How do adcoms operate

[Pinkertinkle]

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When admissions gets around to looking at your ap, do they usually make a decision to offer an interview, put on hold, or reject immediately or are they known to just let your ap sit without making any decisions?

 

[Ypo.]

When admissions gets around to looking at your ap, do they usually make a decision to offer an interview, put on hold, or reject immediately or are they known to just let your ap sit without making any decisions?

Wouldn't just letting the app sit qualify as being "on hold?"

The adcoms meet usually every month or so and review all the apps of people who have interviewed-then they make some kind of decision and let you know. If they put it on hold-(you mean alternate list) they will notify you.

Post-secondary, pre-interview-I believe they can put it on hold without specifically notifying you. I have been driven crazy by this before.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Post-secondary, pre-interview-I believe they can put it on hold without specifically notifying you. I have been driven crazy by this before.

Do the majority of schools do this? Or is this the exception rather than the rule?

 

[Ypo.]

Do the majority of schools do this? Or is this the exception rather than the rule?

Your guess is as good as mine, but I would say "yes"

 

[Pinkertinkle]

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[SailCrazy]

When admissions gets around to looking at your ap, do they usually make a decision to offer an interview, put on hold, or reject immediately or are they known to just let your ap sit without making any decisions?

I heard that most schools rely heavily on the use of a Ouija board. 😱

 

[SailCrazy]

When admissions gets around to looking at your ap, do they usually make a decision to offer an interview, put on hold, or reject immediately or are they known to just let your ap sit without making any decisions?

I know that some schools will do an automated sort of your application.
Great stats = automatic secondary.
Awful stats = automatic rejection.
Middle third = manual review.

There is a Stanford Med document attached to a couple of old threads out there that describes their process. If I can dig it up quickly, I'll attach it...

Edit: Stanford Med Document - Here (Look on pg. 2)

 

[Cat's Meow]

I think they first take your money, and then its all a lottery

Seriously. This process seems like a random crapshoot.

 

[mafiate]

looks like the link is down for the stanford med doc
does anyone have a copy of it who can reupload it or email to me?
thanks