How many interviews are handed out after the New Year?

[Julietcf14]

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Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone know (either from experience or spending hours scrolling through MdApps) how many interviews are given after the New Year. I assume that most all of the schools are going on break (even adcoms need some Holiday cheer so they can continue feeling good about themselves while they crush our dreams) so I assume we won't be hearing from schools until mid January.

I know schools interview through March (some April) but are those interviews already set?

Specifically, do you know of schools in particular that usually finish all their interview invites early or that still have maybe half to pass out?

I assume I am not the only one who is curious about this and I am sorry if this is already posted elsewhere. (When I search "interview" its like a jungle!!)

 

[drlook]

Depends on the school, but plenty. Some schools interview seasons just started.

Do not worry. You'll probably get more, you've got a good GPA, and you've already been accepted somewhere which puts you ahead of lots of other people. Congrats, and relax! SDN makes everyone freak out.

 

[premeddick]

Depends on the school, but plenty. Some schools interview seasons just started.

Really??? which ones???

 

[mimivirus]

oh man!! drlook you are wonderful!! i hope what you say comes true for us!!!

 

[Julietcf14]

Depends on the school, but plenty. Some schools interview seasons just started.

Do not worry. You'll probably get more, you've got a good GPA, and you've already been accepted somewhere which puts you ahead of lots of other people. Congrats, and relax! SDN makes everyone freak out.

Thanks. haha while I am hoping for more interviews, I am not really freaking out. I am trying to get a job for a few months so I can make some money, but I kind of want to gauge the number of "vacations" I will be taking (or if I will be taking any). However, that was the politest way ANYONE on this board has ever tried to calm down a person who was "freaking out" so, Thank you for that!

 

[drlook]

uh, well I"m pretty sure (and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) that Stanford's interview season didn't start until this month. Some people already have interviews there, but still.... the majority of interviews happen from DEC-MARCH.

Also, AECOM, SUNY Downstate and Jefferson tend to interview all the way into March/April. My student guides at SUNY Downstate all interviewed after the New Year, some as late as March, and were all accepted (obviously).

I don't know specifics about other schools because those are ones I'm actually applying too, but of the people who I know who are already IN medical school, most did not interview until Jan/Feb/March. Seriously, SDN is filled with a lot of neurotic people (I mean, I'm neurotic, it's not an insult or anything... just reading these threads can give you a VERY skewed view of the application process) so they all claim it is important to be interviewing in October. That's just not true. Most people don't get interviews until after the New Year. If you just look around, you'll see plenty of people who have been complete since JULY or AUGUST and still don't have any interviews, or maybe have one. I was complete in late October (which some might say is "late" but "early" and "late" are VERY subjective) and I've got three interviews, one rejection and one hold. The rest? Have not gotten back to me. I'm sure I'll hear next year. Besides, those that got an interview almost immediately were probably top of the pile candidates. I can only assume I was on the top of the interview offer pile at the three schools I got interviews at because they responded within three weeks to my complete application. The rest have kept me waiting, probably because they are still considering me, but I'm just not good enough to get an immediate invite. That's just my two cents.

 

[drizzt3117]

While I agree with the philosophy that people should relax a bit...it isn't true that schools still have the majority of their interview invites to give.

Case in point:

Michigan:
(Updated 12/13/07)
Applications Received: 5801
(10% Increase from 2006)
Interviews Offered: 680 of 800
Admissions Offers made: 70%

Beyond that, if you look at the acceptance thread, you'll see some schools have accepted 20 people or more. If you buy the conventional wisdom that SDN represents 5-10% of the premed applicant pool, that extrapolates to a pretty high percentage of all of the acceptances said schools will likely grant. Some examples include Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, and lots of the state schools. If they have 150 seats, you can assume they'll accept 250-300 people, which means they may be well on their way to those totals.

I don't mean to be taking hope away from anyone with these comments but saying that it's still early in the cycle and that most interviews are granted after the new year is patently false. We're at least halfway through the cycle. A good deal of interviews are likely to be granted after the 1st of the year, but managing your expectations may be a good thing as well.

One other amusing thing...

 

[custard]

Let's hope so. I've heard nada from 18 schools. 18!!

 

[drlook]

While I agree with the philosophy that people should relax a bit...it isn't true that schools still have the majority of their interview invites to give.

Case in point:

Michigan:
(Updated 12/13/07)
Applications Received: 5801
(10% Increase from 2006)
Interviews Offered: 680 of 800
Admissions Offers made: 70%

Beyond that, if you look at the acceptance thread, you'll see some schools have accepted 20 people or more. If you buy the conventional wisdom that SDN represents 5-10% of the premed applicant pool, that extrapolates to a pretty high percentage of all of the acceptances said schools will likely grant. Some examples include Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, and lots of the state schools. If they have 150 seats, you can assume they'll accept 250-300 people, which means they may be well on their way to those totals.

I don't mean to be taking hope away from anyone with these comments but saying that it's still early in the cycle and that most interviews are granted after the new year is patently false. We're at least halfway through the cycle. A good deal of interviews are likely to be granted after the 1st of the year, but managing your expectations may be a good thing as well.

One other amusing thing...

I'll repeat what I said: It depends on the school.

Not every school is alike. Some schools have accepted a lot of people, it is true. I've heard about Umich but don't care because I didn't apply. You just can't depend so much on averages and statistics in this application process, there are way too many exceptions. Of the people I know in med school, yeah, most of them got their interviews after the New Year. It's a biased sample, but it's what I know, and it happens. I think instilling some hope is not a bad thing and what I said is pretty realistic. I believe there are PLENTY of interviews at PLENTY of schools. Maybe not the majority but there are still plenty. I hope you understand what I am saying. So, I don't think we are really disagreeing, I was just trying to be supportive and hopeful.

Good luck to everyone.

 

[drizzt3117]

I'll repeat what I said: It depends on the school.

Not every school is alike. Some schools have accepted a lot of people, it is true. I've heard about Umich but don't care because I didn't apply. You just can't depend so much on averages and statistics in this application process, there are way too many exceptions. Of the people I know in med school, yeah, most of them got their interviews after the New Year. It's a biased sample, but it's what I know, and it happens. I think instilling some hope is not a bad thing and what I said is pretty realistic. I believe there are PLENTY of interviews at PLENTY of schools. Maybe not the majority but there are still plenty. I hope you understand what I am saying. So, I don't think we are really disagreeing, I was just trying to be supportive and hopeful.

Good luck to everyone.

Certain schools (USC, Stanford, etc...) and essentially any of the schools that started late will probably have more interviews left than others. I just think people should be realistic about their chances.

 

[LEdaddy]

Certain schools (USC, Stanford, etc...) and essentially any of the schools that started late will probably have more interviews left than others. I just think people should be realistic about their chances.

Congrats on your USC interview! I'm hoping to hear from them and had given up hope. I was complete there in mid September.

 

[ColombianDoc]

That's interesting that you mention USC as having relatively more interviews to give out. I was told by an SDN poster that even in October or November it was simply way too late in the game for any of the Cali schools. I don't want to get my hopes up...

 

[ColombianDoc]

Oh, and as for the theme of the thread. I think a few schools might be giving out some more interviews before the New Year. I just got an interview invite at Drexel yesterday.

 

[Julietcf14]

Oh, and as for the theme of the thread. I think a few schools might be giving out some more interviews before the New Year. I just got an interview invite at Drexel yesterday.

Well, I am not saying that there are no interviews handed out, but I am sure the invites have slowed down quite a bit.

Oh and I agree with people that it depends on the schools. I was just hoping someone knew which schools fit into which category. For instance, are there any current med students who had a lot of late interviews?

 

[Phoenix.]

sMichigan.

 

[Maxprime]

Let's hope so. I've heard nada from 18 schools. 18!!

I'm waiting to hear from 11, pure silence from all but one of them. I'm expecting them all to be rejections, as all my interview offers came within 2-4 weeks of being complete. But I think there's a slim chance one of them (EVMS?) may come through - c'mon late applicants/low GPA/whatever other group I'm unfortunately in.

 

[PlumpyJeaneze]

Well, I am not saying that there are no interviews handed out, but I am sure the invites have slowed down quite a bit.

Oh and I agree with people that it depends on the schools. I was just hoping someone knew which schools fit into which category. For instance, are there any current med students who had a lot of late interviews?

As an aside, it is very misleading to the people searching profiles for you to list your MCAT score as 32 in your mdapps profile. Only GW and a couple other schools would consider your score that way. Most schools will look at your most recent score (29), or the average (29.5), or your highest overall score (30).

 

[Julietcf14]

As an aside, it is very misleading to the people searching profiles for you to list your MCAT score as 32 in your mdapps profile. Only GW and a couple other schools would consider your score that way. Most schools will look at your most recent score (29), or the average (29.5), or your highest overall score (30).

Well I certainly didn't do it to mislead anyone... that is why I listed my MCAT scores. However, GW is certainly not the only school that looks at the best in each section. According to the Princeton Review this includes UCLA, UCDavis, Emory, Boston Univ, Tufts, Wake Forest, Mt Sinai, VCU, EVMS, and I am sure the list is longer than that. I put my scores up like that because I feel that was the best I could do in every section and we can choose how to present ourselves any way we like. I also put up all of my MCAT scores so people can see that there is a break down if they really care.

On that note, if my MCAT scores are really that important to anyone... I am terribly sorry for them.

 

[Maxprime]

Well I certainly didn't do it to mislead anyone... that is why I listed my MCAT scores. However, GW is certainly not the only school that looks at the best in each section. According to the Princeton Review this includes UCLA, UCDavis, Emory, Boston Univ, Tufts, Wake Forest, Mt Sinai, VCU, EVMS, and I am sure the list is longer than that. I put my scores up like that because I feel that was the best I could do in every section and we can choose how to present ourselves any way we like. I also put up all of my MCAT scores so people can see that there is a break down if they really care.

On that note, if my MCAT scores are really that important to anyone... I am terribly sorry for them.

I think I can speak for everyone when I say, "Thank you for repenting for this terrible crime."

 

[Julietcf14]

I think I can speak for everyone when I say, "Thank you for repenting for this terrible crime."

maybe they can put me in some SDN stockades or something and people can through rotten fruit at me!

 

[mimivirus]

haha i am guilty of committing that same atrocious crime--only in my own brain--i consider my highest in each section from my two test-takes and thanks juliet for listing a short list of the other schools that consider it the same way!

 

[Julietcf14]

haha i am guilty of committing that same atrocious crime--only in my own brain--i consider my highest in each section from my two test-takes and thanks juliet for listing a short list of the other schools that consider it the same way!

Yeah, I have a feeling we are going to need a lot of Stockades because I doubt we are alone.

 

[Maxprime]

haha i am guilty of committing that same atrocious crime--only in my own brain--i consider my highest in each section from my two test-takes and thanks juliet for listing a short list of the other schools that consider it the same way!

You, sir, are the worst kind of criminal - the kind that affects MDApps search results.

 

[nick_carraway]

maybe they can put me in some SDN stockades or something and people can through rotten fruit at me!

You've got a lot of sass for someone who just committed a crime against humanity.

Great job on your acceptances, BTW! And for getting a BU interview. And for UC secondaries!

 

[Julietcf14]

You've got a lot of sass for someone who just committed a crime against humanity.

Great job on your acceptances, BTW! And for getting a BU interview. And for UC secondaries!

Sassy?!?! ME?!?! NEVER!!! I am just trying to ensure that justice is served. Ms/r Plumpy can throw the first virtual tomato. 😀

Thanks by the way. Congrats on your Maryland interview. Its a breathtakingly beautiful school and they would have to be mentally challenged not to accept you. If you have even half the personality in real life that you have on SDN then you are one of the few people on this site I would actually want to go to school with (mostly because you have what I like to call "a sense of humor")

 

[monkily_stealth]

As an aside, it is very misleading to the people searching profiles for you to list your MCAT score as 32 in your mdapps profile. Only GW and a couple other schools would consider your score that way. Most schools will look at your most recent score (29), or the average (29.5), or your highest overall score (30).

am i the only one who thinks that comment was better suited for a pm than a post...

 

[Julietcf14]

am i the only one who thinks that comment was better suited for a pm than a post...

I think Plumpy wanted to ensure that I received a public bashing... Don't disappoint! Throw a tomato!

 

[AlexMorph]

I think Plumpy wanted to ensure that I received a public bashing... Don't disappoint! Throw a tomato!

(AlexMorph hurls a giant tomato, but he narrowly misses the mark because he is no Josh Beckett.)

 

[MDRus]

Well I certainly didn't do it to mislead anyone... that is why I listed my MCAT scores. However, GW is certainly not the only school that looks at the best in each section. According to the Princeton Review this includes UCLA, UCDavis, Emory, Boston Univ, Tufts, Wake Forest, Mt Sinai, VCU, EVMS, and I am sure the list is longer than that. I put my scores up like that because I feel that was the best I could do in every section and we can choose how to present ourselves any way we like. I also put up all of my MCAT scores so people can see that there is a break down if they really care.

On that note, if my MCAT scores are really that important to anyone... I am terribly sorry for them.

i don't know how you figure from the princeton Review that they split up the scores and take the best in each subject. Tufts and BU, for example, say they take "the best set of scores." i read that as if you take it twice they take the best "set." not that they split them up and take the best in each.

i see no evidence that any school does that.

emory also says best "set."

 

[Julietcf14]

OKay back to the reason I started this thread... I found a list from last year, but these are interview dates, not the days the interviews were offered. Still, its better than nothing.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=350123&highlight=late+interviews&page=3

Albany Medical College: up to early March
Albert Einstein: invite 1/04, earliest available 2/26
Baylor: last day to interview is 2/16, email invite 1/24
Boston Univ: invite on 12/21, interview late January; invite on Jan. 24, Feb. 7 and 9 are open, theoretical last day is the 16th but not anymore it sounds like.
Brown: late feb early march
Brown (MSTP): mid jan.
Case Western: scheduled last week for late February
Columbia: mid feb
Cornell : late February (March 15 = last interview day)
Dartmouth: 1/8 invite, interviews early feb
Drexel: as of 1/1 --> many spots in january (3rd, 11th, 20th-30th)
Duke: mid/late feb
Emory: invite on 12/15, interview on jan 8, invite jan 18, interview on feb 2
EVMS: invite on 1/3, earliest interview on 2/7
Georgetown: invite on 1/8, earliest interview on 2/7
Harvard: invite on 1/24, spots available Feb 12 and 13 (last day for interviews)
Johns Hopkins: invite on 1/14, interview late February
Loyola: mid January
Medical University of Ohio: March
Medical College of Wisconsin: early Feb ("March interviews run the risk of being accepted for the class of 2012")
Meharry, TN: Late January
MSU CHM: mid-late January
Mount Sinai: Mid Feb
Mount Sinai (MSTP): Mid Jan
MUSC: Mid January
Northwestern: Mid Feb
NYMC: as of 2/7, interviews from 3/20 - mid-April
OHSU: Late February, March 7 OOS,
Rosalind Frankin: invite on 1/17- interview date feb. 20 or 22.
RUSH: 1/31
Stanford: April
St. Louis: Late February
SUNY Buffalo: invite on 2/6, interview on 3/7
SUNY Downstate: February 21 OOS, Jan 24th (NYC); invite on 2/1 for 2/15 (NYC); invite on 2/20 for 3/15 OOS
SUNY Stony Brook: invite 1/3, interview 1/25
SUNY Upstate: Invite on 12/21, Interview on 3/21
Temple: Invite 12/21, earliest slot 1/9; options as of 1/1: all in Jan. (quite a few)
Tufts: Invite 11/3, interview Jan 23
Tulane: Invite 12/21, Interview on Jan 18th
UAB: Invite 1/28, interview on feb 22
UCDavis: Mid-Feb. until late March (as of 2/2)
UCI: Mid-Late January
UCLA: Invite ~1/3, late Feb/Early March
UCSD: Invite 12/22, late January/early February
UCSF: late February
UF: interview invite 12/15..interview date 2/16 mid feb!!
UIC: early March
UMDNJ: Early February
Univ of Chicago-Pritzker: got invite 12/28 and interview date 1/23
Univ. of Cincinnati: invite 1/31 with interview date 2/20
Univ. of Maryland: invited 1/19, scheduled for 2/21
Univ. of Miami, Fl: invite 1/8 earliest date is 2/5
University of Michigan: Mid-Late January
University of North Carolina: Late Jan - Feb
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA: Late February
University of Rochester: invite on 12/18, interview on 3/9
University of South Carolina: invite 1/3, interview 3/7
University of Southern California/Keck SOM: late feb
University of Utah: mid-late january through february
University of Vermont: invite 1/10, interview 3/27
University of Wisconsin: invite 2/1 for interview on 3/9
Vanderbilt: invite 12/15, interview late January
Wake Forest: For 1/22 though they offered dates starting 1/2!
Wash U: invite on 2/6, interviews until end of February
Yale: mid to late February (their last 2-3 weeks of interviews)

 

[Doublecortin]

While I agree with the philosophy that people should relax a bit...it isn't true that schools still have the majority of their interview invites to give.

Case in point:

Michigan:
(Updated 12/13/07)
Applications Received: 5801
(10% Increase from 2006)
Interviews Offered: 680 of 800
Admissions Offers made: 70%

Beyond that, if you look at the acceptance thread, you'll see some schools have accepted 20 people or more. If you buy the conventional wisdom that SDN represents 5-10% of the premed applicant pool, that extrapolates to a pretty high percentage of all of the acceptances said schools will likely grant. Some examples include Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, and lots of the state schools. If they have 150 seats, you can assume they'll accept 250-300 people, which means they may be well on their way to those totals.

I don't mean to be taking hope away from anyone with these comments but saying that it's still early in the cycle and that most interviews are granted after the new year is patently false. We're at least halfway through the cycle. A good deal of interviews are likely to be granted after the 1st of the year, but managing your expectations may be a good thing as well.

One other amusing thing...

Michigan is so full of siht!!!!!

"Where you go to medical school can have as much of an impact on your life as why you chose to become a doctor in the first place" 😱😱😱😱

Are you sihting me????? 😱 I know each school wants to sell itself, but jeez, Michigan, a little modesty could go a long way. So glad didn't apply there!!!

 

[Julietcf14]

i don't know how you figure from the princeton Review that they split up the scores and take the best in each subject. Tufts and BU, for example, say they take "the best set of scores." i read that as if you take it twice they take the best "set." not that they split them up and take the best in each.

i see no evidence that any school does that.

emory also says best "set."

okay enough is enough... my MCAT scores are not that big of a deal! Throw a tomato at me and move on!

 

[Blackpope83]

That's interesting that you mention USC as having relatively more interviews to give out. I was told by an SDN poster that even in October or November it was simply way too late in the game for any of the Cali schools. I don't want to get my hopes up...

It is not too late for Cali schools. I turned in most of my secondaries first week of Nov. I was finalized by the 13th at most schools and I have heard back from 8. SDNers need to sit back, relax and give the ADCOMS time to sort through the thousands of applications.

 

[Doublecortin]

That's interesting that you mention USC as having relatively more interviews to give out. I was told by an SDN poster that even in October or November it was simply way too late in the game for any of the Cali schools. I don't want to get my hopes up...

well, if an SDN poster said it, it must be true

but really, this is

 

[MDRus]

okay enough is enough... my MCAT scores are not that big of a deal! Throw a tomato at me and move on!

get over yourself. no one cares about YOUR MCAT scores. certainly not me.

but SDN is a useful source of info and i think you put out bad info here. there is no evidence that any schools split up MCAT scores and take the best in each. your cited source for that -- Princeton Review -- does NOT say that. do you have any other reason to believe that any school splits them up?

if you are wrong, which i think you are, some SDNer might make a retake decision based on inaccurate info.

 

[monkily_stealth]

juliet: i really need to tell you that your mcat scores are not the average of...

just kidding

back to the topic. from my experience last year, which is limited at the very best, i got half my interview invites in the second half of the season. i'm not trying to extrapolate that to all schools or everyone's experience, just adding my two cents.

 

[Doublecortin]

juliet: i really need to tell you that your mcat scores are not the average of...

just kidding

back to the topic. from my experience last year, which is limited at the very best, i got half my interview invites in the second half of the season. i'm not trying to extrapolate that to all schools or everyone's experience, just adding my two cents.

you mean after New Year's?

 

[drizzt3117]

That's interesting that you mention USC as having relatively more interviews to give out. I was told by an SDN poster that even in October or November it was simply way too late in the game for any of the Cali schools. I don't want to get my hopes up...

Well, I just got an invite earlier this week after being complete for many months. My PI told me that after speaking with the dean that they were just behind on the process.

 

[MDRus]

just kidding

back to the topic. from my experience last year, which is limited at the very best, i got half my interview invites in the second half of the season. i'm not trying to extrapolate that to all schools or everyone's experience, just adding my two cents.

wow, that is really interesting. by second half, i assume you mean after Jan 1st. how many schools did you hear from after that?

fyi -- friend of mine got invite from tufts in late jan, accepted 2 weeks later.

 

[nick_carraway]

OKay back to the reason I started this thread... I found a list from last year, but these are interview dates, not the days the interviews were offered. Still, its better than nothing.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=350123&highlight=late+interviews&page=3

That list isn't very reassuring. As you said, a late interview doesn't necessarily mean that they were invited for their interview near the end. From the list, it looks like a lot of schools had to have sent out their invites by Feb.

Even if I am fortunate enough to get any more interviews in 2008, I reckon that I'll be interviewing for the wait-list at a lot of schools.

 

[drizzt3117]

i don't know how you figure from the princeton Review that they split up the scores and take the best in each subject. Tufts and BU, for example, say they take "the best set of scores." i read that as if you take it twice they take the best "set." not that they split them up and take the best in each.

i see no evidence that any school does that.

emory also says best "set."

Actually I have it on good authority (BU and Tufts adcom members) that they do take the highest score in each section. UC Irvine and others do the same thing.

 

[drizzt3117]

Michigan is so full of siht!!!!!

"Where you go to medical school can have as much of an impact on your life as why you chose to become a doctor in the first place" 😱😱😱😱

Are you sihting me????? 😱 I know each school wants to sell itself, but jeez, Michigan, a little modesty could go a long way. So glad didn't apply there!!!

I think its awesome that they have this totally pompous page and then spell the name of their school wrong 🙂

 

[Julietcf14]

Actually I have it on good authority (BU and Tufts adcom members) that they do take the highest score in each section. UC Irvine and others do the same thing.

😍My hero! Can I get out of the stockade now?

 

[Julietcf14]

I think its awesome that they have this totally pompous page and then spell the name of their school wrong 🙂

Yeah thats would be funny, alone, but the WAY they spell their name wrong is even better. Michigan, Smichigan... okay, maybe I am the only one who finds that amusing but I don't care!

 

[Julietcf14]

(AlexMorph hurls a giant tomato, but he narrowly misses the mark because he is no Josh Beckett.)

(Juliet thanks Alexmorph for missing in a British accent 😉)

 

[drizzt3117]

For anyone interested, this is what USC told me in their email regarding interviews.

"We interview approximately 500 applicants and our interview season will end in early April."

 

[drizzt3117]

Yeah thats would be funny, alone, but the WAY they spell their name wrong is even better. Michigan, Smichigan... okay, maybe I am the only one who finds that amusing but I don't care!

On the other hand, their web people are way on top of things. After I emailed them and told them about the mistake, it's already fixed.

 

[AlexMorph]

On the other hand, their web people are way on top of things. After I emailed them and told them about the mistake, it's already fixed.

Seriously, that's ridiculous. I think Michigan has their web people chained to computers.

 

[Julietcf14]

Seriously, that's ridiculous. I think Michigan has their web people chained to computers.

Well, its probably better than going outside in Michigan. Besides, I can think of a lot of people on SDN who seemed to be chained to their computers and they aren't getting paid!

 

[AlexMorph]

Well, its probably better than going outside in Michigan. Besides, I can think of a lot of people on SDN who seemed to be chained to their computers and they aren't getting paid!

Man, if only we got paid to be on SDN. I think I'd be a millionaire in no time. That's sad, isn't it? 😳