Are we experiencing an exceptionally slow cycle?

[Sta94]

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I feel like a lot of the schools that I have applied to haven't passed very many interviews. Am I wrong or this cycle is really slow?

 

[princeafrica]

What schools are you referring to?

 

[BatedPenguin]

Yes. Compared to previous years it seems that most schools are quite behind.

 

[JosePinkman]

Yes. Compared to previous years it seems that most schools are quite behind.

Does this mean my late app will be later?

 

[ncide]

It could very well be that the students being interviewed are not posting here.

 

[drawingdentist]

I also feel like it's been a really slow cycle. Honestly tired of refreshing my email every 5 seconds lol!

 

[htorres89]

Tell me about it! I was starting to feel like I was the only one.


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[Ykc2]

Yeah. I’m not sure if I should be worried at this point or the schools I have applied for just haven’t released a lot of invites yet. I know a lot of the schools I applied to have already send out initial invites but I don’t know if they’re done or I might still have a chance.

 

[drawingdentist]

Yeah. I’m not sure if I should be worried at this point or the schools I have applied for just haven’t released a lot of invites yet. I know a lot of the schools I applied to have already send out initial invites but I don’t know if they’re done or I might still have a chance.

Yeah I am in the same position too! I am getting more and more anxious as time is going by. I still haven't heard back from most of my schools :/

 

[someday112]

I feel that this cycle is not much different from last cycle. In fact, the interview invite date patterns from last year are very similar.
Not to be the debbie downer, but a lot of schools have booked interviews to November, (some even past December). That means that only one month of interviewing time is left for pre-December. The chances of being accepted with a post-December invite is much lower than pre-. So with those two logics put together, seems as though chances are exponentially decreasing.
Everyone keeps saying don’t worry, don’t worry, but then when is it the time to worry? I just read a post from last year where people told the applicant not to worry, and in the end, the person did not get a single invite. And inevitably this will happen to some this cycle as well.
On a lighter note, I think this post is helpful in keeping people on track on where the schools are in their interview schedules.

 

[BatedPenguin]

I feel that this cycle is not much different from last cycle. In fact, the interview invite date patterns from last year are very similar.
Not to be the debbie downer, but a lot of schools have booked interviews to November, (some even past December). That means that only one month of interviewing time is left for pre-December. The chances of being accepted with a post-December invite is much lower than pre-. So with those two logics put together, seems as though chances are exponentially decreasing.
Everyone keeps saying don’t worry, don’t worry, but then when is it the time to worry? I just read a post from last year where people told the applicant not to worry, and in the end, the person did not get a single invite. And inevitably this will happen to some this cycle as well.
On a lighter note, I think this post is helpful in keeping people on track on where the schools are in their interview schedules.

Only about 3 schools have sent out all their pre December interviews.

Some schools haven't even sent out interviews at all. It is far too early to be freaking out.