3 choices; April 1/8/22
Well if it's happening today, good luck! Don't get pranked too hard.
There's really no need to keep speculating until something happens. They will do what they do.
Thank you!
Or on April 30th!
Maybe not an advantage per se, but interviewing earlier in the year probably implies that they found you more desirable to begin with, which in turn may lead to a greater chance of acceptance for someone who interviewed in January as opposed to April.
Well yeah, I'm not saying that it's impossible to be accepted from a late interview; obviously that happens all the time. But wouldn't you say that as an extreme example, at any given medical school, somebody that interviews in August has a better chance than someone who interviews in April?
RFU used a traditional interview format 4 years ago as opposed to MMI. In addition, the dean has also changed. Besides the fact that RFU is also interviewing a lot more applicants now than during your app cycle, there are so many other variables that indicate that RFU "may" be approaching admissions differently than what you experienced. Fair?
Eh, I'm not entirely sure I buy that. I think most competent people could prepare for an MMI in about a week or so.
No, it certainly does not mean that. Obviously if a school interviews you, they see something in you and basically think you could succeed. That being said, there's a reason why most of us on here at this point interviewed in the spring rather than the fall. For me, since I didn't apply late, I think it stands to reason that they viewed the Sept/Oct/Nov interviewees as better applicants than me for whatever reason and as such I suspect most schools would give those types of applicants more lenience in their interviews and probably a better chance at acceptance. But I'm still absolutely honored to have been interviewed here and I think we'll see a lot of waitlist movement in the next month or so. @songl4a @bunchesonothing @Nextasy @pshock7 are you guys Illinois residents?
Yep. I ask because according to the good ole MSAR, last year 70 out of 249 ended up matriculating. Those of pretty decent odds so I think there's still a lot of reason to be hopeful!
Fair enough! You obviously know far more than me on the subject. Do you have any insight/conjectures on why it seems like so many people are getting waitlisted instead of getting direct acceptances this year?
True. But unless they've just accepted very few people, I find it quite strange that absolutely nobody has posted an acceptance on this thread in the past three months when people have been posting waitlists en masse and a fair amount of rejections.
Are you currently waitlisted or have you not heard back?
IS pretty much always has an advantage, just to a lesser extent if it's private. But you're right...speculating on what all this means won't get me anywhere. Good luck!
Huh! I assumed they decided on everybody on any given date at the same time. Good luck!
why is everyone ganging up on @tantacles ? He's a bit gruff, but he's the one on campus who has done nothing but give frank and candid thoughts and advice. It's a shame it's not what you want to hear, but he's not telling you guys to give up, he's just providing an honest evaluation.
Not ganging up on him at all. I appreciate all of his posts and think he provides great information. I know the odds of getting in are not good but I really don't think it's controversial to say that it's a bit strange not to see a single person post an acceptance on sdn in three months.
Not a rejection after all!
