Any Benefits to Going to Med School Open House?

[AllDay24]

Is there any benefit to going to a med school's open house? There is an open house and campus tour at Jefferson tomorrow. The only real reason I'm thinking about going is that the adcom might remember or something, or if it would make me more comfortable at the interview somehow.

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[Richard Dawkins]

there are worse ways to spend your time...if you have nothing else to do you might as well but it probably won't give you a leg up in any way

 

[zeppelinpage4]

On several secondary applications, it asks you "why our school?" and open houses can be pretty good places to learn about specific things that school offers.

Otherwise, it's just a good way to get some feel for the place if you're deciding whether to apply or not. You can also talk to actual students, and possible an admissions person if you have specific questions etc...

I think they're pretty worthwhile if you have the time, but it doesn't actually help your chances of getting in as far as I know. I could be wrong though, since that last one I went to an open house, they took some of my personal info. So I imagine an adcom could look me up and see that I attended their open house. I really doubt it plays any major role though. It can't hurt to go, but it may help. Most likely, open houses will have no bearing on ones chances at a school.

 

[moneytree]

What adcoms see when premeds come to suck up at open house

 

[Nymphicus]

Learn more about the school. No one is going to be taking notes on you, unless you do something very foolish.

 

[Pigglyjuff]

What adcoms see when premeds come to suck up at open house

I hate those pre-meds.

 

[ShenanigansMD]

When I was at engineering fairs for internships, I went from company to company waiting in line, getting the whole spiel from some company bro, and then throwing my resume in a pile. I was then redirected to their online application.

If med school open house is anything like this, I feel like you could just go online and read the mission statement, and then check out an SDN thread for a particular school. You'd probably get the same amount of information.

 

[jjesque]

Pretty sure in general the staff at these open house are admin staff, and not the actual adcom faculty members that will be making the decisions.

 

[lovesfall]

Is there any benefit to going to a med school's open house? There is an open house and campus tour at Jefferson tomorrow. The only real reason I'm thinking about going is that the adcom might remember or something, or if it would make me more comfortable at the interview somehow.

Go if you're interested in learning more about the program. If you're just doing it to "look good", don't waste your time.