<p>Haven’t posted here in a very long time!</p>
<p>Update: it’s over. accepted to a few schools with some scholarship offers. really pleased with how the cycle has turned out. Planning second look visits now. </p>
<p>All I can say is that it’s a very, very, very long application year. Didn’t think it would be so exhausting and taxing both physically and mentally. Good luck to everyone next year</p>
<p>Also, plum killed it this cycle! Congrats yo</p>
<p>Could someone shed some light on how the waitlist procedure works? DD has acceptances but also on some waitlists. If she gets a call from school A, does she have time to decide or must she make a split decision? Then what happens if school B calls some time later and that is a more desired school? When will it ever end? LOL </p>
<p>Then she can drop school A and take school B. After May 15, you can be holding only one acceptance. I think they give you a few days to make a decision if you get called off the waitlist. I’m not sure if there’s time to see what the financial aid looks like. I’m guessing you have to assume it’s all loans.<br>
Yes, its a crazy system. I’ve heard of one applicant who was on her way to a midwestern school, then got a call from her in-state school and turned the car around and came back. I’ve heard stories of people getting called on the first day of school when someone inexplicably didn’t show up. They were told ‘be here ASAP’ and you can start med school. </p>
<p>D. just withdrew from her waitlists and never looked back. </p>
<p>TatinG, that is exactly the way it is for a lot of people. I know someone who was already in Dental school for a week when he got a call from a medical school… and it happened to be the University of Chicago School of Medicine …It all depends on what one really wants to do.</p>
<p>@TatinG</p>
<p>That’s my understanding of how waitlists work. </p>
<p>How much time you get to decide depends on how close it is to the first day of class. In May, you might get as long as 2 weeks to decide. If classes start next week, you’ll probably have 24 hours or less. </p>
<p>Once a student attends the the first day of orientation at a med school, that student can no longer accept any waitlist offers. </p>
<p>Yes. That’s my understanding as well. I would imagine most of the waitlist movement is shortly after May 15. By the time most medical schools begin orientation in August, there’s not much chance of getting off a waitlist.</p>
<p>anyone else here doing revisits this weekend? ;
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<p>Not D, since the financial aid information isn’t in yet. No point in falling more in love with a school that may not make financial sense.</p>
<p>Good luck Plum, though it may still make your choice harder. </p>
<p>Kiddo will be doing double duty. Luckily, travel is only needed for one of the locations, hop on and back.</p>
<p>D2 has a Second Look this weekend.</p>
<p>Right now older sister has been explaining the “joy” of compounding interest (on federal unsub loans) and just how many vacations $160K can buy.</p>
<p>Still waiting on FA packages. </p>
<p>^Second Looks were the decision flipping events for my D. She said that she obtained additional information at both of her “finals” that made her to change her mind. We went with her to one of them. Not the event itself but look for apartments there as she was so sure that she will be going there (Northwestern)…and of course she has changed her mind. Afterwards, she did not have time to pick apartment at the place of her choice because she had scheduled trip abroad right before the beginning of the Med. School. So, her nice parents took another vacation day and went to her future city to rent an apartment. She is still in this apartment, but thinking about moving this summer for the last year of Med. School. This Med. School worked so well for her that she wishes just to stay there for her residency…the whole life basically has been decided by the outcome of the two Second Look events.</p>
<p>I really wish they’d either release the financial aid information earlier or schedule second look later, for those of us who factor in the expense.</p>
<p>I also have one this weekend and next week.</p>
<p>@learninginprog
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<p>Thanks, I do have a fallback plan (dice) should I still be unable to separate my 3 “finalist” after revisits are over. ;)) </p>
<p>Then there’s always the coin flip. It’s a difficult choice with so many known unknowns.</p>
<p>I also wish second looks were after financial info and later in April. Workload at UG is so heavy right now with senior thesis and defense that she cannot leave right now. </p>
<p>Have fun Plum! My first revisit is next week and I can’t wait! But it’s still hard to make a decision without FA packages!</p>
<p>Do medical school give financial aid? What will be on financial package for medical school? </p>
<p>Yes. Medical schools do give financial aid. Some give merit scholarships, some are full tuition or even full ride scholarships. More commonly, they give need-based scholarships. But most students have to take on loans.</p>