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@Marie764 I'm sure Augustana accepted plenty of people who were not from underserved communities because it is incredibly difficult to do this application process if you are from those areas. If this person was rejected, it is not because they were not from the areas that Augustan has decided to give a chance. It's because their scores, GPA, personal statements,  and experience did not match up to others from advantaged communities. The same reason we all get rejected. That's only a small part of someone's rejection, it is not the reason they were rejected. 
But like I said already, if I totally misunderstood, I don't want to make this day worse for someone than it already is. I just think it's worth pointing out, if someone is wallowing thinking they were not accepted because they have money.
 

To the person rejected from Augustana on the results page with the quote: "we gave preference to applicants from areas of the country (USA) which are underserved or have workforce needs" but did not provide their GRE and GPA...

Please don't blame your problems on underserved communities and not take any responsibility for yourself.  Get feedback in May. I'm sure you're grieving and you need someone to blame, and that's totally okay but not in this way. That quote was highly inappropriate.

Got a phone call from Baypath yesterday. Skype interview!

That's too bad  I really wish they would send out the rejection letters around the same time as the interview invites, so applicants who haven't heard of anything aren't so hopeful. Well, I think I'm out this round then. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to strengthen their application for next round? I already have genetic research experience (over 2 years, with a paper published), have over a year of distressline listening (also did planned pregnancy volunteer work for 10 months)  and I volunteered as a GC assistant for 5 months. I think my weakness is my GPA (3.3/3.4) which isn't something I can change at this point. I am feeling really discouraged because I haven't heard back from any of the schools I applied to (Manitoba, UBC, UofT and McGill). Do any of you guys have any suggestions, maybe something I can do during the year off?  

So far I’ve been rejected to Rutgers, Denver, and Indiana State. Still waiting on Indiana Uni and Pitt. But I have a bad feeling about Indiana since it’s been so long since others got interview invites and the dates are soon. Fingers crossed for Pitt!

Where my University of Michigan rejects at?  lol

Did they tell everyone that "the committee really enjoyed reading your application" or was that just me?  Because that was a nice gesture.

I just heard back from them and they are letting me come on the 24th. Hopefully you will hear from them soon too.

Ok, my ISU interview date is Feb 28!! Anyone else going that day?

Yeah, that’s what I tell myself. Thanks for the kind words! I have a backup plan in case this doesn’t work anyway.

I'm sure they'll work with you! And if they don't work with you, then you don't want them anyway.
That's really crappy luck, try not to stress about it until they get back to you.

So today had a weird turn of events, its was my second time applying and out of the six schools I had applied to this year I had received 5 rejections in a row. I had started to map out my plan B since it seemed Genetic Counseling was just not meant to be and then all of a sudden I received an interview from Indiana State this morning. To all of you feeling down right now,  trust me I know and understand the pain of rejection, I have received nothing but rejection (5 last year and this year) but there's hope and hard work will pay off. 

Is anyone here applying to the dual program at VCU?
I have heard back from the PhD program (last Wednesday) about an interview; they said my GC application is still under review.

I got three rejections in one day.
michigan, colorado, and rutgers. Surprisingly, I’m not taking it to heart. 

Their rejections are starting to come too... haha

Where my University of Michigan rejects at?  lol

Did they tell everyone that "the committee really enjoyed reading your application" or was that just me?  Because that was a nice gesture.

Where my University of Michigan rejects at?  lol

Did they tell everyone that "the committee really enjoyed reading your application" or was that just me?  Because that was a nice gesture.

Where my University of Michigan rejects at?  lol

Did they tell everyone that "the committee really enjoyed reading your application" or was that just me?  Because that was a nice gesture.

I applied for the dual program. But as someone said earlier it sounds like they are sending out multiple invitations. My email said the dates below were only a few of them, so definitely seems like they will invite more. 

I did 

Someone on the discord said that Pitt is doing rolling interviews invites (and interviewing 80+ applicants), so don't give up yet! 

I've read several places based on graduate admission statistics that applying to 4-6 schools is the best shot for a qualified candidate. Any thing lower, and you might miss out, anything higher doesn't significantly increase any one's chances. That being said, I am learning now that genetic counseling may be different because of how few programs there are available. I applied to 4, money and work schedule. 

Just got my official rejection from the U of M and this one stings.  This process is tough!  I'm consoling myself by prepping for the interviews I do have, and trying to be grateful they took a chance on me.  

I'm curious, how many schools did everyone else apply to?  I applied to six, which I thought was a high amount, but now I'm not so sure.  That said, just going to the interviews I do have will cost me a bit of money, so I'm not sure I could have afforded to go to more!

Just received an e-mail from Stanford that I am waitlisted for an interview! I'm not sure what my chances are in getting one, but fingers crossed

This will be my last post in the thread. 
I got my rejection letter from Cincinnati yesterday morning, so I guess some people waited til the last possible second to RSVP on Friday night. I'm not sure why they were making poor Betty work on a Sunday morning, but it was a really great way to kick off the end of my weekend.
I can't watch people get 8 and 9 interviews, when I can't even get one, it hurts too much. So I'm done. Good luck to all of you, and congrats to those of you that are getting interviews. I will not be looking at the spreadsheet anymore, and am not going to be rabidly checking my email. All I'm waiting on is the official rejection emails from UTHouston and UAB, and the the game should repeat itself next week when Utah, KGI and Augustana make their offers.

@TAGC I just got the update lol. His LinkedIn page says he's VP of National Matching Services Inc.