Insider Medical Admissions: Waiting and Waiting and Waiting on the Wait List…

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Waiting and Waiting and Waiting on the Wait List…

Good news for wait list candidates: May 15 has traditionally been that “turning-point” date that medical school wait lists start to show movement. At many U.S. medical schools, the fifteenth is the deadline on which accepted applicants must commit to matriculate. (The registration deposit makes the decision firmer.)

Although not ideal, some wait listed students even get acceptances into the summer. So, don’t give up yet.

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Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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