What's Going on After Your Interview?
For the admissions office, the post-interview process involves discussing the day's standout candidates and the balance of the class. Who will be an asset to their class's community? How will the candidates they spoke to interact with each other if admitted?
Tom Petty was right—the waiting is the hardest part. But if you interviewed in the fall and hear crickets all winter, don't panic. Some schools conduct every interview, then release all their decisions on the same day. (That's something you can ask the admissions office about, so as not to torture yourself.) Schools following the AMCAS standard start extending offers by mid-October but could roll out fleets of acceptances every few weeks and send new offers as accepted applicants pare down their school choices. (Accepted applicants must be down to three by April 1st and one by April 30th.)
If you were waitlisted by a school, you might not know if you got in until June. And we know of one waitlisted student who was accepted to a program four days before classes started in August.
Want more interview advice? Check out our med school application tutorials here or get in touch here.
For the admissions office, the post-interview process involves discussing the day's standout candidates and the balance of the class. Who will be an asset to their class's community? How will the candidates they spoke to interact with each other if admitted?
Tom Petty was right—the waiting is the hardest part. But if you interviewed in the fall and hear crickets all winter, don't panic. Some schools conduct every interview, then release all their decisions on the same day. (That's something you can ask the admissions office about, so as not to torture yourself.) Schools following the AMCAS standard start extending offers by mid-October but could roll out fleets of acceptances every few weeks and send new offers as accepted applicants pare down their school choices. (Accepted applicants must be down to three by April 1st and one by April 30th.)
If you were waitlisted by a school, you might not know if you got in until June. And we know of one waitlisted student who was accepted to a program four days before classes started in August.
Want more interview advice? Check out our med school application tutorials here or get in touch here.
