anyone else not have any acceptances yet?

[235009]

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hi everyone,

so with my mediocre stats and only 1 md interview i've began thinking about the next application cycle (this is so depressing)

my question is this....i have heard that it is an application killer to use the same secondary essays when reapplying, but what if it is a specific question and your response would not change from year to year....what do you do, just tweak them a little?

(i know this is an absolutely miserable topic to think about but i'm planning on getting a VERY early start on everything so any advice would be much appreciated)

< 8 on one MCAT section = game over at many schools....stop ignoring the real problem....retake the MCAT!

 

[235009]

Also another question.. If at an interview, your interviewer asks, "Do you have any other acceptances".. Should you be honest? or would it look like youre a big donk!! I have a late interview coming up at my top top choice, and I dont know how to answer that question...

🙂

Interviewer: do you have any acceptances?
You: yes, i do, but if i were accepted here i would certainly choose it over my other acceptances.



...easy 🙂

 

[gl0baltrader]

I am in the same spot as you are, very stressful. Interviewed at UCLA and with a 30/3.3 I don't think i'm going to get a spot this year especially since all the people they interviewed that day had 3.8ish / 33++
I guess its time to apply to msp and/or post bacc

D

 

[ised187]

I do not have any other acceptances.. So I dont think I should lie...

 

[235009]

I do not have any other acceptances.. So I dont think I should lie...

oh i'm sorry, i misunderstood....sortof forgot which thread i was posting in....

yes, certainly don't lie but you can add that part about going there if you're accepted anyway

 

[call me x]

< 8 on one MCAT section = game over at many schools....stop ignoring the real problem....retake the MCAT!

i am not ignoring the "real problem" and i plan on retaking the mcat....that is not the issue or related to the question....i plan on re-writing my personal statement from scratch however i have concerns for specific secondary questions that, say, focus on one particular event that i would most likely choose to write about again....can you still write about the same event?

 

[scarletgirl777]

applying at the beginning of june is actually an SDN myth ...i completely agree with applying early but early doesn't mean you have to submit your AMCAS the day it opens... I think you should aim to be complete at all the schools you are serious about before school starts (by the beginning of september). That means you should submit your AMCAS probably by the end of July. I've seen people apply early and do horribly and people who applied late (by SDN standards) and did just fine. If you are a candidate who fits what the school is looking for then they'll invite you for an interview whether you applied on June 4th or August 4th. Blaming a failed application cycle on applying late is just an easy way to take the blame off of yourself.

applying broadly is great but it certainly does not mean you have to apply to 20+ schools! as long as you are realistic, have a good mix and apply to your state school(s) then anyone with decent stats (>30 MCAT >3.5 GPA and good ECs) should be fine with 15-20 schools.

i submitted AMCAS mid july and was complete at all my schools in August-September, applied to 19 schools and did just fine despite deficincies in my app elsewhere (institutional action). surprisingly, the school i'll be attending is the one i was complete at last (mid-September).

I actually do agree with this post, particularly the first paragraph. I mean, no matter how early you submit, schools will not actually receive your AMCAS until late June (AMCAS will not start transferring over till then). Especially for the non-rolling schools, having an AMCAS verified in late June v. late July really does not matter. I think getting everything turned in before school starts is a good goal because then you will for sure get everything done and not have schoolwork to distract you (in addition to the timeliness issue).

 

[scarletgirl777]

Most applicants will benefit from an early application (complete by June 30, supplementals & LORs by August 15). At my school, anyone with an institutional action would be set aside until September when a separate group would meet to look at just the institutional action and decide whether it was an application killer or not. So, in skinMD's specific case, early didn't matter but that is not universally true.

You can't compete for one of those early interview slots if your hat is not yet in the ring.

Well, this is impossible at my undergrad because of the premed committee letter...maybe that's why I didn't stress so much about getting stuff done super early.

 

[bluesmd]

scarlet, can you do the committee letter the previous year?

 

[ised187]

Call,

One of the adcoms I spoke to was very nice, and spoke with me a long time about my reapplication: She pretty much said, dont look at your personal statement or 15 activities list and even your secondary applications from the past years.. of course, you are still the same person, so you may have similar answers.. but write it differently.. it will show.. have atleast.. ATLEAST 5-6 peple who are good writers look over it (friends.. ) and then have 2-3 professors (who teach lots of pre-meds) also look over this.. just get MANy different inputs.. 🙂

 

[chad5871]

3 interviews, no word yet...
- One post-interview "continue to review" at my state school
- Won't hear from NYMC till around April
- Final interview at Drexel is in April

Its looking pretty bleak with my 31R/3.85 cGPA.

Sorry to hear you haven't been accepted yet. I took a peek at your MDApps and I wonder if you would have had more success if you had applied to twice as many schools...

 

[235009]

Well, this is impossible at my undergrad because of the premed committee letter...maybe that's why I didn't stress so much about getting stuff done super early.

this is also true and is the case at many undergrad institutions, especially ones with many applicants

not to mention i hadn't even received some of my secondaries until late august!

 

[call me x]

Call,

One of the adcoms I spoke to was very nice, and spoke with me a long time about my reapplication: She pretty much said, dont look at your personal statement or 15 activities list and even your secondary applications from the past years.. of course, you are still the same person, so you may have similar answers.. but write it differently.. it will show.. have atleast.. ATLEAST 5-6 peple who are good writers look over it (friends.. ) and then have 2-3 professors (who teach lots of pre-meds) also look over this.. just get MANy different inputs.. 🙂

thanks ised.....looks like starting from scratch (or close to it) really is the best bet!

 

[scarletgirl777]

scarlet, can you do the committee letter the previous year?

Nope. In fact, to get the committee letter you have to submit some nformation well before AMCAS opens...this information has a deadline, so if you miss the deadline, no letter.

 

[bluesmd]

Nope. In fact, to get the committee letter you have to submit some nformation well before AMCAS opens...this information has a deadline, so if you miss the deadline, no letter.

wow

 

[scarletgirl777]

wow

Yeah...I also honestly don't think that deadline is publicized well enough...thankfully, I'm a neurotic email-reader 😀

 

[LizzyM]

hi have heard that it is an application killer to use the same secondary essays when reapplying, but what if it is a specific question and your response would not change from year to year....what do you do, just tweak them a little?

How can you be sure that the prompts will be the same? My school changed the prompt and got an essay that in response to the previous year's question. I couldn't tell if the person was a reapplicant or someone who'd prepared using materials someone had shared from the year before.

Be responsive to the question and be sure that you answering this year's version of the question.

Even if you have the same story to tell, you may be able to improve the telling of it.

 

[slowbutsteady]

applying at the beginning of june is actually an SDN myth ...i completely agree with applying early but early doesn't mean you have to submit your AMCAS the day it opens... I think you should aim to be complete at all the schools you are serious about before school starts (by the beginning of september). That means you should submit your AMCAS probably by the end of July. I've seen people apply early and do horribly and people who applied late (by SDN standards) and did just fine. If you are a candidate who fits what the school is looking for then they'll invite you for an interview whether you applied on June 4th or August 4th. Blaming a failed application cycle on applying late is just an easy way to take the blame off of yourself.

applying broadly is great but it certainly does not mean you have to apply to 20+ schools! as long as you are realistic, have a good mix and apply to your state school(s) then anyone with decent stats (>30 MCAT >3.5 GPA and good ECs) should be fine with 15-20 schools.

i submitted AMCAS mid july and was complete at all my schools in August-September, applied to 19 schools and did just fine despite deficincies in my app elsewhere (institutional action). surprisingly, the school i'll be attending is the one i was complete at last (mid-September).

WHY TELL PEOPLE THAT! !??? it is purely anecdotal, and based on ONE anecdote. You may have "done fine" but you'll never know if you would have done "finer" if you applied 6 weeks earlier.

THE ONLY SOLID ADVICE IS TO GO AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE -- AND MAKE JUNE 5TH HAPPEN!!!!

THIS -- and your finely tuned list of schools -- ARE THE ONLY THINGS COMPLETELY WITHIN YOUR CONTROL IN THIS PROCESS.

why, why, why play with this?

 

[Slade]

THE most important pieces of advice that come out of SDN are:

apply early

apply broadly

Why people do not take that advice to heart never ceases to amaze me. No matter how great your stats are, or how not great, your chances of getting in are enhanced considerably by following these two simple rules.

What is early? beginning of June!!!!!!!! (with all secondaries completed within 1-2 weeks of receipt)

What is broad? 20+ schools with a wide range of stat averages!!!!!!!

WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS??????!!!!!!!!!!!

onlyneedone -- you will prob get in but you screwed up your app chances big time, sorry.

you're preaching to the choir.
by the way, I applied broadly and -relatively- early (I retook the MCAT mid June, so I waited to send my application until I received the scores)
ie I followed these two rules by the book, and I'm still in a bad position

 

[Slade]

oh, my status has been updated, not very positive though:
5 interviews:
1 to go on still
3 silences
and... 1 waitlist :cry:

 

[bluesmd]

slade, one must pull through, one must pull through. keep hanging on!

 

[235009]

WHY TELL PEOPLE THAT! !??? it is purely anecdotal, and based on ONE anecdote. You may have "done fine" but you'll never know if you would have done "finer" if you applied 6 weeks earlier.

THE ONLY SOLID ADVICE IS TO GO AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE -- AND MAKE JUNE 5TH HAPPEN!!!!

THIS -- and your finely tuned list of schools -- ARE THE ONLY THINGS COMPLETELY WITHIN YOUR CONTROL IN THIS PROCESS.

why, why, why play with this?

i know my advice doesn't fit in with the hysteria perpetuated by SDN and posters like you but i'm telling the truth and giving my view of the process after having gone through it and seen a few of my friends go through it.

your use of caps is painful

 

[aznb0y129]

i know my advice doesn't fit in with the hysteria perpetuated by SDN and posters like you but i'm telling the truth and giving my view of the process after having gone through it and seen a few of my friends go through it.

your use of caps is painful

Maybe applying early is not as game-changing as some people here on SDN make it out to be, but I don't think you can argue that submitting late is more advantageous.

Submitting your applications early can only help you, while submitting late can DEFINITELY hurt you.

 

[slowbutsteady]

i know my advice doesn't fit in with the hysteria perpetuated by SDN and posters like you but i'm telling the truth and giving my view of the process after having gone through it and seen a few of my friends go through it.

your use of caps is painful

wow, you must have a very low threshold for pain. [make a note: don't have a baby.]

And I didn't say your experience was wrong, just that it is too limited -- to YOU. Why would you say, "aw, late july is fine." You cannot possible know that. Just because you got in, doesn't mean others will with that strategy.

using lower case: this is a thread for people who are afraid they might not get in and might have to reapply. They need to maximize everything that is within their control for next cycle. Applying at the beginning of June is within their control. they should play it safe and do that.

And, in case you haven't noticed, I have successfully negotiated this process as well. But I don't pretend to be an expert.

warning: close your eyes so you don't hurt yourself.

to others: APPLY IN JUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[htownpremie]

i know my advice doesn't fit in with the hysteria perpetuated by SDN and posters like you but i'm telling the truth and giving my view of the process after having gone through it and seen a few of my friends go through it.

your use of caps is painful

our medical science committee encourages everyone to apply as soon as possible, so long as you don't sacrifice quality in your application for an early submission.

i believe LizzyM might have touched on this about a year ago. she suggested that it is an advantage to apply early, although that advantage has been diminished lately because more and more people are choosing to submit sooner.

 

[Druzie]

hi everyone,

so with my mediocre stats and only 1 md interview i've began thinking about the next application cycle (this is so depressing)

my question is this....i have heard that it is an application killer to use the same secondary essays when reapplying, but what if it is a specific question and your response would not change from year to year....what do you do, just tweak them a little?

(i know this is an absolutely miserable topic to think about but i'm planning on getting a VERY early start on everything so any advice would be much appreciated)

I don't intend any offense, but I'm just curious. You have an acceptance, albeit DO, so why are you reapplying? Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't put myself through another year of this (and all that money) if I didn't have to!

Also, and this question is for other people who might know, would it be an issue next year? Will interviewers ask why the previous acceptance was turned down?

Either way, best of luck!

 

[variablistic]

Also, and this question is for other people who might know, would it be an issue next year? Will interviewers ask why the previous acceptance was turned down?

Either way, best of luck!

This has been discussed a lot on these boards, and the concensus is no, it won't. Especially if it's a DO school. If you don't tell them, the MD schools have no way of knowing. Personally, I wouldn't have applied, interviewed, and accepted at a school I had no interest to attend.

 

[slowbutsteady]

you're preaching to the choir.
by the way, I applied broadly and -relatively- early (I retook the MCAT mid June, so I waited to send my application until I received the scores)
ie I followed these two rules by the book, and I'm still in a bad position

Well, a lot of people submit AMCAS in early June and get verified, then wait for the MCAT to fill in. You only need to submit with one school and then, after MCAT gets entered, just add the other schools and the app goes immediately.

Is that what you did?

 

[Druzie]

Personally, I wouldn't have applied, interviewed, and accepted at a school I had no interest to attend.

Thanks. This is what I was thinking too.

 

[235009]

Maybe applying early is not as game-changing as some people here on SDN make it out to be, but I don't think you can argue that submitting late is more advantageous.

Submitting your applications early can only help you, while submitting late can DEFINITELY hurt you.

i'm not arguing that submitting late is more advantageous....just that the definition of "early" isn't as strict as people on SDN make it out to be.

i also saw all these threads of people who submitted the day the AMCAS opened and then found out they made mistakes or left something out. Also I waited until mid July so I can write my summer job in the activities section which i'm sure helped me a lot more than if i had rushed into submitting an incomplete application.

...and yes, i know you can send an update but i would much rather have something on my AMCAS than in some letter that they may or may not read

wow, you must have a very low threshold for pain. [make a note: don't have a baby.]

i think something else is stopping me from having a baby, namely my lack of uterus but good job trying to be witty 🙄

 

[ButImLETired]

I don't intend any offense, but I'm just curious. You have an acceptance, albeit DO, so why are you reapplying? Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't put myself through another year of this (and all that money) if I didn't have to!

Also, and this question is for other people who might know, would it be an issue next year? Will interviewers ask why the previous acceptance was turned down?

Either way, best of luck!

I'm also wondering this, but mostly, why did you apply to DO at all if you never meant to go to a DO school, even as a last resort? I'm honestly just curious. Was there something about that specific school that really turned off? Did you realize after you interviewed that you don't want to do the DO thing? I could understand if you'd applied super late and had gotten a bunch of MD waitlists, wanting to reapply early and get your top choice, but that's not really the case for you. Anyway, just wondering 🙂

 

[call me x]

I don't intend any offense, but I'm just curious. You have an acceptance, albeit DO, so why are you reapplying? Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't put myself through another year of this (and all that money) if I didn't have to!

Also, and this question is for other people who might know, would it be an issue next year? Will interviewers ask why the previous acceptance was turned down?

Either way, best of luck!

No offense taken, I originally had all intentions of going the DO route if I did not get in to any MD schools, however after my interview I really wasn't a fan of the school, and I realized OMM isn't really for me. I want to give it one more try next year, with hopefully a better MCAT, some more volunteer work, and some money from working to help with the bills.

I did not apply to schools for no reason, I had all intentions to go to any school that accepted me but I just did not get the right feel from that particular DO school. I can't say exactly what it is that turned me off, it really just wasn't for me. Next year I will apply to a few DO schools again I'm sure (not the same one), and if I get accepted to one of them and liked the school I will have absolutely no problem attending. I wish I applied to more DO schools this year actually.

 

[call me x]

One more thing haha....I withdrew fairly quickly after my acceptance because I knew I would not be happy spending 4 years at that school, I didn't withdraw post-interview because I spent some time going over my options and decided it would be best for me to take another year than be unhappy at a school I just wasn't feeling......plus I can use some money to pay off existing loans prior to needing more 🙂

I hope my answer makes sense, and best of luck to everyone in similar (and not so similar) situations as myself!

 

[slowbutsteady]

i'm not arguing that submitting late is more advantageous....just that the definition of "early" isn't as strict as people on SDN make it out to be.

i also saw all these threads of people who submitted the day the AMCAS opened and then found out they made mistakes or left something out. Also I waited until mid July so I can write my summer job in the activities section which i'm sure helped me a lot more than if i had rushed into submitting an incomplete application.

...and yes, i know you can send an update but i would much rather have something on my AMCAS than in some letter that they may or may not read



i think something else is stopping me from having a baby, namely my lack of uterus but good job trying to be witty 🙄

Dude, you have a huge stack of rejections and two acceptances from, dare I say it, lower tier schools.

Who are you to give advice?

Actually, you are a poster child for, "too bad I didn't apply earlier, maybe I would have done better this cycle."

haha, funny line about the uterus. hadn't bothered to check MDAPPS. so shoot me.

 

[Tiare208]

Okay, I think that there is a middle ground here. LizzyM's comment about AMCAS some time in June and all secondaries in by mid-August makes sense. I don't think that submitting AMCAS on June 1 versus June 30 makes the biggest difference ever. It does start to make a difference once you push it, but I think there is some leeway.

 

[Druzie]

One more thing haha....I withdrew fairly quickly after my acceptance because I knew I would not be happy spending 4 years at that school, I didn't withdraw post-interview because I spent some time going over my options and decided it would be best for me to take another year than be unhappy at a school I just wasn't feeling......plus I can use some money to pay off existing loans prior to needing more 🙂

I hope my answer makes sense, and best of luck to everyone in similar (and not so similar) situations as myself!

Fair enough. I think your reasoning is pretty sound. You can't really know until you see it for yourself, right?

Anyway, I hope Creighton works out, and if not, all the best next cycle!

 

[235009]

Dude, you have a huge stack of rejections and two acceptances from, dare I say it, lower tier schools.

Who are you to give advice?

Actually, you are a poster child for, "too bad I didn't apply earlier, maybe I would have done better this cycle."

haha, funny line about the uterus. hadn't bothered to check MDAPPS. so shoot me.

this is getting pathetic

i have as much of a right to share my experiences as anyone else on this forum, i'm sorry it goes against your dogma that was completely influenced by neurotic premeds on SDN.

my application cycle has actually been a spectacular success given the red flag or black mark or whatever you want to call it that was on my application (which i won't mention specifically yet again).

as for your "lower tier" comment....people who go to BU shouldn't scoff at those who are going to go to a similarly ranked school (stony brook, not that rank matters of course) and will be paying half price for the same education.

 

[scarletgirl777]

i'm not arguing that submitting late is more advantageous....just that the definition of "early" isn't as strict as people on SDN make it out to be.

i also saw all these threads of people who submitted the day the AMCAS opened and then found out they made mistakes or left something out. Also I waited until mid July so I can write my summer job in the activities section which i'm sure helped me a lot more than if i had rushed into submitting an incomplete application.

...and yes, i know you can send an update but i would much rather have something on my AMCAS than in some letter that they may or may not read



i think something else is stopping me from having a baby, namely my lack of uterus but good job trying to be witty 🙄

LizzyM made it seem like adcoms often do not look at update letters in time to make decisions about who gets interviewed, so that seems like another good reason to delay.

 

[scarletgirl777]

this is getting pathetic

i have as much of a right to share my experiences as anyone else on this forum, i'm sorry it goes against your dogma that was completely influenced by neurotic premeds on SDN.

my application cycle has actually been a spectacular success given the red flag or black mark or whatever you want to call it that was on my application (which i won't mention specifically yet again).

as for your "lower tier" comment....people who go to BU shouldn't scoff at those who are going to go to a similarly ranked school (stony brook, not that rank matters of course) and will be paying half price for the same education.

Harsh, but kinda true...why can't we just play nice?

 

[slowbutsteady]

this is getting pathetic

i have as much of a right to share my experiences as anyone else on this forum, i'm sorry it goes against your dogma that was completely influenced by neurotic premeds on SDN.

my application cycle has actually been a spectacular success given the red flag or black mark or whatever you want to call it that was on my application (which i won't mention specifically yet again).

as for your "lower tier" comment....people who go to BU shouldn't scoff at those who are going to go to a similarly ranked school (stony brook, not that rank matters of course) and will be paying half price for the same education.

Fair enough. but I, like you, chose my school based on the fact that i loved it, not based on rankings. I was accepted to 2 top 25 schools that I chose not to go to. (tho BU was ranked about 23 or so last year, BTW.)

Can't we just get along???

Your experiences are certainly valid and useful, but not as any kind of proof that applying in late July is as good as early June. You just have no empirical data to support that. If you had, maybe you wouldn't have been rejected by BU!!! 😉

No hard feelings?

 

[235009]

Fair enough. but I, like you, chose my school based on the fact that i loved it, not based on rankings. I was accepted to 2 top 25 schools that I chose not to go to. (tho BU was ranked about 23 or so last year, BTW.)

Can't we just get along???

Your experiences are certainly valid and useful, but not as any kind of proof that applying in late July is as good as early June. You just have no empirical data to support that. If you had, maybe you wouldn't have been rejected by BU!!! 😉

No hard feelings?

sure, i have nothing against you

 

[slowbutsteady]

I apologize to everyone on this thread for getting a bit inappropriate. I just feel for you guys struggling right now and want you to get the best advice possible.

You'll all be exhausted MS1s some day, hopefully this year!!!

 

[phospho]

I apologize to everyone on this thread for getting a bit inappropriate. I just feel for you guys struggling right now and want you to get the best advice possible.

You'll all be exhausted MS1s some day, hopefully this year!!!

don't apologize... you said nothing wrong...

i'm less than average (3.4/30) and have 5 acceptances... i gaurantee you it's because i applied early june...and being an OH resident helped me quite a bit...

 

[235009]

don't apologize... you said nothing wrong...

i'm less than average (3.4/30) and have 5 acceptances... i gaurantee you it's because i applied early june...and being an OH resident helped me quite a bit...

as with most things different people will swear by different methods

 

[Slade]

Well, a lot of people submit AMCAS in early June and get verified, then wait for the MCAT to fill in. You only need to submit with one school and then, after MCAT gets entered, just add the other schools and the app goes immediately.

Is that what you did?

The only benefit to this method would be that I would have been "verified" earlier. However, I saw no point in this since schools send secondaries even before you are verified (at least I know that 90% of the schools I applied to sent me secondaries immediately after I sent the AMCAS). Maybe the only rule I didn't follow was the "two-day-turn-around" for secondaries. However, even that is in the air, since the schools that interviewed me are the ones I took the longest to send back (I was doing other secondaries in the meantime, ie. it wasn't because they were of better quality).
So, if I do apply again next year, I'll follow the same rule, and try to work on my secondaries 10x faster, but really this whole process is supremely random (the schools that interviewed me, except for UH, were "top" schools on my list, and the "lower" schools didn't even blink at me)... 🙂

 

[235009]

The only benefit to this method would be that I would have been "verified" earlier. However, I saw no point in this since schools send secondaries even before you are verified (at least I know that 90% of the schools I applied to sent me secondaries immediately after I sent the AMCAS). Maybe the only rule I didn't follow was the "two-day-turn-around" for secondaries. However, even that is in the air, since the schools that interviewed me are the ones I took the longest to send back (I was doing other secondaries in the meantime, ie. it wasn't because they were of better quality).

this is a perfect example of the unnecessary neuroticism that is perpetuated on SDN ....the "rule" as far as i heard it from my premed committee was that you should turn your secondaries around in two weeks
which is of course reasonable and i would strongly suggest sticking to that.

So, if I do apply again next year, I'll follow the same rule, and try to work on my secondaries 10x faster, but really this whole process is supremely random (the schools that interviewed me, except for UH, were "top" schools on my list, and the "lower" schools didn't even blink at me)... 🙂

i find it hard to imagine that drexel or NYMC would waste their time interviewing someone with a 40 on the MCAT. it's not like you didn't get any interviews....you were given a shot at an instant acceptance at several top schools....the applying early argument is about getting interviews, once you get to the interview it's a whole different ball game and one that many people don't know how to excel at....the fact that you couldn't get a quick acceptance out of five interviews has nothing to do with when you turned in your application.

 

[Slade]

this is a perfect example of the unnecessary neuroticism that is perpetuated on SDN ....the "rule" as far as i heard it from my premed committee was that you should turn your secondaries around in two weeks
which is of course reasonable and i would strongly suggest sticking to that.

i find it hard to imagine that drexel or NYMC would waste their time interviewing someone with a 40 on the MCAT. it's not like you didn't get any interviews....you were given a shot at an instant acceptance at several top schools....the applying early argument is about getting interviews, once you get to the interview it's a whole different ball game and one that many people don't know how to excel at....the fact that you couldn't get a quick acceptance out of five interviews has nothing to do with when you turned in your application.

of course it does! If you go on the school-specific threads, especially Pitt which regularly updates applicants' status online, you'll see that almost no one has gotten a quick acceptance if interviewed after october. Being interviewed early has a huge correlation with quick acceptance. I had no control over when schools scheduled my interviews, hence the absence of "quick acceptances."

thanks for the encouragement 🙄

 

[starfishprime]

i find it hard to imagine that drexel or NYMC would waste their time interviewing someone with a 40 on the MCAT.

Or... maybe they would just wait until late February, so that said interviewee would either turn down the invite or actually be interested in the school. At least, that's what I'm hoping. (Actually, I'm not hoping that much. Wondering, really.)

 

[scarletgirl777]

of course it does! If you go on the school-specific threads, especially Pitt which regularly updates applicants' status online, you'll see that almost no one has gotten a quick acceptance if interviewed after october. Being interviewed early has a huge correlation with quick acceptance. I had no control over when schools scheduled my interviews, hence the absence of "quick acceptances."

thanks for the encouragement 🙄

It's kind of a chicken and the egg argument though. Is that because interviewing late in and of itself is completely responsible for that effect, or was there something about those applications that made them get late interviews that also prevented them from getting quick acceptances?

Obviously all things being equal, early is better, but all too often many people prioritize quick turn-around over essay quality...people like to pretend like they can do equally well with that time pressure, but the number of threads that were like "zomg there are 5 typos in my personal statement and I referred to all my schools as HMS in my secondaries" was pretty laughable. Not to mention just general QUALITY, writing something REAL and captivating. That's hard to do in a very short time.

 

[Slade]

It's kind of a chicken and the egg argument though. Is that because interviewing late in and of itself is completely responsible for that effect, or was there something about those applications that made them get late interviews that also prevented them from getting quick acceptances?

I'm more of a "chicken came first" type of person myself. which side of the argument does that correspond to? 😀

Obviously all things being equal, early is better, but all too often many people prioritize quick turn-around over essay quality...people like to pretend like they can do equally well with that time pressure, but the number of threads that were like "zomg there are 5 typos in my personal statement and I referred to all my schools as HMS in my secondaries" was pretty laughable. Not to mention just general QUALITY, writing something REAL and captivating. That's hard to do in a very short time.

yeah, I agree. that (and the fact that I'm a bit of a serial procrastinator) is why I took my time with the secondaries.