Are Schools Allowed to...

[brown town]

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Are schools allowed to ask you where you have applied, if you have/will be granted interviews, and your current status? A friend of mine in medical school told me that you do not have to tell them if you don't want to. Thanks

 

[Regmata]

I don't believe that they are supposed to ask, but they do. I wouldn't suggest not answering the question. You may want to tweak you answer to make you look better though.

 

[johntara04]

Don't lie to them, but I wouldn't worry about it. Of course you applied to more than one school. Of course you are interviewing at more than one school (hopefully). Everybody does. You would be insane not to. The school just wants to know how you view them.

 

[blasterx]

At one of my interviews, they asked me how many schools I applied to. I told them how many and they stared blankly at me, as if they wanted to know how many interviews I had gotten. I didn't crack 😀

 

[brown town]

As you can see from my statistics, it would be prudent to apply to many schools. In particular, I am talking about the NSU supplemental, where it asks which programs you applied to, what year you applied, if you were granted an interview, and the current status. I guess I can't really lie because they have access to my profile on AADSAS. I hope it doesn't look bad that I applied to so many schools. Any thoughts? Thanks again for the feedback.

 

[DrSmiles12]

I don't believe that they are supposed to ask, but they do. I wouldn't suggest not answering the question. You may want to tweak you answer to make you look better though.

So if the did ask how could you maturly tweak an answer?

 

[Regmata]

Maturely? I am not sure how maturity is relevant. What I mean is that I would tell them things about my application process that look good. I got an interview at these respected schools, accepted here etc...

What I would not say is that I applied to 15 schools that most people apply to as safety schools, that the school I am interviewing at is the only school I received an interview at and I would not tell them about rejections.

You want to make yourself look desirable, not desperate. You can do this without lying. If they asked you where you applied, say "a bunch of schools, like..." You don't have to give them an exhaustive list, just name the schools where things are going well.

 

[dentstd]

that's a question to a secondary. you are under oath and have legal/contractual obligations. you CANNOT lie unless you would like to be expelled from a school.

If you put schools you didn't apply to, it's misrepresentation. If you leave out schools you did apply to, it's misrepresentation by omission. Both can invalidate your acceptance into a dental school. The law can bite you on this question.

fyi, nova uses that question to reject students. If you applied to Harvard/Columbia/etc and have a shot at getting in, you may be rejected by nova outright. The dean said they don't like to waste their/your time.

 

[brown town]

that's a question to a secondary. you are under oath and have legal/contractual obligations. you CANNOT lie unless you would like to be expelled from a school.

fyi, nova uses that question to reject students. If you applied to Harvard/Columbia/etc and have a shot at getting in, you may be rejected by nova outright. The dean said they don't like to waste their/your time.

Well, i applied to UPENN as a long shot, but I'm positive I won't get in. Other than that, do you think that they will reject me outright if I have applied to as many schools as I have?

 

[Regmata]

You mean that some schools ask that question on a secondary application that has a statement about perjury on it?

I certainly don't remember swearing in before I walked into the interview room...

 

[dentstd]

Well, i applied to UPENN as a long shot, but I'm positive I won't get in. Other than that, do you think that they will reject me outright if I have applied to as many schools as I have?

they look at your chances of getting in. If you have a 24 and applied to Columbia, Nova'll reject you. If you have an 18 and applied to Columbia, Nova'll give you a shot.

 

[dentstd]

You mean that some schools ask that question on a secondary application that has a statement about perjury on it?

I certainly don't remember swearing in before I walked into the interview room...

your sarcasm aside, the answer is yes. It's the last statement on the secondary, before they have you sign your legally-binding signature.

and fyi, the lies you tell during an interview has less a legal effect because it's not written down. IE, no proof.

 

[Regmata]

My answer to the question was directed towards the situation happening during an interview, not on an application. I am well aware of that little statement at the back of the application. Which brings me to my second point. I never said to lie. You can leave things out of story and still tell it truthfully.

 

[PorkChop2008]

your sarcasm aside, the answer is yes. It's the last statement on the secondary, before they have you sign your legally-binding signature.

and fyi, the lies you tell during an interview has less a legal effect because it's not written down. IE, no proof.

dentstd,
I think Regmata was giving advice on how to "generalize" your answer and to not specifically name every single school and the outcome/status at every single school. That's what I thought when I read his/her posts.

 

[DINI]

In my case, I applied to tons of schools because I have been out of school for a long time and want to increase my chance of becomming a dentist. I want to become a dentist!

Just be honest to them, you are applying to a lot of schools because you want to broaden your horizen...they do understand that the competion is higher these days...they are not going to reject you for that reason...plus, don't they have access to your application online? they could easily find out howmany schools you have applied to.😉

 

[tooth decay]

Are schools allowed to ask you where you have applied, if you have/will be granted interviews, and your current status? A friend of mine in medical school told me that you do not have to tell them if you don't want to. Thanks

I would answer that question by naming the schools that make sense why you applied...e.g. your state school, your alma mater, where you did research, etc. with an explanation why you applied there. Then after naming say 3 schools, stop and wait to see if the interviewer wants to know more. Don't name the twenty schools off the bat. It usually shows that you are either desperate (which maybe true) or that you chose schools indiscriminately (which also maybe true).

Let them know whether you already have an interview or whether you are still waiting to hear for an interview (I would not tell them the status of a rejection). It would not be a good move not to answer the question at all.

 

[brown town]

I would answer that question by naming the schools that make sense why you applied...e.g. your state school, your alma mater, where you did research, etc. with an explanation why you applied there. Then after naming say 3 schools, stop and wait to see if the interviewer wants to know more. Don't name the twenty schools off the bat. It usually shows that you are either desperate (which maybe true) or that you chose schools indiscriminately (which also maybe true).

Let them know whether you already have an interview or whether you are still waiting to hear for an interview (I would not tell them the status of a rejection). It would not be a good move not to answer the question at all.

I think everyone has provided me with great advice...however, I am still unsure of what to do. I am for sure rejected from Kentucky via email and update on AADSAS and Case definitely put me "ON HOLD" so, I am not entirely sure what to write.