This surprises me. We (the students) need the schools much more than they need us. I would figure that the second you say "I don't want to come to your school because it's too expensive. Please give me a discounted price." They'll just say "Screw off. Pay full price or we'll find someone who will." Obviously everything would be much more eloquently put, but you get what I'm saying.
Like in terms of just numbers or like... they started their own company type of thing.
The professor who interviewed me said "I wish you the best of luck in your future" and I was like hold up.. does that mean I'm not getting in? lol
She's just wishing you luck on your cycle. Don't overthink it. Pretty sure the tour guide will have no bearing on whether you get accepted or not.
I feel kinda the same way. For mine, my interviewers were so genuine that I don’t know how to asses how well I did. I think some of my responses are average at best. Hopefully I get at least a waitlist lol
Thank you for this inspiration...
It's my third cycle... and the first year I've gotten interviews. It takes a lot of patience to get through rejections but we're back and this is our year!
I would think they would like to fill their entire class on December 1st. That would mean they got all their first picks. However, that doesn’t happen, and they turn to their waiting lists.
I know at IU it sounds like they will no longer be doing interviews and will have all seats filled plus waitlist, but that's abnormal.
It is highly dependent on the program. Some like to have as close to a full class on December 1st as possible. Others don't worry about filling their class because they know there are applicants interviewing post-december that they may really like. Personally, I like the latter of the 2 approaches because it shows the program's commitment to finding good students, not just rear ends to fill a seat.
Last year IU only had a couple spring interview dates, and this year they have none. They told us this on interview day.
How man6 did you apply to, and how many interviews did you get?
I applied to 5, got interviews at 3! Outright denied from one. And the other is still under review!
I'd say that's really good for applying to few! Goodluck!
Oklahoma doesn’t do post December interviews either. They will gather together on Saturday 18th, and decided who they’re keeping, waitlisting, and rejecting from the interviews they’ve had.
To me it would seem that a school would want to fill up their entire class on December 1st if they could. I mean, by definition, their pre-December interviewees are who they like most.
Well, that's not necessarily true. There are people who applied late, and it's possible that after post-December interviews, the schools like these applicants over their pre-December interviewees.
Is it work giving schools midterm updates?
Unless you had like 10 hours and you can update that to 100, they don't want to hear it. Also, that post was kinda random...
How is it random? This is a dental forum.. Anyways, when I applied I had 200 hours of working and now I'm at a little over 700 thats why I asked.
Contrary to what was said above, I think most schools would appreciate a quarterly update. USC told us this today in our interview, that they want to see you maintain your grades and remain active in the community, and so an emailed quarterly update wouldn't hurt. Hope this helps 🙂
Thanks for the reply! I'll defiantly send updates to schools!
LOLLL dumb autocorrect
Good for him! What school is he going to?
Here, read my stupid updates. Or don't. I don't care.
Try reading the chain again, starting from his typo. Kind of amazed that neither of you got it.
