cornell and harvard not rolling admissions? doesnt matter when you turn in app??

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the cornell secondary app and harvard website both say they're not rolling and they will give out acceptances around feb or march. Does that mean it doesnt matter if you turn in the secondary and LORS early??

this would help, so i could push aside their secondaries and do other schools who are rolling. thanks
 
They may not have rolling acceptances but they still have limited interview spots. Early is still better anyway.
 
The RealMD is correct. Treat those two schools like you would any other. They still offer interviews on a rolling basis. Non-rolling med school admissions is misleading as your acceptance is dependent on interviewing, in which there are limited spots.
 
Maybe not exactly relevant, but something that I thought was interesting: Cornell's website makes it sound like they WILL offer admission early to a small fraction of their applicants. (It sounds like they will notify early those people that it wants to hold on to...)
 
Maybe not exactly relevant, but something that I thought was interesting: Cornell's website makes it sound like they WILL offer admission early to a small fraction of their applicants. (It sounds like they will notify early those people that it wants to hold on to...)

Northwestern is the same. Keep in mind though that this largely depends on when those applicants interviewed.
 
thank you for the advice...im real glad i got that cleared up, coulda messed me up BAD YO! :laugh:
 
Maybe not exactly relevant, but something that I thought was interesting: Cornell's website makes it sound like they WILL offer admission early to a small fraction of their applicants. (It sounds like they will notify early those people that it wants to hold on to...)

Only a very small fraction of acceptees will be notified in December (the ones they REALLY want). Otherwise, Cornell is nonrolling.
 
Here are two facts about medical school admissions...

1) No matter what a school says about rolling/non-rolling, given equivalent applicants, one submitting his/her secondary in July and the other in October, the first will have a much better shot of getting an interview, and if both get interviews, of getting an acceptance. (Schools remember how long it takes you to file a secondary after they give you the option - it gives them a sense of how much you like their school. So even if you get to the interview process, the early applicant has the advantage.)

2) No matter what the school says about in-state vs. out-of-state, the school will almost always choose an in-state student over an equivalent out-of-state one (just check US News if you don't believe me - they have acceptance rates in-state v. out-of-state for most schools, and I haven't a counter example). This is probably more due to stronger ties to the community, more relevant recommendations, etc. etc., but all medical schools want to get students who will seriously consider sticking around for residency.


Oh, and one addition to fact 1: There is absolutely no reason to take an August MCAT unless you are waiting a year to apply. Whatever benefits you think you get with the extra months of studying will be undone by the delay in your application. I still don't understand why there are so many 2nd and 3rd time applicants talking about retaking the MCATs in August, and they don't realize how much they have (unnecessarily) hurt their applications (in addition to their undoubtedly crappy scores).
 
Here are two facts about medical school admissions...

1) No matter what a school says about rolling/non-rolling, given equivalent applicants, one submitting his/her secondary in July and the other in October, the first will have a much better shot of getting an interview, and if both get interviews, of getting an acceptance. (Schools remember how long it takes you to file a secondary after they give you the option - it gives them a sense of how much you like their school. So even if you get to the interview process, the early applicant has the advantage.)

2) No matter what the school says about in-state vs. out-of-state, the school will almost always choose an in-state student over an equivalent out-of-state one (just check US News if you don't believe me - they have acceptance rates in-state v. out-of-state for most schools, and I haven't a counter example). This is probably more due to stronger ties to the community, more relevant recommendations, etc. etc., but all medical schools want to get students who will seriously consider sticking around for residency.


Oh, and one addition to fact 1: There is absolutely no reason to take an August MCAT unless you are waiting a year to apply. Whatever benefits you think you get with the extra months of studying will be undone by the delay in your application. I still don't understand why there are so many 2nd and 3rd time applicants talking about retaking the MCATs in August, and they don't realize how much they have (unnecessarily) hurt their applications (in addition to their undoubtedly crappy scores).

Experience is the best teacher and some people take a year to learn.
 
Cornell fills 30-40 spots (at least, could be more) in December. There were a lot of people who were notified about their acceptance in December.
 
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