<p>Ah, got it, thanks WOWMom. </p>
<p>Man, they really like to drag this thing out. D1 is still holding out hope of making it into a special program; I intimated that they likely have made their selections and just aren’t courteous enough to notify the also-rans, but she is still clinging :(.</p>
<p>She had an acceptance in Nov and received the other in early May. I had assumed that all of the movements for alternates are done but I guess not (thanks WOWmom).</p>
<p>Waitlists (and thus waitlist movement) drag out until the first day of class at many schools. </p>
<p>Admissions can be a really long drawn-out process.</p>
<p>D1 had some schools (including at least one Top 25–which you would think should have a pretty good grasp on their incoming class size) sit on her application until late July before finally sending her a rejection.</p>
<p>Much of the WL movement isn’t done yet. I know that one of the schools that my son declined still hasn’t notified any WL students yet. </p>
<p>Students had until May 15 to decline. Now the schools are going thru their WL to keep a balanced class, to notifiy WL’s students, then finding out that some WL students won’t attend their school, etc. It truly can take all summer.</p>
<p>I’m glad that son doesn’t have any WL. So, no worrying. lol</p>
<p>where did your son decide to go</p>
<p>Waitlisted students and their parents are all going through a tough time now, with some schools not having any movement yet. At least three more anxious weeks :/</p>
<p>True. I’ve been looking at the WL movement on that “other” premed forum just to learn how it all works. (we’re not waiting on any WL movement, so just interested). </p>
<p>it seems to be a more complicated process than I thought. It seems like they don’t just go to a numbered list and ask the “next student.” It seems like if a female student from X region declines, then maybe they want to replace with a similar student to keep the same gender and regional diversity. The publics may not care as much about regional diversity but they probably care a bit about gender diversity. </p>
<p>Plus, any student selected from the WL isn’t always going to accept. The student may already be holding a better acceptance.</p>
<p>NYUMOM…sent you a PM</p>
<p>Might be able to find out more specific info about various waitlists either on “other forum” or by calling the school directly. I know mine, for example, accepts XX kids outright, places the same XX number on the waitlist, tells people on the waitlist which portion they’re in, and then accepts the next one on the list when a spot becomes available. At schools where I was waitlisted, the policy was much more like mom2 describes. It’s a crazy process! Good luck :)</p>
<p>State school follows the first process kristin describes. The school updates it waitlist on Monday every week. WLed students can check in and see their exact position on the list. Whole process is very transparent. (D2’s BFF talked about how this worked since she was taken off the waitlist a little over a week ago.)</p>
<p>Students are ranked at the final meeting of the adcom and there’s nothing an student can do to change their ranking. (No LOIs, no addtional materials, no bribes to admissions officers…)</p>
<p>When she was offered a position off the WL as an OOS for a state school in the midwest, D declined so there are definite movements. The process seems so drawn out (a whole year!) and for those who are still waiting, it must be torturous. One does wonder why they can’t have it all done by the end of May so that the students can at least try to reapply for the next cycle. Some school begins in mid July so one would think that the kids will need to find housing, quit their present jobs, etc… To hear that there are acceptances the week before class begins is shocking.</p>
<p>^How’s this for a crazy story then: one of the dudes in my class dropped (deferred? Had a personal issue arise?) on the Friday of orientation week (ie a few days before first year started). They pulled up a guy from the waitlist on Saturday afternoon to begin school on Monday. He took the spot and is currently a classmate.</p>
<p>Nice to read all the good news here. Congratulations to kaysisiel, entomom’s D, mom2collegekid’s S, roberthhkid’s S, krug’s D, and nyumom2’s D.<br>
Thinking of all those waiting - been there and it’s super stressful. Wishing all the best for your sons and daughters.
Kristin - I wonder how often that happens. It happened in D’s class in 2008 when they got a new classmate during orientation. The young man was a big guy and his white coat was way too small…</p>
<p>In D1’s class, they got a new classmate during the first week of classes. </p>
<p>(D1 said someone walked out of the anatlomy lab first day and just never came back. I assume s/he resigned because D1 said there was a replacement by the end of that first week.)</p>
<p>So lets say you get an acceptance early on and you do take that offer by May 15 knowing you are on some WL’s. If you are offered a spot from a WL, do you just withdraw your acceptance from the other school? If this does happen, it would seem the movement in classses and WL’s could go on for a long time.</p>
<p>Yes and yes. WL movement can go up to the first day of class, or beyond (see WOWMom’s post above).</p>
<p>I know someone who was told by email that he was in the lowest grouping for the WL. Then he got called last Friday and was accepted. He was told that a mistake had been made and he shouldn’t have been on the WL at all. He should have been accepted outright. Don’t know how their mistake was caught but he and his wife are very happy. However, they had already deposited at an apt at another med school. But, they’ll lose that money and go to this newly accepted school.</p>
<p>^
One has to wonder how many such “mistakes” happen in the admissions process…and are unfortunately not caught!</p>
<p>If things like that happen do the people in the admissions office responsible for the error get reprimanded? It seems very unfair to the applicant. At least in this case the error was noticed in time. What if it was not found at all?</p>
<p>Then they go to the other school, nobody ever knows, and life goes on. It is not a perfect process. Remember. There are humans involved.</p>
<p>Apply broadly and have a good application.</p>
<p>Reprimanded? I’m sure at least they get that. Whether anything more serious happens I couldn’t begin to guess.</p>