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Anyone hear from UCSF regarding their place on the high priority list?
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They have one more batch of acceptances to send out (this week or the next), so I'd expect movement/rankings/etc..to start in june. I could be wrong, but their waitlist usually moves in june/july. I'm sure you could call and ask them. At this point, phone calls won't be such a bother. good luck.
 
so what happened to your application, souljah? i wasn't following the forums for a while, did you get in/high priority? i remember you were really worried about them.
 
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lady in red,

they still have my application! it has been 16 weeks. i called to make sure they never sent something that didn't arrive, and was told, 'believe it or not, they still have not made a decision on your app'. i was told that final acceptances, waitlists, and rejects would be going out this week or the next. i am incredibly tired of waiting. i'd be surprised if i got rejected after 16 weeks, but you never know. i have my fingers crossed. i can't believe that i interviewed in january and still haven't heard a peep. i sent them a letter (basically a letter saying that it was my number one choice and that i'd absolutely attend) about a week or two after my interview. maybe since they know i'm a definite yes, they are waiting to see who holds acceptances?? :confused: i just want closure! :mad:
 
the high priority letter said they hoped to be done ranking by may 24, so i hope they at least tell us where we sit on that list by end of may/early june... i'm planning on looking for housing in LA at the end of june otherwise...
 
May 24??? The letter I got from UCSF said that high priority people will be ranked by 5/15, though.

By the way, are they going to let me know by phone or email or snail mail?
 
hmmm.. vitamin x, when's your letter dated? mine's dated april 25--is yours from before then? maybe they thought may 15 would be the day but then they fell behind. here's what mine says: "We expect to finish our review/ranking by about May 24th, and will inform you of your status as soon as possible thereafter. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to provide you with more definitive information about your status prior to that time because we will not know where your application resides until the list is compiled."

so... my guess is they'll make the list and let us know by snail mail. i really have no idea though. i live in the bay area, so if i hear from them, i'll post here and people farther away can look out for a letter...
 
yeah, i got the letter earlier than you did, around late march, with exactly the same wording except the date. thanks for letting me know about this.

what's the difference of waiting for another week? or another year? or another decade? sigh~~
 
OK... we are going to hear from UCSF sooner than you all think.

I just called UCSF. Valerie informed me that they are DONE ranking people from the high priority list, and that many of the letters were already sent TODAY, and the rest are going out in the next few days. We should know the decision by next week!!

I asked how many acceptances were made, but she said that she doesn't know...
 
Thanks, CaliBoy!
so did she say whether those are rejection letters or acceptance letters? I feel my pulse racing again....
 
vitaminX: she said that they are sending out acceptances, waitlists, and rejections. She didn't say which letters are going out which day. GOOD LUCK!!
 
wow THANKS caliboy, that is REALLY helpful to know. i'm terrified of the mailbox now, but at least i know to avoid it :)

good luck everyone, i hope one of us (or all) get in!!
 
Oh snap!

Maybe I'll finally get an answer out of them. I've been waiting so long I feel like I applied last year.

Caliboy, so you have no idea if acceptances, waitlists, and rejections were sent out yet? I'd guess acceptances were sent first, but who knows. I'm learning that everything I thought I knew, I don't know. So, hopefully I'll hear a response soon enough! Jan.30th is a long time to wait!!
 
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i was placed on the high priority list a while back. just got a letter today putting me on the bottom half of the alternate list. they have 100 people on the alternate list, and they tell you if you are in the top or bottom half. thats about it - no indication of how many they will take or the likelihood of getting in.
hope this helps. sucks that i probably have no chance.
 
hey caliboy,
just wondering--did valerie mention if any of those acceptances are for people from the high priority list? cause it seems some people,like souljah, haven't been reviewed yet--so are the acceptances just for them, or are there some for waitlist people?

i heard before that they split up the list into thirds and reject the bottom third. so are they sending us info just on our ranking, or are some really lucky high priority people going to get offered admission?
 
i don't understand... if they know whether we are in the upper or the lower half, why don't they just tell us a more exact position (e.g. "You are between #56-62 in a list of 200 people", etc.)
What are they afraid of? I seriously cannot think of any bad situation that could result by giving us more info.

And Booyah, you seriously should not be depressed about it. For all you know, you could be just one position after the 50-50 breakoff point, right? That means you basically have about same chance as the guy in front of you, who happens to receive a more encouraging letter. Anyway, hang in there, man.
 
To clarify, Valerie said that all high priority people have been re-reviewed, ranked, and then either accepted, waitlisted, or rejected. Anything is game.

Souljah, you are still waiting post-interview, correct? Call me crazy but I have a feeling they wouldn't wait 4 months to reject you or place you on the wait list. ::knock on wood:: Good luck!
 
Yup, still waiting to be reviewed, and I won't call you crazy!!

I appreciate you calling. I think Valerie is a bit tired of souljah calling to inquire about his application.

Here are some things that Valerie told me a couple of months ago (I posted this in another thread, but without the search engine..it is long gone).

She said that they usually give out around 190 outright acceptances and waitlist (high priority) around 100. She said they ultimately accept somewhere between 220-230 by the time we all matriculate, so that suggest an average waitlist movement of 30 to 40 peeps. That doesn't mean that the lower portion is definitely screwed, but in the past they usually don't take more than teh 30 to 40. Who knows how this year will go...

I'm a Cali resident, but I live in NYC (at the moment). I have to wait a week to get the mail over here. I can't stand it, b/c everyone knows their fate before me! The universe has definitely been toying around with souljah.
 
Anyone else get the letter about their place on the waitlist?
 
Ouch..second half of the alernate list for me...oh, well, I guess it was a pretty good run from my pre-secondary rejection.
 
Got it today, top half of the alternate list....has anyone got accepted from the HIgh Priority?
 
congrats, ucsfallthway.

wow, you guys all got the letters already?
I guess my letter is in the next week's batch....
 
i didn't get one either. i live in the bay area, so was terrified i was going to get it today--i want to go there sooooooooo much! well good luck vitX (by the way, UCSD wants you? just curious, does UCSF want you more? :p )
 
Top half of the alternate list for me. Whatever that means.

Does anyone know whether we have to write a letter accepting a position on the alternate list? Or do they just assume that if you don't withdraw?
 
I have never heard of anyone having to accept an alternate list position, so my guess is that you don't have to reply to that notification if it doesn't ask you to.

By the way, do those alternate list notifications tell you guys any more decision dates? Or is it just one single sentence describing your position on the list?

p.s. Techno chic, i sent you a private message.
 
Nothing like some pointless hypothesizing, but anyhow...

I'm wondering if anyone's gotten an acceptance or a rejection off this "High Priority" list. Everyone that's posted seems to have been put on the alternate list.
 
I can't answer your question, but you can add my name to the pple who were waitlisted. *sigh*
 
Going down in a blaze of...

No waitlist for me! Just a very apologetic letter letting me down easy as they reject me.

Good luck to everyone else!
 
.... rejection letter, today.
oh, well, i guess i'll get over it.

or, maybe not.
 
rejection for me too...

i'm so disappointed and sad. i really love ucsf and sf...
 
were the high priority and rejection letters dated the same? i'm wondering if they were all sent in one bunch.
 
also, i'm sorry to hear that you were rejected. techno and vitamin, i wish you the best of luck.
 
Hey guys, welcome to the UCSF post-interview reject club!

Watcha is president and I'm the chairman.

teknochic, does that mean you're going to UCLA?
 
I can't believe those ****ers rejected me. Oh well, I'm off to LA.
Souljah, I hope you get in.
 
me too me too!

Big fat REJECTION.

Okie, I don't understand SF...why do they bother putting you on the "high priority" in the first place only to reject you again? it's prolonging the torture. They should just give waitlists to however many they want in the beginning instead of stringing us along...(okie, yes i know slightly bitter over here). Anyways, good luck to the rest still waiting...
 
bottom half of alternate list for me. oh well, so much for my dream of going to ucsf... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />
 
Wow, this got depressing real quick. I'm truly sorry for all those who got rejected.

Just think of it this way...At least, you're not as pathetic as I am, obsessing over UCSF while away in beautiful Vietnam.

Anyways, I haven't heard anything from my parents about letters from UCSF after being put in the High Priority group in May. I don't think that is good news as the rejections seem to be coming in later. But I guess I still have a little glimmer of hope.
 
wow :( this thread took a turn for the worse. I can't believe they are already rejecting people off their high priority list, when I am still waiting to hear any news since my interview.

Rhiana..off to UCLA isn't bad at all!!! congratulations my friend, and please keep in touch.

Have all these letters been sent at once? Post-mark dates from those who received letters would be helpful.

I read somewhere in a thread that you should be honored just to get an interview at UCSF. For all those who have been rejected (which I may become one of shortly), try to find the truth in that. :)
 
Geez. Damn that UCSF. Rejecting all you great people and sending them to UCLA *and* thereby squeezing me off the UCLA waitlist!

agh.
 
I got a letter yesterday that I'm in the top half. Any idea when the list starts to move?
 
hey matthew--
yep, i'm definitely going to ucla now. rhiana, see you in class!!

i agree, it is sad that a lot of us got rejected. but it's true, we should be happy that we got as far as the high priority group, ucsf is a lot of people's dream schools, and it's still an honor to have gotten as far as that. ok, ok, throw tomatoes at me, but it's true.

and as disappointed as i was, i'm still happy i'm going to ucla. matthew, good luck! i hope you get in!
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Cal7449:
•Just think of it this way...At least, you're not as pathetic as I am, obsessing over UCSF while away in beautiful Vietnam.
•••••Vietnam??? Damn, you're lucky!!! I'm envious. What city are you in now?
 
Ok, so exactly how many of us are now headed to UCLA? I count at least myself, Rhiana, and Tekno chic...anyone else from this thread?
 
I know it's not much of a consolation, but interviewing at UCSF even if getting rejected eventually is worth putting on a resume!

I got the hammer from SF a while ago. I got over it though.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Vin Scully:
•Ok, so exactly how many of us are now headed to UCLA? I count at least myself, Rhiana, and Tekno chic...anyone else from this thread?•••••I'm going to UCLA also. UCLA was my first choice though. I was placed in the bottom half of the waitlist. Good luck to everyone else waiting for UCSF.
 
Any theories on what it means if we're on the high priority list but haven't gotten any letter yet telling us where on the list we are, if we're still in the running? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />
 
maybe this is a pitiful consolation, but i just wanted to share that in the months that I lived in San Francisco, I started hating this city. I still like UCSF, but, SF is so difficult to live in, that it kind of overshadows the UCSF acceptance.
First, the housing is AWFUL. Whoever said the market was getting better is full of crap. Prices started climbing again, and you still pay either 1000-1400 for a hole in the wall that hasn't been remodeled since 1950, or 2200 for a "priviledge" to live in Haight Ashbury. The landlors want basically a Jesus-type person and credit history. Everyone is in your business. Before i rented the apt. i am at now, the landlord had a neighbor give me an interview (!!) --how pathetic is that?--to make sure I was 'the right person'.
2) there is no normal supermarket in this city. Safeway is overpriced, and there are a bunch of those stinky European-style markets that don't have everything you need, so you have to drive to Daly City to go to a real store.
3) it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a job. I have been looking since March, and haven't found one yet. Every one wants a waiter with 20 years of experience, or a secretary with a PhD. I mean, you get the point.
4) Parking-- i am not even gonna go there. This is the biggest money-making scam I have ever seen.
5)Food--overpriced. Starbucks here should be renamed Star Bucks.
6) Level of poverty and crime--Market street speaks for itself, and there were 3 articles on the front page of Chronicle that SFPD is the worst in terms of solving violent crimes among big cities.

Well, enough SF bashing. I haven't even started school, but I already resent this city. The bridge is not that impressive either. You can walk over to the other side in less than 15 minutes.
You guys shold be happy to be in LA. There is just too much bull**** and snobbishness in the bay area.
What kind of a city would have a requirement to move your car 1/10 of a mile every 72 hours???
Only in San Francisco...
 
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Just a quick note for those wondering about high priority... if you're in the top half, you have a really good shot at acceptance. If UCSF is your first choice, send them a letter of intent. When it is getting close to you having to make travel and living plans somewhere else for next year, call them and tell them. I ended up getting in late June (around the 20th, I think) and it happened when I called just to ask about my status, as I was going to have to make plans to go to another school. They called me back the next day with an acceptance. Whether this was pure luck or not, I will never know. But, the point is, don't bug them too much and ask when it is critical. Send in any updates you can. (Also I was in the top half). Rumor has it that there are actually 2 waitlists - one for in-state and one for out-of-state. How they are used, I do not know. What the significance is, I do not know. But, there it is. Feel free to email me if you have further questions. Good luck!

-- Becky
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by lady in red:
•maybe this is a pitiful consolation, but i just wanted to share that in the months that I lived in San Francisco, I started hating this city. I still like UCSF, but, SF is so difficult to live in, that it kind of overshadows the UCSF acceptance.
First, the housing is AWFUL. Whoever said the market was getting better is full of crap. Prices started climbing again, and you still pay either 1000-1400 for a hole in the wall that hasn't been remodeled since 1950, or 2200 for a "priviledge" to live in Haight Ashbury. The landlors want basically a Jesus-type person and credit history. Everyone is in your business. Before i rented the apt. i am at now, the landlord had a neighbor give me an interview (!!) --how pathetic is that?--to make sure I was 'the right person'.
2) there is no normal supermarket in this city. Safeway is overpriced, and there are a bunch of those stinky European-style markets that don't have everything you need, so you have to drive to Daly City to go to a real store.
3) it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a job. I have been looking since March, and haven't found one yet. Every one wants a waiter with 20 years of experience, or a secretary with a PhD. I mean, you get the point.
4) Parking-- i am not even gonna go there. This is the biggest money-making scam I have ever seen.
5)Food--overpriced. Starbucks here should be renamed Star Bucks.
6) Level of poverty and crime--Market street speaks for itself, and there were 3 articles on the front page of Chronicle that SFPD is the worst in terms of solving violent crimes among big cities.

Well, enough SF bashing. I haven't even started school, but I already resent this city. The bridge is not that impressive either. You can walk over to the other side in less than 15 minutes.
You guys shold be happy to be in LA. There is just too much bull**** and snobbishness in the bay area.
What kind of a city would have a requirement to move your car 1/10 of a mile every 72 hours???
Only in San Francisco...•••••:rolleyes:
 
souljah--whatever--thats just an opinion. you'll live here--you'll understand.
 
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