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Originally posted by DoctorKevin
if you call them, sometimes ( only sometimes depending on who you get) they will give you a bit of info here and there like when the meeting is in which your review will occur.
Originally posted by finnpipette
I interviewed in mid-late january. Called yesterday and they told me that my file hasn't been reviewed by the final committee yet. All these committees....there's bound to be someone who likes me, right? 🙂
Originally posted by BananaSplit
Can we get out of the pool yet? I'm starting to prune.
Originally posted by Alexander99
I interviewed the second week of March and just got my acceptance today. Those of you who interviewed this month, your decisions are coming soon!
Originally posted by mikeyboy
How'd you hear? I interviewed on the 18th...time to start getting nervous I guess.
Originally posted by Alexander99
Well, I got impatient waiting so I called the office on Monday and they said they were going to be making a decision on my life that very day.
Originally posted by mikeyboy
A decision on your life huh? Freudian slip perhaps? 😛
Thanks for the info though, I'll try calling Monday to see when they might know.
Originally posted by Alexander99
Wow. Didn't even notice that. That's a textbook case of a Freudian slip. But yeah, in fact, that's what they were doing. Is UCSD your top choice if you get in?
Originally posted by mikeyboy
Interview March 18th, got a waitlist letter today.
Does anyone know if a letter of intent will help much? I'm on the waitlist at both UCI and UCSD, and I'm not sure where I would rather go (leaning toward SD). But, I only get one letter of intent and I'd like it to count. I really just want to get in somewhere, so if writing a LOI to SD will leave me with still a small chance of getting in, while writing a LOI at UCI would give me a very good chance, I might just take that very good chance. I would probably wait until early May to send it if I do so that I give myself some time to get in somewhere without committing.
Originally posted by Alexander99
The good news is that quite a few people eventually make it off the waitlist at UCSD according to what I've heard. I'm starting to think that LOI's don't count for too much nowadays. For example, I've spoken to several current UCSD students that got in off the waitlist and they said they never sent any updates or letters.
At the same time, I don't see how it can hurt. I stopped sending letters of interest to schools cause the two schools I sent one to rejected me and put me on waitlist respectively. For USC and UCSD where I didn't write a letter, I got in straight up. Maybe they don't appreciate those letters, who knows? In either case, good luck.
Originally posted by Alexander99
I think after a while, they get so many similar letters that it's easier just to disregard them. I know if I were an adcom, I wouldn't care too much about those letters. I'd be interested in who I think makes a better candidate over who wrote a letter.
Originally posted by finnpipette
does anyone know if the acceptable pool is ranked?
Originally posted by SharkFan3
I must say that "acceptable pool" is my favorite waitlist euphemism. It's right up there with Georgetown and it's "highly select" pool. Regardless, I'm sick of being in the pool but when I called a few months ago to inquire about my relative position in the pool and was told they couldn't say. Very frustrating.
Originally posted by finnpipette
I just called. They told me that your position in the pool is dynamic because they'll add people in front of you and behind you on the list until the alternate list is set. Once it is set, they'll let you know. If it weren't for looking for housing, I wouldn't mind this so much. 😳
Originally posted by Alexander99
When it comes to waitlists, acceptable pools, etc, I don't understand what the big deal is in the admissions offices not telling you exactly where you rank on the list. Is it perhaps because if they give you a specific number ("you're #13 out of 100"), sometimes they take people out of order and you'll be on to their game? Maybe they don't want you coming back to them and inquiring why your buddy got in off the waitlist and you didn't when he was ranked #20 and you were ranked #13.