Do you have a post-interview rejection?

[mackaikai]

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do you have a post-interview rejection?

 

[shadow]

good idea. i have been wondering about this. perhaps schools waitlist everyone who is not accepted at this point in the process...

😕

 

[mackaikai]

bump

 

[mlw03]

is there any way to add another answer choice... the "not yet" option. i haven't gotten any rejections YET, but i've been complete for months now and havn't gotten interviews from a slew of schools, from top tier to lower tier. so i'm basically rejected. anyway, even if a school like penn offered me an interview now i doubt i'd go since i likely have no real chance of getting in, this far into the season at such a top school. so i'm gonna abstain from the vote for now.

 

[mackaikai]

I thought about that, the not-yet part, but I guess you can just save your vote and vote later... this way it's simpler.

 

[sanoge7]

can you people who have been rejected post=-interview post where you were rejected from? that would be so helpful!!

 

[WuzUpDoc]

seems like at this point, a lot of people fall into a "hold" category after the interview.... it's kinda like being in limbo because you are not accepted, not waitlisted, and not rejected...

 

[mackaikai]

Originally posted by WuzUpDoc
seems like at this point, a lot of people fall into a "hold" category after the interview.... it's kinda like being in limbo because you are not accepted, not waitlisted, and not rejected...

I think i am in this situation....none of the schools I interviewed at told me their decision..it's been 1 month 😀

 

[jlee9531]

if you are getting post interview responses this early it means you are an early interviewer. if you are an early interviewer they must have liked you for some reason to give you that spot. now i dont believe there are many schools that will straight up reject you right after an interview (especially an early one). a lot of schools will put you on hold if they cant accept you right away. so i dont think many people will be voting for a long time for post interview rejections.

 

[AthanasiusJam]

Yea...I got a post-interview rejection. SUNY Downstate, a school I thought was a "safety" (the biggest cliche on SDN). I think their average MCAT is 28 or so. You can check my stats on the rejection thread.

I know I did poorly on the interview, it was my first and I didn't prepare much at all for it, such as giving myself mock interviews and such. I always thought my answers would sound too canned if I prepared myself before hand.

Well when the interviewer asked me the "Why do you want to go to medical school/become a doctor?" question I guess my answer wasn't good enough because right after I finished he said something to the effect of me needing a better reason to spend the next 9 years of my life devoted to entering the medical field.

Still though, I didn't think I did so poorly that I would get rejected. Is it a crap shoot? I am starting to believe so. Well, I am waiting on 3 other schools and 3 more upcoming interviews.

P.S. Does anyone have the statistics of rejections/waitlists/acceptances for people after they interviewed at Downstate? I'd be interested to know. Thanks.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Not yet, but I have a feeling the mailperson is holding onto all the rejections to add salt to the wound when I have a terrible horrible no good very bad day.