Are Interview Invites real?

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I have never received an interview invite. I have never seen anyone else’s interview invite email or a screenshot of one. I am forced to believe in the idea of the interview invite because I see it discussed here but I refuse to believe in the existence of the thing itself until I see one for myself.
 
This made me chuckle because I also had curiosity about what interview invites looked like before I received one.

In my case, it was a simple email from the admissions committee saying that they would like to interview me and asking if I was available at a specific date/time. I replied via email, and that was that 🙂
 
send_help said:
I have never received an interview invite. I have never seen anyone else’s interview invite email or a screenshot of one. I am forced to believe in the idea of the interview invite because I see it discussed here but I refuse to believe in the existence of the thing itself until I see one for myself.
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why are people disliking this lol, it obviously wasn't serious.
 
gonnif said:
I have had applicants (and irate parents) seriously ask me this. They cannot possibly believe the statistics on total applications (roughly a 1,000,000) versus interview invites (roughly 150,000).
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this confused me very much until i realized total applications is multiplied by people times number of apps.
 
I feel this way about acceptance letters. What do they even look like? What exactly does it say? I need a screenshot of one so I can keep the faith.
 
gonnif said:
actually the opposite, rejection letters can be much more elusive. As I oft repeated, everyone starts as "not-accepted." Therefore there is no reason for a medical school to inform you of such status since you started as such. Many schools never send rejection letters
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Can confirm, my first cycle I think about 1/3 of the schools never formally rejected me. My favorite was the school that rejected me around Halloween, I mean I figured as much but the fact that I was putting my clown costume on made it more ironic.
 
arnim said:
Can confirm, my first cycle I think about 1/3 of the schools never formally rejected me. My favorite was the school that rejected me around Halloween, I mean I figured as much but the fact that I was putting my clown costume on made it more ironic.
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my first rejection was from pritzker haha
 
allseasons said:
my first rejection was from pritzker haha
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Pritzker is one of the few schools that reject applicants early on, many times within weeks of receiving an application. The application cycle would be much more kind if this practice was more widespread.
 
arnim said:
Can confirm, my first cycle I think about 1/3 of the schools never formally rejected me. My favorite was the school that rejected me around Halloween, I mean I figured as much but the fact that I was putting my clown costume on made it more ironic.
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I interviewed for a faculty position at CSU-Long Beach in 1999. I still have yet to hear from them.

So, you guys aren't alone!
 
send_help said:
I have never received an interview invite. I have never seen anyone else’s interview invite email or a screenshot of one. I am forced to believe in the idea of the interview invite because I see it discussed here but I refuse to believe in the existence of the thing itself until I see one for myself.
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How can II's be real if our I's aren't real?
 
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send_help said:
I have never received an interview invite. I have never seen anyone else’s interview invite email or a screenshot of one. I am forced to believe in the idea of the interview invite because I see it discussed here but I refuse to believe in the existence of the thing itself until I see one for myself.
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Medical school is also not real, nor is residency. We actually are all just in on the scam and spend our days on vacation for 8 years, hence no one seeing us, which is how we accrue so much debt. We then just fake it until we make it. The fibula is also a lie created by orthopedists to sell more autologoud reconstructive implants.
 
Mad Jack said:
Medical school is also not real, nor is residency. We actually are all just in on the scam and spend our days on vacation for 8 years, hence no one seeing us, which is how we accrue so much debt. We then just fake it until we make it. The fibula is also a lie created by orthopedists to sell more autologoud reconstructive implants.
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you know, this made me realize that a 8 year vacation would most likely cost less than actually going to med school.
 
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