If you get placed as an alternate, is that typically a good thing or bad?
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Getting placed as an alternate?
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It is better than a rejection but worse than an acceptance IMO.
lol very astute
Depends where u fall in the alternate rankings. If u are high or tier 1 alternate then most likely u will get in...
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Keep in mind there are a handful of students who get offers from several schools and that the school you are an alternate for, has students who will decline their offers to go to a different choice. In fact schools actually give out more invitations than seats knowing that an 'x' amount of students usually will decline.
Keep in mind there are a handful of students who get offers from several schools and that the school you are an alternate for, has students who will decline their offers to go to a different choice. In fact schools actually give out more invitations than seats knowing that an 'x' amount of students usually will decline.
It DOES happen, I know frtiends and I have myself too. It's just most people dont post on here when they get rejected
I was rejected from the first school I interviewed at. Got accepted at my next interview.
Like everybody else, I didn't bother posting about the rejection.
Like everybody else, I didn't bother posting about the rejection.
Really? Wow. I guess it does exist. I personally don't know of anyone that has been flat out denied after an interview. It must be rare.
Are you an alternate before or after the interview? If you are an alternate before you even get an interview, then you have a long ways to go. If you are an alternate after the interview, you might have more of a chance.
I'm a pharmacist today because I got in as an alternate. 🙂 Not to give false hope or anything, but it does happen.
You can't assume it is rare when your data of N number people who were never rejected is probably less than 10 people out of thousands who apply or hundreds who interview. My class has re-applicants who finally made it in.
