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I wouldn't look too into it. If you are worrying about a red flag youre free to pm about things you're concerned about. However, red flags are usually just as evident to adcoms as they would be to you.
 
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They might review apps by order of MCAT, making yours immediately reviewed. As to why it's a hold instead of an interview invite, could be anything from yield protection to red flags to bad luck with what individual you happened to get as your interview decision-maker. This process can be totally unpredictable on a school-by-school basis, you're better off reading tea leaves than worrying about this.
 
efle said:
They might review apps by order of MCAT, making yours immediately reviewed. As to why it's a hold instead of an interview invite, could be anything from yield protection to red flags to bad luck with what individual you happened to get as your interview decision-maker. This process can be totally unpredictable on a school-by-school basis, you're better off reading tea leaves than worrying about this.
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Lipton Tea or Teavana?
 
Academically, your application is very strong. But if your ECs and community service are relatively weak, you may be getting negatively stereotyped as someone who would be hyper-competitive or won't be 'relatable' for patients.

I have no way lf knowing whether or not this shoe fits you, but something to consider.
 
LeaveNoTrace said:
This goes to show that even the tiny number of 4.0/528 applicants applying every year get rejected at some of the schools they apply to. Very few Olympic gymnasts, even the gold medal winners, get perfect 10s.
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If you look at the yield values (matriculants/admitted) for the biggest names, they're generally pretty high (~50% or more).

Mathematically speaking, that's only possible when there's not much overlap between the groups. It's not like there's a threshold effect where someone admitted to Stanford must have also gotten admitted everywhere else. Really, even the fantastic applications that land multiple admits to schools like that, also get a big pile of rejections from others.
 
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