I talked with a member of the adcom way back last year and this is what they told me:
They offer interviews based only on the AMCAS,GPA & MCAT. Thats why you can do the interview before secondary. After all, their secondary doesn't have an essay anyways. They don't look at recomms or any other material until after your interview.
They "do not reject any one pre-interview until the class is full". So basically, if they don't think you qualify for an interview they won't tell you (anything) until the class is full, regardless of when your file was complete and reviewed (and rejected for interview). They won't even tell you if you call them.
Good luck folks.
) and he says they interview and accept students well into the orientation week. The problem is that too many students use Howard as a back up school during the app process. It's not really fair to be so critical of their adcom because they have three times as many applicants than alot of schools for this reason. Howard graciously accepts all these students and so many subsequently reject the acceptance (and this doesn't happen until March/May). So Howard's adcom begins the process of pulling up files that they have not interviewed yet for another cycle of admissions. Whereas most schools end their admissions cycle around March, Howard sometimes has to pick back up again around this time. If you really are interested in the med school, I'd say send in your secondary! I wish you the best!
