How good are schools about getting back to you?

[WhatsUppDoc]

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So i submited my primary on 7/4 got verified on 7/25. Secondaries are all done. The last one I submitted was over a month ago. BUT I have only heard back from 5 schools. Two rejections and three interviews.

The majority of schools are just dead silent. Should i start bugging them or should i just wait? Is it common for schools to just not get back to people if they dont' want them??

 

[NotSur]

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[WhatsUppDoc]

for the most part, no news is good news. at least, for now.

I guess but so many people have so many interviews already. i'm freaking out man!!! Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[Law2Doc]

...Is it common for schools to just not get back to people if they dont' want them??

I still haven't heard back from a couple of places I applied to, and I'm done with med school.

 

[Appless]

So i submited my primary on 7/4 got verified on 7/25. Secondaries are all done. The last one I submitted was over a month ago. BUT I have only heard back from 5 schools. Two rejections and three interviews.

The majority of schools are just dead silent. Should i start bugging them or should i just wait? Is it common for schools to just not get back to people if they dont' want them??

you could bug them but they will just tell you basically go away (i.e we are reviewing your app and will be notified when we take action). Some schools give silent rejections and you will never know, as L2D joked about. Others dont send the 1st rejectons till late nxt year...so you wont know until jan 2010 or later. Really just be happy you have 3 interviews and hope one turns into an acceptance and leave it be. Theres nothing you can really do by calling or pestering them

 

[BlueElmo]

Just depends on the schools.

 

[boaz]

Just depends on the schools.

One school took a few weeks to get back to me in response to my inquiry as why why, a few weeks after getting verified by AMCAS, I still hadn't received an email with secondary application instructions.

To another school I sent 4 emails about various issues over the past year or so and, every time, I got a response within a few hours.

 

[NoMoreAMCAS]

Most suck. And by suck, i mean they're too slow to give me an interview. I'd seriously prefer that they give each application a decent review then decide yes or no on an interview. Send out the interviews to those you want to interview, cut loose the rest.

 

[GTV]

EXACT same situation here: 3 interviews, 2 rejections, and 9 silent. Complete since the end of July. Because of the whole rolling admissions thing, I'm not feeling that great about it, as they've all had the opportunity to look over my app and have probably tossed it aside as the more qualified applicants come in. Although, you never know, we might actually be given a second look later in the cycle...

 

[NotSur]

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[280224]

I still haven't heard back from a couple of places I applied to, and I'm done with med school.

I suspect it'll be the same for me too with a couple of schools. Never even sent me a rejection email or letter or anything.

 

[mvenus929]

You won't hear from some schools until next year (January - March) when they reject you. Some schools also invite through next year, so don't assume that if you haven't heard yet, you're rejected. This process is all about waiting, so just sit back and try to enjoy the ride.

 

[WhatsUppDoc]

You won't hear from some schools until next year (January - March) when they reject you. Some schools also invite through next year, so don't assume that if you haven't heard yet, you're rejected. This process is all about waiting, so just sit back and try to enjoy the ride.

that was an ass hole thing to say.


grrrr. so far, just 1 more school got back to me for an interview. the rest are still silent. I am excited and nervous at the same time.

 

[skeptic29]

you're one of those people! three interviews is nothing to scoff at!

It is on SDN. I have five so far and I was pretty comfortable about that until I got on here and found people with 10 interviews that they've already attended and 10 more scheduled over the next month. How can anyone stay optimistic after reading that.

 

[greatnt249]

that was an ass hole thing to say.


grrrr. so far, just 1 more school got back to me for an interview. the rest are still silent. I am excited and nervous at the same time.

Chill out dude(tte)...you're really complaining about four interviews?

 

[greatnt249]

It is on SDN. I have five so far and I was pretty comfortable about that until I got on here and found people with 10 interviews that they've already attended and 10 more scheduled over the next month. How can anyone stay optimistic after reading that.

It's called "worry about yourself"; a lot of people do it. This isn't really a game you can compare yourself to others over; you control what you can and don't worry about what you can't.

 

[mvenus929]

that was an ass hole thing to say.


grrrr. so far, just 1 more school got back to me for an interview. the rest are still silent. I am excited and nervous at the same time.

Perhaps I was a little crass, but it's the truth. Last time I applied, I went for Cornell, and I got a letter of rejection in January. I got a rejection letter from Mt. Sinai in March. Johns Hopkins... I'm not sure whether or not I got an official rejection notice or not. I hadn't heard anything from any of these schools since I heard I was complete.

This isn't like applying for college where a lot of good applicants are going to get in everywhere they apply. There are very, very few people in this process who can get away without any rejections, and I'd be willing to bet that most of the time, those are the ones who withdraw from the schools they're not interested in around November, after they get their first acceptance. Remember, half of all applicants don't get in anywhere, and the majority of accepted applicants only get into one school. That's why most people apply to 10 or more schools.

Also, your comment completely disregards 2/3rds of my comment, which says this process is all about waiting... a lot of current students were invited to their school of choice in January, even February in some cases. Just because you don't have an interview yet doesn't mean you're waiting for a rejection, but it's not outside the realm of possibility, either.