What if a student holds onto multiple acceptances after April 30th? + movement on drop deadline

[LSD-25]

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What happens if a student holds onto multiple acceptances after April 30th? Also, how much movement on waitlists generally happens on the drop deadline? I'm not holding any acceptances, but I'd really appreciate knowing more about this, as I'm on multiple waitlists.

@gyngyn

 

[Glandzburg]

To answer your first question: it can vary by school... I believe that it can lead to your acceptance being rescinded if you don't have a very legitimate reason for doing so.

 

[LSD-25]

To answer your first question: it can vary by school... I believe that it can lead to your acceptance being rescinded if you don't have a very legitimate reason for doing so.

Makes sense. What are your thoughts on how much movement occurs on how much movement occurs on the average school's waitlist on the drop deadline day? is it drastic?

 

[cactus8910]

Makes sense. What are your thoughts on how much movement occurs on how much movement occurs on the average school's waitlist on the drop deadline day? is it drastic?

That will vary so much from school to school and year to year, I don't think it would really be useful to look at the average.

 

[Glandzburg]

Makes sense. What are your thoughts on how much movement occurs on how much movement occurs on the average school's waitlist on the drop deadline day? is it drastic?

Your best bet would be to look through the school-specific threads from previous years... keeping in mind that "traffic day" used to be May 15.

 

[LSD-25]

Your best bet would be to look through the school-specific threads from previous years... keeping in mind that "traffic day" used to be May 15.

I've been looking through school threads, but it's hard to gage the movement for the schools I'm looking at. That's why I was hoping for something more general. Do you think movement this year will generally be more or less than previous years in general?

 

[cactus8910]

I've been looking through school threads, but it's hard to gage the movement for the schools I'm looking at. That's why I was hoping for something more general. Do you think movement this year will generally be more or less than previous years in general?

How would anyone know that? I don't think there would be any sort of trend across all med schools, since it totally depends on their individual yields and how that compares to what they predicted.

 

[LSD-25]

How would anyone know that? I don't think there would be any sort of trend across all med schools, since it totally depends on their individual yields and how that compares to what they predicted.

Fair enough, I was hoping that there would be some uniformity to waitlist movement or at least some general prediction that I could learn to get a better idea of what to expect. A prediction from an ADCOM would really help too.

 

[Dr.Jekyll75]

talk about last minute decisions

 

[ridethecliche]

They send the AMCAS Dementors after the offenders.

Instead of sucking your soul, they suck away all your acceptances and banish you to a Carribean Med School.