I had the same exact feelings. Belmont was my top choice but I was not really wowed by how they did things yesterday
I wasn't either. Interviewing 100 people at once seemed a little crazy to me. And I heard they barely accept anyone by next week; they tend to defer most.
I kind of agree with the number of people they had there...very overwhelming. I read somewhere that they'll accept up to 50% of the class from the first round (so like 18-20) but could obviously not be true. They said this was the first year they did 2 10 minute interviews instead of 1 20 minute interview.
Apparently they told the parents that went that when they accept people this first round they are looking for students who are “prepared for graduate school” and “well rounded” so pretty vague but they made it seem that it wasn’t strictly based on GPA and GRE
I completely agree. From the moment I walked in the door I was already discouraged. And I feel like they really must have invited everyone who was qualified versus really looking at everyone's applications beforehand. I am also worried that my interviewers didn't get to know me at all, I definitely didn't leave feeling confident about them. Also, for the writing sample, I kept mine to a page but talked to many others who went well beyond a page. I'm nervous about that because I could have made my essay sound much better if I went over their page limit but I didn't want them to see that I didn't follow the directions and just throw my application out
Dang! I kept my writing sample to one page too! I wrote more than one and then cut things out to make it a page. Maybe we got bonus points for following directions haha
I had somebody also there for the interview tell me that they use the essay specifically to see if you can follow directions so to make sure we stay to the page limit. I have no idea where she heard that info but I did keep mine to a page lol.
Yes, Mr. Nichols said we should hear by the end of this week, or the beginning of Thanksgiving week at the very latest
I'm so nervous lol
At this point I'm trying not get my hopes up. I'm pretty much expecting a deferral...
As soon as I left Belmont on Friday I was already expecting to not get in... sucks but the odds are not in my favor
As soon as I left Belmont on Friday I was already expecting to not get in... sucks but the odds are not in my favor
I got deferred as well, which was definitely expected. I guess there's still hope! Just sucks that we have to wait until January or February to find out.
I got mine around noon.
I got mine around noon too!
I was thinking the same thing but my last name starts with a D and I haven't received anything either lol I guess they just send responses out in waves
I was in C
It could be that they sent out the deferrals and rejections first and then the acceptances. I'm sure no news is a good thing!
I was in group C as well.
let me know what they say if you call.....
Did you call them today? Did they say why some decisions were sent out already and others were not?
Yes, I called them today. They just said everyone will receive an email before Thanksgiving..
Just go the acceptance email, did you hear back!
Yeah, I was like one of the 10 out of 120 interview applicants that got accepted to the OTD program. It might be different for the MSOT process. For the OTD they called in every single qualified applicant rather than candidates they thought would be a good fit to their program. That made it really overwhelming and competitive. If they do it the same they will break everyone up into 3 groups. One group does their interview, one group does a facilities tour, and the other group does a writing sample in a computer lab. Then you switch. It is pretty easy, you'll interview for 10 minutes with one professor/administrator/faculty member, then move to another room and interview with another person for 10 more minutes. They ask 3 questions each and its expected you take up the whole time so have questions prepared for them. Good luck!
Thank you! If I may ask, what kinds of questions do they ask?
