So I've been blessed to have gotten a large # of II early in the cycle thus far, BUT it's caused me to be in a bit of a pickle with work right now. My boss is getting kind of angry that I've been taking large amounts of days off to travel to interview at these schools and wants to know when I'll be done interviewing. I've received 9 thus far, but it seems the frequency has definitely decreased month-by-month (5 in july; 3 in August; 1 in September). I told him before I joined that I'd be interviewing for schools, but that it wouldn't be an issue as I genuinely did not think I'd get more than 3-4.
The issue is that the vast majority (7) of these schools are more my "safety" schools, but the other two are T-10 and seem to be a bit out of my league. In short, I've received nothing from my target schools (LizzyM - 75).
So I guess my question is: for those of you who have had similar luck early on does it continue throughout the year? Or should I expect to have already gotten the vast bulk of my invites? I applied to 35 schools, almost all complete by ~July 15 and the vast majority of schools I have yet to hear from are T-30 schools (all crapshoots; I know). I know there's no rhyme or reason to the process and I'm not looking for a concrete answer. Rather, I'm trying to gauge an understanding of how ppl in past cycles with similar situations have ended up faring.
My follow-up question would then be whether or not I should cancel or postpone my "safety" interviews until I get more news from these T20/30 schools? I'm afraid I'm walking on eggshells and don't want to use my remaining days off to travel to these schools if I'm going to end up having to go again later in the cycle and risk losing my job. However, I've also read enough of SDN to understand that I shouldn't cancel interviews until I have an acceptance.
Again, NOT looking for a guru to tell me my fate or try to helplessly figure out how schools decide for II. Genuinely looking for advice from ppl who have been in similar situations so I can tactfully figure out how to reschedule/act and how to chat with my employer.
The issue is that the vast majority (7) of these schools are more my "safety" schools, but the other two are T-10 and seem to be a bit out of my league. In short, I've received nothing from my target schools (LizzyM - 75).
So I guess my question is: for those of you who have had similar luck early on does it continue throughout the year? Or should I expect to have already gotten the vast bulk of my invites? I applied to 35 schools, almost all complete by ~July 15 and the vast majority of schools I have yet to hear from are T-30 schools (all crapshoots; I know). I know there's no rhyme or reason to the process and I'm not looking for a concrete answer. Rather, I'm trying to gauge an understanding of how ppl in past cycles with similar situations have ended up faring.
My follow-up question would then be whether or not I should cancel or postpone my "safety" interviews until I get more news from these T20/30 schools? I'm afraid I'm walking on eggshells and don't want to use my remaining days off to travel to these schools if I'm going to end up having to go again later in the cycle and risk losing my job. However, I've also read enough of SDN to understand that I shouldn't cancel interviews until I have an acceptance.
Again, NOT looking for a guru to tell me my fate or try to helplessly figure out how schools decide for II. Genuinely looking for advice from ppl who have been in similar situations so I can tactfully figure out how to reschedule/act and how to chat with my employer.
