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I am curious about this and since I've been on SDN, I haven't seen a thread on the subject.
I could only imagine how a typical admissions committee meeting goes. This is my take on what occurs.
There are about 20 members in the meeting. They pick out an application from a candidate they interviewed, and they have 20 copies of the AMCAS and secondary so all members can read them.
After spending 5 minutes or so skimming through the application, the interviewers each present a 5 minute talk describing how the interview went, their general impressions of the candidate, and then their recommendation to either accept, waitlist, or reject. Of course after each interviewer presents the candidate, members of the committee all ask questions that may be on their mind to get to know the candidate better.
Then comments from other members of the committee may be heard regarding what they believe. Finally, the discussion ends with a vote of whether to accept, reject, or waitlist. I believe that not all 20 members will get to vote, but only a selected 5 or so have a vote. Once a majority is reached, the decision is made and they move on to the next candidate.
Now I know all this is speculation. I am curious to see what other people's opinions are on how ADCOM meetings go. Perhaps the student interviewers on SDN can provide us real insight into what occurs, or maybe people who have friends on admissions committees know more about it. Any thoughts?
I could only imagine how a typical admissions committee meeting goes. This is my take on what occurs.
There are about 20 members in the meeting. They pick out an application from a candidate they interviewed, and they have 20 copies of the AMCAS and secondary so all members can read them.
After spending 5 minutes or so skimming through the application, the interviewers each present a 5 minute talk describing how the interview went, their general impressions of the candidate, and then their recommendation to either accept, waitlist, or reject. Of course after each interviewer presents the candidate, members of the committee all ask questions that may be on their mind to get to know the candidate better.
Then comments from other members of the committee may be heard regarding what they believe. Finally, the discussion ends with a vote of whether to accept, reject, or waitlist. I believe that not all 20 members will get to vote, but only a selected 5 or so have a vote. Once a majority is reached, the decision is made and they move on to the next candidate.
Now I know all this is speculation. I am curious to see what other people's opinions are on how ADCOM meetings go. Perhaps the student interviewers on SDN can provide us real insight into what occurs, or maybe people who have friends on admissions committees know more about it. Any thoughts?