Getting placed as an alternate?

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If you get placed as an alternate, is that typically a good thing or bad?

 

[owlegrad]

It is better than a rejection but worse than an acceptance IMO.

 

[kcha90]

It is better than a rejection but worse than an acceptance IMO.

lol very astute

 

[Twentytwelve2]

If you get placed as an alternate, is that typically a good thing or bad?

Depends where u fall in the alternate rankings. If u are high or tier 1 alternate then most likely u will get in...

 

[bahmed816]

^Basically

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.

 

[Starshipp]

I haven't seen a rejection from anyone that was granted and attended an interview. I don't think it exists. Just an acceptance or an alternate/waiting list exists. So sometimes an alternate is a nice way of saying "no thanks we do t want u".

 

[The Recoverer]

I haven't seen a rejection from anyone that was granted and attended an interview. I don't think it exists. Just an acceptance or an alternate/waiting list exists. So sometimes an alternate is a nice way of saying "no thanks we do t want u".

It DOES happen, I know frtiends and I have myself too. It's just most people dont post on here when they get rejected

 

[Iconoclastic]

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.

 

[Starshipp]

It DOES happen, I know frtiends and I have myself too. It's just most people dont post on here when they get rejected

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.

 

[mustang sally]

If you get placed as an alternate, is that typically a good thing or bad?

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.

 

[Twentytwelve2]

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.

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.

 

[frabu04]

I was denied after one of my interviews. I was so surprised. SDN had led me to believe no one gets denied after an interview, lol.