Does anyone know if these blank statuses actually MEAN anything, or are they arbitrary? My Buffalo status is now blank, but Maryland still says "invited for interview" and I hear some other people saying theirs is blank. What a tease....
What is up with the blank AADSAS statuses?
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Check the front page...there is a whole other thread about this and the countdown thread talks about it too.
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I did a search and the only thing that seemed pretty constant was the fact that people with blank Nova statuses got accepted...there isn't much explanation about the blank statuses otherwise since I know a lot of people ditch SDN after they get their acceptances. 🙄
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http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=582146
Way to make me paranoid, guys.
No, the blanks don't apparently mean much. Some people got blanks and were accepted, some people still had "invited to interview" when the acceptance letters hit their snail mail, some people had blanks and didn't get anything in the mail, and one person had "offer accepted" before they had received an offer, but did indeed eventually get an acceptance letter (teamguo, #44).
So, there was some buzz about it last year, and it seems like it doesn't mean anything until the big day actually hits.
Way to make me paranoid, guys.
No, the blanks don't apparently mean much. Some people got blanks and were accepted, some people still had "invited to interview" when the acceptance letters hit their snail mail, some people had blanks and didn't get anything in the mail, and one person had "offer accepted" before they had received an offer, but did indeed eventually get an acceptance letter (teamguo, #44).
So, there was some buzz about it last year, and it seems like it doesn't mean anything until the big day actually hits.
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ok we need to stop this madness. We are going to make a chart for the folks next year to tell them what the blanks really mean for each school (after tomorrow). Hopefully, y'all won't be too hungover😀
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I don't think the blank statuses mean anything really. I mean my status still says "invited for interview" from NOVA, but didn't they already send out a lot of rejections/ waitlists? I live in Florida and would've thought that I would've heard something by now..
Total guess but this would make the most sense from a programming stand point:
- There are multiple statuses that the school can change an applicant to in AADSAS.
- Most of these statuses will be displayed instantly (or in 1-2 months by AADSAS standards).
- The exception to this rule is an offer of acceptance, this will not show up until December 1st. If an applicant is changed to this status beforehand, they will show up blank.
- Just because someone doesn't have a blank, does not mean they aren't accepted. I'm sure certain schools will update AADSAS at different times, some schools not at all (we all know how this is).
- If this theory is correct, a blank status will indicate acceptance, but an unchanged status does not indicate anything, you may or may not be accepted in the future.
An alternate theory is that schools may just clear the status of those students already interviewed automatically (maybe they have a "clear all" command?) the day before and then manually put them in (rejected, waitlisted, accepted) on Dec 1st.
We should test this so next year's students are better informed!
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ZOMG!!!111one not that!
I've waited 6 months... 2 days isnt gonna kill me imo
but I understand most ppl on sdn
I've waited 6 months... 2 days isnt gonna kill me imo
but I understand most ppl on sdn
