Hi! just out of curiosity, how do you know UWisc sent last major wave? I am using interview dates to try to see what I can expect from schools sending interview invites, and UWIsc has 2 interview dates out of their 4 total in Jan and Feb. Do schools just tend to send/fill up early? Thanks for the insight!
I will admit, UWisc may be a weird one because they do seem to have filled late interviews, but idt that's the norm as of now. Anecdotally, I know that they sent out IIs last week and only offered their Feb date to applicants and indicated that Jan was not available. Interpret that as you may. Typically tho, you are correct that using interview dates is usually a viable strategy for guesstimating when schools fill.
They're not uncommon. I got the II for my current program a year ago on Wed. In total, my II range was Sept-Feb (I had a very average application btw). There are still a lot of II's left - keep hanging in there!
From my limited experience, I have never heard of a pre-II interest letter succeeding without adding a major publication (i.e. first-author Nature). But it definitely wouldn't hurt - do keep an eye on whether programs would prefer calls, letters, or emails tho.
I'd add that that to my current knowledge, this data is slightly skewed toward high achievers. So I would think that the total proportion of interviews sent after November 1 is higher than what is shown in the graph.
I don't think there is much reason to read into this. Different schools have found (or are still experimenting with) different strategies that work for them.
I've heard it kind of works like a ladder, you start off based on your app on some level tier, and then you can move up or down based on the interview/any significant updates. In general, I've heard people say they felt like an interview didn't go well and then they got in and I heard people say they felt an interview went great they didn't. I wouldn't worry about getting a later interview day or anything like that, if they weren't interested in you they wouldn't ask you at all. The rolling interviews are some combo of when people applied and how good of a fit you are looking at the overall applicant pool, which changes as more applicants apply. Would be interested if someone else has a different view/explanation though!
I know OSU has issued some acceptances, when I interviewed they said they would offer very few acceptances in a rolling manner and then the majority would be sometime in December.
Thanks! The sometime in December is killing me haha. But that’s the admission cycle game!
yep, had my heart beating so hard. apparently last year they sent out some cool OSU syringe pens, so additionally feeling a little ripped off by "just" the stickers LOL (kidding obviously the stickers are actually great and I'll 100% use them if i matriculate)
Had the same experience with the stickers. Got the holiday card today and now I’ve been fooled 2x 😂
I emailed them recently, they told me they have two more interview dates (beginning and end of Jan) and are still reviewing their entire app pool!! Fingers crossed for you!
I actually recently did this with Indiana and UChicago (as per your suggestion, actually LOL) and have gotten a response back from the former. I'd say about a month after your interview could be a good time to ping them if they didn't mention a concrete decision date. My take is that send it whenever you feel like you aren't coming off as impatient, but probably no earlier than two or three weeks post-interview
According to the google calendar of MD-PhD interviews/revisit days, it seems like they still have two interview dates (one in Jan, one in Feb). No idea if those are already filled, but skimming through prior years it seems like they send out interviews through late December? I submitted pretty late (October) and am also hoping that they'll get back to us soon - it's one of my top choices.
Where can I find this calendar ???
No idea who published or is maintaining this, but I found this elsewhere on SDN: MD-PhD Interviews and Revisit Days
i interviewed in november, haven't heard anything since
I had to do the infamous panel interview at WashU recently, which involved 10 professors in the same Zoom room listening to you do this (but for 20 minutes instead of 10).
Thank you so much! This was super helpful
Got it! In that case, I think Harvard and UPenn are more or less done since their last interview slots are in mid-January.
I received Northwestern in early November for a mid-January interview date.
Okay, I think both Northwestern and Case Western are also more or less done then. Good to know, thanks all!
Maryland has historically sent interviews into January, unsure on OHSU since I didn't apply. f12345 and TolC's interview invitations are for UTSW's final session in January (I interviewed this past Friday which was second-to-last), so I'm assuming they're also done unless people start backing out.
Yeah, their admin was super nice and shared that if you don't hear before Christmas, it's pretty much done/set in stone.
Really stupid question, now that I think of it: do steering committees see update letters if you upload them to AMP rather than shoot them an email? Because if they don't then I have a LOT of emails to send out in short order LOL
the christmas comment - is that the maryland or utsw you are referring to?
UTSW. Maryland sends interviews into January
I read somewhere a post by @Fencer that said if a person has more than 4 MD/PhD interviews, their likelihood of getting into the national class is >95%. Please correct me if I am wrong!
