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SiddharthaMonk said:
Which one are you picking out of the two then? I thought the orientation was too long-winded and not very interesting or more informative. The financial aid was ok but could have been 15 minutes long.
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Agree on all accounts. So many people kept getting up and leaving, I was pretty shocked. I was also expecting far from a different focus between the two schools. The UofL session was focused on diversity and rural service. I was SHOCKED that they had little mention of research which seems to be the direction of the entire rest of the University. Also, all the students seemed talked about how busy they were and I think I attribute this to the 8-5 schedule. Another big negative was the fact that tuition rates would be rising significantly each year compared to UKs locked in rate.
Lastly, I just felt like the people weren't as friendly. Maybe I was spoiled at UK where my interviewer and the admissions people remembered my name and things about me.
Its possible that there wasn't supposed to be a faculty presence there, but I was impressed that at UK all the department chairs and faculty and THE DEAN took time to come and meet and greet the new students.

EDIT: I should say I'm not totally sure where I am going, but I think I'd want to come to UL atleast for residency.
 
SiddharthaMonk said:
I understand ... you withdrawing from UL then or still waiting on fin aid packets (though I notice you may not need to). I am still deciding between the two ... I wish I had residency match lists from both schools. I have found old ones from UL (2006) but nothing from UK.
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I'm going to wait for complete fin-aid packages and see where I am at. The UK match list in some form may be in their CoM Bulliten. I can try to look when I get home.

Frankly, they are pretty much comparable, with a lot of inbreeding, most people at each school matching to UK or UL.
 
I forgot to mention the ridiculousness of the "class picture" taken at pre-orientation. Half the people weren't there from the future class, and half that were there are probably going elsewhere.
 
DrBowtie said:
Another big negative was the fact that tuition rates would be rising significantly each year compared to UKs locked in rate.
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That's odd-- when I interviewed there in October the Dean said (when he came out to chat with the interviewees) that tuition was going to be locked for the next four years.
 
Weoh said:
That's odd-- when I interviewed there in October the Dean said (when he came out to chat with the interviewees) that tuition was going to be locked for the next four years.
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Doubtful now especially with the 12% budget cut across the University.
 
It says on the status page that they did not meet Feb. 26th and that they will not meet again until March 15th. However, my status changed yesterday (Wednesday) to "Decision Notification Pending." I interviewed October 31 and have been patiently (or at least I am trying to be patient!) waiting to hear back as well as sending updates to them. Should I take this as a bad sign seeing that they didn't meet this week and I am still receiving a letter? Thanks for your input!
 
JaredP1986 said:
It says on the status page that they did not meet Feb. 26th and that they will not meet again until March 15th. However, my status changed yesterday (Wednesday) to "Decision Notification Pending." I interviewed October 31 and have been patiently (or at least I am trying to be patient!) waiting to hear back as well as sending updates to them. Should I take this as a bad sign seeing that they didn't meet this week and I am still receiving a letter? Thanks for your input!
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Dude I dont know. I checked my page and I am still pending committee. Im OOS interviewed in Feb. I know that doesnt help too much but I figured Id let you know where I stand. Best of Luck
 
JaredP1986 said:
It says on the status page that they did not meet Feb. 26th and that they will not meet again until March 15th. However, my status changed yesterday (Wednesday) to "Decision Notification Pending." I interviewed October 31 and have been patiently (or at least I am trying to be patient!) waiting to hear back as well as sending updates to them. Should I take this as a bad sign seeing that they didn't meet this week and I am still receiving a letter? Thanks for your input!
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I would call them if you do not receive anything in the mail tommorow.
 
I got the same thing. Wierd, maybe they are sending out our rejections or waitlist information. I am indifferent, I will withdraw either way.
 
I'm definitely not indifferent since I haven't been accepted anywhere else. I am on the wait list at UK and am hoping to get into Louisville. But yeah, I was thinking that they could be doing wait lists now (even though I heard from someone that they don't start doing that until April), or of course, it could be a rejection letter. I just hope I am surprised and somehow it is an acceptance letter...I would be happier than I ever have been in my life! I doubt it will be an acceptance letter though since they didn't meet this week and I am still getting a letter.
 
JaredP1986 said:
I'm definitely not indifferent since I haven't been accepted anywhere else. I am on the wait list at UK and am hoping to get into Louisville. But yeah, I was thinking that they could be doing wait lists now (even though I heard from someone that they don't start doing that until April), or of course, it could be a rejection letter. I just hope I am surprised and somehow it is an acceptance letter...I would be happier than I ever have been in my life! I doubt it will be an acceptance letter though since they didn't meet this week and I am still getting a letter.
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I interviewed in early Oct and it's still on Committee Decision Pending. I was a little upset there was not committee meeting this week since I'm on pins and needles waiting for a decision. At any rate, let us know what they end up saying about your status change!
 
Nothing in the mail today...we'll see if I get it tomorrow and if not, I will give them a call on Monday. Seeing that I know two other people at my school that also had their status change to "Decision Notification Pending" the same day as me, we are pretty sure that it can't be an acceptance...especially since there wasn't an admission's committe meeting this week. Sitting around worrying isn't going to do any good, so I'll have to try to stay busy.
 
So all of a sudden today there was an envelope from UofL admissions at my house. I checked my status on the webpage and apparently they retrospectively updated my on "2/27/08." Since there wasn't a committee meeting last Tuesday my hopes weren't too high. Sure enough it was a waitlist. So I'm guessing they made some sort of at their last meeting or something such that they're updating us now.

Anyone get an acceptance letter during this flurry of mail?
 
I'm expecting the same envelope. I assume it's a waitlist. Either way, I'm withdrawing, so thats a +1 to one of you out of staters. Good Luck, hope it works out!
 
LikeClockWork said:
So all of a sudden today there was an envelope from UofL admissions at my house. I checked my status on the webpage and apparently they retrospectively updated my on "2/27/08." Since there wasn't a committee meeting last Tuesday my hopes weren't too high. Sure enough it was a waitlist. So I'm guessing they made some sort of at their last meeting or something such that they're updating us now.

Anyone get an acceptance letter during this flurry of mail?
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Did they let you know what tier you were on the waitlist?
 
DrBowtie said:
Where'd you decide on?
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Wayne State University😍. I am from Metro-Detroit so I will get instate tuition, no way to beat that. Also, it was my number one realistic choice from the beginning, so I am pumped. I've enjoyed living in Louisville for the past 4 years (especially those 4 am last-calls at the bars), but I am ready to return to Michigan. I like to hop around, so I will probably try residency somewhere I haven't lived one day.

It was really my last hope, as UofL and UK interviews didn't go so well. You decide which yet? I liked UK the best out of the two.
 
TheVirginian said:
Did they let you know what tier you were on the waitlist?
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Nope. The letter said the waitlist rankings will come out the first week of May and that acceptances off the waitlist will/could extend up until the first week of August.
 
I also received the letter today saying that I am on the alternate list 🙁. I am now on the alternate lists at Louisville and UK and feeling pretty down. The only thing that gives me a little hope is that Louisville seems to rank their alternate list on all around qualifications (extracurriculars, research, clinical experience, etc.) and not just numbers. Then when a seat is turned down, if I understand correctly, they just take the next person from the top of the list. That would help me seeing that I have been shadowing several new doctors, I just got confirmation of my first publication a month ago and I am also getting ready to submit my second research publication. UK seems to use the system where they try to fill a seat that was turned down with a person who closely matches the person who turned down the seat. Good luck to all of us who haven't been accepted yet and congrats to all of you who have!
 
So are the officially done interviewing for the year?
 
Megflyin said:
I interviewed on Feb. 28th and they told us we were the last interview day.
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When you interviewed did they say if the class was full? I interviewed early Feb and they said it was getting close. Are you IS or OOS? Also when you interviewed how many OOS were there?
 
TheVirginian said:
When you interviewed did they say if the class was full? I interviewed early Feb and they said it was getting close. Are you IS or OOS? Also when you interviewed how many OOS were there?
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They did say that the class was full but they were going to over-fill. They are not like most schools in that they do not admit twice the class size. They told us they would offer a few more spots - but I felt like they were saying that just so we didn't think we were wasting our time. After they offer all of their acceptances and waitlist spots (You can accept or reject a place on the waitlist) and get responses, they will generate a ranked waitlist. There will be one for IS students and one for OOS. As people reject UofL they will admit from the respective waitlist. They said usually 1/3 of people get in off the waitlist. This ranked waitlist will come out sometime in April. I am OOS and there were probably 4 others there with me (out of 8 interviewees total).
 
Megflyin said:
...After they offer all of their acceptances and waitlist spots... and get responses, they will generate a ranked waitlist... As people reject UofL they will admit from the respective waitlist. They said usually 1/3 of people get in off the waitlist. This ranked waitlist will come out sometime in April.
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The letter I got said the list would be done the first week of May. Has that changed or was the letter refering to some "no later than" date? I'd like to know what my chances are before I start enrolling in programs...
 
LikeClockWork said:
The letter I got said the list would be done the first week of May. Has that changed or was the letter refering to some "no later than" date? I'd like to know what my chances are before I start enrolling in programs...
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My letter said the same thing, but I talked to a friend who lives in Louisville that interviewed the last day of interviews and she spoke to Pam Osborne and it sounded a little different than what our letter said. Here is the e-mail my friend sent me regarding what Pam Osborne told her:

"Well, Pam Osborne said that we will all know something by the end of March. The way she explained it is that the list is a "hold" list. This month they will rank everyone they want on the waiting list top third, middle third, and last third, others will be rejected, and a hand full more will be accepted. She said that all of the top third will eventually be accepted. It varies from year to year how much of the middle third is accepted, most of the last third is never accepted. So who knows."

I hope this helps you a little. I just hope I know one way or the other before May 31 or June 13 so I know whether or not I need to take the MCAT again. If not, I will go ahead and take it I suppose.
 
:banana:this waiting game sucks. Its like the game of battleship for your life.

Werd!
 
JaredP1986 said:
My letter said the same thing, but I talked to a friend who lives in Louisville that interviewed the last day of interviews and she spoke to Pam Osborne and it sounded a little different than what our letter said. Here is the e-mail my friend sent me regarding what Pam Osborne told her:

I know they are planning to get it out before we have to make our May 15th decisions. I may have just assumed that meant the ranked list would come out in April, I can't remember exactly. I bet I interviewed with your friend seeing as there were only 2 girls there that day - tall and blonde? She was my favorite person there, I hope she gets in!
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Megflyin said:
JaredP1986 said:
My letter said the same thing, but I talked to a friend who lives in Louisville that interviewed the last day of interviews and she spoke to Pam Osborne and it sounded a little different than what our letter said. Here is the e-mail my friend sent me regarding what Pam Osborne told her:

I know they are planning to get it out before we have to make our May 15th decisions. I may have just assumed that meant the ranked list would come out in April, I can't remember exactly. I bet I interviewed with your friend seeing as there were only 2 girls there that day - tall and blonde? She was my favorite person there, I hope she gets in!
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Yeah, that was her. She actually just got married in December. Her husband is a good guy and also is an MS1 at Louisville.
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Today's a big committee decision day right? If anything were to be decided, when could I expect to hear something? This week?
 
Megflyin said:
Today's a big committee decision day right? If anything were to be decided, when could I expect to hear something? This week?
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If they made decisions on you this week, then check tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon/evening on the status page and you will see your status change from "Committee Decision Pending" to "Decision notification pending." If you see that, then you have a letter in the mail and a few days of no sleep ahead of you until you get it! My status changed around 5:00 the day they changed mine if that helps you any. Good luck 🙂
 
I have a question for those of you who are on the alternate list. When you check your status, does it say:

Wait List Not on Wait List
Rank:

I was just wondering because I e-mailed them stating that I would like to accept my spot on the wait list and now it says "Not on wait list." I was thinking maybe it just says that until they rank the list, but wasn't sure. I also sent them an e-mail, but I thought I would check here and see if anyone else has that issue.
 
Thanks for the info. No status change =( Hopefully they can't see how many times I checked my status today!
 
JaredP1986 said:
I have a question for those of you who are on the alternate list. When you check your status, does it say:

Wait List Not on Wait List
Rank:

I was just wondering because I e-mailed them stating that I would like to accept my spot on the wait list and now it says "Not on wait list." I was thinking maybe it just says that until they rank the list, but wasn't sure. I also sent them an e-mail, but I thought I would check here and see if anyone else has that issue.
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Mine says the same thing and I accepted my spot as well.

I'd guess that maybe that's where they'll eventually put your position on the waitlist once it's decided? Maybe it's some technical thing where we're all waitlisted, but they haven't created the actual list.

Although, with the odd things the website has been doing this cycle, I wouldn't be surprised if that changed to something else in a few days...
 
LikeClockWork said:
Mine says the same thing and I accepted my spot as well.

I'd guess that maybe that's where they'll eventually put your position on the waitlist once it's decided? Maybe it's some technical thing where we're all waitlisted, but they haven't created the actual list.

Although, with the odd things the website has been doing this cycle, I wouldn't be surprised if that changed to something else in a few days...
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I just received a reply from them and we are fine. It will continue to say "Not on Wait List" until they rank us. Here is a copy of the e-mail they sent to me. I asked them if there was a mistake since I did accept or if it was just like that until they rank the list:

Jared,

When you look at the website beside Committee Decision you will see Wait List.
Until the wait list is ranked you will see beside "If Committee Decision is Wait
List, Indicate the Wait List Rank" Not on Wait List. Thank you for your
assistance in this matter.

University of Louisville
School of Medicine
Office of Admissions
 
JaredP1986 said:
I just received a reply from them and we are fine. It will continue to say "Not on Wait List" until they rank us. Here is a copy of the e-mail they sent to me. I asked them if there was a mistake since I did accept or if it was just like that until they rank the list:

Jared,

When you look at the website beside Committee Decision you will see Wait List.
Until the wait list is ranked you will see beside "If Committee Decision is Wait
List, Indicate the Wait List Rank" Not on Wait List. Thank you for your
assistance in this matter.

University of Louisville
School of Medicine
Office of Admissions
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Word. So the waiting game begins (again....or continues indefinitely).
 
LikeClockWork said:
Word. So the waiting game begins (again....or continues indefinitely).
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No kidding...I just want to know. I am studying for the MCAT again (which sucks) and not enjoying my last semester before I graduate because I don't know if I am going to be accepted! I really, really hope that I am in that top third. I have been doing a little more shadowing and I get more and more motivated to start medical school every time I go in. Please post our ranks soon!
 
was anyone updated after the last adcom meeting?
 
JaredP1986 said:
No kidding...I just want to know. I am studying for the MCAT again (which sucks) and not enjoying my last semester before I graduate because I don't know if I am going to be accepted! I really, really hope that I am in that top third. I have been doing a little more shadowing and I get more and more motivated to start medical school every time I go in. Please post our ranks soon!
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I hear ya. I'm studying for the MCAT as well. Well, sort of. I always seem to find my way to SDN. At least I'm just working this year instead of being at school with all my friends. If you can find a good job for the next year, don't sweat having to take a year off. It's pretty cool having a year to keep up connections with your working stiff friends that aren't studying all weekend like you'll be in med school.
 
One of my friends who has been accepted to Louisville last December got on his blackboard site for UofL School of Medicine and he says on the roster page it says there are 184 students enrolled. I hope a lot of them end up turning down Louisville so we can have some spots!
 
JaredP1986 said:
One of my friends who has been accepted to Louisville last December got on his blackboard site for UofL School of Medicine and he says on the roster page it says there are 184 students enrolled. I hope a lot of them end up turning down Louisville so we can have some spots!
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There are indeed 184 people currently listed on the roster, with at least one of those (but probably a couple or so) admins. The 2007 entering class profile states that 149 people matriculated.
 
astrocreep96 said:
There are indeed 184 people currently listed on the roster, with at least one of those (but probably a couple or so) admins. The 2007 entering class profile states that 149 people matriculated.
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I'm not going to let myself worry too much until it gets closer to 5/15. Then, and only then, will completely flip the **** out.
 
LikeClockWork said:
I'm not going to let myself worry too much until it gets closer to 5/15. Then, and only then, will completely flip the **** out.
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That is a good plan. I have been doing pretty well with my MCAT studies and that is keeping me focussed. That and I am getting all of my stuff ready to graduate. I just need some warm weather now so I can go out and have a little fun while I'm waiting for the big results here.
 
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