How Do Early Applications Work

[dd1548]

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Does anyone know how exactly submitting at the extreme-early part of the cycle helps an application? For example, if secondary materials are submitted at the beginning of July and interviews don't begin until mid-September, is your application just sitting in an "evaluated" pile for a few months? Do they determine interview invites as soon as apps are evaluated or closer to the interview? Are admissions good about reviewing updates over the summer?

Its just early and I'm curious as to what admission committees do in this couple month "dead period" between early apps and the first round interviews.

 

[Alienman52]

Its a rolling admissions process. The people who submit their primaries and secondaries first will be offered interviews first, and will have their applications reviewed first.

 

[getfat]

Applying earlier in a rolling admissions process suggests being in a smaller applicant pool.

Smaller applicant pool helps in our favor because there will be less unicorns (>3.5 GPA; 30MCAT) to compare to us.

Submit when you are ready. Its considered early until august in this longer DO process.

 

[DrMikeP]

Assuming you aren't talking about early admission.

Most DO schools get the majority of applicants around end of July through Sept and then another bump when MDs don't get any love.

Some to deal with such look at those applying early and adjust cutoffs accordingly for the coming glut, usually up every year. Being early means you are compared to say 2000 applications with a lower auto reject cutoff vs say 5000 and a higher cutoff. If you're early you could have interviews in Aug/Sept and accepted by end if Sept or Oct. The faster schools are done the less cost. Schools also want to grab the best fast. The downside is you will have to put down a Dec deposit.

So it doesn't fix a bad app but it can help an avg one.

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