No problem! I'll call Monday if no one can settle by then! I just need to know if I need to stay on top of parents or roommates. Neither are great about not throwing mail into some pile to be worried about later, if ever to be seen again.
My mom just kind of threw it down on the table...BTW its a small envelope...so don't freak out when you get it. When I saw it was like oh gawd rejection..and read it with one eye closed haha
Crucial info right there. I def would've waited for someone else to rush home with wine before opening a small envelope...thanks!
+4. First acceptance! IS, received on Friday via snail mail, 10/24, interviewed early September. Relieved. Happy. So grateful to have one so early in the cycle.
On my interview they seemed to place a big emphasis on commitment to service and experience working with underserved communities. Are there ways you could get more involved volunteering with underserved communities and then write about them in an update letter? Once you write the letter, you also state why you're so interested in the school. Otherwise, it's just a big crapshoot sometimes. It seems like people can be highly qualified for 10 schools but only get interviews from a handful of them.
Congratulations! I think it was a really pleasant interview and it sounds like on the thread that that's been the general experience. The questions (for me) were straightforward and all things that I had prepared to answer by reading about "common interview questions." So just the normal things--know your application, be curious about the school, and try to relax. There was a writing sample that was really no big deal...there's no way to prepare for it but it wasn't tricky or anything.
They're nowhere near done sending out interviews. Downstate has a long interview season. 🙂
Thanks for the resassuring words! Do you know if it would do me any good to send an update letter prior to any interview offers? Or should I hold onto the update letter in case I want to send it post-interview. I haven't heard from them for more than 2 months now.
I don't really know, to be honest. If it's a substantial update, go ahead and send it, I'd say, but that's my personal opinion - I don't have much more information as to how the admissions office works than you guys do, apart from some timing details.
Honestly took me 5 minutes. Not something to worry about.
I was complete Late August.
