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tacojohn said:(1) New faculty members who get stuck with it
(2) Faculty members who don't have sufficiently large research obligations to avoid having to sit on the committee
(3) Faculty members who have "god complexes"
kelpy said:We always talk about the adcoms as if they are this vague entity, so I'm wondering who these people actually are. Are they medical school faculty or administrative people with no medical background?
kelpy said:How carefully do the ADCOMs read the apps? Most schools do not have a pre-secondary screening, so I'm assuming they must receive thousands of applications with several essays and letters of recommendations. Do they just skim over them and read parts of it? or would they read them very carefully and discuss it? Also, when do schools read the whole app? before or after the interview?
LizzyM said:I can only speak for one school (not saying which one) but every application gets read thoroughly by one adcom member (20-30 minutes) and a quick (or not so quick) review by a second reader who either concurs with the first reader's assessment or tweaks it a little bit. (If a first reader whom I trust tells me what I need to know and recommends an interview, I won't spend much time with that application... in other instances, it can take 20-30 minutes for a second review). In a few cases, a third reader is called in. Those recommendations to interview or not to review go to the Admissions office which makes decisions to interview or not based on the readers' recommendations and the number of interview slots available. (Keep in mind that only 10-15% of the applicants to some schools are going to get an interview offer).
There are opportunities to discuss after the interview but this doesn't come up too often except when there is a wide variety of opinon on a particular applicant. More often, it is quiet, solitary work like grading term papers.
jackieMD2007 said:Oh my lord. I know how boring grading can be, and I know that the adcom knows there are people behind the files, but pushing paper all day on the adcom has got to be a boring/grueling task. This just further encourages me to keep essay answers short and to the point. I don't want someone to have to dig around in there for what I am trying to say.