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Just a thought here. Does anyone feel like their pre-med committee sends out the LORs for their "best" applicants first, regardless of when they submitted their materials?
I just ask because I submitted all my materials in the first week that you could, and I am still waiting for my letter to be sent. I am a re-applicant, and I know someone else who submitted around the same time as me and is still waiting. When I called the committee's office today they said letters have already started being sent but mine won't be ready for "a couple of weeks."
Obviously nothing I can do about it but just wondering if anyone is/was in a similar situation. Very frustrating to say the least when my secondaries have been complete for weeks but can't be reviewed.
Don't know but it makes sense to do the applicants who have the best chance of succeeding first.
Not really....
From a school's perspective all they care about is what % of students they can get into a med school (not necessarily an elite/good med school) so they can flaunt that number on the school's website ("Last year 94% of applicants from X got in to medical school!")
Makes more sense to really work hard on the letters of those fringe applicants, submit it early, and give them an extra boost to get in somewhere....whereas the 3.8/36 applicant will likely get in somewhere even with a mediocre, rushed committee letter at the last minute. Another option is to just tell the fringe candidates to not apply at all to protect the schools acceptance %