Waiting for UCLA

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OK, I just checked my "application status" page and it says "letter sent 5/02" I am really nervous now...Anybody else expecting a letter?
 
No change here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />
 
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by anteater:
•OK, I just checked my "application status" page and it says "letter sent 5/02" I am really nervous now...Anybody else expecting a letter?•••••when did you interview?
 
5/02 letter sent. that makes three of us i think. i interviewed on 3/22.
 
still...no change in my status :mad:
 
Hey Caliboy, that could be a good thing. Who knows what these letters are.
 
Good luck guys!!! Hope the 5-2 batch brings much much better news than the 4-19 one. :wink:
 
I tried calling the ad office to try to get them to tell me what the letter said, and the monotone dude would not budge. Anybody else tried them? Has anybody been informed over the phone? I am soooo nervous. I grew up in Santa Monica/LA and going to UCLA med has truly been a dream since like high shcool. I can't believe the moment of truth is here and I'll find out in a day or two. :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :p I think I am turning green like the faces...I just hope it's not a waitlist...can't take any more waitlists...accept or reject please!!!
 
I tried calling them several times today but no one picked up the phone. I wonder what the heck is going on over there???
 
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I feel the same way Anteater, I would love to go to UCLA, but I would prefer to have a final decision so that can start making arrangements. Good luck to all who are in this batch!
 
Did anyone else's status page change today??
 
hey, i think you misunderstood my post :) , i'm not in, i'm just on the waitlist... no reason to be happy just yet. hehe

•••quote:•••Originally posted by GeoffDevil:
•I'm happy for Matthew, but so jealous.•••••
 
On one of my earlier posts I copied and pasted some of Gower's responses regarding the UCLA waitlist movement. Anyway, to sum up the responses, there're supposed to be two kinds of waitlists one of which moves faster than the other. This was true for the last year, however, NOT true for this year!!! I spoke to the monotoned guy today and made an inquiry about these waitlists. Apparently, the school no longer divides people into two categories...there is only ONE waitlist this year. The school'll begin reviewing our files after May 15.
 
I told you they would send out a batch early may. My psychic powers worked.
My psychotic, i meant psychic, powers also say that i will not be accepted to med schools.
can someone tell me the spaces available for ucla applicants not doing drew or ucr? Are our chances lower than ucsf or harvard because less spaces are available?
 
My status still HAS NOT changed!!! I don't know what's going on. I interviewed early January. Caliboy, has yours changed yet? What is going on. It's been about thirteen weeks now. AHHHHHH!!!
 
I know it's pointless to guess but I feel like what was sent on 5/02 are acceptances. After all, UCLA has been sending out steady acceptances and the people who got their status updated on 5/02 have interviewed fairly recently compared to the rest of us who are still waiting or who just got their waitlist letter. Also, those of you who got your waitlist or rejection on 4/19 had to wait a while to get that. So, why hand out something quickly unless it's an acceptance. I just don't understand why people who interviewed in late march and early april are getting final decision letters whereas I interviewed February 9th (13 weeks ago) and still haven't received JACK!! This process (supposedly rolling) is really messed up. All I can think is that maybe the admissions committee reviewed my app on 4/19 and 5/02 but still couldn't decide whether to accept or reject so they're waiting for the rest of the interviewees. Kind of like the "hold for further consideration" group at other schools. Does anyone think this sounds like a reasonable guess regarding my app? Seeing as how UCLA won't tell me what's going on. Thanks!!
 
I called b/c I appealed my rejection about 3 months ago (pre interview) and they told me that the committee just went in this week to look at appeals. Haha..that means if I did get an interview I would be interviewing sometime this month!

Funny stuff :)

Good luck all y'all :)
 
zealous, mine hasn't changed yet either... i feel your pain.

you are right, we are on hold. i managed to get some "answers" today because i was lucky enough to talk to someone I've never talked to before. she said that I (and probably you too) am in "comparative evaluation." Meaning that the decision to accept or waitlist was not as clearcut, and that they are comparing us with the last of the interviewees. She said that I definitely will not be rejected, though.

She claims that our letters are coming within the next week.

Good news? I don't know, it just makes me impatient.
 
any 5/2 people get their letters yet?
 
Still waiting, hopefully the letters will be there manana. Good luck to all others who are waiting.
 
On Thursday I checked the status website to find that a "final" decision letter was sent that day (5/2). It arrived on saturday (I live very locally to UCLA), and like most of the people on this thread, I was waitlisted. So much for final!

I had not discovered this thread until yesterday, after I got the letter, and was wondering if there was advice floating around in cyberspace. At this point I am very surprised--are the majority of people getting waitlisted?!?!

It seems a little strange...
 
Fwock!! Hopefully they aren't all waitlists. Probably are, but at least I can still hope for one more day until the letter comes.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Jack Johnson:
•Fwock!! Hopefully they aren't all waitlists. Probably are, but at least I can still hope for one more day until the letter comes.•••••This year is very different given the AMCAS shortcomings. My hypothesis is that a number of people that normally would've been offered an acceptance have been waitlisted until interviewing is done and then a re-evaluation will be done.
 
congratulations to every1 that has joined the other 10thousand of us on the waitlist. :)

let's see how many of us sdn folk can cram into that 30 they pull off the list!
 
dont worry matthew. like someone said earlier, it's possible more ppl are placed on the waitlist because of this year's amcas problems.
since so many people want to go to ucla med, it should be their experience knowing they dont need to place that many people on the waitlist to fill their class. they're probably just taking more caution this year.
 
Yeap, just what I dreaded...waitlist it is (unranked whatever that means). Does anyone know how many people are gonna be on the waitlist...what are our chances
 
I just check my status to see if a letter was sent out. Nothing yet :(

BTW, does anyone else's application status page say 'requested' under Transcript Status instead of 'received?' I sent them my transcript already so I don't know. I just called them right now and no answer. I guess they're all in the back room laughing at my application right now :D
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Ceez:
•I just check my status to see if a letter was sent out. Nothing yet :(

BTW, does anyone else's application status page say 'requested' under Transcript Status instead of 'received?' I sent them my transcript already so I don't know. I just called them right now and no answer. I guess they're all in the back room laughing at my application right now :D •••••It took them about a month from the date I sent my transcripts before updating the trancript section of my status page. Just like all of other stuff, they're probably slowwww updating that section too.
 
yeah, i'm keeping my finger crossed :)
but i do think we shouldn't be *too* hopeful. just think of it as something that would be nice to have, but don't bank on it. hopefully most of us have a great second choice (san diego for me).

just think about it. how many sdn people already flat out got in -- i think it was around 10? and how much of the premed population actually goes on sdn: not a big percentage. so the accepted number is probably pretty high. now out of this, how many are going to say no to ucla -- probably not a high percentage either. most people i know that are applying to ucla have it as their first choice, and if not, as their second choice behind ucsf. so that leaves a few spots left for us -- us, meaning, the hundreds and hundreds it seems are on the waiting list. anyways, i don't mean to be pessimistic! :) , i am just being realistic.
ucla is my dream school by far; always has been -- but i'm not going to sit around moping about coming so close but not close enough. instead, i'm going to be very excited about going to san diego and if the call comes, great. if it doesn't, that's okay too :)

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Shakmadeek:
•dont worry matthew. like someone said earlier, it's possible more ppl are placed on the waitlist because of this year's amcas problems.
since so many people want to go to ucla med, it should be their experience knowing they dont need to place that many people on the waitlist to fill their class. they're probably just taking more caution this year.•••••
 
UCLA just called me today for an interview!!

There is still hope for those of you waiting for an interview. I guess they are still granting interviews.
 
Okay, so I went to the second look weekend for UCLA on Saturday and while I was there, I though I would help all of you who are still waiting for answers. I don't know how reliable they for i got them from current first years, so don't hold them over me if they are not completely correct. As those waiting for an interview, still have hope because there are still interviewing until the end of May. For those post-interviewers, as long as you are placed on the waiting list, you have a good chance of getting in. A lot of the first years I talked to, were eventually pulled of the waitlist and said that a good 30-40 in their class eventually were pulled off.
I hope you guys all make it, because whether I take a year off or not, I know I am making the right decision in choosing UCLA. Sure a few schools are ranked higher, but the atmosphere is so great...so supportive, so laid back. The facilities will be the best once all the construction is finished. This year's entering class will be the first to use the new hospital for rotations. Then you can't beat the price, the weather, and all the resources the UCLA campus and LA offers.
Good luck everyone :wink: :wink:
 
Yup, I got waitlisted too. Seems like at least 15 or so SDNers are on the waitlist. I talked to the lady and she said that there wouldn't be a ton of waitlist movement this year, but that our files will be looked at again around June 1st.

Also, I heard a rumor from a UCLA Alum that I work with that the new hospital is going to be pushed back another year. This would make it so that the 2002 entering class will only get to do 4th year rotations there. Anyone know anything about this?
 
I was at the second look weekend as well, and they seem pretty happy about the pace of construction. Not that they would have said anything if they were to push it back a year, but I was under the impression that because they are using FEMA funds to build most of it they are on a relatively tight deadline (i.e. 10 years post-earthquake).
 
JackJ,
I dread calling the admissions office, since I never get any clear answers from them...did the lady say what percentage of the waitlist they expect to make offers to (or how many people)...anything concrete, basically. I'd really appreciate the info...trying to decide whether it's worth it to hang around on the waitlist or whether I should just make it easy for myself and start making accomodations for other schools...I am that sick of waitlists :rolleyes:
 
It seems like UCLA really wants me to know that I am on their waitlist. I got a waitlist letter on Saturday, and then another letter arrived today!
When I saw the envelope that I arrived today, I thought "hmmmm....what is this here?" Of course being the optimist I am, I had good thoughts!

And it was just a cruel joke. It was the same thing--the same exact waitlist letter that I got on Saturday. Go figure!

I guess it is kinda funny :)
 
I think around 20-25 or so is the magic #. I'm having the same debate about whether to hang on or not. It would sure be nice to have the closure of knowing for sure where I'm going, but the other school that I would be going to will cost about 15k/yr more. That's enough for me to hang on for the meantime.
 
CaliBoy,
So, our situation is good then, right? So all of this means that they are trying to figure out whether to accept or waitlist us? She said that we definitely would not be rejected? So, if we're waitlisted then we should be higher on the waitlist than those who were put on the waitlist early since they were not debating on whether or not to just flat out accept them? OH NO!!! This gives me way too much hope!!! If I get rejected right off the bat, I'll be so upset! ARGH!
 
zealous..i am not sure. i am just trusting what i was told--but i don't think we have any advantage if we get waitlisted because the waitlist is unranked. let's just cross our fingers and hope that good news comes soon!

This made me laugh today--from the admissions status website:

"The admission status system are to be used by David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA applicants only."
 
Yeah, I heard on CNN that he donated 200 mil to the school.
 
Must be nice to have that kind of scratch laying around. At least he did something good with it and hopefully we will all get in off the waitlist to enjoy the money.
 
jackjohnson (great music btw),

i was just thinking about that, and i am worried that maybe after this 200M chunk of donation (which can buy lots of nice stuff), people will be more interested in attending UCLA... meaning less waitlist spots open up?

who knows... hehe :)
 
does anyone know if ucla's class is full yet?
 
i have the same question as calbear-it doesn't seem like anyone has been accepted for a really long time.
 
From asking med students at the second look weekend, the class has been full since March 29. But that doesn't mean that they have stopped admitting because some accepted students withdraw and so spots open up.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by bomback:
•From asking med students at the second look weekend, the class has been full since March 29. But that doesn't mean that they have stopped admitting because some accepted students withdraw and so spots open up.•••••Full as in they have OVER accepted already? Or have they just accepted as many people as spots? Are you going for sure? Were most students going for sure or were they still deciding? I guess those of us who interview in May dont get a second visit :)
 
My sentiment's similar to many of you here... I feel very doubtful I will get in off the waitlist... :( I haven't seen any acceptees turning down offers from well-reputed, low-cost (on yeah now "hella rich")UCLA, at least not on SDN.

Caliboy and Zealous,
Good luck guys!! It seems like good news is on the way. :wink:

If you've got an interview invite very recently, I don't think you would need to worry anything yet. You're still in the game.
 
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