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I think med schools do know what other schools you've applied to based on two experiences:
-I remember during my interview at OHSU a few years ago, the interviewer had a copy of my AMCAS application and I remember seeing the last pages where it lists all the schools you've applied to.
-A friend of mine with multiple acceptances got an e-mail from one of the schools listing the other schools he has been accepted to and asking him to make a decision by May 15.
Hmmm . . . I'm pretty sure I've heard many times that they don't get those pages with the list of schools you've applied to (but maybe it was different a couple years ago?). It is apparently perfectly kosher for your interviewers to ask you that, though (I got it in a couple of my interviews), so you'd still have to be prepared to defend your choice to apply to only one. (I gather OHSU doesn't do EDP?)
On the second point, I think somewhere around May 8th the schools get a list of everywhere you've been accepted (which has made me wonder if that's why OHSU waits until May 15th to make their waitlist!), so they can then ask you to make a decision to move their waitlist along.
chuck84 - I'm with you on the interview issue. I'm still holding out hope for a miraculous acceptance instead of a thin envelope, but seeing as how all signs are pointing to a dismal conclusion, what happened? I felt comfortable talking to my interviewers and walked out feeling good. As for essays, I thought my OHSU ones were some of my best . . . which leads me to blame my numbers. If most people feel they have great interviews, then they must have to fall back on the numbers, etc. to distinguish the candidates, yes? Maybe particularly amazing interviews can negate lower stats, but maybe mine didn't quite hit that "amazing" level? Or maybe they got the list of where people are accepted, saw that I had an acceptance near my home state, and decided I wouldn't come? (if so, ARGH!) In any case, I can't help but feel that the interview can't possibly be worth as much as people say (unless I get that miraculous acceptance, and then, I concur! )