One of the netpartner financial aid portal pages (currently down so I can't quote it exactly) said "packages for students that have submitted all materials will be released April 1st" or something like that
I think it says "starting April first" meaning on or after. But they also couldn't want until May because students need to have decided by then, and it's kind of a ****ty move to make us decide without knowing our financial aid.
So yeah any time in the next few weeks is fair game I guess.
I doubt it's for benefit in constructing the class on their end. I'd believe a big chunk of people are still useful to keep waitlisted but keeping 5x the class size on WL is beyond excessive. Penn waitlists like 500 and internally/secretly cuts it to 100 from which they take 10-15. I think these schools do it because it's a lot softer to receive an "almost" than a "nope"
Idk it makes sense to me. The caliber of student interviewing at WashU is unlikely to be hanging onto the WL as their potential chance at attending med school, they'll have other options. It's just kinder
I would guess this is correct yeah. St. Louis is far from the populations concentrated on both coasts, and isn't generally seen as a great city to live your early adulthood in. It happens elsewhere too, for example Hopkins loses the majority of admits to other institutions, no doubt because people would rather be in NYC or Boston or San Fran etc.
If WashU truly does not reject post-interview, and if they have no intention to admit more applicants outright, then it seems a waitlist decision is the only outcome and there should be no reason to delay notifications. I think there is still reason to hope.
hows the food scene? I really just care about pizza and indian food. Tell me its not deep dish
Damn you have a tough choice to make- Vandy vs here
No, not going to second look, but going a few weeks after. Im already decided on wustl in any case, but knowing theres good food could only sweeten the deal!
everyone i have talked to IRL (including 2 current vandy MD students) says i shouldnt even consider vandy at this point! So im quick to take their admittedly anecdotal advice and make my decision easier by staying close to home and going to st louis.
wait but you don't know the relative cost difference yet? or did I miss WashU sending out some aid packs?
I've read that Vandy gives most people crazy aid/ full rides
The numbers I heard were 75% of people get packages covering 75% of tuition
I assumed all scholarships were given out at vandy? People who I talked to said they got it with their acceptance. My fam makes a lot of money so i know that need based is out of the question.
Of the things he listed, surrounding city is the only one I can see Nashville winning
would you go to wash u over mich?
exactly what @efle said. Im around a lot of academic physicians and they probably overestimate the importance of the name of your school. Id like the keep that career option open for now.
I loved ann arbor. Have wanted to go there since forever. Itd be a real hard choice, to be honest. They havent taken anyone off the waitlist in 5 years, so im not holding out.
I have also read in a couple places that the new Vandy curriculum isn't getting too much love from the students going through it. Wasn't U Mich the place that accidentally over admitted by a ton and had to ask people to defer a year?
Yup there's no break after 1st year. It's a 13 month year basically
Someone called and they said April 15th is the new day to expect to hear something.
It's been down since last weekend. I'm sure they're working on it daily in the finaid office, but who knows when they'll start getting released.
Oh, I haven't checked for a while then haha. Fingers crossed for good aid packages and hefty scholarships!
Good luck everyone!
