<p>somemom, I’m looking for interviews. If most interviews end around end of Feb/Mar then if we haven’t heard back by the end of Dec/Jan then we can cross those schools off the list. Can we assume that the later interviews are for later applications?</p>
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Late applications could result in late interview, but the reverse is not necessarily true.</p>
<p>One school specifically claims that they rank the applicants on an ongoing basis as the applications are in. Each time (every two weeks?) they select the top N students from their ranked applicant pool.</p>
<p>At another school, it is rumored that after a certain date, they interview applicants for those to be put into the waitlist. (Many schools could pull a lot of their students from their waitlist when everything is said and done.)</p>
<p>Thanks. I guess plans for Spring Break should be on hold since it’s not technically over in March. Even after deposits are placed, I assume (not sure correctly) there is not an insignificant number of kids that change their minds because they got accepted (or got off the waitlist) of their more preferred school.</p>
<p>You probably won’t see any significant waitlist movement until after May 15.</p>
<p>May 15 is the date by which students must make a firm, final commitment to a particular school and withdraw from all other acceptances. Only on May 16th will schools have a final tally who is actually coming. Once they have that number, a school can begin to pull students off the waitlist to fill the MS1 class.</p>
<p>Up until May 15th, students can and often do hold multiple acceptances. With FA awards not due to students until May 1, the first 2 weeks of May are very busy times–for students and schools alike.</p>
<p>Did not know that there are any FA awards besides what’s offered in the acceptance letter. Have to get up to speed on that. I thought that it’s mostly loans since that’s all we ever hear about.</p>
<p>Awards are mostly loans, but there are different types of loans with different interest rates and repayment terms. Some schools even their own in-house loan programs.</p>
<p>However, if you’re a highly desirable candidate at a private school (or much more rarely at a state U), there may be some grants tucked into your award. State Us do have a number of small (usually under $5k) scholarships they award. It’s not much, but every little bit helps…</p>
<p>It is still a little bit early for this: During the spring semester, if you have time for it, it is better to complete as many FA applications as you can, for all or at least most schools that you MAY attend in the end.</p>
<p>For selected few need-based schools (generally they are nowhere as generaous as UG though), they may pay more attention to parents’ income and assets than student’s, as they are fully aware that almost all students (except for the trust fund kids) have almost zero income and assets. All students are considered as independent students as they are graduate students, but this does not prevent the schools from asking for and looking carefully at parents’ financial details. Do not be fooled by the “independent student” status; it does not mean much outside of FAFSA.</p>
<p>^Don’t know if that’s universal though; at my school, for example, my parents’ incomes/assets have never been asked.</p>
<p>^ I think you are right for most state schools. I should have qualified my original statement by “for some private schools.”</p>
<p>I have been quite used to the demand from the private school to expose my finacial status. FAFSA is never comprehensive enough for them (mostly the parts about the retirement accounts and the equity of the mortgage. Hmm…some may even ask what kind of car you drive just in case you hide your assets in an expensive car.)</p>
<p>If I remember it correctly, even UT-SW (which is a state school) asks for parents’ FAFSA in addition to student’s FAFSA, before they would consider you for some “free” money (usually not that much unless you are really who they are eager to recruit.) But at least they do not probe parents’ income and assets status using another non-FAFSA method.</p>
<p>It appears that, starting from last year, you are required to run something on the FAFSA site so that your IRS tax record will be retieved electronically in order to crosscheck your FAFSA and your Tax Return. Mailing the paper version of your tax return to the school is not good enough. I could not remember the details now, but I do not think I can avoid this this year.</p>
<p>FAFSA and Need Access forms are required by some schools to process financial aid packages. And yes, different schools have different monies to award even if it is not advertised via website, admissions, interviews or even current students. Most don’t share FA package info with others.</p>
<p>We only know because son was offered different packages at different schools. Some schools do have their own loan money offered at different rates and terms than the federal loans. Some have grants and other scholarships. </p>
<p>These monies were what determined where son went to school. But again, as has been pointed out in other posts, this is NOT true for the majority of med students but it is worth a try. It was in son’s case.</p>
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<p>Yeah it’s a long way from over, D1 got a WL letter this week and the school said that any contact would happen “after the end of the admissions season in June”.</p>
<p>I have heard of people getting scholarship money at Case Western and Wash U.</p>
<p>^There are, but very few and do not rely on it at all. I mean 4.0 with very decent MCAT and EC’s more than enough to fill 2 applications, various awards at graduation, including the top pre-med award, great LORs,…etc. would not be enough. Merits get awarded to PhD’s from Harvard, lawyers, MS’s,…etc and those who saved humanity from cancer and HIV, I suppose, and few geniuses among UGs, maybe olympic gold medalist would get it.</p>
<p>It was the same person from a public college with a high GPA and MCAT score. I am only pointing out a couple colleges I have heard of which dole out money.</p>
<p>^Wait, colleges or Med. School? Yes, Case is one of the best in regard to Merit packages for UGs.</p>
<p>lots of undergrad schools give out money. I am speaking of med schools at Case and Wash U. I heard of someone getting almost a fullride from USC to Wash U med three years ago.</p>
<p>^Yes, sounds correct in regard to couple scholarships here and there to some very exceptional people who are well beyond regular Summa Cum Laude. Nothing in comparison to the level at UG.</p>
<p>washu gives out about 15 full tuitions every year I think</p>
<p>According to this post (the last sentence), substantially higher than 10 per cents of the students get some free money at the school he referred to. But the money is more like “social engineering” money rather than merit-based money (i.e., “how a person fares should not be overly influenced by whether he or she was born into a well-to-do family.”)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15047415-post68.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15047415-post68.html</a></p>
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How many of them are with 41+ MCAT score?! I know one applicant with a 40 did not get any. I could be wrong here. I always thought this particular school 1) care less about the “kind” of college you have graduated from. 2) care more about the MCAT score you got. (i.e., the importance of MCAT >>> GPA for this school, as there are much more applicants with very high GPAs than those with very high MCAT.)</p>
<p>" 41+ MCAT" - ???
There are very few in the whole history of MCAT, I mean if you combine all years.</p>
<p>I believe that they mostly are looking for much higher than your regular 4.0/38+
They are looking possibly for PhD and other advanced degrees (not just regular advanced, but “very” advanced) and some other “out of regular body” experiences.</p>