Applied for 2024-2025, but offered a spot for 2023-2024. (2024)

I got a call from a dean who wanted to offer me admission into this year's class (D.O school). I had intended to apply for next year. I thought waitlists existed, so I had never heard of an applicant getting an acceptance for the previous year. Is this a sign of the school thinking I'm a great candidate or a red flag that people are dropping out of their incoming class?

Still debating whether I want to take the offer because it's extremely short notice and I wanted to see how my other D.O & M.D applications would play out.

mintyrelish said:

I got a call from a dean who wanted to offer me admission into this year's class (D.O school). I had intended to apply for next year. I thought waitlists existed, so I had never heard of an applicant getting an acceptance for the previous year. Is this a sign of the school thinking I'm a great candidate or a red flag that people are dropping out of their incoming class?

Still debating whether I want to take the offer because it's extremely short notice and I wanted to see how my other D.O & M.D applications would play out.

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anecdotally, there are 1-2 people in my class (soon to be OMS3) at a pretty well established DO school that had been accepted to our school's SMP that got "pulled up" to our class a few weeks before matriculation in 2022. so the concept-ish is def not unheard of! they've both been very successful!

Goro said:

I suspect this is a school that hasn't been able to fill its class. This is occurring with the number of do schools, and I'm not surprised to hear about this. Is this a brand new school? If it is tread with care. If it's a for-profit brand new school, I can't recommend it.

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It's a well-established, non-profit school that seems to have decent research, COMLEX pass rates, and match rates. They had matches in dermatology and vascular surgery, so I presume that means the program sets us up well for competitive specialties.

Ellesandra319 said:

anecdotally, there are 1-2 people in my class (soon to be OMS3) at a pretty well established DO school that had been accepted to our school's SMP that got "pulled up" to our class a few weeks before matriculation in 2022. so the concept-ish is def not unheard of! they've both been very successful!

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I'm honestly tossed between waiting it out to see how my MD app plays out and taking this offer. The vibe the dean gave was that I am a good fit for the school, so I would like to think they'd consider me for next year's class.

mintyrelish said:

It's a well-established, non-profit school that seems to have decent research, COMLEX pass rates, and match rates. They had matches in dermatology and vascular surgery, so I presume that means the program sets us up well for competitive specialties.

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Take the acceptance. You can always withdraw from the do school, to matriculate into the MD school. This happens all the time.

There's a nationwide decline in applicants to medical schools, and with the expansion of do schools they are probably reaching a shortage of students who are qualified enough to handle Medical school.