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If not, what are you supposed to do, just miss a couple days of class for every one? thanks.
Are interviews held on weekends?
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rarely. so yes, usually you miss class for them. you can schedule them mon/fri to minimise this, but it depends on interview date availability (earlier interview dates are often mid week as everyone wants the weekend-abutting ones) as well as what days the school interviews. Not all schools interview even all week-days.
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Yep, just up and miss some school. I know at our school it is an excused absence and the teachers have to accomodate you like they do for the athletes. I would assume that it is like that at most places. Funny though how med schools that put so much weight on your performance (grades) are hurting your performance at the same time- it must be a conspiracy. They might have interviews on the weekends though, I have no idea.
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The Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program which admits about 24 students a year interviews on Saturdays, although you can interview on weekdays as well (schedule permitting). So there are some schools that do interview on the weekends, although this is a small percentage, very small!!! 
Of the twenty five or so schools I'm applying to, I recall only 2 mentioning weekend interviews (and one said this is extremely discouraged since they want u to sit in with students and get an idea of what class is like)
One nice tip is since most interviews can be scheduled on Fridays (and rarely on Thursdays) according to what the admissions people told me, just take a lighter class load on Friday if possible. Think about it this way.. you apply to 15 schools, get 10 interviews.. thats 10 days of Friday class you have to miss and that adds up over a semester. You've got a month left before this semester ends, so try your best to make Friday light
On the upside, I'm told some schools do regional interviews (again some discourage this but this is normal with some schools) and some schools will interview in the month of January when most of us don't have class. However, this is my list of schools and I have no clue where you're applying, so I'd recommend calling the admissions people and cheking out their policies.
-Cantal
One nice tip is since most interviews can be scheduled on Fridays (and rarely on Thursdays) according to what the admissions people told me, just take a lighter class load on Friday if possible. Think about it this way.. you apply to 15 schools, get 10 interviews.. thats 10 days of Friday class you have to miss and that adds up over a semester. You've got a month left before this semester ends, so try your best to make Friday light
On the upside, I'm told some schools do regional interviews (again some discourage this but this is normal with some schools) and some schools will interview in the month of January when most of us don't have class. However, this is my list of schools and I have no clue where you're applying, so I'd recommend calling the admissions people and cheking out their policies.
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This is why I scheduled only Tuesday-Thursday classes. Yippee for my schedule! 😀
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