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emergencydancing said:
As someone who complete somewhat early (early Aug) and no decision yet, someone tell me I'm wrong. Sounds like BU does a rigorous job of prioritizing candidates and knowing the ones they like. The best case scenario for me now is if I get an invite later on, but since they do such a thorough chronological review, it seems like I'm not a high priority. Don't get me wrong, that's totally fine and I'm happy I lasted this long. But if I do eventually get an II, it's good to know where I stand so I can prioritize based on the other IIs I got and how quickly I got them.

It's literally the same proxy med schools use to gauge how interested you are by asking for a 2 week turnaround time.
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BU reserves seats for round 2 acceptances and accepts a small handful in December. You are fine.
 
emergencydancing said:
As someone who complete somewhat early (early Aug) and no decision yet, someone tell me I'm wrong. Sounds like BU does a rigorous job of prioritizing candidates and knowing the ones they like. The best case scenario for me now is if I get an invite later on, but since they do such a thorough chronological review, it seems like I'm not a high priority. Don't get me wrong, that's totally fine and I'm happy I lasted this long. But if I do eventually get an II, it's good to know where I stand so I can prioritize based on the other IIs I got and how quickly I got them.

It's literally the same proxy med schools use to gauge how interested you are by asking for a 2 week turnaround time.
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I think a big reason for their system is to make things fairer for later interviewees, actually - they say the majority of first round folks get deferred to a March decision, but the December round gives them the chance to get a sense of the pool, accept people they 100% want, and reject people they aren't going to proceed with regardless. (They don't say that last part, but we can infer)
 
SiberianIris said:
I think a big reason for their system is to make things fairer for later interviewees, actually - they say the majority of first round folks get deferred to a March decision, but the December round gives them the chance to get a sense of the pool, accept people they 100% want, and reject people they aren't going to proceed with regardless.
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Interesting. I know they don't publish this, but I'd be curious to see what the rates of eventual acceptances between the 2 pools are. And the rate of acceptances as a function of time. This isn't for self-deprecating or neurotic purposes, but practical. I calculate the amount of time I invest in a school (e.g. time on secondaries, time prepping for interviews, researching school curriculum, and eventually how much I see a fit) based on the chances I think I'll get in (and of course other things like location, fit, opportunities). I also have to start planning a move with my family, so pre-planning is important. My intuition is that schools prioritize when they send out II based on how excited they are about a candidate (isn't this one factor in how you prioritized secondaries), so right now I'm looking at the locations from the schools that sent me an II already heavily.

Isn't this trend correct? Unless they're true rolling admissions, when they send out IIs matters, no?
 
emergencydancing said:
Interesting. I know they don't publish this, but I'd be curious to see what the rates of eventual acceptances between the 2 pools are. And the rate of acceptances as a function of time. This isn't for self-deprecating or neurotic purposes, but practical. I calculate the amount of time I invest in a school (e.g. time on secondaries, time prepping for interviews, researching school curriculum, and eventually how much I see a fit) based on the chances I think I'll get in (and of course other things like location, fit, opportunities). I also have to start planning a move with my family, so pre-planning is important. My intuition is that schools prioritize when they send out II based on how excited they are about a candidate (isn't this one factor in how you prioritized secondaries), so right now I'm looking at the locations from the schools that sent me an II already heavily.

Isn't this trend correct? Unless they're true rolling admissions, when they send out IIs matters, no?
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I think this is correct, but I also don't know to what extent. I got a very early II very early in the season, got cocky with it, and got waitlisted. Other applicants who interviewed later got accepted. So while schools offer IIs to those they like more earlier in the cycle, the people offering IIs might be separate from the adcoms who ultimately offer As. There's so many other things that you don't really know the significance of an early II in relation to other things the schools weigh

Edit: When I say I got cocky I mean I got overconfident thinking I was higher up on the staircase (per analogy). I still prepared a lot because it was my only II, but it was my first interview so it was okay. But theoretically an okay performance should've been fine because my app got attention so fast right? But nah
 
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spottedcory said:
I think this is correct, but I also don't know to what extent. I got a very early II very early in the season, got cocky with it, and got waitlisted. Other applicants who interviewed later got accepted. So while schools offer IIs to those they like more earlier in the cycle, the people offering IIs might be separate from the adcoms who ultimately offer As. There's so many other things that you don't really know the significance of an early II in relation to other things the schools weigh

Edit: When I say I got cocky I mean I got overconfident thinking I was higher up on the staircase (per analogy). I prepared like my life depended on it because it was my only II, but it was my first interview and was still unprepared. But theoretically an okay performance should've been fine because my app got attention so fast right? But nah
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Well I'm sure you're high up on the WL and you'll probably have your choice of acceptances!
 
emergencydancing said:
Well I'm sure you're high up on the WL and you'll probably have your choice of acceptances!
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Hopefully! My main point with this was to say that you still have a chance with later interviews, especially at Boston which does the winter and spring acceptance phase thing. You can check past SDN threads! I believe USC does have a bias against very late interviewees, in which case your logic might apply.
 
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spottedcory said:
I think this is correct, but I also don't know to what extent. I got a very early II very early in the season, got cocky with it, and got waitlisted. Other applicants who interviewed later got accepted. So while schools offer IIs to those they like more earlier in the cycle, the people offering IIs might be separate from the adcoms who ultimately offer As. There's so many other things that you don't really know the significance of an early II in relation to other things the schools weigh

Edit: When I say I got cocky I mean I got overconfident thinking I was higher up on the staircase (per analogy). I still prepared a lot because it was my only II, but it was my first interview so it was okay. But theoretically an okay performance should've been fine because my app got attention so fast right? But nah
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This is due to the fact that one or two adcoms like your app and choose you for an II but post-II, you are evaluated by the entire adcom at which point a variety of factors and opinions will come into play beyond the initial screener. Thus, your screener may love the heck out of you but the whole adcom might think you're a bit more mediocre.
 
Sterlinyx said:
This is due to the fact that one or two adcoms like your app and choose you for an II but post-II, you are evaluated by the entire adcom at which point a variety of factors and opinions will come into play beyond the initial screener. Thus, your screener may love the heck out of you but the whole adcom might think you're a bit more mediocre.
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Interesting. Fine, I'll give BU another shot you all can let them know that they're still in the running. But tell them to not hurt me again I'm fragile.
 
Sterlinyx said:
This is due to the fact that one or two adcoms like your app and choose you for an II but post-II, you are evaluated by the entire adcom at which point a variety of factors and opinions will come into play beyond the initial screener. Thus, your screener may love the heck out of you but the whole adcom might think you're a bit more mediocre.
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Probably depends on the school, but I've gone to an interview and an admissions person said that your chances are the same for them no matter what month you interview, but this person also said later that since you're interviewing here this early in the cycle, you're gonna get in somewhere. These 2 statements seem to be at odds, and I know that school is known to pick people they like first.
 
medicinelover11100 said:
Does anyone know how long we have to wait after our interview to hear a decision?
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Decisions aren't rolling. First set of acceptances will be in December then a second set in March before waitlist decisions are handed out. There have been a handful of post-II R's otherwise.
 
Exocus said:
Decisions aren't rolling. First set of acceptances will be in December then a second set in March before waitlist decisions are handed out. There have been a handful of post-II R's otherwise.
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Sweet. So if we interviewed in November can we expect to hear a decision in December or do you think we'd have to wait until March?
 
For gap year post-interview people, do you think we absolutely need a letter from a gap year job supervisor or mentor? Or would an update letter be sufficient. The email doesn't seem that specific
 
medicinelover11100 said:
Sweet. So if we interviewed in November can we expect to hear a decision in December or do you think we'd have to wait until March?
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I assume you'll have a shot at the A in December. From their email it sounds like they'll review from mid-Nov onwards, so that should include your Nov interview.
 
lebjames2313 said:
Anyone else complete 7/28 just hanging in with 1 delay mail, and no communication after that?
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literally same here but I was complete 7/22. Delay email and then silence. Honestly I think it's a good sign so far since they don't seem to be shy with handing out Rs
 
hey does anybody whose school does committee letters know if it's ok to send additional LOR through amcas? (the ones they asked for in the post interview email LOL) thanks!
 
The way the post-interview email is worded makes me think sending an update or additional LOR is required to have a chance at being accepted?? Am I interpreting that correctly? I don't have any new activities or people that could write me a LOR. Idk what to do
 
mr.adroit said:
For gap year post-interview people, do you think we absolutely need a letter from a gap year job supervisor or mentor? Or would an update letter be sufficient. The email doesn't seem that specific
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+1
 
Delay email today, roughly 6 weeks after being complete.
 
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