Declining interviews?

[circulus vitios]

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How does one decline an interview: call the school, or just never schedule the interview? I don't want to make the school mad, but at the same time I don't want anyone to lose an interview slot because I never gave mine up.

 

[NeuroLAX]

I declined an interview through a school's online app portal. This might not be the same for other schools, so if there isn't a way to cancel like this, an email and/or phone call should suffice. Email is probably quicker. Just make sure you get a confirmation from them so you don't inadvertently take up a spot from someone who would attend.

 

[coolingglasses]

A thoughtful e-mail is perfectly fine, typically.

 

[Temperature101]

How does one decline an interview: call the school, or just never schedule the interview? I don't want to make the school mad, but at the same time I don't want anyone to lose an interview slot because I never gave mine up.

How many iis you have so far?

 

[circulus vitios]

How many iis you have so far?

6 DO, 1 MD. I'll probably cancel 2 DO interviews. If I can't get into one DO school with 4 interviews, then I'm screwed no matter how many interviews I go to. I want to save the rest of my money for (hopefully) more MD interviews.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

6 DO, 1 MD. I'll probably cancel 2 DO interviews. If I can't get into one DO school with 4 interviews, then I'm screwed no matter how many interviews I go to. I want to save the rest of my money for (hopefully) more MD interviews.

6 this early, Jesus. Kinda jelly.

 

[deleted480308]

6 this early, Jesus. Kinda jelly.

Totally jelly too 😉

I have 3 and will cancel 2 immediately if I get into the one I have next week. I'm not flying all over the country just for fun

 

[coolingglasses]

Totally jelly too 😉

I have 3 and will cancel 2 immediately if I get into the one I have next week. I'm not flying all over the country just for fun

It is fun though 😉

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Totally jelly too 😉

I have 3 and will cancel 2 immediately if I get into the one I have next week. I'm not flying all over the country just for fun

I'm sitting on nothing so far >,>. Sigh should have applied on the first instead of mid June.

 

[deleted480308]

I'm sitting on nothing so far >,>. Sigh should have applied on the first instead of mid June.

You're smart, your time will come....we can both laugh about this stress when we are officially '18 classmates

 

[circulus vitios]

6 this early, Jesus. Kinda jelly.

Yeah, I have no idea why I have this many interview invites. I have a decent GPA and MCAT but my extracurriculars, even by real-life standards, are extremely mediocre, I'm completely unremarkable as a person. The entire process is such a ridiculous crapshoot.

I'd like to go to all of these interviews, but my boss is going to flip ****. I really can't afford to go even if I could get the time off work, either.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

You're smart, your time will come....we can both laugh about this stress when we are officially '18 classmates

Lets hope 😀

 

[Temperature101]

6 DO, 1 MD. I'll probably cancel 2 DO interviews. If I can't get into one DO school with 4 interviews, then I'm screwed no matter how many interviews I go to. I want to save the rest of my money for (hopefully) more MD interviews.

Congrats... You will get in somewhere and hopefully MD... Remember your posts from the thread " Screw it-- Give me 30 and I am good". Your posts demonstrated that you were among the mature individuals posting on this thread... GL.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Yeah, I have no idea why I have this many interview invites. I have a decent GPA and MCAT but my extracurriculars, even by real-life standards, are extremely mediocre, I'm completely unremarkable as a person. The entire process is such a ridiculous crapshoot.

I'd like to go to all of these interviews, but my boss is going to flip ****. I really can't afford to go even if I could get the time off work, either.

Well, get ready to peacock I guess lol

 

[Back 5]

After my experience last month, I now understand how important it is to attend a school you will enjoy and feel comfortable at. Sure, I'd like to get an acceptance at Nova this month and call it quits, but I'm going to attend more interviews because I need the contrast.

Will this be financially trying for me? Undoubtedly, but I knew this when I applied to 25 schools MD/DO.

 

[NontradCA]

After my experience last month, I now understand how important it is to attend a school you will enjoy and feel comfortable at. Sure, I'd like to get an acceptance at Nova this month and call it quits, but I'm going to attend more interviews because I need the contrast.

Will this be financially trying for me? Undoubtedly, but I knew this when I applied to 25 schools MD/DO.

You may also want to consider location when thinking about costs because Fort Lauderdale is high CoL. I know I am, not being a Florida resident and all. But who knows, if I find it gives me the best options I'll go.

 

[Temperature101]

After my experience last month, I now understand how important it is to attend a school you will enjoy and feel comfortable at. Sure, I'd like to get an acceptance at Nova this month and call it quits, but I'm going to attend more interviews because I need the contrast.

Will this be financially trying for me? Undoubtedly, but I knew this when I applied to 25 schools MD/DO.

What do you think went wrong in your interview at LECOM?

 

[Back 5]

What do you think went wrong in your interview at LECOM?

I'll PM you. I don't think anything went wrong, I just wasn't who they were looking for. I am sorry for derailing the thread, let's get back to the OP 🙂

My point in including my experience was simply to advise the OP to attend as many interviews as he can because you never know where you might "click". I'm sure a lot of schools are going to be very similar, but there might be a particular faculty you meet or there might be a city that you had never previously encountered that says "I'd really like to attend here" and you will miss that if you decline too many interview invites.

With that said, because OP is a rockstar, they might be able to attend the more prestigious DO schools if he was deciding to attend, say, CCOM versus ACOM or something like that.

 

[touchpause13]

Super jelly. Only having 1 so far is kinda makin me nervous

 

[telomer22]

Super jelly. Only having 1 so far is kinda makin me nervous

I know I have 2 so far and I keep on hoping i will get a call for another one anyday! This is so nerve racking 🙁

 

[DrEnderW]

I declined interviews by email and it was no problem.

 

[TwinsFan]

Until you have an acceptance do not decline an interview. Simply schedule the lowest priority ones a couple months out and then cancel them if you get a higher priority acceptance first. This is the game plan I'm sticking to (5 DO/ 3 MD interviews) so I can help minimize cost and travel if at all possible.

 

[SLC]

Those of you without interviews...don't worry, the DO interview process always get off to a slow start. If you haven't heard anything by October or November I give you permission to panic, but as of now there's absolutely no reason to be concerned yet.

 

[Jazzy G]

Those of you without interviews...don't worry, the DO interview process always get off to a slow start. If you haven't heard anything by October or November I give you permission to panic, but as of now there's absolutely no reason to be concerned yet.

Thanks for the reminder, sometimes it's hard to be patient

 

[circulus vitios]

Until you have an acceptance do not decline an interview. Simply schedule the lowest priority ones a couple months out and then cancel them if you get a higher priority acceptance first. This is the game plan I'm sticking to (5 DO/ 3 MD interviews) so I can help minimize cost and travel if at all possible.

I wish it was that simple.

 

[razor]

How does one decline an interview: call the school, or just never schedule the interview? I don't want to make the school mad, but at the same time I don't want anyone to lose an interview slot because I never gave mine up.

In the time it took you to log onto SDN and start this thread, you could have sent an interview decline email.

In the time I just spent ranting on SDN, I could have slept an extra 5 mins. The sacrifices we make.

 

[TwinsFan]

I wish it was that simple.

As long as you're scheduling your interviews in SEPT/OCT/NOV (maybe even DEC) you're still in the part or the cycle where schools are giving out a lot of acceptances. Spread out your interviews every couple weeks or so with some high priority in SEPT/OCT and the lower in OCT/NOV and you should have a shot at minimizing your cost.

 

[PSimon]

I wish it was that simple.

Initially I thought you were crazy to do such a thing 🙂, but now I am sitting at five ii's myself and $400-500 a flight is adding up quickly 😳