Make sure to go to "Darwins" for lunch at some point. Best ever.
I don't think there is anything you can do. It's like when I was fearing that it would rain on my wedding day and ruin my outdoor ceremony. It didn't rain. In fact, the day was perfect. I could have just enjoyed being a bride instead worrying about things out of my control. All this to say do what you can do and if the site won't give you a phone interview you don't want to go there anyway. One thing that could help your anxiety is check the weather a few days before and call the site ahead of time so that they can prepare and you can feel better. Good luck!
I don't know how helpful you will find this, but I'll give it a stab! First of all, it seems to me that the vast majority of the day during in person interviews is spent trying to give the applicant a better sense of the program, rather than trying to evaluate the applicant. As I look at the interview schedules I have received a good portion of the day is spent with an introduction, tour, times for questions, and wrap up. What that means from your perspective is that by not getting a chance to do the on site interview you will probably lose some perspective on how much you would like the site (though you say this is your top site, so it sounds like that part might not matter as much to you), but so long as you are still doing phone interviews, you probably won't lose too much advantage in doing phone interviews. Second, I know several people from my program who in the past have matched with places where they did not do in site interviews. Third, I presume that this site is in a location prone to stormy weather, which means probably a number of applicants to that site will be in your shoes (not just the other applicants from today) and they have probably been through this dilemma before and found ways to balance things out for those whose interviews are interrupted by weather.
Hi, Thanks for responding. I'm coming from Ohio, and I'm not familiar with that but I'll check it out as an option.
I'm renting cars for my interviews. If you think about the cost of a taxi to take you to your hotel from the airport (if your hotel doesn't have a shuttle), take you to and from your site, and take you back to the airport it may end up costing the same.
I'm doing a bit of both depending on where I am and how many days I'm spending there. I prefer to rent a car because it's nice to have the flexibility, but I don't want to drive in snowy places!
I don't know if this helps, but that's actually pretty average for that number of applications. Remember, you only need one internship, so just focus on the interviews you have and know that total strangers on the internet are sending you good vibes and hoping you match at your top choice! 🙂
Zipcar all the way
I have my second interview tomorrow at one of my top choice sites and then all of my other ones packed into the next few weeks. Good luck to everyone these next few weeks.
