Master2Doc, for your information, I have been admitted to UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine, Tufts Medical School and lastly, NY Medical College. Of course, I was admitted off of waiting list after the May 15, 2014 universal deadline in each of these respective schools. In addition, I have been wait-listed at several other schools including CMS. All medical schools I have been admitted into so far are of much higher caliber research institutions, have better rankings than CMS and much more organized in terms of the university administration. In fact CMS is not even ranked and was placed on probation by LCME just this past year, albeit for ridiculous reasons. However, my frustration is not in the LCME probation status, non-existant ranking of the university or lack of research opportunities, etc. because none of that matters to me.
What matters to me is I was born and raised in Chicago. Attended University of Chicago Law School and practiced law here in Chicago for 10 years prior to making a transition into medicine. I want to remain in Chicago and for CMS to not give us a heads up on the status of our application other than a "Hold" and then a "Wait-list" is absurd after so many months. I have kids and a husband and while attending better schools out-of-state is great, it is not convenient. All application process are uncertain, but there is no excuse for lacking communication between the admissions office and applicants.
Many of us in the normal applicant pool are frustrated due to lack of communication and not so much due to being wait-listed. During interview CMS gave all of us a 4-8 weeks period where the admissions office will notify applicants of our results. We have waited over 10weeks, some 15 weeks, and others 20 weeks without a single status update beyond "hold" or "wait-listed". When we call the admissions office, phones are rarely picked up and messages are rarely responded to. When we do actually get a living being on the phone, we are told "your application is still under consideration and other updates are not available". Again, this lack of communication for months on end is unacceptable.
As for you Master2Doc, you have a MCAT that is below 28. If you are applying to medical school, I hope you are admitted somewhere (perhaps CMS) and if you will be applying this cycle as an incoming BMS student, I hope CMS will treat you better than the rest of us applicants. I have no beef with you and I wish you luck and success.