@umkcquestionmark, I think a lot of it has to do with total cost (esp. at regional/out-of-state levels, but it’s also expensive at the in-state level too since you pay a School of Medicine rate the entire time you’re in the program) vs. what you are actually getting in terms of educational quality/value/school reputation & prestige. UMKC being a lower-tier, if not bottom-tier, medical school also doesn’t help. You’d be surprised by how many people turn down the BA/MD offer not due to offers from other combined BS/MD programs, just because of valid concerns about the structure/curriculum/pace of the program.
@iamreen, usually they have an official UMKC Med Facebook group for the class started, but I believe they have now shifted it to May 1 (as they did last year) when people have to officially decide by which then people who matriculate can join.
You’re welcome @knoxappa, any waitlist stuff will be done after May 1, once they know who has decided to matriculate and then they have to look at how many spots they have to fill off of the waitlist.