How many schools have you gotten Accepted to?

[bing12]

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Just curious about the typical number of schools students got accepted to.

 

[crooked castle]

Just curious about the typical number of schools students got accepted to.

Over 9,000!!!!! RAHHhhhhh1!!

 

[alexamasan]

You forgot to include to choice of 0 😀

 

[kevinrho]

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+1

You forgot to include to choice of 0 😀

 

[bing12]

i actually forgot to have a 0 option. this is my first day making a poll, i apologize.

 

[bing12]

what a interesting mix of data...so no one got into 8 or more?haha

 

[ScavangerPro]

YAY! I can finally contribute

 

[Erhatstil]

is it worth it to get accepted to 6, 7, 8+ schools? such a waste of time and money to go to so many interviews when i'm sure people have established their top 3-5 schools when applying.

 

[prsndwg]

is it worth it to get accepted to 6, 7, 8+ schools? such a waste of time and money to go to so many interviews when i'm sure people have established their top 3-5 schools when applying.

you better get in the 1st time instead of wasting more money reapplying

 

[PreDental88]

what a interesting mix of data...so no one got into 8 or more?haha

Not sure if many people decided to attend more than 6/7 interviews. If these students did, I'm sure they would've been accepted to whichever program they interviewed at cause it seems like they've been interviewing well. 🙂

you better get in the 1st time instead of wasting more money reapplying

Amen.

 

[Erhatstil]

you better get in the 1st time instead of wasting more money reapplying

yeah good point, especially if all the interviews are pre-dec

 

[Osity]

is it worth it to get accepted to 6, 7, 8+ schools? such a waste of time and money to go to so many interviews when i'm sure people have established their top 3-5 schools when applying.

You may have your top schools, but you never know what might happen during an interview. Maybe you get tripped up on a question, or your interviewer is having a bad day and won't recommend anyone that interviews that day. The application/interview process definitely has a certain element of luck to it. That's why you apply to and interview at a bunch of schools. People with really high stats, who apply only to their 'top' schools, sometimes end up reapplying next year.

 

[poki]

Also don't forget having multiple interviews are great practice...by my 5th interview I wasn't the least bit nervous and nailed every interview after that...luckily I interviewed at my top choice schools later in the cycle

 

[bing12]

yea, its better to be safe than sorry. go to all the interviews that you get, nothing is guaranteed

 

[Maygyver]

This is kind of useless. Some people are set on a school and might drop all interviews after getting in there. Some people might apply to schools with generally lower criteria for acceptance so they will get into a bunch. Moral of the story: All it takes is one.

 

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[bing12]

its not completely useless. You get to see a general distribution of how many acceptances people get. I personally didnt think that 1 acceptance ( like myself) would be one of the highest numbers for SDN.