Cancel interview due to Covid 19?

[gruffgoat]

so I got into one of my top choices last week, i was going to attend an interview at a diff school next week to see if i could get in/get $$$/use fin aid to negotiate with top choice etc. should i cancel this due to corona and be happy with my A?

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[Goro]

so I got into one of my top choices last week, i was going to attend an interview at a diff school next week to see if i could get in/get $$$/use fin aid to negotiate with top choice etc. should i cancel this due to corona and be happy with my A?

You're should be fine if you're young and healthy. And a nonsmoker.

 

[scorpion2020]

You're should be fine if you're young and healthy. And a nonsmoker.

Sure we may be young and healthy but we can easily transmit it to the older people in our family.

 

[Rachapkis]

It’s unlikely that your top choice will change their financial aid offer based on the financial aid offer of another school. I am not sure it’s worth expending the funds to get to the interview merely for that purpose. I would only attend the interview if you might attend the other school if they were to give you a lucrative financial aid offer. However, I personally would not let the fear of COVID-19 dictate my decision.

 

[Goro]

Sure we may be young and healthy but we can easily transmit it to the older people in our family.

Just asked my ID colleague about this, and was told that those who are overtly symptomatic are the ones most likely to infectious.

 

[Blueprint Med School]

so I got into one of my top choices last week, i was going to attend an interview at a diff school next week to see if i could get in/get $$$/use fin aid to negotiate with top choice etc. should i cancel this due to corona and be happy with my A?

If you wouldn't let the flu change your decision, don't let COVID change your mind. You're orders of magnitude more likely to get the flu.

David D MD - USMLE and MCAT Tutor
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[Mr.Smile12]

so I got into one of my top choices last week, i was going to attend an interview at a diff school next week to see if i could get in/get $$$/use fin aid to negotiate with top choice etc. should i cancel this due to corona and be happy with my A?

You've mixed your reasons together, so let's just boil it down that you're trying to leverage interviews to see if you can get more scholarship money. Negotiation doesn't generally work that way. You're right to take the choice where your overall education debt is going to be lower, and chances are the ones that are your top choices on your list may not have you as a top choice on theirs. Tread carefully.