Can properly written personal statements and secondaries make up for other deficiencies?

[WillburCobb]

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There's a difference between an authority who respects one and one you just labels you based off of erroneous information and tries to put you into a box. the dude in this thread is the latter. Medical school and residency will be learning experiences for all of us, but I know for sure not all authorities will be that way, especially when/if they see a different context of you. I'm never going to let an authority try to compromise who I am nonetheless.

You'd be surprised...

 

[mrh125]

Talk to different med students, residents, and practicing physicians and ask how often they were unfairly judged and berated. Sure it isn't going to be everyone, but you're going to have this happen, best of luck to you if you always plan on calling them out and telling them they are wrong.

Your point is valid and I recognize and respect it. You're right you can't do it every time, but it's important to stand up for who you are and not let yourself be discounted in general.

 

[mrh125]

You'd be surprised...

nah, I doubt that.

 

[ridethecliche]

LMFAO what? You've got to be joking dude. I'm trolling because I don't allow myself to be sold short by some supposed authority who overgeneralizes me with almost no context?! Be serious. If you're going to allow yourself to be discounted and whittled down by authority alone you have a lot to learn. No disrespect to actual authorities, but come on dude.

I dunno dude. I work in a hospital and tend to be able to express my personality and my views without disrespecting the attendings and department chiefs I work with.

Have fun in med school and residency...

Seriously.

Can we just move past addressing and replying to this troll? What is this... the 15th or so thread he/she has started in the last week?

 

[mrh125]

I dunno dude. I work in a hospital and tend to be able to express my personality and my views without disrespecting the attendings and department chiefs I work with.



Seriously.

Can we just move past addressing this troll?

totally different context. ain't trolling, you're just taking sides and not thinking.

 

[Goro]

Outright rejections from interviews are rare. Maybe one person out of 75-100. In Sept., I'll post my guide to interviews. I've written previously about bombing an interview.


Fascinating.. now I'm super curious about these traps. Being on the other side of things, obviously we unfortunately all have peers who managed to dodge the traps so it's interesting to think about how many more people are out there that were properly rejected

 

[Omppu27]

Outright rejections from interviews are rare. Maybe one person out of 75-100. In Sept., I'll post my guide to interviews. I've written previously about bombing an interview.

Wow. So you're saying that only about 1% of interviewed students get straight rejected and everyone else if not accepted gets waitlisted?? That's surprising.

 

[lmn]

Wow. So you're saying that only about 1% of interviewed students get straight rejected and everyone else if not accepted gets waitlisted?? That's surprising.

I think he means rejected outright due to your interview. I believe just having a not stellar interview + your stats making you fall below the cutoff and get rejected is a different classification.

 

[Abstractions]

Wow. So you're saying that only about 1% of interviewed students get straight rejected and everyone else if not accepted gets waitlisted?? That's surprising.

I believe he was implying that around 1% of people who interview get rejected solely from a bad interview (I.e. the rest of their application was strong and the school was highly interested, and the abysmal interview was the only/primary reason they got rejected). This isn't to say that a large number of people don't get rejected after interviews, but it's probably due to a combination of Numbers/EC's/LOR's/Interview, rather than only based off of a bad interview.

 

[Omppu27]

Ah okay... That makes a lot more sense.

 

[Goro]

I didn't say that at all. Watch out for the MCAT reading comprehension section.


All I said was that ~1% of interviewees get rejected. The number that go onto wait-list varied from interview to interview. It's more common to have acceptances than wait listing. Basically, if you set foot on our campus, you'll probably be accepted.

Wow. So you're saying that only about 1% of interviewed students get straight rejected and everyone else if not accepted gets waitlisted?? That's surprising.