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I'll include all movement I see in the AM post!

Gyngyn, can a school that rejected/did not interview you see where else you have gotten in or have been waitlisted after May 1?

 

[723794]

Once you get to the waitlist, the committee vote means more than anything else.
A low stats candidate with a strong vote will beat high stats without.

does that vote happen before you go on the waitlist or do committees meet and vote again when pulling people off? i thought the dean just pulls people off on unranked waitlists or secretaries send emails going down ranked waitlists

 

[gyngyn]

does that vote happen before you go on the waitlist or do committees meet and vote again when pulling people off? i thought the dean just pulls people off on unranked waitlists or secretaries send emails going down ranked waitlists

This will vary by school, but the will of the committee can be executed without re-convening.
The Dean is not independent of the committee's decision. Here is LCME Standard 10.2:
"The final responsibility for accepting students to a medical school rests with a formally constituted admission committee."
https://med.virginia.edu/instructio...015_16_functions_and_structure_march_2014.pdf

 

[723794]

This will vary by school, but the will of the committee can be executed without re-convening.
The Dean is not independent of the committee's decision.

makes sense or else would seem really inefficient/tedious lol. im guessing they usually agree with the deans decisions?

 

[gyngyn]

makes sense or else would seem really inefficient/tedious lol. im guessing they usually agree with the deans decisions?

It's the other way around. The dean does what the committee wants!

 

[songl4a]

Once you get to the waitlist, the committee vote means more than anything else.
A low stats candidate with a strong vote will beat high stats without.

Okay, I see, I had assumed that the previous post was regarding the applicants as equal outside of their stats, hence my confusion.

 

[gyngyn]

This morning saw a lot of acceptances from Case and UCI, but that was about it.

 

[JustKeepGoing]

Gyngyn, thanks for doing this! Your posts are so helpful. How much overlap does your school have with Loyola?

 

[orange2003]

???

 

[gyngyn]

gyngyn. Is poaching unlikely, irrelevant or likely for a school to be poached within the same city. In other words if someone was accepted to Columbia or NYU will Cornell or Mount Sinai stay away?

It's mostly irrelevant.

 

[gyngyn]

Gyngyn, can a school that rejected/did not interview you see where else you have gotten in or have been waitlisted after May 1?

If you applied to them, they can see where you have been accepted.
We never see where you are waitlisted.

 

[idontknowwhatnametopick]

If you applied to them, they can see where you have been accepted.
We never see where you are waitlisted.

Why would they look though? They probably have better things to do than see where someone they rejected got accepted.

 

[gyngyn]

Why would they look though? They probably have better things to do than see where someone they rejected got accepted.

I have no idea.

 

[rga95]

@gyngyn Thank you so much for doing this! Does your school have any overlap with Creighton?

 

[gyngyn]

@gyngyn Thank you so much for doing this! Does your school have any overlap with Creighton?

All CA schools do.

 

[wysdoc]

Texas Roundup 5/16 : Since my last scroll through Texas schools on 5/12, I have seen members post:
3 accepted off Texas A&M wait-list
1 accepted off UTSA wait-list
Oddly enough, some of these probably left another Texas school to take these spots, but no happy announcements on other Texas school pages. I think 2 of these had not had prior acceptances.
Such is the incomplete and one-side-of-the-story nature of scrolling through the message boards!
I also wonder where the people freeing up those 3 spots at Texas A&M are going instead?

 

[NotaCop]

First waitlist movement at my top choice school by far is Thursday.

Lease for sick apartment (got it off of the apartment waitlist lol) at my one current acceptance had to be signed by EOD on Wednesday or we lose it, and most other housing is filling up very fast.......

GAHHHHH

 

[mattman20]

First waitlist movement at my top choice school by far is Thursday.

Lease for sick apartment (got it off of the apartment waitlist lol) at my one current acceptance had to be signed by EOD on Wednesday or we lose it, and most other housing is filling up very fast.......

GAHHHHH

For people holding an acceptance at a school but hoping for waitlist movement at other schools, how long are you planning to wait? Are other people holding off on signing leases to hear back from waitlist schools?

 

[idontknowwhatnametopick]

For people holding an acceptance at a school but hoping for waitlist movement at other schools, how long are you planning to wait? Are other people holding off on signing leases to hear back from waitlist schools?

I'm waiting until June 1st. I was supposed to be waiting until today but I postponed my self-imposed deadline to give my favorite school some extra time to see the error of their ways 😉 (that's a joke).

 

[BeachBlondie]

I'm waiting until June 1st. I was supposed to be waiting until today but I postponed my self-imposed deadline to give my favorite school some extra time to see the error of their ways 😉 (that's a joke).

Psh. Exactly. They'll come around... *hair flip* 😉

 

[orange2003]

.

 

[Sparky1]

gyngyn, any activity at Duke and Penn?

I believe the response is "I'll post any activity I see in the AM post"

 

[orange2003]

Thanks

 

[Sparky1]

I dont see an AM post this AM

Patience is a virtue, it's barely after 9:15AM PST, and it's a work day. Besides, does knowing if there is movement somewhere change any outcome?

 

[NotaCop]

For people holding an acceptance at a school but hoping for waitlist movement at other schools, how long are you planning to wait? Are other people holding off on signing leases to hear back from waitlist schools?

End of the month or whenever I am backed into a corner and need to sign a lease, whichever comes sooner

I've already dropped those who I would not consider over my current acceptance.

 

[gyngyn]

Today I saw acceptances from Brown, Columbia, USC, UCLA and Wash U.

 

[insaneinthemembrane27]

Today I saw acceptances from Brown, Columbia, USC, UCLA and Wash U.

Where did you see these acceptances please?

 

[neekzg]

Where did you see these acceptances please?

Refer to some of his previous posts in this thread about how that information is available to him. It has to do with schools that have admission overlap with his own specific institution.

 

[khrisskhoras]

Gyngyn, could you please check tomorrow morning for any movement at Upstate? not sure if u have overlap w them

 

[drwoofs]

Gyngyn, could you please check tomorrow morning for any movement at Upstate? not sure if u have overlap w them

This is the response you will receive.

I'll include all movement I see in the AM post!

 

[lamptablefan]

Does anyone know how FAFSA (federal loan) is affected if you get off the waitlist at another school? If you applied with the school you were originally accepted at, how do you work around that?

 

[idontknowwhatnametopick]

Does anyone know how FAFSA (federal loan) is affected if you get off the waitlist at another school? If you applied with the school you were originally accepted at, how do you work around that?

What do you mean work around that?
When you submit your FAFSA you can select multiple schools for it to be sent to, so that if you get off the waitlist somewhere they'll already have your FAFSA on file.

 

[wysdoc]

You can log back in to FAFSA and request that your info be sent to the additional school, if you have not already done so.

 

[jlh19]

Today I was accepted off the top third wait list at Wright State University Boonshoft SOM. I know someone else on here had asked about them.


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[BeachBlondie]

Couple of people were pulled at FIU yesterday.

 

[gyngyn]

This morning there were no new acceptances in my view...

 

[orange2003]

.

 

[gyngyn]

Gyngyn. Do you have any overlap with Duke, Penn and Cornell

Quite a bit.

 

[khrisskhoras]

Quite a bit.

what about upstate?

 

[willard304]

We have to notify the school at which a candidate holds an acceptance when we plan to offer them an acceptance off the waitlist. It has no direct effect on applicants.

gyngyn, does this mean the school you have been accepted to knows you'll get an acceptance call days ahead of when you get the call? Or is it more like your school will just give a formal call and then call up the student?

Like how far out do you plan out when you call a student to pull them off the waitlist?

 

[oshanimalia]

This morning there were no new acceptances in my view...

Oh man...it's happening

 

[wysdoc]

Oh man...it's happening

aw, that just means nobody on @gyngyn 's school 's waitlist was accepted by another school today.
It's not over til

 

[Mansamusa]

Oh man...it's happening

I was accepted off of a waitlist this morning. Gonna keep it on the dl for anonymity's sake

And I saw movement of some of the threads

 

[oshanimalia]

I was accepted off of a waitlist this morning. Gonna keep it on the dl for anonymity's sake

And I saw movement of some of the threads

School name or lies. Congrats

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[gyngyn]

gyngyn, does this mean the school you have been accepted to knows you'll get an acceptance call days ahead of when you get the call? Or is it more like your school will just give a formal call and then call up the student?

Like how far out do you plan out when you call a student to pull them off the waitlist?

We call the school before the student, usually the same day.

 

[gyngyn]

what about upstate?

Some, but not as much.

 

[Mansamusa]

Some, but not as much.

Are we at the point where we have to choose between schools w/in 2 days?

 

[gyngyn]

Are we at the point where we have to choose between schools w/in 2 days?

Not yet.

 

[idontknowwhatnametopick]

Not yet.

What's the deadline for students who have to choose between two schools right now? Is it just up to each individual school?

 

[gyngyn]

What's the deadline for students who have to choose between two schools right now? Is it just up to each individual school?

It is up to the school and the student, but 10 business days is common.