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Waitlist options
Started by Dr Dazzle
A few things to keep in mind as you go forward with hopes of getting off a wait list:
Continue to update them on your meaningful activities (emphasis on meaningful).
Write a letter of interest or letter of intent. Explain why you are a good candidate for their school, i.e. why you are a good fit. This is where you need to do your research on the school and see what really attracts you. One should already have an idea, so now would be the time to explore a little deeper.
Continue shadowing. Get a DO letter if you don't already have one. Get another one if they will allow you to submit another LoR.
As you're doing these things, try and not be a pest to the admissions staff or the committee.
Also, consider sending Goro a PM.
Continue to update them on your meaningful activities (emphasis on meaningful).
Write a letter of interest or letter of intent. Explain why you are a good candidate for their school, i.e. why you are a good fit. This is where you need to do your research on the school and see what really attracts you. One should already have an idea, so now would be the time to explore a little deeper.
Continue shadowing. Get a DO letter if you don't already have one. Get another one if they will allow you to submit another LoR.
As you're doing these things, try and not be a pest to the admissions staff or the committee.
Also, consider sending Goro a PM.
Also, Mid May is a huge time for wait list movement. That is when a student can hold an acceptance to only one school. Many people hold onto more than one acceptance in hopes of scoring a financial aid package that is better at one of their schools. By mid May the financial aid packages are out, and people start dropping the multiple acceptances. This sends waves through all the schools where people will drop one school for a perceived "better" school (for them).
Just hold tight, I can understand how the wait can be painful and exhausting. If you hold more than one wait list position, you are in a good spot for acceptance.
Just be sure to have the deposit money sitting in the bank (or available on your credit card) for when the time comes.
Good luck, and I wish you happy news in the near future!
dsoz
Just hold tight, I can understand how the wait can be painful and exhausting. If you hold more than one wait list position, you are in a good spot for acceptance.
Just be sure to have the deposit money sitting in the bank (or available on your credit card) for when the time comes.
Good luck, and I wish you happy news in the near future!
dsoz
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That's reassuring. I'm in a similar spot as Dr. Dazzle here, so I guess we'll just be waiting for now. May feels so far away...
As far as a deposit goes, will we need to pay that on the spot, or will we have like 2-3 days? I'm scared I'll be out of town or something.
That would be my guess in the later stages of the cycle. Like dsoz said just try and have the funds available.
Our Dean likes high MCATs for pulling off of wait lists. Movement can occur from the end of May all the way to the first day of classes.
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Why does multiple wait lists mean one is in a good spot for an acceptance? Without knowing the school's yield, total number of wait list seats, and what kind of wait list movement there will be, how can you make any assessment of the positioning of wait listers?
I think all they meant was that a person on 10 waitlists versus a person on 1 is in a better position because they have more chances of getting accepted SOMEWHERE.
You ever play slot machines? Betting max lines gives you more odds to hit a winning combo.
