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So despite rocking the MCAT and having decent activities and GPA, I got waitlisted at both my (at the time) top choices: U of M and Wash U. U of M was the only interview I had that felt "meh", and I submitted the Wash U one pretty late (end of December, I think...pretty close to the deadline).
After getting an interview offer a day before they gave me a secondary
, I thought U of M was pretty keen on me, but then I got deferred to a December decision (interviewed 11/3), and because they got behind schedule, got moved to a March decision . That resulted in a middle tier waitlist, which they describe as having "historically limited activity". There are 150 people in each of the 3 tiers, and they took 61, 45, 0, and 16 people off the list from 2003-2006, respectively.
I did my Wash U interview on the 2nd-to-last day, I think (2/23), and got what I thought was an encouraging letter but I guess it's their standard waitlist letter. It says that they anticipate giving out 50 spots from the wait list.
So anyway, my question is which one should I send a letter of intent to? Is there more information I could get from either school to help me figure out where I have a better chance? U of M was the only school that gave me a "gut feeling", but I think I'd take either one over my acceptances, so I want to go with one I'd have more of a chance of actually getting into. Is there any way to do something like a letter of intent for both schools? [Note: I'm an OH resident]
After getting an interview offer a day before they gave me a secondary
, I thought U of M was pretty keen on me, but then I got deferred to a December decision (interviewed 11/3), and because they got behind schedule, got moved to a March decision . That resulted in a middle tier waitlist, which they describe as having "historically limited activity". There are 150 people in each of the 3 tiers, and they took 61, 45, 0, and 16 people off the list from 2003-2006, respectively.I did my Wash U interview on the 2nd-to-last day, I think (2/23), and got what I thought was an encouraging letter but I guess it's their standard waitlist letter
. It says that they anticipate giving out 50 spots from the wait list.So anyway, my question is which one should I send a letter of intent to? Is there more information I could get from either school to help me figure out where I have a better chance? U of M was the only school that gave me a "gut feeling", but I think I'd take either one over my acceptances, so I want to go with one I'd have more of a chance of actually getting into. Is there any way to do something like a letter of intent for both schools? [Note: I'm an OH resident]
