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Exactly my situation. Hang in there!
what school?
Graduated today 😍and still no word from my top choice
. How much longer should I hold out? The school I’m accepted to begins July 16th I believe
. How much longer should I hold out? The school I’m accepted to begins July 16th I believe
Hold out till July 15th at 11:59pm!Graduated today 😍and still no word from my top choice
There is not much to report today, just UCSF and Einstein.
@GalacticDoc I think we have the same top choice lol. I rootin for ya!!Graduated today 😍and still no word from my top choice
Now that's how you start a weekend! Congrats!
Also just remembered one of my interview experiences right now. This is such a random process. I mean here we are waiting on the edges of our seats for a school to call us, while at one school i interviewed at (i really can't name it), the interviewer was late, barely looked at my application, read it in front of me, and basically asked me what to write in my own eval. 'So like, you think you have scientific aptitude, should i give you a 10?😵'. I think i said 'yes' to see what would happen, and that was the way the rest of interview went
This process...😛
This process...😛
Does anyone know if UCLA has an official WL? I haven't heard back anything at all since my early/mid February interview. I am assuming I have been informally waitlisted/that there is no official WL. If anyone can offer insight, I would appreciate it!
Also -- I have seen conflicting reports from users about whether UCLA has had WL movement or if the admission committee has met yet. @gyngyn I'm listening to you. Your official information is that WL movement (informal or otherwise) HAS occurred, right?
Thanks to all <3
Also -- I have seen conflicting reports from users about whether UCLA has had WL movement or if the admission committee has met yet. @gyngyn I'm listening to you. Your official information is that WL movement (informal or otherwise) HAS occurred, right?
Thanks to all <3
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They don't call it a waitlist but it basically is. "They won't tell interviewer no until at least July 1st." Dean Hall claimed 30-40% of matriculants get accepted after May 1st in the past. But it's been tumbleweeds on SDN. I'm curious to know what @gyngyn has to say too. I'm just hoping they are behind.
I haven't seen anything lately from UCLA.
Not that I recall.
Thanks 🙂
Get off the waitlist. At least that's the only way I can think of, lol.
I have not. We don't have a whole lot of overlap, though.
u/premedgoober on r/premed made a helpful waitlist acceptance tracker.
2018 MD Waitlist Acceptance Tracker (Responses)
2018 MD Waitlist Acceptance Tracker (Responses)
literally useless since anyone can lie on it.
actually worse than nothing because it's potentially filled with false entries.
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I think people have better things to do (or at least I hope) than to voluntary fill out a form and lie on a waitlist tracker hahaha that accomplishes nothing for them even more so since it's anonymous
people lied a ton on the II tracker
Surprisingly calm and accepting of the fact that I’ll probably have to reapply. Really embodying the whole “expect the worst but hope for the best” mantra.
Anyone can lie on anything, even posts on this forum, doesn't make it useless. Also don't see what anyone would gain lying on that lol
I don't see why either but they did lol
How do you know that they did? *hmm face*
EXPOSED :O
They just did man. They just did. They burned our crops and salted our fields. And then they took our acceptances and blocked all the waitlists.
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For the waitlist tracker people were reporting that they got interviews from schools (ivies) that only handed out interviews after a certain date way before that date
I haven't seen any.
I haven't seen anything from GT.
@gyngyn Even though I got accepted off the waitlist a couple weeks ago and you haven't ever directly helped me, I'm still active on this thread and I've seen you throughout other threads on SDN in the past and I just wanted to say that I really admire all the help and information you provide to everyone 🙂 Thank you for all that you do
Thank you!
Not yet.
Not yet.
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Thanks!
I think it's school dependent or WL type dependent. I think if a WL is ranked you can easily know who's next in line and each person who drops can probably be replaced relatively quickly. I think if it's unranked and a committee has to meet they probably wait until there's a significant number of spots to fill
We don't have much overlap with Penn St., I'm afraid.
I put everything I can see in my daily (weekday!) posts.
Does anyone think there's any point to sending a school a "hey I'm still super interested in you" email to try and get off a waitlist? I feel like if I'm completely silent they'll think I've moved on, but since I wouldn't have any updates/new information I'm not sure if it's worth it.
If you have an acceptance at a "better" or cheaper school and the waitlist school has an unranked waitlist and accepts such letters, it might have a minor effect.
I must caution that I have seen these emails have a negative effect depending on the wording and content.
Thank you for responding!! Are there any specific "negative" things you would avoid? I'm thinking a very short letter just reiterating my strong interest in the school and why I feel like it's a good fit for me, not anything about comparing it to other programs or schools
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Not sure how accurate this is but I keep hearing that a ranked waitlist isn’t really a ranked waitlist as in you don’t really get off based on rank. Schools want to keep demographics constant so if someone else with those demographics gives up their spot and you’re in the general area on the list then you have a good chance
That sounds ok.
I would also like to know if there are any specifics you think should be avoided. I wrote a fairly long letter of intent but expressed the intent portion in the first paragraph in case they were primarily interested in that (stating I know how busy they must be, and I’ve included the main point in bold letters for their convenience.) The rest of the time I spent expressing specific reasons I felt connected to the program and perceived a strong degree of “fit,” and I weaved that into an update about what I’ve been learning about healthcare at my current internship. Wondering if the length may have caused groans regardless of the quality of content. Thank you for your time!
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