University of Missouri in Columbia

Has anyone gotten an email from them yet? I know we are supposed to be notified this week about acceptances. From their "what happens after my interview" debriefing, I'm thinking that no email=acceptance by snail mail. So I'm just wondering if they've sent out emails yet about being thrown into next month's pool. I'm hoping for no email!

 

well on the memo they gave us right after the interview, they said that each week, the committee votes on the people interviewed that week and each applicant gets a "score". And then, during the 3rd week of each month, they send out acceptances to a "pre-determined" number of applicants-- highest interview scores get in. The rest get thrown into the next month's pool and then are evaluated again at the 3rd week. During the 3rd week, they email you if you've been placed into the next pool. So basically, you either get accepted or rolled over. since Mizzou only interviews about 300 people, i doubt anyone gets rejected until the very end. You just keep getting rolled over. So since everyone will hear some notification, either by email or mail, if you don't get an email by the end of this week, or the beginning of next week, there's a great chance you were accepted! horray! So keep hoping for empty email inboxes!

 

Decisions were made today for applicants interviewed up until now. I just got an email (BOOHOO!!) saying that I did not get accepted at this committee meeting, but I will be reconsidered next month. So to those who didn't get an email--- YOU'RE IN!! Congrats!

 

Anyone get an email from Mizzou today? Last two months the emails were sent out around 10am. I'm dying here!

 

did you get an email today? Really, our fates have already been decided. That is why I haven't sent update letters or anything. You'll recall that on our end-of-interview memo, they told us that we each get a score (practically right after the interview, i think-- they make the interviewers write up their reports right away) and then each month they just accept a pre-determined # of people. I'm guessing it's like ~20 people. So we've already gotten our scores, and we just have to hope we rise to the top 20 each month. So far I've gone 2 months, I'm hoping this month is it.

I'm thinking if I can make it to the end of the day without receiving an email saying "you were not selected this month," I'll call them to ask if they sent out update emails today.

Good luck to you!

 

hey tegs, I was looking through old threads, and apparently mizzou sends out acceptances over email too. So I guess no email today might just mean they haven't sent anything out yet. BAH! I can't take the suspense anymore.

 

Okay, my boyfriend just called mizzou for me 'cause I don't have my cell phone with me at work. The lady said that she's working on the emails now and that they'll be out by the end of the day.

edit: I'm going to die.

 

I'm "almost" in-state at Mizzou-- I work in st. louis and have strong ties to the state (went to high school here, came back after college to work) but on AMCAS I declared Washington to be my home state since I'm technically a resident there by virtue of being dependent on my parents who moved there before I went to college. I think they consider me out of state because they wouldn't give me a secondary at first, I had to write a letter showing strong connection to the state.

I applied to 18 schools total, rejected from 4, interviewed at 3, and haven't heard from the rest. I have no acceptances yet. Mizzou is my top realistic choice-- that is, I think I have a good chance of getting in, even if it means waiting until april, and my boyfriend goes to school in st. louis so it would be nice to be close. I was surprisingly impressed with the school when I visited-- I especially felt that it was a good fit for me since I am very used to small group work and a small class in general.

hope we'll be in the class of 2010 together!

 

Nov. 9th. I've gone through 2 "third weeks" so far.

 

yes, but the lady (I guess whoever's covering for Judy) said today that she was working on them and will get them out by the end of today.

 

I think if we assume that the most qualified applicants interview early in the cycle, then for any given applicant who interviews relatively early, they have a slightly better chance of getting in each month, because the top (say, 20) students with the highest scores get in each month. I'm hoping I'm rising to the cream of the crop, soon.

 

anyone else hear yet? What is taking so long? Just press send!

 

5:02, and still nothing.

 

your mdapplicants profile says you got a post-interview rejection. Is that the email you just got? I thought everyone got passed on from month to month. At any rate, sorry to hear that.

 

oh okay. Well, this is only your first time being passed, so hope you can endure the wait for just a while longer. Good luck! Don't freak out like me.

 

yeah, it seems too good to be true. I am going to call in the morning to make sure that all email notices were sent out today.

 

okay I just called, and I was told that they are behind but everything should be sent out by the end of the day.

Oh my god. How long does it take to send emails? There are only 300 people interviewed each year, so by now there are <300 people they have to deal with, and minus the 40 or so people they already accepted, how difficult could it be? It's not like they send out personalized emails anyway.
BAH! people who got emails already, what letter does your last name start with? Are they doing it alphabetically?

 

so do you think they're actually sending emails individually? But waiting 5 minutes or so between each one, just to screw with our heads?

 

every 3rd week of each month they accept a batch of people. So if your friend interviewed december 6, then he/she was in the batch for 3rd week of december. Since then, there have been about 3 weeks of interviews again, so now january interviewees as well as all the rest on the list (since october) will wait for a batch of acceptances.

 

do you think they're sending them alphabetically or by amcas id? There must be some rhyme or reason!

 

oh jebus, I hope they're not going backwards. I'm D.