UCLA unranked waitlist 2007

[DrKATS2011]

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Add me to the unranked WL...

guess we won't know until June 😕

 

[UVASam]

Add me as well...

 

[trudat]

I believe it's the weekend of April 21st. I interviewed about a month ago and haven't had a status change either. You'd think they'd try to inform us by their re-visit, but who knows. Some people on here seem to think their Feb. acceptance batch could be the only one going out. I don't know what that means for us....

I hope this is wrong kbear12!!! we have to have hope 👍

 

[sagemedecon]

Current Total: 20
Aerith
Jr applicant
uclabruindoc
ncbabyblue717
sagemedecon
GoGoPandaBot
doctor0125
Tatowedges
dsh
Steve203
Silverfox
Davee
BunnyMonkey
FujiApple
nyc635
SkiUtah
narc
jester384
DrKATS2011
UVASam

 

[narc]

Current Total: 20
Aerith
Jr applicant
uclabruindoc
ncbabyblue717
sagemedecon
GoGoPandaBot
doctor0125
Tatowedges
dsh
Steve203
Silverfox
Davee
BunnyMonkey
FujiApple
nyc635
SkiUtah
narc
jester384
DrKATS2011
UVASam

There sure are some big name people with big stats on this list. Same goes for the hold and rejected people.
I want to see who was accepted this year, they must be gods among men.

 

[Steve203]

There sure are some big name people with big stats on this list. Same goes for the hold and rejected people.
I want to see who was accepted this year, they must be gods among men.

seriously...the guys who got accepted must have 12 inchers or something crazy like that

 

[kbear12]

I hope this is wrong kbear12!!! we have to have hope 👍

i hope this is wrong as well. I find it hard to believe that Feb/March/April interviews (whoever wasn't reviewed for the Feb acceptance list) would just be for a waitlist spot!!

 

[narc]

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[GoGoPandaBot]

There has to be more acceptances out there, we know that for sure. 100% of the people with the 2/23 status change reported back that they received some sort of money offer. There is no way in hell UCLA offered 120ish people money to come to UCLA. That just is not possible.

The real question is when will they send out the next batch of acceptances.

5k x 120 = $600,000. That may be big money to you, but it's probably peanuts to the school. And remember, a good deal of those people don't accept, so you can probably lop a quarter off that number.

The fact is, you don't know the situation, and your desire for something to not be true is clouding your judgment.

 

[narc]

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[narc]

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[UCLAstudent]

5k x 120 = $600,000. That may be big money to you, but it's probably peanuts to the school. And remember, a good deal of those people don't accept, so you can probably lop a quarter off that number.

Especially when you consider the $200-million of Geffen money. 😀

 

[GoGoPandaBot]

Especially when you consider the $200-million of Geffen money. 😀

when you already know that it is at least $100k just from the SDN response...

 

[narc]

Thread fell too far down.

 

[Silverfox]

Any estimate about the size of the unranked list at the end of interview season?

 

[BunnyMonkey]

I snail mailed a combined waitlist acceptance/letter of intent to the office today. Nothing too long, maybe 200-300 words.

Wait, we have to send in a letter for the waitlist? Is there a due date? My letter was sent home and I'm not living at "home" right now so i just got the news I was waitlisted. But I didn't know we're supposed to write/submit anything. Arghh I need to call home more often.

 

[lihtris]

Current Total: 19
Aerith
Jr applicant
uclabruindoc
ncbabyblue717
sagemedecon
GoGoPandaBot
doctor0125
Tatowedges
dsh
Steve203
Silverfox
Davee
BunnyMonkey
FujiApple
nyc635
SkiUtah
narc
jester384
lihtris

 

[dsh]

Wait, we have to send in a letter for the waitlist? Is there a due date? My letter was sent home and I'm not living at "home" right now so i just got the news I was waitlisted. But I didn't know we're supposed to write/submit anything. Arghh I need to call home more often.

I'll just type out the waitlist letter in full for you so you don't have to worry about your parents translating poorly or something.

Your application to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is complete and has been acted upon.

The Committee on Admissions considers you to be a qualified candidate for medical school. We have thus assigned you to a waiting list without ranking. Candidates from the waiting list may be selected for vacancies in the class if they become available.

In order that all students receive consideration, it is important that you inform us, in writing, at your earliest convenience if you wish to accept a position on the waiting list. For the same reason, it would be most helpful if at a later date you wish to withdraw from the waiting list you would notify us of your decision. Please keep us up to date by submitting any additional credentials which might be important for your record.

Thank you very much for your continued interest in our medical school.

 

[sagemedecon]

Current Total: 21
Aerith
Jr applicant
uclabruindoc
ncbabyblue717
sagemedecon
GoGoPandaBot
doctor0125
Tatowedges
dsh
Steve203
Silverfox
Davee
BunnyMonkey
FujiApple
nyc635
SkiUtah
narc
jester384
DrKATS2011
UVASam
lihtris

 

[Steve203]

Any estimate about the size of the unranked list at the end of interview season?

Well they interview about 800 applicants....probably accept about 150 people for 120 spots (I'm being conservative, remember that they said that half their class comes from the waitlist)...Based on the mailings we've seen...you figure maybe 200 end up on the hold list, and maybe 100 get flat out rejected, so about 350 people end up on the waitlist....odds are not good on getting off of it....

 

[BunnyMonkey]

Thanx, DSH

 

[narc]

Well they interview about 800 applicants....probably accept about 150 people for 120 spots (I'm being conservative, remember that they said that half their class comes from the waitlist)...Based on the mailings we've seen...you figure maybe 200 end up on the hold list, and maybe 100 get flat out rejected, so about 350 people end up on the waitlist....odds are not good on getting off of it....

I hope there is tons of overlap with the people UCLA accepts and UCSF. That would make for some decent waitlist movement I would think.

 

[icecoldalpha06]

I believe there is alot of overlap b/w UCLA and UCSF (and other great schools) and that may be the reason why UCLA is waitlisting so many good applicants..I know im late on this..but im still in alot of SHOCK that UCLA did not send out any more acceptances after their first bunch..

 

[seasoned winner]

has anyone else, besides me, been on this list before?? I applied two cycles ago, got the same letter, same list, same sadness. held onto that hope till august...and nothing. Here's to better luck this year for all of us!

 

[Steve203]

has anyone else, besides me, been on this list before?? I applied two cycles ago, got the same letter, same list, same sadness. held onto that hope till august...and nothing. Here's to better luck this year for all of us!

yup...I was on the hold list last year though (on the unranked list this year)....hopefully it goes better this time

 

[Mortal_Lessons]

Can anyone discourse a bit on the difference between the "hold list" and the "wait list"? Much appreciated.

 

[seasoned winner]

yup...I was on the hold list last year though (on the unranked list this year)....hopefully it goes better this time

good to know i'm not the only one. though it sucks that two years have gone by, and i'm still on the same unranked list. at least you moved up! i, on the other hand, continue to be in UCLA pergatory. It's like i've been on the UCLA waitlist since 2005.

 

[Steve203]

Can anyone discourse a bit on the difference between the "hold list" and the "wait list"? Much appreciated.

Applicants on the hold list are not considered until all the applicants from the unranked waitlist are exhausted......the hold list is UCLA's way of giving you the finger


sorry to say but if you are on the hold list you have absolutely no chance

 

[Mortal_Lessons]

Applicants on the hold list are not considered until all the applicants from the unranked waitlist are exhausted......the hold list is UCLA's way of giving you the finger


sorry to say but if you are on the hold list you have absolutely no chance

Thanks for the information. Right now, I have no clue what my status is--I interviewed in early March and haven't heard back from them yet. I imagine they would update people of their post-interview status by the time they have revisit weekend. I'm keeping my fingers crossed (X). Good luck everyone.

 

[trudat]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed too! we have to stay positive!!!

but..according to the lady in the office the class has been filled.

 

[Beckie1022]

Aerith
Jr applicant
uclabruindoc
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GoGoPandaBot
doctor0125
Tatowedges
dsh
Steve203
Silverfox
Davee
BunnyMonkey
FujiApple
nyc635
SkiUtah
narc
jester384
DrKATS2011
UVASam
lihtris
seasoned winner
Beckie1022

 

[narc]

Aerith
Jr applicant
uclabruindoc
ncbabyblue717
sagemedecon
GoGoPandaBot
doctor0125
Tatowedges
dsh
Steve203
Silverfox
Davee
BunnyMonkey
FujiApple
nyc635
SkiUtah
narc
jester384
DrKATS2011
UVASam
lihtris
seasoned winner
Beckie1022

Continues to grow. Not good.

 

[MissTreesh]

dude, at least most of you got some kind of answers. I interviewed in early dec and so far, my status page hasn't change. I called them 3x and the only thing they can tell me is that my file is still under review. Now, i found out that the class has been filled. I'm pretty f**kin depressed.. All i want to know is which list I am listed on.

 

[doctor0125]

are most the kids on this list from instate?

 

[chipmunk73]

dude, at least most of you got some kind of answers. I interviewed in early dec and so far, my status page hasn't change. I called them 3x and the only thing they can tell me is that my file is still under review. Now, i found out that the class has been filled. I'm pretty f**kin depressed.. All i want to know is which list I am listed on.

I interviewed early december too and no decision yet. I know how you feel. We dont know for sure if the class has been filled yet or not so let's stay positive. Good luck to all of us!

 

[trudat]

yah i've been getting so many random responses about us "no status change" people. I think we still have a chance. I'm hoping the class has notttttt been filled. I interviewed in jan. and still no response.

Also, i'm sorry for all of u who have been waiting longer than I. also, sucks to have to wait just to hear that u've been placed on a waitlist. sucks for all of us. keep hope alive!!!

 

[GoGoPandaBot]

that there are both in-state and out-of-state waitlists? A friend who got in last year (but went elsewhere) told me this yesterday, but I'd never heard it before.

 

[MissTreesh]

does ucla stopped interviewing people at the beginning or end of April?

 

[trudat]

i think i heard this week or early next week is the end.

 

[MissTreesh]

thanks for the info. Now I look forward to getting something in the mail from them within 2 weeks.

 

[FujiApple]

I just called, and the lady I talked to said there are about 100 students on the wait list. That's far fewer than I thought! She was being really helpful answering several of my questions, so I have no reason to disbelieve her. My hopes went way up just now!

 

[sagemedecon]

FujiApple thanks for sharing your info! Anything to keep the moral of the troops up : )

 

[transmetropol]

I talked to one of the admissions poeple and they also confirmed that...apparently half of the people that get acceptances dont accept them.

 

[FujiApple]

I am so much more hopeful now! I hope all of your spirits have risen as much as mine have. Good luck to us all!!!

 

[shadoctor]

If you go back to the original thread, there were a lot more people that reported status changes on the day that waitlist notifications went out. Add that to the fact that not all of them responded with the status (that they were waitlisted) and that even a lot of those that did never added themselves to the list in this thread (myself included) tells me that there are probably more like 30-40 SDNers that are on the unranked waitlist. So I highly doubt that 30-40% of the waitlist is posting on SDN. I think realistically the waitlist is 200+.

I believe the breakdown is something like this (assuming 600 interviewees)

200 acceptances
200 waitlist
100 hold
100 reject

 

[FujiApple]

If you go back to the original thread, there were a lot more people that reported status changes on the day that waitlist notifications went out. Add that to the fact that not all of them responded with the status (that they were waitlisted) and that even a lot of those that did never added themselves to the list in this thread (myself included) tells me that there are probably more like 30-40 SDNers that are on the unranked waitlist. So I highly doubt that 30-40% of the waitlist is posting on SDN. I think realistically the waitlist is 200+.

I believe the breakdown is something like this (assuming 600 interviewees)

200 acceptances
200 waitlist
100 hold
100 reject

I sure hope not... I know the admissions staff isn't always in the know, but why would she tell me "100" with such certainty if it was false? Just trying to stay optimistic!!

 

[Papillon11]

Hi guys,
Add me to the unranked wait list, too. Wonder how long our wait will be...

 

[davee]

I stopped by the office yesterday, and i was told that there will be only 100 people on each waitlist...

 

[Papillon11]

100? Is it ranked? Why is it called non ranking? How will they determine who would get the next available spot, there must be some kinda ranking right? If 100, then some of us will not get off this wait list right? Do you guys know anyone who did not get off the unranked wait list in the past years?

 

[lovableDR]

100? Is it ranked? Why is it called non ranking? How will they determine who would get the next available spot, there must be some kinda ranking right? If 100, then some of us will not get off this wait list right? Do you guys know anyone who did not get off the unranked wait list in the past years?

there will be many who could not pull off the unrank waitlist in the past years. I was one of them 🙁