessarily personal jesus, a bunch of us last year received that final decision letter sent notification in our webpage and it was a waitlist....so definitely possible....UCLA is so weird that I just don't know anymore, but I really hope you guys get good news, it's an awesome school!
 
UCLA became my #1 choice after my interview. It's an awesome school. I wish I could get a straight acceptance.

good luck everyone. 😉
 
crazy my letter was sent today as well...i am gonna piss in mis pantolones
 
Originally posted by Harps
crazy my letter was sent today as well...i am gonna piss in mis pantolones
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Well, since Harps is getting the "letter" as well, I'm guessing it's an acceptance letter to all of you. Sweetness~
 
Originally posted by Dr. Don
not necessarily personal jesus, a bunch of us last year received that final decision letter sent notification in our webpage and it was a waitlist....so definitely possible....UCLA is so weird that I just don't know anymore, but I really hope you guys get good news, it's an awesome school!
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After seeing how many people on SDN are getting their "final" letter I would have to agree with you. Hopefully there are some acceptances tossed in their with waitlists. good luck everyone
 
Just wanted to say good luck to all who are anxiously waiting for those s l o w moving letters. All of my fellow sdn'ers certainly deserve to get in. Good luck, and this Bud's for you!
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