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Youknowgo said:
I know its inappropriate to withdraw from a school you have been accepted to if you told them it was your first choice. Right now I'm on the waitlist for a school that I updated telling them it was my first choice and that I would attend without a doubt. However due to changing personal issues, I must withdraw from that school. Is it appropriate to do that cus I haven't been accepted yet?? :scared:
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Obviously you can't control unanticipated personal issues. I'd also give them an inkling of what the issue was. That's just me though.
 
Youknowgo said:
I know its inappropriate to withdraw from a school you have been accepted to if you told them it was your first choice. Right now I'm on the waitlist for a school that I updated telling them it was my first choice and that I would attend without a doubt. However due to changing personal issues, I must withdraw from that school. Is it appropriate to do that cus I haven't been accepted yet?? :scared:
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if they haven't accepted you yet, then just go ahead and withdraw. It's one thing if you withdraw after you're accepted because that does affect their yield. But while you're on the WL, they'll just move to the next person.
 
I just got my first MD acceptance today!!!!! I was starting to get hopeless and spent this past week applying to post-bacc programs, working on my 2015 AMCAS, and of course checking my phone and email every 2 seconds. Now it's over!
 
Maeby Funke said:
I just got my first MD acceptance today!!!!! I was starting to get hopeless and spent this past week applying to post-bacc programs, working on my 2015 AMCAS, and of course checking my phone and email every 2 seconds. Now it's over!
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Balleeeeeerrrrr
 
Maeby Funke said:
I just got my first MD acceptance today!!!!! I was starting to get hopeless and spent this past week applying to post-bacc programs, working on my 2015 AMCAS, and of course checking my phone and email every 2 seconds. Now it's over!
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YAY! Congratulations!
 
gorun said:
After applying to 12 schools, 5 IIs, 5 WL, and 0 acceptances - I finally got in! I got accepted! I'm going to be a doctor! OMG OMG OMG!
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Maeby Funke said:
I just got my first MD acceptance today!!!!! I was starting to get hopeless and spent this past week applying to post-bacc programs, working on my 2015 AMCAS, and of course checking my phone and email every 2 seconds. Now it's over!
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Congratulations!!!!! I'm so excited for you guys!!! :soexcited:
 
Congratulations!! It must feel great to have that weight finally be lifted off. Of the two waitlists I'm on I only have a shot on one of them so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
 
If we got off the waitlist, when should we tell the school we are currently holding about withdrawing? Should we wait until the tuition deposit and acceptance letter arrives, or tell immediately?
 
rfenzo said:
If we got off the waitlist, when should we tell the school we are currently holding about withdrawing? Should we wait until the tuition deposit and acceptance letter arrives, or tell immediately?
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Whatever your risk tolerance is. Mwahaha!!
j/k
 
2 waitlists technically but really more like 1 waitlist.
I've been waiting so long, almost been a year since I started applying! I just want to know the outcome so I can move on! 🙁
 
gyngyn said:
You'd better believe it!
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What percent of those on a waitlist would you say send in both an update and letter of interest/intent? And is that a kind of differentiator?
 
BolloX said:
What percent of those on a waitlist would you say send in both an update and letter of interest/intent? And is that a kind of differentiator?
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At this point we are still waiting for the total number of accepted students to drop to the desired number.
The waitlist candidates have already been grouped into tiers.
Since everybody sent in an update/LOI this year, it will not be a discriminator. It's just turned into another way of saying "I still want to be considered from the waitlist."
 
gyngyn said:
At this point we are still waiting for the total number of accepted students to drop to the desired number.
The waitlist candidates have already been grouped into tiers.
Since everybody sent in an update/LOI this year, it will not be a discriminator. It's just turned into another way of saying "I still want to be considered from the waitlist."
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What percent of the waitlist do you usually dig into? E.g 5%-50% of them, or 20%-60% from year to year?
 
BolloX said:
What percent of the waitlist do you usually dig into? E.g 5%-50% of them, or 20%-60% from year to year?
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It varies, but in CA, I don't think any of us dig very deeply unless there was a miscalculation in the interview algorithm.
 
gyngyn said:
Since everybody sent in an update/LOI this year, it will not be a discriminator. It's just turned into another way of saying "I still want to be considered from the waitlist."
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As a counterpoint to this, in the Duke thread yesterday a bunch of people reported getting in off the waitlist, and none of them said they sent a LOI.
 
GoPelicans said:
As a counterpoint to this, in the Duke thread yesterday a bunch of people reported getting in off the waitlist, and none of them said they sent a LOI.
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Thanks goodness! I hope there is an end in sight to this goofiness (and maybe Duke took a few of my "extra" students!).
 
Is this the week in which there is the most movement?
 
Cambover said:
Accepted off the wait list to my top choice. Dream come true.

Wishing everyone the best!
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As someone who has been with you for much of this process (largely on the the class of 2018 thread) and has seen you get amazing interviews and suffer on Waitlists I can't even express how happy I am for you! Congrats Cambover, you did it 🙂
 
TomHanks said:
Would it count as a negative if someone didn't send an update/LOI? I have no acceptances and figured the school would know I would attend if they gave me a call.
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You are a sensible and thoughtful individual.
Every sentient admissions officer knows you will accept if offered a position.
I hope you are rewarded.
 
gyngyn said:
It varies, but in CA, I don't think any of us dig very deeply unless there was a miscalculation in the interview algorithm.
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Are waitlists in general much much larger than the number of people eventually accepted off of it? And by what factor is common? While I understand the school's need for a large waitlist as a sort of insurance, it seems unfair to keep a bunch of people hanging on to false hope.
 
qwertysdn said:
Are waitlists in general much much larger than the number of people eventually accepted off of it? And by what factor is common? While I understand the school's need for a large waitlist as a sort of insurance, it seems unfair to keep a bunch of people hanging on to false hope.
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Waitlists I've seen have between 2 to 3 times the number actually needed.
That's because the memory never fades for the one year when you have too few.
Still, as soon as it becomes clear that they won't be reached, we do let them go.
 
gyngyn said:
At this point we are still waiting for the total number of accepted students to drop to the desired number.
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How much over are you? Are some of these people the ones that held multiples? I remember you saying something about one person who had 16 or something?

So far one of my schools has not accepted anyone and the other has only accepted one off the waitlist. This does not bode well for me.
 
Pretty bummed out right now. This was my second cycle and just got rejected from VTC before waitlist--is it normal practice for schools to not make a waitlist until after the May 15th deadline or was this out of the norm? I'm still on the waitlist for WVU but they had a waitlist since at least February.
 
familyaerospace said:
How much over are you? Are some of these people the ones that held multiples? I remember you saying something about one person who had 16 or something?

So far one of my schools has not accepted anyone and the other has only accepted one off the waitlist. This does not bode well for me.
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Keep in mind that sdn is only a small fraction of the applicant population, and is often not representative of overall movement of waitlists.
 
Shazam243 said:
Keep in mind that sdn is only a small fraction of the applicant population, and is often not representative of overall movement of waitlists.
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This is true, however I know people at one of the schools who are looking out for me. The report is "All quiet on the western front"
 
familyaerospace said:
How much over are you? Are some of these people the ones that held multiples? I remember you saying something about one person who had 16 or something?

So far one of my schools has not accepted anyone and the other has only accepted one off the waitlist. This does not bode well for me.
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Everyone with multiples has gone down to two now. Some of this is due a backlog of withdrawals from some schools.
I'm hopeful to get to the waitlist soon or at least by the time school starts!
 
gyngyn said:
Everyone with multiples has gone down to two now. Some of this is due a backlog of withdrawals from some schools.
I'm hopeful to get to the waitlist soon or at least by the time school starts!
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lol, yeah that would be good... 😛
 
gyngyn said:
Everyone with multiples has gone down to two now. Some of this is due a backlog of withdrawals from some schools.
I'm hopeful to get to the waitlist soon or at least by the time school starts!
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Ok now this might be an oddball question, but you mentioned a backlog of withdrawals which makes sense. Can the backlog of withdrawals affect how many acceptances are outstanding at any one time?

Example: School A has to fill 100 seats. They offer 120 acceptances as they want to make sure they have 100 students. 30 students also get offers from other schools and they tell the other schools that is where they are going, so they notify school A that they aren't going to attend. Now school A has to process 30 withdraws. Do they offer the 10 positions to waitlists immediately or do they have to wait for the 30 to be officially withdrawn via the system?

I want to know if I should call the admissions office and offer to help them process their backlogs if it means they get to their waitlist faster, LOL!
 
The one school I decided to stay on the wait list has started its movement.. no news for me..
 
familyaerospace said:
Ok now this might be an oddball question, but you mentioned a backlog of withdrawals which makes sense. Can the backlog of withdrawals affect how many acceptances are outstanding at any one time?

Example: School A has to fill 100 seats. They offer 120 acceptances as they want to make sure they have 100 students. 30 students also get offers from other schools and they tell the other schools that is where they are going, so they notify school A that they aren't going to attend. Now school A has to process 30 withdraws. Do they offer the 10 positions to waitlists immediately or do they have to wait for the 30 to be officially withdrawn via the system?

I want to know if I should call the admissions office and offer to help them process their backlogs if it means they get to their waitlist faster, LOL!
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How thoughtful of you, haha. Sounds like update letter/letter of interest material.
 
familyaerospace said:
Ok now this might be an oddball question, but you mentioned a backlog of withdrawals which makes sense. Can the backlog of withdrawals affect how many acceptances are outstanding at any one time?

Example: School A has to fill 100 seats. They offer 120 acceptances as they want to make sure they have 100 students. 30 students also get offers from other schools and they tell the other schools that is where they are going, so they notify school A that they aren't going to attend. Now school A has to process 30 withdraws. Do they offer the 10 positions to waitlists immediately or do they have to wait for the 30 to be officially withdrawn via the system?

I want to know if I should call the admissions office and offer to help them process their backlogs if it means they get to their waitlist faster, LOL!
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Hah! I'll help, too!
 
familyaerospace said:
Ok now this might be an oddball question, but you mentioned a backlog of withdrawals which makes sense. Can the backlog of withdrawals affect how many acceptances are outstanding at any one time?

Example: School A has to fill 100 seats. They offer 120 acceptances as they want to make sure they have 100 students. 30 students also get offers from other schools and they tell the other schools that is where they are going, so they notify school A that they aren't going to attend. Now school A has to process 30 withdraws. Do they offer the 10 positions to waitlists immediately or do they have to wait for the 30 to be officially withdrawn via the system?

I want to know if I should call the admissions office and offer to help them process their backlogs if it means they get to their waitlist faster, LOL!
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We can make offers based on projected withdrawals. We don't have to wait for their decision or for processing.

NYU and Case seem to be moving, if anyone is interested. Wash U too.
 
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